Software Destinations

Apple Computer introduced today a new professional photo product called Aperture. Priced at $499, its $100 less than Photoshop CS2. The price point is facinating, both of Aperture and of Photoshop. And Im certain that, while most reviews will certainly indicate that Aperture doesn’t have the feature set of Photoshop, it will certainly make full use of the graphics toolbox underlying the MacOS X operating system. (more…)

Just when I was thinking Apple had out-Microsoft Microsoft on licensing, Microsoft strikes back! Microsoft will use a security system built into the xBox 360 to ensure that only peripherals made by royalty paying licensees will actually work with the xBox 360. Earlier this year, Apple announced its logo program to extract a 10% royalty from iPod accessory makers. But Microsoft takes it a step further by securing their hardware against pikers. (more…)