Technology Blog

Great article on HDR and the process around it.

http://www.layersmagazine.com/why-does-hdr-bring-out-the-bestworst-in-you-as-a-photographer.html

Designer Kyle Bean creates some unique replica’s, gotta love the bricktop

http://www.kylebean.co.uk/portfolio/project.php?p=disposable

A quick rundown of some unique typefaces…

http://sixrevisions.com/graphics-design/20-creative-and-unique-typefaces/

The iPhone Dev team have released an update to their jailbreaking software Pwnage, you can now build your own custom iPhone V3 ipsw files to run on other networks. More info here-

http://blog.iphone-dev.org/

Or direct from here-

http://60.234.66.20/files/PwnageTool_3.0.dmg

SHA = 2e19d39398233f88ae0782fd82462a9223791f7f

MS have announced a free anti virus service for release later in 2009, based on a stripped down version of its One Care product that never got off the ground. More here-

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/06/11/microsoft_announces_free_anti_virus_service_for_windows.html

Here are some articles explaining the new battery design on the MacBook Pro’s, it is being reported that the new integrated battery design will deliver longer battery life. The new batteries are based on a custom lithium polymer battery that utilise more space than conventional ones, read more here-

http://anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=3580&p=1

http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/features.html

Here is a link to an article outlining some features that were not mentioned at WWDC last week-

http://www.maclife.com/article/news/10_snow_leopard_features_philnote_forgot_mention_0

Apple have announced that in the first 3 days of release there have been 11 million downloads of the browser, 6 million of that is the Windows version-

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/06/12safari.html

Apple have announced the long awaited updates to the iPhone hardware and the V3 operating system-

http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/08/apple-announces-find-my-iphone-phone-locating-service/

http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/08/iphone-3gs-announced/

http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/08/apple-shows-iphone-os-3-0-at-wwdc/

http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/08/apple-partners-with-tomtom-to-bring-real-navigation-to-iphone/

http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/08/apples-iphone-3g-drops-to-99/

Lots more features listed here-

http://www.apple.com/iphone/

http://i.gizmodo.com/5283099/iphone-3gs-complete-feature-guide

Apple has demo’ed OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard at WWDC, new features include-

• A more responsive Finder
• Apple Mail that loads messages 85 percent faster and conducts searches up to 90 percent faster
• Time Machine with up to 50 percent faster initial backup
• A Dock with Expose integration
• A 64-bit version of Safari 4 that boosts the performance of the Nitro JavaScript engine by up to 50 percent and is resistant to crashes caused by plug-ins.
• All new QuickTime X, with a redesigned player that allows users to easily view, record, trim and share video to YouTube, MobileMe or iTunes.
• Installation is half the size of the previous version and frees up to 6GB of drive space once installed.
• Users can upgrade from 10.5 for reduced cost

http://www.tuaw.com/2009/06/08/apple-to-release-29-10-6-snow-leopard-upgrade-in-september/

http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/08/apple-shipping-snow-leopard-in-september-29-upgrade/

Apple have announced new laptop hardware-

SD Slot

Firewire 800 in 13″ range (hooray)

New battery specs (we will see on this one)

Up to 2.8Ghz CPU

Officially supported 8GB RAM

MacBook 13″ now MacBookPro 13″

256GB SSD option

MB Air to be updated too.

Live feeds here-

http://live.gizmodo.com/

http://www.macrumorslive.com/

Static pages-

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/06/08/apple_unveils_faster_more_affordable_macbook_pros.html

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/06/08/apple_introduces_13_inch_macbook_pro_cheaper_macbook_airs.html

WWDC starts next week and here is a round up of the rumours-

Mac OS X Snow Leopard – developer preview to be released. “The World’s Most Advanced Operating System” is rumoured to be build 10A380-http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/05/29/a_glimpse_at_snow_leopards_more_subtle_refinements.html

iPhone OS 3.0 – the long anticipated upgrade to provide those features which have been missing, see rumour image here-

http://dvice.com/pics/tgr-wwdc-2009-iphone-graphic-rumor-round-up.png

New iPhone models – there are cease and desist letters flying at the moment, retailers are ‘leaking’ the placeholders for the new models in their inventory systems and other information-

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/06/04/new_16gb_32gb_iphones_appear_in_carphone_warehouse_systems.html

http://www.macworld.com/article/141002/2009/06/iphone_cd.html?lsrc=rss_weblogs_iphonecentral