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by James Duncan Davidson
My iPhone has become a very important part of my life. It's not just a phone or an email client. It really is a fully capable portal to the internet that can go anywhere.
by Marcus Albers, Inside Mac Games
by SteveX Compiled
Why do some lists in the Mac work this way?
by Connected Data
Apple has innovated a new way to market software to the world. Thank you Steve Jobs for hanging in!
by Mark Webster, The Independent
It's all about whether a database's content change signifies an authorship change or not. And it's an issue likely to take years to resolve in the US legal system.
by Dana Blankenhorn, ZDNet.com
It does not surprise me that those in the open source movement, or the free internet movement, would protest Apple's actions. What surprises me is the silence of the music industry.
by Paul Glazowski, Mashable
by Chris Bowler, The Weekly Review
You only see the windows that you are directly working with. The list is considerably shorter than cycling through a long list of applications. Brilliant.
by Zack Stem, MacLife
The physicality in Two Thrones excels, but we were still disappointed by bugs and technical issues.
by Joe Kissell, Macworld
New AppleScripts work with the latest versions of Adobe Acrobat.
by Tim Haddock, Macworld
MindNode Pro 1.0.3 is a straightforward and pain-free point of entry into the world of mind mapping. That said, the program's simplicity and ease of use come at the cost of features and capabilities that power users and fast learners might quickly find themselves wishing they had.
by Antonio Cangiano, Zen And The Art Of Programming
This is just an anecdote, but it helps to explain the loyalty of an increasing number of Mac users.
by Thomas Ricker, Engadget
by Jose Vilches, TechSpot.com
Apple has acknowledged two graphics issues with its new line of unibody MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops, and while a software update may remedy at least one of them, Apple is reportedly investigating whether the second one is software or hardware related.
by Simon Jary, PC Advisor
What do these people expect — Apple to air a two-minute advert where the iPhone is shown laborriously loading a range of average web pages?
by Nathan Aiderman, Macworld
If you just want to dive into your writing with the fewest possible distractions, WriteRoom is second to none. Sometimes, a unitasker—especially one as well-crafted as this—really is the best tool for the job.
by Sergiu Gatlan, Softpedia
by Devin Coldewey, CrunchGear
Perhaps it's just an overzealous lawyer throwing Apple's weight around, but really, how could they blow it so badly?
by Arnold Kim, MacRumors.com
by BBC News
An Apple iPhone advert has been banned by the advertising standards watchdog for exaggerating the phone's speed.
by Erica Sadun, Ars Technica
by Clint Ecker, Ars Technica
by James Galbraith, Macworld
Macworld Lab's tests indicate that despite the lack of any great leap forward in the 17-inch model's under-the-hood specs, this laptop is still a very good performer.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
"This is a remarkably short-sighted move for both Apple and Hollywood," wrote Fred von Lohmann, senior intellectual property attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. "THis punishes existing iTunes customers." He also called new MacBook's a downgrade in everyone's previous investment in iTunes content.
All DRM schemes — no matter how strict or generous — bascially punish honest customers.
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Desktop for Mac 4.0 under fire on support forums, company says 'small number' affected.
by Arnold Kim, MacRumors.com
This latest update appears to remove the HDCP enforcement on standard definition content, which means that the current movie content purchased or rented on a Mac should playback unrestricted.
by Tom Krazit, CNET News.com
A Google spokesman confirmed Tuesday that Google Mobile uses undocumented APIs in order to use the iPhone's proximity sensor to prompt a verbal search. Google has denied, however, a more serious charge that it was linking to private or dynamic frameworks in the Google Mobile application.
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
by Robert McMillan, IDG News Service
Apple's attempt to quash an effort to help the latest iPods and iPhones work with non-Apple software such as the Linux operating system is out of line, the Electronic Frontier Foundation said Tuesday.
by John Hatchett, Low End Mac
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
by David Chartier, Ars Technica
by Sally Zahner, Macworld
Adobe's latest version of InCopy, the companion program to InDesign that lets writers and editors work on a document concurrently with the designer, offers a host of significant new features and enhancmeents.
by Christopher Dawson, ZDNet.com
by MacJournals, Macworld
Apple silently uses Google's Safe Browsing technology to monitor web-site connections.
by Ken Mingis, Computerworld
If the first MacBook Air was a revolutionary take on the Apple laptop line, this is an evolutionary steps — which is exactly what you'd expect from a second-generation release.
