Wednesday Afternoon News

<img class="imgright size-full wp-image-105" title="hc-gg913_jobs_20060311120024" src="http://www.mactalk.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/hc-gg913_jobs_20060311120024.gif" alt="hc-gg913_jobs_20060311120024" width="136" height="231" /><a href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/03/apple-releases-update-to-iphone-os-30-beta-to-developers.ars">Apple released a new beta of iPhone OS 3.0 to developers.</a> Lots of bugs fixed and general stability improved. No doubt the first of many before it's release in the middle of this year.

Civilization is one of the greatest games I have ever played. Civ 3 ruined year 12 for me. <a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/139754/2009/03/civ4gold.html">Now you can get Civ 4, plus the Warlords expansion pack in one easy to buy package called Civ 4: Gold.</a>

<a href="http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/31/fontexplorer.x.pro.server/">Linotype has released FontExplorer X Pro and FontExplorer X Server</a>, which is a font management suite that has a server backend so multiple users can have access to fonts. FontExplorer X Pro is US$80 and the Server version is subscription based, depending on how many users you have.



Ruby developer? Use a Mac? <a href="http://giantrobots.thoughtbot.com/2009/3/30/2009-rubyist-guide-mac-os-x-development-environment">Giant Robots explains their preferred Ruby development setup for OS X.</a>

<a href="http://i.gizmodo.com/5191218/shure-se115-in+ear-headphones-review-the-new-top-buds">Gizmodo review the Shure SE115 In-Ear Headphones.</a> They like them.

<a href="http://litmusapp.com/alkaline/">Alkaline</a> is a cool app that lets you see what your site looks like in a bunch of different browsers, without having to install any other operating systems or multiple browsers or the like. It even works as a Coda and TextMate plugin! Worth checking out if you're a web developer.

<a href="http://www.offworld.com/2009/03/iboy-the-awesome-game-boy-ipho.html">An iPhone case with a big Game Boy on it.</a> Huzzah! Now someone just needs to make some iPhone cases with a Sega Master System controller on it.

The developer of Rolando, one of the best iPhone games out, <a href="http://www.offworld.com/2009/03/the-stars-were-bright-rolando.html">has announced two sequels</a>. Rolando 2 will be called Quest for the Golden Orchid and will be released in June. Rolando 3, has no title, but is estimated to be out in November. More Rolando is a good thing.

<a href="http://www.barbariangroup.com/software/plainview_app_1_0">Plainview is a browser.</a> An odd browser. It's designed for giving presentations, of websites. If you demonstrate websites often, you might enjoy this.

And another app, finally (there's not much news, but lots of apps!) is <a href="http://www.magnifiqueapp.com/forum/portal.php">Magnifique.</a> It lets you customise your Mac's UI to be all different and stuff. You want a black UI, you can get your black UI. You wanna change the Apple logo up in the corner? Well damn it all, you sure can.