Author: dsellers

Apple: HTML5, CSs, JavaScript, H.264, not Flash, are open standards

Posted by | Apr 21, 2010 | |

Apple may no longer be investing in Flash for the iPhone OS, but says it’s Adobe that’s failing to offer an open standard. Apple indicated its preference for a variety of up-and-coming standards that collectively compete with what Flash can do, reports “CNET” (http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20003006-264.html).

“Someone has it backwards — it is HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, and H.264 (all supported by the iPhone and iPad) that are open and standard, while Adobe’s Flash is closed and proprietary,” said spokeswoman Trudy Muller in a statement.

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Japanese localized version of ConceptDraw MindMap 6 available

Posted by | Apr 21, 2010 | , |

CS Odessa, developer of ConceptDraw MindMap, a mind mapping product and part of ConceptDraw’s business suite, ConceptDraw Office, is now available with a Japanese language interface.

All supported language interfaces are available within a single product and there’s no need to download or install a specific language product variation. Support for each language version is released at the same time, so users may utilize full support at time of purchase.

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iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for April 21

Posted by | Apr 21, 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/).

Western Digital has introduced WD Photos photo viewer, a free iPhone/iPod touch app for use with its My Book World Edition and WD ShareSpace network drives, that lets users access up to 250,000 of their photos from anywhere in the world. The WD Photos photo viewer app allows users to log into their drive from anywhere so they can view their entire photo library.

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Apple store employees canned after data mix-up

Posted by | Apr 21, 2010 | , |

Apple store employees canned after data mix-up
Several employees of the Legacy Village (Ohio) Apple store have been fired after personal information from a repaired computer was mistakenly transferred to another customer’s Mac during a data restore operation, reports “ifo AppleStore” (http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2010/04/20/several-employees-fired-after-data-mix-up/).

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Google purchases company founded by P.A. Semi defectors

Google purchases company founded by P.A. Semi defectors

Posted by | Apr 21, 2010 | , |

The Apple-Google competition just gets more interesting. Google has purchased startup firm Agnilux, a San Jose company founded by a number of defectors from P.A. Semi, the chip company Apple bought in 2008, according to a “peHUB” report (http://www.pehub.com/69556/google-buys-stealth-hardware-startup-agnilux/).

On April 22, 2008, it was made public that Apple had agreed to buy a boutique microprocessor design company called PA Semi for US$278 million. The company was known for its design of sophisticated, low-power chips.

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