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Apple Macintosh, iPhone & iPad news for New Zealanders CreativeTech conference: www.creativetech.net.nz - Mac News
mac-nz carries one of the largest selections of Apple Mac news in New Zealand, covering Apple Mac hardware, Apple Mac software and Apple Mac and iPhone accessories, to make it easy to find the most up-to-date reviews and information on Apple Mac and Mac-related products. - New Apple products reviewed
Apple's latest 21.5-inch iMac reviewed; Slashgear's Magic Trackpad review; new Mac Pro on sale soon; new 27-inch iMac can hold two drives; and where were the Friday tips? - Obama's Mac
Obama demonstrating on his Mac; MagBytes 8 came out last night; tinker with your Mac; inside the new Magic Trackpad; and there's a new version of BBEdit - Safari updated
Safari updated with extra Extensions facility, and improved; Microsoft posts Office:Mac 2011 video; Magic Trackpad updates and iTunes now has Undo, Redo - New iMacs, Pro, trackpad
New iMacs! New trackpad! New Mac Pro! Apple has just updated its all-in-one iMac line, widely praised as the world's best desktop computers, with the latest Intel Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 processors and powerful new graphics; there's a new Mac Pro with up to 12 cores and a new desktop trackpad - and even a new battery charger. - Futurology 152: Space & home
Bright look at 'dark side' of the Moon; water of Neptune; contacting Aliens should be more like Twitter, less like War & Peace; gravitational lens; The Universe guarantees paradox-free time travel; dissolving microneedle patch could lead to universal vaccinations; and turning cancer cells off - CreativeTech & new iMacs
Go in the draw to win prizes by buying CreativeTech tickets; new session added to CreativeTech; new Mac Pros – and new iMacs? How to fix common Mac startup problems; and Microsoft stays ahead of Apple in profitability – just - Safari exploit
Disable your Safari AutoFill Immediately! Take Control introduces new users system, supports iDevices; MacBook Air due an update? (Yes!); Lexar thumb drive big enough for backups and Ballmer is under pressure at Microsoft; new features for Chrome - Apple figures & iLife, iWork 10
Apple earnings – more records broken; iLife 10 'pour les nuls' (for Dummies); get your own WWDC-style App Wall screensaver; screenshots of MobileMe Calendar web app - MacPaint
Apple gives MacPaint and Quickdraw source to the Computer History Museum; iTunes 9.2.1 is now available for download – it fixes numerous bugs; and there was a 'secret' Snow Leopard security fix in the last Mac OS update, reckons BusinessWeek - Apple to pass Microsoft?
Earnings coming up – Apple may pass Microsoft in earnings. One expert, Andy Zaky, believes that day is nearing. “Most analysts think it is just a matter of time before Apple is truly the bigger company.” - Futurology #151: space, cells, neutrinos & arthur
Antimatter inside Earth predicts quakes; the thermosphere is contracting; Mercury flyby reveals more detail; remarkable 'ion trap' turns charged atoms into quantum information carriers; cold new vaccines; cells live many ways, die few; and evidence for the site of King Arthur's castle - Mac sales grew
Mac sales reach 8-10 per cent in the US, climbing a third above the US industry rate; and how to force wireless connection at higher AirPort frequencies - Browsing browsers
Roundup of Mac web browsers; Day of Defeat WWII shooter is now on Mac thanks to Steam, and Google has put more HTML5 Gmail features into Safari. - Macworld conference
Macworld conference registrations open; AppleJack updated for Snow Leopard; Toshiba launches drives for Macs; free video conversion software; Greenpeace chastises Dell to be more like Apple and most PC corps are still using XP! - Second Mac manufactuer
Apple hires second Chinese desktop manufacturer; Ballmer promises Microsoft tablets again; Time Capsule recall for some 2008 models; and how to run Safari 'clean' - Futurology #150: Bullet-proof custard
Super new battery; no-mouse computer mouse; bullet-proof custard; eye-impanted telescope; Japanese net asteroid dust; compound restores memories - Smartest CEO
Fortune reckons Steve Jobs is the 'smartest CEO'; essential Mac apps & tips from Cult of Mac and YouTube adds super high resolution videos – up to 4096x3072. - Tickets now on sale for CreativeTech
The Byte Size Apple-centric conference takes place 10-11 September, featuring a wide range of expert presentations and some fascinating high-tech art thanks to the Creative Technologies Interdisciplinary Unit of AUT. - Tips, MobileMe +
It's Five Tip Friday – but here's a PDF tip from Cult of Mac, too; how to sign up for the MobileMe Calendar Beta; Microsoft starts job chopping; new lower-powered Bluetooth coming; and how New Zealand did by GDP at the World Cup - mini SL server tick
iPad is not affecting Mac sales after all; MobileMe Calendar beta and PC World in the US gives Apple Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server a great review - Lexar, shortcuts & Paris
Please excuse the lateness but ... I had to watch Holland vs Uruguay for, um, cultural reasons; Lexar Multi-Card 24-in-1 USB Reader for Macs – and iPad; add keyboard shortcuts to apps; iOS icon template for Adobe Illustrator CS5; working at Apple – a survivor's view; Apple Store Paris opening video - Future Mac video
Mac mini firmware points at future GPUs; Apple has posted some new seminars online (free, but registration necessary) and a compendium of Jobs pronouncements on Bill Gates. - Futurology #149: body music
Live to 100? We'll see about that ... Nukes in space? Been there, done that; computer program deciphers dead language that mystified linguists; What kind of music do dogs enjoy listening to? Casualties of Pompeii – heat, not asphyxiation; how we evolved dreaming; Dutch woman makes body music - iTunes to supersede Blu-ray
CreativeTech conference; iTunes will negate Blu-ray; cutting and copying files – OS X compared to Windows; new Opera browser is 10.6 and may be the fastest with new Java engine and HTML5 features - Russian spy Mac user
Russian 'spy' loved her Mac: Anna Chapman (pic), arrested by the FBI for belonging to a Russian espionage network called “the illegals,” may also go down in history as the spy who loved Macs; how to use Smart Folders - New lines for Renaissance
Renaissance adds five new exclusive vendors – NZ's only licensed Apple distributor and owner of the MagnumMac and StudentIT chains has secured exclusive New Zealand distribution rights to five additional product ranges. The products are now available at Apple Authorised Resellers and retail chains across New Zealand, as well as at all MagnumMac and StudentIT stores. - Cheap games & freebies
Amazing' Steam game sale for Mac includes a wide variety of games till July 4th; Jumsoft in Ukraine releases more top-class goodies for Mac; Safari extensions - 30 years of Macs
Gary Katz' video of Mac development over 30 years runs in just two minutes; mSpot has launched its cloud-based music service in the US; Jobs gets his own song-a-day treatment - Futurology 148: Blind mice & sun music
Ice cube ’scope; flexible hi-def aerial video on the cheap; red wine can fight blindness; new high-power nano battery may lead to bigger hybrid vehicles; music of the Sun's magnetic fields; much more energy efficient air conditioning, and learning from mistakes crucial to human development - Crazy iMac touch
Does this touchscreen iMac rumour sound crazy to you? It should ... Microsoft sells 150 million Windows 7 licenses and Intel sneaks out faster i5, i7 chips that may soon be in Macs. Which would be nice, but maybe not at the top price! - For the rest of us
Macintosh is now really 'for the rest of us', writes Michael Gartner on Macworld – Apple's Mac base has expanded dramatically; They Stole Max’s Brain is a game now available for Mac; Apple details MobileMe changes - OS 10.6.4 & mini
Mac news is s till a bit thin on the ground with all the iPhone iOS4 news, but ... new mini; Jimmy Kimmel's MacBook saves the day; OS 10.6.4 and Steam for Mac; GrowlMail for OS X fix for 10.6.4 - Futurology 147: 750 new Earths
750 new Earths to speculate on; fungi could revolutionise rice farming; self replicating creature in Game of Life; aeroplanes punch holes in clouds to make rain; ocean once covered part of Mars; 'wow' from space; beautiful 'Xray pinups; how fireflies turn their lights on and off - Mini's slot, Time Machine, MobileMe
New Mac mini speed-tested, and proves to have SDXC card slot; how to back up and restore with Time Machine and Apple has revamped MobileMe online mail for everyone - Inside the new mini
Inside the new mini – Macworld gets hands-on; new iTunes ready for iPhone 4; Apple stepped back a Flash in latest OS X update; 100 in-depth WWDC articles have been posted by Apple; and ten tiny and amazing Mac aps you've never heard of - Mac mini and Mac advice
Commentary on the new Apple Mac mini & pix; new Mac OS update; PC shipments set to grow; setting your Mac up for kids, and the perfect Mac home office; and moving files from PCs to Macs. - New Mac mini
Apple has just unveiled a completely redesigned Mac mini, featuring up to twice the graphics performance, a new HDMI port and a new SD card slot, all in the amazingly compact aluminium enclosure - Free gaming & Woz
