On Thursday, Skype released version 2.8.0.438 of its popular Voice over Internet Protocol communications program. The new version, a 41.4 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and features: change: spectator window for screen sharing. change: My Account page embedded in the client. bugfix: Skype didn’t hide on OS X login bugfix: copy/paste from chats was […]
A recent Mac OS X 10.5.7 beta has made its way among Apple developer with Apple apparently also beta testingits second security update of the year for certain Mac OS X distributions. According to AppleInsider, build 9J44 of Mac OS X 10.5.7 was released to developers. The new beta arrives a little more than a […]
Late Monday, Apple released iTunes 8.1.1, the latest version of its multimedia/jukebox application for Mac OS X. The new version, a 68 megabyte download, offers the following fixes, changes and new features: Adds support for renting HD movies. Provides a number of bug fixes, including addressing issues with VoiceOver and syncing with iPhone or iPod […]
Late Thursday, virtualization softare maker VMWare released version 2.0.3 of its Fusion software for the Mac. Similar to other virtualization software packages, VMWare allows users to run alternate operating systems such as Windows and Linux distributions on Intel-based Macs at native speeds. Other features, such as Unity, allow users to run and minimize Windows applications […]
Video Lan Client, the nigh-indispensable open source media player for multiple audio and video formats (MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Divx, ogg, etc.), has recently been updated to version 0.9.9. The new version, a 19.2 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: Fullscreen behaviour on Windows with multiple screens. Workaround bug with libxml2 >=2.7.3. Video performance […]