Adobe appears to be pricing its soon-to-be-released CS4 suite of design tools much higher for users in the UK than for its US customers, according to a report at ITHound. For the extra £1000 the full Creative Suite 4 Master Collection is set to cost Mac users in the UK, a clever designer could fly from London to New York, buy the software in the US, and fly home, while still saving around £400.
Written by Lonnie Lazar on September 30th, 2008 with no comments.
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Chloe & The iTunes Babysitter from Jason Bedell on Vimeo.
OK, this one might divide the audience somewhat.
Here’s Jason explaining how the iTunes visualizer has saved his day, kept his daughter quiet, and enabled him to do some work. You can hear the relief in his voice as he says: “Steve Jobs, thank you.”
Is this the best concept in babysitting since, um, TV? Or is she a little young for Apple cult indoctrination?
Do share your opinions in the comments.
Written by Giles Turnbull on September 29th, 2008 with no comments.
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Apple from Colin Mader on Vimeo
Written by Giles Turnbull on September 24th, 2008 with no comments.
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Apple has issued a recall for the ultracompact USB adapter that shipped with iPhone 3Gs sold in North America, Japan and certain countries in Latin America. The rectangular metal prongs that insert into a wall socket have shown enough of a propensity to break off, exposing users to the risk of electric shock, the company was spurred to offer redesigned adapters free of charge.
Web replacement forms went up on the Apple support site Friday; replacement adapters are expected to begin shipping on October 10. You can also exchange adapters at Apple Retail stores beginning October 10, according to the Apple communication.
Replacement adapters will feature the distinctive green dot shown below.
UPDATE: Initial analyst reaction to the recall news indicates this is more of a tempest in a teapot than a black eye for Apple. Shaw Wu of American Technology Research commented that while the threat of electric shock is a “negative” with the potential for “headline risk,” the number of people likely to be affected by the faulty adapters is believed to be minimal. The recall can also be viewed as a customer service coup for the company, which keeps its standards high by “doing the right thing” and offering free replacements.
The humorous side to this development, if there is one, was highlighted by a commenter on the MacRumors forum, who wrote, “I thought the sparks meant it was working.”
Written by Lonnie Lazar on September 22nd, 2008 with no comments.
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Image by LuisDS via Flickr
Flickr user LuisDS discovered metadata on the creative copy of the “stereotyped PC user” and other photos appearing on Microsoft’s “I’m a PC” website that reveal they were produced using Macs running Adobe Creative Suite 3.
Microsoft code monkeys scrubbed the identifying information from the website stills overnight.
Via RoughlyDrafted
Written by Lonnie Lazar on September 19th, 2008 with no comments.
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