Play Team Fortress 2 free on the weekend; talking to Steve Wozniak on the radio; TRIM support in latest 13-inch MBP; Safari 5 extensions – 14 goodies, plus zooming; and clean, tidy your Mac with MacKeeper. - Futurology 146: formats, oil, sails & shoes
Vault holds key to decrypting formats; Costner to clean up oil spill after all; getting the fitted boot – 5000 years ago; old Soviet Moon probe spectacularly back in action; smarty pants monitor diabetes; Sixty-five million years ago, up to 95% of life on Earth died. Why? - Flash 'n' soccer
Adobe Flash Player 10.1 plug-in released; free Bento World Cup template; Can't get enough soccer? Check out this game; Team Fortress 2 game for Mac out on Steam; and rumours of another WWDC just for Mac - Lightroom 3 out, games
Team Fortress Two coming to Mac; Adobe Lightroom 3 is out; plans for Tweetie; next Office:Mac to be 32-bit only; and yes, it's Five Tip Friday! How to fix Mac and iPhone problems. - Safari extensions
Apple Apps Wall wows at WWDC; more about Safari Extensions; Microsoft Office:Mac update; higher definition sports video camera and new Sony still cameras - Safari 5
WWDC very light on Mac news; Safari 5 for Mac and Windows is faster, has new HTML5 features, has a new Reader mode and lots more; Safari Developer Program and now supports Extensions - Futurology 145: dolphins & monkeys
Using iPads to communicate with dolphins; brain interface lets monkey control a robo-arm with thoughts; Israeli radar for the blind; roll up, roll up ... your display; US government built the safest car ever – then scrapped it; another 'ale ancien', this one based on chocolate; modern kids have less empathy. - Mac spyware confirmed
Onion spyware confirmed for Mac: The spyware in question is called OSX/OpinionSpy and it’s a new variant of Windows spyware that has existed since 2008. New Mac game (also in iPad edition), and it's Five Tip Friday! (Except I have posted ten.) - Apple TV a hobby & PCs like trucks
Apple TV a 'hobby,' PCs like trucks says Steve Jobs in lengthy interview; no new Apple TV coming? How to disable Flash in Safari for faster, less annoying web surfing; Apple has seeded sixth Snow Leopard to developers - Google drops Windows
Google drops Windows at its HQ after malware attacks; Adobe intros Digital Publishing Platform; new Sandisk SSD offer more capacity; Hitachi's new drive tech combines SSD with Blu-ray; and CNet investigates the contentious Apple device building Chinese Foxconn factory - Apple, Foxconn, suicides
Apple, Foxconn, suicides and conditions; anger at Apple iTunes Terms of Service; new Logic tutorials; much better Apple TV coming? Here's hoping! Seven anti-Apple cliches that need to die; new VueScan version supports searchable PDF files, and several Mac games - Futurology 144: particles teeth bones
Introducing the plasmaron, a new quasiparticle; lab on a chip detects food allergies; new hearing aid transmits through bones and teeth; soon we may be able to grow new teeth; and a portable wind turbine uses solar power - Apple passes Microsoft
Apple overtakes Microsoft in market capitalisation; MagBytes 6 went out last night; Valve on Wednesday added several new titles, including Half-Life 2; Apple now sells 70 percent of digital music in the US; complaints filed against Apple; Bondi Apple Store supposed to open today - Half-Life 2 & virtualisation
Half-Life 2 for Mac on Steam today! VMware Fusion gets major speed boost with 3.1 update; Apple 'saddened' by Foxconn situation; Apple Operating Systems rising fast in European internet traffic; Boot Camp & dev OS10.6.4 and the Mac BU at Microsoft moves; MagBytes 6 out tonight – are you on the list? - Bento, Chrome, Genius suit
New Bento templates aimed at students; vote for your favourite Mac software; new slim Intel chips may not suit MacBook Air after all; Chrome browser is out of Beta and available; Genius Bar lawsuit in the US, MagBytes 6 due this week. - Jobs to keynote WWDC
Apple CEO Steve Jobs will keynote Dub Dub Dee Cee; the Get a Mac ad campaign mashup takes you through five years of the ads in under 4 minutes; Intel releases new chips which would be great for a new MacBook Air, and Twelvesouth Bass Jumps – USB MacBook subwoofers at Übertec - Futurology 143: artificial life
First real artificial life; ten miles of Quantum teleportation; cigarette-butt corrosion inhibitor; new antimatter clue from Fermi; helmet charges phones while commuting; plane requires 70% less fuel; Japan launched solar-powered spacecraft; paper superconductors - Backwards compatible battery
New MacBook battery looks backwards compatible with previous MacBooks; sleuth reporting reveals grim conditions in Apple-building plant Foxconn in Shenzhen, China; and it's Five Tip Friday. - New MacBook audio
New MacBook supports audio via video; Apple has posted two new Java updates for Mac OS X; Jobs' email compendium; MobileMe Beta FAQ; shift in Final Cut strategy? - New May MacBook
New May MacBook is out with faster video, better battery; Aperture 3 – Ars' full review; Apple and political lobbying – Google and Microsoft way ahead; thirteen Mac games for US$50; MacBook Pro i7 bug with FireWire revealed - Mac sales still up
Mac sales are up; rumours of new Macs; 160% increase in H.264 video online since January; Apple adds two new job positions to Apple Stores; manually manage your DNS settings for faster web access - Futurology 142: visualisations & bafflements
Oil barrel house visualisation; ultrasound as a reversible male contraceptive; Easter Island still baffling; Pre-Colombian Americans had water pressure; five Earth creatures ready for life in space; Jupiter lost a stripe; new metamaterial could lead to better solar cells. - New MobileMe Mail beta
New MobileMe beta Mail client; Adobe 'loves Apple', and gets a barb in too; Steam is live and there are 63 games available already; today is Five Tip Friday – you have 12 hours to enjoy the latest tips - Steam gaming for Mac
Steam gaming for Mac – Portal and Runic Games' Torchlight; Cult of Mac loves Grand Perspective, the graphic big-file finder; Netflix has gone mostly HD. - New MacBook Pros
Auto graphics switching and dwindling MacBook Pro batteries; Mac sales up 20% on new MacBook Pros; Cult of Mac raves about multi-messager Adium; new Canon point-and-shoot with 10M sensor and Aquamacs 2 - New MacBook Airs?
Brand new MacBook Airs winging to Australia? Switch your MacBook Pro video yourself; Ars' Mac Design Awards; three new Take Control titles; free MobileMe rumour; Apple fourth in online buying satisfaction; HP cancels Windows 7 Slate, concentrates on new (sigh) 'iPad killer' - Futurology 141: Welcome to Atomurbia
Plant cube in Getafe, Spain; Japanese pocket gardens; welcome to Atomurbia; US Air Force using laser and nanotech wound treatments; sharing backyard produce using the ’net - Cheap and/or free Mac apps
Macbuzzer currently has free and heavily discounted Mac apps; planning on going to WWDC? It's sold out; fixing common email problems; Adobe Captivates on Mac; next Mac OS version - Apple fan dating
Apple fan dating; four new Mac games; handwriting recognition cheaper till end May; Adobe's HTML5 tools; superfast new Epson scanner; Macworld releases new Troubleshooting Superguide - Apple Covent Garden
Apple goes historic for new London store; MacBook Pro 15 reviewed; Mac Pro Audio Update 1.1; Filemaker release free Business Productivity Kit; Rudix enables Unix utilities which do not come with OS X; Dropbox update; Notes synccing coming to MobileMe, says Jobs - Adobe, Apple, Flash ...
Adobe, Apple, Flash ...Adobe Flash Catalyst reviewed; LaptopMag reviews latest 13-inch MacBook Pro and Dragon Stop Motion 2.1 - Futurology #140: laser stars
To build a star on Earth with lasers; using lasers to clean up space; new approaches to finding alien life; historic human interspecies sex; elastic plastic water; want a new head? Grow it; repulsive fungus could make you younger, healthier - New North Shore Apple Reseller
New Apple Reseller 'Wired Dog' opens on Auckland's North Shore; Adobe CS5 on sale; Microsoft goes with HTML5 over Flash; Take Control of Permissions in Snow Leopard; new Call of Duty is called Black Ops - Flash – Apple & Adobe weigh in
Jobs on Flash in open letter; Adobe's reply; local developer releases Aperture plugin; Cult of Mac says you should have Dropbox; Starcraft Beta II for Mac is out - DubDubDeeCee for June
Apple announces dates for 2010 Worldwide Developers Conference; Apple has released iTunes 9.1.1; extraordinary rise of Mac sales without new Macs in the quarter; Camera RAW update - Family Organiser
Bento Family Organizer; Koingo's Mac Pilot adds save points, Librarian Pro updated; what's on your MacBook? Podcasts cover many common Mac apps - Much more on MBPs, gaming
MacBook Pros – heat, battery life and 'secret' feature; Apple gives Adobe a fillip for Flash; Apple hires Nintendo expert; more on Steam; Safari bookmark bewilderment; Apple's recession survival - Futurology #139: volcanic
Decades of Icelandic volcano action to come; literal invisibility cloak is still incomplete, but getting closer; octopus steals videocamera, records high-speed underwater chase; brain hugging silk could improve surgery; levitating objects using sound; drug could make you trust your government - MagBytes 5 is out
MagBytes 5 is out – have you got it? Five Tip Friday is live (spellchecking); Apple quietly updated MagSafe design; Steam for Mac is available in private beta form; another Apple sally in the Flash war; new games for Mac; latest 13-inch MBP benchmarked - Apple's profits soar. Again.
