DVForge today announced that it will be unable to launch and sell the previously announced PodBuddy product due to a disagreement with DLO (Digital Lifestyle Outfitters) over a patent that it holds. “We have been informed by DLO that they consider our PodBuddy to be an infringement of their company’s U.S. patent #6,591,085, and, that they will file suit against us, if we launch the PodBuddy,” notes the announcement.
Read MoreBig Nerd Ranch today announced its Object-Oriented Analysis & Design Bootcamp (OOA&D), taught by former Xcode technical lead John Graziano. “The intensive, all-inclusive, 5-day bootcamp focuses on developing software that closely models the domain. Graziano’s techniques, honed since the class’s inception in 1992 at NeXT, have helped a multitude of development teams deliver working, successful software from the ground up.
Read MoreEloquent Software has released LiveDictionary 1.1.6, a Safari extension that adds fast, convenient dictionary lookups to the Web. “Once installed, it becomes a transparent part of Safari; point to a word with the mouse cursor, and its definition or translation appears in a popup window.” The extension offers a wide variety of dictionaries for technical terms, general language, and bilingual usage. Version 1.1.6 fixes functionality in Safari’s address bar and Google search box on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. LiveDictionary is priced at US$25.
Read MoreIDG World Expo today announced the feature presentations at Macworld Conference & Expo on July 11-14, 2005 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. Feature presentations include an address by popular Mac columnist, Andy Ihnatko; The MacBrainiac Challenge, hosted by Mac industry pundit and Macworld 911 columnist Chris Breen; and the Macworld Town Hall with Mac industry luminaries.
Read MoreApple CEO Steve Jobs told attendees at the D3: All Things Digital conference yesterday that the next version of iTunes will support podcasts, reports MarketWatch. “Before his speech, Jobs also met with Adam Curry, the former MTV disc jockey who has tirelessly promoted creation of radio-like programs for download. Later in his own podcast, Curry reported he was ‘able to provide a lot of input,’ and told Jobs the iPod hardware should also record.
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