Good news for Mac users, CrossOver the well-known application allowing Mac users to run Win applications and games without requiring the installation of an additional OS is available for free today. Apparently, this free offer is linked to a bet made, and lost, by Jeremy White, CEO of CodeWarriors.
Main Website Temporarily Offline
Due to the high volume of traffic for the Lame Duck Challenge Free Offer
, we have temporarily disabled the CodeWeavers main website.
We apologize for this inconvenience. We still love Digg, even if our server disagrees. ;-)
Click Here to get your serial number for CrossOver.
Trial Version Downloads
You can still download the the trial versions during this time. Use the links below.
Download CrossOver Mac Pro Trial
Download CrossOver Games Mac Trial
Download CrossOver Linux Pro Trial
Download CrossOver Games Linux Trial
Note: trial versions can be unlocked to full versions with registered accounts when the main site comes back online.
You will be able to unlock your serial number that was emailed to you for an extended time, (an additional 48 hours), due to this downtime. We will simply stop giving out new serial numbers at 23:59 (Midnight) Central Standard Time.
Google just released its well-known Google Earth application for the iPhone as a free application already available from the
AppStore. Of course, it is a lighter version compared to the original one; nevertheless the main features are available and remain useful. However, you better have a WiFi network access, or at least 3G network, when using such application, otherwise loading images might take minutes.
In order to further illustrate the performance level obtained from USB2.0, we have run a test wit ha new MacBook Pro and an external HD featuring a triple interface: USB2.0, Firewire 400 and Firewire 800, thanks to an Oxford bridge. Results obtained from benchmarking with the SpeedTools suite are available below:
As shown on those graphs there are almost no difference in reading and writing speeds between USB2.0 and FW400. The clear winner is the FW800 offering up to 53 MB/s in writing mode and stable 60MB/s in reading mode.
We then performed a second test based on duplication of a 156 MB folder include 2000 small files, it will demonstrate the impact of the interface of the HD access time. In USB2.0, it took 15.1 seconds to complete the task, vs. 14.3 seconds with the FW400 and 11.4 seconds in FW800. Again, the difference between USB2.0 and FW400 remains small.
We do not want to give support to Apple to justify the lack of Firewire 400 in the new MacBook models, as having the choice between several interface would also give more choice for peripherals, this experiment shows that the performance gain in transfer speed from FW400 over USB2.0 is minimal or absent. So, the FW400 will be missing for users already having FW peripherals, but should not be a real problem for users having only USB2.0 peripherals, or being new to the Mac.
After reviewing its NDA policies concerning the iPhone program and SDK, Apple made a new step in the right direction by launching a forum dedicated to developers aiming to port or release applications for the iPhone. They will have a dedicated place to share and discuss about iPhone application development. In addition, they will also benefit from comments and help from Apple engineers, and not be disturbed by visitors, as the forum will be strictly restricted to developers. While providing a perfect sharing place for developers, Apple will have better control over the information released to them
Apple has released an update for iPhoto (10,9 MB):
This update improves the printing quality of books, cards and calendars ordered via the iPhoto printing service
Their service is now ready for the end of year celebrations :)
