Year: 2004

Could Dashboard replace Sherlock?

Posted by | Dec 10, 2004 | |

Chris Bourdon, Apple’s Mac OS X product marketing manager, hinted yesterday that Dashboard and its Widgets (part of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger) could take the place of Apple’s Sherlock application. “There certainly are, I think, some obvious overlaps between the two of them,” Bourdon said. “I suspect we will see some widgets that are built that have some similar functionality.” Bourdon declined to comment on whether Sherlock will remain part of Mac OS X when Tiger ships. “Sherlock is a really great application.

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Pixar uses Mac-based tool for sketching

Posted by | Dec 10, 2004 | |

Millimeter has an interesting article on a Mac application that Pixar created to allow its creative team to be more efficient when making changes to a film. “If you were in the Pixar screening room where director Brad Bird regularly reviewed images for The Incredibles, you would have seen a cool, new tool in action–the Review Sketch tool. This tool literally allowed Bird to draw on top of a projected image using a digitizing pen. The drawings were then accessible online by other members of his team…

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War of the Worlds, Chocolate Factory trailers in QuickTime

Posted by | Dec 10, 2004 | |

Apple’s movie trailers section has added the first trailer for the remake of “War of the Worlds.” The Steven Spielberg film stars Tom Cruise and will be released in “summer 2005.” Meanwhile, Yahoo has posted the first trailer for “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” which stars Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka. The Tim Burton movie is scheduled to be released in July 2005.

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PayPal now accepted at iTunes Music Store

Posted by | Dec 10, 2004 | |

Apple today announced that the iTunes Music Store in the US now accepts PayPal for purchases of music downloads, audiobooks and gift certificates. Starting today, customers can use their PayPal account to pay at the store with a credit card, bank account or stored account balance. “We are thrilled that PayPal users can now buy their music on the world’s number one online music store,” said Todd Pearson, general manager of PayPal’s Merchant Services.

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BOOQ Launches Vyper Laptop Sleeve

Posted by | Dec 10, 2004 | , |

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BOOQ Launches Vyper Laptop Sleeve

SIERRA MADRE, CALIF. December 10, 2004—BOOQ, a fast-growing, premium
brand of performance-driven laptop carrying cases for creative
professionals on the move, announces the introduction of Vyper, a line of
semi-rigid laptop sleeves made from ballistic nylon-covered molded foam.

Vyper establishes a powerful presence in the ultra-slim laptop sleeve
category for BOOQ, a company known for creating tough laptop backpacks and
cases, as well as the rugged PowerSleeve line of full-featured laptop
sleeves.

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