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QuarkXPress 8 to take dead aim at Adobe’s Creative Suite this August?

Quark, Inc. is preparing to release a major new version of its flagship QuarkXPress software this fall... [Full Story]

Apple should go after the corporate computing market

When Apple sells you a computer, it comes loaded with Mac OS X -- and that's simply a very pretty version of Unix... [Full Story]

QuickerTek debuts extended battery for Apple MacBook Air; external pack adds 6-10 hours of power

MacBook Air traveler? QuickerTek has launched an extended battery upgrade for Apple's MacBook Air... [Full Story]

Yahoo! acquires ‘Inquisitor’ instant search extension for Apple’s Safari web browser

Yahoo! has acquired the rights to Inquisitor, the instant search extension for Apple's Safari web browser... [Full Story]

Jumsoft releases five new Aperture Themes

Jumsoft has announced the release of five Aperture Themes. Each of the high-quality themes includes two-page layouts... [Full Story]

BeamYourScreen brings desktop sharing Web conferences to Apple iPhone

With the release of its award-winning HTML viewer, BeamYourScreen have empowered Apple iPhone users... [Full Story]

Companies opt not to embrace Windows Vista, wait for ‘Windows 7’ instead (and GM needs a new CTO)

General Motors may take a detour around Vista, the latest computer operating system from Microsoft... [Full Story]

Office 2008 fastest selling Office for Mac ever; VBA returns to future Office for Mac versions

Microsoft Corp.’s Macintosh Business Unit (Mac BU) today announced details about the success of Office 2008 for Mac... [Full Story]

Spectasia offers 3D Desktop - ‘Lookable’ User Interface - for Apple Mac

Spectasia is a new way to access content on your Mac visually; named a Lookable User Interface... [Full Story]

MacBlogz.com launches

MacBlogz.com recently launched to offer readers a base from which to efficiently find the latest Apple-related headlines... [Full Story]

Apple airs two new ‘Get a Mac’ ads (with video)

Apple has begun airing two new ads in their "Get a Mac" campaign which features Justin Long as the "Mac" and John Hodgman as "PC." [Full Story]

Steve Jobs, Apple execs to showcase Mac OS X Leopard, OS X iPhone development platforms at WWDC 2008

Apple today announced that a team of Apple executives, led by CEO Steve Jobs, will kick off the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference... [Full Story]

Apple adds HBO TV shows to iTunes Store, including ‘The Sopranos’ and ‘Sex and the City’

HBO and Apple today announced that programming from HBO is now available for purchase and download on the iTunes Store... [Full Story]

RIM’s BlackBerry is in for a bruising

Research in Motion takes the stage this week to preach to a gathering of its faithful in Florida... [Full Story]

Apple says iPhone sold out at online stores in U.S. and U.K.

Apple Inc.'s iPhone is sold out at its online stores in the U.S. and U.K., a sign that a new model with faster Internet access... [Full Story]

RUMOR: Next-gen Apple iPhone imminent; new Multi-Touch ‘iTablet’ due in June

A brand new portable device at WWDC? [Full Story]

Apple to celebrate Grand Opening of Apple Store Boylston Street (Boston) on May 15

When the Apple Store, Boylston Street, opens in Boston this Thursday, May 15 at 6:00pm EDT, Apple's largest retail store... [Full Story]

Report: HBO close to deal to sell programs on Apple’s iTunes Store - with flexible pricing

Apple is close to announcing it has signed a deal to sell HBO programs and movies on the iTunes... [Full Story]

Steve Jobs to deliver WWDC 2008 keynote June 9

Although no official announcement has been made, Apple public relations confirmed... [Full Story]

Apple’s latest beta of iPhone firmware contains hidden 3G settings

An inactive preference dialog extracted from the most recent beta of iPhone Software v2.0 offers the most concrete evidence yet... [Full Story]

AT&T website shows mysterious ‘iPhone Black’ model [Updated]

"AT&T Wireless, Apple's exclusive iPhone provider in the United States, is now listing a second model of the iPhone... [Full Story]

AmTech, BMO Capital up Apple price targets

BMO Capital Markets analyst Keith Bachman this morning raised his price target on Apple Inc. (AAPL) to... [Full Story]

Pixelmator 1.2 Draftsman released

The Pixelmator Team today released Pixelmator 1.2 Draftsman, a second significant update to the GPU-powered image editing tool... [Full Story]

SingTel, Bharti Airtel, Globe, Optus to bring iPhone to Singapore, India, Philippines, Australia

SingTel, Bharti Airtel, Globe and Optus today announced that they have signed an agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone to... [Full Story]

Hot on the heels of their fake iPhone, RIM launches fake iFund

Three of Canada's biggest companies have joined forces to make the BlackBerry a greater business threat... [Full Story]

Climate Counts’ deceptive and meaningless attack on Apple

Copying the self-serving campaigns run by SVTC and Greenpeace, the group Climate Counts has made Apple, Inc... [Full Story]

iPhone ‘Currently Unavailable’ via U.S. Apple Store online

Want an Apple iPhone in the U.S.? Don't bother trying Apple's online store which lists both... [Full Story]

Continuous reboots plague Windows XP SP3 sufferers

What are you doing this weekend? How about watching your PC continually reboot? [Full Story]

O2: Apple iPhone no longer available in UK

O2 has confirmed reports that the iPhone is not currently available anywhere in the UK... [Full Story]

AT&T’s Wi-Fi for Apple iPhone coming sooner or later

The posting of the offer of free Wi-Fi on the company’s site was... [Full Story]

.Mac is Apple’s next big thing; will become as important to Apple as Outlook is to Microsoft

.Mac is the answer to Apple making bigger inroads into business... [Full Story]

Should Apple release a game console?

