Weekend Recap: Intel CEO on iPhone, Handbrake 0.9.9, Tresorit for Mac Teased

Aside from some rumblings of a big Yahoo! deal (we'll get into that shortly), it was a relatively quiet, low-key weekend for the tech world. Temperatures are starting to rise as summer fast approaches, but news on the Apple front should really heat up with WWDC in early June. In the meantime, let's reflect on how Intel let the iPhone slip through their fingers and catch up on some Mac updates...

Outgoing Intel CEO on iPhone: The One That Got Away

These days, it's rare for someone to have spent four decades with the same company, but that exactly what outgoing Intel CEO Paul Otellini has done. During an interview with The Atlantic last week, Otellini reflected on his eight years as CEO and the 32 years that preceded that tenure, which includes at least one big regret: That Intel didn't get to make the chips that power the iPhone. "At the end of the day, there was a chip that they were interested in that they wanted to pay a certain price for and not a nickel more and that price was below our forecasted cost," Otellini reflects. "I couldn't see it. It wasn't one of these things you can make up on volume. And in hindsight, the forecasted cost was wrong and the volume was 100x what anyone thought."

iStopMotion for Mac 3.1 Adds Screen Capture, ProRes Export

The folks at Boinx Software released an update to iStopMotion for Mac over the weekend, bringing the desktop version of its fun stop motion animation package to 3.1. The update adds the ability to record a stop motion or time lapse movie from whatever is displayed on your Mac -- which could include sketching, drawing, writing, teaching or even playing a game. For users looking to add their animations into professionally-edited sequences, the update also adds the ability to export to Apple's ProRes codec for easier editing in Final Cut Pro. The update is free for existing users and $49.99 for everyone else, with your choice of purchasing from the Boinx website or the Mac App Store.

Samsung CEO Claims Galaxy S4 Sales Will Top 10 Million This Week

The Korea Times reported that Samsung may be on the verge of its most successful Android smartphone to date with the Galaxy S4. On Thursday, Samsung co-CEO Shin Jong-kyun told reporters “we are confident that we will pass more than 10 million sales of the S4 next week… it is selling much faster than the previous model S3." Shin noted that the Samsung Galaxy S3 took 50 days to pass the 10 million mark, so hitting that goal less than a month after a global release in 60 countries at the end of April would certainly qualify as the company's fastest-selling smartphone ever.

Handbrake 0.9.9 Adds Retina Support, Drag & Drop

DVD ripper Handbrake received a rare update over the weekend, with version 0.9.9 adding Retina-ready icons and an improved icon on top of a host of under-the-hood changes which include Blu-ray subtitle support, additional video frame rates, better audio remix support and updated built-in presets. On OS X Mountain Lion, Handrake will now prevent sleep dying encoding or scanning, and the Mac version now allows drag-and-drop onto the main window or icon to begin a scan. There are a host of smaller changes as well, so be sure to give the release notes a quick check before updating or downloading the latest version.

Tresorit Teases Upcoming Mac Version

Dropbox-style cloud storage provider Tresorit has been offering its Windows-only solution for several weeks now, while teasing that Mac and mobile apps are on the way soon. Judging from an email sent to Mac users who signed up to be notified, one of those may be closer than you think, with a sneak peek at the forthcoming user interface and a query on whether future users prefer a "high tech blue" (see above) or "dominant orange" for the color scheme. With 5GB of free cloud storage, drag-and-drop uploading and encrypted sharing, Mac users can sign up on the Tresorit site to be among the first to grab the new client when it becomes available.

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