Chris Farley would be proud
Steven Frank of Panic fame evokes the ghost of Chris Farley for his iPhone 3GS unboxing video.
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Adobe Photoshop CS4: 64-bit for Windows only
Adobe blogger John Nack has let it slip that the next version of Adobe Photoshop (CS4 for those wondering) will be 64-bit… but for Windows only. While I’m usually one to cast blame at Adobe’s feet for decisions like these, I have to admit Adobe is doing the best they can with the situation they’ve been dealt.
Last year at WWDC, during the Mac OS X State of the Union, Apple dropped a pretty significant bomb that didn’t get much attention (probably due to the whole NDA thing, I guess). While Leopard would be a 64-bit OS through and through, Carbon would not gain 64-bit memory addressing. This essentially leaves developers with Carbon apps stuck in 32-bit land, with the only other option being migrate to Cocoa. This was counter to Apple’s promise in August of 2006 that Carbon would be 64-bit.
When I heard this news at the session, I immediately thought that apps like Photoshop, Flash, Office were going to suffer, long term. As Nack points out on his blog, this decision really did throw Adobe a curve ball. They were in the middle of developing against the previous Leopard seed from August of 2006, which did feature a work-in-progress 64-bit Carbon. (more…)
Category: Blog Watch,Opinion,Software
iTunes coming for Windows Mobile
shrankmonster blog has photos and details about the upcoming iTunes for Windows Mobile 5.0. The software, which is still in alpha, is at version 0.9. While this is obviously not a customer facing release, the blog details that most of the features (except syncing) are in place and functional.
It’s good to see Apple take the mobile phone market seriously. By porting iTunes to both Motorola’s phone OS and Windows Mobile, they have taken a significant step in securing dominance in the emerging mobile phone/music player market.
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Checking Your Mail Without VPN access Using Entourage 2004
Members of the Microsoft Mac Business Unit, who work on Entourage, have created a blog specifically for Entourage users. Many helpful hints can be found here. Of particular note, a recent post details how to check your Exchange email remotely with Entourage 2004. As someone who is forced to connect to an Exchange server at work, this is a great tip. Check it out.
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Daring Fireball: Brush Metal’s Diatribe
For a hilarious spoof on iTunes 5 recent move to a new interface, look no further than John Gruber’s Daring Fireball. Although, if after reading this you find it funny, there will be little doubt left – you are a Mac geek. Read at your own risk.
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