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball
To make better use of the available space in the location field, Safari no longer shows the "http://" or "https://" protocol scheme.
by Meera Selva, Associated Press
Paul McCartney said Monday negotiations on a long-awaited deal to make the Beatles' catalog available on the online music service iTunes have stalled.
by Philip Michaels, Macworld
by Scott McNulty, Macworld
A new Apple web site proudly proclaims that the new MacBooks are "the world's greenest family of notebooks."
by Jonathan Seff, Macworld
According to the terse description, Safari 3.2.1 includes unspecified "stability improvements" and is recommended for all Safari users.
by David Chartier, Ars Technica
by Katie Marsal, AppleInsider
by Tom Krazit, CNET News.com
by Guy Kawasaki, How To Change The World
by Marcus Albers, Inside Mac Games
by Scott McNulty, Macworld
by Aayush Arya, Macworld
It's a fairly complicated process which requires having jailbroken your device and the ability to modify system-level files on it remotely using the Terminal.
by Iljitsch van Beijnum, Ars Technica
This is excellent new functionality that avid podcast listeners have been waiting for since the day the first iPhone was released. However, it's a bit clunky here and there. One of the main features of podcasts is that they are automatically downloaded without the user having to go out and look for new episodes. Apple's iPhone podcast downloading mechanism breaks this paradigm.
by Chris Holt, Macworld
The wonky controls never become intuitive, and commnding a battle group becomes more of a chore than a joy given the ridiculously dumb AI. The game offers you a playground for your militaristic dreams and then proceeds to tie your hands behind your back and toss sand in your eyes.
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
by Ben Stevens, Law Practice Today
by Touch Arcade
by Edible Apple
What makes the iPhone as a gaming platform so exiciting isn't that it's going to compete with Sony and Nintendo for the hardcore gamers, but rather that it appears to be opening up an entirely new market of gaming by appealing to the casual gamer.
by Seb Janacek, Silicon.com
If the hardware is 'what' Apple makes it money from, the operating system and the software is the 'why'.
by Dan Nosowitz, Gizmodo
by Mg Siegler, Venture Beat
by Missy Frederick, Washington Business Journal
Although Apple Inc. paid $13.4 million for a building at 1229 Wisconsin Ave. NW more than a year ago, there are no signs the company is moving forward with its plans any time soon.
by Joshua Topolsky, Engadget
by Zach Honig, PC Magazine
If you're a MacBook or MacBook Pro owner, you'll get the best performance out of your system when you leave the battery in.
by Ronald O Carlson, Mac.Blorge.com
by Matthew Broersma, ZDNet.co.uk
Two pieces of malicious software affecting Apple's Mac OS X appeared this week: a Trojan horse with the ability to download and install malicious code of an attacker's choice, and a hacker tool for creating backdoors, according to security vendors.
Still, no virus. :-)
by Sam Diaz, ZDNet.com
If Apple can afford to spend almost a half-billion dollars on an ad campaign and still continue to beat Wall Street's quarterly estiamtes, launch breakthrough products that keep customers longing for more and generate an enormous amount of unsolicited blog buzz, then I say more power to them.
Unlike Microsoft, Apple doesn't need more money to fix Vista.
by Mg Siegler, Venture Beat
$0.99-an-app isn't much of a way for developers to make a living, and quite a few of them are now trending back towards $10.
by AppleInsider
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
A new lawsuit filed this week against Apple and AT&T charge the companies with a host of offenses related to the speed of the 3G network and the performance of the iPhone.
by Justin Berka, Ars Technica
Apple lawyers recently sent a DMCA violation notice to a project that was attempting to reverse-engineer the current version of hte iTunesDB protection.
by Macworld UK
by iPodNN
The update appears to exclude any of the iPhone's upgrades to Google Maps, such as Street View, public transit navigation or sharing information via e-mail.
by Sven-S. Prost, Quarter Life Crisis
by Giles Turnbull, Cult Of Mac
by Tom Negrino, Macworld
Unimpressive upgrade for Adobe's web page editor.
by Jordan Golson, The Industry Standard
Apple employees are responsible for maintaining their own documents such as e-mails, memos, and voicemails. In other words, there is no company-wide policy for archiving, saving, or deleting these documents.
