Iphone Updates

Filed under: OS, Open Source, UNIX / BSD, Developer

Firefox 3 was a pretty historic release this week, but I’d say that Wine 1.0 might actually beat it — the open source non-emulator (Wine, after all, Is Not an Emulator) for Windows finally reached their first stable release. And Darwine, the OS X-rated version of Wine, also got a shiny 1.0 designation as well. It still won’t work exactly perfectly (you’ve got to have XQuartz installed, and as with all emulators, there are so many different systems trying to talk to each other that you’re bound to run into problems when one of them wants to do something complicated), but for standard Windows apps (Solitare and Spider Solitaire, we’re told, work beautifully), it’ll do ya.

Of course, we have no idea why you’d want to run anything Windows (ahem), but we won’t judge. It’s your computer: do what you like.

Thanks, Luigi193!

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Filed under: OS, Open Source, UNIX / BSD, Developer

Firefox 3 was a pretty historic release this week, but I’d say that Wine 1.0 might actually beat it — the open source non-emulator (Wine, after all, Is Not an Emulator) for Windows finally reached their first stable release. And Darwine, the OS X-rated version of Wine, also got a shiny 1.0 designation as well. It still won’t work exactly perfectly (you’ve got to have XQuartz installed, and as with all emulators, there are so many different systems trying to talk to each other that you’re bound to run into problems when one of them wants to do something complicated), but for standard Windows apps (Solitare and Spider Solitaire, we’re told, work beautifully), it’ll do ya.

Of course, we have no idea why you’d want to run anything Windows (ahem), but we won’t judge. It’s your computer: do what you like.

Thanks, Luigi193!

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Filed under: iPhone, App Store

We’ve been running running a few App Store roundups covering applications announced for the iPhone App Store, but as TUAW’s resident seamhead I can’t help but call one out for special attention. It was demoed at the WWDC keynote and now Macworld has a close look at the upcoming MLB At Bat application. It will be available at launch and provide near real time “wireless score access and in-game highlights for every game on the MLB schedule” for only $4.99 for the rest of the season.

Apparently the video highlights will be available in two versions: one high-bandwidth version for wifi and a lower bandwidth version for EDGE (they haven’t said which version the 3G iPhone will load). For the future they’re looking into bringing the Gameday service to the iPhone which opens the possibility of Gameday Audio. For the real baseball fanatics out there this would be an absolutely killer app, especially for those of us away from our home team’s broadcast area. Imagine being able to listen to any game on your iPhone from anywhere; that’s close to baseball nirvana. And though things are looking rather bad at the moment: Go ‘Stos!

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Filed under: iPhone, App Store

We’ve been running running a few App Store roundups covering applications announced for the iPhone App Store, but as TUAW’s resident seamhead I can’t help but call one out for special attention. It was demoed at the WWDC keynote and now Macworld has a close look at the upcoming MLB At Bat application. It will be available at launch and provide near real time “wireless score access and in-game highlights for every game on the MLB schedule” for only $4.99 for the rest of the season.

Apparently the video highlights will be available in two versions: one high-bandwidth version for wifi and a lower bandwidth version for EDGE (they haven’t said which version the 3G iPhone will load). For the future they’re looking into bringing the Gameday service to the iPhone which opens the possibility of Gameday Audio. For the real baseball fanatics out there this would be an absolutely killer app, especially for those of us away from our home team’s broadcast area. Imagine being able to listen to any game on your iPhone from anywhere; that’s close to baseball nirvana. And though things are looking rather bad at the moment: Go ‘Stos!

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Filed under: Security

Updates: See the end of the post for current info.

We’ve been getting quite a bit of email since yesterday’s anonymous Slashdot posting of a security problem with ARDAgent on Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5, and there’s plenty of Twittering going on over the issue.

Here’s the deal: ARDAgent is the application that responds to Apple Remote Desktop remote administration requests, screen sharing and the like; you can find it in /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement on 10.5 machines.