If Steve Jobs really wants to create a full-featured lineup of products, a video game console is a must... [Full Story]

Zune a joke that gets funnier as time goes by (unless you’re Microsoft)

Microsoft has been keeping awfully quiet about sales figures for its Zune, a product that... [Full Story]

‘Back to My Mac’ catches Apple MacBook thieves

tech-savvy White Plains woman whose apartment was burglarized solved the crime herself after she was able to... [Full Story]

Apple slammed over failure to help solve ‘climate crisis’

ClimateCounts.org aims to force companies to clearly state their environmental efforts and provide this information... [Full Story]

RUMOR: Apple preps major revamp of .Mac to coincide with iPhone 2.0 launch

.Mac will undergo a complete revamp that will coincide with the iPhone 2.0 launch... [Full Story]

RIM’s BlackBerry 9000 Apple iPhone-lookalike: It’s no iPhone

How's RIM's iPhone-killer BlackBerry 9000? Not bad! So says Kevin Michaluk of CrackBerry.com, who managed to get his paws on... [Full Story]

Apple offers $45 store credit to Canucks who own older iPods

Following two class-action lawsuits, Apple Canada Inc. is offering $45 credits to Canadian residents who own a new... [Full Story]

AT&T abruptly pulls free Wi-Fi for Apple iPhone info from site

Only hours after posting information that indicated iPhone owners would receive free access to AT&T's... [Full Story]

Apple to refund customers to resolve replacement power adapter lawsuits

Apple Inc. agreed to pay refunds of $25 to $79 to as many as 2.3 million Mac computer customers... [Full Story]

Hands-on with ‘Mac Cloner’ Psystar’s Open Computer running Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.2

I'm writing this post on Psystar's Open Computer running Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.2... [Full Story]

Spring Medical Systems and MacPractice partner to provide solution for Mac-based medical practices

Spring Medical Systems and MacPractice, Inc. have announced that a new HL7 compliant interface is now available.. [Full Story]

NY Times’ Pogue reviews Apple’s Time Capsule: Takes network hard drive into a higher realm

No other onetwork-attached hard drives seem to have the Time Capsule’s combo of capacity and wirelessness... [Full Story]

Will your iPhone destroy the Internet?

The rise of gadgets like the iPhone, Blackberry and Xbox threatens to unravel the decades of innovation... [Full Story]

Orb streams live TV and more to Apple iPhone and iPod touch

Orb streams live TV and more to iPod touch, iPhone... [Full Story]

What will Apple name their next cat?  Mac OS X 10.6 Lion?

What name will Apple use on the next version of Mac OS X? [Full Story]

NBC offers free, full episodes of ‘The Office’ and ‘30 Rock’ ad-free for Apple iPhone, iPod touch

NBC is streaming full episodes of 'The Office' and '30 Rock' to the iPhone and iPod touch in unprotected Quicktime format. Without advertising... [Full Story]

Middlebronfman’s Warner Music continues downward spiral

Warner Music Group Corp., the world's third-largest record company, posted its biggest drop in New York Stock Exchange... [Full Story]

Apple patent application: 2D/3D remote control that supports TV, games, virtual store, more

On May 8, 2008, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a new and exciting Apple patent which... [Full Story]

Computerworld: Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard at 6 months is the Mac’s heart and soul

It has been just over six months since Mac OS X 'Leopard' first shipped... [Full Story]

MarketWatch commentator: Microsoft should kill Windows Vista, write it off as a big mistake

I think Microsoft should euthanize Vista and write it off as a big mistake... [Full Story]

Microsoft sycophant Mary Jo Foley: Windows Mobile is awful; avoid it like the plague

Mary Jo Foley is a ZDNet blogger who has covered Microsoft since Bill Gates first emerged from puberty... [Full Story]

ooVoo introduces video chat solution for Apple Mac

With ooVoo, Mac users will now be able to connect face-to-face with up to six people at once regardless of whether they are Mac or PC users.... [Full Story]

Microsoft may build copyright cop into every Zune

If you like to download the latest episodes of 'Heroes' or other NBC shows from BitTorrent, maybe you shouldn’t buy a Microsoft Zune... [Full Story]

Perceptive Automation releases Indigo 3.0, Mac OS X home control server

Perceptive Automation, the leading provider of Mac-based home automation software, today announced... [Full Story]