Google has some Objective-C libraries available, which means developers can tap into Google's resources from any Mac application. Right now it's Google Contacts and YouTube, which means its' much easier for developers to add in an "upload to YouTube" feature or "grab contacts from my GMail". It's also compatible with the iPhone SDK, so look out for lots of YouTube enabled apps on the iPhone. Gory details on the Official Google Mac Blog

Go to uni, seen a lot more Macs than usual? Well it isn't just you. According to Morgan Stanley (an investment bank), they have researched that 40% of higher education students plan on buying a Mac. More Macs? Me likey.

Photoshop Elements 6 is out after a long wait. It's a great way to get the majority of the Photoshop features, without paying the big price for the full Photoshop. Reviews are on Macworld, Arstechnica and PhotographyBLOG.

Also on the software front, Carbon Copy Cloner, the handy tool every Mr. Mac Fixit relies on, has been bumped up to v3.1 - TidBITS has more info on why CCC is cool.

There's two Apple related documentaries coming out soon - one called MacHeads and another called Welcome to Macintosh. Take a look at their sites for more info. Will be interesting to watch what these docos are actually about when they are released. Hopefully they get internet releases as I doubt docos of this calibre are likely to hit our shores.

Remember a while ago there was a fuss about the poor quality of MacBook screens - with users claiming the quality was appalling? Well Apple has settled the lawsuit. It's a bit of a complex thing to explain, but forum member Brains has explained it all for us excellently.

ZDNet UK has as chat to Quark CEO, Ray Schiavone, who states Quark is going to revolutionise publishing again with some new initiatives that will bring it back to it's heyday, long gone since Adobe came in with InDesign.

Not Apple related, but a great read on a once great company - Engadget has gained permission to publish a letter Numair Faraz, a personal advisor to a headhoncho at Motorola, sent everyone at Motorola and to Motorola investors, about how he thinks Motorola lost it's way and it's former CEO driving another executive to his death with work. It's sad to see a company once as innovative as Motorola now stand in a pile of crap, having split off their core business and been spitting out some awful products. A good lesson on what not to do when running a business!

... "published an letter" ??

A typo????

Thats certainly not my experience. I've actually been surprised by the decided lack of Macs in education around here. Especially given the constant chatter about all students buying Macs. I guess its just in the U.S.

Which Uni are you going too? At Flinders Uni here in SA I see Macs everywhere

Whilst not a student there anymore I was talking about Newcastle Uni. The local TAFE college is similarly Mac deprived.