– At this week’s Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco, Panic is previewing the next major version of Transmit, its award-winning FTP application. Developers from the company gave MacMinute a guided tour of Transmit 3, showing off several innovative and user-requested features. The new version will sport a new column view, secure FTP (SSL), WebDAV support (allows for use of Apple’s .Mac iDisk), and a new tabbed interface for multiple FTP sessions.
Read MoreThe industry is abuzz with positive reaction to Apple’s newly announced iPod shuffle, the company’s low-cost, Flash-based digital music player. In an interview on Channel NewsAsia about its future plans for MP3 players, Creative CEO Sim Wong Hoo says he is not at all impressed by Apple’s latest iPod offering. “Actually, to me it’s a big let-down: we’re expecting a good fight but they’re coming out with something that’s five generations older,” says Hoo.
Read MoreSubband Technologies, in partnership with 4Front Technologies, has announced OSS 3D for iTunes, utilizing DSP technology allowing for the addition of Bass, Spatialization, 3D Surround, and various other real-time enhancements of the sound played in iTunes. OSS 3D includes the capabilities of QSound and Spatializer and provides additional functionality like Speaker Resonance Correction, Virtual Subwoofer, High Frequency Restoration, Center Channel Control, and more.
Read MoreOur friends at Geek Culture have created more Macworld Expo-related comic fun. Taking a cue from the new iPod Shuffle, they have added a “shuffle button” to their current comic. Pressing it refreshes the comic’s image and presents you with another. There are seven randomly-presented Mac mini and iPod shuffle related comics to shuffle through. “Nitrozac and I thought it would be fun to incorporate the random and shuffle features of the new iPod into the comic itself…
Read MoreGefen today announced two new dual link DVI products that work with high definition video transmitted through dual link DVI, which uses all 24 pins of the connector to send video at resolutions up to 3840 x 2400 at 60Hz. The DVI-DL Switcher (US$699) allows you to connect two sources to a display equipped with just one input, while the DVI-2000 HD ($1399) uses a sender and receiver system to send dual link DVI video up to 1640 feet (500 meters) over fiber optic cables.
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