Available in June 2008, Cricket™ is extremely portable to go anywhere with a laptop—folding to fit in a pocket or computer bag.
Features:
• Adjustable height – simply press button to adjust height of screen.
• Enhances airflow – air circulates beneath and around computer, keeping it cool.
• Extremely portable – easily fits in a pocket or computer bag.
• Ergonomic computing – elevates screen to comfortable viewing height, enabling use of full-size keyboard for more efficient computing.
• For tablet PCs – raises screen at angle for greater readability and more comfortable writing angle.
Specifications:
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Continuing to raise the bar in file transfer technology Interarchy 9 introduces over one hundred new and improved features, including a brand new protocol built upon SSH, numerous enhancements to the product’s interface, plus much more.
“For close to 15 years Interarchy has led the way with its advanced file transfer capabilities,” said Matthew Drayton, founder and CEO of Nolobe. “Interarchy 9 builds on this by adding a number of exciting new features to enhance our customers’ productivity.”
The new SSH protocol is a major addition to Interarchy’s already comprehensive set of supported protocols. SSH provides a number of advantages over incumbent protocols such as FTP and SFTP. Not only is it faster than SFTP but it offers much greater flexibility.
“Interarchy’s SSH protocol offers significant speed improvements, especially when mirroring. We are talking seconds versus minutes for large websites. This is a big deal.” adds Drayton. “Better yet, SSH puts us in the driving seat. Users will no longer will we be shackled by the limitations of SFTP or FTP.”
Pricing and Availability
Interarchy 9 is available at a suggested retail price of US$59.
Interarchy 9 can be purchased directly from The Nolobe Store:
A US$29 upgrade offer is available to all registered owners of
Interarchy 8.5.4 or earlier.
http://store.nolobe.com/upgrade
Volume discounts are also available. For details visit The Nolobe Store at http://store.nolobe.com/ or send an email to
sales@nolobe.com.
Interarchy 9 requires Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later.
equinux has released The Tube 2.5 with the new TubeToGo webservice. The Tube-users can now make their TV recordings available in an online Webgallery. With the TubeToGo web interface, users have complete access to recordings, can publish them and have the ability to schedule recordings on the go.
Television is mobile
With TubeToGo, The Tube-users can use the internet to have constant access to the TV recordings on their Macs at home. Using the TubeToGo interface, TV recordings can be published so they can be later accessed by a web-connected iPhone, iPod touch or Safari web browser. TubeToGo also includes an EPG which can be used to schedule TV recordings while you’re on-the-go.
After a recording has been completed, The Tube automatically syncs with TubeToGo. Over the web interface users can playback, delete and remove recordings from the Web Gallery. TubeToGo can either store your videos with .Mac or on your own FTP server. To play this video-data on the iPhone, iPod touch or Safari web-browser, a high speed Internet-connection will be needed.
Additional new features and improvements
The Tube 2.5 displays the current viewer levels of other The Tube users as a percentage and also highlights the station with the most viewers. Users that wish to follow their favorite programs alongside their other tasks will surely notice Smart Zoom 2. Just move the mouse over the television picture and the The Tube will automatically zoom the image to a larger size. As soon as the mouse exits the active TV-Image area, the window will automatically shrink to the same size it was previously. The Tube also sports a new TV engine that improves image quality, even when reception is poor, and also optimizes power consumption.
Other World Computing (OWC), a leading Mac and PC technology company, announced today that it is offering 4GB Memory Kits for Apple’s newly announced MacBook and MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo models, which began shipping yesterday, February 26, 2008. OWC is providing memory for these new MacBook 13” 2.1GHz/2.4GHz Core 2 Duo Models and MacBook Pro 15” & 17” 2.4GHz/2.5GHz (including 2.6GHz optional configuration) Core 2 Duo models. OWC memory is available in modules and kits of up to 4.0GB for these models as well as the previous MacBook Pro models.
OWC is an Apple Developer Connection Premiere member and its memory upgrades meet Apple’s electrical and mechanical design requirements. OWC maintains an active state-of-the-art test lab to ensure the highest product quality and reliability and provides a lifetime of high-performance reliable operation backed with a Money Back Guarantee and OWC’s Lifetime Advance Replacement Warranty.
