http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/18/apple.wins.six.patents/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0908/us-patent-06.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has been granted six new patents, including an iChat filing and several submissions involving product design. The iChat video patent, titled ìDigital image coding system having self-adjusting selection criteria for selecting a transform function," relates to coding digital video images and reducing loss of image information by adjusting parameters in the coding process.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/18/apple.wins.six.patents/ Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/09/ichat.videomail.patent/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0904/ichatpat.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple may continue to have an interest in automatic audio or video replies within iChat, a newly-published patent application hints. Under the Apple technology, people away from their computers or simply busy could instruct iChat to play a prerecorded audio or video message to anyone attempting chat. The length of each message could be used-defined.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/09/ichat.videomail.patent/ Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/15/mac.os.x.1056.update/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0710/app_071012_leopardsm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />As anticipated last week, Apple has posted its latest update to Mac OS X, v10.5.6. Available through the Software Update service or direct download, the patch consists mostly of dozens of fixes and performance enhancements, for issues such as sync and graphics. Sync reliability has been improved for Address Book, portable home directories and most notably MobileMe, which should now propagate con... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/15/mac.os.x.1056.update/ Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/02/messenger.for.mac/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0806/30-msn-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Instant messaging can be a great way to communicate with friends and co-workers in real-time. While most Mac users rely on iChat, which comes with every Mac, many PC users rely on Windows Live Messenger (formerly called MSN Messenger). Not only does Live Messenger connect to Yahooís messaging network, itís also the default network for Xbox 360 users. If you want to chat with users on any of the ab... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/02/messenger.for.mac/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/24/quickcam.vision.pro/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/logitechquickcamvisionpro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Logitech this morning made one of its rare webcam offerings for Macs with the advent of the QuickCam Vision Pro. A close cousin of the QuickCam Pro 9000, the USB camera is targeted at Mac mini and Mac Pro owners whose computers don't already have built-in iSight cameras but who want a better-than-average replacement for iChat, Skype, or other video apps. The Vision Pro not only has true glass op... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/24/quickcam.vision.pro/ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/14/subethaedit.31.update/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0803/14-subetha-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />TheCodingMonkeys today announced the release of SubEthaEdit 3.1, an update to its collaborative text editing software, adding a number of different features to make internet collaboration easier. The new version adds automatic port forwarding, allowing users to connect easily without manual setup. iChat invites allow users to drag and drop iChat contacts onto the software to invite users to a sess... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/14/subethaedit.31.update/ Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/14/ichat.pro.interface/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0802/13-ichatpro-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Infinis Design recently unveiled iChat Pro, a reskinning feature for Apple's iChat application that simplifies the user interface to be more compact. Designed for users that are comfortable with using right-click contextual menus to navigate the application's functions, iChat Pro removes the somewhat redundant communication buttons at the bottom of the buddy list, and trims extraneous features fro... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/14/ichat.pro.interface/ Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/07/time.machine.patent/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0801/app_080207_tmpatentsm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Among the flurry of Apple patent applications that surfaced today, no less than 10 filings relate to the company's iChat and Time Machine. The Cupertino-based company's Time Machine-related patents cover methods and a computer program for providing a user interface that includes earlier versions of data, true to the software's ability to 'move through time' to prior versions of documents and files... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/07/time.machine.patent/ Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/24/apple.engineer.speaks/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0712/3-steve-jobs.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Former Apple software engineer Jens Alfke has posted a blog entry about his departure from the company, why he did it, and Apple's perceived cultural/operation faults. Alfke initially worked on the now-defunct OpenDoc project, and later moved into social software, which he found Apple to be less-than-enthusiastic about: "I'm fascinated with social software. Apple isnít. Despite some promising star... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/24/apple.engineer.speaks/ Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/15/ubercaster.showmacster/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0801/ubercaster.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Pleasant Software has released updates to two key programs, Ubercaster and ShowMacster. The former is the company's podcasting tool, which allows users to record, edit and export tracks using only a single utility. Version 1.5 of the software introduces the Autopilot, which displays a list of topics to guide users through their podcasts; the panel can also be used to store detailed notes, in cas... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/15/ubercaster.showmacster/ Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:50:00 GMT