by Jason Snell, Macworld
Apple released the 2.2 software update for the iPhone late Thursday night Pacific time.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
by Usability Post
OS X scrollbars have two arrow buttons, up and down, just like Windows — but the difference is that they're both located at the bottom.
by Michael Lee, Red Herring
by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, ZDNet.com
Bottom line, the Mac experience removes uncertainty.
by Arnold Kim, MacRumors.com
by Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS
Simultaneous writing might seem like the authorial equivalent of the four-way intersection car crash in Steve Martin's L.A. Story. Instead, we find it makes it posssible for us to write faster (especially under deadline), and speed up editing, too.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
New in StoryMill 3.2 is a Project Find and Replace feature, word frequency filtering, text zooming available everywhere, and support for international date formats.
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
by Dan Moren, Macworld
Don't rely on your iDisk for backups of critical data. Make sure that you have a copy on a local disk at all times, lest you end up crushed and bereft, like me.
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
As part of CS4, Soundbooth makes sense. As a separate application for those looking for a powerful and complete audio editor, not so much.
by Cliff Edwards, BusinessWeek
The touch now sits in a class by itself. No longer simply a high-end iPod, it has become the foundation of what's sure to be an increasingly important handheld computing platform for Apple word or phrase.
by Erica Sadun, Ars Technica
It looks like Google decided that it was better to get the job done and provide a richer user experience to the end user than to live according to Apple's exact dictates.
by Kate Greene, MIT Technology Review
If you owe an iPhone, you can now be part of one of the most ambitious speech-recognition experiments ever launched.
by MacNN
by Dori Smith, Backup Brain
by Arnold Kim, MacRumors.com
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball
by Ryan Faas, Datamation
If you're thinking about buying a Mac for your family (or even yourself), understanding Apple's product line can be important to making that right choice, whether you're a longtime Mac fan or someone just considering switching from a PC.
by Stephen Williams, New York Times
Why iniitially restrict the kinds of sources, including Apple's old older MacBook sand computers like the MacPro, that the monitor can accommodate?
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by Franklin Pride, Inside Mac Games
WoG is the best game you'll play all year.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
A slide presented by an Apple employee at a recent conference suggests Snow Leopard may be ahead of schedule.
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Key improvements include image processing, parallel High Performance Computing (HPC) support, on-demand curated data and other major functions.
by Justin Berka, Ars Technica
by Jon Brodkin, Networld World
Flash memory developer Spansion has filed patent infringement suits against Samsung seeking to ban the US sale of more than 100 million iPods, mobile phones, digital cameras and other consumer devices containing flash technology.
by Cyndy Cashman, Macworld
No longer the forgotten app, Adobe has fully integrated the vector program into its suite.
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
More than a year before Windows Vista's release - and long before Apple started poking funa t the operating system - Microsoft officials were already worried about comparisons between Mac OS X and Vista, insider e-mails disclosed yesterday revealed.
by Ed Sutherland, Cult Of Mac
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
In his ruling Judge William Alsup found that Psystar's claims did not meet the requirements to find in favor or an antitrust claim. "Indeed, Psystar's allegations are internally contradictory."
by Rich Mogull, TidBITS
It's commendable that Apple added these features to bring Safari up to the level of its competitors, but users shouldn't rely on them as definite protections from phishing.
by Kirk McElhearn, Macworld
by Ed Sutherland, Cult Of Mac
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
In his ruling Judge William Alsup found that Psystar's claims did not meet the requirements to find in favor or an antitrust claim. "Indeed, Psystar's allegations are internally contradictory."
by Rich Mogull, TidBITS
It's commendable that Apple added these features to bring Safari up to the level of its competitors, but users shouldn't rely on them as definite protections from phishing.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
by Kevin Haggerty, Haggaret.com
by Dan Nystedt, IDG News Service
by MacBlogz
Apple has reversed their decision and approved CastCatcher 1.3.
by Clint Boulton, eWeek
by Judy Mottl, Internet News
Google and Adobe announce Flash for the G1 and other Android devices. Will Apple change its tune?