Apple's figures for the quarter with a 33% rise in Mac sales and soaring numbers of switchers buying Macs; Apple promises "extraordinary new products"; and Final Cut Server updated to 1.5.2 - 20 years of TidBits
Twenty years of TidBits: TidBITS, the oldest purely digital technology publication on the Internet and the first to introduce paid advertising, celebrates its 20th anniversary and 1,024th weekly issue this week; WebSaver free and limited, or extensive for NZ$7.28; EZMix instrument plugin - New hardware & software
IT and Creatives' pay expectations rising; review of Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended; potential malware backdoor into Macs; why the 13-inch MacBook Pro still has Core 2 Duo; Cult of Mac's close encounters with Steve Jobs; first impressions of i7 17-inch MacBook Pro; teardown of the Core i5 MacBook Pro reveals modified chips; new version of MacForensicsLab is 64-bit; a fifth of Americans own some type of Apple hardware - Futurology #138: Lady Gagiga
Genetic disorder skips racial bias; true random numbers; automatic pop song generator; beam that power. Soon; Sundolier pumps solar power; electron microscope that shoots video; recent and mysterious galactic radio waves - Adobe Creative Suite 5
Adobe's Creative Suite 5; Apple up to 56 in Fortune rankings; why the new MacBook Pros are faster; Apple Security Patch for Pwn2Own contest malware; Apple's two 27-inch iMac updates; Server Admin Tools also updated; More dramas at Infinity Ward game studio; MacNN has reviewed ArtRage Studio Pro - Mini DisplayPort audio
Mini DisplayPort passes audio on new MacBook Pros; inside MacBook Pro automatic graphics switching; update for new MacBooks Pros; folder window geography explained; short email from Jobs confirms OS X development is still on track; MobileMe Backup update - Apple PR on new MacBook Pros
Here's Apple's Australasian news release on the new MacBook Pro 15 & 17: - I'm back – lots happening
I am back; finally, the faster MacBook Pros! i5 and i7 iMacs now seem to be more available in NZ; I mentioned the Apple Lisa in a Herald Mac Planet blog, and ... Adobe has formally unveiled Creative Suite 5; Mac OS X 10.6.3 v1.1 Supplemental Update; Microsoft Silverlight 4; Orbicule update to theft-recovery software for Macs - Futurology #137: earth & dirt
Easter Island dirt could cure Alzheimer's; US Army poo power; revive the Klip House project; disposable coffee cup without the burn; global warming nothing to do with solar flares; heavy Roman lead coffin buried for c1600 years heading for scans - Stolen Macs
iTunes 9.1 out for iPad; maintenance updates for QuickTime and iPhoto; STM colours Scout bags; Mac thefts in Auckland, New Zealand; Macworld's guide to iWeb widgets; Facebook redesign; Easter; April Fools - Apple Lisa or 43 iPads?
Apple Lisa is worth 43 iPads in today's money; using Depth of Field with digital cameras and a new Mac media file converter - Mac training & news
Apple OS 10.6.3 Update is out; iMovie update 8.0.6; Sign up for the Steam Mac gaming platform beta; sharing files with Windows users; printing customised envelopes with Address Book; Adobe not worried about Flash; this week in the Grey Lynn Session: better photos, iPhoto and you. And I'm away for a while next week. - Futurology 136: Invisibility and veins
Swiss scientists 'print' human vein; invisibility cloak makes stuff disappear in three dimensions; Swiss autopsy robot; British military developing force fields; extinctions that almost wiped out humans; Ford saves a million dollars just by shutting down computers; another human species identified - Sound and vision
My Final Cut effort; Lady Gaga song covered, and presented on four iPhones; Flash site tweaked to HTML5 – and therefore iPad; time for some hardware updates? Pro software updates and WoodWing makes iPad magazine-generating software - New Adobe, Apple, Microsoft software
What's in Adobe CS5? New Canon printer drivers for Snow Leopard; Microsoft Messenger Mac 8 Beta adds AV; Apple pro applications update for Final Cut Studio users; New Take Control book on DEVONThink; ten new Keynote themes; The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom out for Mac and PC - Adobe CS5 Qio & HDTV
Adobe announces CS5; Sonnet's new Qio high-speed transport centre; HDTV and Apple; Apple's profit out of all proportion; Intego has announced Washing Machine 2, OS X turns 9, MagBytes 4 out tonight - More rumours of new MacBooks
More rumours of new MacBooks imminent; tonight in mac.nz's Grey Lynn training – internet; new Adobe Lightroom Beta available; shooting pro-quality video on a budget; Victorian steampunk iMac mod (pic) - Flash & little panel
Adobe rolls out Flash Platform tools; nifty little extra travel panel monitor works over USB; analyst picks it's Apple Stores driving Mac sales growth; FileMaker 11 review on MacNN; six tips for finding iTunes Store content; Alfred app launcher in Beta - Futurology #135: wind, wires & eyes
Fairness and punishment are largely learned behaviours; British building integrates wind turbines; miniature TV aerials direct light; how robots think; ye Olde Amsterdam wired with brand new fibre; the 'massive' Quantum State; solar powered contacts - Apple updates
Apple updates for Logic Express and Logic Pro; another Mac OS Beta is out there; Apple planning update to Pro, plus a second LED-lit Cinema Display; Canon acts quickly on audio bug with new EOS 5D Mark II firmware; Cult of Mac adds Google to Dropbox to get 'free MobileMe' equivalent; when Time Capsules fail - Brighter sleeves
STM bags brightens its MacBook sleeves; Apple director Jerome B York passed away; it's five tip Friday! Hidden candy; and Kindle for Mac - Lexar cards speed up
Lexar speeds cards up; Samsung launches latest NX10 DSLR in NZ; ElectroSmog — International Festival for Sustainable Immobility; iMac may drive a quarter of 2010 desktop growth; Computerworld thinks Mac mini is ideal small business server; MacUpdate software package deal - Imaging updates
Aperture update fixes video; Canon 5D MkII video update now available; free Photoshop tools; Mac sales up again; Apple printer driver updates; Macs cost less to manage than PCs; Intel has launched its next-generation Xeon 5600 line; MacBook Air goes on Siberian trek - Unboxing new iMac
NTFS 8.0 for Mac OS X; watch the love in creepy video of PC switcher unboxing his new 27-inch iMac; Apple hires wearable guy; VMware puts out new public beta; updates to Mainstage and Safari - Futurology #134: techno-snot
Glue most revolutionary and futuristic; Enrico Dini's brilliant prototype machine prints entire buildings in solid rock; your jetpack has arrived, courtesy of NZ; one-use pooh bag biodegradable, kills pathogens; thermopower waves can be used to produce electricity; gold nanoparticles can cure Toxoplasmosis; JakPak is jacket, instant tent; new macnz poll – win Cyber Clean! - Tips galore & new tech
Hey hey it's Five Tip Friday; more expensive, a Mac or a PC? OpenGL 4; 3D Poser software updated; Apple tops consumer reports in the US; Fallen Earth, a Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) game comes to Mac; ThinkFlood RedEye WiFi to IR Control System from Playback Systems - Kiwa Media, the iPad and QBook
With the iPad, Apple could become a leading intermediary for the publishing business, as it largely has for the music industry. Magazine and newspaper publishers have been working on iPad editions for months already. Over here in Auckland, Kiwa Media has been working on an iPad book solution for a year – just read this fascinating interview with Luke Tomes. - New Mac users
Hey, shiny and new Mac users – what's the desktop? Free NZ Mac newsletter; using the Dock effectively; Mainstage update; Microsoft updates Office 2004, 2008; Google Apps becomes a platform; Apple loyalty up; Google Maps gets bike directions - FileMaker 11 released
FileMaker 11 is a major update; Launchy comes to Mac from Windows; Mozilla has borrowed from Apple's WebKit for fast new JavaScript engine; Fluid Dynamics software Caedmium now available for Mac; Macs in enterprise not just cheaper to manage, but a lot cheaper; challenges that Apple faces and Grey Lynn Mac training tonight - Developer costs eased
Apple reduces price of Mac dev program; Macs look like continuing sales boom; Apple testing updates of Safari, QuickTime and ProApp; Rob Griffiths of Macworld does not use Google Docs; using Command key shortcuts for switchers - Futurology #134: shortened days
Chile 'megathrust' deformed Earth, shortened days — Core77 to the rescue with Pop-Up Shelters — stereo ant smelling — new drug could reverse Alzheimer effects — wheelchair 'tanks' for the disabled can climb stairs — new, greener, syringe — sensitive, tactile robot skin - Bruce Ferguson of darkroom.tv
Bruce Ferguson of darkroom.tv – audio-visuals ‘to the Macs’ – As the final moments of Webstock finished, a tremendous show was projected onto the end wall of the Wellington Town Hall. It not only encompassed (indeed, used) the massive Wellington Town Hall pipe organ, it was tailored to fit every alcove in the wall behind as well. I found out how it was done – using Macs, of course. (Pic – L-R Shaun, Mike and Bruce) - iTunes
iTunes may be a 'crappy, bloated mess', but Apple surveys ask for feedback while Macworld posts backup guide; Macworld Mac OS X Hints Superguide, Snow Leopard Edition; Five Tip Friday – GarageBand tips; Apple is Fortune's 'most admired' company; Aperture 3.1 reviewed - 3D Mac history
Sport; stunning 3D showcase of past and present Macs; Apple updates ProKit; five Mac apps you 'should' own; getting to grips with cloud computing; Crossover speeds up virtualisation and MacHeist's latest killer deal saves you NZ$356.27, Canon NZ gets into more recycling - Security chief
OS X nearly hits 11% in the US, Windows dropping online; more on Flash – security issues; Microsoft, Mozilla security exec goes to Apple; Al Gore 'taunted', but takes another 227K anyway at Apple meeting; Canon firmware update for its full-frame EOS 5D Mark II camera; Adobe dropping Version Cue: - Yes they're yellow
Apple admits to yellow tints on iMacs; HDMI ports coming to Macs, rumour claims; MobileMe director leaves Apple; new Wacom tablet; five digital cameras that are well connected - Futurology #133: big ice, little ice
Haiti internet lessons deployed for Chile; Luxembourg's icy proxy may change global currents; you are who you are – on Facebook, anyway; ignore the forrest, study the trees for biodiversity clues; relocate that crime hotspot using maths; internet predictor site; World Cup Soccer shirts made from recycled bottles; tiny ice device for stroke treatment - MagBytes 3 is out
