"These are 5 of the (in my opinion) best free “grunge” or “eroded” typefaces of late. Three of which are from the same artist/typographer Gyom Séguin..."
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Apple to makeover new iMac
AppleInsider reports that Apple's popular line of iMac personal computers are about to undergo a substantial facelift that will showcase striking new industrial designs that will leave both competitors and onlookers smitten. The redesign, however, will only be applied to the 20-inch and 24-inch iMacs. The 17-inch iMac may go bye-bye...
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Gizmo Project 3 Released - VOIP alert
Gizmo Project 3 has been released for both the Mac and PC platforms. Having been a long time fan of Skype, the slightly lesser known Gizmo has been in my dock for the odd dabble. This new version 3 brings with it some very interesting new features.
The new Meta-voice capabilities of Gizmo Project 3.0 allow users to call four of the most popular Voice and IM networks. All your calls to Yahoo Messenger, Windows Live, Google Talk, and Gizmo Project users are free. This is a superb addition and will prove very popular. Another new feature is being able to customise your avatar by picking a personalized graphic. Your avatar is the picture used to represent yourself in Gizmo Project.
Gizmo Project 3 now supports file transfers via the Jabber protocol. This means you can exchange files with anyone using a jabber client! The new chat history (which has been around in other IM clients for a long time) allows you to save all your past IM conversations, plus you can now chat with several users at once.
This is a very worthy update and well worth checking out.
Comic Relief ebay - David Walliam's iPod
Comic Relief did a marvelous job on Red Nose Day, with the good work still going on at ebay. Amongst the Comic Relief auctions are signed t-shirts, prints, and some rather cool iPods. You can choose from Suzy Murray's Missing iPod, David Walliam's or Alan B'stard's. At the time of writing this post David Walliam's was on £190 for a 4GB 2nd generation Nano. All with personally selected playlists.
Bluetooth Proximity Detection on OS X
Ever wish you could set your mac up to unlock when you came into the room with your bluetooth cell phone? Maybe you'd like to autosync your phone with your mac when you get home? Here is the consummate guide to setting up bluetooth proximity detection.
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205-inch Technovision Luxio LCD HDTV
Technovision is showing off their 205-inch LCD at CeBit, that makes the formerly buff Sharp 108-inch LCD feel downright pathetic. That's enough space to park two mini coopers on, side by side. Wait...TechnovisionWho?
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FoxTrot 1.5 Released - Power Searching
Today, CTM Development released FoxTrot Personal Search 1.5, an advanced Mac find-by-content application including the most recent optimisations to its high-speed FoxTrot search engine.
According to Chantal Favre, VP of CTM, "Even though FoxTrot Personal Search is a great addition to any knowledge worker's MacBook or iMac, version 1.5 now contains many improvements especially relevant to Mac users in the legal, media and scientific fields."
This new release features:
- 14 user-experience and functionality enhancements
- Searches excluding literal strings and words
- Proximity searches
- OR searches of literal strings
- Relevance-ranking tuning
- Improved support for e-mail messages from CTM's flagship PowerMail application
- 5 other improvements and changes
The application can be downloaded here. A full license costs $36 or 29 euros.
GMail Accounts to hit 3.47 GB Storage
Google has updated the GMail code to calculate 5 years into the future, stopping at 3.47 GB.
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Vibro Max now available in UK
The amazing follow up to the Vibro Blaster turns any flat surface into a speaker. No bigger than a rubix cube, the Vibro Max is the ultimate portable speaker – all it needs is a flat, solid surface, the patented electro acoustic technology does the rest, transforming sonic signals into sonic mechanical vibrations to produce 20 watts of sound quality to rival some of it’s bigger, bulkier competitors. The Nimzy Vibro Max is available now for £79.99 from Widget.
Miglia TVMax+ with digital tuner
Today, Miglia Technology, announced TVMax+. A content collection hub, for use with iPod, AppleTV and Apple computers. TVMax+ allows you to view your favourite shows on every screen in your home, from your living room to your iPod to your Mac. TVMax+ also doubles as a digital TV tuner, so you can watch, pause and record TV shows to watch exactly as you want choose.
We have reviewed the first generation TVMax on Geekanoids, well this takes things one step further, adding a digital tuner, which can't be a bad thing.
“In tests TVMax was used to capture a short 30 minute clip of our favourite TV show and was set to put that clip onto an iPod Video, the whole process took 31.5 minutes and we were watching the finished result (at 640x480). The same clip captured using an alternative software capture solution took 61 minutes from start to finish before we could view the show on our iPod, that’s almost 100% faster using TVMax.”
Rex - Apple Remote for your slot !
SiK inc. took the Apple Remote one step further today. We all know that most of the current Apple Macs come with a nice remote control, but only the iMac has a nice magnet to keep that remote safe. Well, now MacBook Pro owners can pick up a Rex Remote for just $26. It replicates all the normal remote features, but when not in use, can be stored in the MacBook Pro express card slot. Wicked !
Epson Stylus Pro 3800 Review - coming soon
Epson printers just keep getting better and better. I have been a long time fan of Epson's offerings, and have previously reviewed many of their scanners and printers. Well, now it is time for the big boys, with the Epson Stylus Pro 3800 that they have kindly agreed to send down to us.
The Stylus Pro 3800 is an A2+ (17”) cut sheet desktop wide format printer, the latest addition to the Epson Professional printer range to incorporate the well proven and respected UltraChrome K3 inkset. The K3 inks are very highly regarded in the industry, with many galleries only accpeting prints using these inks. We will be testing a wide range of media finishes, as well as checking just how good the prints look against conventional photos, and the original scanned files. As well as throwing some digital files at the 3800, taken with the latest Canon SLR technology. Check back soon to read the full review.