No.
by David Frith, The Australian
by TechRadar.com
One way to make Windows 7 a hit is to take a look at what Apple has got right (and wrong) with OS X, to see what Microsoft can learn from its experience.
by Alan Zeichick, bMighty.com
by Joe Hutsko, New York Times
by Rik Myslewski, The Register
What Steve hath wrought - from A to F.
by MacNN
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
by David Chartier, Ars Technica
It appears that Apple's new aluminum MacBook are using HDCP to protect iTunes Store media.
by Ina Fried, CNET News.com
by AppleInsider
Aple has released a software update to address an issue where trackpad clicks would randomly go unrecognized on its latest notebook offerings.
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
by Dan Moren, MacUser
Developer Tim Burks took a simple but clever solution: create a duplicate database into which developers could file the same bugs they're reporting to Apple, but which allows for searching and other features that Radar doesn't.
by Peter Wayner, InfoWorld
Apple's decision to move to Intel chips and embrace virtualization of other operating systems turned the platform into a very flexible tool for programmers.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
You can use it to create separate docks for sets of applications and files you use frequently.
by John Brandon, Macworld
For me, ConceptDraw's MindMap Pro 5.5 achieved the ultimate goal: it helped with brainstorming for several new projects, ncluding a new web site I'm creating, and for viewing the structure of a large multi-chapter document. For $200, MindMap is worth the price because it helps you brainstorm ideas simply while avoiding the feature war with other brainstorming tools.
by Matt Hartley, Globe And Mail
'Kill switch' that allows the manufacturer to disable iPhones could be applied to music players to discourage theft, some say.
by Scot Finnie, Computerworld
Apple finally has the right hardware and software for mainstream business users.
by Pete Mortensen, Cult Of Mac
I would gladly ditch my Netflix subscription and pony up the same $20 a month for unlimited rentals of the TV shows on iTunes, even without movies.
by Joe Wilcox, eWeek
Based on applying findings from a Boston College study of television viewing, I conclude that most Apple television commercials are remarkably well-suited to generating brand awareness even when people fast-forward past advertisements.
by TechBlog
When is an apple not just an apple? When their grower attaches decals to the fruit before the ripen, in the form of the Apple logo and iPods.
by Michael Arrington, TechCrunch
Google's voice recognition search application for the iPhone, originally set for launch on Friday, will likely go live sometime Monday, we've heard from a source with knowledge of the situation.
by International Business Times
by Jason Mick, DailyTech
by Andy Finnell, Safe From The Losing Fight
There will be an iPhone app bust. The current prices simply aren't sustainable.
by Desiree Everts, CNET News.com
One reason for the delay could be that it has been bogged down by Apple's App Store approval process.
by Jonathan Margolis, Scotland On Sunday
Apple turns an activity more often these days associated with workaday drudgery into a delight.
by Murray Hill, The StarPhoenix
by Andrew Nusca, ZDNet.com
by Dan Warne, APC
On balance, Macs just let you get stuff done, whereas Windows computers constantly find ways of annoying you.
by Michael French, MCV
by John Markoff, New York Times
Pushing ahead in the decade-long effort to get computers to understand human speech, Google researchers have added sophisticated voice recognition technology to the company's search software for the Apple iPhone.
by Jason D. O'Grady, ZDNet.com
by Dan Turner, Computerworld
At Apple U, you may not see wholesale career changes, but it can't be a bad idea to have various teams learn more about what others do and why. After all, Apple is the exception in the PC industry in that it builds the whole widget, from motherboard designs to external casings to the OS to the final packaging.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
In an effort to sever ties with his former employer, Mark Papermaster has countersued IBM, claiming among other things that Apple and IBM are not significant competitors.
by Stuart Gripman, Macworld
XMind Pro 2008 (version 2.3) shines as a mind mapping tool that doesn't get in the way as the ideas come flooding out of your head. Sticklers for Apple's interface standards won't warm to the buys design, and anyone with a significant investment in an unspported import format can move along. But new mind mappers and those not crazy about MindManager or FreeMind should give XMind a shot.
