Year: 2010

iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for Aug. 30

iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for Aug. 30

Posted by | Aug 30, 2010 | |

Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).

MiniMonos has announced MiniMonos Flight 1.0 for iOS, an iPhone adaptation of the US$1.99 game in MiniMonos, the children’s virtual world. Players of the game become flying monkeys, and have to tilt their iPhones left and right to swoop through the sky, collecting wind clouds and avoiding energy-sapping pollution clouds. Trampolines on the ground provide bouncing rescues to monkeys that get too low.

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‘Bizarre’ QT flaw discovered

Posted by | Aug 30, 2010 | , |

A security researcher has unearthed a “bizarre” flaw in Apple’s QuickTime Player that can be exploited to remotely execute malicious code on Windows-based PCs, even those running the most recent versions of operating system, says “The Register” (http://macosg.me/2/t4).

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Predicto members think Apple will announce a new Apple TV tomorrow

Predicto members think Apple will announce a new Apple TV tomorrow

Posted by | Aug 30, 2010 | , |

The members of Predicto (http://www.predicto.com), a web site that offers regular polls, think Apple will announce a new version of the Apple TV at its special event tomorrow.

Of those who have voted so far, 76% are expecting a new Apple TV, and 24% are not expecting such an announcement.

Apple’s special event will be held at 1 pm (Pacific) at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco. The invitation shows a guitar with an Apple logo/cut-out indicating that the event will focus on music instead. Or perhaps in addition to Apple TV Take Three.

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‘MUG Event Calendar’: Andy Ihnatko, HDR Eflex Pro, more

‘MUG Event Calendar’: Andy Ihnatko, HDR Eflex Pro, more

Posted by | Aug 30, 2010 | |

September starts with some special guests on this week’s “MUG Event Calendar.”

“Chicago Sun-Times” columnist and “MacNotable” Andy Ihnatko will present to a Chicago user group, Ben Kerosky of Apple will be the guest to show off iTunes in Alaska, and nik Software will talk about HDR Eflex Pro at a California group. Other topics up for discussion this week include computer security, favorite apps, screencasting, GarageBand and more.

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AMD dropping the ATI brand nam

AMD dropping the ATI brand nam

Posted by | Aug 30, 2010 | , |

AMD will do away with the ATI name as it plans to introduce a range of new products incorporating both AMD microprocessor technology and a Radeon graphics tech on the same chip, according to “The Tech Report” (http://techreport.com/discussions.x/19547)

The plan is to replace “ATI Radeon” and “ATI FirePro” with “Radeon” and “FirePro”, along with a “sprinkling” of AMD corporate identity, the article adds. Existing products, including the Radeon HD 5000 series, won’t be renamed.  Instead, AMD says the first products to carry the “AMD Radeon” label will be introduced later this year.

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