MagBytes 3 released – it's going to stay free; Aperture update addresses problems; money program Quicken Essentials for Mac 2010; STM bags' new website; Johnny Cash is 10-billionth iTunes sale; Boot Camp partitioning utility CampTune 8 for Mac OS X released; changes to Gmail; Macworld how-to – save files to iDisk simultaneously - A dog ate my hat
Constrained MacBook supplies hints at refresh, a dog ate my hat, Adobe Creative Suite 5? Apple's supplier responsibility report, Aspyr says it has released a Mac port of The Force Unleashed; affordable Mac training - Bigger and big
Macs growing in enterprise; big in France; NVIDIA Optimus and other new chips may be headed for Macs; Apple third in BusinessWeek satisfaction survey; Macworld tip – one Mac, two Time Machine backups Sonnet Technologies ' Fusion™ F2 portable 2-drive RAID storage system and Sportscene: - iMacs, MacBooks, thefts & improvements
Apple improves iMac ship times; dual graphics MacBook enhancements may be coming; Apple launches MacBook Repair Extension Program for Hard Drive Issues; Apple sales up again; New Zealand 27-inch iMac thefts - Interview: futurist Mark Pesce
Mark Pesce (pronounced, I believe, ‘peshi’) worked in California as a networking coder for Apple in the 1980s and ’90s then went on to invent virtual reality patents. After moving to Australia, he has been working with media and business professionals to integrate the lessons of the first decade of the web into 21st-century business practices using social media and other tech phenomena. I saw his riveting presentation – the last one of the conference – at Webstock about tech, now and the future, and just had to interview him. - Futurology #132: nice smells supercar
Nice smells make us act more kindly; off-the-shelf parts make camera to photograph your innards; special car to get 2752 miles per gallon; new sugar-based plastic composts easily; power your house from your curtains; brains work eerily well and adapt, hooked up to computers - Search, Aperture 3 & CAD
Microsoft's union with Yahoo blessed for search, Aperture lights up the forums as a memory hog; solution offered, and SolidWorks 3D CAD coming native to Mac, Google Buzz makes changes to satisfy privacy concerns - Futurology #131: nanogel & nanobubbles
Nanogel could regrow cartilage in joints — nano-bubbles may join cancer fight — 'Miracle Machine' brings clean water from the air to Haiti — bees can remember what human faces look like — a hair proves Saqqaq from Siberia, not North America — Hubble detects space-travelling, er, X — app tracks your mousing computer movements and linger-points — Tiny robots to clean your home - Two press releases – Microsoft & Apple
Introducing Office for Mac 2011, and Apple is close to selling 10 billion songs on iTunes – if you buy the ten-billionth, you get a massive prize. - Futurology #130: bionics & environment
Prosthetics giving modern amputees bionic advantages, robotic Big Dog to go into military production, new studies show water may be partly to blame for global warming, Third World challenges with the global environmental crisis, aerogel insulation blankets can make existing buildings more energy efficient, Portuguese company can make a touch-screen out of anything, and schizophrenia may be in the blood. - Futurology #129: lit soccer balls & cybertracking
Soccer ball to light the Third World, effortless space travel using the Casmir Effect, NASA commissions 'plug and play' spacesuit, the dirt on dirt, Moscow's strays evolving in intelligence, your cyber track is tracked as you surf, Google's sex and religion traces, and an 'art robot' sells itself on eBay forever - Futurology #128: smart grid
Apple aims to build Smart Grid; Solar Power helps Haiti; dark disk obscures planet; how about a space shuttle engine? Brain scans can see how traumatised you are; new transistors may help robots 'think'. - Futurology #127: hard-headedness
Cheap, pack flat, recyclable bike helmet; do you buy songs because they're listed as 'hits'? Full-colour night vision for drivers might be coming thanks to insects; alligator lungs may have helped them survive the dinosaur extinction; lesbian ant species has deleted males completely; Italians make human bones from wood; seven tech advances that could make Minority Report a reality and suprise! Our way of life is not sustainable ... - Futurology #126 – the Antikythera mechanism
The Antikythera mechanism reveals its secrets, street views of Pompeii, that 'junk DNA' in the human genome, 40-million-year-old virus detected in human DNA, the evolution of life in 60 seconds, distant White Dwarf could threaten Earth, Hubble reveals ancient galaxies, Moon shakes San Francisco and the Neanderthals had jewelry and painting - Futurology #125 — Earth & humans
Microsoft has its eye on Earth, seven tipping points that could transform our planet, new antibiotic causes bacterial suicide, clean the house to build your own superbugs, firefly genes in your brain, IO9's most controversial scientific discoveries of 2009, contact lenses could monitor diabetes, move your farm 8.5kms south every decade, and where did our bigger brained predecessors go? - Futurology #124: colonising space
Most Earth-like planet discovered, so how close are we to colonising space? India finds matter on the Moon, cruise being planned on Titan's methane sea, Apophis, a 900-foot asteroid, will come close to Earth, and the first video of a deep-sea volcanic eruption (on Earth) has been released. - Futurology #123: Paper & the Med
New ‘electronic paper’ technology allows a million colour choices; paper makes great formable, pliable battery base, electrode grids inside skulls help people type words using just brainwaves; heavy coffee drinkers cutting prostate cancer risk; world's cheapest water purifier, future Hawaiian cities could be under water; the Mediterranean may have filled in just two years; birth-order stereotypes are valid, monkeys using language with grammar; the cost of being sexy; the science behind the 2010 World Cup soccer ball - Futurology #122
Concrete Cloth house in no time, new lenses for better eyes, Fins heat christians with data, Danish island goes energy self-sufficient, two-mother mice live longer, artificial larynx sounds more natural, battery from green algae better and thinner, future spacesuits could be easy and fast-fit, new flexible antennas will change device design and the Dutch grow meat in vats. - Futurology #121
Unidentified Crashing Object (another galaxy is colliding with ours), mothers' milk wins out, computer habits change brains, how geeks measure the world, fleets of aqua-robots, climate change documented in photographs and 3D models of early hominids. - Futurology #120
On NZ Mondays there's no Mac news so I post Futurology - a page of interesting science news, speculation and tech. The prior series ends on the old mac.nz site at http://digg.com/u1GQEo. Flooded Times Square, earthworms in space, Haydron Collider firing up, algae and light helps crippled mice walk, birth of a new species, Penguins evolve faster, Civvy supercomputer, Cyborg tech, Intel brain implants, scientists build cat brain, fish on Jupiter moon. - Futurology #119
European 'road trains' considered, robot eyes informed by fly-eye maths, hot-blooded dinosaurs, solar curtains, growing new breast tissue, chatter genes in humans and chimps, Haydrom Collider almost back online, Vancouver's green dreams - iPhone/iPad News
mac-nz carries one of the largest selections of linked Apple iPhone and iPad news in New Zealand, covering hardware and software. - Essential iDevices
iPhone 4 on sale in New Zealand. Kinda; essential iPad accessory – magnetic fridge holder; Fortune magazine for iPad; UK military using iPads in training; Apple deploys its own GeoLocation services on iDevices; Apps that use the iPhone 4 's new gyro well; iPhone 4 – auto-panoramas; Ballmer pronouncements; and free travel apps - NZ iPhone 4 launch confusion
Where's the NZ iPhone 4? Apple working on 3G speeds with iOS4; iPhone apps for mums; iPhone shipments surpass Motorola; and Android apps have been sending data to China - Bhuddists, Ping Pong & Chopper
Five apps for Bhuddists; Ping Pong Battle uses two iPhones and an iPad as the table; and Chopper 2 is 'excellent' as a 3D iPhone and iPad game - iPhone 4 Friday, iPads online
iPads are now available online from the NZ Apple Store; Apple's iPhone 4 available in NZ this Friday, 30 July. A new iPhone 3GS 8GB model will be available for outright purchase for NZ$899 inc GST. - iPad on sale
iPad is on sale in NZ – but where? NZ media ready with iPad reader apps – NZ Herald; North & South; turn iPhone, iPod touches and iPads into universal remotes with RedEye mini - Download bumpers
iPad is on sale here – LG can't keep up with display demand; iPhone vs Android – iPhone wins in satisfaction by miles; downloadable Bumper cases; White iPhone 4s delayed again - Free Bumpers
Free iPhone 4 cases to cost Apple about US$175M; iPad not conforming to the usual Early Adopter curve; Cult of Mac loves free Simplenote; DIY iPhone 4 steadycam; GE room mood app simulates lighting effects - NZ iPhone 4 July 30
iPhone 4 on sale in NZ Friday July 30th; new FileMaker apps for iPhone, iPad; iOS update for iBooks; make customised ringtones using iTunes only; Apple's free Bumper cases impact case industry; Cult of Mac lauds Cyclemeter; iPhone art documents Foxconn suicides - iPad, iPhone 4 NZ on-sale dates
iPad, iPhone 4 NZ on-sale dates – this Friday 23rd for iPad, 30th for iPhone 4! Jansen about to sell iRig pocket guitar iPhone amp interface in NZ; iPad only Murakami; and new version of Britannica Concise Encyclopedia 2010 - Apple iPhone press conference
Select press invited to a special Apple press conference about the iPhone 4; new iPhone/iPad iOS4 version is out; The Weathered Underground interactive movie app; Apple iPhone Configuration Utility at version 3; New York Mayor loves his iPad; WorldCard business card reader - Damn the torpedos – iPhone 4 sales explode
iPhone 4 sales explode; New Zealand company launches Chinese language eBooks on iTunes; Apple gets second mapper; rumours of an iPhone 4 design change; TeamViewer releases free iPad version; Microsoft says iPhone 4 is 'Apple's Vista'; and how to successfully sell in the App Store - Crisis? What crisis?