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Aquaria is a 2D side-scrolling game set underwater.
by MacNN
by Macworld UK
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
Safari 3.2 adds a long-awaited feature that has been present in other browsers for some time: phishing protection.
by Dan Moren, Macworld
Observations and thoughts on Apple's latest (and greatest?) consumer portable.
by Chris Holt, Macworld
Fans of the series will enjoy the quips and satires of gaming's tropes, but newbies will likely be turned off by the lackluster combat system and sometimes-crass humor.
by Erica Sadun, Ars Technica
by Jason Snell, Macworld
THe new generation of MacBook Air is superior to the original. However, the substantial upgrades Apple has made to the rest of the MacBook line threaten to narrow the MacBook Air's already limited appeal even further.
by John C. Welch, Macworld
The reason why Al Shipp's retirement isn't the end of Apple as an enterprise company is because there was never a beginning of Apple as an Enterprise company.
by Narendra Rocherolle, Fortune
Apple has already re-inspired (and perhaps revitalized) the vibrant shareware industry; it now has a chance to legitimize new online business models.
by Aidan Malley and Kasper Jade, AppleInsider
A series of statements made in court filings by tentative iPod and iPhone chief Mark Papermaster and those recruited him at Apple show that the company at first considered him a secondary pick. They also reveal that IBM's own management has partly contradicted its stance on whether the executive could leave.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
Apple on Wednesday released updates for its iPod nano (4th generation) and iPod classic (120GB).
by Ted Bade, Inside Mac Games
All in all, Peril at End House is a pretty good game and will provide several hours of fun with some basic puzzles, all wrapped up in an Agatha Christie storyline.
by James Galbraith, Macworld
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
by Bryan Chaffin, Mac Observer
Al Shipp, Apple's senior vice president of enterprise sales, will be leaving the Cupertino company, and he won't be replaced.
by Video
by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu
Updates will be minimal until 15 Dec 2008, due to my a) going on a holiday, b) work commitment, and c) reservist duties; not concurrently, and not necessary in that order. :-)
by Jonathan Seff, Macworld
The latest version of the web site development application adds support for plug-ins. WIth plug-ins, you can script Coda to extend its functionality, either by writing your own or by downloading other users' plug-ins.
by Rich Mogull, TidBITS
As a frequent traveler I've never had such a useful tool at my disposal.
by Jason Kincaid, TechCrunch
by Newton Poetry
by Miguel Helft, New York Times
Turns out a lot of ailing Americans enter phrases like "flu symptoms" into Google and other search engines before they call their doctor.
by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu
Get ready to... sit back and see if other people are having problems with the new iPhone OS update before deciding to update your iPhone and iPod Touch. 'Cause, if the rumors are accurate, iPhone 2.2 is just "10 days away."
by John O'Brien, Courier Mail
Apple has been granted a patent on the Dock, one of the fundamental and most controversial elements of its operating system, OS X.
I wonder if Microsoft have any reasons to start worrying about Windows 7's dock...er... taskbar.
by Jean-Sebastien Zanchi, Tom's Guide
by Joe Wilcox, eWeek
Some people want an Apple-branded netbook, they're willing to make their own.
by Paul mcDougall, InformationWeek
IBM is rejecting former employee Mark Papermaster's claim that his move to Apple doesn't violate his non-compete contract because Apple and IBM are not competitors. "The trade secrets and confidential know-how that Mr. Papermaster has in his possession can be used for extensive and far-reaching applications in the field of consumer electronics," Rodney Adkins, IBM's senior VP for Systems and Technology, stated.
So it has come to this? IBM couldn't innovate its way out of losing Apple as a customer, and has now resort to lawsuits to prevent Apple from moving ahead?
by John Sheesley, TechRepublic
I noticed that the machine was getting pretty hot during the install, so I decided there was a heat issue causing the drive to flake out.
Upgrade your OS during winter: it's simply easier. :-)
by MacNN
by Ng E-Jay, Sgpolitics.net
by Macworld UK
by Philip Michaels, Macworld
ConceptDraw Office aims to help business users manage projects, capture ideas, and track resoures.
by Ben Long, Macworld
The addition of multi-page capabilities and the Blob Brush Tool make it must-have upgrade.
by Jim Darlymple, Macworld
Improvements in the new version include spee dboosts that the company says are up to 50 percent faster than previous version of Parallels.
by Susie Ochs, MacLife
by iPhone Atlas
It is possible that, after the uproar over the unsuccessful launch of MobileMe and iPhone OS 2.0, Apple has exercised increased caution about launching yet another server-based technology. Some users, however, have posited a financial reason for delaying the service.
by Allan Yogasingam, EE Times
Apple as an organization learned from this debacle. Shortly after the Pippin's discontinuation, Steve Jobs was promoted to CEO, and the company took a more focused approach to consumer electronics.
