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Product (Red) iPhone rumour grows

MacWorld UK News - 13 min 52 sec ago
Does Apple plan a fund-raising phone drive?

Unconfirmed reports claim a Product (RED) iPhone will debut in time for Christmas.



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Apple warned of iPhone threats

MacWorld UK News - 13 min 52 sec ago
Competitors begin touch tousle with Apple on mobile

Apple has no space to relax, analyst Yair Reiner of analyst firm Oppenheimer, warned last night - competing touch screen devices will form stiff competition for the company.



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TabView - 1.21

iUse This - 3 hours 53 min ago

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TabView makes it possible to view and print PowerTab tablatures with your Mac.

3usethis Version: 1.21 License: Shareware

Changes

In this version, MIDI playback can be paused. A Pause button is available among those that can be added to the toolbar.

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Stream Music from Any Application to Airport Express

The Apple Blog - 4 hours 13 min ago

I recently hooked up an Airport Express with speakers connected so that I could stream music to it from any of my computers. When I purchased it, I didn’t realize that by default OS X only lets you stream music from iTunes to it, not any application. I wanted to stream music over the internet through Firefox, and felt dead in the water until I found Airfoil.

With Airfoil you can take audio from any application and send to your AirPort Express units, as well as Apple TVs, and even other Macs and PCs running Airfoil Speakers! Transmit audio from RealPlayer, Windows Media Player, QuickTime Player, and other media players. Send audio from web-based applications like Pandora, Last.fm, and more. You can even stream audio from audio devices like RadioSHARK, XM and Sirius radios, all around your house.

The description on the website sounded very promising, so I downloaded it and gave it a whirl. After the install I fired up Airfoil, which found my Airport Express and its attached speakers immediately.

To stream music with any program to an Airport Express with Airfoil:

  1. Click the speaker button next to the name of Airport express. The status word “Available” should now read “Active.”
  2. Select the program from the drop down menu that you want to hear on your speakers.
  3. Give it whirl! You should now hear audio from the program you selected over your wireless speakers

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Why does my iMac keep waking at 1am?

AppleNova - 4 hours 14 min ago
Ok, without listing all the apps I have on my iMac, is there any way of finding out why at 1am every morning it wakes from sleep?

It's getting really annoying because not only does it wake, it then fails to go back to sleep again (even though my prefs are set to sleep after 20 mins of inactivity).

I don't remember ever setting a preference or task that might do this.

Any ideas?

For info: My basic setup is Alu iMac 24", Apple Bluetooth mouse and keyboard and Western Digital Firewire 1Tb external drive (used for TimeMachine only).
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iPodObserver - Apple Introduces 3 New iPhone 3G Ads

The Mac Observer - 4 hours 58 min ago
iPhone 3G

Apple rolled out three new commercials for the iPhone 3G Wednesday evening. The ads show off the 3G wireless data networking features of the combination iPod and smartphone, and like earlier iPhone commercials, focus on the device interface. Everyone...
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iPhone 3G Windows hack appears

MacWorld UK News - 5 hours 52 sec ago
Windows users have a claimed jailbreak tool for the iPhone 3G

Hackers have followed up the recent release of an unlocking tool for the Mac with the release of the equivalent software for Windows users.



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Satnav devices responsible for 300,000 accidents per year

MacWorld UK News - 5 hours 13 min ago
Satnav devices are responsible for 300,000 road accidents every year, according to insurance firm Direct Line.

Satnav devices are responsible for 300,000 road accidents every year, according to insurance firm Direct Line.



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Aperture 2 Review

MacWorld UK Reviews - 5 hours 13 min ago
Apple's all-in-one photography tool overtakes Adobe's Lightroom in style

The most striking improvement is that Aperture 2 is much faster than its predecessor, thanks in part to an optimised database running behind the software. A new user interface makes it more appealing to first-time users, and over 100 new features means it significantly leapfrogs Lightroom in functionality.



