06Jan2011
Apple finally launches Mac App Store
Mac App Store! well people Apple has finally launched ‘the much awaited’ Mac App Store and it has more than 1000 free and paid applications. Apple says, “With the Mac App Store, getting the apps you want on your Mac has never been easier. No more boxes, no more disks, no more time-consuming installation. Click once to download and install any app on your Mac. The Mac App Store is now available as a software update for any Mac running Mac OS X Snow Leopard.” Apple has made
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Mac App Store to Offer Unbundled iLife and iWork Applications?
Several readers have pointed out that Apple's promotional materials for its forthcoming Mac App Store show that the company may be planning to offer applications from its iLife and iWork suites on an individual basis. Supporting that notion is the demo offered by Apple's Craig Federighi during yesterday's media event in which he showed how a user could purchase and install Pages from the Mac App Store. Based on Mac App Store screenshots posted on Apple's pages, it appears that the
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And So It Begins… Flight Control HD Coming to Mac App Store
With the announcement of the upcoming Mac App Store just a few hours old, Australian game studio Firemint has already announced that they will be delivering their award-winning game Flight Control to the Mac. They released the above screenshot which is said to be an actual screenshot of Flight Control HD running on a Mac. Flight Control is an original iOS game that was released onto the App Store in March 2009. The game was a hit, selling millions of copies. It has since been
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Aspyr Media Officially Announces Civilization V for Mac
Aspyr has officially announced that they will be publishing Sid Meier's Civilization V for the Mac this fall. Developed by Firaxis Games, Sid Meier's Civilization V reinvigorates the classic turn-based strategy genre with an astonishing new engine built from the ground-up for this flagship edition of the Sid Meier's Civilization franchise. Players are introduced to an entirely new combat system, deeper diplomatic interactions and a cavalcade of expanded features that deliver a
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Apple Goes Back to the Mac for Media Event
Apple has announced a media event for one week from today. Does the invite give a clue to what we can expect? It looks like they want to remind us that they make computers, too. An invitation to the press from Apple went out today, inviting the media to the company’s headquarters in Cupertino, California, for an event October 20. That means everyone is wondering what Steve Jobs has to tell us this time. Since the invite shows a lion peeking out of the Apple logo, most speculation
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Apple seeds third Mac OS X 10.6.5 beta with one known issue
Apple on Thursday seeded with developers the third beta of Mac OS X 10.6.5, its latest security and maintenance update for Snow Leopard, with just one known issue. People familiar with the latest build, reportedly known as 10H531, said the lone issue is associated with VMware. Having it installed can cause USB devices to not work when the Mac is awoken from sleep mode. Those same people said Apple has asked developers to focus on a few key areas for the latest beta, including iCal,
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Microsoft demonstrates compatibility features in Office 2011 for Mac
Microsoft on Wednesday released a new video highlighting new ways that Office 2011 for Mac users will be able to work with data in Excel and new photo editing tools, all compatible with Office for Windows. Microsoft's OfficeforMac.com website was updated Wednesday with the second video of a series demonstrating new features in Office for Mac 2011. "What we've been able to do in Office for Mac 2011 is to bring a lot of power to bear to produce a professional looking document that's
Read MoreLeave a Comment11Aug2010
Hardware acceleration added to Flash Player 10.1 for Mac
Adobe has released a new version of its Flash Player for Mac that officially supports hardware acceleration for H.264 video content. The update 10.1.82.76 was announced Tuesday by Adobe product manager Thibault Imbert on his blog. The feature, code-named "Gala," had been announced several months prior, but was unavailable with the official release of Flash Player 10.1 for Mac in June. In a break from usual protocol, Adobe enabled the new feature in a security release. Hardware
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