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by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu
"Scientists think they may have found out how and why things find their way into knotty arrangements," reports Science News Online. Another of the iPod (headphone) mystery solved?
by Donovan Jackson, myadsl.co.za
Those who get over the initial surge of annoyance begin swearing by their Macs within weeks, if not days. 'It just works', they smugly trumpet (regurgitating Apple's somewhat annoying ad slogans).
by John Naughton, The Guardian
by Troy Wolverton, San Jose Mercury News
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs promised a revolution when he unveiled the iPhone in January - and he delivered.
by Brian Caulfield, Forbes
Forget the cavemous big box stores that laid waste to the retail landscape a decade ago. Apple chief executive Steve Jobs' tiny iPod has turned his company into a category killer for the digital era—first wirping out music stores and now, potentially, the corner video store.
by John Markoff, New York Times
Several people familiar with the negotiations said that more than one studio would appear onstage at the company's Macworld exhibition beginning Jan 14 to endorse a new Apple movie rental service.
My guess: Besides Fox, Disney.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by Charles Starrett, iLounge
iTunes Tagging is a new HD Radio feature designed to further boost iTunes sales by allowing listeners to "Tag" the currently playing song, automatically adding its information to a "Tagged" playlist on the connected iPod. When synced with a computer, the playlist appears in iTunes, making it easier to purchase tagged tracks from the iTunes Store.
by David Morgenstern, ZDNet.com
by Smauel Dean, Web Worker Daily
These are quick-in, quick-out programs that you can keep with you on a keychain.
by Don Reisinger, CNET News.com
As Amazon's service grows and people realize they can do much more with those songs than iTunes', how long will it be before Amazon becomes the downloading service of choice?
I doubt it; so long iPod maintains its lead, the iTunes Store is going to be a significant player.
by Ken Robertson, qgyen.net
One nice thing with the community of software around the Mac is there really is a good amount of cheap, high quality software for the Mac.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Carbon is a welcoming new addition to the Mac fold, and one of EA's most playable and fun titles of its new corp of Mac games.
by Uneasy Silence
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
Leopard adds a new feature to this magnification effect—the ability to temporarily reverse the on/off status by holding down a couple of modifier keys.
by Guy Kawasaki, How To Change The World
Santa, do you see the irony of a former Macintosh software evangelist using two clients to handle email?
by Dan Moren, Macworld
by Katie Hafner, New York Times
The popularity of the iPhone and iPod and the intended halo effect those products have had on sales of Apple computers are behind Apple's vigor. But the company's success in retailing, as other competitors struggle to eke out sales growth, has been the bonus.
by Scott Gureck, MacNN
ShutterBug is a simple to use yet powerful web site creation program that is remarkable bargain for $39.95, and like Macs in general, it just works!
by Jessica Jones, Baldwin County NOW
Portable technology changes the way W.J. Carroll students improve their reading.
by Jenna Wortham, Wired
Michael Bull is a professor in media and film at England's University of Sussex who stides the cultural impact of digital music devices. Wired News talked to Bull about the rise of the digital "urban Sherpa" and why the iPod is a one-stop for total bliss and daily rebellion in busy cities.
by David Chartier, Ars Technica
by Elena Malykhina, InformationWeek
The application, titled "Run-time Code Injection To Perform Checks," describes a DRM system that validates the authenticity of the software maker's products.
by Unshelved
Now that Apple has gotten their software and hardware act together, it's just too much fun not to use as my everyday work machine.
by Smauel Dean, Web Worker Daily
by Matthew Garrahan, Financial Times
The agreement will allow consumers to rent the latest Fox DVD releases by downloading a digital copy from Apple's iTunes platform for a limited time, according to a person familiar with the situation.
Apple will also for the first time extend its FairPlay digital rights management system beyond its own products with the launch of iPod-ready films on DVD.
by Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service
iPhone has never disappointed me, and has so far been an unfailingly loyal and faithful companion.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
It's a fun arcade-style game that borrows a bit from pinball, a bit from the Japanese game pachinko, and a bit from Breakout. The combi8nation is an incredibly addictive concept lets you wile away hours.
