Archive for October, 2007

Apple iPod and iPhone News for October-19-07: Leopard GM Build, Apple Retail Sales Launch, Free T-Shirts

Friday, October 19th, 2007

Apple iPod and iPhone News for October-19-07

Leopard GM Build, Apple Retail Sales Launch, Free T-Shirts
According to our sources, Apple did indeed settle on the last Gold Master candidate (Build 9A581) as the final retail version of Leopard. Despite some early claims that the “Gold Master” of Leopard had been leaked to the internet, all of these claimed leaks appear to be false. Apple has kept the distribution of Leopard Gold Master internal…
http://www.macrumors.com/2007/10/18/leopard-gm-build-apple-retail-sales-launch-free-t-shirts/


Study: iPhone already nibbling away at Motorola’s dominance
Although it’s been on the shelf for just three months, the impact of iPhone is clearly being felt by rival phone manufacturers, according to a new study which claims that Apple’s cell phone market share is already on the rise at the expense of Motorola…
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/10/18/study_iphone_already_nibbling_away_at_motorolas_dominance.html


Apple to fire up Penryn-based Mac Pros
For the second time in as many years, Mac maker Apple Inc. is awaiting the official nod from chip supplier Intel Corp. before announcing a brawny update to its Mac Pro workstations aimed at media professionals. The new systems will represent the first architectural overhaul to the Mac Pro family since Apple introduced the Intel-based Power Mac succ
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/10/18/apple_to_fire_up_penryn_based_mac_pros.html


Road to Mac OS X Leopard: Safari 3.0
Apple has made significant changes to Safari in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, introducing integration with Dashboard, smart drag and drop of tabbed windows, full text searching of your web history, and more. Here’s a look at the birth and maturity of the online web browser, as well as a look at what’s new in Safari 3.0.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/10/18/road_to_mac_os_x_leopard_safari_3_0.html


Apple iPod and iPhone News for October-18-07: Worst iPhone Accessory Evar!

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

Apple iPod and iPhone News for October-18-07

Worst iPhone Accessory Evar!
Seriously outrageous.
http://iphonemod.com/


OK, I admit it, Leopard has more “Wow!” than Vista … in theory anyway
Leopard looks like it beats Vista in the “Wow!” department. Yes, you read that right, I said that Leopard looks like it beats Vista in the “Wow!” department.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=861


Apple’s U.S. Mac market share rises to 8.1 percent in Q3
Apple Inc.’s share of the U.S. personal computer market for the third calendar quarter of 2007 was 8.1 percent, up from 6.2 percent during the same period one year ago, according to results released from Gartner just minutes ago.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/10/17/apples_u_s_mac_market_share_rises_to_8_1_percent_in_q3.html


Apple OS X Leopard: A beautiful upgrade
“Finally, a PC Unix that everyone can love. OS X Leopard is a triumph of customer-focused engineering”Tom Yager takes a look at what it is, under the skin, that makes OS X *that* great.
http://weblog.infoworld.com/yager/archives/2007/10/take_me_home_le.html


Apple’s iTunes Plus now world’s largest DRM-free music catalog
Apple on Wednesday issued a formal announcement regarding its expanded iTunes Plus service, which now offers more than two million tracks at the reduced price of just 99 cents. All iTunes Plus tracks feature DRM-free music with high quality 256 kbps AAC encoding for audio quality which the company claims is “virtually indistinguishable from the ori
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/10/17/apples_itunes_plus_now_worlds_largest_drm_free_music_catalog.html


Apple’s OS X Leopard storms into the lead over at Engadget’s OS wars
But guess who can’t handle it? Yeah that’s right; W______ u___ (fill in the blanks). And why? Because they aren’t winning the poll. “If you voted for Leopard you must be a fanboy, there’s simply no other explanation. It could never be that people actually think Leopard will be a better OS? No way, never.”
http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/poll-os-war-2007/#comments


Apple may have fired greedy retail employees for cashing iPhone credit
Apple understandably wasn’t too happy about shelling out an extra ~$80,000 to employees who already scored free iPhones, so pink iSlips have apparently been issued to the bunch.
http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/10/16/apple-may-have-fired-greedy-retail-employees-for-cashing-iphone-credit