In order to go do the voodoo that you do so well when you’re administering remote Macs, ARDAgent needs to be ‘setuid root‘ – it needs to run with the privileges and access that belong to the system administrator, the same way you do temporarily whenever you unlock a system preference or install an application with Apple’s installer. This is normal and expected behavior.

What’s not so normal and expected is that ARDAgent will execute the ‘do shell script‘ AppleScript command (on behalf of remote admins, normally, who need to run Unix commands from time to time). The problem here is that since ARDAgent is setuid root, any subprocess it launches is running with administrator permissions, and in fact with the right malicious scripting here it would be possible to do a great deal of damage. Granted, in order to activate this vulnerability the attacker would either have to be at the machine, or logged in remotely with the same account that is currently in use… or just convince the user to run a malicious downloaded application. Yikes.

The good news is, there’s a very simple workaround (courtesy of the fine folks at Intego — note that if you actually use VirusBarrier to disable ARD’s shell script access as they recommend, and your machine is managed remotely, your administrator may take some umbrage). It turns out that if ARD’s remote access features are turned on, via the Sharing pane in System Preferences, you’re clear. Even if there aren’t any users permitted to administer your machine, the ‘do shell script’ command that ARDAgent runs is neutered and cannot be exploited in this fashion. Most home and small office Macs wouldn’t normally have this turned on, but once you activate it you should be protected. Our basic instructions can be found here. [See update below -- turns out the fix may not protect you fully.]

Stay safe out there!

Update: Thomas Ptacek of Matasano weighs in on this flaw and offers some additional workarounds, but he doesn’t seem overly concerned.

Update 2: Commenter (and Mac OS X security pro) Zack Smith, along with Chris Barker, points out that it’s possible to kill the ARDAgent process and immediately run the osascript command, which bypasses the protection that running ARDAgent under launchd provides. Under those circumstances an attacker or someone sitting at your machine could still run commands as root, much to your chagrin.

To prevent this, one approach is to change the permissions on the ARDAgent application bundle — note that this will both break with future system updates or permissions repairs, and may adversely affect administrative access to your machine from legitimate managers:

sudo chmod -R u-s /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app

You can also simply archive and remove ARDAgent.app if you don’t plan to be managed by anyone.

Thanks to everyone who sent this in, and thanks to Intego for pointing out the workaround.

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On assignment for Sports Illustrated Kids, photographer Bill Frakes visited the Kona Skatepark to capture moves made by the latest generation of young athletes at the world’s oldest skateboard park. As part of his all-Mac production, Frakes processed his still images in Aperture, exporting his select to Final Cut Pro. There, he mixed in music created in GarageBand and added video and audio tracks recorded on scene.

It only takes a few minutes to create a new event in iCal — and just one or two more to share that event with friends or colleagues. In fact, iCal does most of the work for you, as you’ll discover by reading the latest Pro Tip of the Week.

When you want to insert special characters in a document, display the Keyboard Viewer in Mac OS X Leopard to learn the combination of keyboard characters you can use to enter a grave accent, copyright symbol, registration mark, epsilon, Euro, and many other special characters. Find out how by watching the latest Quick Tip of the Week.

If you’re in San Francisco next Wednesday evening — June 25, 7:00–8:00 pm — join us at the Apple Retail Store, San Francisco, and meet actors Masi Oka (star of the hot TV series Heroes) and Nate Torrence. The two play CONTROL agents Bruce and Lloyd in Get Smart (which opens tomorrow). At the event, they’ll screen movie clips, discuss their roles, and answer audience questions.

Music fans have now purchased and downloaded more than five billion songs from the iTunes Store. The number one music retailer in the U.S., iTunes features the largest music catalog with over eight million songs. And iTunes customers are now renting and purchasing more than 50,000 movies every day, making it the world’s most popular online movie store, as well.

