Forbes has posted an article that speculates on what new product announcements Apple CEO Steve Jobs will make during his keynote speech at Macworld Expo San Francisco. Forbes is expecting several Apple software updates, including the addition of videoconferencing capability to iChat, and UPS package tracking and Google Web search to Sherlock. “Apple is said to be working on its own Web browser software.
Read MoreKarelia Software today announced the release of Watson 1.5.5, a maintenance upgrade to its excellent desktop interface to find the most popular Web content and services. Watson 1.5.5 offers improved compatibility with Mac OS X version 10.2 (Jaguar), and adds a plug-in that uses the popular Google Web search engine. “We were disappointed, and had to cut back, when Apple announced Sherlock 3 and it looked like a Watson clone,” said Dan Wood, President of Karelia and Watson’s creator.
Read MoreThe Apple Developer Connection Web site has published “Using the Mozilla SOAP API,” a new article walking you through the process of identifying a SOAP service’s methods, creating and invoking the SOAP call, and handling the results. A downloadable sample application, which targets the popular Google SOAP API, demonstrates programmatic access to a live Web service.
Read MoreC|net has published an interesting interview with Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comic strip. Adams discusses the strip’s online history, his recent deal with Google, his inspiration, and much more. Adams also describes Dilbert as “a Unix, Windows and Mac animal” and notes that “he has a flat screen now, if you’ve been watching the script recently. Partly because it saves me ink.”
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