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by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
Global demand for iPods, MP3 players and PMPs remains strong.
by Charlie Sorrel, Wired
by Brooks Barnes, New York Times
NBC Universal, unable to come an agreement with Apple on pricing, has decided not to renew its contract to sell digital downloads of television shows on iTunes.
The decision highlights the escalating tension between Apple and media companies, which are unhappy that Apple will not give them more control over the pricing of songs and videos that are sold on iTunes. NBC Universal is also seeking better privacy controls and wants Apple to allow it to bundle videos to increase revenue, the person familiar with the matter said.
by Chris Pirillo
With my limited exposure to the latest Leopard beta, I can tell you that it's a far more user-friendly, home network friendly, and 64-bit ready operating system than Windows Vista (even with SP1) could ever hope to be.
by David Karlins, Macworld
by Oliver Rist, Computerworld
Overall, does OS X suck? Hell, no. In some ways it's superior to Vista, and that's probably only going to increase whent he elusive Leopard finally rears its furry head. Yeah, Apple failed a category where Vista didn't, but that's a fuzzy business/marketing category, not something tangibly technical. But for all its fuzziness, business marketing is still important to the buyers in that market and the intended readers of this column. And something has to explain why Apple simply isn't doing as well in the business market as Windows — adn this, three to five years since it began its serious popularity push.
by Lisa Vaas, eWeek
Attackers can exploit Apple's AirPort Extreme wireless routers using the IPv6 protocol.
by iPhone Atlas
by Rogue Amoeba
It really isn't an exaggeration to say that it may make you dizzy.
by James Galbraith, Macworld
Still a great bargain, the Mac mini's size and price allow it to fit into spaces and budgets that other Macs cannot.
by Associated Press
Apple lobbied congress on legislation designed to update the U.S. patent system.
by Derik DeLong, MacUser
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
Prices for TV shows through iTunes have sparked some criticism as 'rip off Britain' debate bubbles.
by Aidan Malley and Kasper Jade, AppleInsider
Two San Francisco women have filed a lawsuit that accuses Apple of largely ignoring accessibility laws at one of its retail stores, making shopping or service trips all but impossible for those confined to a wheelchair.
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
by Michael DeAgonia, Computerworld
The iPhone is the first phone I've liked in well over six years. To call the iPhone the best phone I've ever used is the biggest understatement of the decade.
by Kate Bulkley, Hollywood Reporter
by Peter Svensson, Forbes
by Thomas Gagnon-van Leeuwen, MacUser
The big thing with this firmware is that it's officially certified for draft 20.0 of 802.11n, which is excellent.
That, if I understand, simply means it should also work with non Apple wireless clients, such as your housemate's Windows machine.
by Jim Lane, MacNN
by Philip Michaels, Macworld
Folks, I think The Beatles are coming to the iTunes Store. Of course, I say that a lot, so why not be wrong in public all over again.
by Mike Curtis, Macworld
For speed and convenience of browsing, simple editing, and sharing, nothing in its class can touch it. While great for its intended audience, the video-quality issues and editing limitations make this a poor option for users with heavier editing demands.
by MacMinute
by Rachael King, BusinessWeek
Security concerns have led some employers to forbid corporate e-mail access on Apple's iPhone, but third parties are stepping in to bridge the gap.
by Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by Peter Cohen, Playlist
It's the first time an iTunes Store outside of the US has offered television content.
by John Blau, IDG News Service
by smays.com
THis is probably what the Apple folks had in mind when they redesigned iMovie.
by David RD Gratton
by Amiram Hayardeny, Sun
If the Mac is a foolproof device, I believe it just met a very ingenious fool to work with...
by Don Reisinger, CNET News.com
To say that Apple has too much to lose in allowing iPhones to be hacked is a severe misconception.
by MacFixIt
by Nate Anderson, Ars Technica
by Jennifer Granick, Wired
by John Martellaro, Mac Observer
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
With refreshed MacBook lines driving demand, Apple moves up to third-place tie with Gateway on list of notebook sales leaders.
by Jeremy Horwitz, iLounge
With a Cover Flow-themed widescreen graphic for its invitation, Apple has invited selected members of hte media to a September 5, 2007 "Special Event" in San Francisco.
WIth a Cover Flow-themed widescreen graphic for its invitation, how can there not be a wide-screen iPod at the event? :-)
by Jeff Gamet, iPod Observer
by MacMinute
Ecamm Network has announced the release of iGlasses 2.0, a plug-in that allows Mac users to adjust and manipulate camera settings from within popular video applications.
by Olga Kharif, BusinessWeek
It could be argued that the lock only protects access to a carrier's communications network—and communications services aren't copyrightable under the DMCA, explains Jane Ginsburg, professor literary and artistic property law at Columbia Law School.
by Mitch Wagner, InformationWeek
The disagreement over iMovie '08 is a microcosm of the entire Apple user experience. Apple is a company that thinks it knows what you want better than you know it yourself. When they're right, customers are delighted. But in this case, many of Apple's customers think Apple was wrong, and that the customer got screwed.
by David Morgenstern, ZDNet
by My Biggest Complaint
by Adam Silverman, USA Today
The device is tethered exclusively to AT&T, which offers no wireless service in Vermont and threatens in legal documents and media interviews to terminate the contracts of anyone who buys an iPhone while living here.
by Josh Pigford, The Apple Blog
I honestly don't understand how this entire setup is a good idea. Sure I get that they want you to interact with the employees so they can hopefully sell you more stuff... but what about the people like me who just need to go in and buy something?
by MacMinute
by Leslie Cauley, USA Today
by Tom Krazit, CNET News.com
In the long run, if Apple wants to make the iPhone a more mainstream device, the designers think the company will have to tweak future versions to make them easier to use with one hand without eroding the capabilities of the touch screen.
See Also:
Coming To Grips With The iPhone's Design, by Tom Krazit, CNET News.com.
by Peter Burrows, BusinessWeek
To me, it's a powerful reminder of the wisdom of Jobs' approach to business—which values profits over growth, and which values market share mostly as a trailing indicator of success rather than a primary peg of a strategy.
