VirtueDesktops, a virtual desktop manager for OS X, has been around for quite some time. However, with the introduction of Spaces in Leopard, Tony Arnold, creator of VirtueDesktops, decided to stop developing the popular application. MacApper interviewed Tony on creating, developing, and ending VirtueDesktops, as well as what’s coming next.
Parallels won Macworld's Best of Show award for 2007. Much to many of your delight, hardware graphics acceleration is expected to come in the next major beta, which will be available within the next couple of months. Other things we can expect are multi-core virtual machines/virtual SMP, some SCSI support, and "a more Mac-like feel.
Jürgen Schweizer writes: "There are some rather useful, although somewhat non-obvious, Cocoa classes that are most helpful for writing a web server. In this article I will show you what they are and how to use them. I will also show you when it is necessary to (or when some additional benefits can be gained) use Unix or Core Foundation APIs. This article assumes a basic knowledge of Cocoa, so I won't explain any Cocoa topics here, but will show everything you need to get started with networking."
Jacqui Cheng writes: "When Potion Factory announced on their company blog that they were releasing into Beta a new software called Tangerine, the eyes of OCD exercisers lit up. We asked the guys at Potion Factory, Andy Kim and Jin Kim, to do an interview with us about this piece of software that I've already fallen in love with. Their answers to my questions give a lot more insight into Tangerine and what they see for its future."
Christopher Forsythe, the developer behind the Growl notification system and project manager of Adium, the multi-protocol chat application for Mac OS X answers a few questions for OSNews.
Charles Jade writes: "Most of the interview was about the new store and the retail initiative, which Jobs described as being a "success beyond our wildest dreams." When queried over the expense of flagship stores, such as the SOHO store in New York, Jobs responded that Apple has "never believed in the philosophy that flagship stores don't make money," and they do."
By now, you've probably heard that Adobe's new Lightroom application simplifies your photography workflow, especially if you shoot Raw. In this seven-minute podcast, O'Reilly editor and photographer Derrick Story interviews Julieanne Kost, and they discuss how Lightroom could change photography as we know it.
In this interview Woz gives us some insight his life and his relationship today with Steve Jobs. His autobiography - "I, Woz" - is coming out this fall. Here's an excerpt where he discusses his "celebrity" status: "I was in Boston once. I needed two AC adapters. I ran into this new Apple store. I went up to the counter, "I'd like two 65-watt AC adapters." I didn't say anything about who I was. And they bring them out. I say, "How much?" They say, "We are expensing it." I said, "Yeah, but how do I pay for it?" They said, "No, no, no — we are allowed to give gifts to special people."
Here's a brief excerpt: "What’s your pet hate about Mail.app? I’m going to assume pet hate means something I just get annoyed at versus something that’s just fundamentally wonky, like its IMAP support drunkenly feeling around the alley looking for an excuse to wee on itself." Read more in the interview at Hawk Wings. If you don't know who drunkenbatman is, and I doubt it, check out his blog.
Joe Kissell is a frequent contributor to Macworld magazine and the author of numerous books and ebooks about Mac OS X software, including Take Control of Apple Mail in Tiger and Take Control of Spam with Apple Mail. Read more about him in this interview by Tim Gaden.
iStumbler is the leading wireless discovery tool for Mac OS X and in this interview with its creator, Alf Watt, you can read about the project in general, various wireless security issues as well as recent developments that will make iStumbler a paid tool in its Pro version.
