NetNewsWire versus Vienna - which Mac RSS reader is better?
Now that NNW is free, TUAW looks at two of the top RSS readers for the Mac. Which one is better?
Archive for January 12, 2008
New Apple TV coming in major video offensive?…
A new version of the Apple TV will help spearhead an Apple video offensive, a new report claims. BusinessWeek writes that it has learned of the new set-top with certainty, a
Upgraded Hubble telescope to be 90 times as powerful
Space shuttle astronauts will attempt an unprecedented in-orbit repair of key Hubble Space Telescope (HST) instruments during the servicing mission scheduled for August 2008. The repairs, along with the addition of two new instruments, will make Hubble 90 times as powerful as it was after its flawed optics were corrected in 1993.
iPhone Starbucks Ordering Screens Look Like the Real Thing
If you wanted to know how Apple’s iPhone ordering and paying patent could work in Starbucks, check these amazing screens created by designer Phil Lu. Not only do they look like the real thing, but the most impressive thing is that they were actually made before the Apple patent was publicized.
CSSEdit unlocked and added to the Macheist II Bundle
Finally, after 5000 bundles sold, CSSEdit is unlocked and is now in the MacHeist bundle
Resistance 2 PS3 Info Revealed, 8 Plyr Co-Op, 60 Plyr Multi
Lots of new information revealed regarding Resistance 2 for the PS3
Apple hoists “There’s something in the air” Macworld banners
It’s that time again — the first round of non-descript Apple teaser banners have begun cropping up around San Francisco’s Moscone Center, the site of next week’s highly-anticipated Macworld Expo.
The Music Industry’s Last Stand Will Be A Music Tax
It is becoming more and more difficult for the music industry to ignore the basic economics of the their industry. All the big labels have now given up on DRM. They haven’t yet given up on trying to charge for their music, however.
How to foil scrapers on your Wordpress blog
Nobody likes getting their blog content stolen. This plugin makes sure the scrapers actually help your blog rather than hinder it.
Resistance 2 revealed in latest Game Informer
The latest issue of Game Informer has a frankly indecent amount of detail on Resistance 2. 60 player online, 8-player co-op. Oh, and it’s due out this Autumn. Click through for more details.
PS3 production costs cut by half
It is being reported that due to removable of various components from the PS3’s innards, coupled with smaller chip size, Sony has been able to cut the production cost of the PS3 by half since last year. Each console can now be produced at $400 a unit, rather than the $800 it was costing for each PS3 around November 2006.
Wine 0.9.53 released
This is release 0.9.53 of Wine, a free implementation of Windows on Unix.
What’s new in this release:
- RunOnce and Run entries now executed on startup.
- Beginnings of support for emulated disk devices.
- Many Richedit improvements.
- Nicer looking color dialog.
- Lots of bug fixes.