“In the creative world,” says Euro RSCG executive creative director Hal Wolverton, “everyone is looking for the new thing, the new way to say something.” RSCG has found it in Color. “People may have wondered what Color is capable of,” points out colorist Alex Bickel. “We’re achieving looks that are as good as if not better than anything you can get in a high-end finishing suite. And we’re doing it with Final Cut Studio.”

On Thursday, June 19, the Apple Retail Store, Sydney — the first Apple store in Australia — opens its doors for the first time. With two floors dedicated to the Mac and iPod and a third to training and the world’s largest Genius Bar, “this breathtaking new store will be the ultimate place for the people of Sydney to shop, learn and be inspired,” says Ron Johnson, Apple’s senior vice president of Retail.

“When Mac OS X was released with VoiceOver, it was a lifesaver,” says Elliot Aronson. Though he’s lost 90% of his vision to macular degeneration, the social psychologist used VoiceOver, which he calls “the single most important technical invention for me,” to write his latest book on his Mac mini. “The Mac with VoiceOver is indispensable. Without them, I wouldn’t be able to write or edit my work.”

Would you believe that iTunes already has the soundtrack for the soon-to-be-released “Get Smart available for you to preview and purchase? You’ll also find Filmmaker Talk podcasts (two posted and more on the way) and the exclusive — and free — Get Smart clip.

“Macs have always given me the feeling that I can figure anything out,” explains Tal Yarden. And in his latest project, the video designer has figured out how to use the Mac, FInal Cut Pro, Motion, Keynote, and other Mac software to stage an innovative production of Wagner’s Götterdämmerung that adds video via a Mac mini-controlled 66 screen array.

Apple today celebrates the achievements of many innovative developers by revealing the winners of the Apple Design Awards 2008. The awards recognize technical excellence, innovation, and outstanding achievement in software development in seven categories. Take a look.

On June 18, just two days before the hilarious Get Smart opens in theaters, stars Steve Carell (Maxwell Smart) and Anne Hathaway (Agent 99) visit the Apple Retail Store, SoHo, to discuss the film, screen clips, and answer audience questions. Seating is limited, so come early to the 9:00 pm event.

The duck-billed Hadrosaur dubbed Dakota grazed the area now known as the North Dakota badlands some 65 million years ago. Unearthed in 1999, Dakota yielded not only soft tissue (an exceedingly rare find) but also near-complete mummified remains. Using a Mac Pro cluster, University of Manchester scientists are now discovering how the 7000-pound looked, walked, and ran.

Be among the first to see the exclusive Get Smart clip now available — free — on iTunes. It’s introduced by stars Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway, who play CONTROL agents Maxwell Smart and Agent 99 in the film. Get Smart comes to theaters throughout the country on June 20. Enjoy.

Filed under: Internet, Graphic Design

Ralf Herrmann recently took a look at the new typography features found in Firefox 3, pitting them against what’s been available in Safari 3 for a while. The results show some major advances, and some major problems. The current OpenType or Apple Advanced Typography features in Firefox 3 include promising features like basic ligatures, which is exciting to those who live and breathe typography, but it fails in some non-English languages. Overall, it seems there are a lot of would-be nice new features that don’t quite provide enough detail to be universally helpful. But it’s a step in the right direction.

Check out the post at Ralf Herrmann’s Typography Weblog for a very complete overview and comparison.

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Filed under: iTS, Apple

When the iTunes Store was first introduced (hey, remember when it was called the iTunes Music Store and all you could buy were DRMed music tracks? Those were the days) I thought people wouldn’t spend much money there. Sure, it was pretty and easy to use but people don’t want DRM laced music, thought I. Clearly, as with many things in my life, I was totally wrong. Apple just announced that people have downloaded over 5 billion songs from iTunes (notice they say ‘downloaded,’ and not ‘bought.’ This number includes all those freebies we list, as well as any promotional freebies Apple hands out with partners). Any way you slice it, that’s a lot of songs.