OWC’s 4.0GB Memory Upgrade Kits are available immediately, priced at $95.99 (configured as two 2GB memory modules). Additional savings are also available for customers who take advantage of OWC’s trade-in program, which provides $20 cash back for the trade-in of two 1GB modules.
Netflix has wisely been adapting to the future fairly well with adding Blu-ray and HD-DVD (yanking the last from the queue just recently, however) to the mix. Netflix has also playing around with movie downloads. Many have been excited by the latter and with only a Windows version currently available, Macintosh fans are sitting at the table with fork and knife, ready to dive in. But you may want to put down the silverware as it’s most likely you’ll never see Netflix downloads on your Mac.
According to a source at Netflix, Apple is making things very difficult for it, and every other company with digital content, to bring this new exciting technology to OS X machines. The difficulty? FairPlay. Apple has a long history of not playing fair with it’s DRM (digital Rights Management) from shunning RealNetworks’ Rhapsody to work with the iPod to ignoring Sonos‘ constant requests for access to FairPlay to allow the music player to play content from the iTunes Store. Apple simply does not want to license out its DRM scheme as Microsoft has freely done with its Windows Media format.
Hollywood is very stringent with its content and has signed onto Window Media and FairPlay after much work by Microsoft and Apple. To add another DRM to the fold may not go down very well with Tinsel Town. Further, the cost of coming up with a new protection scheme may be too extreme for many companies. Lastly, the “bullet proof” aspect of the DRM would be questioned by all the studios and that would become the deal breaker. In the end, it has to be FairPlay on the Mac.
As long as Apple plays deaf to all the outside requests for licensing of FairPlay, one will never see Netflix movie downloads on their Mac. With Apple having its own movie rental scheme now, it’s highly unlikely Netflix movie downloads will come to the Mac. Like RealNetworks, Apple doesn’t want competition on its platform. In the end, if you really have to have those movies from Netflix on your Mac, get Parallel’s Desktop.
Ettore Software Ltd. today started shipping an enhanced version of its long-standing text expander for Mac,
TypeIt4Me, introduced at Macworld Expo in January.
Since 1989, TypeIt4Me has allowed users to set up short abbreviations which expand to words, pictures, phrases, paragraphs or indeed entire pages when typed.
New TypeIt4Me version 4.0 will now automatically correct spelling mistakes.
Unlike competing products which require the user to set up long lists of typos and their correct spelling, TypeIt4Me’s AutoCorrect uses Apple’s built-in OS X spell-checker, AppleSpell and requires no user set up.
Users can turn AutoCorrect on/off via a hotkey, which also allows changing among up to three supported languages (including English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese).
Company founder and CEO, Riccardo Ettore says: “Users have long been able to define commonly mistyped words to expand to their correct spelling. With 4.0, they can now leverage the power of OS X’s built-in spellchecker and have their typos automatically corrected while they continue typing, instead of seeing it
underlined in red.”
Also new in 4.0 is Autocue, which allows users to define boilerplate text with variable parts to be typed when prompted at expansion time.
For a complete list of features, see: http://ettoresoftware.com/EttoreSoftware/TypeIt4MeFeatures.html
Available now for download from http://ettoresoftware.com TypeIt4Me 4.0 costs $27 ($14 for students/teachers). Upgrades are $9, but free for users who bought the previous version after 1 August 2006.
Incipio Technologies, Inc. announced the launch of its newest lifestyle accessory for the Apple MacBook Air, the Orion Sleeve by Incipio. The Orion Sleeve is Incipio’s answer to Apple’s ultra thin, ultra light notebook computer. Just as thin and just as sexy, the Incipio Orion Sleeve protects in style. The Orion sleeve is made of synthetic leather and ultra durable high density foam and is lined in luxurious soft micro suede . Weighing in at just under 7.5oz (215 grams) and 6mm thin, the Orion Sleeve offers excellent protection, elegant style and focuses on simplicity.
On the eve of Apple’s highly anticipated public release of the MacBook Air - Incipio has immediately released its stylish and protective cases for the MacBook Air. The Orion Sleeve is available directly on Incipio’s website in limited quantities. “Incipio continues to be the first to market, supporting Apple’s highly successful product line.” stated Andy Fathollahi, President of Incipio. “We are excited about this product as it is truly a perfect match for the MacBook Air and our first major notebook accessory. We think that our customer’s are going to be extremely pleased with the Orion Sleeve”
Features of the Orion Sleeve for MacBook Air:
- Thin and Lightweight - Weighing in at only 7.5oz (215 Grams) measuring only 6mm thin.