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Calories - 1.1

iUse This - 5 hours 28 min ago

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Easy to use nutrition tracking and analysis application for Mac OS X

10usethis Version: 1.1 License: Shareware

Changes Calories 1.1 Custom Foods
  • Add your own foods to the food database
  • Create new foods (recipes) from a collection of foods
Metric Measures
  • Calories now supports gram and milliliter measures
Improved Reporting
  • Nutrient inspector now shows nutrient averages for week, month and year for all nutrients
  • Only past days are taken into account, current and future days, which are likely incomplete, don't distort the report
Printing
  • Print your daily diet
Improved Search
  • Much better search algorithm, find foods faster!
Localized Date & Time
  • Dates are now shown in your language and date format
  • Week starts now on Sunday or Monday, depending on your locale preferences
Relaxed Demo Limitation
  • Only the number of foods in you journal counts, i.e. if you hit the 100 foods limitation, remove some foods from past days from your journal and continue using Calories
Automatic Updates
  • Calories now incorporates the excellent Sparkle Framework for automatic updates
Further Enhancements
  • Buy Online and Calories Registered menu items are now hidden, when registered
Bug Fixes
  • No known bugs!
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iVerbum - 3.2

iUse This - 5 hours 29 min ago

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iVerbum is a corpus research tool that indexes and searches text in files

1usethis Version: 3.2 License: Shareware

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Neil Young slams iTunes, iPod

MacWorld UK News - 5 hours 35 min ago
Neil Young argues for better sounding digital sound

Veteran rock star, Neil Young, has slammed the iPod as a "Fisher Price toy", in which music sound quality has been dumbed down too far.



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Localised Apple iPhone 3G ads blitz begins

MacWorld UK News - 5 hours 51 min ago
Apple begins plugging the advantages of 3G...

Apple has begun placing a new series of three '3G' ads on TV networks worldwide.



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AT&T confirms strong demand for iPhone 3G

MacWorld UK News - 6 hours 2 min ago
AT&T sees double the demand on iPhone 3G

AT&T has confirmed a strong start to iPhone sales in the US.



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UK ISP's reach anti-file-sharing deal

MacWorld UK News - 6 hours 20 min ago
File-sharers must expect stiff penalties as ISPs, music industry reach new deal

Six of the UK's biggest internet service providers have reached a deal with music industry body the BPI to combat music-piracy.



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Speculation grows on Apple's future product plans

MacWorld UK News - 6 hours 58 min ago
Analysts, competitors, customers ponder meaning of Apple 'transition' remark

Apple's admission this week that an upcoming "product transition" will affect future profit margins has prompted intense speculation about whether the company will launch new products, refresh existing lines or cut prices.

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New Products: The latest photo frames from Kodak and Parrot

MacWorld UK News - 6 hours 58 min ago
Kodak's QuickTouch P720, M820 and M1020 photo frames, and the Parrot Digital Frame By Andree Putman

Kodak's QuickTouch P720, M820 and M1020 photo frames



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FileMagnet - 1.0.1

iUse This - 7 hours 5 min ago

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Uploader for the FileMagnet iPhone application

2usethis Version: 1.0.1 License: Freeware

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Researcher warns of unpatched iPhone bugs

MacWorld UK News - 7 hours 17 min ago
Watch out for iPhone phishing

Security vulnerabilities in the iPhone's email application and Safari browser can be used by phishers to dupe users into visiting malicious sites or by spammers to flood the phone's inbox with junk mail, a researcher warned Wednesday.



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DVD Studio Pack for Mac - 1.6.32.1

iUse This - 7 hours 25 min ago

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iSkysoft DVD Studio Pack for Mac includes DVD Ripper for Mac, Video Converter for Mac and DVD Copy for Mac. It can help you rip DVD to all popular video and audio formats with customized setting . It

1usethis Version: 1.6.32.1 License: Shareware

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