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
While I found little kinks in some of these new features, overall they're quite useful. Though not specifically intended for podcasters, those producing podcasts benefit from such new GarageBand features as enhanced and expanded effects and automation.
by Grant Gross, IDG News Service
Figuring out how to unlock the iPhone yourself is not likely to be a DMCA violation, most of the IP lawyers said. But posting instructions or code online, even for free, may earn you a cease and desist letter from an unfriendly lawyer, and selling software or a device that unlocks the phone is inviting trouble, most of the lawyers said.
by Harold Furchtgott-Roth, New York Sun
It seems many reporters believe that they, not Apple, knew what type of contract Apple should have had.
by The General Theory Of RIAtivity
Can anyone picture a market where there are Windows Mobile phones which support Microosft Silverlight for delivery of rich content while Apple iPhone users can't view either Flash or Silverlight content?
Actually, I tend to think that Apple's decision not to support Flash in iPhone is a deliberate strategy, not just because they are running late or because current Flash is too buggy. Don't discount QuickTime, yet.
by 9 to 5 Mac
by Dave Caolo, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
As the familiar music plays, we're hurtled through space - Time Machine style.
by Scott Kirsner, Boston Globe
by Brad Stone, New York Times
AT&T is paying millions to be the exclusive United States provider of Apple's much-hyped and glowing reviewed gadget, the iPhone.
It took 17-year-old George Hotz two months of work to undermine AT&T's investment.
by Loren Morris, MacApper
by Noah Gift, O'Reilly ONLamp Blog
Don't think about how you used to do it on Linux, just forget what you know and try things out. OS X is designed to be intuitive and effortless. Fighting it to make it do what Linux does is not the proper approach.
by Brian Braiker, Newsweek
Hackers have broken the chains that bind iPhone users to AT&T. Will lawyers be the next ones on the line?
by Ken Fisher, Ars Technica
See Also:
Microsoft WGA Servers Are Fixed, But No Word On What Went Wrong, by Mary Jo Foley, ZDNet.
Windows Genuine Disadvantage, by blueDOnkey.org. Don't believe it when a comany tells you that they're adding DRM to protect you.
by Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service
Uniquephones founder receives an ominous phone call discouraging him against proceeding with today's expected software release.
by BBC News
Hundreds of people have flocked to the opening of Apple's first Scottish store.
by Peter Svensson, Globe And Mail
Don't pay any attention to the negative hype: the iPhone is the best phone around.
by Barkings!
The new iMac is simply the best Mac I've ever used at any price; with its bundled software and premium components, it's also an incredible value.
by iBoughtAMac
As I look at iMovie through different eyes, I see Apple did a remarkable job at a 1.0 product. I look forward to the next iteration of the new iMovie, that is more refined, and maybe brings an advanced view with more features, while still keeping the simplicity of iMovie '08.
by Ephraim Schwartz, InfoWorld
For me the news is just another proof point that when it comes to high technology and public access, freedom of choice continues to be like a steamroller crushing anything in its path that tries to stop it.
See Also:
Now That The iPhone Can Be Unlocked, Will Apple Try To Block That Hack?, by Duncan Riley, TechCrunch.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by Stephen Lawson and Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service
Several hackers claim to have unlocked the iPhone, allowing owners to use the handheld outside the U.S. or on networks besides AT&T.
by Jeremy Horwitz, iLounge
by Richard Martin, InformationWeek
Jobs' chance to strike an unprecendented service-revenue-sharing deal in Europe is now, not three months from now. But I'm not sure he realizes that.
by David Morgenstern, ZDNet
by Bija Gutoff, Apple
"The Mac had all the applications for so many of the things I loved — film, fashion, design, photography. All these juicy things came together on the screen. And I had faith in that. That alone was enough."
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
Apple plans to drop the bomb on us with a major unveiling during the first week of September—specifically, September 5, according to our sources within the company.
by Andrew D. Smith, Dallas Morning News
The program transformed my library from a Superfund site to a clean room in just a few minutes.
by Franklin N. Tessler, Macworld
Despite a few rough edges, Keynote '08 is more imressive than ever. With PowerPoint 2008 slated for release early next year, I'm hoping that the competition will compel Apple to address Keynote's remaining shortcomings before then.
by Scott Gilbertson, Wired
Hacking the iPhone just got a lot easier.
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
by Karen Haslam, Macworld UK
Macworld asks VMWare and Parallels why, and how, their solutions will win over the Mac market?
by Derik DeLong, MacUser
by Jason D. O'Grady, ZDNet
What's the answer to Apple's elitist image problem? Do they even have one?
by Terri Sapienza, Washington Post
Bookshelves and beds are doing the iPod shuffle.
by Bagelturf
In more than a few years, but in certainly less than a decade, Apple is going to pull a switcheroo on the record industry. Apple will force the record companies to pay hard cash to sell their catalog of music through iTunes.
by Glenn Wolsey
by Russell Beattie
by Art Payne, MacNN
Contribute is still a great opton for a small business who has a professionally designed website and needs to be able to do minor updates in-house. Yet, it is a shame that a few of the best features are missing in the Macintosh version.
by John Timmer, Ars Technica
The fight has played out over the characteristic termed the "dynamic range" of recorded music, a measure of the contrast between the loudest and quietest portions of a composition.
by Shawn Blanc
Aside from being incredibly cool and an all around great guy, Brent Simmons is also the mastermind behind the sensational news reader for Mac, NetNewsWire.
by Ryan Naraine, ZDNet
It's August 2007 and Apple's Java runtime has not yet been updated, meaning that millions of Mac OS X users are at risk of remote code execution attacks.
by Wendy Sheehan, Computer Shopper
by Christopher Breen, Playlist
by Jeremy Horwitz, iLounge
Apple wouldn't comment on whether it leaks and then withdraws images to let its most opinionated customers vent before a launch takes place, but we're beginning to suspect that's the case.
by Mike Musgrove, Washington Post
by Cathy B. Almeida, Wired
Technophiles may love the iPhone, but you criminals? Watch out. The iPhone may reveal more about your misdeeds than you realize.
by Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek
Once again, an Apple launch is accompaied by complaints and lawsuits. But the actual number of instances is small—and unavoidable.
by Jefferson Graham, USA Today
Apple isn't apologizing. It says it wants a new audience for iMovie and that the redesign had to happen.
by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu
Three of the four Apple's businesses (and hobby) are already using Mac OS X. Now, it's time for the iPods too, according to AppleInsider sources from "people familiar with this year's plans."
The interesting bit of this rumor is that Apple is ready to expand the family of three (iPod, nano, and shuffle) to a family of four. I wonder where is the gap currently — could it be the iPhone-without-phone iPod that many people are wishing for is going to be an (expensive) reality?
by David Morgenstern, ZDNet
By its record, the Mac has been a more secure platform and continues to be a more secure platform. And that's what matters to users.
by Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post
Setting aside the quirks of this release, Apple is probably right in thinking that online sharing will matter more than handing out physical copies of your creativity, such as a DVD or a photo print.
by Walter S. Mossberg, AllThingsD
by MacNN
by Jeff Carlson, Macworld
by Amy Tiemann, CNET News.com
Why hasn't iPhone been the end-all, be-all device I was hoping for?
