Type of Article: MacNews News Article

‘MacVoices’ looks at the Omni Group’s plan for the iPad, more

Posted by | Feb 24, 2010 | |

On the new “MacVoices” (http://www.macvoices.com), Brian Covey of the Omni Group talks about their priority for getting all of their apps to Apple’s iPad.

More than just scaling up existing applications, he discusses their approach to leveraging the iPad’s capabilities while keeping the apps lean and mean. All this iPad focus doesn’t mean the desktop apps are being overlooked; Covey offers a hint at what’s in the pipe for the Omni Group’s flagship line of productivity software.

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Apple CEO Steve Jobs turns 55 today

Posted by | Feb 24, 2010 | |

Steve Jobs turns 55 today. Here’s wishing our favorite CEO a happy birthday. He co-founded Apple in 1976.

Jobs also co-founded and was the CEO of Pixar Animation Studios, which created such classic animated films as “Toy Story,” “A Bug’s Life,” “Monsters, Inc.,” “Finding Nemo,” “The Incredibles,” “Cars” and “Ratatouille.” Pixar merged with The Walt Disney Company in 2006 and Jobs now serves on Disney’s board of directors.

According to his official bio, Jobs grew up in the apricot orchards, which later became known as Silicon Valley. He still lives there with his family.

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Dot Hills introduces 3000 series arrays

Dot Hills introduces 3000 series arrays

Posted by | Feb 24, 2010 | , |

Dot Hill Systems Corp. (http://www.dothill.com) — a provider of storage solutions and software for OEMs (original equipment manufacturers), open storage partners and system integrators — has announced it’s now shipping its next-generation 3000 Series disk arrays with support for 8Gb Fibre Channel storage area networks (SANs), dual interface 8Gb Fibre Channel and 1Gb iSCSI, and optional AssuredRemote data management software.

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Native Instruments introduces Scarbee Vintage Keys

Posted by | Feb 24, 2010 | , |

Native Instruments has introduced Scarbee Vintage Keys (http://www.native-instruments.com/Scarbeevintagekeys.info), a set of software instruments that provide renditions of the legendary electric pianos, for use in Kontakt 4 and the free Kontakt Player.

Based on the Scarbee sample libraries, Scarbee Vintage Keys gives musicians and producers of all genres a way to integrate the sounds of these classic keyboards into their music. It features electric pianos of the 60s and 70s, dubbed Mark I, A-200, Clavinet and Pianet, all based on 24-bit sample material.

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