by Electronista
Apple's recent MacBook lineup and the iPhone may make it one of the better-positioned companies to survive a likely steep drop in spending during the holidays, according to new data from ChangeWave.
by John F. Braun, Mac Observer
by Jim Goldman, CNBC.com
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
While Apple doesn't go into detail on what was fixed they did say it addresses a number of minor issues.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
by Adam Lashinsky, Fortune
Could operations whiz Tim Cook run Apple someday?
by Thomas Fitzgerald
Shutting Apple out of the DRM free party altogether is not going to work in the long term, it will just entrench people further in the iTunes / iPod ecosystem.
by Stuart Gripman, Macworld
The comfortable user interface belies the depth of its capabilities—a model for complex software. A preponderance of arcane import formats is the only significant blemish.
by David Chartier, Ars Technica
Songbird is a very solid alternative for users who want a truly cross-platform option for organization and getting social with their music libraries.
by James Gaibraith, Reseller News
It's still a product you buy for its small size and light weight, not its speed.
by Stuart Andrews, TrustedReviews
Apple's secret weapon is the huge iPhone development community and the Apps Store itself. iPhone developers have simply flooded the Apps Store with games, some rotten, some awful, many little more than sketches or tech demos, but some surprisingly good. And the real treat is that you don't pay through the nose for these games.
by HinesSight
Falling in love doesn't take long.
by Joe Wilkert's Publishing 2020 Blog
If you're in the publishing business you owe it to yourself to personally experience new technologies like the iPhone.
by Priyanka Mehra and Shauvik Ghosh, Wall Street Journal
iPhone's launch in India has been dubbed the biggest failure of a top-notch brand from a well regarded company in recent times. Two months after the dust over the launch and the subsequent wave of disappointment has settled, it's time to take an objective look at what actuallyw ent wrong with iPhone in India, given that it has been a runaway success in most other markets it was launched in.
by Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Fortune
The full quote reads: "Until this litigation effort by IBM, aside from the divested IBM personal computer business and a single sale several years ago of Apple's Xserve product to a univeristy, I do not recall a single instance of Apple being described as a competitor of IBM during my entire tenure at IBM."
by MacBlogz
by TechRadar.com
How to find the files that eat up space and slow you down.
by Les Posen's Presentation Magic
One shouldn't underestimate the story-telling, narrative-building capacities of Keynote. More than ever, the power to weave a story arc, with its beginning - middle - end, is essential for conveying complex ideas and concepts to naive audiences.
by MacBlogz
by Rene Ritchie, The iPhone Blog
by Craig Crossman, SunHerald.com
It's unreasonable to ask companies like Apple to keep supporting legacy products without end.
by Mark Sullivan, PC World
De la Vega, AT&T iPhone chief, let loose with a laundry list of future applications and usage scenarios for the device.
by SmileOnMyMac Blog
by Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS
by Eric Zeman, InformationWeek
Analysts have confirmed the numbers. Apple did indeed surpass RIM in sales during the second quarter to become the second-largest provider of smartphones. It also surpassed Windows Mobile. But can Apple keep the momentum going?
by MacNN
In his formal response to IBM, Papermaster claims that Apple and IBM do not compete with each other, and that his hiring was not primarily based on his work with the latter company.
by MacNN
by James Galbraith, Macworld
New system improves on original models, but still lags behind other Mac laptops.
by AFP
Norway's consumer mediator said Thursday he would take US electronics manufacturer Apple's iTunes before a government agency for failing to make its online store compatible with music players other than its iPod.
by David Karlins, Macworld
Graphic designers and illustrators will find in Flash CS4 Professional the environment and interface they have longed for—one that provides access to complex anmation generation without needing to define keyframes or write ActionScript. Definitely worth the upgade price for most Flash developers, Flash CS4 might well come at the right moment for folks who have been intimidated by Flash's dependence on scripting to jump in the pool.
by Chuqui
So here's the new Apple, reacting to issues, and in some cases, actually acknowledging rumors. And the rumor world is reacting as Apple wants it to — by shutting down the hype. Apple's made a big shift here, from "we will keep this out of discussion" to "we can help steer the discussion."
by John Martellaro, Mac Observer
by Brian Dipert, EDN
by MacBlogz
At the end of the Macworld '08 keynote, Steve Jobs enthuisastically rattled off all of the products Apple had release din the first two weeks of 2008. "All of this in just the first two weeks!" he explained, ".. and we've got 50 more weeks to go." As Jobs concluded, the crowd at Macworld erupted, and surely everyone was convinced that Apple would be bringing the goods this year.
by Harry McCracken, Technologizer
by Scott GIlbertson, Webmonkey
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
And simple pretty well describes it.