Apple also said that people are renting and downloading over 50,000 movies a day. Not too shabby, given the greater expense and file sizes involved with movie transactions on iTunes.

Thanks, Cameron!

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Filed under: iPhone, App Store, SDK

Yeehhhhaaawww! It’s time for the (almost) daily TUAW iPhone App News Roundup!

• SplashData, a longtime and very popular developer for Windows Mobile and Palm, is bringing the SplashID (secure information manager), SplashShopper (list organizer), and SplashMoney (personal banking manager) apps to iPhone.
• Fiery Ferret, AKA Bridger Maxwell, has ported his shareware game Lumen to iPhone. The iPhone version has access to 1,200 user-submitted puzzles.
• MobileAge is readying Blackjack 21 and touchTile Mahjong for iPhone and iPod touch.
• Hey Mac Software will soon let you move data between Macs by transferring files to and from your iPhone wirelessly. Briefcase is the name of this program, expected in the Fall.
• Like Things, the task manager from Cultured Code? Think of Things touch on your iPhone or iPod touch. Nice.
• MyMote is an open-source iPhone application designed to provide remote functionality for Mythtv front ends. What’s Mythtv? An app to turn Linux computers into a Tivo-like DVR.
• Tebeka Software Developments is porting Pocket Luach to the iPhone. Pocket Luach is a Windows Mobile application that allows users to browse a Jewish calendar, create and manage Jewish events (wedding dates, Bar Mitzvahs…), and do date conversions between Jewish and civil dates.

If you have an iPhone app that’s on its way to the App Store, let us know about it.

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Filed under: Features, Troubleshooting, Ask TUAW

In this exciting edition of Ask TUAW we’ll be looking at using parental controls to limit email, fixing Boot Camp partition problems, limiting access via a USB security dongle, updating with a combo updater and more.

As always your suggestions are most welcome, and questions for next week should be left in the comments. When asking a question please include which machine you’re running and which version of OS X, as certain answers will vary between different Macs and Tiger vs. Leopard, etc. (we’ll assume you’re running Leopard if you don’t specify). And now, on to the questions!

Continue reading Ask TUAW: Sync problems, Windows keyboard layouts, parental controls, security dongles and more

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Filed under: iTS, Apple

When the iTunes Store was first introduced (hey, remember when it was called the iTunes Music Store and all you could buy were DRMed music tracks? Those were the days) I thought people wouldn’t spend much money there. Sure, it was pretty and easy to use but people don’t want DRM laced music, thought I. Clearly, as with many things in my life, I was totally wrong. Apple just announced that people have downloaded over 5 billion songs from iTunes (notice they say ‘downloaded,’ and not ‘bought.’ This number includes all those freebies we list, as well as any promotional freebies Apple hands out with partners). Any way you slice it, that’s a lot of songs.

Apple also said that people are renting and downloading over 50,000 movies a day. Not too shabby, given the greater expense and file sizes involved with movie transactions on iTunes.

Thanks, Cameron!

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Filed under: Software, Freeware

Have you ever tried to empty the Trash on your Mac only to receive a dreaded message that said the trash couldn’t be emptied because a file was in use? Well, “What’s Keeping Me” hopes to solve this problem with it’s advanced trash-error detection technology (we kid, it’s really just magic).

If you encounter the message that the trash cannot be emptied, just click on What’s Keeping Me to see what application or process is keeping the trash from being emptied. You can have What’s Keeping Me quit the application or if need be kill (force-quit) the application.

You can download What’s Keeping Me from HAMSoft Engineering; this application is freeware, however, donations are accepted.

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Filed under: Freeware, Internet, Internet Tools

If you switched to Firefox from another browser like Safari that supports in-line PDF viewing (that’s the ablity to look at a PDF in the browser instead of downloading it), then you might have been disheartened to learn that Firefox does not support this feature natively. However, you will find Firefox-Mac-PDF to be a useful plug-in.

