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Accessory Software

Elgato Releases Elgato Video Capture for Mac, iPhone and iPod

Accessory provider Elgato Systems announced the release of Elgato Video Capture, a hardware/software combination device for transferring analog video, including footage on VHS video tape, to a Mac, iPhone and iPod. According to Macworld UK, the device connects VCRs, set top boxes, camcorders, DVD players, and other analog video sources, anything that uses composite RCA […]

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iPhone

Apple Revises “Wet iPhone” Policy Terms

Over the past couple of years, some of my clients have inadvertently soaked their iPhones (the rocket scientist who routinely works for NASA managed to marinate his in a gym bag filled with Gatorade and the other stories are even more obscure). Given this situation, the result from Apple was fairly punitive: time to shell […]

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Software

BBEdit Updated to 9.2

Late Thursday, Bare Bones Software released version 9.2 of BBEdit, its popular text and HTML editor. The software retails for US$125 for new users. The new version, a 15.4 megabyte download, features the following fixes and improvements: Introduces an array of noteworthy features and refinements, including an innovative new Sleep command, which captures the state […]

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iPhone Software

Apple Releases iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 5

Late Thursday and only a little over one week since its last revision, Apple released iPhone OS 3.0 beta 5. While details regarding the new version are thin on the ground, The iPhone Blog is reporting that the new version appears to require iTunes 8.2 to install and run. Other noted changes include MMS support […]

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Opinion

Opinion: iPhone Applications Not Worth Your US$0.99

By Rachel Hoyer Who can explain the popularity of goofy iPhone applications? Here’s some of my favorite iPhone applications not worth your US$0.99: The Moron Test – This quiz features increasingly difficult puzzles which eventually become tricky for even Mensa members to solve. I’m guessing that the point is that it waits for you to […]