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
The year brought significant changes to the musical landscape in regard to online music distribution and digital rights management. And in most cases, Apple was at the heart of them.
by Galen Wood and Ilene Hoffman, MacNN
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
Minor annoynances aside, I found working in Final Cut Express to be more intuitive, faster, and more pleasant than working in iMovie '08.
by Connie Guglielmo, Bloomberg
Apple Inc. rose to a record in Nasdaq Stock Market trading after more than doubling this year on sales of Macintosh personal computers and demand for the iPhone.
by Matt Hines, InfoWorld
In response to the growing threat of customized malware, security vendors are starting to utilize customers' computers as information collectors.
by Adam C. Engst, TidBITS
by David Morgenstern, ZDNet.com
by Erik Schmidt, Mac Law Students
by Maggie Reardon, CNET News.com
It was Apple and Google—not the traditional phone companies AT&T and Verizon Communications—that took center stage in the telephony market in 2007.
by Bob LeVitus, Houston Chronicle
Playing Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock is the most fun I've had with any Mac games in years.
by Simon Jary, PC Advisor
2008: No more Apple iPhoto books, thanks...
by Wang Xing, China Daily
Apple Inc has yet to introduce its iPhone to the Chinese market, but already the product's popularity here is huge.
by Shaun Nichols, vnunet.com
See Also:
2007 Roundup: iPhone Calls The Tune For Apple, by Shaun Nichols, vnunet.com.
by Henry Blodget, Silicon Alley Insider
Apple's most important revenue and profit growth generator is its Mac business. And the trends for this business are only getting better.
by Charles Jade, Ars Technica
Intel CPUs, iPod Halo, Mac OS X, Windows Fatigue, whatever the cause, the effect is that 2007 will be remembered as a Mac Renaissance not sen since the early 90s.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
The 1.1 release "addresses an issue introduced in Security Update 2007-009 that causes an unexpected termination of the Safari application when browsing to certain web sites," according to Apple.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by Joe Kissell, Macworld
The concept of instant and automatic backups is a good one. But LifeAgent 2.1 needs significant work, especially in the area of file restoration, to contend with the likes of Time Machine.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by Farhad Manjoo, Salon
Every conversation about tech in 2007 spirals into a conversation about the iPhone.
by Dominic White and James Hall, Telegraph
by Dave Winer, Scripting News
I've given up on trying to get Apple to do the right thing and give me my disk back.
by Andrew Parker, Financial Times
Buyers of Apple's iPhone have turned out to be voracious users of electronic mail and other data services, giving network operators hope that the much-hyped device will finally unlock billions of dollars in mobile advertising revenue.
by Andrew Parker, Financial Times
by Justin Blanton, Life. Technology.
This little rant is by no means an indictment of the iPhone; it is the phone for the majority of the population, and will be for the foreseeable future. However, as it stands right now, it just gets in my way more thn it should.
by John Naughton, The Guardian
Jobs may wear velvet gloves, but they're lined with lead.
See Also:
Sorry To Tell You, But Think Secret Was Wrong, by David Zeiler, Baltimore Sun. This settlement threatens no one on the Mac web who follows the rules.
by Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post
The price of electronic progress has been a steady increase in the number of power adapters for all the electronic devices we carry.
by Robin Harris, ZDNet.com
A few more months of development bake time would have brought Leopard up to Apple's normal high standards. Steve, next time let the developers, not the calendar, tell you when the release is ready
by Richard Gray, Telegraph
A new patent reveals that the next iPods and iPhones could automatically calculate how long a person has ben listening, and at what volume, before gradually reducing the sound level.
by Dave Winer, Scripting News
I buy Macs knowing they're more expensive, but I expect to be treated better.
by Ilene Hoffman, MacNN
by MacNN
by Kenji Hall, BusinessWeek
The world's most sophisticated users of wireless technology may be unimpressed by Apple's high-tech gadget.
by Ryan Faas, Computerworld
Apple's new software for shared calendars has much to recommend it. We give you an in-depth look, and some tips and tricks for implementation.
by Jeffery Battersby, Macworld
Those accustomed to more mature programs may be left cold by Liquid Ledger's limited reporting tools and the way the program handles the entry of new transactions.
by Andy Greenberg, Forbes
Given Apple's marketing toward the young and the trendy, you wouldn't expect the U.S. Army to be much of a customer. Lieutenant Colonel C.J. Wallington is hoping hackers won't expect it either.
by Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek
Apple's advantage is media. It has iTunes and music and video behind it, which RIM doesn't do all that well, at least not yet. RIM's advantage is its established relationships with corporate IT departments, and with many many carriers.
by Kasper Jade, AppleInsider
Apple Inc. will form a closer bond with once-rival Intel Corp. early next year when it begins building a new breed of ultra-mobile processors from the chipmaker into a fresh generation of handheld devices, AppleInsider has learned.
by Bryan Gardiner, Wired
by Tom Sullivan, InfoWorld
by MacNN
by Erika Brown, Forbes
by Jeffery Battersby, Macworld
While the program still has a few minor quirks and lacks some of the data entry features that make Quicken a perennial favorite, Moneydance offers nearly everything you need to track and manage your personal finances.
by Robert Mullins, Network World
Just as instant messaging and Wi-Fi access migrated from the consumer to the enterprise environment, so too will the iPhone.
by Neil Ticktin, MacTech
Boot Camp, VMware Fusion and Parallels are all very good, each in their own way. You should make your decisions based on what your needs are as a result.
by Rex Hammock, Rexblog.com
Nick Ciarelli is to online journalism what Lebron James to the NBA. He's already changed the game — and he's barely started playing.
See Also:
Who Is Really Hurt By Apple Rumor Site's Closure?, by Saul Hansell, New York Times. Several lawyers who followed this case closely said Mr Ciarelli's claims of satisfaction indicate that he received a substantial cash settlement.
Think Secret: RIP, by Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek. This is a dark day for internet journalism.
'Think Secret' Is Dead, by Jeff Harrell, The Shape Of Days. Nick Ciarelli was acting in pursuit of a noble and valuable truth. He was trying to satisfy an established public demand for insider secrets. He wasn't engaged in journalism in any meaingful sense of the word.
Think Secret Shuts Down In Wake Of Apple Settlement, by Adam C. Engst, TidBITS. Ideally, Apple would have figured out a more effective approach to solving the problem with leaked information than suing Think Secret, givein the reputation hit the suit caused. But at the same time, it's hard to feel sorry for Think Secret.
by Macenstein
According to a source familiar with the latest Leopard build seeded to developers, Apple has fixed Stacks by adding the missing "list view" option that should have been there all along.
by Apple
"The Macs are really at the center of our busienss. They are easy to use, reliable and fun. That drives collaboration and creativity in our office and allows our people to produce better work more efficiently. That's a big deal and it helps make us competitive in the industry."
by Scott Stevenson, Theocacao
by Leander Kahney, Cult Of Mac
by Don Reisinger, CNET News.com
The term "evil empire" is outdated, stupid, and does nothing to solve one of the biggest issues we face today: are we getting the kinds of products we want? So far, Apple has been able to provide just that. But if it decides to go the way of Microsoft, delivering crap, trust me, Steve Jobs will be the first to know about it.
by Derik DeLong, MacUser
Since when did CNET lease out column space to advertisers?
by Consumerist
Steve Jobs' email address has the power to fetch your MacBook from Pittsburgh and send it to Canada.
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Less than six months after its debut, Apple Inc.'s iPhone is used by 50% more people to browse the internet than all the phones running Microsoft Corp.'s long-established Windows Mobile operating system, according to data from a research company.
by Greg Reinacker
The Mac has the reputation of being easy to use and trouble-free.
by Richard Bullwinkle, CNET News.com
If we wat consumers to have faith in electronic media, they have to believe that the content they buy will last longer than the few years we've all had iPods.
by Associated Press
Apple Inc. is negotiating with Japan's top mobile phone carrier to launch the iPhone in Japan, though the cut of subscriber revenue that Apple wants has been a sticking point, according to a report published Tuesday.
by Cory Bohon, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
by Don Reisinger, CNET News.com
Why should Apple get in on this business, you ask? It's simple, really: to address a growing demand of people looking for such a service and to revive the Apple TV.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Sega of America announced Tuesday that its legendary side-scrolling action game Sonic the Hedgehog is now available for the Apple iPod.
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
by Bob LeVitus, Houston Chronicle
This was the year I finally found a notebook Mac, namely, my MacBook Pro, that had enough oomph to be my one and only Mac.
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
by Philip Michaels, Macworld
by Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek
Dropping the phone functions meant dropping all the related chips, giving Apple designers a chance to make the device thinner than the iPhne.