Apple’s got a new 13-inch laptop prepped for Leopard launch?
Nothing like a wild and unsubstantiated Apple rumor to keep us entertained in the run up to Apple’s Leopard launch on the 26th. The latest comes courtesy of TheStreet.com’s Scott Moritz, who says Apple will have a new 13-inch ultraportable laptop ready to coincide with Leopard’s launch party, and the laptop will be aluminum like the MacBook Pros.
http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/apples-got-a-new-13-inch-laptop-prepped-for-leopard-launch/


Road to Mac OS X Leopard: iCal 3.0
Apple has made major changes to iCal in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, introducing integration with its own new WebDAV-based iCal Server included in Leopard Server. Here’s a comprehensive history of software-based calendar applications and a look at what’s new in iCal 3.0.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/10/17/road_to_mac_os_x_leopard_ical_3_0.html


The Secrets of Safari 3
A selection of tips for Safari 3 beta aimed at the average Safari user as well as more experienced users. Includes undocumented features that can be enabled through the Terminal such as the Web Inspector and the pie chart progress indicator. Also explains some more well known features such as merging windows and bookmarking all open tabs.
http://www.macosxtips.co.uk/index_files/tips-for-safari-3.html


Apple iPod and iPhone News for October-17-07: DOT.TUNES streams your iTunes to iPhones and iPod Touch

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

Apple iPod and iPhone News for October-17-07

DOT.TUNES streams your iTunes to iPhones and iPod Touch
DOT.TUNES is bringing streaming music to iPhone and iPod touch owners via two new plug-ins designed to interact with its audio server application, enabling users to access a complete iTunes library via Wi-Fi. The company’s plug-in for Apple’s iPod touch and iPhone provides a custom interface.
http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/10/15/streaming.music.to.iphones/


Orange to sell unlocked iPhones in France
Well, well… looks like Apple has been backed into a corner by French law and will be releasing an unlocked iPhone in France after all.
http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/orange-to-sell-unlocked-iphone-in-france/


Apple officially cuts DRM-free track prices to $.99
In a move which can only be described as unsurprising, Apple has officially announced plans to lower the price of its iTunes Plus offerings (AKA iTunes sans-DRM) to $.99, instead of the higher-priced premium of $1.29. In other news, PirateBay is still $0.00 per song.
http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/apple-officially-cuts-drm-free-track-prices-to-99/


Apple Answers Leopard Questions
Here’s the information we managed to eke out, including Leopard’s demands on MacBook Pro battery life, the possibility of Widgets on iPhone, and whether or not that cool R2D2 iChat hologram effect survived. (Care to place bets?)
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/apple/apple-answers-leopard-questions-311345.php


iPhone Dev Team announces free unlock for iPhone 1.1.1
The iPhone Dev Team has announced AnySIM 1.1. According to the announcement by netkas, the software has been tested with both 1.0.2 and 1.1.1.
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/10/16/iphone-dev-team-announces-free-unlock/


Leopard: Final Features and Further Upgrade Details
We got a chance this morning to pose a few queries to Brian Croll, Senior Director of Mac OS X Product Marketing, about today’s Leopard release announcement. Here’s some of what he had to say, as well as some of the new features we’re looking forward to in the next release….Also: http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/300.html
http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/16/leopard-final-features-and-further-upgrade-details/


Leopard: One big page listing all 300+ new features
All 300+ new features on one page over on Apple.com, this is new. And yes, it’s coming this Friday too.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/300.html


Apple iPod and iPhone News for October-10-07: iPhone and iPod touch jailbreak confirmed by engadget!