Are iPhone 4 issues becoming a PR crisis for Apple? We're still not even sure what the extent of the problem is. Mac followers weigh in; iPad journal is attractive way to keep memories; Apple posts instructions how to use FaceTime through firewalls - Consumer Reports retracts iPhone 4 commendation
Consumer Reports pulls its iPhone 4 recommendation; four new iPhone apps highlight FaceTime; PayPal & Star Trek communicator apps; BMW and iOS for in-car systems; Google takes on App development - iAd reaction
iAd reaction; Gyro Draw-ing; Android is catching up; new flashlight apps for iPhone 4; model iPhone 3GS photography and yet more on iPhone 4 and other iPhone reception - Handy apps & FaceTime
Conference apps; doctors consult live with iPhone 4 FaceTime; Sarsoft Rescue Kit 2; Meebo offers live chat with all services; watch an iPhone 4 dismantle itself; iPhones 4s have better face recognition; learning knots app; and iPhone network settings reset take 2 - Music makin'
iDevice essential for music making; Got an iPad already? 15 must-have games; Throw darts from an iPhone at an iPad target; Archetype raves and PhoneHalo finds your keys - Some great apps
Much anticipated Archetype first-person shooter in the App Store; Gameloft special deals on iPad games; NZ Post app great – and free; Microsoft Bing is great for iDevices, says Cult of Mac; iPad production ramps up; Voice Commands on iPhone 4 and video evidence of the iPhone 4 death grip effecting reception. - Missing in iOS4
What's missing from iOS4? Apple waives iPhone restocking fees; it's not all bad – some defend Apple; reading on iPad faster than Kindle, but both slower than paper; creating photorealistic portraits on iPad with finger painting - iPhone 4 reception
Apple publishes letter on iPhone 4 reception – and blames its signal-strength measuring formula! Reactions to the letter are already appearing. Meanwhile, blast it! Realistic WWII tank battle game costs $5.29. - Geekbench & boyfriend evaluator
Geekbench 2 now in iPhone version; another evaluator – this time for boyfriends; new Apple MobileMe Gallery app; how to quit apps to free up resources in iOS4; that iPhone 4 antenna; Wired Mag for iPad 2 arrives with mods - iPad love
iPadees love their iPads; send up to five photos at once on iPad or iPhone; five little-known features in iOS 4; high-tech finger-painting; Apple seeks antenna experts; app for those 'job transitioning' - iPhone 4 short film
First short film made using iPhone 4 entirely; HP starts shipping an email multifunction printer, meaning you can print from iPhones and iPads without connections; and Star gazer iPad app looks stunning and has useful features - iPhone 4 sales
1.7 million iPhone 4s sold in two days, and sell-out stores; Apple spotlights apps that are iPhone 4-ready; iPhone 4 16GB costs US$188 to make; Jobs says 'stay tuned' for resolution of left-hander reception issues; first impressions of Apple’s iPhone 4, and what's next? - Even more on iPhone 4
iPhone 4 out in the US – first impressions; Apple may have sold 1.5 million iPhone 4s already; Ars says what's great – and what's not in iOS4; iOS4 creating headaches with iCal; TomTom iPhone car kits doesn't charge new iPhone – but easy fix - iPhone 4 on sale
iPhone 4 now selling in the US, but the white model not so much; is the iPhone 4 stainless steel antenna causing problems with hand contact? TomTom updated with multitasking; iPad mag for New Yorker; iMovie for iPhone - iPhone 4 news
iPhone 4 reviews appearing; iPhone 4 teardown reveals beauty and new parts; Apple has 20% of the Land of Nokia's smartphone market; iPad second most popular developer platform behind iPhone; more Android's added to Vodafone NZ; One fifth of Android apps steal data; Apple expands patent claims against HTC; iPhones fail at the rate of 26% over two years; iOS4 enables Bluetooth keyboards with iPhone 3GS - iPhone & iOS4
Apple starts shipping iPhone 4 early in the US; iOS4 – problems installing and other stories; 3-million iPads sold in the US in 80 days; Halogen iPad game called 'insanely fast, insanely addictive'; App developers refusing offers from Microsoft, Google - iOS4 out
iOS4 is out – it's free in iTunes but you need the right device; MobileMe subscribers get iPhone-finding app; Facetime won't use cell-minutes (it's WiFi); Pure genius' Canabalt game; Italian dog training app - Voice for the voiceless
Cheap app gives voice to the voiceless; 5 reasons your mum wants an iPad; Apple issues statement on iPhone 4 pre-orders; iPad's A4 processor influenced by Samsung; Amplitube music interface apps reviewed - iPhone 4 pre-sell-out
Apple sold 600,000 pre-order iPhones; iPhone to overtake Nokia, become top Australian smartphone; US Police department uses iPhones to ID people; Google Earth for iPad is top app; iPad GPS traces stolen iPad - iPhone 4 frenzy builds
iPhone 4 orders crash servers; build your own iPhone games ... for free; 10,000 native iPad apps; Apple Store App now available – but only in the US; Foxconn moves out non-iPhone workers; chance to win free apps - iPhone & iOS4 news
iMovie for iPhone won't work on iPad, or export to Mac; Facetime explored; new iPhones may upload to Facebook; iPhone & iPad developers in Apple promo video; iPhone Apps contest; eye illusions galore; mugged Chinese developer gets iPad replaced by Apple and an Australian airline is putting hire iPads on flights for passengers - iPhone & iOS 4
Top iPhone news roundup on next iPhone and OS; Apple newly-introduced iPhone 4 could be record-breaker; submit your iOS 4 apps now; Apple posts iPhone Keynote control tip; speaking of WiFi and presentations - Soccer & security
iPad and soccer; iPhone/iPad/touch OS security; and Wired Magazine's iPad version has actually outsold the print version, for those sceptical about the future of magazines being on devices. - Top Apps at WWDC
The top ten App winners at WWDC; Apple shuts out Google-owned Admob; and the iPhone 4 FaceTime promo – it may not be by director Mendes, but it's still pretty slick - iAds – July 1st
iAds out on July 1st, Bumpers (cases for iPhone, but by Apple); comparing iPhone 4 features to other smartphones; Windows Phone 7 Marketplace will be porn-free, just like App Store; emailable printing from HP solves device printing problems - New iPhone features & iOS4
iOS4 and new iPhone unveiled; 'Retina display' and bigger battery; new camera, too; iMovie on iPhone; live video chats; upgrades to iBooks and it's coming to iPhone too; ships 24th June in the US, July in New Zealand. - Zombie Shock & Foxconn
International concern leads to 30% pay rise for Foxconn workers; Ballmer reckons PCs won't be ousted by iPads; Map app lets you add GPS locations to your own maps; Admob releases iPhone SDK; Zombie Shock is highly detail actioner; new Take Control iPad ebooks includes freebie: - More iPad surprises
Productivity app surprise for iPad; iPad led to iPhone; 38% of iPad traffic already from outside the US; London parking, driving app; make and edit videos on iPad; Time Inc updates free TIME Mobile iPhone app - New iPhone 4x more resolution
Next gen iPhone may have 4x more resolution; Pulse is a 'gorgeous' iPad newsreader; Skype now supports iPhone 3G; 'Star Trek' style speech translator Jibbigo; HTC Evo 4G compared to iPhone in comparo teardown and some Japanese iPad magic - 2 million iPads sold
Apple sells 2 million iPads in two months; HD Bruce Lee on iPad, iPhone; Tweep currently free; German iPad art porn revenge in Berlin subway; and Apple tells you how to publish iPad books yourself - International hit before release