This may means that the iPod part of the iPhone may always trail behind the feature set of the iPod Touch.
by David Morgenstern, ZDNet.com
If you feel that you're getting ripped off, then it's easier to rationalize bad behavior.
by Rob Beschizza, Wired
Even though it may seem like Linksys' iPhones died quiet and unmourned deaths, they're still on the market.
by Steve Outing
Apple is able to find information about us simply by swiping a credit card.
by Rich Mogull, Macworld
Thanks to the 10.5.1 update the firewall is recommended to all Mac users. And with only a few changes, Apple can significantly improve the security of this already useful tool.
by Erik Kennedy, Ars Technica
It also means that there are some not-so-obvious changes under the hood from pervious Mac OS X systems, which might trip up longtime Mac users.
by Apple
According to Brian Allen, BSU's director of technical support, "The Mac mini running Boot Camp was faster, hands down."
by Dan Moren, MacUser
Users have been reporting an issue with QuickBooks 2006 and 2007 which could result in the deletion of your Desktop folder.
See Also:
Intuit Fixes QuickBooks Flaw That Vaporizes Data From Mac Desktop, by Brian Fonseca, Computerworld.
As usual, always remember this basic advice: Backup, Backup, Backup.
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
by MacNN
Apple has released Security Update 2007-009 for both Mac OS X Leopard and Tiger (Intel, PowerPC).
by MacNN
Apple has released a security update for Safari 3.0.4 for Windows.
by J. Mark Lytle, Tech.co.uk
THis year's Google Zeitgeist has just been made public and, as expected, is topped by everybody's favourite gadget, Apple's iPhone.
by Tom Krazit, CNET News.com
Apple took several bold steps this year, proving that it's one of the most influential companies in the technology and media worlds.
by Dwight Silverman, Houston Chronicle
by Michelle Quinn, Los Angeles Times
by Ryan Faas, Computerworld
by Ken Gagne, Computerworld
This sixth-generation iPod's operating system has some significant changes from my older iPod Photo, and they're not for the better.
by Gizmodo
A 27% market share is nothing to scoff at; what Apple hs done in a few months, others have failed to do in years.
by David DeJean, InformationWeek
by Telegraph
Sociable geeks. Bad news for Bill Gates. The hi-tech world really is changing.
by Phil Carson, RCR Wireless News
That sucking sound you hear is the wireless industry on the mat, gasping for air.
by Eric Lai, Computerworld
Deep-discount 'Crazy Eddie' deals from Microsoft Corp. are helping lift U.S. retail sales of the aging Mac Office applications suite this Christmas season, according to a market research group. That strategy is overcoming potential customer procrastination due to the delayed arrival of the upgraded Office 2008 for the Mac. It's also a challenge to Apple Inc.'s revitalized desktop-suite package, iWork.
by MacNN
A future version of FireWire will quadruple the speed of today's fastest version, the IEEE 1394 Trade Association has revealed.
by John C. Dvorak, MarketWatch
While things are all working out for Apple during the iPod era, if there ia any sort of slump the company will have to deal with what could be a herd of white elephants.
by MacNN
by Russell Shaw, ZDNet.com
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
by Brian Chen, Macworld
Giving you immediate access to virtually every media file on your Mac, MediaCentral 2.6.3 makes Apple's Front Row pale in comparison.
by Lisa Schmeiser, Macworld
MarsEdit 2.0.4 is worth considering if you'd like the comfort of composing your posts locally and keeping back-up copies. In addition, its media management tool is simpler and more intuitive than many other web-based options.
by David Chartier, Ars Technica
GarageBand 4.1.1 can ow create custom ringtones for the iPhone too. Officially-sanctioned ringtones.
by MacNN
Despite being marketed as carrier-free, the phones in fact turn out to be country-locked, meaning they can only be used with SIM cards for French carriers.
