In a rather humorous error, IDG’s Macworld Conference & Expo Web site has mistakenly added William Levin of MacBoy.com as the keynote speaker for January’s event, with Apple CEO Steve Jobs as moderator. Levin is the man behind the funny Mac-themed Flash cartoons on MacBoy.com. He will be speaking at Macworld Expo in San Francisco, but obviously not in the capacity of the keynote address.
Read MoreApple is now offering a 30-day trial of Motion, its high-performance motion graphic design and production application. Apple notes that Motion requires “a fast computer with ample memory.” The company officially recommends a dual 2GHz Power Mac G5, 2GB of RAM or more, Mac OS X v10.3.5 or later, and an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro graphics card or better. To verify if your setup can run the application, Apple has created the Motion Compatibility Checker.
Read MoreUsedMac.ca is a new Web site that offers a place for Canadian Mac users to
buy and sell used Apple and related products. It is a free service, and is
categorized by product type, popularity on the site, and ratings. Users can
sign up for a free account to post ads.
http://www.usedmac.ca
Read MoreAs expected, Apple next week will open a new mini retail store at the Galleria shopping center in St. Louis, Missouri. The new store will open at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 18. The St. Louis Galleria houses more than 165 stores, including 35 exclusive stores. The first 500 people to visit the mini store will receive a free Apple Commemorative T-shirt.
Read MoreRanchero Software today released MarsEdit 1.0, the final version of its new weblog editor for Mac OS X. MarsEdit makes “weblog writing like writing email,” with each post edited in its own window, the developer explains. The software features the ability to save posts as drafts, spell-checking, and support for categories, text filters, trackbacks, custom templates, AppleScript, and more. Other MarsEdit features include image and file uploading, a bookmarklet that lets you send a page from your Web browser to MarsEdit, and custom tags.
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