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
by Aaron Gustafson, The Web Standards Project
All I am saying is that you should not support the iPhone and snub all other mobile devices.
by Erica Sadun, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
"We are simplifying your paper bill, removing itemized detail."
by Paul Wiseman, USA Today
Japanese gadget geeks — and cellphone service providers — are intrigued by the iPHone's sleek design and touch-screen display.
by Brent Schlender, Fortune
Apple is growing faster than its competitors because it improves its hardware and software more often than anyone else. It is broadening what we think of as a consumer-oriented PC and thus helping its market grow. That's a good long-term investment story. And, oh, by the way, Apple also makes some pretty slick music players and cell phones.
by AppleInsider
by John Blau, IDG News Service
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
But 'modded' iPhones must be restored from scratch, as usual.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
It also improves overall stability and addresses a number of other minor issues.
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
Most owners of iPods and MP3 players don't fully expoit their players, survey claims.
by Ryan Naraine, PC World
Early apps let you webcast baseball games, check gas prices, and network with friends, but true business software may require more than just Safari.
by Joseph Menn and Michelle Quinn, Los Angeles Times
As competitors challenge Apple Inc. in digital music, the biggest beneficiary may be Apple. That's because the Cupertino, Calif., company makes a slim profit on selling songs but cleans up on every iPod music player.
by Ryan Faas, Computerworld
Despite the long wait, the new version's innovations are definitely worth the time and the $79 price tag.
by Steve Borsch, Connecting The Dots
Why is this happening? The platform works.
by Ephraim Schwartz, InfoWorld
While the story on our site attributes the huge increase in Mac notebook sales to the so-called "halo" effect coming from the iPhone press coverage as well as the groundbreaking design, I believe that had only a limited impact.
I think the increased sales of the MacBook can be accounted for by the decision to switch to Intel processors.
by Om Malik, GigaOM
As long as iPod keeps selling well (no reason why it won't), Apple doesn't have to worry about its music sales as long as it starts offering more DRM-free music at a price that is similar to its DRM-protected tracks.
by Gareth Vaughan, New Zealand Dominion Post
The country's only distributor of Apple computers and iPods says interim profit halved because it does not have enough products to sell and warns the shortages will continue.
by Blackfriars' Marketing
My view is that Apple's updated iPod product line largely matches that of today, just with slightly better feature sets and better user experiences.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
The good news continues for Apple — with increased notebook sales pushing it forward, the company now has an overall market share of 5.9 percent, up 1.1 percent from the 4.8 percent it posted this time last year.
by iPhone Atlas
by Macenstein
Apple has changed the ultra-slim computer's potentially UN-"PC" tagline.
by Joshua Scott Emmons, O'Reilly Mac DeveCenter Blog
In this case I think Real Paul has a point. Well, not really. But I think that looking at the ways in which he is wrong will illuminate some interesting principals of design.
by Scott McNulty, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
by Justin Berka, Ars Technica
by Astrid Maiser and Volker Muller, Financial Times
The contract requires that the operators hand over Apple 10 per cent of hte revenues made from calls and data transfers by customers over iPHones.
The contract was signed by T-Mobile of Germany, Orange of France and O2 in the UK, people familiar with the situation told FT Deutschland, the Financial Times' sister paper.
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
New research indicates that Apple laptop sales have soared to new highs on the back of a new halo efect for the company's products generated by clamor surrounding the iPhone.
by MacMinute
by Modesto Bee
by Tony Whitney, Vancouver Sun
Even if the vehicle is some megabuck supercar with every imaginable option and a powerplatn capable of uprooting tree stumps, it isn't properly equipped until a favourite MP3 player can be connected.
by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu
Adobe will be adding H.264 support to an upcoming version of Flash Player. Anyone wanna bet partly this is Google (i.e. YouTube) leaning on Adobe?
by DamienG
Neither of these may matter to a casual user but for professionals preparing material destined for high DPI (film or print) then it's a world of difference. How can you layout a page on-screen and expect the same result on the page when the font isn't the same width?
by Adam Weiss, O'Reilly Digital Media Blog
For a heavy GarageBand user, I see these improvements as nearly worth the $80 pricetag for the iLife suite.
by Aaron Wright, Apple Matters
The real achievement lies in the ergonomics.
by MacNN
by Hillary Childs, vnunet.com
by Dean Takahashi, Tech Talk
by Dan Moren, Macworld
Microsoft is Apple's last rival of any import and Apple needs them, just as they need Apple. The two have a symbiotic relationship; not just in business or software, but in ideology.
by Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek
Apple can stand the hit because sales volume is higher in the fourth calendar quarter than in other quarters.
by Dave Dreeszen, Sioux City Journal
by Mike Wendland, Detroit Free Press
The new super-skinny keyboard is easy to use, too.
by Rick LePage, Macworld
It does a great job of walking that fine line between making it easy to organize and present your pictures, while still placing solid editing tools at your disposal.
by Eric Zeman, InformationWeek
by James Dempsey, Macworld
Even as designers and content creators, we are in the world that lives on Office, so we need something on our Macs that lets us live in that world.
by Macworld UK
The next two months seem set to be busy in the Apple world. Reports are suggesting that September could see Apple launch new iPods (in time for the Christmas rush) as well as the European version of the iPhone.
by CHris Mellor, Techworld.com
by Thomas Fitzgerald
Now that the iPhone is out I hope the management at Apple take the time to fix the great big UI mess that is the current build of Leopard.
by David Morgenstern, ZDNet
by Gedblog
I definitely think Apple decided to dumb down the new version of iMovie to give Final Cut Pro some breathing room.
by PalmAddicts
Typing on the iPhone gets better over time. It learns how I type and makes suggestions, most of which correct even significant typos. After 2 years with a Treo, I was still making mistakes and it never learned.
by Business 2.0
by Garry Barker, The Age
The iPhone, touted as the world's most desirable electronic device, has local software developers tinkering though it is not expected to go on sale in Australia for nearly a year.
by Mike Musgrove, Washington Post
Well, that was quick. The hacker community has taken over the iPhone. Heck, in some cases, hackers are already releasing updated versions of their underground software.
by Michael Galpin, Programming And Politics
Changing timezones caused a false positive.
by Eucharis
by Cisco Cheng, PC Magazine
THis model deserves an Editors' Choice, though I will say that the MacBook Pro's next upgrade should be around its second birthday, in January, and it's due for a design change. Not that the current design won't appeal to Mac converts, but in order for Apple to get existing MacBook Pro owners to upgrade, the company will need to do much more than just bump up the processor speed.
by Etan Horowitz, Orlando Sentinel
The iPhone seduces us with its bells, whistles... and ease of use.