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
by Derrick Grigg
The Mac OS X is simplymind blowing and the ese with which things can be done on a Mac is insane.
by Paul Taylor, Financial Times
I found Leopard a worthwhile if not revolutionary upgrade to OS X, but one which arguably consolidates Apple's operating system as the best-designed consumer option at present available.
by Jeff Gamet, Mac Observer
by Scott McNulty, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Entourage 2008 stores most everything it uses in one big database file.
by Chris Anderson, The Long Tail
How can AT&T be smart enough to offer a revolutiionary device like the iPhone, which is all about delightful user experience, and yet let their own customer communications be a chilling reminder how little phone companies care about their users?
by Chuqui
It's a classic example of the echo chamber in action; the Apple TV is a consumer device, and the geeks go off and build their own alternatives; if you listen to them, those are the real successes.
But aren't a lot of bloggers 'consumers' too? We can't just all be geeks in every technological area?
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
by Larry Dignan, ZDNet.com
Technology executives are asking Forrester Research for advice on whether to add iPhone support to their enterprise lineup. The answer: Not yet.
by Don Reisinger, CNET News.com
In essence, a subnotebook is a neat little device to carry around and perform relatively simple tasks on. Does that sound like a Mac to you?
by Matt Asay, CNET News.com
I don't get it. Maybe because my experience with Apple's new "Leopard" release of OS X has been flawless. No bugs, no crashes, no problems.
by Mike Elgan, AsterikDotInfo
The Apple fanboy dream of industry dominance is finally coming true. And with that dominance, mainstream users, corporate buyers, hackers and lawyers all now want to take a bite out of Apple. At risk: membership in an elite society, superiority, security, and more.
by Arvin Dang, The Apple Blog
by Jim Finkle and Scott Hillis, The Age
It is popular enough that software makers such as SAP, Salesforce.com and scores of smaller developers are letting sales and finance team swork away from the office on their iPhones.
by Kris Abel, CTV
by MacNN
The latest release brings a new modern interface to complement Apple's recent changes to Mac OS X, and leverages Leopard's QuickLook technology to provide previews that users can zoom in Open dialogs alongside the ability to add Spotlight comments in Save dialogs.
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
Very minor quirks aside, WireTap Studio 1.0.1 performs its job admirably.
by David Chartier, Ars Technica
While this inaugural offering isn't exactly a flood of programming, the handful of shows should help get te ball rolling and open the doors for more networks and shows.
by Tom Krazit, CNET News.com
There is no question that Macintosh users are by far the most passionate advocates for their products in the technology industry. And while such passion is remarkable and even moving, it can also be terribly disturbing.
Mac customers are passionate, because passionate computer users choose Mac.
by David Feng, Blognation China
Shops line the street, ready to sell the iPhone to those who want Apple's latest-and-greatest gadget.
by Managers Realm
IN reading Steve Jobs thoughts on the reality and principle of death, it's interesting to see the number of times he talks about avoiding traps.
by David Zeiler, Baltimore Sun
This isolated incident has me wondering whether the iPod's market dominance eventually could have the unwanted side effect of turning the brand name "iPod" into a generic term, like Kleenex or Band-Aid.
by Leander Kahney, Wired
If you've been good this year, Santa might put a laser-etched MacBook or iPod under the tree — courtesy of the fast-growing gadget-personalization industry.
by MacNN
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Rally racing has been tried before on the Mac, mainly in shareware form, and while adequate, it's never looked, sounded or performed so well.
by Jason Snell, Macworld
If we handed out awards for the best products of all-time, rather than just the current year, wouldn't the same products win every single year?
by James Dempsey, Macworld
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
Apple's smart move to integrate .Mac services into Macs and iLife have driven strong sales of the service - despite complaints as to the system's reliability.
by Alan Zeichick, bMighty.com
What woudl you want to use a non-Apple monitor? Cost is one reason.
by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu
If I remember my history correctly, Apple does sneak out a few small updates to its product line just before any expected large updates during the Expo or the WWDC. Which is my way of saying that Ars Technica has a rumor that Apple will have television shows on iTunes in Canada real soon now.
And if past rumors are accurate, this will also be the month where iTunes expand geographically — perhaps into Singapore, where Apple has been trying to get "unauthorised" iPhones off the shelf space.
by MacNN
by Erik Kennedy, Ars Technica
by David Passell, Low End Mac
by Charles Jade, Ars Technica
If it isn't clear—and apparently it's not at Apple—the problem with the Apple TV is that its fate is ultimately in the hands of the content owners, not Apple. Those still thinking Steve Jobs will work out a deal with the movie studios like he did with the music labels need to understand that is exactly why he won't get such a deal.
