Apple MacBook Air: Coming to an Envelope Near You

We’ve heard the rumors and have waited patiently. Apple finally announced a new line of notebook computers during Steve Jobs’ keynote speech at MacWorld 2008 today. The ultra-compact MacBook Air line is the new sibling to the existing MacBook and MacBook Pro lines.

Features include bragging rights for being “the world’s thinnest notebook,” at 0.16″ to 0.76″ - still thinner than the thinnest part of a Sony TZ series laptop. The screen is a 13.3″ widescreen backlit LCD with a magnetic latch.

The MacBook Air keyboard is familiar but now has an ambient light sensor. The new notebooks feature a multi-touch trackpad, allowing the user to double-tap and move, to rotate photos by pivoting your index finger and thumb, as well as the pinch & zoom goodness we all love from the iPhone and iPod Touch interface.
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Office 2008 for Mac Goes Gold

Microsoft announced on Tuesday it has completed development on Office 2008 for the Mac. The office productivity suite will make it’s debut at Macworld next month. The newest version of the Office suite will be available in three different flavors ranging in price from $150 for Home and Student Edition to a steep $500 for what is being called the “Special Media Edition”. Leave it to Microsoft to muddy the water by releasing multiple versions of the same base product.

Pixelmator 1.1 “Kitten” Update

Pixelmator, already a well-known, stylish alternative image editor for the Mac, has been updated to version 1.1, bringing with it some eagerly awaited new features. Along with better Leopard compatibility, the 1.1 “Kitten” release adds much wanted support for pressure-sensitive graphics tablets like the Wacom line, over 100 new filters and third-party filter support by way of “core image units & quartz composer compositions” (whatever those are exactly).
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PNG Thing PNG Image Optimizer

Apple Fanboyz friend Nick never could find a PNG image optimizer to his liking. There are a few widgets for the Mac but he’s not a big fan of the OS X Dashboard so, being the swell guy that he is, he decided to make his own version and share it with you for free.

PNG Thing is powered by the OptiPNG library and built with Ruby and Platypus. The application will optimize any PNG image (or folder of PNGs) dropped onto it. Once the optimization is complete, PNG Thing will notify you via Growl with the total number of images it has optimized and how many kilobytes you have saved. This thing is a great tool for any webmaster. Check it out and leave a comment if you would like to let him know what you think.

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