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
by Daniel A. Begun, CNET Crave
From a pure performance perspective, Fusion proves to be a faster performing platform than Parallels... All that said, if all you need to do is run more pedestrian Windows applications on your Mac, you are not likely to notice significant performance differences between any of the virtualization options mentioned here.
by PluggedOut Blog
I have to say I am very impressed - for the price, I am astounded. The ease with which I was able to make the standard "sine / cosine" spreadsheet and turn out a production quality graph made me realise how much we have become closted by the way Microsoft Applications do things.
by Marc Orchant, ZDNet
by Jeffery Battersby, Macworld
For most individuals, it should be perfect fit for day-to-day needs. But if you want to share and edit files on a network, or if you need robust mail-merge features, Pages will not be enough to fulfill your needs.
by Greg Sandoval, CNET News.com
Eminem would be better off tangling with the street toughs back on the 8 Mile than mixing it up in court against Apple.
by Daniel Jalkut, Red Sweater Blog
The Mac is a really attractive, trendy retail district. If the shops don't remain classy, then the customers won't keep coming. So it makes sense to support our competitors. We're in this together.
by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu
"That's why," David Pogue wrote about iMovie '08, "with what I imagine is a certain degree of sheepishness, the company is offering a free download of the previous iMovie version to anyone who has iMovie '08."
"I can't remember any software company pulling a stunt like this before: throwing away a fully developed, mature, popular program and substituting a bare-bones, differently focused progam under the same name."
Anybody remembers Word 6? Microsoft threw away a perfectly fine working user interface and replaced it with, well, yuck. I wasn't there, but from what I understand, a lot of people downgraded back to Word 5.1.
iMovie '08 is looking like Apple's Word 6.
by David Pogue, New York Times
It's not iMovie at all. It's designed for an utterly different task, and a lot of people are screaming bloody murder.
by Charlie Sorrel, Wired
by Jason D. O'Grady, ZDNet
Have you seen Apple's packaging lately? It keeps getting smaller and smaller.
by Philip Michaels, Macworld
As intriguing as an iWork-versus-Office storyline mayb e in some quarter, the realities of the marketplace seem to nip any would-be feud in the bud.
by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu
Everytime I use my bluetooth mouse to turn off Bluetooth on my MacBook, I always feel like commiting assisted suicide. :-)
by Scott McNulty, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
iWeb 2.0.1 'addresses issues with upgrading and publishing iWeb 1.x websites.'
by Reuters
by MacNN
by Mike Elgan, Computerworld
They haven't officially arrived there yet, but that hasn't stopped people from renting them, cloning them or selling unlocked models.
by Antone Gonsalves, InformationWeek
Businesspeople and others who use their phones regularly for text messaging are likely to experience lots of frustration in using the Apple iPhone, at least in the short term, a research firm said Thursday.
by Aidan Malley, AppleInsider
A Bay Area resident is the next to join the ranks of those filing lawsuits against Apple and AT&T, arguing that both companies have tricked customers into paying for frequent battery replacements.
by Gina Sunseri, ABC News
Every astronaut on the space shuttle Endeavour has an iPod. NASA certified the MP3 players for flight about a year ago. Astronauts used to carry CD players, but iPods are better because they are smaller and weigh less.
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
If you work with large data models, rely on Excel's macros, or some of its more advanced functions and features, you probably won't be migrating all your work to Numbers just yet—at least not with this first version. You may still find Numbers useful for smaller projects, though, as its ability to quickly create stunning reports could help you win some clients or promotions.
by Ryan Block, Engadget
Sources at retailers are telling us that Apple is slowing down iPod shipments, strongly suggesting the company is running out its current stock to make room on shelves for new product.
See Also:
No iPod At Apple?, by Chosunilbo. Apple Korea has recently been telling customers looking for the hot selling gadget that they have no more iPod available. Officials don't even know when they'll get new supplies.
by MacFixIt
by Daniel Drew Turner, eWeek
by Scott Gilbertson, Wired
In suggesting that developers use the web to build iPhone applications, what Apple has done (perhaps inadvertently, perhaps not) is force the creation of a subset of the mobile web that only works with the iPhone's unique features — namely the touch-screen interface.
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
by Edward C. Baig, USA Today
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
by Joe Kissell, TidBITS
by Wlater S. Mossberg, AllThingsD
iWork simply isn't as powerful or versatile as Microsoft Office, especially when it comes to word processing and spreadsheets. And it suffers from a design that places far more emphasis on making documents look beautiful than on the nuts and bolts of the actual process of writing and number-crunching.
by John Dyer, Boston Globe
A school project delivers an oral history and walking tour of West Medford's African-American community.
by Graceful Flavor
If I had to guess — and I am guessing, so readers who like to read only a few sentences then go apeshit on me in the comments might want to pay attentio here — I think Apple is coming up to a go/no-go decision meeting and they need all the data they can get before they pull the tigger on another delay.
by Supernatural Agency
Apple owns the entire ecosystem: Content creation, content distribution, communciation across all channels.
by Hacking Cough
I think a number of people who really want to know the answers to those. It's unlikely that they will come from the mouth of Steve Jobs but that doesn't mean people should stop trying.
by iPhone Atlas
by Peter Svensson, Associated Press
The iMac deserves to be a strong contender for any PC user looking to get a new computer.
by Jason D. O'Grady, ZDNet
iWeb is tolerable if you want to develop a single site and host it on Mac.com, but that's about it.
by Dan Moren, MacUser
EA's behavior has almost become ridiculous to the point of hilarity. This is how they show their "commitment" to the Mac platform?
See Also:
EA Mac Games Still MIA, by Jeff Gamet, Mac Observer.
by Adam C. Engst, TidBITS
by David Pogue, New York Times
It's rip-roaring expensive.
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Apple's venerable consumer application suite AppleWorks, which at one point was the industry's best-selling piece of software, beating even Lotus 1-2-3 on the PC, has finally been laid to rest at the age of 23.
See Also:
RIP AppleWorks, by Charles Jade, Ars Technica. What does it say about Apple that the company includes iLife on every new Mac, but not iWork?
