Patent app hints at iPhone controlling Mac, iTunes

Patent app hints at iPhone controlling Mac, iTunes
According to a recent filing, Apple engineers explain how a mysterious "mobile phone" could be used to control your Mac (and specific applications like iTunes) via built-in Bluetooth, and the wording even mentions specific software that would be tailored to the Mac and handset in order to make it all happen.

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Cha-Ching 1.0 Released This Friday

Cha-Ching 1.0 Released This Friday
Cha-Ching is an awesome new finance app for Mac. Each day this week, a new feature will be debuted on the website leading up to the 1.0 release of the app this Friday. Pricing is also cheaper every day this week until the official release this Friday.

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Apple ProRes to Work With Red Camera

Apple ProRes to Work With Red Camera
Apple also let its pal AJA intro a new piece of hardware for editors, trotting out its AJA I/O HD, a device that works with Apple's ProRes, with the codec embedded in the AJA IO HD hardware. It's 10-bit 4:2:2 video that lets you edit HD and up-down convert HD on a Macbook. Looks cool with its blinkinlights! $3495

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New patent hints at Apple TV 2.0

New patent hints at Apple TV 2.0
A new Apple patent may give some foresight to the company's plans for offering a "true" multimedia center experience for the living room, as either enhancements to the Apple TV or an entirely new device. The patent is for a "Multi-media center for computing systems" and describes a system involving a central multimedia hardware hub ...

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Apple Cleared of Wrongdoing in the Great Apple Thesaurus Debate

Apple Cleared of Wrongdoing in the Great Apple Thesaurus Debate
...the continuing saga of the “Who Put What in Apple’s Dictionary/Thesaurus?” continues. We received the following e-mail from an Assistant Editor who worked directly on the OS X dictionary. Grant no longer works for Oxford University Press, but wanted to provide some clarification on the whole “Who wrote what” debate

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First Impressions of Final Cut Studio 2

First Impressions of Final Cut Studio 2
If you're interested in high-end video production, you'll want to take a look at Apple's Final Cut Studio 2. It's chock full o' apps, included a smooth new update to Final Cut Pro, now in version 6, It's main coolness is its ability to crunch HDTV video down to manageable sizes, made possible by ProRes 422, a codec for compressing video...

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Thanks to Mailplane, Gmail can replace your desktop email client

Thanks to Mailplane, Gmail can replace your desktop email client
Mailplane integrates your Gmail account with a handful of applications including iPhoto, Firefox, Safari, and Address Book among others acting as your default email solution. Rest at ease knowing that your desktop email client + POP3 account is no longer a requirement for enjoying a seamless email experience on OS X.

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Motion 3 Released, Now has 3D

Motion 3 Released, Now has 3D
We're just getting started. Going to turn my attention now to Motion 3 -- this year we're embracing 3D, extended all the familiar tools into cameras, light sources, navigation of 3D space... create the kind of graphics you want to create. We're adding paint. Particles, video, pictures, pen -- speed, pressure sensitivity -- and throw behaviors on

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The real reason OS X Leopard is delayed...

The real reason OS X Leopard is delayed...
Great comic from the guys over at Joy of Tech. Top reason: "Vista sucks, there's no need to rush"

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