“It may well have been the best 99 cents Alex Ostrovsky ever spent. Early yesterday, he paid that amount to download…
Month: February 2006
Amazon’s digital download service unlikely to make much headway against Apple’s iTunes Store
Last week, various news outlets picked up the story that the world’s top online retailer, Amazon.com, is planning its own digital download service…
Google debuts Dashboard Widgets for Mac webpage
Google has launched their “Google Mac Dashboard Widgets” webpage…
Hard-core Windows PC user tries Apple Macintosh for the first time
Once you’ve driven a Ferrari, it’s hard to go back to your Toyota Corolla. Not that I’ve ever driven a Ferrari, nor do I own a Corolla…
Boinx Mouseposé 1.3 goes Universal
Boinx Mouseposé is now a universal application for all Macs, PowerPC- and Intel-based. The tool, which helps presenters…
Apple restricts access to Mac OS X source code bits in effort to curb Mac OS X on x86 hacks
Apple has begun restricting access to the source code of key components of Mac OS X, in what looks like a bid to prevent the Intel version…
Report: Apple says ‘not able to take large orders of Mac minis right now’ ahead of Feb 28th event
According to a blogger on FreeMacBlog.com, he was recently told by an Apple representative that the company…
Desperate much? Yahoo! calls on record labels for DRM-free downloads
The head of Yahoo!’s digital music service has called for record labels to allow downloads to be sold free of any DRM restrictions…
Happy 51st birthday, Steve Jobs!
Happy Birthday, Steve! Today is Apple CEO and founder and Pixar CEO Steve Jobs’ 51th birthday. Jobs was born on February 24, 1955…
MaxUpgrades lowers prices on MaxProtect II Rigid Cases for Apple Powerbooks
MaxUpgrades today lowered the prices on MaxProtect II, impact resistant rigid cases for Apple Powerbook…
Apple’s iTunes+iPod market dominance underscored with more than 1 billion songs sold
“If you still think of online sales as a business on the fringe of the music industry, take another look. Digital downloads have become a force…
Is Steve Jobs human after all?
Maybe Steve Jobs is human after all. Over the past seven days, reports have surfaced of three new electronic miscreants…
‘ePod’ iPod-lookalike Windows PC case debuts
For years, Windows PC owners have been able to connect to an iPod. Now they can have a computer that looks like the iconic digital music player…
RUMOR: Apple’s video iPod or tablet Mac spotted?
This images was just sent to us. It follows the description provided by several rumor sites and also appears to be from the same factory…
Dvorak: Why Mac ‘virus’ is good for Apple and Mac users
What is believed to be the first Macintosh OS X-targeted virus was found in the wild last week, and by Tuesday at least three variants…
Michigander wins Apple’s iTunes Music Store’s one billionth song giveaway
Apple today announced that one billion songs have been legally downloaded from the iTunes Music Store since it was launched less than three years ago…
Can Dell learn to Think Different?
For the past 22 years, Dell has laid waste to mighty rivals with one of the most groundbreaking business innovations of the past half-century…
Google’s Web Page Creator launches without Apple Safari support
Google’s Page Creator, which launched today, is yet another tool in the company’s arsenal of web-based services…
Analysts: Apple Video iPod ‘likely’ on February 28, ‘coud be tablet-sized or HDTV-based’
Bear Stearns analysts Andrew Neff, William Hand and Ted Chung weigh in on Apple’s special event scheduled for February 28th…
Apple to launch iTunes Movie Store with full-length feature films on February 28?
Apple’s plans to hold a special event next week have sent analysts into a flutter of prognostication…
Woz: spin off iPod, Intel Macs ‘like consorting with enemy,’ Microsoft is ‘Darth Vader’
After being all but written off by the tech industry in the mid ’90s, Apple Computer Inc. has made a startling resurgence. But that doesn’t mean…
Apple’s iTunes Music Store hits one billion songs sold milestone
Apple Computer, Inc. has just this minute hit the one billion songs milestone in their “iTunes Music Store Billion Songs Coundown.”
