MacNN | The Macintosh News NetworkMacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period.Song Summoner: console-style RPG for iPod- July 8, 2008 Square Enix on Monday turned its game focus to the iPod, unveiling Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes, a new RPG for the iPod nano with video, Classic, and 5G iPod with video. Song Summoner allows players to battle through several tactical maps with a collection of Tune Troopers summoned soldiers that draw combat statistics from songs resident on t...http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/08/song.summoner.for.ipod/ .Mac down on July 9, MobileMe up July 10- July 8, 2008 Apple has officially announced its launch of MobileMe the service it intends to replace its platform-specific .Mac by setting the launch date at midnight July 10th (Pacific), following a short downtime from 6PM PT the preceding day, July 9th. The note, posted in the .Mac service bulletin, informs users that while the update will cause users to ...http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/08/dotmac.down.mobileme.up/ ZappTek to sell books at iPhone Apps Store- July 8, 2008 ZappTek says it plans to sell books for the iPhone 3G and iPod Touch through the upcoming iTunes App Store. The Canadian developer says its Apple Legends book service will bring the full reading experience to users, including home screen icons, bookmarks and support for note-taking. ZappTek says it will start with a number of short stories and no...http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/08/zapptek.books.for.iphone/ PosiMotion unveils suite of iPhone apps, GPS router- July 8, 2008 PosiMotion says it will introduce new applications and a GPS-enabled WiFi router when the iTunes AppStore opens Friday. The software titles include G-Spot, which brings GPS-like features to older iPhone and iPod Touch models, G-Park to help users remember where they parked, and G-Minds, a pubishing program for developers. The company has also anno...http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/08/gps.wi.fi.apps.for.iphone/ Least Squares computes linear regression on your Mac- July 8, 2008 VVI has unveiled Least Squares, a math application that computes and displays linear regression. Users can input a variety of data points and the software will compute and draw a line on a graph to fit the data. The company says Least Squares uses a "concise and elegant interface that can be used to teach linear regression, or as a professional to...http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/08/least.squares.graphing.app/ Italians get home iPhone activations, third carrier- July 8, 2008 Italian iPhone customers will supposedly enjoy the leisure of activating their iPhone from the comforts of their own home, while a third company 3 Italy announced it would also sell the iPhone, come September. Macity writes that both Telecom Italia and Vodafone will not be able to activate the iPhone 3G at the store, and will instead take both ...http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/07/italian.home.activations/ Averatec All-In-One meets iMac head-on- July 8, 2008 Averatec on Monday introduced a new all-in-one desktop PC that seeks to take on the illustrious Apple iMac in terms of design and features, while also offering several high-end features such as desktop-grade Core 2 Duo CPUs. Unlike the iMac which uses the mobile Core 2 processors the Averatec model uses E4600 2.4GHz processors, Intel's desktop-...http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/07/averatec.all.in.one/ Briefly: OmniFocus review- July 7, 2008 In brief: We have published a review of OmniFocus, Snapshot has been acquired by LateNiteSoft, Blizzard is giving away World of Warcraft expansion pack keys, a REALbasic survey is now online and Mission Repair offers flat-rate MacBook LCD replacement ... We have posted a review of OmniFocus, a task manager from The Omni Group in Seattle, WA. It is ...http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/07/snapshot.acquired/ DealNN: JBL speakers, I-Rocks, iPod touch- July 7, 2008 Today's deals at DealNN: JBL Spyro 2.1 speaker system with two-flower shaped speakers and a subwoofer is available from Amazon.com for $80. Also at Amazon is the Panasonic flash memory HD camcorder that captures video in 1920 x 1080 resolution for $536. Users can also receive a I rocks travel charger with USB adapter for FREE after mail in rebat...http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/07/dealnn.deals.jbl.speakers/ Corkboard "tricks out" your clipboard- July 7, 2008 A new Texas-based developer says he has found a way to build a better mousetrap, with an application that soups up the traditional clipboard. The clipboard is a staple of the Mac OS and a place to put stuff you want to copy or paste, but the new utility brings new functions: Ayluro Corkboard 1.0 runs alongside a users clipboard, providing additio...http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/07/corkboard.10.beta.release/ |