Democracy Player 0.9.5 now available
 

For all the video sharers, viewers, and creators alike, Democracy Player version 0.9.5 has been officially released, introducing a host of new improvements and enhancements since the 0.9.2 release back in November of 2006. Here’s a brief sampling of some new features:

Simpler, more minimal interface
New ‘Share’ menu on each item allows […]

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Anime lands in the iTunes Store via Funimation
 

Anime has officially landed in the iTunes Store today, courtesy of Funimation Entertainment, with newly available series for purchase including Samurai 7, Speed Grapher, and Desert Punk. Each episode from all three franchises are available for $1.99 each, and season passes can be purchased for $38.99. Notably, the […]

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Apple to address environmental policies?
 
The Greenpeace activists behind GreenMyApple.org claim that Apple may begin taking steps to address several of the company’s environmental issues, despite their denial of said concerns because of a disagreement with Greenpeace’s ratings and criteria. In particular, Greenpeace is concerned with Apple’s use of several hazardous chemicals in its products which […]

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New refurb MacBooks, minis, etc. in the Apple Store
Posted Feb 16th 2007 3:00PM by Brian Liloia
Filed under: Retail, Deals

Apple has just added a few new goodies to the collection of refurbished products in the Apple Store, including several Intel Core Duo-based MacBooks, MacBook Pros, iMacs, and minis. Specific models range from the 17 inch, 2.16GHz […]

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Voice-over recording with voXover
 

voXover is a new, high end voice-over automation and batch recording application for OS X intended for multimedia, video game, telephone voice-response, and related production uses. Designed for maximum efficiency for projects that require large amounts of individual voice recording, voXover allows the user to write and import scripts and rapidly automate […]

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Spring Cleaning now Universal
 
Spring Cleaning, the system optimization, cleaning, and uninstaller utility from Smith Micro is now a Universal Binary. Completely rewritten from the ground up, version 9 introduces a wealth of new features and tools, such as a Task Scheduler, Permissions Fixer, a Housekeeping Scripts Runner, Spotlight Index Rebuilder, System Cache Cleaner, and others, […]

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Democracy Player 0.9.5.1 update fixes important bug
 

A bug fix release for Democracy Player has just been posted that corrects some startup problems that a few Mac users have encountered since the 0.9.5 update. Democracy 0.9.5.1 resolves the issues originally caused by a conflict between versions of py2app and some input managers like Growl and a […]

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Apple TV takes over DVD world, or 30%, at least
 

I don’t give predictions of market analysts too much serious thought, mostly because the statistics don’t really mean much other than to hype up a particular product. Or maybe these analysts just like to be able to say ‘told ya so’ if their predictions become true. […]

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IFC films now available in iTunes Store
 

IFC Entertainment has just announced the immediate availability of select independent films in the iTunes Store, including IFC’s 2007 Independent Spirit Award (think Oscars for indies) nominees. All thirteen films, six of which are nominees for the award ceremony this weekend, are available for purchase at $9.99. The other […]

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Oscar-nominated short films in iTunes Store
 

There are two Oscar award categories with films that almost no one ever sees, and those are the live action and animated short films. Unfortunately, these films usually never make it past film festival circuits and don’t receive wide distribution, and typically they are welcomed with a big “huh?” when […]

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