Wired mag on iPad pushes 24,000 downloads in one day; iPad an international hit, even before international release; New Zealand company wins kudos for exciting book app; Apple market share up two points, to 6.8%, in Europe; MagBytes fits on iPad - Wired iPad mag
This is your reading future: Wired magazine app is 'killer'; front camera in new iPhone? Twice as many iPhone OS devices in use as Android; thirty per cent of Netbook buyers went to iPad; Mercedes dealers getting iPads - iPad production may double
Goodbye iPhone 3G; Apple may double iPad production; next wave of iPads about to hit – internationally; 'Hilarious' Phoenix wright app; American Beauty director making next iPhone commercial; roundup of new apps includes one for journos - Aussie iPad dress
Australian iPad dress, shirt; steampunk collaboration app The Mongoliad is coming; cool astronomy app explores our Solar System; Flash shown to slow Android - The Rise of iPad
More iPads being sold than Macs; Apple reverses no cash policy for iPad sales; international iPad Stores open; Italian iPads claimed to be arriving; iPad making waves in US e-reader market; Florida IT guy ditches Mac for iPad; iTunes sales climbing; Universal iPhone remote dongle; OS 4 will let you edit your user dictionary - iPhone passes Motorola
Apple has just overtaken Motorola in smartphone supply; Tweetie for iPhone dead, meet 'Twitter'; iPod touch prototype with camera surfaces in Vietnam; camera support in OS 4, too; Illinois college to supply student iPads - NZ vegie, Halal apps
New Zealand-developed Halal & vegetarian iPhone scanner apps; Anttenna trader app; iPhone voting in Santa Clara; iPhone 4G makin' coffee and how to make your Stanza collection of tomes into iBooks - iPhone prototype running OS4
iPhone prototype is running OS4 and on the A4 chip, too; CBS has chosen HTML5 over Flash to deliver content to iPad, iPhone and iPod touch; the US magazine Vanity Fair has an app coming - Another iPhone prototype found
Another Apple iPhone prototype seems to have emerged; iPhone applications spoil party for rivals; fighting jet lag with an app; iPad aviation school; extra iPad battery power packs; Intel pledges support for tablet chips; plug your guitar into your iPhone - iPad handles 11 touches
iPad handles 11 touches; Google’s Android OS has surpassed Apple; iPad patch coming; Square iPad payments; iWork making big bucks for Apple; Borders goes ePublishing online - Preorder Australian iPads
Australians, start pre-ordering your iPads; Jobs defends international iPad prices; iPhone headphone jack devices; Apple pushes ePublishing; cool Apple OS 8 synth for iPhone - NZ iPad date announced
New Zealand iPad date announced – July; Cult of Mac lists five good iPhone games – Alice Redux, Your Life Rewound, Visiting Luminaries and More; and iPhone OS 4 news: Apple seeded the iPhone OS 4.0 beta 3 to developers this week - Male iPad users
Two thirds of iPad buyers are men; steady goodbye to netbooks; iAd will allow developers to check conversion rates; campus police monitor security video on iPhones; Rupert Murdoch says WSJ more profitable on iPad than Kindle; Rolls Royce Silver Ghost app - One million iPads
One million iPads sold in a month; Apple may face antitrust suit; iPad 3G reviews times two; Popular Science – iPad version; Spirit iPad jailbreak available; MacNN's latest app roundup - Reality browsing
Layar 'reality browsing on iPhone; Apple's apps for iPad reviewed – Keynote, Numbers and Pages; hope for Palm as HP steps up; three iPhone printing apps; MacNN app roundup; Jobs and Adobe weigh in on Flash - AUT joins AUC, talks iPads
Bento for iPad gets 4/5; Apple acquires voice-based personal assistance and search service Siri; AUT joins AUC – and talks about iPads; lawyers, Gizmodo, missing iPhone prototype; Video conferencing on next iPhone; Apple adds to acquisitions basket with an ARM firm - iPhone tops world
Sixty per cent of worldwide smartphone traffic is iPhone based; what's in iPhone 4 so far? One month on with iPad; Omnigraffle updated with more gestures; iPhone photography; more powerful free calculator, other App picks; font based game - Impressive apps
Free expenses reports app impresses Cult of Mac; HoloToy looks 'amazing'; Camera Genius adds video to all iPhones; iPad Camera Connection Kit has other hidden USB capabilities; ninety-nine-year-old's first computer ever is an iPad; 72% of smart phones in Japan are iPhones; male iPhone owners to get lucky; iPad is not a netbook and should not be compared to them; iPad Xray - Free CS5 iPhone training
Free iPhone training in Adobe CS5; Aha! iPad music controller; Jumsoft money for iPad; and beautiful designer clock for iPad free – but today only - iPhone sales well up
iPhone sales help Apple to another powerful financial quarter; Adobe introduces Flash app-building tech in CS5 ... then says it's abandoning it; second iPhone OS 4 Beta out; iPad blog showcases app creation; Californian Docs deploy iPads; new iPhone music instrument and patriotic ANZAC tracks. - iPad 3G, & free apps
iPad 3G to ship in the US on the 30th April; iWork for iPad reviewed; Uffizi gallery guide free till April 26th; Free music thanks to Bing; Apple demands prototype new iPhone back; globetrotter iPhone apps; Icelandic volcano makes 13 Lonely Planet apps free; iPhone SDK4 Beta - iPad 3G
3G iPad orders delayed; iPad chip is 45nm – and not made by Apple; iPod shuffle Headphones with Remote replacement program; free do-it-yourself iPhone to iPad upgrade; 12 iPad tips and tricks; 3 new Dr Seuss apps for Earth Day; TUAW reviews NDrive Australia/New Zealand around Palmerston North - Autism speech app
Autism aid speech-creator; extend your Mac desktop onto iPhone, iPad, Glee app; iPhone life-goal setter; first iPad jailbreak in the wild; the Omni Group updates app roadmap; Apple starts pushing iAd - International iPad delay
Apple delays international iPad launch; the free Opera Mini browser app tops iPhone downloads after a just a week of being available; GrooveMaker for iPad and Warpgate for iPhone/touch - Apple iPhone OS 4
Apple iPhone OS 4; Apple changed the SDK: Apple debuted the beta version of iPhone OS 4 last week, announcing a new features and additions to its prior iPhone and iPod touch applications. - 9 hours iPad battery life
iPad Wi-Fi + 3G will get up to nine hours battery life; comprehensive iPad reviews; email on the iPad; Adobe iDeas free for iPad; iPad up to 60% faster than Snapdragon; twice as fast as iPhone; four iPad games from Freeverse; iPhone event for April 8th; I am away till the 14th. - iPad on sale
iLounge has just posted its gallery of iPad unboxing photos; Gmail for iPad; Wozniak loves his new iPad; No iPad support for iTunes Extras or iTunes LP content; iPad mag impresses; Hyundai's iPad luxury car manual - Almost iPad time
Almost iPad time (Sunday 4th, NZ time); Apple's new page of websites it considers 'iPad-ready'; iPad apps already in App Store; Greg Packer once again first in line, this time for iPad; Macworld has iPad, awaits your questions; iPad ace weather app; iPad TV; Pianist Pro for iPad; roundup of other new iPad apps at TUAW; latest iPhone apps; free MMO iPhone game from Freeverse and Happy 34th birthday, Apple, and Happy Easter to you (if you celebrate Easter) - Games & Golden Master
Apple sending customised reminders to iPad orderers; Android catches iPhone OS in developer interest; April 24th for 'other' iPad release countries? iPad games flood; Words With Friends for iPad; Golden Master version of the iPhone OS 3.2 SDK going to developers - New iPhone?
