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Apple today released an update to Boot Camp to include support for Microsoft Windows 7, which was released last October, as well as addressing other issues and adding support for the latest Apple peripherals. Boot Camp is a Apple’s tool to allow Inte…

Gravity Applications today announced the release of Appfinder 1.2.1 for the iPhone and iPod touch. Appfinder allows people to use their social network to discover the best apps by sharing their favorites with their friends and vice versa. It allows users to connect to their friends via Facebook and Twitter, thereby making it very easy to use existing social networking connections. Users are encouraged to add their own favorites, thereby automatically sharing their favorites with their friends.

A lot has been said about the rumored Apple tablet, and after evidence was discovered that Apple was interested in the name “iSlate”, many have adopted that as the most likely name for Apple’s new device.

New evidence however has revea…

Boy Genius Report claims to have received information from a source regarding iPhone OS 4.0, which is rumored to be introduced at next week’s media event in San Francisco. According to the source, iPhone OS 4.0 will be limited to the iPhone 3G and 3…

Several media sources related to gaming, including IGN and Kotaku, have received invitations to Apple’s media event scheduled for next week. According to IGN, representatives of several game makers have also been invited to the event. While the inv…

In Snow Leopard, when opening Freehand files, the app crashes. The fix is to use the Freehand Clip Art Viewer, which is located in the application’s own folder. If you browse the hard drive with this utility, then you will see thumbnails of your files — simply double-click on them to open.

Adobe tech support were of no help at all, as they said Freehand has been upgraded to Illustrator CS4. Hope this helps other frustrated Freehand users.

[robg adds: As I don't have Freehand, I can't test this one, or even confirm the problem.]

I recently decided I wanted to purchase the audio CD version (or electronic equivalent) of a concert DVD that I’ve owned for a few years. However, in looking at the options on iTunes and Amazon, I discovered that the CD version was missing five songs off the DVD, including two of my favorites. So I thought I’d just rip the Dolby 5.1 music out of the DVD and create my own “CD.”

Little did I know this would be as tricky as it turned out to be. After a few false starts, including some time wasted trying to extract and convert the PCM version (I never did get that working), I finally found a solution that worked perfectly for extracting the 5.1 audio track.

This how-to was the key to my successful extraction. Becuase that how-to is thorough and includes numerous screen shots, I’m not going to try to replicate it here. In the rest of this hint, however, I’ll pr…

With Apple’s acquisition of streaming media firm Lala Media last month, speculation about Apple’s plans for the company has suggested a number of possible opportunities, including a new iTunes streaming service or simply a “talent” acquisition of Lal…

Michigan based Humble Daisy, Inc will participate in Indie Relief and donate one days proceeds to the relief effort happening in Haiti. All profits from ProfCast and SonicPics will be donated to Unicef to aid their Haiti relief efforts. Indie Relief is a charity event to raise money for Haitian earthquake victims through the sale of Mac and iPhone software. Over 125 companies are participating with over 200 applications available. Users can also donate directly, without purchasing the apps.

Software Ops LLC will participate in Indie Relief and donate one days proceeds to the relief effort happening in Haiti. We have selected our two best sellers to participate in this effort My Eyes Only and My Eyes Only-Photo. The one days proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross by January 22nd. It is our hope that our donation along with millions of other donations from Americans can be a turning point for the people of Haiti.