Apple just released "Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update 3.1" adding RAW support to iPhoto and Aperture with the Following cameras

This update extends RAW image compatibility for Aperture 3 and iPhoto ’09 for the following cameras:

Hasselblad H3DII-50
Leica M9
Leica X1
Olympus E-P1
Olympus E-P2
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1
Pentax K-7
Pentax K-x
Sony Alpha DSLR-A500
Sony Alpha DSLR-A550
Sony Alpha DSLR-A850

Besides this update Apple recently also released an update to Aperture 3 which is supposed to fix the slideshow issues.

This update addresses an issue affecting the playback of video clips used in Aperture 3 slideshows on Snow Leopard.

The update is recommended for all users of Aperture 3.

The word's out. The buzz is all about the new Apple iPad, a tablet device. But why would I tell you all about it, when Apple has a great page about this online: http://www.apple.com/ipad

A revolutionary device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, reading e-books and much more.

I won't be saving money to get one for myself. I don't see this being useful - for me. First I'd like that MacBook Pro. Then maybe some other gadgets. I already have a great tablet to draw and other than that I don't see the iPad fit in my life very well. It's too big to be a gadget I just carry around. I'd be too afraid to damage the thin device.

How about you? Are you excited about the iPad? Are you going to buy one? Or, if you can't, save for one? I'm pretty curious. Over at Plurk, my buddies seem to have many different opinions. Some say it's another device they are not going to buy, others say they need it asap! I'm very curious to hear if you are planning on buying one and why, what are you doing to use it for primarily?

Google just released their Google Chrome browser for the Mac. After months of waiting the First stable (beta) release of Google Chrome for mac has been released. Development versions of Chrome have been available for around 6 months. Chrome includes a fast javascript engine, which you will notice with javascript intensive websites like Google Maps, Google Docs and Gmail. Besides this Chrome also runs Tabs in seperate processes meaning that if a Tab crashes (Java anyone?), only that tab will be terminated, the other tabs will keep on going like nothing ever happened.

The Chrome for Mac (Beta) download comes in at 17.6MB, Carries build number: 4.0.249.30 and will only work on Intel-based macs with OSX Leopard or higher.