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All you Mac users had better grab the new Mac OS X 10.5.5 update that was released yesterday. According to AppleInsider there are hundreds of bug fixes and two dozen security fixes in this update.

Apple on Monday released Mac OS X 10.5.5, a recommended update for all users of Mac OS X 10.5.x Leopard that includes over a hundred bug fixes and more than two dozen security enhancements. As of press time, the 321MB update was only available via the Software Update mechanism located under the Apple menu of your Mac.

Dpreview reports:

Apple has released an updated version of its Aperture image processing software. The move from version 2.0 to 2.1 increases the product’s depth with the addition of new architecture that allows third-party plug-ins. Apple includes a dodge and burn plug-in with the latest version and is working with plug-in writers to bring industry favorites to Aperture.

Full story here.

Yesterday, Steve’s presentation covered too many things about the upcoming iPhone SDK, the (again) upcoming 2.0 firmware update and a lot of developmente undergoing.
Some apps & games were showcased along with the App Store: the marketplace for all iPhone developer with a pretty interesting business model.

Check full coverage on partner site tiPhones.com

You may not know about Asus Eee PC: it’s an ultraportable PC (or UMPC), with tiny screen, no hard disk (it’s flash-disk based), a webcam and runs natively a Linux version under a Celeron-class processor or Win XP with some hacks.

Since when it has beeb first annouced, the Eee PC has raised mixed blessings.
From my point of view it’s an interesting approach to the portability issue: slimmer, lighter and power-savy.

Now Tuaw comes with this pretty suggestion: why not try to run Mac OS X (intel version) on the Asus Eee PC?

Quoting from Tuaw:

Naturally, this hack falls into a legally gray area, so you’ll want to proceed with extreme caution. You also have to bear in mind that the build of Mac OS X floating around on BitTorrent isn’t exactly legal either, although the PC-patched copy makes for a “moderately easy install.” Based on the specs on the Asus Eee PC, you’ll probably want to stick with Tiger rather than Leopard.

With all this hacking and modding, you’ve got to wonder why Apple hasn’t created a more compact version of the MacBook to compete against this beautiful UMPC. Call it the MacBook Nano and it’d sell like hotcakes.

Full story on Tuaw.

A huge update actually, some 130 MB including:

And much more…

Check the full list on Apple web site here.

Just attended Apple’s presentation of Mac OS X Leopard: impressive.

Time Machine, Quicklook, new Finder, Shared computer access, improved iChat and some 300+ new features.

Will try all (at least the more important of them) and report to you all! Now, let’s install it!

By now, just one suggestion: for the first time ever, more RAM available is not enough.

Time Machine alone, requires an external drive to hourly backup all your valuable data.

I’ve just attended Apple’s press briefing for the new iMacs, iLife and iWork ’08.

Will post soon pictures, first hands-on impressions on both hardware and software.

iMacs look really pretty, screen displays are gorgeous.
Still have to try the new keyboard, low-profiled and featuring MacBook-style keys.

iLife ’08 shows some pretty cool new features, iMovie has been completely redesigned while iPhoto now tends to be a Web 2.0 tool aimed at .Mac Web Gallery photo publishing and sharing (videos too).

iWork ’08 updates Keynote and Pages but, most important, introduces Numbers which, of course, is the spreadsheet fellow of the band.
Numbers is really cool and shows off some nifty features most *xcel users really would love…

More on all of these when I’m back to the base, up and testing!