Mac News Briefs: Omni Group releases OmniGraphSketcher

The Omni Group on Wednesday released OmniGraphSketcher, a new graph creation tool. There were also updates to iPod Access, Cocktail, and Mystical Tint Tone and Color.

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Voice Translator Coming to iPhone and Blackberry [VID]

This futuristic app captures your phrases through speech recognition, transcribes what’s being said, and then translates it in Arabic. The future is now.

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Apple Endorses Energy-Saving Universal Phone Charger for EU

The European Commission (EC) announced today that the iPhone maker is one of 10 mobile phone companies will support micro-USB chargers in an attempt to curb electronic waste. Apple’s involvement in the scheme comes as a surprise, as they were noticeably absent from an announcement at Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona earlier this year.

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Apple releases minor MobileMe Web service updates

Apple has tweaked and enhanced a number of the features in its MobileMe Web services, bringing, among other things, new capabilities for iPhone 3GS users.

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iPhone 3G S Overheating Issue Raises Recall Flag

There’s no debating that the Apple iPhone 3G S is hot stuff. But some users are reporting that the smartphone is so hot that the device is literally burning up.

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All about laptops

Macworld editorial director Jason Snell and senior editor Dan Frakes join Christopher Breen to talk laptops—Apple-branded MacBooks as well as anything-but-Apple HackBooks.

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Mac News Briefs: Mimio Studio 6 now available to Mac users

Mimio Studio 6, now available on the Mac, adds multimedia support and makes additional improvements. Other programs updated Monday include Today and Letter Opener.

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Kace to boost Mac features in systems management appliances

The company plans to introduce changes to its family of Kbox appliances this summer that will let IT administrators manage Windows and Mac OS X machines from a single interface on a single appliance.

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Repair incorrect icon associations

Are the icons for certain file types incorrect on your machine — zip files appearing as disk image files, for instance? If so, this hint will help you quickly fix the problem.

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Apple’s $600 Mac Mini Costs Nearly $400 to Make

An Apple Mac Mini desktop was the latest victim to go under the iSuppli screwdriver for a teardown, and what the company found inside added up to approximately $376.20 — or $387.14 after manufacturing costs. With an Intel Core 2 Duo processor and Nvidia graphics, the Mac Mini has some bang for the buck.

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Hands on with Plex, an alternative to Apple’s Front Row

Plex is a media center for Mac OS X that’s capable of cataloguing and playing back every major video format out there, and it works admirably with the Apple Remote to boot.

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Steve Jobs Officially Back to Work As Apple’s CEO

Steve Jobs is officially back to work today, according to Apple spokespeople. “Officially” is the key word here, as the “unofficial” return of Jobs from a liver transplant came last week, when the Apple founder was quoted in a press release about the iPhone 3GS’ massive first weekend of sales.

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Apple runs short of iPhones

The iPhone availability widget is back — new and improved — and it’s showing spot shortages of selected iPhones at Apple stores across the United States.The availability tool, which appears on Apple’s website in times of scarcity, was last seen in the summer of 2008, when demand for the iPhone 3G was heavy and supplies short.

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iPhone App Store Puts Apple in Sticky Situation

Apple’s App Store is a runaway success, but controversial applications may force the company into decisions that run counter to the free market spirit that makes the App Store so popular.

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Apple Sued Over iTunes Gift Cards

Filed in U.S. District Court in southern Illinois, the court documents obtained by CNET show that the couple is seeking monetary damages for Apple’s “wrongful, illegal, improper and fraudulent acts.”

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Cooliris helps showcase photos and videos

Cooliris is a super-handy browser plug-in that lets you scope out images and video content in a unique way, displaying everything in a full-screen, horizontally expanded, interactive 3-D “wall” view.

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HP Converts iPhone Into Classic Calculator

Nerds of the world jump of happiness, for HP has brought the legendary HP 15C Scientific Calculator and the HP 12C Financial Calculator for the iPhone and iPod touch, complete with custom skins and programming.

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News: Toon Boom Studio 5 released

Toon Boom Animation has rebranded its animation application as an educational tool for multi-technique animation. It’s also added a stop-motion animation feature to version 5.

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The Macalope Weekly: Hold the liver

Forget 2012, the iPhone is going to single-handedly destroy the world. Well, if netbooks don’t get to it first. And Apple reiterates its stance on naughty, naughty iPhone app content.

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iPhone 3GS Is Jailbreakable. Does it Matter?

The hack masters at the iPhone Dev Team earlier today announced the iPhone 3GS is officially jailbreakable. The news comes less than a week after Apple released the latest iteration of its wonder gadget featuring new toys like video capability and a digital compass.

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Five Things Missing From The iPhone 3GS

Not to say that the iPhone 3GS isn’t good. In fact, this new model is among the best handsets on the market today. Still, the 3GS’s combination of hardware and software continues to miss the mark in a few critical areas, and these deficiencies prevent the iPhone from leaping far ahead the competition.

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App Growth: PalmOS vs iPhoneOS (Graph)

Over a ten-year period, the PalmOS grew to support about 29,000 apps. The App Store passed that mark about 10 months after launching, and by now has probably doubled it.

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Mac News Briefs: Snowtape adds online radio directory

Snowtape, which an Internet radio recording app, now features an online radio directory that automatically updates once new stations are available. Profcast and SQLiteManager also saw new updates on Thursday.

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Apple gets stay lifted in Psystar case

A bankruptcy judge lifted the automatic stay in Apple’s ongoing copyright infringement suit against Psyster, setting the stage for the November trial to begin as scheduled.

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iPhone 3G vs. iPhone 3GS – Does the S mean speed?[HD VIDEO]

The thing that intrigued me most about the new iPhone was the ability to take better stills and to record video. When I found out I was eligible for the upgrade, it was a no brainer. In the past few years I had narrowed down my mobile devices down to three, I thought the new iPhone would narrow it down to one.

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