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JD-1027 writes
"Apple has released a redesigned iPod Shuffle that has shed its buttons completely. It now relys on buttons on the headphones for user interface. The first of two new features not available on previous Shuffles is the ability to get song title and artist information through what Apple is calling VoiceOver. VoiceOver uses text-to-speech to speak the song title and artist on top of the audio of the currently playing song. The second new feature of the new Shuffle is the ability to have playlists. And, as usual, it's smaller than its predecessor. There is a more thorough look at the new UI at Macworld."
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JD-1027 writes
"Since there's not been much discussion on /. of OS X Snow Leopard, let's start one. Apple's stated goal: "Taking a break from adding new features, Snow Leopard — scheduled to ship in about a year — builds on Leopard's enormous innovations by delivering a new generation of core software technologies that will streamline Mac OS X, enhance its performance, and set new standards for quality."
The technologies: Grand Central to get better use of multiple processors and multicore chips, OpenCL to tap the power of the GPU, 64 bit so we can finally have our 16 TB of RAM, Quicktime X for optimized modern codec performance, and built in Exchange support in iCal, Address Book, and Apple Mail that most likely will help get Macs into corporate environments.
We've previously discussed ZFS in the server version of Snow Leopard."