New iPhone?; Apple has released the Gold Master version of the iPhone SDK 3.2 for iPad; iPads arriving. Almost; retro racing game Raging Thunder 2 by Polarbit; dj Remote; Apple hiring editors; Android about to beat iPhone in Mobile web use; iPod godfather Tony Fadell leaves Apple, goes green; App Store purchases through Facebook - iPad guided tours
iPad guided tours; security breach for iPhone app; iPad iBookstore offers low-cost ebook self publishing; iTunes update for iPad; Bento; Brightcove converts Flash video to HTML5 for iPad; iPad shipping to some lucky pre-orderers - Apple and the army
Army General Justice talks to Apple; iPhone beats three rival Android handsets in touch tests; business interest growing in iPad; Digg launches iPhone app; hacker controls car from iPod touch; Mariner for iPhone - iPhone, iPad news 24 March
Apple offering contract-free iPhones in the US (new model coming?); two changes to the iTunes Store – gift apps and terms and conditions; Opera Mini submitted to App Store; Zosh lets you sign forms with iPhone; two iPhone search engines; Apple does iPad book deal with Perseus Books; Mount Sinai hospital in Toronto's use of iPhone - Books & readers
Ars Technica reviews the Wikipedia Articles app; Marketcircle has released an update to Billings Touch; two new Shakespeare apps; iPad already supports free Gutenberg eBooks; Amazon Kindle for iPad; iPad dev camps. - iPad access secrecy
Apple swears developers to secrecy for early access to prerelease iPads; Apple allows iPad app submissions; new EA Games coming for iPhone etc; Apple working with iGroups patents - More eye candy
Kaleidescopes on your iPhone; Hipstamatic gets great review; Sports Pack Bundle; Ngmoco iPad specific games coming; insight into the future of iPad magazines; learn to play music with Etude; iPhone SDK 3.2 for iPad; developers can now schedule price changes through App Store; musician releases entire iPhone-recorded album - iWork.com
Apple updates iWork.com with new iPhone, TomTom update; iPad interface; protective screen film banned from its retail and online stores; Tweet pic stalker; iPhone bump-to-pay; Things coming for iPad - Wikipedia app
Articles – a new application for browsing and searching Wikipedia; Electronic Arts has released an update to The Sims 3; Apple iPad accessories not available till May; iPad drives App boom; Cool tip – select entire paragraphs in iPhone text selections - iPad battery fail? New iPad
Apple iPad pre-sale numbers; Apple to replace failed iPad batteries with new iPads; XML co-creator goes to Android; TomTom USA adds traffic reports as a paid extra - New gestures in next OS, music
New gestures possible in next iPhone OS; Tom De Nolf shoots music video entirely on iPhones; nine drum kits in your phone; iPhone now second most popular smartphone in the US - Developers, control, books & games
iPad SDK update released – iPad only mag appears – Street Fighter – as good as you could expect – books now outnumber games on the App Store – control computers from your iPhone for free – Alice in Wonderland gets good review – Game Developer Conference overshadowed by iPhone - Apple's iPhone IP
Apple gets tough with iPhone wannabes; Surviving High School gets Homecoming Queen megapack; the iPhone as universal key; iPhone owners in China may soon get WiFi; Tekken coming to iPhone? - iPad on sale in the US 3.04, no NZ date
iPad on sale in NZ ... some time; Apple iPad shown at Oscars; Apple execs head to UK for iPad talks; paid app upgrades coming? Apple iPhone Earth pic in super high resolution - iPad mags & books
Radio Flare REDUX for the iPhone and iPod touch; Google buzz app; Wall Street Journal has iPad to develop on; Real World Dates and development for iPhone; iPhone down as Android eats market share; Penguin demonstrates iPad books; worried about a zombie apocalypse? Don't worry, there are apps for that - iPad 26 March?
iPad 26 March? Foxconn claims it's on track for iPad release; iPad will push WiFi; Facebook scam targets iPad lust; Virgin drops Flash for lack of iPhone support; massive profits in iPhone; Omnis Studio 5 iPhone developer software to be demonstrated. - Bizarre cases, games
Tongue-in-cheek iPad 'pad' case; ultimate roadie-approved iPhone case; how to get more out of your iPod, iPhone battery life; Rayman and Assassin's Creed II; Killing Nazi zombies (review) - Meet the iPad's A4
Meet the iPad A4 cortex; iPad won't work as secondary display; low numbers of iPads to ship? Latest iPhone gems on iLounge' Instapaper Pro updated; UK iPad price rumours; Condé Nast's iPad mags revealed - Sun, tips, Flash
NASA puts the sun on iPhone; Adobe rebuffs Flash battery hog charges and launches Connect Pro; Explicit comes, Explicit goes; future iPhone finger-swipes; touch users use more; Five Tip Friday on iPhone - Explicit
New iPad SDK comes and goes, Freeverse absorbed by ngmoco, App Store may get a new Explicit section, and Apple's Tim Cook talks about iPad, TaskPaper for iPhone - iPad demand, iPhone success
Apple iPad demand exceeding pre-launch iPhone buzz? iPhone now third most popular smartphone in the world; another take on Flash and the iPhone controversy – protecting the iPhone SDK; Portable art database; ProCamera iPhone camera app; Dropbox updated for free; Alarm Clock Pro and Alarm Clock Free for iPhone - iPad and Flash
iPad and Flash; multitasking; custom Apple A4 iPad chip estimated to cost US$1 billion; iPad Safari SDK in action? Microsoft software and iPad; MobileMe and mobile Safari updates slightly; Apple's 'overtly sexual' iPhone crackdown – goodbye to 5000 apps; TomTom still successful despite price tag, cheaper competitors - iPad publishers, AutoPark 'n' SpinArt
Publishers reportedly sceptical of Apple iPad business model — iPhone hardware and OS beat Nexus One for 3D performance — AutoPark for your iPhone, car — App tracker for developers free for a limited time — SpinArt – all the fun with no mess — Google and Apple still chums - iPhone competitors gear up
Apple not there, but still the talk of the show — two Linux smartphone operating systems to merge — alliance of 27 to combat iPhone App Store — iPad native Wired magazine coming — Plants vs Zombies' game — Adobe boosts Air for Mobile — Apple approves Serial port-to-Dock Connector design - Games & iPad cases
South Park's bad-mouthed boys try to survive a Japanese game show; iLounge retro game gems; iPhone personal assistant, Gecko iPad accessories - iPad SDK is out
iPad SDK released, Walt Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger calls iPad "game changer", using VoiceControl with iPhone, cost of iPad build worked out, CAD software multi-platform for Mac, PC and iPhone, Opera browser coming to iPhone, Military Madness Neo Nectaris Brothers in Arms II for iPhone. - Dinosaurs, racing & doom
The American Museum of Natural History Dinosaurs app — id Software has released Doom II RPG — Gameloft's GT Racing reviewed — Apple rules mobile apps — new Flash 10.1 only for Androids - iPad pricing & VGA
Apple 'flexible' on iPad prices if sales demand; iPad interest wanes, except for doctors; new VGA connector on iPad supports projectors; iPhone Bluetooth improver; iLounge's latest iPhone app gems - Interview: Brian Fling on Mobile apps, iPhone, iPad & more
Brian Fling is an expert on mobile app design and implementation across platforms. An abridged version of this interview is on Mac Planet on the NZ Herald – this is the full, fascinating interview covering mobile apps, iPhone and iPad. It's fascinating insight into mobile apps and the future of technology. - Video improvements
iTunes Preview comes to iPhone; iPhone is closing the gap with Blackberry; sells 2 million in the UK; Skype video calling 'coming'; phishing and security issues; next model to have better video? location sharing to become easier; Macworld considers six weather apps, - iPhone OS 3.1.3 out
iPhone update provides battery reporting fix — Apple iPhone sales in slight decrease as a percentage of smartphone sales — American Life iPhone app — textbook publishers rejig formats to fit iPad — Gameloft makes 25 million from iPhone games — St. John Ambulance has releases official First Aid app — Waze free mapping, crowdsourcing app - 4th generation iPhone
Apple 4th generation of iPhone ... Cinq iPhone app lets you grab pictures from your home photo library, True HDR on iPhone, iLounge game app roundup, iCamcorder adds video recording capabilities for the 1G iPhone and iPhone 3G, forward-facing iPad camera, beta of the iPhone OS 3.2 SDK shows support for video and handwriting, Windows virtualisation on iPad may be possible. - War of iPad words
Spore Creatures for the iPhone and iPod touch — Steve Jobs disparages Google, Adobe at internal company meeting — Microsoft, Nokia and Nintendo take shots at iPad — Apple ignites Kindle price war, supports Microsoft Word — iPad backlash - iPad reactions
Full video of iPad launch, reactions to the iPad, iPad hardware roundup, iPad books for the US only? Apple to host Town Hall style internal iPad event, STM Laptop Bags are all ready for the new Apple iPad, and VoIP is now to be allowed on iPhone - Apple iPad & iPhone power
Apple is now the largest mobile device company in the world, Jobs shows off iPad Apple tablet, first look at Google's iPhone voice app, Air New Zealand adds iPod & USB jacks to economy seats, Array makes business integration easier for iPhones - Comics, security & sales
Free app for comic book enthusiasts includes reader and three bonus comics, Intego's comprehensive report on iPhone security, Google Voice for iPhone accesses the Google Voice service via the mobile Safari browser, and Apple's record financial quarter includes great iPhone sales - White House app
Free US White House app — Epson goes for Open Source iPhone print app — Sega console app coming — you speak, your iPhone makes it in to text — and Belkin has begun shipping TuneCast Auto Live in the US - iPhone helps trapped Haiti victim