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

Apple iPod and iPhone News for October-10-07

iPhone and iPod touch jailbreak confirmed by engadget!
After a long night in #betatest, Ryan Beck confirms that, at least until the next patch, the iPhone and iTouch have been jailbroken.
http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/10/iphone-and-ipod-touch-v1-1-1-full-jailbreak-tested-confirmed/


iPhone/iPod touch Jailbreak Beta test announced
Over at Toc2rta, iPhone hacker Niacin has announced a betatest for his iPhone/iPod touch jailbreak effort. To join, you must point your irc client to irc.toc2rta.com and connect to #betatest. 1.1.1 testers only and you will need some working version of iPhuc. Caveat Hacktor–and bring us back a jailbreak.
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/10/10/beta-beat-iphone-ipod-touch-jailbreak-beta-test-announced/


Mac OS X 10.5 “Leopard” Completed Development!
A source tells AppleInsider that Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is now “finalized” and that Apple has begun to provide Leopard-related support training materials to its support staff.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/10/09/sources_leopard_finalized_10_4_11_inching_closer.html


iPod Touch/iPhone Remote
How to use ipod touch or iphone as a remote control, not quite air tunes but getting there
http://www.sipedia.co.uk/mac/signal/signal.php


iPhone 1.1.1 Multipage SpringBoard Hack
Today brings this marvelous SpringBoard patch from Nicholas “Drudge” Penree, NerveGas and Pumpkin. It allows you to add as many 3rd party applications to SpringBoard as you’d like and offers a kicking-new paging feature; notice the paging dots at the bottom of SpringBoard.
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/10/09/1-1-1-iphone-multipage-springboard-hack/


Apple iPod and iPhone News for October-09-07: Girl gets iPod for birthday, finds rocks inside.

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

Apple iPod and iPhone News for October-09-07

Girl gets iPod for birthday, finds rocks inside.
You unwrap your gifts fervently and you hit pay dirt. The iPod you wanted—no, you needed! You open the packaging with great anticipation, only to discover that there is no iPod. Only rocks. Not even good rocks, or iRocks, just rocks.
http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/10/08/rocks-found-in-place-of-girls-brand-new-ipod-twice


Road to Mac OS X Leopard: Finder 10.5
The Finder in Mac OS X has long been reviled as the most glaring problem in the system, earning it the “Fix the F-ing Finder” meme. Apple has significantly updated the Finder for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, introducing some things old, some things new, some things borrowed, and, well, the icon is still blue. Here’s a look at what’s new.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/10/08/road_to_mac_os_x_leopard_finder_10_5.html


Third party apps running on iPhone 1.1.1
TUAW’s resident iPhone hacker, Erica Sadun, reports that hacker asap18 has been able to port several apps to the formerly locked down iPhone 1.1.1 firmware.
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/10/08/third-party-apps-ported-to-iphone-1-1-1/


Got root on the iPod touch? They do
Hacker Niacin breaks open root access to the iPod touch (and the 1.1.1 iPhone), and TUAW is there. One step closer to complete pwnership of Apple’s new iPod…
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/10/08/breaking-ipod-touch-root-read-access-achieved/


Apple to offer limited 3rd party iPhone app support?
Look, there’s simply no way Apple isn’t eventually going to open up the iPhone to 3rd party support — it’s really a matter of when and how, if you ask us. Of course, the possibility we’ve been most anxious about is Apple eschewing the open platform philosophy and starting to vend only “certified’ apps via iTunes – which is what 9to5Mac is now …
http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/apple-to-offer-limited-3rd-party-iphone-app-support/


California man seeks class action lawsuit over iPhone bricking, lock-in
A suit seeking class-action status charges Apple with abusing the law in order to lock consumers into using AT&T, while also accusing the company of abandoning customers who unlock their phones.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071007-california-man-seeks-class-action-lawsuit-over-iphone-bricking-lock-in.html


Preliminary iPhone 1.1.1 Jailbreak
The iPhone/iTouch Dev guys have been hard at work for weeks and have finally managed to jailbreak 1.1.1.
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/10/08/announcing-a-preliminary-iphone-1-1-1-jailbreak/


Apple iPod and iPhone News for October-08-07: Dell vs. Apple – 10 Years Later (with chart)

Monday, October 8th, 2007

Apple iPod and iPhone News for October-08-07

Dell vs. Apple – 10 Years Later (with chart)
A chart showing the difference between Dell and Apple
http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2007/10/07/dell-vs-apple-10-years-later/


