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Thursday, March 11, 2010
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy Of Time 10th Anniversary DVD") document.writeln(" Richard Hallas, Inside Mac Games
") document.writeln("Legacy of Time is not an especially lengthy or demanding game, but it remains as entertaining and immersive as when it was new. Buy it in full knowledge of what it represents, and you should certainly enjoy it.
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("TextExpander 3 Saves You From More Tedious Typing") document.writeln(" David Chartier, Macworld
") document.writeln("TextExpander from SmileOnMyMac is the ultimate macro tool. It lets you create snippets of frequently used text or images, then instantly paste said snippets into any app simply by typing an abbreviation. It’s like a rubber stamp for working on your Mac, and it just got a lot more...stampier—but in a good way.
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("LogMeIn Intros Pro2 Remote Access For Mac") document.writeln(" Nick Spence, Macworld UK
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("") document.writeln("Apple iPhone Targeted In Patent Lawsuit Over Sync, Bluetooth") document.writeln(" Neil Hughes, AppleInsider
") document.writeln("Apple -- along with AT&T, Research in Motion and a number of other mobile companies -- is the defendant in a new patent suit that covers a broad range of smartphone related technologies, including e-mail syncing and Bluetooth connectivity.
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("Six Tips For Using The Dock Efficiently") document.writeln(" Kirk McElhearn, Macworld
") document.writeln("Here are some tips for using the Dock efficiently—whether you're quickly accessing files, folders and applications or turning on and off your tunes.
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("Game Developers Eye The Mac After Steam's Jump To Apple") document.writeln(" AppleInsider
") document.writeln("The announcement that the Steam gaming service and Valve's line of games -- including Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2 -- are being ported to the Mac has convinced major developers like DICE and Gas Powered Games to consider the jump as well.
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("Move An iTunes Library From A Windows PC To A Mac") document.writeln(" Kirk McElhearn, Macworld
") document.writeln("What used to be a complex procedure is now relatively simple with iTunes 9. So make sure you’re running the latest version of iTunes on both systems, and then follow these easy steps.
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("Apple Tops Consumer Reports' Tech Support Survey") document.writeln(" Jim Dalrymple, CNET News
") document.writeln("For laptop computers, Apple scored 86 out of a possible 100. That's 23 points above its nearest competitor, Lenovo, which scored a 63. In fact, Apple scored the highest in each of the Consumer Reports categories.
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("What Apple's And Microsoft's Patent Threats Mean For Start-ups") document.writeln(" Matt Asay, CNET News
") document.writeln("What is immediately obvious to me is that a) the technology industry is a morass of conflicting patent claims, b) since there's really no way to completely avoid others' patents the best defense is to have a hefty counterbalancing patent portfolio of one's own, and c) thus, only big companies can truly compete in a trigger-happy, patent-wielding marketplace.
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("Mobile Apps That Outperform Web Sites") document.writeln(" Claire Cain Miller, New York Times
") document.writeln("Some Web site founders have been surprised that their products are better suited to cellphones.
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("It's Time To Declare War Against Apple's Censorship") document.writeln(" Jesus Diaz, Gizmodo
") document.writeln("If indeed things get any worse, I hope the lawyers at the European Union, and hopefully some commission at the United States' Senate will give us the answer.
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("Should Apple's Developers Fight Back?") document.writeln(" Kevin Kelleher, Slate Magazine
") document.writeln("Apple has its reasons for introducing each of these demands in its contracts. But the least it could do is engage in an open discussion about why they are there and whether they should be changed.
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("Why Steve Ballmer May Regret Praising Apple") document.writeln(" Kevin Kelleher, Slate Magazine
") document.writeln("Today Ballmer is praising Apple. Which will make it all the more painful if Apple decides to turn on Microsoft in the future.
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("Apple Releases MainStage 2.1.1, Fixes 32-bit Issues") document.writeln(" Serenity Caldwell, Macworld
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("") document.writeln("Apple iPad, Microsoft Courier And The Death Of The Keyboard") document.writeln(" Steve Ranger, Silicon.com
") document.writeln("The keyboard isn't going away any time soon but there have never been so many credible rivals to its supremacy.
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("Q&A: Controlling The PC By Phone") document.writeln(" J.D. Biersdorfer, New York Times
") document.writeln("The iPhone App Store has apps that allow you to remotely tap into your PC.
