A Few More Details about ‘iPhone 2,1′: “After yesterday’s story that we had found evidence of an unreleased iPhone had been spotted in recent firmware as well as ad delivery networks, PinchMedia follows up with what few details they have about the usage of the device.

- 1s…”

(Via MacRumors.)

Hands on with iLife ’09: “With iLife ’09 now out in the wild, Chris Breen takes a look at some of its intriguing new features such as Faces and geotagging.

(Via MacCentral.)

Face-time with iPhoto ’09’s Faces feature: “One of the most eagerly anticipated additions to the newly-released iLife ’09 suite is Faces, the face-detection and -recognition capability in the latest version of iPhoto. Wondering how well Faces does at recognizing people in your photos? We take the new feature out for a test spin.




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(Via MacCentral.)

New Apple iMac “almost ready” claims analyst: “While a ‘small technical hurdle’ is preventing release

Apple is nearing the release of its redesigned iMac according to Kaufman senior analyst Shaw Wu.

(Via Macworld UK.)

Captain FTP 6 released: “Adds new features and fixing some bugs for Leopard users

Captain FTP received a major upgrade to version 6 this week, adding many new features and fixing some bugs for Leopard users.

(Via Macworld UK.)

Find Images by Exact Dimensions, Make Wallpaper Search a Breeze [Google School]: “

Everyone knows that Google Image Search sports a drop-down menu for filtering results by small, medium, large, and extra large sizes, but if you’re looking for the perfect wallpaper, for example, the imagesize operator is even better.

Weblog Design Live uncovers the undocumented search operator (that’s also new to us) and demonstrates how to use it. Just use the imagesize operator followed by the WidthXHeight in pixels, like so:

Here’s an example: [imagesize:640x480 muffin] finds 640px x 480px images related to muffins.

As the post points out, the imagesize operator is perfect for finding wallpapers that are the perfect fit for your screen.

(Via Lifehacker.)

The free Dreamweaver Extension for integrating WebYep into new or existing web sites is now fully compatible with Adobe Dreamweaver CS4.

Hiding/revealing whole page blocks using the Loop Element makes re-using content extremely easy.

Numerous enhancements and fixes increase WebYep’s functionality and stability.

For details on all changes see:

A live demo at:

Google M-Lab provides a window into your ISP
– Network World

:Measuring the speed of your Internet connection and figuring out just how your ISP handles certain types of traffic has always been difficult to do accurately. Now Google, which has always been interested in Net neutrality, is stepping in with a solution to the problem.

Google isn’t doing it alone. It’s bringing friends, including the New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute, the PlanetLab Consortium, and academic researchers. The group has created Measurement Lab, or M-Lab, which Google describes as an open platform for which Internet measurement tools can be developed.

(Via measurementlab.)

Apple iLife ’09 Available at Best Buy Today, Apple Stores Tomorrow: “

Apple announced this morning that iLife ’09 will start becoming available on January 27th at Apple retail stores and Apple Authorized retailers. Several readers, however, have been able to pick up early copies at local Best Buy stor…”

(Via MacRumors.)

Settlement reached over scratched 1G iPod nanos: “Owners of first-generation iPod nanos that shipped without a protective coating are eligible for a small settlement.

(Via MacCentral.)

Merlin Mann Takes a Tour Through His Menu Bar [Show And Tell]: “

Productivity guru and Mac lover Merlin Mann walks through his favorite Mac menu bar applications, highlighting his favorite time-saving apps.

We’ve actually covered most of the apps Merlin’s mentioned at one time or another in the past, including:

• Path Finder: Lifehacker readers voted Path Finder the best alternative Mac file manager, and we chose it as the number one app that should’ve been included in Leopard.
• Google Notifier: Mann has ditched Mail.app for Gmail, bringing Google Notifier to prominence in his menu bar.
• Dropbox: The best file syncing tool according to Lifehacker readers, Dropbox handles his file syncing needs (and kicks the crap out of iDisk).
• Skitch: Grab screenshots, edit and annotate photos, and instantly share them over the web. Skitch is very good. It’s also one of Gina’s favorite software apps.
• Hazel: If you’re not keen on cleaning and organizing your files and folders yourself, just let Hazel take care of the hassle. This app monitors folders of your choosing, then, for example, moves, deletes, or renames any file matching rules you’ve set up. For more, check out how you can set up a self-cleaning Mac with Hazel. Windows users can use our very own Belvedere.
• FuzzyClock: For those of us who get stressed out watching every minute tick by, FuzzyClock let’s you know about what time it is—for example, ‘quarter to five.’
• Evernote: You can capture just about anything you need with Evernote, and it syncs to virtually anywhere you need it. If you’re new to Evernote, take a look at how I’ve expanded my brain with Evernote.

I’ve only listed my favorites from Merlin’s picks, but check out the full video for more.

(Via Lifehacker.)

SignatureProfiler Plugin for Mail

: “Description

SignatureProfiler is a plugin for Apple’s Mail application that adds missing features from the way that signatures are handled and managed with your outgoing mail messages, especially if you have multiple mail accounts (and who doesn’t these days). It was originally written to make up for the complete lack of signature management in versions 1.x of the program, but even 2.x is still missing some capabilities if you use several different accounts and what to share signatures between accounts”

(Via littleknownsoftware.)

Pirated iWork ’09 installer may contain trojan horse: “Intego, makers of VirusBarrier X5 and other security-related Mac products, has discovered a Trojan Horse in pirated copies of iWork ’09.

(Via MacCentral.)

Now Jedit X Rev.2.10 and a document comparison plugin JDiff X have been released.

JEdit

iSobre once again revolutionizes de world of mac!!
The Spanish company iSobre, unveils the new sleeves for MacBooks and iphones.
iSobre not only re-designs the manila mac presented in the now legendary keynote of
2008 but launches also its new line of products. The family now expands to six
sleeves for the MacBook and five cases for the iphone.
The new iSobre collection is designed to fit all apple notebooks (MacBook air,
MacBook and MacBook Pro 15,4) in three different styles:

• Vintage (the original iSobre sleeve made out of cowhide),
• Urban (a new white leather sleeve) with three different finishes (blue, fuchsia
and green)
• Minimal (which is black leather with a green nubuck leather inside), adding extra security and padding for your Air or MacBook Pro.
At the same time, iSobre launches a set of iPhone cases in the same styles as the sleeves (Vintage, Urban and Minimal).

This time around iSobre has made a very mac like packaging for all its products to,
not only serve their on-line store but for different points of sale all around the world.
Clients who wish to buy directly through the webpage will be able to pay either
through paypal or visa/masterCard) with free shipping world wide via FEDEX for all
their notebook sleeves.

For more information please visit: iSobre