Test Magic Bar

The Magic Charger reloaded the Magic Mouse by induction (see: Testing Magic Charger Mobe). The Magic Bar intends to do the same, but the wireless keyboard or trackpad Magic. The concept is similar, as the price, but is also a success? The principle of the Magic Bar is identical to the Magic Charger. An induction module replaces the two batteries or batteries and a charging cradle allows, not surprisingly, to reload the module.

No New Mac Pro

As we have said many times, it lacks any new Mac Pro ... the new processors. Despite the various rumors of June, there is little chance that a new model to be presented this month: the Xeon adapted to Sandy Bridge Mac Pro are not yet available. Intel presented several lines Xeon Sandy Bridge, but none that can not fit the Mac Pro.

Kiwi private messages stopped?

Kiwi is one of the many Twitter clients that have come out on Mac OS X. A client also complete and original, but which is unfortunately no longer actively developed. The developer has released a new beta version that fixes some bugs with Leo, but he does not spend time on its software in the future. The reason is the poor relations with the social network developers. In March, Twitter launched a stir by questioning the value of Twitter clients. Since then, some developers worry a little that their work has been for nothing. A recent change in the Twitter API has forced developers to change their applications under penalty of not to allow access to private messages.

Firefox6 is finalized for August 16

The sixth version of Firefox will be available August 16, but we can already get the one that, unless last-minute problems should be the final [6.0 - 28.6 MB]. Few changes on the surface but there are at least one detail. Thus, in page addresses, the domain name of the site visited is highlighted with the rest of the URL. One way to fight against phishing, with sites that appear legitimate in their presentation while a simple glance of years show that the URL was wrong. Also note, this time in terms of gaps, lack of support of the special Lion (display options lifts, gestures to navigate through the pages and full screen views).

The interruption of automated apps in OS X Lion

OS X Lion grows similarity with IOS in the way it manages applications to decide for itself the closure of an application to free resources. This function of "automatic termination" of applications, a real break from the multitasking system is supposed to improve "user experience" according to Apple. The Cupertino company said that the role of traditional + Q is minimized with OS X Lion, the benefit of an automatic management of application state - the beta of OS X Lion pushed to its logical conclusion by not doing the lights appear in the Dock. Lion OS X has two distinct ways to leave, or rather interrupting an application automatically.