AppleWorks: The Death Of A Great Program, by Dan Knight, Low End Mac.
by David Weiss
I think Apple's work on Numbers underscores that despite the large advances being made in web interfaces, there is still a place for rich client applications. Numbers specifically proves there's opportunity left for innovation in the productivity applications space.
by Jason Cranford Teague, Macworld
Photo management tools, Web 2.0 technologies highlight update.
by Andy Ihnatko, MacUser
Never forget that a key part of the Mac's spirit is the way that it encourages its users to reach their full creative potential. In an era in which Apple's future is becoming increasingly fed by iTunes, Aperture is a most welcome thing.
by Charles Starrett, iLounge
by Craig Hockenberry, furbo.org
Just how fast is the iPhone?
by Sheldon Liber, BloggingStocks
by Kevin Massy, CNET News.com
by Daniel Turner, MIT Technology Review
Apple's latest offering proves that revolutionary tech products don't have to be that revolutionary.
by Fraser Speirs
by Derik DeLong, MacUser
"Unlike some previous iMac models, the iMac (Mid 2007) does not include a magnetic Remote rest for storing the remote on the iMac."
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball
by Ken Mingis, Computerworld
Who doesn't want faster processors encased in stylish aluminum?
by Jeff Carlson, Macworld
Although iDVD '08 isn't a great leap over previous versions, it's a solid upgrde that brings a few welcome refinements.
by David Morgenstern, ZDNet
Since when is "stellar" a pejorative?
by Service Untitled
by Techno//Marketer
Apple's innovative point of sale system is cutting-edge and the store concept is beautiful and much more utilitarian. The problem is that they changed the rules without telling anybody or helping them to understand.
by Katherine Boehret, AllThingsD
The new programs in iLife '08 are a pleasure to use, and the new iMac is a great way to experience them.
by Murray Hill, CanWest News Service
by Chuck Harrell, KTVU
by Tech Blot
This is essentially the same form factor iMac we have had to deal with for over 3 years.
by Tony Smith, The Register
Apple has begun recruiting staff to run its first Australian Apple Store, currently being kitted out in Sydney's central George Street.
by Tom Krazit, CNET News.com
by Jeff Carlson, Macworld
Current iMovie HD users are in for some adjustments, and I'm hoping Apple doesn't wait a year to fill in gaps such as support for third-party plug-ins and DVD chapter markers.
by John Martellaro, Mac Observer
by Peter Cohen, Playlist
This is by far my favorite iPod game to date.
by Dan Knight, Low End Mac
iWork isn't AppleWorks. It's not an integrted word processor, database, spreadsheet, paint, and drawing program. It's much more like Microsoft Office, where Word and Excel are separate programs that can work together.
by AppleInsider
by MacMinute
by Justin Berka, Ars Technica
by Michael Rose, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
by David Risley, PC Mechanic
by Luis Suarez
Over the course of those few days that I have started to make hevay use of my MacBook Pro, I have found out that there is a price associated with it. And I am not just talking about how pricey the overall machine is, but talking about the software applications available for it.
by Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS
by Mike Morton, Official Google Mac Blog
For me, this is when WWDC really begins, and I like to call it The Running Of The Geeks.
by Peter Burrows, BusinessWeek
by Jason Snell, Macworld
I can't condemn Keefe for asking the question. I wouldn't have asked it, and it was a bit moldy and off topic, but damned if its end result wasn't a great distillation of Apple's product philosophy.
by Dan Moren, Macworld
One thing's for certain: Developers aren't letting Apple's barriers obstruct them in their quest to code for the hottest new platform around.
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
The program is fast, the features are well thought out, and the new paradigm that Apple has applied to the staid old spreadsheet application solve many of the frustrations that we've come to accept with those traditional programs.
by Stevie Smith, Monsters And Critics
Users have been reporting that sections of the iPhone's innovative pressure-sensitive screen have been dying, leaving the affected screens space - and the interface upon it - completely unresponsive to touch.
by Shots Ring Out
For Universal, the experiment is win-win. If it "succeeds" then they can continue on that path, cultivate other retailers, and ditch Apple. If it "fails" then they are justified in maintaining DRM on their products.
by Charlie Sorrel, Wired
by Robert Vamosi, CNET News.com
by Om Malik, GigaOM
SHAPE Services, a Stuttgart, Germany-based company, well-known for making mobile IM clients, has just announced Skype for iPhone, an iPhone-optimized web site that allows you to access Skype via the browser on the iPHone. You can try out this for free for a limited time.
by Jonathan Seff, Macworld
The latest iMacs are a nice step forward—and a good value to boot. The two biggest changes—the glossy display and new keyboard—may have more of an impact on your buying decision than anything inside the iMacs.
by Jeffery Battersby, Macworld
AppleWorks heir (finally) aims to be a Word killer.
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
by Jeremy Laird, Tech.co.uk
Apple's lastest iMac is a looker, but where's the Blu-ray and HDTV support?
by PC Pro
Microsoft has praised the inclusion of Office Open XML file filters in iWork '08, suggesting that it indicates that software developers are adopting the controversial format in preference to the open source Open Document Format.
by Wily Ferret, The Inquirer
Apple is gearing up for a legal battle in Europe, it seems, over the trade mark for the iPhone.
by Danny Gorog, APC Magazine
While iMovie '08 does have some drawbacks, I've been really impressed by its performance.
by Rick LePage, Macworld
Overall, it appears that Apple has struck a good balance between keeping iPhoto simple, and adding the right level of features to make it more useful.
by Zensmille Dot Com
by Stuart Elliott, New York Times
Just about anywhere consumers look, they will find products, brands and other commercial offerings that begin with a lowercase "i," inspired by popular technology names such as iMac, iPhone, iPod and iVillage.
by Damon Brown, New York Post
Apple has been secretly plotting its foray into portable video games for months, looking to add games to its hot iPhone, according to various on- and off-the-record sources.
by Rafael Ruffolo, Computerworld
Analysts say Apple's newest desktop are drawing interest from enterprises as well as consumers.
by AppleInsider
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
As competition heats up, it won't be surprising to see these services gain functionality and drop in price in order to compete more fiercely with each other.
by Snopes.com
The article was not understood as satire by some who encountered it.
by Andrew Carter
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Apple Inc.'s release of iWork '08 this week is "embarrassing," an analyst said Friday, not for its maker, but for Apple's rival, Microsoft Corp.
by Mike Schramm, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by iPhone Atlas
by Franklin N. Tessler, Macworld
Path animation, instant transparency highlight Apple's updated presentation app.
by David Chartier, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
The new import dialog itself has been updated, presenting thumbnails of all the photos on the device you plugged in.
by Bob Keefe, Austin American-Statesman
Of course none of the web "journalists" bothered to call and ask me, but my qustion had nothing to do with Apple or its computer design and all to do with a story I'm working on about the future of the long-running "Intel Inside" program.