Firefox-Mac-PDF allows for the same in-line PDF viewing that can be found in Safari. This plug-in requires Firefox 3 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or higher. You can download the plug-in for free from their Google Code page.

To install the plug-in, just open the Add-ons panel by going to Tools > Add-ons. Once there, drag the downloaded “.xpi” file to the Add-ons. You will be asked if you wish to install the plug-in. Once you restart Firefox you’ll be able to view all PDFs right within Firefox.

[via Lifehacker]

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There has been much speculation as to just how much money Apple is getting from AT&T this time around. According to Yair Reiner at Oppenhiemer, they should be getting roughly the same amount of money from the carrier. The only difference is that they’re getting most of their money up-front this time.

Reiner suggests that AT&T is paying roughly $325 in subsidies on every new iPhone sold. What’s more is that he also believes that Apple is receiving a $100 bonus for every new customer that signs up at one of their stores. It sounds like Apple might have thought things through a little more this time around. Now they’re selling a phone that’s cheaper than the original (and will thus likely sell even better) and they’re getting their money up-front from AT&T. Well played.

[via Crave]

We all saw a huge influx of cases and accessories when the original iPhone launched last year, so we can hardly expect anything different with the release of the iPhone 3G. ezGear has just announced 2 new ezSkins for the forthcoming version of Apple’s hot phone.

The two new cases are the Landau and Plus. The Landau is your basic case which provides all-around protection (including a screen protector) without limiting access to any of your ports or buttons. The Plus is a more rugged case which covers the entire non-screen surface of the phone. ezButtons are built into the case, which are essentially areas which have extra silicon padding. This allows you to press on specific areas of the case and have the desired button be activated. Your iPhone’s screen will be protected by a standard static screen protector.

Both cases will be available in Frost White, Onyx Black and Cool Blue. The Landau will also be available in Princess Pink. The ezSkin Plus is expected to run $19.99, while the Landau will be $5 less. Both are set to ship on July 8, 2008.

Spore, the latest brainchild of Sims creator Will Wright, will be available soon. But you don’t have to wait another minute to enjoy the QuickTime trailer for Spore. Or you can get yourself ready for gameplay by designing your very own alien beings using Spore Creature Creator, already available at the Apple Store.

When you want to insert special characters in a document, display the Keyboard Viewer in Mac OS X Leopard to learn the combination of keyboard characters you can use to enter a grave accent, copyright symbol, registration mark, epsilon, Euro, and many other special characters. Find out how by watching the latest Quick Tip of the Week.

American Photo has named Aperture 2.1 its Editor’s Choice 2008 award winner in the Imaging Software category. “Faster overall,” report editors Jonathan Barkey and Russell Hart, ”Aperture 2.1’s revamped RAW engine significantly reduces noise, improves detail, and fine-tunes color.” “Yet its biggest advance may be the ability to host third-party plug-ins” for selective adjustments, simulated filters, fisheye straightening, and numerous other imaging tasks.

We have all seen a jail broken iPhone with the capabilities to VPN into a windows running machine, but now we may be seeing a program that will allow you to do this without unlocking your iPhone. Citrix recently released that they are working on a technology client to run Windows XP on the iPhone. They ran a demo of the way the application will run on the iPhone and demonstrated it on the real thing.

Many business users have a huge demand for remoting into a work computer and retrieving information while out of the office, Citrix has been able to provide many different routs to doing so, and until now they never included the iPhone.

There is no specific release on it, it is still being tested and demoed on the phone, and unlike the past its been said that this option will be relatively inexpensive as compared to the corporate versions that they have had in the past which can run the corporate bill quiet high.

[Via ZDnet]

If you’re in San Francisco next Wednesday evening — June 25, 7:00–8:00 pm — join us at the Apple Retail Store, San Francisco, and meet actors Masi Oka (star of the hot TV series Heroes) and Nat Torrence. The two play CONTROL agents Bruce and Lloyd in Get Smart (which opens tomorrow). At the event, they’ll screen movie clips, discuss their roles, and answer audience questions.