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
by Kirk McElhearn, Macworld
Listen to music formats that iTunes doesn't support.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
by Cybernet
by Joel West, Open IT Strategies
To quote my onetime hero, let me make one thing perfectly clear: Joel Podolny did not quit Yale to head internal training at Apple. I'd bet a year's mortgage payments on that.
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
I've found Big Mean Folder Machine to be a huge time-saver when performing large file-organization jobs.
by Mary Brandel, Computerworld
While Apple will likely infiltrate more corporate environments - thanks to the enthusiasm it has generated in the consumer market and the enterprise-friendly features added to the Mac and iPhone - that doesn't mean it will be easy. Even Mac veterans say Apple doesn't always act like other technology partners and that doing what it takes to mix Apple into the environment takes time and research.
Apple has never been about partnering — they have always been selling appliances, not 'technology solutions'.
by Tom Negrino and Dori Smith, Macworld
If you really do need the full power of BBEdit, this new version is a good, if pricey, choice.
by Brian Caulfield, Forbes
The bottom line: Jobs is the king of cash, he can do anything.
by Erica Sadun, Ars Technica
There's lots of stuff in your install that you don't need, don't want, and will never use. A thoughfully slimmed-down OS X discards those unneeded elements and leaves you more room for the items yo do want.
by Robert Lemos, CIO.com
Apple's Leopard version of its Mac OS X added more polish and features to the Mac desktop — and carried with it important lessons for operating systems of the future, even for arch-rival Microsoft.
by Paul Rubens, Server Watch
Apple was late to the party moving to Intel processors, it's missing the enterprise OS party, and it doesn't seem to have heard of the party getting going in the cloud.
by Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Fortune
by Wolfgang Gruener, TG Daily
by MacNN
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is continuing to spend high amounts of money on private jet travel, figures from the Securities and Exchange Commission reveal.
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Even though Apple recently upgraded the back-end infrastructure of its problem-plagued MobileMe, the online service was offline for nearly seven hours on Monday, according to a web uptime-measurement company.
by Todd Bishop, TechFlash
Employment at Apple has risen nearly 50 percent during the past year, according to the company's annual 10-K report, filed this morning with the Securities and Exchange Commission. A large chunk of the employment increase was due to growth in Apple's retail segment.
by Tom Yager, InfoWorld
On the criteria that matter most to me — durability, longevity, flexibility, power efficiency, and ecological impact — I've yet to come across a mainstream notebook that measures up to the unibody MacBook Pro. Apple's MacBook Pro is still the best notebook you can buy.
by Michael Yanovich, Inside Mac Games
All in all, it really isnt' a bad game. It's resonably fun, some of the puzzles can be enjoyable, the story is entertaining, the characters are ok. It just never breaks out of the realm of mediocrity into really good territory, though it does have the occasional slip into the weak side.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
New features in Sandvox 1.5.2 include Autosave now being done in the background. Backups and snapshots also run in the background with the new version.
by Mikael Ricknas, IDG News Service
Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman Bjorn Erik Thon said: "It's a consumer's right to transfer and play digital content bought and downloaded frm the internet to the music device he himself chooses to use. iTunes makes this impossible or at least difficult, and hence, they act in breach of Norwegian law."
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
by Jeff Foster, Macworld
Much improved performance and tools for serious production workflow.
by Cory Bohon, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
by Bakari Chavanu, Apple Matters
It definitely has caused me to rethink how I can use its browser to better access files and other items on my computer more efficiently.