iPhone helps Haiti victim treat wounds, survive in rubble – Apple was the leading mobile device manufacturer in Oceania during Q4 —Final Fantasy one and two are coming to the iPhone and iPod touch — 2010 World Factbook is a reference in your pocket - Nexus One review
Nexus One reviewed and compared to iPhone, iPhone parts supplier in violent strike in China, Skype and Yelp update their iPhone apps to add features and solve problems, and Rockstar Games has released a new version of Grand Theft Auto called Chinatown Wars - Free apps 'n' code
Free apps from 18th January, the InAppSettingsKit will be offered as open-source code, Vodafone launches iPhone apps in the UK and the new game Emergency City gets a great review on Macworld. - Links & Info
mac-nz carries one of the largest selections of Apple Mac news and reviews in New Zealand, covering Apple Mac and iPhone hardware, Apple Mac and iPhone software and Apple Mac accessories, to make it easy to find the most up-to-date reviews and information on Apple Mac and iPhone, and related, products. - NZ Apple Links
mac-nz carries one of the largest selections of Apple Mac news and reviews in New Zealand, covering Apple Mac and iPhone hardware, Apple Mac and iPhone software and Apple Mac accessories, to make it easy to find the most up-to-date reviews and information on Apple Mac and iPhone, and related, products. - Get the most from mac-nz
How to use this site to get what you need – information, reviews, news, tips and tricks - Reviews
The latest Apple Mac and Apple-related hardware and software reviewed for New Zealand and global Mac users - Four products in one review
Short reviews: This stuff has been building up on me so I decided to do them all in one review: Blue Lounge CableDrop multipurpose cable clips; Australian SmirkAbout budsocks, SmirkAbout iPhone and iPod skins and Norton Internet security for Mac and Windows - Review – Adobe Indesign CS5
When I started this, I thought 'great, should be able to knock this review off in no time, it looks almost the same as the CS4 version'. Nope! A week later, I am surprised and pleased to say that's not the case. This new version is close enough that you can keep working without noticing much difference, but when you do start noticing, you'll be very pleasantly surprised. - Adobe CS5: Photoshop v12
Adobe's new Creative Suite 5 is full of features that will make you work faster, more efficiently and collaborate more easily. I start the reviews with Photoshop, which reaches v12 in this incarnation. - 15-inch i7 MacBook Pro, May 2010
My 2007 MacBook Pro, which I was so proud of three years ago, looks decidedly dated beside the new i7 version. It has a slightly lower profile with the lid closed, more rounded corners to slip into a bag more easily, and its slick, shiny screen is surrounded by the black bezel. - Canon G11 pro-pocketable
My everyday camera has been a Canon PowerShot G6, a 7.1 megapixel prosumer point and shoot I have been using constantly for nearly five years. The latest in the series, the G11, also gets the ‘prosumer’ title due to its features, high-end processor and the ability to shoot manually (with caveats). - Canon IXUS 200 IS
Canon's new range of compacts features some touch-screen models like this IXUS 200 IS. It's amazing what Canon can pack all this into such small yet such a competent camera - Phitek Black Box M10 headphones
Phitek Black Box M10 Noise Cancellation headphones take the pain out of air travel while delivering excellent sound quality - Apple Aperture 3
Two-hundred new features sounds pretty impressive for any software, and it’s hard to imagine how many you could add to what’s basically a pro version of iPhoto. But Apple managed it, for sure. - Intego VirusBarrier X6
Another entry into the flashy, powerful Mac antivirus arsenal is Intego VirusBarrier X6. And it does seem to be all those things (both flashy and powerful). - Review data Rescue 3
I have used Data Rescue in previous versions to restore a lecturer’s lost high-resolution photographs that were inadvertently trashed. What a Godsend! Here's the latest version ... - Sims 3 World Adventures
The Sims is one of the few extremely successful computer games with a significant female following, plus simultaneous Mac and PC releases. The first of the Sims 3 expansion packs is World Adventures. Ary Jansen has been reviewing The Sims for national magazines since she was 12 – here's her take on this new game extender exclusively for mac-nz. - Snow Leopard Server
The idea with a server is that it’s on all the time, doing its … you know, serving. That’s why a server is normally installed on a standalone computer that’s not doing anything else, although it is possible to use it as your Mac, as the typical Apple apps are all there, just like on any other OS X Mac, (apart from iLife) along with some extra server tools. - Early 2009 Mac Pro Quad Core
The benchmark for all Apple machines is the Mac Pro. And it's heavy enough to mark some benches, too. Whereas you may, these days, see the occasionally iMac in pro studios, you’re much more likely to see a great big visual statement of the aluminium tower, purring away in its austere beauty. - 21.5-inch iMac review
Containing a 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU with 4GB RAM wrapped in shiny 21.5-inch goodness, this is the bottom model of the iMacs. - Snow Leopard & file sharing review
Written by Glenn Fleishman, edited by Tonya Engst (Version 1.0, published October 2009 by TidBITS Publishing Inc). - Elements 8
Adobe has released a new version of its consumer image editing software for Mac. - STM Latte 13-inch laptop bag
A chic, stylish but oh-so-practical laptop bag from STM in Australia - Canon PIXMA MP550
Canon PIXMA MP550 has a self-opening paper tray and a new integrated easy-scroll wheel - Apple Final Cut Pro 7 #1
Final Cut Pro is top class film editing software used on everything up to full cinematic releases - Apple Final Cut Studio #2
Final Cut Studio review part 2 — the auxiliary apps Soundtrack, Cinema Tools, Compressor. Motion & DVD Studio Pro - Apple Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard
OS 10.6 is cheap, impressive disk space regained and it's faster at copying - Newsletter
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mac-nz's Apple Mac tips: From hardware to software, check this tip section to help make your Mac more fruitful. This tips compendium keeps growing grow as I find more to help you with your Mac life. Note that Apple posts video tips related to business use here. - Where are the tips?
Just ask for the MagBytes monthly free mac-nz PDF newsletter – all the tips are compiled in there, so if you miss the Five Tip Friday tips or you want a refresher, everything is OK; they're all available in a form you can refer back to. - Viruses & malware
mac-nz carries one of the largest selections of Apple Mac news and reviews in New Zealand, covering Apple Mac and iPhone hardware, Apple Mac and iPhone software and Apple Mac accessories, to make it easy to find the most up-to-date reviews and information on Apple Mac and iPhone, and related, products. So far there are no tangible viruses for the Apple Mac platform. - Interviews
Interviews with Mac developers, users, personalities and more - Don McGlashan, Dean Spanley & Macs
I was enchanted by the movie Dean Spanley, and the soundtrack played a big part in that enchantment. So I asked musician-composer Don McGlashan about that, and about the Macs in his life. - Kiwa Media, the iPad & QBook
With the iPad, Apple could become a leading intermediary for the publishing business, as it largely has for the music industry. Magazine and newspaper publishers have been working on iPad editions for months already. Over here in Auckland, Kiwa Media has been working on an iPad book solution for a year – just read this fascinating interview with Luke Tomes. - Bruce Ferguson of darkroom.tv
Bruce Ferguson of darkroom.tv – audio-visuals ‘to the Macs’ – As the final moments of Webstock finished, a tremendous show was projected onto the end wall of the Wellington Town Hall. It not only encompassed (indeed, used) the massive Wellington Town Hall pipe organ, it was tailored to fit every alcove in the wall behind as well. I found out how it was done – using Macs, of course. (Pic – L-R Shaun, Mike and Bruce) - Interview: futurist Mark Pesce
Mark Pesce (pronounced, I believe, ‘peshi’) worked in California as a networking coder for Apple in the 1980s and ’90s then went on to invent virtual reality patents. After moving to Australia, he has been working with media and business professionals to integrate the lessons of the first decade of the web into 21st-century business practices using social media and other tech phenomena. - Brian Fring on iPhone, iPad & the future
Brian Fling of Seattle is an expert on mobile app design and implementation across platforms. An abridged version of this interview is on Mac Planet on the NZ Herald – this is the full, fascinating interview covering mobile apps, iPhone and iPad. It's fascinating insight into mobile apps and the future of technology - Eric Wilfrid, Microsoft Mac BU
Eric Wilfrid of Microsoft started programming in BASIC when he was eight. Now he heads the Mac Business Unit. - About Me
mac-nz carries one of the largest selections of Apple Mac news and reviews in New Zealand, covering Apple Mac and iPhone hardware, Apple Mac and iPhone software and Apple Mac accessories, to make it easy to find the most up-to-date reviews and information on Apple Mac and iPhone, and related, products. - Mac Training
Affordable Mac training. Mark Webster is a well known exceedingly well-informed Apple specialist trainer who writes on Apple and tech topics for the NZ Herald. This site, mac-nz.com, carries one of the largest selections of Apple Mac news and reviews in New Zealand, covering Apple Mac and iPhone hardware, Apple Mac and iPhone software and Apple Mac accessories, to make it easy to find the most up-to-date reviews and information on Apple Mac and iPhone, and related, products. - Contact mac-nz
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