- Available immediately in 4 colors (Black Absoluto, Randy Red, Burnt Orange, and Olive Green).
- Lined in luxurious ultra suede.
- Assembled using Incipio’s ultra thin and durable flat lock stitching.
- Forms to fit the MacBook Air, providing users a custom fit.
This product as well as hundreds of other products are available at www.myincipio.com as well as selected retailers across the country and throughout the globe.
Newer Technology, Inc. (NewerTech®) announced the NewerTech Intelligent Battery Charging Station, the world’s first battery charger/conditioner for Apple MacBook®/MacBook Pro laptops.
Available immediately for $149.95, the Intelligent Battery Charging Station delivers the longest possible runtimes and extends the lifetime of MacBook and MacBook Pro batteries for maximum “unplugged” usability. The only available MacBook battery charger/conditioner on the market, the NewerTech Intelligent Battery Charging Station was designed with a dual purpose: to charge and condition batteries. The charger has two bays for conveniently charging two batteries one after the other, or charging one battery while conditioning a second one.
With the Intelligent Battery Charging Station, consumers don’t have to go through the hassle of charging and draining every time they use their laptop to avoid reducing their battery’s effectiveness. And with 1.6 million MacBook/MacBook Pros shipping in just Q4 2006 alone, the NewerTech Intelligent Battery Charging Station is the essential add-on for every MacBook user! Read the rest of this entry »
When I first found the 2-finger scroll effect on my MacBook Pro, I couldn’t stop telling people about. I’d often brag, “Ya, it’s so sweet and you won’t find this on a PC,” when I told anyone that was willing to listen.
Unfortunately, this slick trick is for the new kid on the block and my older TiBook is left out in the PC cold. That is until iScroll2. The latest version, 0.27, gives any older Mac laptop (2003 aluminum PowerBook or iBook G4 to run) running Mac OS X 10.3.8 or later the very same ability to get that killer 2-finger scroll effect as the MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops have. The free download will make any older Mac happy for sure.
According to the author, my TiBook is not supported. 
The reason, complete lack of 2 finger detection in the older trackpad. Oh well, at least some other people will still at least benefit from this sweet freeware.
[Thanks O’Grady’s Powerpage]
Other World Computing (OWC) http://www.macsales.com, a leading Mac and PC technology company, announced today that it is the first to offer up to 3.0GB of expansion memory for Apple MacBook laptops — 50% more memory than the 2.0GB maximum factory installed option. MacBook users will love the opportunity for improved performance for audio/video, photo, 3D modeling applications, and more, where the extra memory really makes a difference in their computer’s performance. 3.0GB Memory Upgrade options are also compatible with Apple MacBook Pro and Apple iMac Intel based systems.
In addition to being the first to offer this memory, OWC memory also costs less than half the price of factory installed and is easily user installable with a FREE online video installation guide and a LIFETIME Advance Replacement Warranty (vs. other manufacturer’s limited 1 year warranty). Consumers can also get Trade-in Rebates of up to $55 per module on their existing factory memory (PC5300 DDR2 SO-DIMM).
For more information or to order OWC memory up to 3.0GB for the MacBook, MacBook Pro, and iMac, visit OWC.
Current pricing for MacBook (13.3” Models), MacBook Pro (15.4” and 17” Models), iMac Intel (all):
$42.99 for 512MB module
$84.99 for 1.0GB module
$167.99 for 2.0GB KIT (1.0GB+1.0GB Set)
OWC pricing for all above Apple models with Core 2 Duo Intel Processor:
$259.99 for 2.0GB Module
$339.99 for 3.0GB Kit (1.0GB+2.0GB Set)
With over half a million memory modules since 1988 and thousands of new Macs upgraded each month, OWC Memory is built to the highest standards and fully backed by a Lifetime Advance Replacement Warranty and 30 Day Money Back Guarantee. OWC Memory options are a significant value even when compared to factory installed options, saving customers up to 65% compared vs. such factory options while providing a lifetime warranty vs. limited warranty at the same time.
For more information on all OWC Memory Upgrades, visit the link.
MacBook Memory Performance Benchmarks online here.