Year: 2010

Apple has updated Snow Leopard to version 10.6.3. You can obtain it via the Software Updates component of the Mac OS X Systems Preferences app. According to Apple, general operating system fixes and improvements provided for:

° Performance of Logic Pro 9 and Main Stage 2 when running in 64-bit mode;

° Printing reliability;

° Sleep and wake reliability when using Bonjour wake on demand;

° A color issue in iMovie with HD content;

° Glowing, stuck, or dark pixels when viewing video from the iMac (Late 2009) built-in iSight camera;

The iPad will be available in all 221 US Apple retail stores and most Best Buy stores this Saturday, April 3, beginning at 9 a.m. Apple retail stores will offer a free Personal Setup service to every customer who buys an iPad at the store, helping them customize their new iPad by setting up their email, loading their favorite apps from the Apple App Store, and more.

Brightcove, an online video platform, has announced the Brightcove Experience for HTML5, a framework for publishing and delivering interactive and advertising-supported web video experiences for HTML5-compatible devices.

Boingo Wireless (http://www.boingo.com) says iPad owners will be able to choose between Wi-Fi access plans based on hourly credits or a monthly subscription to connect to its global network of 125,000 Wi-Fi hotspots as soon as they buy their tablet.

Toshiba (http://www.toshibadirect.com) has introduced the Canvio portable hard drive, a backup solution with up to 1TB of storage. It comes in five colors and four storage capacities, starting at 500GB.

At the top capacity (1TB), the Canvio holds up to 285,000 digital photos, 263,000 digital music files, or 820 digital movies. It’s smaller than a postcard and weighs six ounces.