An Evil Moment in Apple Stock

Apple stock is having a rough downhill ride after the news about its last MacWorld participation in 2009. In addition to that Apple announced that Steve Jobs would not be delivering the Keynote.

Apple stock loses 6.66% at the time of this posting.

EVIL!

Could this be the end of MacWorld?

One big news to close 2008 and to open 2009. Apple announces its last year at MacWorld, and Steve Jobs won’t be delivering the opening keynote. What is really going on?

There’s the economic downturn, the state of Steve Jobs’ health, the succession of the Apple throne, and Apple’s company direction.

MacWorld San Francisco 2009 will be remembered as the tragic one. Adobe was the first major company to pull out of MacWorld, folowed by Belkin. Now Apple announced its last participation at MacWorld.

This could be the end of MacWorld as we know it.

Perian 1.1.3 is Released

Perian 1.1.3, the open source QuickTime component that adds native support to many popular video formats. Perian QuickTime component also adds extra supports for some AVCHD camcorders.

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Changes in 1.1.3

  • Enabled Indeo 2/3 decodecs
  • Added external idx/sub (VobSub) support
  • Added support for H.264 and H.263 in FLV containers
  • Apple’s decoder now handles Baseline/Main Profile H.264
  • Fix inconsistent importing for multi-channel audio
  • Reduced memory usage for packed streams
  • Added sanity checks on all preferences
  • Fixed crash caused by (among other things) resizing a streaming window

Subtitles:

  • Enabled hack to show subtitles in Front Row
  • Fixed negative values in SSA frz tag
  • Fixed VSFilter bug-compatibility for an

Rocko Diggs Digg

Carlos Alazraqui, the man behind the voice of Rocko (Rocko’s Modern Life) and the face behind the moustache of Reno 911!’s Deputy James Oswaldo Garcia, diggs Digg. During recent appearance at Cobbs Comedy Club in San Francisco (December 12 & 13, 2008), Carlos was wearing green Digg t-shirt.

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In November 2008, an article titled “The Faces Behind TV’s Cartoon Voices” made Digg front page. Comments like this one and this one show how popular Rocko was. Add Reno 911!’s James Garcia, Family Guy’s Mr Weed, and the Taco Bell Chihuahua to Carlos Alazraqui’s resume, he is a legend.

Rocko is giving the love back to Digg!

Special thanks to Laura for taking the pictures and Carlos for the permission.

Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.5.6 Update

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Apple releases Mac OS X 10.5.6 update along with Security Update 2008-008 for Mac OS X 10.4.11 on Monday morning.

The 10.5.6 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac.

For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3194.
For detailed information on security updates, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222.

The updates can be obtained through Software Updates or Apple Support Downloads page.