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("Rollup To iPad") document.writeln(" Andy Ihnatko's Celestial Waste of Bandwidth (BETA)
") document.writeln("In the meantime, I’m preparing for the iPad.
") document.writeln("Wednesday, March 10, 2010
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("How Epic Fit The Unreal Engine Into The iPhone") document.writeln(" Josh Lowensohn, CNET News
") document.writeln("Getting one of the most advanced 3D game engines onto the iPhone has not been an easy task for Epic Games. But they're close to getting into the hands of developers, and gamers alike.
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("10 Apple Acquisitions That Made Their Mark") document.writeln(" ChannelWeb
") document.writeln("When Apple does buy companies, it's almost always tight lipped about how they'll fit into its strategy. But when you look at Apple's history, some acquisitions stand out in terms of adding important features to existing product lines or opening doors into new markets.
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("Apple's Market Value Tops $200 Billion As Stock Soars") document.writeln(" Tom Petruno, Los Angeles Times
") document.writeln("Apple Inc. shares continued their run to new highs Tuesday, lifting the stock market value of the company past $200 billion for the first time. That gives Apple a seat in a very exclusive club: Only four other U.S. companies -- Exxon Mobil, Microsoft, Wal-Mart Stores and Berkshire Hathaway -- have market values exceeding $200 billion.
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("Why Apple's Oscar Ad Won't Go Viral") document.writeln(" Michael Learmonth, Advertising Age
") document.writeln("While other big-budget TV marketers have taken to flogging their TV ads using social tools on YouTube, Twitter and elsewhere, Apple's strategy is decidedly retro. For Apple, it's all about driving viewers to Apple.com, and a potential sale; dissemination of the video itself is secondary.
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("Mac Vs PC: How Apple Got Back In The Game") document.writeln(" Luke Plunkett, Kotaku
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("") document.writeln("Remotely Take Control Of A Computer With An iPhone For Free") document.writeln(" Eli Milchman, Cult of Mac
") document.writeln("The new iPhone app from German-based TeamViewer complements their (also free) desktop app, which means now you can help grandma find cool Firefox plugins, or show dad how to open iTunes — while out walking your dog. For free.
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("Apple’s iTunes LP 6 Months Later: LP What?") document.writeln(" Paul Bonanos, GigaOM
") document.writeln("It’s somewhat ironic that the very company that atomized the album in order to sell individual tracks -– one of many causes for the music industry’s decade-long tailspin –- has encouraged the rebundling of songs with iTunes LP. But I’m told by an industry source who preferred to remain anonymous that iTunes LP wasn’t Apple’s idea in the first place. Rather, it’s the result of the same renegotiations between Apple and the major record labels that yielded DRM-free songs and flexible pricing early last year, a concession by Cupertino to make a gesture in favor of album sales as consumers increasingly show a preference for digital singles.
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("Office Updates Patch Excel Security Flaw") document.writeln(" Philip Michaels, Macworld
") document.writeln("Microsoft rolled out minor updates to the 2004 and 2008 editions of its Office suite of productivity tools on Tuesday that patch a security vulnerability in the Excel spreadsheet application.
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("Are Macs Really Cheaper To Manage Than PCs?") document.writeln(" Tom Kaneshige, CIO
") document.writeln("Macs in the enterprise aren’t just cheaper to manage—they’re a lot cheaper, according to a new survey released today by the Enterprise Desktop Alliance.
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("Review: FileMaker Pro 11 And FileMaker Pro Advanced 11") document.writeln(" William Porter, Macworld
") document.writeln("A year after the release of the FileMaker 10 database program, version 11 has arrived, with new tools and great new features that make it even easier to use. FileMaker 11 also puts many cool database tricks within the reach of ordinary users. FileMaker 11 may be the best FileMaker ever.
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal") document.writeln(" Jonathan Schwartz, What I Couldn't Say...
") document.writeln("In 2003, after I unveiled a prototype Linux desktop called Project Looking Glass*, Steve called my office to let me know the graphical effects were “stepping all over Apple’s IP.” (IP = Intellectual Property = patents, trademarks and copyrights.) If we moved forward to commercialize it, “I’ll just sue you.”
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("Apple's Patent 'warning Shots' Prove Disruptive For Handset Makers") document.writeln(" AppleInsider
") document.writeln("Before Apple publicly sued HTC, the iPhone maker privately had "blunt conversations" with other smartphone companies, amounting to legal threats that have proven disruptive to the roadmaps of would-be iPhone killers, according to a new report.