See Also:
Some Perspective De On "Intel Sticker Guy", by Andy Ihnatko, The Mac Observer. It wasn't a stupid question. It just wasn't a very good question, particularly under the circumstances.
In Mild Defense Of Bob Keefe, by Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek. Cut Keefe some slack. Maybe he's not a Mac user, or maybe new to the Apple beat, or was filling in for someone who normally covers Apple for Cox.
The Columbo Technique, by Derek Powazek. To the Apple faithful, sure, it was dumb. But a PR event is not for the faithful (that's Macworld), it's for the rest of the world. And to the world at large, it's not a dumb question at all.
by Phil Windley, ZDNet
Numbers isn't a world changing paradigm shift. Rather it's Apple doing what Apple does best: improving, refining, and concentrating on user experience.
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
by Eric Lai, Computerworld
Or will adding a spreadsheet simply subtract from AppleWorks and FileMaker Pro?
by Daniel Del'Re, TheStreet.com
by Mike Antonucci and Troy Wolverton, San Jose Mercury News
Apple's iPods and its 15-inch MacBook Pro notebooks laready contain the mercury-free screens. But Tim Cook, Apple's chief operating officer, said that LCD manufacturers have yet to overcome the technical hurdles involved in making such screens in larger sizes.
by MacFixIt
by Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing
It's inevitable that Universal would come around to this position. They're not selling DRM-free tracks through iTunes (where Apple charges a 30 percent premium) — they're selling them through Apple's competitors. But since they're MP3s, they'll work in iTunes and on iPods, so Apple customers can get $0.99, DRM-free, iPod-compatible Universal music.
by David Chartier, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Both ads bring a new perspective to the iPod's appeal, focusing on how much it allows you to carry — or stop carrying — in your pocket.
by Scott McNulty, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
Magic GarageBand gets the buzz, but it's just one of many additions to audio app.
by Charles Starrett, iLounge
by David Morgenstern, ZDNet
by Mike Schramm, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Alcor, developer of Quicksilver, the little launcher that does everything, quietly mentions on the Blacktree forums that Quicksilver will go open source and Leopard only with the next release.
by Jeff Gamet, Mac Observer
by John Gruber, Macworld
The iPhone's screen measures just 3.5 inches, but it's now the biggest frontier in interface design.
Will we see Newton technologies — Inkwell, soups — slowly being introduced back into the iPhone?
by Ryan Faas, Computerworld
Judgin from Apple's various Leopard demonstrations, the new operating system appears to be well worth all the oohs and ahhs that it has won from commentators.
by John Martellaro, Mac Observer
Why does Microsoft seem so indifferent to the Apple market opportunities given Apple's success?
by MacNN
by Aidan Malley, AppleInsider
A class action suit in Florida claims Apple is exposing its American shoppers to fraud and identity theft through store receipts. Meanwhile, a Michigan resident is filing a lawsuit against Apple for designing notebook power adapters that include a built-in battery charge light.
by Lesa Snider King, Macworld
If you long for simplicity in photo editing in an un-bloated piece of software, give LightZone 3.0.6 a try. Its unique visual approach to editing, time-sving Styles, and well-designed help system will aid the learning process.
by Cyrus Farivar, MacUser
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball
by Mitch Wagner, InformationWeek
It's getting hard to find reasons to buy a WIndows PC, aside from sheer inertia.
by Harry McCracken, PC World
Somewhere along the way, Apple stopped treating its techies like rock stars.
by Dan Moren, MacUser
Oof. Bad move.
by MacNN
Apple is allowing iLife '08 owners to download iMovie HD 6 for free, which may appease a crowd of upset Mac users gathering on various forums across the internet to protest the company's removal of important editing functionality in iMovie '08.
by MacMinute
by Kirk McElhearn, Kirkville
Touting YouTube and prompting people to put ads on their web pages is nothing more than selling sugar water.
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
Apple's new product range has consolidated anlyst sentiment favouring good long and medium-term prospects for the company's stock.
by Melissa Perenson, PC World
I liked a lot about the new iPhoto. Some of the updates are nifty, others are practical—and will make managing thousands of digital images easier. However, I'd still have to make significant changes to my digital workflow on the PC before iPhoto would work for me.
by Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica
by Scot Finnie, Computerworld
You're not conscious of your TV while you're watching it. Thats the way it is with a Mac. I found that much harder to achieve on Windows PCs, which are constantly drawing attention to themselves.
by Jason Snell, Macworld
by Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek
Microsoft Office still dominates the market, but Apple's new software may signal a tectonic shift in the two behemoths' uneasy alliance.
by Dan Koeppel, Popular Science
Cellphones, microchips, cars, even iPhones — there's virtually no high-tech western product that China's cloners can't copy. Pretty soon, you might even prefer their work.
by Pedro Pereira, Channel Insider
The ability to run Windows off a Mac creates more options for solutoin providers to present to customers.
by Don MacAskill, SmugBlog
Apple has a huge, gaping hole in their desktop lineup. They have an iMac, a Mac mini, and a Mac Pro. But where's the Mac?
by Nate Anderson, Ars Technica
See Also:
Google News Hypocrisy: Walled Off Content, by Michael Arrington, TechCrunch.
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
I think Apple's new aproach to spreadsheets is going to be quite successful, at least based on my initial hands-on time. The program is fast, the features are well thought out, and the new paradigm that Apple has applied to the staid old spreadsheet application solve many of the frustrations that we've come to accept with those traditional programs.
by Dave Slusher, Evil Genius Chronicles
by Thomas Gagnon-van Leeuwen, MacUser
Nearly all international Apple websites now sport the dark grey design US visitors have grown accustomed to.
by Erica Sadun, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
It is nice for putting together basic video but you'll want to keep a copy of iMovie 6 on-hand for more advanced video projects, especially if you've invested in third-party plug-ins.
by David Chartier, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
by Dan Moren, MacUser
I realized with a lurch that becaus my iDisk is synced, that means that OS X needs to create a 10GB mirror image on my hard disk—and that's space I can't really afford to give up.
