Type of Article: MacNews Web Site

Apple manager agrees not to give up trade secrets

Paul Devine, the Apple manager accused of taking kickbacks in exchange for company information, agreed to a court order protecting Apple’s trade secrets in any document exchange during pretrial negotiations, reports “Bloomberg” (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-13/martha-stewart-ibm-apple-d-magazine-wwii-book-intellectual-property.html?cmpid=yhoo).

Read More

1Password for Mac OS X adds Dropbox, Firefox 4 support

Agile Web Solutions has updated 1Password (http://1password.com), a password manager for Mac OS X, to version 3.4. The upgrade adds new tools for detecting and resolving conflicts for all Sync modes, including Dropbox Sync. It also brings partial support for the Firefox 4 betas and more.

1Password 3.4 is compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6. It’s a free upgrade for users of version 3.x. For new users the cost is US$39.95 for a single-user license and $69.95 for a family license (five users).

Read More

Review: AluPen for the iPad a bit too chunky

For the most part you probably won’t need to use a stylus with your iPad. However, if you’re sketching, drawing or using a handwriting-recognition app like WritePad (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/writepad/id293033512?mt=8), you will need one.
Just Mobile (http://www.just-mobile.com) offers the US$19.95 sculpted-from-aluminum AluPen for just that purpose.

Read More

IntelliScanner Corp. releases Mini 250e for classrooms

IntelliScanner Corp. (http://www.intelliscanner.com) has introduced the USS$159 IntelliScanner mini 250e media organization scanner, designed specially for teachers and educators. It organizes books and media in the classroom automatically with barcode technology.

IntelliScanner mini 250e allows educators to build a classroom database of books, movies, and other media items in a simple, easy-to-use interface, according to Paul Scandariato, vice

Read More