Dealing with Bloatware
If the me from 10 years ago could hear the me now, he’d be laughing incredulously. “So, you’ve got an 80 gig hard drive in your laptop, and you’re telling me you don’t have enough space! WTF?” (Did...
View ArticleWhat? No Firewire?
Apple has released its new range of laptops, and they look great. The black keyboard, reminiscent of the Air, and the black surround of the screen, echoing a motif started with the latest iMacs,...
View ArticleEircom Discover Digital Television 3 Years Later
Eircom has hired Richard Griffiths, former director of technology strategy for BT Vision to roll out digital TV services across Ireland next year. Their plan is to bring some sort of video-on-demand...
View ArticlePowerKeys as Logic Controller
Looking for a cheaper and more versatile Logic/Pro Tools remote controller than Far Out Labs ProTransport? Well, you need look no further! PowerKeys is exactly what you need. In fact, you can pretty...
View ArticleRTE iPlayer Style? No Way!
RTE have released a beta version of their RTE Player, a catch-up web TV service. And it works! Even on a Mac! Programmes will be available for 21 days after broadcast on the system, so you can “see...
View ArticleNew Final Cut Studio and Logic Studio Released
Apple put an instant hole in the pocket of people like me everywhere today, by releasing updates to their two premium software products for media professionals, Final Cut Studio and Logic Studio. Logic...
View ArticleThe Slow Demise of Apple, Starting This Week?
So, this week’s been a pretty bad one for Apple then. The three most important things to Apple over the past number of years have been the Mac user experience (ie OS X and the Mac computer), the...
View ArticleMake Your Own iPhone App – Seriously!
Mobile Roadie has a very neat way of creating iPhone apps, mostly aimed at the music market. It’s very, very neat. Rather than me rabbiting on about it, have a look at the video here.
View ArticleAnd You Thought Kinect was cool…
And it is. But this that portable drive size box in front of that laptop is even cooler, I promise you. The Leap can track your finger/hand movements in front of the screen so accurately it makes...
View ArticleClosing up the Moan for a while
I haven’t been active here for a while, as I’m finding the microblogging style of Twitter far more appealing to my short attention span! Thanks for tuning in, and if I start up again, I’ll find you!...
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