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Apple has just released the latest update (version 10.5.3) for Mac X Leopard. This update is supposed to fix and improve stability, performance, compatibility and security of the Apple operating system. Here is a short list of  the issues the update is going to fix: font issue that could result in Helvetica Narrow being used in applications instead of Helvetica, stuttering video and audio playback in USB devices, Word of the Day, iTunes Artwork and Slideshow screen savers’ instabilities, some HDD are not listed in the Finder, additional RAW image support for several cameras, Software Update progress bar indicator inaccuracy, Finder not available if the computer name is blank in Sharing preferences, delay when logging in as an Active Directory user in a .local domain etc. The update also include fixes for : Address Book, AirPort, Automator, iCal, iChat, Mail, Parental Controls, Spaces, Time Machine, and VoiceOver. If you want to know more, visit the release note section here.  A lot of steps have also been taken to improve the overall security of the system. As a matter of fact the following holes related to different problems were patched : AFP Server, Apache, AppKit, Apple Pixlet Video, ATS, CFNetwork, CoreFoundation, CoreGraphics, CoreTypes, CUPS, Flash Player Plug-in, Help Viewer, iCal, International Components for Unicode, Image Capture, ImageIO, Kernel, LoginWindow, Mail, ruby, Single Sign-On and Wiki Server. If you want to know more, visit the release note section as far as security is concerned. If you want to download the Mac OS X 10.5.3 update as a Standalone click here or visit Apple’s Web site.

Apple has just unveiled it new iPhone with 3G wireless technology, GPS and new store applications letting users buy a lot of software ranging from games to business, from entertainment to health. “Just one year after launching the iPhone, we’re launching the new iPhone 3G that is twice as fast at half the price,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “ iPhone 3G supports Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync right out of the box, runs the incredible third party apps created with the iPhone SDK, and will be available in more than 70 countries around the world this year.” The new iPhone sports a new integrated software (iPhone 2.0) whoch gives user a bunch of new features including Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync to provide push email, calendar, and contacts sync. “iPhone 3G delivers an amazing 10 hours of talk time on 2G networks and 5 hours using 3G, with up to 5 to 6 hours of web browsing, up to 7 hours for video playback and up to 24 hours for audio playback,” according to the company. “iPhone 3G takes advantage of MobileMe, a new Internet service that pushes email, contacts, and calendars from an online “cloud” to native applications on iPhone, iPod touch, Macs and PCs. With MobileMe email, messages are pushed instantly to iPhone, removing the need to manually check email and wait for downloads, and push keeps contacts and calendars continuously up-to-date so changes made on one device are automatically updated on other devices. With iPhone, you can even snap a photo and post it directly to a MobileMe Gallery to share with friends and family.” The new 3G iPhone’s features include Continue reading »

Ok, don’t get too thrilled about this. As a matter of fact to make this skin work on your iPhone you need a jailbroken iPhone (download the software to hack your iPhone here) with Summerboard and a few other apps. The theme include 90 Vista icons, custom boot and restore images, sliders, Vista login/logoff (lock/unlock) and sound effects, everything packed and arranged for your nice iPhone. The guy who has created this skin is at work to release a new version to make the whole procedure an easy task and not a pain in the butt like it is now! If you want to read the whole guide about this nice piece of hack, click here.

A new version of iPhone software (named 2.0 beta) has recently been released to a small group of enterprise partners in order to test its new features. The most important ones are the new “Location Services” which let iPhone take advantage of its camera and Internet connection to use GPS-based Google Mapping along with Geotagging…but what the heck does it mean? Basically “geo-tagging is the process of adding geographical identification metadata to media files such as latitude and longitude coordinates — or even names of places — so that those files can later be referenced, searched, and grouped based on their origin.” Furthermore , rumors report that The new iPhone software adds a new function to the general Preferences pane to enable/disable Location Services letting users decide if they want to get advantage of this new function in their camera application and want to send data over the Web. This service is not a novelty among cellphones, since a lot of them have already used it successfully for a lot of years. Anyway as the old saying goes…better late than never! So, well done iPhone!

Source: Appleinsider.com

After Skype for PSP, Nokia N810 and Sony Mylo, a version of the famous software has been recently released just for Java-enabled cellphones. This beta version is compatible with all the major cellphone brands. So far, around 50 cellphones are supported (for a complete list visit Skype website here). Skype for your mobile lets you use all those features included in the original Skype such as: Skype contacts, instant messenger, group chat, phone calls. The use of this mini Skype version is limited to the following counties: Brazil, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Poland, Sweden, and the U.K. Its download is for free but not its use. As a matter of fact you still need to pay the normal national or local rate plus an extra fee for Skype-out depending where you are calling to. This makes the use of Skype mobile more convenient for International phone calls. There are anyway certain kinds of limitations as far as international calls are concerned. Reading from Skype’s website: “ We strongly recommend that you use Skype for your mobile beta in your home country only as your mobile operator may charge you very high calling and data fees and roaming charges when using it abroad.” As far as data transfer is concerned: “ There’s a data charge from your operator. A person with 20 contacts, who’s online for 1 hour, IMs for 10 minutes and has a 20 minute call each day will use about 1MB of data per month. The more data you use, the higher your charges may be.” All these limitations and extra fees could make its use far less popular than is computer counterpart. To download it, visit this page.

If you are a real geek who likes hacking everything then this video tutorial is for you. Basically, it teaches you how to turn your PSP into a iPhone. Of course it is rather difficult to have the same iPhone feel on the Play Station Portable because, among other things, PSP doesn’t have the touchscreen nor any cellphone antenna. Anyway here are the tutorials. Here instead you can find the software to hack your portable console!

So, this is the news of today at Web Talk. Apple has just updated its iMac family introducing the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors and other interesting features such as: better graphics options, 6MB L2 cache, 1066 MHz front-side bus. Now iMac comes in three different configurations to meet your needs. Let’s see together what options Apple has stuffed into its computers. (All these models are already available at Apple’s website) Continue reading »

Does it look like impossible to you? Watch the video. So far no infos to know how it works. Stay tuned anyway!