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| 08-29-07 / 10:09 PM : September, 5, Special Event confirmed (cjed) |
| Apple confirmed the Special Event (september, 5), where new iPods should be unveiled. |
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| 08-26-07 / 04:45 PM : Special event september, 5 ? (cjed) |
| Macnn reported that Apple could have planned a Special Event september, 5, to announce new ipods. |
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| 08-23-07 / 09:44 PM : Deezer : really worth ? (cjed) |
| The site Deezer seems having succeeding focusing attention these days, as we can read on many site that this is the first time a site provides famous artists music for free. However : 1. The site only includes 200 000 titles 2. Agreements with Sacem and authors were signed but there is still to do the same with producers (majors). Moreover as stated, the "experimental agreement ends december, 31, 2007", then parts involved here don't risk too much (if ads shares aren't sufficient for majors they won't follow the deal). 3. The previous version of the site (Blogmusik ) had to close, unable to reach agreements, and another such initiative (Radio.blog.club) faces strong problems (without mentioning dozens of such sites that didn't made it). 4. The songs cannot be downloaded (only available through the online player, even if it isn't really streaming...) 5. Finally the interest is plagged by the poor quality of most published songs at this time (by users for now), as they are encoded in mp3 at 22Khz, between 32 and 64 kbits ! We can be assured that this buzz won't be sufficient to hurt the ITMS (70 percent of the market), even with the keyword free. In fact the ITMS provides the highest quality available on the internet (AAC 256 kbits at 44,1 Khz), not so far from CD qulity for many people with lo-fi audio system... There is also the free and great sites Dogmazic (musique-libre.org) and Jamendo....s |
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| 08-22-07 / 10:18 PM : Wikipedia : editing by companies (cjed) |
| Macnn reported that Apple, Microsoft and Dell have been caught (through IP from their networks) editing Wikipedia pages relating to them... and even pages about concurrent companies ! With that open system it is obvious that these things happen frequently. However as control is global, what has been removed or modified can be easily writted back. There is still to know the frequency of these "modifications". |
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| 08-17-07 / 08:44 PM : BootCamp/Parallels/Fusion/CrossOver bench (cjed) |
 CNET Labs published online a comparative review of performances under BootCamp (reboot to Windows - though very fast under Leopard, as a session switch), Parallels Desktop and VMWare Fusion (use virtualization principle), and CodeWeavers CrossOver (based on Wine software emulation layer). As expected BootCamp provides best performances, and the bench also confirms that VMWare Fusion is far more efficient than Parallels Desktop (2 to 4 times faster) and that it can manage multiple processor cores.However Fusion doesn't include support yet to 3D games (Parallels can run Quake 4 at 30 percent Windows native performances). |
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| 08-15-07 / 07:34 PM : New photos (cjed) |
| Photos of Parc de la vallée aux loups and Saint-Brévin Les Pins have been added to the photos heading. |
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| 08-13-07 / 10:44 PM : ArsTechnica : review of new imacs (cjed) |
 ArsTechnica provides a full review of new alu & glass imacs. Finally the gain in terms of performances on future games and usual tasks (and also the price) can compensate the negative first impression about the new glossy screen (reflections, and lower viewing angle). |
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| 08-13-07 / 10:37 PM : iPhone : Skype, Dailymotion, games (cjed) |
| The iPhone can now use Skype, and Dailymotion, and rumors go further about its hidden capabilities for gaming. |
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| 08-10-07 / 01:26 AM : Back choirs & guitar (cjed) |
 This song is based upon a theme that uses Symphonic Choirs (S position), with a rhythmic loop (time stretched) and percussions from Colossus, strings (basses and violin) from SO Gold, and an electric guitar (Kontakt 2) : SC_backAlt.mp3 |
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| 08-09-07 / 01:45 PM : Boot Camp 1.4b (cjed) |
| Apple provides at download a new beta (1.4b) of Bootcamp, that includes notably new graphics drivers. |
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| 08-08-07 / 07:03 PM : Special event video (cjed) |
| The video of new imac and iLife08 suite introduction is available here on Apple site. Ars Technica also provides photos of the new imac they got, and plans a detailed article soon. |
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| 08-08-07 / 12:00 AM : New imacs (cjed) |
 Apple presented as expected new imacs. Besides added power (CPU and ram), larger S-ATA hard disks (250/320 Mb standard (up to 1 Tb), a better graphic card (ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT 128 Mb of GDDR3 or ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO 256 Mb of GDDR3), they bring a new keyboard (alla MacBook as previously unveiled) that includes shorcuts to features like Exposé, Dashboard, etc. The bundled keyboard is wired and features a numeric keypad. An option (30$) allows to choose an ultracompact wireless keyboard (bluetooth), without numeric keypad.The glossy type screen has not been well received (see comments at macnn). Configurations prices are respectively 1199, 1449, 1749 and 2219 $. Apple also presented iLife8 and iWork8 (that brings a new application, a spreadsheet called Numbers). |
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| 08-07-07 / 12:49 PM : VMWare Fusion final : interview (cjed) |
| Macnn gives details about final version of VMWare Fusion through an interview, and presents some comparison with Parallels Software. |
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| 08-06-07 / 03:07 PM : iPhone firmware update (cjed) |
| Macnn stated that iPhone firmware update brings security fixes, bugs fixes (calculator, VPN settings, Google Map, etc.), enhances application launch time and battery load. |
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| 08-04-07 / 01:55 PM : Macosrumors is back (cjed) |
| Macosrumors is back. Following recent DNS problems that led to think the domain name was down, the site can also be reached there meanwhile. |
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| 08-02-07 / 07:16 PM : Apple multitouch : for special event imac ? (cjed) |
 An Apple patent related to multi touch interface for computers just has been revealed. As Apple is used to keep its patents secret up to new product releases (for example the iPhone), the explanation might be that new imacs expected to be presented during the August, 6 special event will onboard that technology, through iLife08. The shipping date could be later (as for the first imac announce in 98), to be on par with Leopard launch, or the twos could be released earlier, in September. |
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| 08-02-07 / 06:56 PM : Leopard : UNIX 03 certification / VMWare final (cjed) |
| Leopard (OSX 10.5) just received the UNIX 03 certification. We also learn that VMWare Fusion will ship in final version August, 6, the same date as Apple's special event. |
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| 08-02-07 / 12:03 AM : Apple special event (cjed) |
| Apple planned a special event this Agust, 7, macs focused, where new imacs should ne presented, as a new version of iLife suite. |
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| 08-01-07 / 02:39 PM : Always taxes (vincent) |
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