Hello, I’m a…
Mac vs. PC ads taken to the next level; hilarity ensues.
http://m3.entitea.com/pics/pic_558097001189094749.jpg


Apple Posts Three New iPhone Ads
Apple has posted three new iPhone television advertisements tonight which show iPhone users talking about how they use their iPhone and its advantages:Elliot• Doug “Mankind”• Elliot “Meredith”• Stephano “One Thing”…
http://www.macrumors.com/2007/10/07/apple-posts-three-new-iphone-ads/


Couch crafted from 20 Macintosh II computers (PIC). Yes you can sit on it
Recycling old peripherals is a good idea, especially if you add a dash of creativity to it. The Mac Store in Maryland Heights, Missouri had 20 Macintosh II computers lying around gathering dust. They decided to tinker around and make a (un) comfy couch out of it.
http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/couch_crafted_from_macintosh_ii_computers.php


Valve wanted $1m Apple to port Half Life to OS X!
In a recent interview, Valve’s Gabe Newell spoke about Valves lack of support for Apple’s OS X platform. Newell confirmed that Valve were in talks with Apple, but said that nothing more happened because Apple couldn’t stay focused.However, there’s another side of that story. According to Inside Mac Games, Apple did talk to Valve, but V[...]
http://www.comnetslash.com/2007/10/07/valve-wanted-1m-apple-to-port-half-life-to-os-x/


Add/Edit calendars WILL be added to iPod Touch in future software update –
Says Steve Jobs himself (or his department robots). Here is a transcript of my email I sent to Steve this afternoon.
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=365304


To Canadians: iPhone is $799
$799 for the iPhone? Apple has to be kidding with the Canadians. Even it is a 16GB or 30GB. It is still over-priced.
http://www.betanews.com/article/Report_iPhone_Coming_to_Canada_via_Rogers/1191600464


Apple iPod and iPhone News for October-07-07: Trillian For Mac Coming

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

Apple iPod and iPhone News for October-07-07

Trillian For Mac Coming
Cerulean Studios, maker of popular windows AIM client Trillian, has announced that it is developing a Mac version of Trillian.Though this first alpha build of the OS X version of Trillian is still very preliminary and minimal – the functionality pulled through is about the same as the Flash-based we…
http://www.macrumors.com/2007/10/05/trillian-for-mac-coming/


Apple vs. RIM: You’re missing the point
Unremarked on by every commentator is the following fact:RIMM added 1.45M new subscribers last quarter. In the entire world. In over 120 countries, served by 300 carriers. In other words, throughout the globe, on every carrier, in every country, RIMM added 1.45M new users (not replacement handsets or upgrades for existing users, but new Black..
http://www1.investorvillage.com/beta/smbd.asp?mb=445&mn=113936&pt=msg&mid=3156559


Sync your passwords to iPhone and iPod Touch
Finally, there is a way to securely access your confidential information and passwords from your iPhone and iPod Touch.No hacks or internet connection required.
http://switchersblog.com/2007/10/05/iphone-password-manager.html


Apple iPod and iPhone News for October-05-07: Rumor: Mac mini turns Nano in late October

Friday, October 5th, 2007

Apple iPod and iPhone News for October-05-07

Rumor: Mac mini turns Nano in late October
Mac OS Rumors reports that they’ve heard that as of October’s end, the mini is dead– long live something new called the Mac Nano. Supposedly, the new low-end Mac will be even smaller than a mini (just tall enough to fit a hard drive in), and the enclosure will have a completely new design.
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/10/04/rumor-mac-mini-turns-nano-in-late-october/


Source: Apple planning to launch iTunes HD videos in October
Apple hopes to boost the weak sales of its Apple TV media hub by adding 720p movies and TV shows to its roster before the end of October, according to a new leak.
http://www.electronista.com/articles/07/10/04/apple.itunes.hd.leak/


Mac OS X Leopard October 26?
I certainly hope this is true!
http://www.macrumors.com/2007/10/04/mac-os-x-leopard-on-october-26th/