In a note to investors Tuesday, analyst Yair Reiner with Oppenheimer Research said industry checks indicate that, starting in January, Apple launched a level of discussions with top handset makers to "underscore its growing displeasure at seeing iPhone-related IP infringed."
") document.writeln("Tuesday, March 9, 2010
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("German Publisher In Row With Apple Over Pin-ups In iPhone App") document.writeln(" Mercedes Bunz, The Guardian
") document.writeln("The International Federation of the Periodical Press (FIPP) is considering making a complaint to Apple over the computer firm's request that German publisher Springer censor the naked girls on one of its iPhone apps.
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("Why I Will Be Getting an iPad. No, Really.") document.writeln(" Jason Perlow, ZDNet
") document.writeln("Rather than focus on the device’s limitations I would like to focus on what the device will do for me that makes it an easy sell.
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("iPad: Perfectly flawed") document.writeln(" Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, ZDNet
") document.writeln("I like the iPad, a lot. I like the screen, I like the form-factor, heck, I even like the broad base of apps already available for it from the App Store. But there are aspects of the device that I don’t like, and which I find really hard to overlook.
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("All Your Apps Are Belong To Apple: The iPhone Developer Program License Agreement") document.writeln(" Fred von Lohmann, Electronic Frontier Foundation
") document.writeln("Overall, the Agreement is a very one-sided contract, favoring Apple at every turn. That's not unusual where end-user license agreements are concerned (and not all the terms may ultimately be enforceable), but it's a bit of a surprise as applied to the more than 100,000 developers for the iPhone, including many large public companies. How can Apple get away with it? Because it is the sole gateway to the more than 40 million iPhones that have been sold. In other words, it's only because Apple still "owns" the customer, long after each iPhone (and soon, iPad) is sold, that it is able to push these contractual terms on the entire universe of software developers for the platform.
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("Review: Apple's Aperture 3 Photo Software Looks Simple But Is Powerful") document.writeln(" Jefferson Graham, USA Today
") document.writeln("Aperture 3 is fine, serious software that should put a dent into rival Adobe's very popular Lightroom -- if the demanding photographer who craves for manual controls can get past the iPhoto-like automatic tools and pre-sets. (Apple's tagline is "Pro performance with iPhoto simplicity.")
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("Apple, HP, Others Rebuked For Not Testifying Before Human Rights Committee") document.writeln(" Brad Cook, The Mac Observer
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("") document.writeln("The Apple Of A Boomer's Eye") document.writeln(" Anne Mai Bertelsen, Mediapost
") document.writeln("What's striking about these two campaigns -- for the Mac and the iPhone -- is that Apple bucks the trend of how many companies market to Boomers.
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("Mac 101: Use The Tab Key In More Dialog Boxes") document.writeln(" TJ Luoma, TUAW
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("") document.writeln("HTC May Bring Knife To Apple Gun Fight.") document.writeln(" John Paczkowski, Wall Street Journal
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("") document.writeln("The Dawn Of Mac Gaming?") document.writeln(" Scott Lowe, IGN
") document.writeln("With the announcement of Steam for Mac, will Apple computers finally be considered a viable gaming platform?
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("Valve, Apple Worked Closely To Bring Steam Natively To Mac") document.writeln(" AppleInsider
") document.writeln("Valve revealed that it would bring its games powered by the Source engine to the Mac, including Half-Life 2, Left 4 Dead 2 and Team Fortress 2. Steam users who own games for the PC will be able to download and play the same games available on the Mac for free, and the new "Steam Play" feature will allow gamers on both Windows and Mac OS X to play online, with or against each other, regardless of their system.
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("Espionage Keeps Your Data Safe From Spying Eyes") document.writeln(" Dan Frakes, Macworld
") document.writeln("Espionage provides a unique twist on encrypted disk images, integrating them with Finder folders.
") document.writeln("") document.writeln("Deconstructing Apple") document.writeln(" Gary Hamel, Wall Street Journal
") document.writeln("Whatever you think of Apple, you have to admit it has outmaneuvered some pretty daunting competitors. My message: Apple’s unique success is a product of its unique passions. And that’s why I don’t think any other company will soon duplicate the kind of run Apple has had over the past decade—whether or not Apple produces an encore with the iPad.
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