by Greg Mills
With bits of information the Mac rumor mill conjures up both interesting and unlikely product ideas. Historically, Apple can be expected to repeat product concepts over time and improve them as technology allows. We can know what Apple has been thinking recently by what it has shown us in the past.
Read MoreSomewhere down the road we’re going to see some revolutionary Macs. In the near future they’ll have USB 3.0 support and (please, Steve) Blu-ray playback support. And who knows? This Mac might be one of the first stereovision personal computers.
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By Greg Mills
I carefully read the reports of the Steve Jobs interview at the “All Things D” event and was struck by the blunt truthfulness of the man. Certainly, he had to be very careful about every word he spoke. But it was obvious that his feelings are real about his passion, great products and betrayal.
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eMedia Music Corp. (http://www.emediamusic.com), has announced a new exclusive distribution agreement with Ralph Shaw Productions to release Ralph Shaw’s “The Complete Ukulele Course” series of instructional ukulele DVDs in North America.
The series includes “The Complete Ukulele Course DVD,” “Essential Strums for the Ukulele DVD,” “The Complete Ukulele Course for Kids DVD” and the “Ukulele Play Along with Ralph Shaw” DVD. They have a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of, respectively, US$29.95, $29.95, $19.95 and $22.95.
Read MoreSmileOnMyMac (http://www.smileonmymac.com) has updated TextExpander, a Mac OS X utility that lets users define abbreviations for frequently-used text strings and images, to version 3.1. The new version adds hotkeys to activate TextExpander and to search snippets.
Also, the TextExpander icon can now be hidden in both the Dock and the menu bar. Search has been improved with highlighting of matched text and inclusion of snippet label text in the search.
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