I think we all know what’s coming today.
The Apple store is down. Rumours have been leading to this date.
We can be pretty sure that Apple will be releasing OSX Lion today. The latest operating system in the OSX line-up with 250 new features ready to to be downloaded straight to our macs fromt he Mac App Store.
It has also been suggested that a new model of MacBook Air will be released at exactly the same time. Perfect timing to promote OSX Lion.
PIRACY
There are two main types of piracy that occur in todays society; DVD copying, and downloading straight from the internet. The most used is the internet, as it is easier for you to simply download movies, games and software safe in your room at home rather than snooping around in a market like a rat!
I’ll say a little bit about DVD’s; These will normally cost people to get, but at a very very low cost. Its usually pretty obvious if someone is trying to sell you a pirate copy DVD. The cover will be distorted, bad quality, and when you watch the DVD, it will probably be glitchy or a bad hand held camera recording. Basically you get what you pay for!
Now internet downloading, thats where its all happening these days. Thanks to a man named Bram Cohen, the creator of BitTorrent protocol. Basically, he created a file sharing program, that uses peer to peer technology, meaning that when you download something, you are grabbing bits of the download from many other different peoples computers that are close to you, therefore making it much faster to download, this means that the websites hosting these links for downloads, aren’t supplying the file itself! Also making it very difficult for the money making industries to sue (Sue sounds like a powerful woman!) the website, as they aren’t really doing much wrong, more about that later!
Just a quick one everyone.
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So a little while back Apple released the new bunch of delightful iLife products. iLife 11!
I was particularly drawn in to the new version, because the last time I used iMovie, it was rubbish. I don’t want to criticise the older versions as it was so long ago I can barely remember what I was even using it for!
Anyway, times have moved on, and Apple want everyone to be able to make movies in the comfort of their home without the overwhelming feeling of superior, complex looking video editing software.
I decided to go for the trailer option. Apple have made a nice little selection of pre made tunes and logos for you to make your master piece quickly.
iMovie automatically shows all your videos from your iPhoto library, so it’s down to you to simply drag and drop the ones you want into the ready made timeline. It’s literally that simple! There is a timeline with helpful advice, allowing you to chose your video. For example; ‘action shot – 5 seconds’. So simple, you don’t even need to cut it down to 5 seconds, it does that for you!
Anyway, bla bla bla its all very nice because it’s Apple. Not necessarily always true, but this is one of the many cases where this is true.
Here’s a video that took me only 5 minutes to make
With tablet computers and notebooks being all the craze, google have decided we need yet more devices. These ones come in the form of laptops. I have to say, they are very slim, stylish looking things. They’re being made by Samsung and Acer, for the time being at least.
Prices will range between $349 and $499, being released in the US and six European countries initially. Expensive you might think? What’s even in it? Well it brings to us a 12.1 inch screen, a battery that can give us 8.5 hours with “active use” and insides that compete with other notebooks on the market! The higher priced model comes with 3G built in which they say will give you 100mb of date a month for a year as part of the package.
Do not fear students! Google will be offering a pay monthly deal so those of us who don’t have a spare $500 can join in the fun.
As for the actual operating system, google have gone for a different approach to software. The idea is that you will not get a massive 250GB hard drive, but instead a smaller 16GB faster flash memory, where you will access online equivalents to software like the now well know GoogleDocs. Hit up the source links for more info
gadgetselby.com 