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Speed Download 5 released - Turbo-Charged
Download Manager for Safari 4

post from prMac on 26 February 2009 04:52:00 PM. © prMac

Yazsoft has announced Speed Download 5.1.2. Overhauled from top to bottom, Speed Download 5 redefines the Mac OS X download manager by combining four amazing products - a turbo-charged download manager with auto-resuming downloads, a fully featured secure FTP client, a file sharing utility with full encryption, and complete .Mac/iDisk/WEBDAV connectivity - into one small and easy to use application. And now with RSS newsreader integration.

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Sony Set to Take On Growing Dominance of iPhone
and iPod Touch

post from TheAppleBlog on 26 February 2009 04:52:00 PM. © TheAppleBlog

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Sony is no doubt feeling the heat from Apple, whose campaign to push the iPod touch (and the iPhone, though less directly) to the forefront of mobile gaming continues, with another recent advertisement using the “Funnest iPod Ever” tag line, and highlighting another selection of games available for the platform. They’ve also introduced a Games Showcase attached to the official iPod touch page of their website. It looks like Sony may be taking Apple’s success seriously into consideration in designing their upcoming successor to the PlayStation Portable, their own mobile gaming device.

The biggest cue they’re rumored to be taking from Apple is a switch to exclusive digital distribution, instead of retaining support for disc-based media via their own proprietary UMD format. I am myself a PSP owner, and I admit that I find the discs both cumbersome and antiquated now that I’m used to just downloading, resetting, and playing on my iPhone and iPod touch.

News of the new device comes from David Perry, Chief Creative Officer of Acclaim, as reported by Kotaku’s Brian Crecente. Perry says the news of the new device comes directly from one of its developers at Sony, and I suspect the leak might even be one that’s officially sanctioned by Sony in order to steal some of Apple’s thunder.

We’ve already seen the mobile gaming market change in the wake of the arrival of the iPod touch, with Nintendo’s introduction of the DSi, which adds some built-in media playback ability to the mobile console. It makes sense that Sony and Nintendo would do their best to bridge the gap between their own products and Apple’s jack-of-all-trades.

This move probably also means another mobile app store is on the way, although the exact nature of the PSP 2’s isn’t explained in detail. CNET is speculating that 3G as well as Wi-Fi might be offered. Sony, of course, has experience with direct digital distribution via their PlayStation Network Store, so they won’t be starting from scratch.

I think they have a chance to give Apple a run for their money, in fact, as long as they can appeal more to casual gamers while still keeping the core crowd interested. An OLED touchscreen like the one that’s forthcoming on their latest incarnation of the Walkman would go a very long way to adding to the appeal of a new PSP, as would the addition of the often-requested second analog joystick. If they are going to take on Apple, they should know their strengths, and game controls are definitely one of them.

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Mac OS 10 5 7 update

post from MacNN | The Macintosh News Network on 26 February 2009 04:45:00 PM. © MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

Following the release of Mac OS X 10.5.6 in December, Apple is now said to be testing the next maint...

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CheckUp, GetFilePath

post from MacNN | The Macintosh News Network on 26 February 2009 04:05:00 PM. © MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

XgridLite 1.1 ($15) is a preference pane that allows users to enable the Xgrid controller on standar...

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Pwn2Own Targets Phones

post from MacNN | The Macintosh News Network on 26 February 2009 03:50:00 PM. © MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

TippingPoint has revealed that the 2009 edition of the Pwn2Own hacking contest will shift its focus ...

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Eminem iTunes trial begins

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A lawsuit filed by rapper Eminem's production company, FBT Productions, has achieved the unusual sta...

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Helvetica Trade Advertising From 1966

post from Daring Fireball on 26 February 2009 03:42:00 PM. © Daring Fireball

“Helvetica, of course.” (Via Mike Davidson.)

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Sony, Philips, Panasonic Plan Single Blu-ray
License

Perhaps this will reduce the “bag of hurt” factor, which has, so far, kept Blu-ray drives out of Mac hardware.

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“Walt Disney World Secrets” Notescast for iPhone
Upgraded with More Secrets plus Fun Facts

post from MacLifer: The best apple mac computer hardware and software posts from around the web on 26 February 2009 03:12:00 PM. © MacLifer: The best apple mac computer hardware and software posts from around the web

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TimeStream Software’s popular “Walt Disney World Secrets” Notescast for the iPhone and iPod touch now upgraded with over 180 secrets and a bonus over 200 Fun Facts – Available on the App Store – Only $1.99

Now iPhone and iPod touch owners can tour all of Walt Disney World Resort using their iPhones as their personal interactive tour guide as they discover one new secret after another throughout all of Magic Kingdom®, Epcot®, Disney’s Animal Kingdom® and Disney’s Hollywood Studios™.

Portland, OR – TimeStream Software announces the upgrade of its “Walt Disney World Secrets” Notescast for the iPhone and iPod touch. Rated in the Top 25 of paid Travel Apps, this upgraded Notescast title now contains over 180 secrets of Walt Disney World Resort, plus a new added bonus of over 200 Fun Facts.

Filled with over 180 fun, magical and surprising secrets of Walt Disney World® Resort, the new Walt Disney World Secrets Notescast App works as an innovative new guidebook allowing guests to tour all of Walt Disney World Resort with their iPhone or iPod touch in hand as they journey from one new secret to the next in Magic Kingdom®, Epcot®, Disney’s Animal Kingdom® and Disney’s Hollywood Studios™.

Additional information and screen captures for the “Walt Disney World Secrets” Notescast App may be found at www.Notescasts.com.

The new Walt Disney World Secrets” Notescast for the iPhone and iPod touch may be downloaded from the App Store at www.apple.com/iphone/appstore/

Those wishing Notescast titles for the iPod Classic, 5th Generation and iPod nano may visit www.Notescasts.com. Available titles include the 2009 Walt Disney World Resort Notescast, Disney’s Animal Kingdom Hidden Mickeys Notescast, the Walt Disney World Secrets Notescast, Glacier National Park Notecast and more.

ABOUT TIMESTREAM SOFTWARE AND NOTESCASTS.COM

TimeStream Software is the leader in the development of Notescast titles for the iPod Classic, iPod 5th Generation, iPod nano, iPhone and iPod touch.

TimeStream Software’s new www.Notescasts.com is a digital download store which allows anyone to develop and post their own Notescasts or download a Notescast from a growing selection of free and inexpensive titles. What the App Store is to the iPhone, www.Notescasts.com is to the iPod Classic and iPod nano.

In addition, TimeStream Software’s Notescasts™ work as powerful new mobile marketing tools by allowing companies to extend their web site, marketing and branding content to an all new customer channel of an estimated over 100 million iPod and iPhone users.

Notescasts™ consist of up to 1,000 pages of interactive copy embedded with links to related photos, video, text and more, and are installed to the “Notes” feature found on nearly every iPod Classic, iPod 5th Generation and iPod nano in use today. Notescasts for the iPhone and iPod touch install as stand-alone apps.

Additional Notescast titles include the newly updated 2009 Walt Disney World Resort Notescast, Walt Disney World Secrets Notescast, Disney’s Animal Kingdom Hidden Mickeys Notescast, Glacier National Park Notecast and more.

Learn more about Notescasts at www.Notescasts.com or www.TimeStream-Software.com.

Media: Contact TimeStream Software for graphics and a sample Notescast title to install and review on your own iPod.

CONTACT:

Mike Westby
TimeStream Software
Media@TimeStream-Software.com

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DealNN: iPod docking

Today's featured deal at DealNN is on the Philips shelf bar audio system. It has been reduced from ...

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