Year: 2010

Monkeybread Software releases version 1.1 of the MBS REALbasic Updater Kit

Posted by | Mar 17, 2010 | , |

Monkeybread Software has released version 1.1 of the MBS REALbasic Updater Kit for Mac OS X and Windows. It’s designed to help you in adding an automatic update feature to your application.

Version 1.1 fixes a few bugs and improves the version number parsing. The Updater Kit requires REALbasic 2008 or newer and a license of the MBS REALbasic Complete License.

The Updater Kit is available for US$99. You can learn more and try the sample application at
http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/realbasic/UpdaterKit/ .

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Cornichon is new Mac OS X profiling tool

Cornichon is new Mac OS X profiling tool

Posted by | Mar 17, 2010 | , |

Timac has released Cornichon (http://www.timac.org/cornichon/), a tool you can use to dynamically profile Mac OS X applications on the system and track the process’ performance over time (CPU usage, resident memory size, total memory size, etc).

The Cornichon application includes the ability to see the different collected data of a process in real time in a graph and export the data as TAB files that you can later easily import in Apple Numbers or Microsoft Excel.

Cornichon requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later. It costs approximately US$7.

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Some feel Apple may become the new ‘evil empire’

Posted by | Mar 17, 2010 | , |

Some pundits have said that Apple is in danger of becoming the next Microsoft — as in “evil empire” Microsoft. I personally don’t think that’s going to happen, but find the possibility fascinating. I never would have believed anyone would have asked it when I begin my Mac journalism career almost 20 years ago doing reviews for the late, lamented “MacSense” site.

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Review: FLPR effectively turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a remote control

Review: FLPR effectively turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a remote control

Posted by | Mar 17, 2010 | , |

I never thought I’d find anything to replace my Logitech Harmony universal remote, but I have: New Potato Technologies’ FLPR (http://www.newpotatotech.com), a new accessory and app that transforms an iPhone or iPod touch into a universal remote control.

I was dubious that it would work as advertised. But it does. The US$79.99 FLPR lets you control multiple electronic devices — including televisions, cable and satellite boxes, stereo systems, lights, ceiling fans and just about anything else that uses an infrared remote control.

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