Apple Seeds ZFS Read/Write Developer Preview 1.1 for Leopard
Apple has seeded version 1.1 of ZFS for Mac OS X to Developers this week. The preview updates a previous build released on June 26, 2007.In the release notes, Apple confirms that the original release of Mac OS X Leopard (10.5) will only offer Read-Only ZFS. As a result, no ZFS pools or filesy…
http://www.macrumors.com/2007/10/04/apple-seeds-zfs-read-write-developer-preview-1-1-for-leopard/


Apple Fairy: high-def AppleTV content coming soon
there’s gonna be a pretty substantial update to iTunes sometime this month that’ll help to bring AppleTV back from the teetering edge of extinction. Apple has apparently placed a gargantuan order for more AppleTV units in anticipation for the upcoming “iTunes HD” or whatever it’ll be called.
http://crunchgear.com/2007/10/04/apple-fairy-high-def-appletv-content-coming-soon/


Report: 10 percent of September iPhones sold to unlocking teams
Analysts for investment bank Piper Jaffray recently spent more time tracking unit sales at Apple Inc.’s retail stores and reported Thursday that their observations indicate that as many as 10 percent of the iPhones sold by the stores during the month of September were being purchased with the intention to be resold unlocked.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/10/04/report_10_percent_of_september_iphones_sold_to_unlocking_teams.html


Set up your EyeTV to stream across the Internet
It’s not a Slingbox, but it’s close. Step-by-step instructions for streaming your EyeTV recordings out to the wide world.
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/10/03/eyetv-2-5-offers-free-slingbox-style-video-streaming/


Man’s Spare Room Filled With Almost Every Apple Model Ever Made
This is James Savage’s spare room, which contains one hundred Apple computers. He has more than 150 in his house and all of them are working perfectly, from an Apple II+ and a Lisa to the latest MacBook Pro. We asked him about his passion—some would say obsession, others medical condition. Full gallery and interview after the jump.
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/personal-museum/mans-spare-room-has-almost-every-apple-model-ever-madeor-close-enough-306566.php


UNCONFIRMED: iPhone 1.1.1 exploit discovered. May help to jailbreak
iPod Touch Dev Team has discovered the old malformed TIFF exploit in iPhone 1.0.2 and 1.1.1 to crash. This also applies to iPod Touch 1.1 and 1.1.1. It’s all about crafted TIFF file which will cause buffer overflow. The hackint0sh people said it was used to crack the PSP firmware, but not sure whether it will help to jailbreak….
http://www.winandmac.com/news/iphone-exploit-discovered-may-help-to-unlock/


Apple announcements brewing for late October
Apple Inc. has begun preparatory measures for significant announcements to take place during the last full week of October, AppleInsider has been told.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/10/04/apple_announcements_brewing_for_late_october.html


Apple iPod and iPhone News for October-04-07: New iMacs plagued by interface freezing issues

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

Apple iPod and iPhone News for October-04-07

New iMacs plagued by interface freezing issues
A growing number of users have reported that Apple’s aluminum all-in-one computers suffer from a flaw that locks up the interface, rendering the system all but inert until a reboot.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/10/03/new_imacs_plagued_by_interface_freezing_issues.html


LG unveils Voyager to “kill the iPhone”
WATCH OUT…It’s the iPhone Killer. MMM maybe not!
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/macuser/news/126854/lg-unveils-voyager-to-kill-the-iphone.html


Apple’s Not ‘Bricking’ Hacked IPhones for Revenge
Many people seem to think Apple is deliberately “bricking” hacked iPhones with a software update as payback for users having the temerity to hack the devices.
http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mac/commentary/cultofmac/2007/10/cultofmac_1003


Source: iPhone “SDK” will remain web-based for the foreseeable future
Apple is planning to add a number of features to its mobile Safari that will allow developers of web-based iPhone apps more face time on the iPhone, but those apps will remain just that: web-based.
http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/10/03/source-iphone-sdk-will-remain-web-based-for-the-foreseeable-future