Will Steve Jobs ever give up the television-on-iTunes idea, and add a DVR and DVD tray into Apple TV?
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
by Peter Cohen, Playlist
Phase is exactly what iPod gaming should be about — rather than reinventing the iPod as an also-ran game system, making it a truly unique game experience.
by Mark Wilson
Unlike every other mobile handset that I've ever owned, I enjoy using my iPhone.
by Greg Reinacker
I don't miss Windows.
by TechIQ
Apple has a simple, clearly positioned product line. And the stuff works.
by Aidan Malley, AppleInsider
In spite of its convergence appeal, the iPhone won't yet crave into the iPod's success — but it checks off many of the boxes needed for a future windfall, according to an investor note from analyst firm Piper Jaffray.
Perhaps, we are all waiting for the "hell freezes over" event, just like the Windows' iPod: the Great Unlocking Of The iPhone. (Or maybe the SDK will be enough?)
by Apple
In the Middle Ages traveling minstrels roamed between castles and manors, providing musical entertainment for royalty. Sarah Grenier has much in common with those performers of old: She divides her time on the road, bringing musical instruction to students at two Southern California elementary schools. Grenier leaves the mandolin and lute at home, however. Instead, her teaching instruments of choice are a MacBook computer and an iPod. Still, the caliber of education she provides is fit for all future kings and queens.
by Tom Krazit, CNET News.com
After putting a two-unit limit on purchases of the iPhoen back in October, the company has quietly raised the limit back to five.
by Arik Hessldahl, BusinessWeek
As long as Jobs loves going to work every day, anyone with their eye on the CEO job will likely have a long wait.
See Also:
Ive Could Eventually Replace Jobs At Apple, Says Paper, by Justin Berka, Ars Technica.
Maybe, someday, one day, the "One More Thing" event will not be a new computer or new phone or new music player, but a new guy. :-)
by Lisa Hoover, CIO.com
by eChannelLine
by Christoph Dernbach, DPA
by Elizabeth Judge, The Times
Paolo Pescatore, director of operator strategy at CCS Insight, the telecoms research group, says: "The awareness of the iPhone as a device, and its powerfulness, has forced the mobile companies to react and consider their own initiatives."
by Shawn Blanc
What makes NetNewsWire so great is that it at once appeals to every level of user.
by Joe Kissell, TidBITS
by Mark Coddington, Grand Island Independent
Increasingly elaborate podcasts are giving several area schools a medium for largely self-directed projects that provide a whole new realm to bring writing, reading and listening skills to life.
by Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Fortune
With nothing new to say and no access to Ive, why run the story at all?
by Chris Ayres, The Times
The designer has come a long way — from a technophobe at a British polytechnic to being mooted as the US giant's next CEO.
by John Timmer, Ars Technica
Apple has the amazing ability to turn the mudane—opening a new branch of a store in this case—into an event.
by Ane Eisenberg, New York Times
Students staring at their iPod screens may be taking a break with a music video — or they may be reviewing a tough chemistry lecture.
by Hank Stuever, Washington Post
Whatever it is (Radio Shack for rich people? The Sharp-est Image?), the Apple Sore isn't what it used to be, even a year or so ago. The initial thrills, the feelings of i-comfort and i-belonging, still await you behind its translucent facade, especially now, in the gizmodic spree of the Christmas season. But somewhere along the way, the zendo quality of the Apple Store changed.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
Apple may have had high hopes for its first generation Apple TV, but analyst sales estimates indicate the product is not as successful as once thought. Blaming the iTunes video revolution that never hapened, market research firm, Forrester said the Apple TV failed to catch on with consumers.
by Caroline McCarthy, CNET News.com
by Dave Mock, Motley Fool
by Harry McCracken, PC World
The MacBook Pro was indeed the fastest Vista machine we'd seen when we reviewed for our August print issue... and remained so until we evaluated the Eurocom for the December issue.
by Investor's Business Daily
Apple's Macintosh computers are poised to make sizable market share gains in the coming months, according to a research firm that tracks PC purchase intent.
by Robert Moir, Someone Else
The sad thing is that only have these people chosen to tarnish themselves, but also by acting in that way they've tarnished the rest of us too.
by James Quintana Pearce, mocoNews.net
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
Macs are essential to critical work conducted by New Rush Hall School in Ilford, Essex, a special school for children with behavioural, emotional and/or social difficulties that works to help them manage their behaviour better so they can return to mainstream schooling.
by Michael Mistretta, MacApper
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
by Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek
The cash has a real strategic purpose: Apple can use it as a hedge in supply negotiations.
by Gray Allen, ifoAppleStore, AppleInsider
Confirmation of six new locations and official company statements suggest that expansion for Apple Inc.'s retail stores in the coming year will focus on international hot spots, including Brazil and Mexico.