Sydney Morning Herald: get on the Apple Intel-based Mac train now
Sitting on my bench I have, to the right, my trusty 20-inch G5 iMac with a PowerPC heart beating at 1.8 GHz, and to the left, the new 20-inch iMac…
Adobe CEO Chizen: Apple Macintosh is still critical
Having completed its acquisition of Macromedia on December 3, 2005, Adobe is the fifth largest software company in the world…
Macworld posts Apple MacBook Pro 2.0GHz first lab tests
Our first MacBook Pros arrived yesterday—three 2GHz models bought with our own coin—and the testing started immediately…
Apple adds Bravo’s ‘Project Runway’ TV series to iTunes Store
NBC Universal’s cable network Bravo has added its hit Emmy-nominated TV series “Project Runway” to Apple’s iTunes Store…
Apple PowerBook G4 1.5GHz vs. MacBook Pro 2.0Ghz Adobe Photoshop benchmarks
I’ve run some benchmarks on Apple’s new MacBook Pro running an application that hasn’t been optimized for the Intel chip yet…
Faronics’ intelligent utility puts Intel Macs in the Deep Freeze
On the heels of the release of the new Intel-based Macs, Faronics has released a version of Deep Freeze Mac with ARD integration…
Sophos anti-virus software mistakes real files for pests, breaks Mac OS X systems
Anti-virus vendor Sophos has released an update of the Inqtana-B virus identity file for it Sophos Anti-Virus for OS X software due to false positives…
Did Apple’s large buy help cause NAND flash memory glut in early 2006?
Several large buyers, including Apple Computer, may have overbooked on NAND flash memory during the fourth quarter of last year…
Apple iTunes Music Store nears one billion songs sold milestone
Apple Computer, Inc. is closing in on the one billions songs milestone in their “iTunes Music Store Billion Songs Coundown.”
Analyst: new Intel-based Mac mini, iBook, iPod ‘boombox’ may debut at Apple event next Tuesday
Apple Computer, maker of iPod music players and Macintosh computers, could be adding versions of its Mac Mini and iBook laptop with Intel chips…
Wired News: ‘Mac attack a load of crap’
“Is the sky falling in on our smug little Mac universe? On Tuesday, there was news of a security hole in Apple’s Safari web browser…
Fortune: Apple Computer the most admired company for innovation in 2006
Apple Computer (#11) is the third most admired tech company of Fortune’s Top 20 America’s Most Admired Companies list…
Apple PowerBook G4 15-inch disappears from Apple’s online store
The 15″ G4 Powerbook is no longer available for sale via Apple’s online store…
RUMOR: Mystery Apple ‘Media Cube’ photo and info surfaces
Okay, this one’s totally out of the blue, but we’ll post it to see what you think…
Apple MacBook Pro battery benchmarks
I did my first real test of the controversial MacBook Pro battery today… When I first got to a desktop the battery menu bar item was estimating…
Apple MacBook Pro unboxing pics
I got my MacBook Pro today from a local reseller in Philadelphia. He called me to say that they got five MacBook Pro 2.0GHz models…
Report: Apple developing fix for automatic execution of shell scripts
A serious flaw in Mac OS X could be a conduit for attackers to install malicious code on computers running the Apple Computer software…
Intel to provide IT training to Palestinians with new IT education center in Gaza Strip
Intel, the world’s largest semiconductor company, is planning to build the first information technology education center in the volatile Gaza Strip…
Warning: Like Safari, Apple’s Mail also auto executes shell scripts
In addition to attacks via the Safari web browser, Apple Mail also executes scripts without asking in certain circumstances…
Infoworld challenge: Can any Windows PC match Apple iMac Core Duo’s frugal power consumption?
Before I ever tested the Intel-based iMac, I already had the number I needed to be throughly impressed…
