Michigan officials are recommending Hewlett-Packard over Apple and others to provide laptops for sixth graders across the state. HP was recommended for the state’s “Freedom to Learn” contract because it agreed to charge no more than US$275 per student per year. The HP contract could cost a maximum $35.75 million if all 130,000 sixth graders in Michigan get a laptop.
Read MoreThe November 22nd broadcast of the Inside Mac Radio Show, which featured Unsanity’s Slava Karpenko and Jason Harris, is now available as an MP3 download.
Read MoreSeveral MacMinute readers have informed us of problems with the iTunes Music Store. “While searching for music tonight, the links on the iTMS appears to be linking to other music,” said Jon Marr. “For example, hitting Enrique’s new album ‘Seven,’ I first got a link to Outkast’s music. I restarted my iTunes and the same thing happened. I restarted my computer, searched for the same album I got linked to someone else’s album. Then no matter which album I searched for, I was forever linked to that one album.” Update: As of 11:15 a.m.
Read MoreNiemeijer Consult today announced the release of SwitchXS 1.2, a major update to the company’s switch access software for Mac OS X. Version 1.2 allows the user to select nearly any USB input device as a switch on Panther: switch interfaces, keyboards, mice, trackballs, gamepads, and joysticks; provides audio-cueing during scanning; greater control over scanning and mouse speed for both slow and fast scanners, and more.
Read MoreOpenOSX today released Gimp 2.0 Preview 1, an update to the company’s photo-manipulation software. Gimp is an easy-to-use solution for quickly installing and utilizing the open source “The GIMP” software, offering users photo manipulation and graphic tools. This release offers a number of new features, improvements and enhancements over previous versions. The OpenOSX Gimp product is available as a US$30 download.
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