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
The "confused" side is curious about three decisions Apple has made regarding the following items.
by Steve O'Hear, Last100
It's not hard to see how these two core competencies can continue to compliment each other.
by Thomas Gagnon-van Leeuwen, MacUser
Boot Camp 1.4 adds some very welcome improvements, the most important of which is support for keyboard backlighting.
by Justin Berka, Ars Technica
Apple, known for their somewhat brief descriptions of updates, is unusually terse this time. The update contains "important bug fixes," but that's all Apple is saying.
by MacMinute
by David Morgenstern, ZDNet
by Lance Ulanoff, PC Magazine
The word of mouth for any Macintosh is remarkably good, and with the negative press that Vista is getting, the shine on Apple only gets better and better.
by Scott McNulty, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
The Apple logo has been banished from the keybaord, replaced with the muc more useful label 'command.'
by Robert Scoble, Scobleizer
by Dan Knight, Low End Mac
by Justin Berka, Ars Technica
Apple wants to make the best product; Jobs added that "we can't ship junk" and that "we don't offer stripped-down products."
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
by Iljitsch Van Beijnum, Ars Technica
by David Chartier, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
.Mac webmail offers an option to filter out junk mail right on the server, giving you at least some sort of a break from the stream of junk you mgiht inevitably encounter.
by Scott McNulty, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
by Scott McNulty, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
It doesn't just open them either, Apple says that styles, tables and other parts of the document are intact as well.
by Michael Long, 37signals
The iPhone design has influenced the new iMac design just as the widescreen iPod influenced the pervious iMac design.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
.Mac members now receive ten times the amount of storage space they had: 10 GB of combined storage space for their .Mac e-mail account and their "iDisk." What's more, the data transfer limit has been increased tenfold as well, to 100GB per month.
by Philip Michaels, Jim Dalrymple and Peter Cohen, Macworld
Apple CEO Steve Jobs described Numbers as a spreadsheet application "done in the style of Keynote and Pages." Among its features are "intelligent tables," that allow users to sort and filter by clicking on headers, as well as chart creation, image management, text labels, and the ability to add photos and diagrams. A flexible canvas feature lets users put multiple sheets on a canvas and tie tiem together in formulas but not in formatting.
by Jim Dalrymple and Philip Michaels, Macworld
All five applications underwent an update for the new version of the suite.
by Philip Michaels, Macworld
Apple announced an overhaul of its iMac line Tuesday, replacing the white enclosure of its all-in-one desktop with a new aluminum-and-glass design. In addition to its new look, the updated iMac also comes in 20- and 24-inch versions, eliminating the entry-level 17-inch offering.
by Michael J. Miller, PC Magazine
I've always thought the "Perfect PC" was the one that worked best for you, at your price range. For those who can afford it, the Mac may well be the right choice, especially now that we are moving into a world where many of the great new applications all run in a browser.
by William Porter, Macworld
by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu
As an existing Mac customer, things I would like to see in the Tuesday announcement:
1. Safari Explained: Why the heck did Apple port the browser onto Windows? Apple should be committed to changing the world, not to just gain a few marketshare points. Does this have anything to do with the new (rumored) super-duper .Mac service?
2. Leopard Revealed: Come on, Apple. 3D docks and translucent menu bars just don't cut it. You said you were hiding juicy (and lickable) Leopard stuff from Redmond. Isn't it time for you to tempt us, so that we can start saving for the October purchase?
3. iPod Transformed: Yes, you said that this is a Mac event. No iPods and no iPhones. But, what if, you call that brand new iPhone-but-no-phone device — not an iPod, not an iPhone, but — MacBook Nano? It can QuickTime, it can Safari, and it can definitely do mail. And, together with a iPhone-but-no-phone SDK, it can do anything under the sun. It runs OS X — that gotta be a Mac, right?
Okay, I'd admit. The last one is really deeply rooted in the fantasy realm.
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball
It's the performance that counts, not the secret.
by MacMinute
by Justin Berka, Ars Technica
However, the iPhone still hasn't been fully unlocked.
by Tom Krazit, CNET News.com
Apple is expected to unveil new iMacs during an event Tuesday, but it could also have some improvements to its .Mac service up its sleeve.
by Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service
by Seth Weintraub, Computerworld
In contrast to Microsoft's atitude of benign neglect of the Mac platform, Apple seems to be innovating away on the Windows platform.
by Jeff Smykil, Ars Technica
by Robert Mohns, MacInTouch
VMware Fusion worked very well for use with Windows XP and Windows Vista, and fairly well with Ubuntu 7. We had a few issues, and there are some missing features we'd like to see added, but we're quite impressed with Fusion.
by Tom dunmore, Stuff.tv
I'm more confident about the future of the Mac platform these days...
by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu
It's not without precendent: Noah Wyle, the first and original Fake Steve Jobs, opened the Macworld Expo back in year 2000. (Noah Wyle, if you cannot remember, played Steve Jobs in the "Pirates of Silicon Valley" movie.)
Will we get to meet another Fake Steve Jobs this coming January? :-)
by Forbes
"From Jonathan Switft to Jon Stewart, satire has spoken truth to power as well as amued," said Forbes.com Editor Paul Maidment. "Fake Steve Jobs will add a different voice to Forbes.com, but one that is in the Forbes tradition for both."
by Brad Stone, New York Times Blog
Are you happy that the mystery has been solved? Or did we just ruin the fun for everyone?
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball
by Edmund Tadros, The Age
A 16-year-old Austrlian who duped high-profile technology blog Gizmodo.com with a fake Apple rumour said the site should "triple-check its sources."
by Brad Stone, New York Times
"Im stunned that it's taken this long," said Mr Daniel Lyons, a senior editor at Forbes magazine who lives near Boston, when a reporter interrupted his vacation in Maine on Sunday to ask him about Fake Steve. "I have not been that good at keeping it a secret. I've been sort of waiting for this call for months."
Mr Lyons writes and edits technology articles for Forbes and is the author of two works of fiction, most recently a 1998 novel, "Dog Days." In October, Da Capo Press will publish his satirical novel written in the voice of the Fake Steve character, "Options: The Secret Life of Steve Jobs, a Parody."