Pro photographer Dewitt Jones admits that “I really didn’t have a good way to view my images in a large size at optimal quality in a place that wasn’t a workroom.” But now he does. Thanks to Apple TV. “In my opinion, there’s not a photographer on the planet who shouldn’t invest in one of these,” he exclaims. His “final frame,” Apple TV lets Jones enjoy his photographs in HD on the flat-screen TV in his living room.

Music fans have now purchased and downloaded more than five billion songs from the iTunes Store. The number one music retailer in the U.S., iTunes features the largest music catalog with over eight million songs. And iTunes customers are now renting and purchasing more than 50,000 movies every day, making it the world’s most popular online movie store, as well.

Filed under: Software, Freeware

It was only a couple weeks ago that Growl version 1.1.3 was released, but as some commenters noted on the 1.1.3 post, there was a bug that caused some the inability to install Growl under Leopard. Well, the Growl team has heard your cries and issued an update to Growl that hopes to solve the problem. Some of the bug fixes include:

• “Install Failed” message on Leopard is now fixed
• Fixed the problem of Growl thinking it was 1.1.2 even after installing 1.1.3
• Fixed Growl updater to stop showing updates after you’ve already installed them
• Growl Safari actually works now

You can see all of the improvements before installing by visiting the Growl Version History page. You can also download the new update by visiting Growl’s homepage.

Thanks to everyone who sent this in!

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Filed under: Accessories, Desktops, Hardware, Peripherals, Video, Odds and ends

I occasionally work with clients who need to have Macs set up as kiosks. That means that anyone can walk up and use the Mac to watch a video or access information, but they usually can’t update anything on the Mac. Kiosks are especially useful when the user interface consists of a finger touching the screen. In my experience, touch screens are generally expensive and require that you send a Mac off to a vendor for installation.

Troll Touch now has user-installable touch screens for the 20″ and 24″ aluminum iMacs called SlipCOVERs. Priced at $699 (20″) and $899 (24″), the SlipCOVERs come with touch screen drivers and calibration software. The video above shows a touch-enabled iMac in action — I especially liked watching the demo dude playing Bejeweled using his finger instead of a mouse. Pull off the aluminum stand, lay that SlipCOVER iMac down on its back, and you’ve got a 24″ iPod touch!

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“In the creative world,” says Euro RSCG executive creative director Hal Wolverton, “everyone is looking for the new thing, the new way to say something.” RSCG has found it in Color. “People may have wondered what Color is capable of,” points out colorist Alex Bickel. “We’re achieving looks that are as good as if not better than anything you can get in a high-end finishing suite. And we’re doing it with Final Cut Studio.”

Who wants a 3G iPhone? I sure do, and I’d be willing to bet a good many of you do too. So who doesn’t want one? Roughly 91% of the Japanese population. What’s interesting is that even less people in Japan are interested in the iPhone 3G than they were about the original iPhone.

Unfortunately the survey conducted by iSHARE isn’t very clear as to why those polled aren’t interested in the new iPhone. Some suggested reasons are that the carrier SoftBank is a relatively small player in the Japanese market, as well as the lack of removable battery and inability to play 1Stg digital TV.

[via Electronista]

I’m sure that everyone remembers the number of people lining up for iPhones last year, and the concern over supply versus demand. Can we expect a similar demand for the new iPhone 3G? Morgan Stanley says that it’s going to be even bigger this time around.

It’s pretty obvious why there will be a bigger demand for Apple’s latest headset. According to a representative of Morgan Stanley “We believe the market generally expects a doubling of iPhone units with the lower price point ($199) and we believe this is realistic, if not conservative.”  They have even raised their price target on Apple’s stock up to $210, which is up $25 from their last target.

Carriers such as O2 in the UK and Optus in Australia are already receiving more interested customers than expected. Optus was taking $100 deposits from customers wanting to get their hands on an iPhone 3G, however, they have received so many that they had to stop taking such deposits. Looks like you’d better get lined up pretty early this year.