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
While you may have played around with burst mode, here are a couple things you may not have known about it.
by Robert X. Cringely, PBS
The point of WebKit for Apple was to efine an open source standard for rendering web pages on all sorts of internet-enabled devices.
The next logical WebKit product for Apple, it seems to me, is a much larger version of the iPod Touch. It would be Apple's first tablet computer and, while they'll still claim it runs OS X, Apple won't call it a Mac.
by Charles Jade, Ars Technica
by Patrick Foster, The Times
What started as complicated instructions to unlock the device on technical websites has now gone mainstream.
by Terry Brock, Achieve Your Success
The clincher for me was the vast number of people who said they "love" their Mac (yes, that is the word they use).
by The Stevensons
by Franklin Paul and Scott Hillis, Reuters
by Leung Wai-Leng, Straits Times
Apple threatened retailers in an e-mail to go after them for illegally 'unlocking' parallel imported iPhones.
See Also:
iPhone Sale Illegal But Just Visit Lucky Plaza, by Leung Wai-Leng, Straits Times.
Singapore Shops Remove Illegal iPhones After Apple Threat, by Reuters.
If I am optimistic-kind of person, I'd say that this is sign that Apple will be bringing the iPhone into Singapore Real Soon Now. Time to save up.
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
Apple CEO Steve Jobs was officially inducted into the California Hall of Fame last night at the California Museum for History, WOmen & Arts.
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
If you're looking for a compelling and feature-rich audio editor and don't have a lot of money to spend, I think you'll be won over.
by David Zeiler, Baltimore Sun
The situation as it stands leaves both companies worse off. But by far the biggest loser are the fans of the TV shows who would rather legally download their favorite programs from iTunes as opposed to the inferior options NBC is giving us.
by USA Today
Apple owners heap lavish praise on Macs for good reason. These are solid and elegant computers that are well worth your consideration.
by Tom Krazit, CNET News.com
It's never clear in the early going exactly how many people as a whole run into problems with Macs, since things get quickly blown out of proportion under the intense scrutiny paid to Apple. But the basic complaint seems to be: this ain't what we thought it would be.
by Tom Yager, InfoWorld
There are users even among Apple's targeted consumer population who need to think about their use ofTime Machine, or who may be better off not using it at all.
by Jason D. O'Grady, ZDNet.com
by Ben Worthen, Wall Street Journal
iPhone owners are the first people with a mobile phone to view web pages at the same rate at people using a PC.
by David Pett, National Post
The massively popular mobile device has been selling more than expected, said RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky, despite the fact several of its features are already outdated by other phone models in Europe.
by Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by MacNN
Several well-known Apple bloggers shunned the stunt, with one even suggesting that all Mac users boycott MacHeist.com.
by Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS
Yojimbo 1.5 adds the ability to archive images within the program's database. Yojimbo can also store text and PDFs, and create web archives, as well as provide fielded entries for passwords, serial numbers, and bookmarks.
by David Haskin, Computerworld
by Mactropolis.com
Are we paying too much?
by Nick Sergeant
Bottom lline: Using OS X is just plain easier and more graceful than using Windows XP.
by Blue Turtle
There are some compelling reasons for me to stick with Excel for things, but Numbers is just inching its way in.
by Justin Berka, Ars Technica
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Apple Ultraportable Rumor Of The Month, by Rob Beschizza, Wired. I think people just want an ultraportable Apple so badly that an order for glue or paint would somehow be contrived as evidence for it.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
Why is Office 2008 expected to retain the large market share enjoyed by its predecessor? Because the mixed feelings Mac users might have for Microsoft don't necessarily extend to the company's products, says Chris Swenson, director of software industry analysis for NPD.
by MacNN
by John Carlson, Low End Mac
by Karin Matussek and Kenneth Wong, Bloomberg
Deutsche Telekom AG, Europe's largest telephone company, can block buyers of Apple Inc.'s iPhone from using the handset on competitors' networks, a German court ruled, overturning an injunction won by Vodafne Group Plc.
by Charles Starrett, iLounge
by Galen Wood and Ilene Hoffman, MacNN
by Greg Sandoval, CNET News.com
In a report issued Monday, James McQuivey, a Forrester analyst, asked what good it is equipping iPods with video monitors if there isn't anyting video to watch. The way McQuivey sees it, NBC Universal is the clear winner in the feud between the two companies.
