Last week, TV network NBC, which is owned by General Electric and Vivendi Universal, halted the online distribution of a popular…
Month: February 2006
Apple to hold special media event next Tuesday
In an email sent today to media outlets, Apple has invited the media to visit Apple’s Cupertino, Calif., headquarters, Apple Town Hall…
Aspyr releases DOOM 3 1.3 Rev A (Universal Binary)
Aspyr Media, Inc. has released a free patch for DOOM 3, which allows the game to run natively on Intel-powered Macs…
IBM claims chip breakthrough
Scientists at IBM say they have figured out how to produce smaller and more powerful microchips than previously thought possible…
Apple adds new ABC, NBC TV shows to iTunes Store; offers ‘Conviction’ episode for free
Apple has added more new content in iTunes’ TV Shows this morning. Apple has added…
RUMOR: Apple Macs to replace Function Keys with user-programmable ‘Color Touch Finger LCD’ buttons
In what could be the biggest innovation since the computer mouse…
Safari web browser auto executes shell scripts; disable ‘Open ‘safe’ files after downloading’ option
The option to “Open ‘safe’ files after downloading” in Apple’s Safari web browser has an issue…
Apple could more than double Mac shipments in 2006, return to world’s top five computer brands club
Thanks to the projected sales boom of Apple Computer Inc. for this year, Taiwan’s leading contract computer manufacturers…
Ars Technica: Fears over new Mac OS X ‘Leap-A’ trojan pointless
Leap-A is a fairly harmless bit of code, and some have described it as a proof of concept. In fact, antivirus firm Symantec designated…
Atlanta Journal-Constitution asks: Is ‘Mac virus’ all just propaganda from Mac haters?
Attention Mac elitists: your era of virus-free superiority could be ending. Late last week, a supposed ‘Mac virus’ was discovered…
Datamonitor: ‘Mac OS is just as vulnerable to malware as Windows’
Apple Computer Inc’s Mac OS X has been targeted by malware writers for the first time, with two pieces of malicious code designed for the operating system appearing…
What if Microsoft never existed? (part two)
On August 12, 1981 International Business Machines (IBM), after failed negotiations with Digital Research, awarded a contract to a small software company…
Report: Apple Retail Store coming to Manchester’s Arndale Centre (UK)
A new Apple Retail Store is coming to Manchester’s Arndale Centre. Huh? Yep, that’s right, the Arndale Centre that is just 7 miles from…
WinTel 2.1 runs Windows on Intel Macs; developer promises up to 600 percent performance gains
OpenOSX released WinTel 2.1, a new version of its software for running Windows on Intel Macs. The company claims performance gains of 300-to-600…
OSx86 Project forum back online
Two days ago we were contacted by an Apple representative concerning links, posted by our members, to the newest patches…
Patched in mid-2005 by Apple, Symantec warns ‘Inqtana-A’ worm could be ‘beginning of a trend’
A second Mac security threat has appeared. Security experts at Sophos have issued protection against this second Mac OS X worm…
Apple beat Dell in Henrico with 12-inch iBook G4, superior OS features, Mac-only software
Henrico County received proposals from five companies to supply the middle schools with laptops, but in the end, negotiations…
Amazon’s music ambitions pose no threat to Apple’s market-dominating iPod+iTunes
Amazon.com may be jumping into the online music mosh pit, but don’t expect Apple Computer to give up the stage any time soon…
OSX.Leap.A: a near miss for Mac users
This week’s ‘Mac virus’ scare turned out to be nothing more than a worm for Mac OS X that propagates through…
RUMOR: Apple to unleash 17-inch MacBook Pro by June
Apple Computer plans to unleash a 17-inch version of its MacBook Pro professional notebook by the time…
Sites related to Mac OS X on non-Apple x86 hardware shut for possible DMCA violation
The OSx86 Project Web site stated Apple had served it with a notice on Thursday citing violations of the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act…
OSx86 Project served with DMCA violation notice, pulls forum until futher notice
The OSx86 Project Forum this morning features the following announcement…
Apple Computer may set up tech support center in India
Apple Computer is planning to set up a technical support center in Karnataka on the lines of the one which Dell has in India…
Apple: ‘Leap-A’ not a virus; only accept files from vendors and Web sites that you know and trust
A malicious program that could be the first Trojan in the wild to target Apple Computer’s Mac OS X operating system has been discovered…
Why Apple should buy Blockbuster Video
Poor Blockbuster Video hasn’t made a profit in years, the stock is down about 90 percent from its 2002 high, NetFlix is cleaning its clock…
Apple iPod blamed for Aussie’s death in bike-truck accident
An iPod has been blamed for the death of an Australian woman in London…
NASCAR offers free 20-minute Daytona 500 preview via Apple’s iTunes Store
Available now via Apple’s iTunes Store, NASCAR has put together a free, 20-minute preview of this year’s Daytona 500, which will be run on Sunday…
Blackmagic Design debuts new low cost dual link HDTV Capture Card
Today, Blackmagic Design announced the immediate availability of a new low cost dual link HDTV 4:4:4 12-bit SDI capture card…
Mactel-Linux team successfully boots Linux on iMac Core Duo
Members of the Mactel-Linux effort today announced that they have managed to boot Linux on a 17-inch iMac Core Duo…
Review: Apple’s new iMac Core Duo ‘an outstanding feat of engineering, a high-precision instrument’
The new Intel-powered iMac shares the same form factor as the late-2005 iMac G5, sporting the same giant-iPod design…
We can get married if you dump Windows and switch to Apple Mac
When I married and my husband asked me to convert, it was a pretty big deal. I was set in my ways. My orthodoxies were profound…
NewerTech and OWC intro highest capacity battery ever for Apple PowerBook G4 15-inch
Other World Computing (OWC) and Newer Technology, Inc. (NewerTech) have rounded out their complete line of PowerBook…
Obscure Victory Records’ head Brummel: why don’t labels get a cut of each Apple iPod sold?
Apple/iTunes do not care about independent labels or, for that matter, the record industry. Without the music industry…
US military’s use of Microsoft Windows lets hacker run wild
To hear the US government tell it, Gary McKinnon is a dangerous man, and should be extradited back to America to stand trial…
Incorrect reports of ‘Mac OS X virus’ begin to circulate
For the first time Mac users around the world are the target of a malicious code, security experts warn…
Columnist: Apple should drop Intel and sign 3-5 year deal with Freescale
Before getting into what Apple can do to turn its Mactel mistake into the pure gold of market opportunity, lets take a moment to think about how it got here…
Wall Street’s Apple jitters overblown: Strong demand seen for Apple Intel-based Macs
It’s been a rough month for Apple bulls. Jitters over Apple’s transition to Intel processors has sliced 21% from the stock’s value since Jan. 13…
New Mac OS X Trojan warning
A file called “latestpics.tgz” was recently posted on a Mac rumors web site Mac Rumors), claiming to be pictures…
Dvorak: Will Apple ditch Mac OS X for Microsoft’s Windows?
The idea that Apple would ditch its own OS for Microsoft Windows came to me from Yakov Epstein, a professor of psychology at Rutgers University…
Amazon preps Amazon-branded music players, digital music service to rival Apple iPod+iTunes Store
In recent years, Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Jeff Bezos has explained his company’s deliberately paced approach to the digital-music business by saying…
Apple releases iLife ‘06 Updates (iTunes, iDVD, iMovie, iWeb, iPhoto)
Apple today released…
Analyst: Apple fundamentals remain ‘strongest in technology’ – take advantage of recent pull-back
American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu maintained a ‘buy’ rating on Apple Computer, expecting the company…