See Also: Does Path Finder Have What It Takes To Displace The Finder?, by Milind Alvares, Smoking Apples.
by Darien Graham-Smith, PC Pro
Despite its emphasis on consistency, Apple hates to rest on its laurels: with almost every product it debuts some unique new feature.
by Shane O'Neill, CIO
Apple is not going to cripple Windows laptop sales by hitting them over the head with a pricey MacBook, but by sweeping the legs with that little computer in your pocket: the iPhone.
by ANdrew Nusca, ZDNet.com
I, for one, am not entirely sure the world is ready to drop a phone, iPod and handheld gaming device for one. Let's see how holiday sales work out first.
by Saul Hansell, New York Times
by David Zeiler, Baltimore Sun
I'm annoyed at Apple for designing the Mighty Mouse in such a way that the scroll ball becomes difficult to use in an appallingly brief time. Can't they figure out a way to provide scrolling without a physical rolling ball?
by Kevin van Haaren, TidBITS
I've found the purchase of the iPod touch as a PDA to be well worth the money. I ended up with a better media player than the iPod video, and I gained access to apps that are significant improvements over my BlackBerry and Palm applications.
by Jeffrey Battersby, Rik Myslewski and Kirk McElhearn, Macworld
Twenty-two ways to save time and keystrokes in Microsoft Office, iWork, and more.
by Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek
Apple already has more titles for its games than both Ninetndo DS console and Sony PSP combined. And with Apple selling via iTuens, there are no costs associated with the distribution of physical media.
by Antony Bolante, Macworld
Premiere Pro CS4 further strengthens Premiere's reputation on the Mac as a capable video-editing program. It has yet to attain the best-of-class standing enjoyed by many of the other programs in the Creative Suite, but it has earned its place among them.
by John Herman, Gizmodo
Users over at HowardForums and iPodTouchFans are reporting problems running the Pwnage tool on the new aluminum MacBooks, which don't seem to be able to recognize an iPhone or iPod Touch when it is booted into DFU mode, a vital requirement for jailbreaking.
by Tom Krazit, CNET News.com
One of the fathers of the iPod, Tony Fadell, is leving Apple after seven years spent inside the division that changed the company's fortunes. Fadell is to be replaced by former IBM executive Mark Papermaster, according to a report Monday night by the Wall Street Journal.
by Lisa Schmeiser, Macworld
For Apple to publicly commit to a specific political stance is unusual, both for the company and for corporations on the whole since it runs the risk of alienating the percentage of its customer base that may not share those views. But, some argue those risks may be outweighed by the rewards.
by Ed Eubanks, Jr, ATPM
by Sam Oliver, AppleInsider
A proposal that would have had Apple and unauthorized Mac clone maker Psystar settle their legal dispute outside of court appears to be off the table, with the two firms more recently asking a judge to approve a lengthy discovery and court schedule that would end in a trial next fall.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
Despite internet rumors of forthcoming producting releases, an Apple representative confirmed that the company has no plans to release any new products before the holidays.
It's now 'safe' to buy that iMac you always wanted. :-)
by Jeff Smykil, Ars Technica
by Ed Sutherland, Cult Of Mac
by Katie Marsal, AppleInsider
Apple is facing a new class-action lawsuit that charges the companyw ith failing to fully recognize the scope of a memory slot defect in its PowerBook G4 notebooks, which has left thousands of customers with no choice but to foot hefty repair costs on their own.
by Daniel Lonescu, PC World
It looks like an Opera publicity stunt rather than yet another anticompetivie scandal for Apple.
by Christopher Breen, Jeff Carlson and Jim Heid, Macworld
18 tips for doing more (and spending less time) with iLife '08.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by Taylor Buley, Forbes
by Brooke Crothers, CNET News.com
Competitive offerings from Dell and Toshiba reveal that the MacBook Air may not be so extortionately expensive.
by Pjharvey
by Rocket Silence
by Lester Chan
Even though you don't read my blog, but I still have to say it, thank you Diana from Apple for all the help you have provided me!
by TechRadar.com
Excellent programs to help you get the most from your Mac.
by Fraser Speirs
Of course the Field Trips have a benefit to Apple — Apple isn't a charity — but it provided us with a high quailty and low cost afternoon trip that the children thoroughly enjoyed and learned from. I'm OK with that.
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
by John Martellaro, Mac Observer
by Josh Quittner, Time
With the Apple tax comes peace of mind. A major virtue of Steve Jobs' control-freak ways is that if something goes wrong with your computer, you know whom to blame. You call Apple or go to the Genius Bar at an Apple store. End of problem.
by Joyce Carpenter, Computerworld
E-mail on the iPhone. Xserve to the data center. Apple is everywhere.
by Sam Oliver, AppleInsider
by Galen Gruman, Macworld
Pleasant but middling update offers some compelling new tools but no must-have advances.
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