[via 9to5 Mac]

On Thursday, June 19, the Apple Retail Store, Sydney — the first Apple store in Australia — opens its doors for the first time. With two floors dedicated to the Mac and iPod and a third to training and the world’s largest Genius Bar, “this breathtaking new store will be the ultimate place for the people of Sydney to shop, learn and be inspired,” says Ron Johnson, Apple’s senior vice president of Retail.

“When Mac OS X was released with VoiceOver, it was a lifesaver,” says Elliot Aronson. Though he’s lost 90% of his vision to macular degeneration, the social psychologist used VoiceOver, which he calls “the single most important technical invention for me,” to write his latest book on his Mac mini. “The Mac with VoiceOver is indispensable. Without them, I wouldn’t be able to write or edit my work.”

Would you believe that iTunes already has the soundtrack for the soon-to-be-released “Get Smart available for you to preview and purchase? You’ll also find Filmmaker Talk podcasts (two posted and more on the way) and the exclusive — and free — Get Smart clip.

As we get closer and closer to the release date of iPhone 3G we are all wondering what Apple will release in the App store that will be available for us to purchase. They released a few insights into some Apps we’ve all wanted to see. The first that I know I am looking forward to is EasyTaskManager, which is a desktop manager that supports “GTD, the ‘Get it done’ method”. You will be able to organize your life between home and the office and now on the go, with this application you can sync between multiple computers including a Windows PC and a Mac. Next, iSharephone is an application allowing you to connect to the Microsoft SharePoint servers form your phone. This lets you see any of the information on your phone from the SharePoint portal. Some little ones that will keep you busy waiting at the DMV or in the back of class will be Rusty Red Wagons port of Solitaire, Klondike, Spider, and Freecell. Along with Rusty Red Wagon, Ambrosia is introducing Mobile Mahjong, which will allow you to have the ancient Chinese game at the tips of your fingers….literally.

As the release of the iPhone nears we will begin to see some more Apps leaking through. Check back for updates on new releases.

[Via iPhone Alley]

“Macs have always given me the feeling that I can figure anything out,” explains Tal Yarden. And in his latest project, the video designer has figured out how to use the Mac, FInal Cut Pro, Motion, Keynote, and other Mac software to stage an innovative production of Wagner’s Götterdämmerung that adds video via a Mac mini-controlled 66 screen array.

Apple today celebrates the achievements of many innovative developers by revealing the winners of the Apple Design Awards 2008. The awards recognize technical excellence, innovation, and outstanding achievement in software development in seven categories. Take a look.

On June 18, just two days before the hilarious Get Smart opens in theaters, stars Steve Carell (Maxwell Smart) and Anne Hathaway (Agent 99) visit the Apple Retail Store, SoHo, to discuss the film, screen clips, and answer audience questions. Seating is limited, so come early to the 9:00 pm event.

The duck-billed Hadrosaur dubbed Dakota grazed the area now known as the North Dakota badlands some 65 million years ago. Unearthed in 1999, Dakota yielded not only soft tissue (an exceedingly rare find) but also near-complete mummified remains. Using a Mac Pro cluster, University of Manchester scientists are now discovering how the 7000-pound looked, walked, and ran.

Be among the first to see the exclusive Get Smart clip now available — free — on iTunes. It’s introduced by stars Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway, who play CONTROL agents Maxwell Smart and Agent 99 in the film. Get Smart comes to theaters throughout the country on June 20. Enjoy.

Rather than another tie, Chloe Kamarck (mensvogue.com) thinks the “responsible Dad” will appreciate the reassurance offered by a simple yet rock-solid backup solution. Time Capsule, Kamarck explains in the magazine’s Father’s Day Gift Guide, “works with Time Machine software (built in to all Macs with OS X Leopard) to seamlessly and effortlessly back up your computer on a regular basis.“