TUAW Interview: Ambrosia’s Andrew Welch on the iPhone update and iToner
An excellent interview about the state of developing for the iPhone and how much work Ambrosia’s putting in to get iToner to work.
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/10/03/tuaw-interview-ambrosias-andrew-welch-on-the-iphone-update-and/


Forget dotMac: notMac Challenge Winner Declared
notMac Challenge was a contest to produce a free method to duplicate most of the functionality of Apple’s .mac. After three weeks of testing, it’s clear to me that Ben Spink has delivered a working solution to the notMac Challenge, and I’m very happy to award him the prize money.
http://www.notmacchallenge.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=471


8 Reasons Windows Users Don’t Switch
A unique perspective of what keeps Windows users away from Macs, from someone who recently switched.
http://www.applematters.com/index.php/section/comments/8-reasons-windows-users-dont-switch/


Apple iPod and iPhone News for October-03-07: Apple Boot Camp Beta Expires With Leopard — Mac OS X

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

Apple iPod and iPhone News for October-03-07

Apple Boot Camp Beta Expires With Leopard — Mac OS X
Tiger Users Left Out In The Cold
http://www.informationweek.com/software/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202200231&cid=RSSfeed_TechWeb


Family Guy now on iTunes
We’ve heard many times before that Fox was interested in getting on iTunes, and now it seems a deal has been worked out– Family Guy has appeared on iTunes. Now you can watch the Griffins (including Stewie, definitely my favorite) on your Apple TV, iPod, or iPhone.
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/10/02/family-guy-appears-on-itunes/


AT&T Refuses To Provide Unlock Codes, Feel Free To Complain To The FCC
from the consumerist.
http://consumerist.com/consumer/issues/att-refuses-to-provide-unlock-codes-feel-free-to-complain-to-the-fcc-305126.php


Good things come to those who wait (for 3rd party iPhone apps)
Believe it or not, Apple might actually be telling the truth (countless times) when it’s said that they’re working out a way to allow 3rd party apps without jeopardizing the security or reliability of the iPhone.It’s a 1.0 product, and some may argue even a .8 beta product—when was the last time you’ve used a 1.0 product that worked reliably?
http://blog.dcharti.com/2007/10/good-things-com.html


Bling! Gold Plated MacBook Pro (Pics)
Steve Jobs and Jonny Ive will surely wince when they see what Computer Choppers have done to their beautiful machine, but for readers who weigh in on the wrong side of the Taste:Cash ratio, the 24 karat gold plated MacBook Pro might be just the thing.
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/10/bling-gold-plat.html


Fox’s ‘House’ Being Pulled From iTunes Because of NBC/Apple Dispute
‘House’ is being pulled from Apple iTunes, even though the show is on Fox, NBC-Universal Produces it, and as a result of them ending the contract with Apple, ‘House’ is no more on iTunes.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6485937.html


RED ONE 4K video camera unboxed (finally)
The Red One Camera, which we saw in person back in April at NAB, just got unboxed. Yes, it’s the same camera that Peter Jackson used to shoot the Crossing the Line short film proof-of-concept, but he seemed to like it enough that maybe, just maybe, he’s buying a crapload to shoot the Halo movie with.
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/digital-cameras/red-one-super-video-camera-unboxed-305896.php


Road to Mac OS X Leopard: an extensive look at Preview 3.0
Apple in a matter of weeks will roll out Preview 3.0 as part of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, a significant update to its homebred media viewer that will see the application expand from a simple PDF reader into the beginnings of a full-fledged image editor. Here’s an extensive look at what’s new in Preview 3.0.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/10/02/road_to_mac_os_x_leopard_an_extensive_look_at_preview_3_0.html


Valve Software’s Co-Founder Explains Why No Mac OS X Support
Kikizo interviews Valve Software’s co-founder, Gabe Newell, about the upcoming Orange Box game compilation due for release in October. The compilation includes Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal, and Team Fortress 2 and will only be available for Windows, XBox 3…
http://www.macrumors.com/2007/10/01/valve-softwares-co-founder-explains-why-no-mac-os-x-support/