The Best Halloween Apps for your iPhone and iPad

I love Halloween and I love my iPhone and my iPad – so I asked myself the question why can two great tastes, taste great together. What I found is YES, the iPhone & iPad and Halloween are perfect for each other. Here are the Best Halloween Apps for your iPhone and iPad during this Scary Halloween Season.

Safety

Google Maps – iPhone or iPad (Recommended with iPhone or iPad with 3G)- by Google(link to apple store) Pre-Installed – Plan your trick or treating route for maximum candy collection. This works great if you’re in an unfamiliar neighborhood looking for safe routes with not too much traffic. With iPhone, you can pinpoint your location on a map so you can figure out how to get there from where you are. iPhone 4 finds your location quickly and accurately using a combination of GPS, Wi-Fi, and cellular towers.

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Microsoft releases "Office for Mac 2011"

Microsoft has announced the official release of Office for Mac 2011, the latest version of its office productivity suite which dumps Entourage for Outlook and includes integration with the Office Web apps — the browser-based edition of Office that lets you work with online versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote applications. Among other things, Office for Mac 2011 also brings better cross-platform compatibility, speed and performance improvements, as well as the debut of the "Ribbon" menu interface which has been a part of the Windows version since 2007.

Office 2011 comes in three different versions: Home and Student, which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Messenger and costs $150 (licensed for up to 3 computers in the same household); Home and Business, which also includes the new Mac version of Outlook and retails for $280 (single user, two installs and one year tech support); and the Academic version with all four suite applications for a discounted price of $100 with a limited academic license. The suite is available to purchase today from Apple, Amazon, Best Buy, MacMall, or directly as a download from Microsoft.

Interestingly, Microsoft decided to forego upgrade pricing this time, charging everyone the same regardless of whether they have a previous version or not. Check out some reviews at Mashable and PCWorld to help you decide if the new features and additions are worth the cost of buying the latest Office version for Mac.

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Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta Now Available

Monday, July 12, 2010, Microsoft unveiled the public beta of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 beta. Available on TechNet, the beta isn’t truly a “public” beta, it’s more of a release to developers. In order to download, you must either select “Developer” or an “IT Professional” job.

You can get the service pack in two ways: either through Windows Update you can download the x86 or x64 edition, or you can download the entire stand-alone ISO update. The beta service pack includes a plethora of updates that make your productivity better. There is even word of performance improvements, which Windows 7 is in no dire need of, but it’s nice to know.

In April we brought you the exclusive first look at the first leaked beta of SP1, in May, we brought you another build that was farther along in build numbers, and in June we brought you what we’re sure is this same build (we’re not entirely sure yet, waiting for confirmation).

The service pack launched today is a compilation of updates released until now. Coming in at a whopping 1.2GB.

Download the Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 Service Pack Here

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Ubuntu 11.04 will use Unity as the default desktop

In his keynote address at the Ubuntu Developer Summit Mark Shuttleworth has announced that Ubuntu 11.04 will use a new desktop version of Unity for the default desktop environment.

‘Desktop Unity’ will be installed as the default desktop for users whose hardware support it. Improved work on the hardware front will ensure as many users are able to benefit from the unified interface as possible.

Further work on improving window management and performance along with better accessibility will be key aims for Unity development during the Natty cycle.

A focus will be placed on file-management in particular with Shuttleworth feeling the old way of managing files & folder ‘is broken’. As such work this cycle will aim to ‘correct the broken bits’, missing features and UI issues many Netbook users have found irksome in the Unit file-management dash.

Developers will be able to create extra ‘places’ for users to add to the ‘Dash’ and multi-touch functionality to the shell as a whole will be introduced using the uTouch framework.

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Lumigon T1 Android Phone

Denmark-based Lumigon has presented his unique T1 Android phone. What sets him apart from the rest of the inclusion of an FM transmitter (not receiver) HDMI Dock to double Bang & Olufsen ICEpower’s audio amplifier and the ability as a universal remote control for your various AV devices. The phone as well as BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9100 AT&T Phone is expected by the end of this year, so that there are about two months to arrive to make everything right. Specifications include the Lumigon T1:

• 800MHz Freescale chip i.MX515
• Qualcomm HSDPA Modem
• 3.5-inch 480 x 800 pixel capacitive touch-screen display
• 5-megapixel camera with autofocus
• A-GPS
• Bluetooth
• FM Radio
• B & O ICEpower audio amplifier
• FM Transmitter
• HDMI Dock

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