Февраль 2008
Celebrating No Country for Old Men
27.02.2008The film No Country for Old Men won four Oscars at this year’s Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Find out more about the making of the film by listening to a podcast recorded during last year’s Tribeca Film Festival. In the podcast, director Barry Sonnenfeld chats with Joel Coen and Ethan Coen about their filmmaking experiences in general and their use of Final Cut Pro to edit No Country for Old Men. Enjoy.
Linux At the Point of Sale
27.02.2008NegativeK writes “I work at a local comic and games shop, and I’ve been kicking around what it would take to implement a barcode scanner and more detailed inventory control. Currently, the setup is a low-tech register that tracks general areas of sales: new comics, ccgs, Games Workshop, rpgs, etc. Requirements include FOSS on Linux, the ability to use a cheap scanner, datamining, and output in a useful format (perhaps OpenOffice spreadsheet). The idea hasn’t been pitched to the shop owner yet, so ease of use is probably more important than anything — but breaking out the programming books to work on parts isn’t out of the question for me. Assuming the actual register stays, what resources are out there for a barcode/inventory implementation?”
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Softick Audio Gateway v1.20 Released
27.02.2008
Softick has updated their popular Audio Gateway program, the Bluetooth Stereo A2DP solution for Palm OS devices. A lot of updates, bugfixes and optimizations have been added since the last major revision. Included in this version is support for pre 4.2 versions of Kinoma player and Sprint TV, improved Audio/Video Control Profile (AVRCP) connections, better mono sound streams, support for Fast Forward/Fast Rewind buttons on stereo headsets in pTunes, and support for the latest Treo 755p update.
Softick Audio Gateway from Softick is available for $19.95 and a limited trial version is available for download. The updated version of Audio Gateway is free to registered owners of the software. PICs review of version 1.12 of the app can be found here.
Join the Aperture World Tour
27.02.2008Aperture 2, the exciting new version of Apple’s powerful photo editing and management software, delivers more than 100 new features, and you can get a great introduction to many of them by attending the Aperture World Tour. It’s an excellent opportunity to learn about Aperture 2 from members of Apple’s photo marketing team. The free, in-depth presentation comes to cities around the world beginning next month. Sign up today and reserve your seat.
Ten Apps to a Better Treo or Centro
27.02.2008
One grievance I often hear is that the Palm OS is so out of shape and antiquated, an OS well past its prime if you will. While I won’t dispute that the Palm OS has seriously outlived its prime, with a few additional applications the Palm OS based smartphones can match, and in many cases vastly outperform the competition. Whether your an old time palmhead or just picked up your first Centro there is bound to be some software you can use to liven up your smartphone. In this article I highlight some of the top notch, must have Palm OS titles for your Treo or Centro.