See Also:
Damn, I Am So Busted, Yo, by The Secret Diary Of Steve Jobs.
by Gizmodo
It has yet to be confirmed, but it seems that Apple and Best Buy stores are no longer going to receive old Apple keyboards shipments.
by LAist
This is the story the record labels have always feared.
by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu
... that you listened through the entire album? Do you still remember what an album is?
by Reuters
'Classic story' of good vs. evil from id Software will ship for Macs, Xbox 360, and PS3 — but when?
by Walt Mossberg, All Things D
Apple issued its first iPhone update this week. And while the company billed it as merely a bug-fix and security-improvement patch, in fact it has several small feature improvements that Apple hasn't announced or documented.
by Jeremy Horwitz, iLounge
by MacNN
Apple this week was sued by a Florida company that owns patent it claims is used in the iPhone's touch-screen display.
by Herb Greenberg, Wall Street Journal
More important, said Charles Wolf, in terms of the overall strategy, even a mature iPod "is incredibly important," because it is converting non-Macintosh computer users into Mac buyers and is driving revenue from other sources, such as iTUnes. And that, he says, "is where the juice in the story is. Not the iPod." And not even the iPhone.
by Micah Walter, O'Reilly Digital Media
by MacNN
by MacNN
The application, called MobileTerminal, is terminal emulation software developed without an official software development kit (SDK) from Apple.
by Justin Berka, Ars Technica
Coming just a month after the launch, the "iPhone effect" could mean that other manufacturers and carriers hav emore to worry about than they previously thought.
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
Take a closer look at the phone's web browsing, e-mail, chat, and map features.
by Vern Seward, Mac Observer
A compartively low cost of ownership and a bona-fide UNIX OS is what Apple can present to big business. Will they bite? Few things in the IT world change over night and it will take some doing to get CIOs to change their views, but views are changing.
by Steve Rubel, Micro Persuation
This week I took my first overnight business trip in 10 years without a laptop. All I took was my iPhone and a travel router. It worked perfectly.
by Tom Krazit and Ina Fried, CNET News.com
Now that they're 64 (bits, that is), personal computers are still searching for developers to need them and feed them.
by Guardian
by Jack Ewing, BusinessWeek
Balda, reportedly the touch-screen supplier for the uberpopular cell phone, says sales were down due to last-minute changes — maybe Apple's.
by Mitch Wagner, InformationWeek
I'm sure there's a Pulitzer Prize in this for Dateline. Because we could never have figured that out on our own.
by Tim Bray, ongoing
I'm talking about my computer, which is a MacBook, not a MacBook Pro, and a lovely flat black colour. It's by a long shot the best Mac I've ever had.
by Tom Krazit, CNET News.com
Apple could have a lot more in mind for the multitouch user interface found on the iPhone.
by Philip Michaels, Macworld
For every day that Office 2008 doesn't come out that's another day for users to get acustomed to not having it — and to wonder whether they even need Office in the first place.
by Charles Starrett, iLounge
by MacNN
Octaga today launched its Octaga Player for Mac OS X, a new 3D player developed on behalf of the Seattle-based Ymetech and the NASA.
by MacMinute
Noodlesoft today announced the release of Hazel 2, a housekeeper for your folders and files.
by MacNN
by MacMinute
by Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe
by Jeff Gamet, Mac Observer
by MacNN
by Jessica Mintz, Associated Press
Microsoft Corp. will delay the release of Office 2008 for Apple Inc.'s Macintosh computers until the middle of January 2008, in order to fix lingering bugs in the software.
"It really is just a quality issue across the boad," Craig Eisler, general manager of Microsoft's Macintosh business unit, said in an interview Wednesday.
by Li Yuan, Wall Street Journal
by John Martellaro, iPod Observer
It appears that Apple engineers made a conscious decision to not rely too much on hardwired circuits — even though they would deliver higher performance and lower power consumption. The goal seems to have been to trade that against increased future flexibility and functionality with software.
by Maria Langer
Yes, that's right: she's using an 18-year-old computer daily to manage a radio station's accounting.
I think she got her money's worth.
by Serdar Yegulalp and Mitch Wagner, InformationWeek
If you're a Vista-wary Windows user who would rather switch than fight, should you move to a Linux distro or Apple's OS X? We asked a Mac fan and a Linux advocate to lead a guided tour of each OS.
by Joshua Lipton, Forbes
Shares of Apple finished up on Wednesday after traders, briefly spooked, decided that the company was still a smart place to park their cash.
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
UniSudoku is the best computer-based Sudoku game I've tried because it foregoes the fancy visuals of other Sudoku offerings in favor of apuzzle-lover's clear and clean interface, gets the gameplay right, and adds useful features for actually playing and solving puzzles.
by Dan Moren, MacUser
The Open Group has officially certified Leopard as Unix "on Intel-based Macintosh computers."
by Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek
I don't know exactly why the Mac can see the files, whereas Windows machines cannot, but who am I to question a data-recovery miracle hapening right before my eyes?
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
At $20, Deluxe PocMon is a bit high-priced for a shareware game, but hardened classic arcade game fans will find more a little to like here—it's like Pac-Mac, but it's not an exact clone, and that's good.
by Techdirt
by Mat Neuburg, TidBITS
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by Mac Mojo
All of us on the PowerPoint team have been heads down working on the new version of PowerPoint and the PowerPoint Beta Converter so we totally missed this huge milestone.
by Erica Sadun, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
iPhone 1.0.1 was released and is available through iTunes when the iPhone is connected. According to Apple, the iPhone update fixes two security issues in Safari, two in WebKit and one issue with WebCore.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
The presentation will take place on Tuesday August 7, 2007 at 10:00 am at Apple's Town Hall.
by Erin Carlson, Associated Press
Amped to its highest volume, the iPod is not nearly as invasive as the classic loud cell phone conversation. But it can have its moments.
by Matt Asay, CNET News.com
As a die-hard Mac addict and open-source advocate myself, I was thinking this morning about why the two increasingly coverge, despite all the ironies and conflicting approaches.
by Brian Heater, ExtremeTech
Naturally, when we heard the news about the eMusic/AT&T deal, the first thing that ran through our one-track minds was, "so, is it compatible with the iPhone?" The second thing that ran through our minds was, of couse, "heck no, this is Apple we're talking about."
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
by Rob Griffiths, Playlist
Tuesday's announcement makes it clear that the iTunes Store hasn't yet reached a point where the growth rate is slowing.
by MacMinute
by Mat Lu, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
by Scott Moritz, TheStreet.com
Apple shares took a 3% dip Tuesday amid speculation about a cut in production of the trendy iPod-inspired phone. The chatter that sent the stock down was that Apple was reducing its production of iPhones from "9 million units to 4.5 million units," according to a note from the stock trading desk at Miller Tabak & Co.
by Mike Scharmm, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
by Scott Gureck, MacNN
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