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Twitter unveils new mobile version

Filed under: Internet, iPhone, iPod touch

It’s probably fair to say that Twitter clients were the first “killer app” category for the iPhone — Twitterific lead the charge way back when, but Tweetie came quickly after and then the flood gates were opened. But now, a late and unexpected challenger has entered the ring: Twitter themselves. Mashable has the screenshots — Twitter has always had a slimmed-down mobile client (and it’s still up right now at m.twitter.com, while the new preview is at mobile.twitter.com), but this one’s a little shinier, with almost all the features and graphics of the main site.

A few things didn’t make it — you can’t skin your page as you can in the browser client (although none of the third-party clients that I know allow you to do that from the mobile client either). And lists are missing as well, though perhaps that’s because Twitter doesn’t quite consider them ready for prime time yet. Still, it’s a definite improvement from the other mobile version, and the official blog on the subject says that they still have lots of visitors, despite all the other third-party clients out there.

TUAWTwitter unveils new mobile version originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Backup or copy your iDVD home movies

Filed under: Video, How-tos

If you’ve ever used iDVD to burn your own home movies then chances are pretty good that you’ve had a family member request a copy. And since your iDVDs are yours to share and duplicate, then you are more than happy to pull up the project and whip out another copy.

Lo and behold, as fate would have it, the iDVD project has vanished (or in my case, was eaten by a recent HDD failure). Luckily for you, savvy OS X user, there’s still a way to get a copy of that holiday montage onto a disc for Grandma to use.

Over at MacFixIt, there is a pretty simple tutorial for making a backup or copy of an unprotected DVD. In the past, TUAW has covered some methods of using downloaded software to back up DVDs that you don’t own. The MacFixIt tutorial provides handy information about how to copy unprotected DVDs that you do own, using the software that is baked right into OS X.

The basic process involves inserting the DVD, firing up Disk Utility, and making an image file using the DVD as a source. From there you can either retain the image file for future use/backing up or you can burn it to disc and pass it off to any friend/relative of your choosing.

This method will work for any unencrypted DVD, not just iDVDs made on a Mac. That means you can work with discs created by your Windows-loving cousin who swears that Windows 7 is not going to have any of the problems that Windows Vista had.

TUAWBackup or copy your iDVD home movies originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Java-Update für Mac OS X 10.6 und 10.5 stopft Sicherheitslücken

Für Mac OX 10.6.2 und 10.5.8 stellt Apple jeweils ein Java-Update bereit. Es soll die “Kompatibilität, Sicherheit sowie Zuverlässigkeit verbessern” und aktualisiert Java SE 6 auf Version 1.6.0_17. Unter Leopard wird außerdem J2SE 5.0 auf Version 1.5.0_22 befördert und J2SE 1.4.2 deaktiviert, da dafür keine weitere Aktualisierung mehr stattfindet. Die Updates beseitigen eine Reihe von Sicherheitslücken und erfordern einen anschließenden Neustart. (Danke an memo und @HendrikRunte!)

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