Chuck Expands Mythology

Chuck Expands Mythology: "
On NBC's Chuck, our favorite nerd finally got a real girlfriend named Jill, who is played by the beautiful Jordana Brewster (The Fast and the Furious), no less. Then--shock of shocks--in Nov. 17's episode 'Chuck Versus the Fat Lady,' we discover she's actually a secret FULCRUM agent!"

Sci Fi Wire - http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/

What's Coming Up In Heroes!

What's Coming Up In Heroes!: "
Forget turkey and stuffing and holiday shopping. 'It's Coming'--and I'm not talking about the Nov. 11 episode of NBC's Heroes! Nope ... there's just four episodes left 'til the end of 'Volume Three: Villains.' The end is indeed near."

Sci Fi Wire - http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/

Woz talks of founding Apple, how Steve Jobs changed the world, iPhone, and more

Woz talks of founding Apple, how Steve Jobs changed the world, iPhone, and more: "The BBC's Spencer Kelly chats with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak about the company's early days, how Steve Jobs..."

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RUMOR: Apple prepping Multi-Touch™ touchscreen iMac

RUMOR: Apple prepping Multi-Touch™ touchscreen iMac: "Here in Korea, LG's just given me a quick look inside one of their factories..."

MacDailyNews - http://www.macdailynews.com/

Will Apple license Mac OS X?

Will Apple license Mac OS X?: "Arguments of whether Apple should license its operating system are almost as old as the company itself..."

MacDailyNews - http://www.macdailynews.com/

Should Apple buy beleaguered Dell?

Should Apple buy beleaguered Dell?: "Almost everyone knows that Apple is sitting on a huge pile of cash, around $24.5 billion..."

MacDailyNews - http://www.macdailynews.com/

iPhone 2.2 Software Enhances Maps, Tweaks Interface

iPhone 2.2 Software Enhances Maps, Tweaks Interface: "Apple has released the iPhone 2.2 Software Update for all models of the iPhone and iPod touch, beefing up a number of key features and refining the interface even further. The software (at least for my iPod touch) is about 248 MB and is available only via iTunes.

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TidBITS - http://www.tidbits.com/

GRASS GIS 6.4-081123 - Geospatial data management, visualization and analysis. (Free)

GRASS GIS 6.4-081123 - Geospatial data management, visualization and analysis. (Free): "

GRASS GIS 6.4-081123

GRASS GIS, commonly referred to as GRASS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System), is a Geographic Information System (GIS) used for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, graphics/maps production, spatial modeling, and visualization. GRASS is currently used in academic and commercial settings around the world, as well as by many governmental agencies and environmental consulting companies.

WHAT'S NEW

release notes not available at developer site nor in download at the time of this posting

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.5 or later, Apple's X11.

DEVELOPER

GRASS Development Team

DOWNLOADS

18840

DOWNLOAD NOW (23.8'MB)

More information

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MacUpdate - Universal Binary - http://www.macupdate.com/macintel.php

Sophie 1.0.4 - Combine images/text/video/audio into networked documents. (Free)

Sophie 1.0.4 - Combine images/text/video/audio into networked documents. (Free): "

Sophie 1.0.4

Sophie's raison d'etre is to enable people to create robust, elegant rich-media, networked documents without recourse to programming. We have word processors, video, audio and photo editors but no viable options for assembling the parts into a complex whole except tools like Flash which are expensive, hard to use, and often create documents with closed proprietary file formats. Sophie promises to open up the world of multimedia authoring to a wide range of creative people.

Originally conceived as a standalone multimedia authoring tool, Sophie is now integrated into the Web 2.0 network in some very powerful ways:

• Sophie documents can be uploaded to a server and then streamed over the net


• It's possible to embed remote audio, video and graphic text files in the pages of Sophie documents meaning that the actual document that needs to be distributed might be only a few hundred kilobytes even if the book itself is comprised of hundreds of megabytes or even a few gigabytes.


• Sophie now has the ability to browse OKI (open knowledge initiative) repositories from within Sophie itself and then to embed objects from those repositories.


• We now have live dynamic text fields (similar to the Institute's CommentPress experiments on the web) such that a comment written in the margin is displayed immediately in every other copy of that book - anywhere in the world.

WHAT'S NEW

release notes not available at developer site nor in download at the time of this posting

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later.

DEVELOPER

Corporate Smalltalk Consulting

DOWNLOADS

6473

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MacUpdate - Universal Binary - http://www.macupdate.com/macintel.php

Apple updates iTunes to 8.0.1

Apple updates iTunes to 8.0.1: "

The recently released iTunes 8.0.1 update applies the obligatory 'improved stability and performance' while also squashing a few nasty bugs. Here's the list of what's included and fixed fresh from Apple:

• Seamlessly plays the current song when creating a new Genius playlist.
  
• Improves syncing spoken menus to iPod nano.
  
• Addresses an issue of deleting HD TV episodes when downloading.
  
• Improves checking for updates from the App Store
  
• Improves accessibility with VoiceOver.
  
• Addresses problems syncing Genius results to iPod.

To update your version of iTunes, launch and initiate your Software Update utility.

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MacMerc - http://www.macmerc.com

AppleTV just got smarter... Genius!!

AppleTV just got smarter... Genius!!: "

I haven't played with this extensively yet but apparently Apple has released an update for AppleTV that not only addresses a security issue that sits squarely in the '...as if' category, but also adds Genius playlist support.



The Genius abilities are accessed by holding down the Play/Pause button on the remote while a song is playing, at which point a menu will appear offering you the opportunity to start Genius.



[ Via TUAW ]

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MacMerc - http://www.macmerc.com

Apple posts Security Update 2008-007

Apple posts Security Update 2008-007: "There are few things more boring than a security update, so let's get this over with quickly: all at once like ripping off a band-aid.



Apple has issued Security Update 2008-007, addressing vulnerabilities in Apache 2.2.8, Root certificates, ClamAV 0.93.3, ColorSync, Finder, launchd, libxslt, MySQL 5.0.45, Networking, PHP 4.4.8, Postfix, PSNormalizer, QuickLook, rlogin, Script Editor, Single Sign-On, Tomcat, vim and Weblog. If you really want to know all the nastiness that might befall you if you don't apply this update, read here.



To apply Security Update 2008-007, launch Software Update or click the appropriate link below to download and self-medicate:

• Security Update 2008-007 Server (Universal)


• Security Update 2008-007 Server (PPC)


• Security Update 2008-007 Client (PPC)


• Security Update 2008-007 Client (Intel)


• Security Update 2008-007 Server (Leopard)


• Security Update 2008-007 Client (Leopard)

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MacMerc - http://www.macmerc.com

October 14th, Apple turns the spotlight on notebooks

October 14th, Apple turns the spotlight on notebooks: "

Those lucky enough to have received an invitation will be filing into Town Hall at 1 Infinite Loop on Tuesday, October 14 for a 10am presentation where Apple will be showing off its new line of notebook computers.



[ Via Engadget ]

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MacMerc - http://www.macmerc.com

Angel Dust Was The Inspiration For a New Schizophrenia Drug

Angel Dust Was The Inspiration For a New Schizophrenia Drug: "When scientists learned that PCP, also known as angel dust, can cause every single symptom of schizophrenia, they wondered if chemicals that have the opposite effect could fight mental disorders. That insight led to them to discover a new class of antipsychotic medications.

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