I am, however, living in the part of the world where I don't get iTunes Store, let alone the video store, and I have been finding plenty to watch on my new iPod nano. From podcasts (including NBC's Nightly News) to rips from VCDs, my bus commute is full of "content".
by Elsa Wenzel, CNET News.com
by Ryan Faas, Computerworld
by Nilay Patel, Engadget
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
Parallels has introduced Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac Premium Edition, comprising the virtualisation software along with leading Windows maintenance utilities.
by Bob LeVitus, Houston Chronicle
Setting up a video chat with your friends couldn't be easier but Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard makes it better and more fun.
by Gizmodo
by Ellen Lee, San Francisco Chronicle
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
The keynote address happens on Tuesday, Jan 15, 2008 at 9.00 AM.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Even in a tough year for gaming, these 10 games and accessories stood out.
by David Chartier, Ars Technica
While a larger movie selection is a good thing, closing the price gap between digital downloads and in-store DVDs could remove too much of the incentive to purchase digitally in the first place and undermine any progress the greater selection could make.
I wonder if Apple won any concessions from the movie studios: movie rental service? 'looser' DRM?
by Daniel Drew Turner, eWeek
Although Apple shows little interest, Macs are moving into the enterprise, and third parties are helping to expedite the push.
by Tom Krazit, CNET News.com
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You Won't Believe These Two Patents Apple iPhone Is Getting Sued Over, by Russell Shaw, ZDNet.
by Michael Fitzgerald, Fast Company
Apple's profits come from its high-margin hardware, but while those machines all look great, they are not without their shortcomings.
by Matt Moore, Associated Press
A court said Monday it would delay by one day a ruling that has pitted cell phone operators T-Mobile and Vodafone against each other over the sale of an unlocked version of Apple Inc.'s popular iPhone.
by Nancy Prager, CNET News.com
by Ann Work, Times Record News
Teachers in Burkburnett's prekindergarten classrooms found a clever new way to build their students' language skills.
"Go get your iPod necklaces!" they call to their 3- and 4-year-olds in 11 pre-K classrooms at Tower Elementary School.
by Conor Dignam, The Independent
The motive for Kangaroo is control and cash, and the fear of losing bothto Apple's iPod. It is two years snce Disney did the first major downoad deal with Apple for episodes of Desperate Housewives and Lost. Today, eight out of every 10 legal TV downloads in the US market go through iTunes, with about 100 million US shows sold through Apple's ubiquitous device.
That is potentially very bad news for British broadcasters, as BBC Worldwide's chief John Smith made clear last week when he said: "What Apple did for music was fantastic for the consumer, but disastrous for the holders of rights music. We did not want that to happen to us."
You make a business out of catering to consumers' needs, not the other way around. You can only win if your consumers win. Stop dreaming about any other ways.
by Dvae Caolo, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
by David Zeiler, Baltimore Sun
If Apple can bend a little on the issue of locking the iPhone to one provider, the potential is mind-boggling.
by Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek
by James Galbraith, Macworld
by Mac.Blorge.com
I can tell you my life has changed for the better since buying a MacBook Pro; I just wish I'd saved myself some money by purchasing the silver beauty in the first place.
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball
What makes text look so good on the iPhone compared to a Mac is simply the densitiy of the pixels on its screen.
by Dan Pourhadi, MacUser
by AppleInsider
by Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS
Leopard includes more information about Wi-Fi networks in the vicinity of your computer than meets the eye.
by David Chartier, Ars Technica
Steven Edwards describes the discovery that Leopard apparently contains an undocumented loader for Portable Executables, a type of file used in 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows. More poking around revealed that Leopard's own loader tries to find Windows DLL files when attempting to load a Windows binary.
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