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by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by Bill Snyder, InfoWorld
What matters in all this OS brouhaha is what paying customers think; to that end, it appears that Apple's strategy of a controlled, high-quality platform is succeeding.
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
NPD research confirms iTunes leads the pack in teen downloads.
by Larry Dignan, ZDNet.com
If you couple Audible with Amazon's march into DRM-free music distribution the e-commerce giant is building quite a content arsenal.
by Tom Krazit, CNET News.com
by Stan Beer, iTWire
At Macworld 2007, Steve Jobs stated that the global market was 1 billion cellphones a year and that Apple wanted to get 1% of it by the end of 2008 and sell 10 million iPhones. By any reasonable defintion, that means Apple ahs to sell 10 million iPhones in this calendar year — not from June 29 2007 until December 31 2008.
by Chris Howard, Apple Matters
It has never been an overly good value.
by David Morgenstern, ZDNet.com
So, where did this notion of Apple's lack of quality come from.
by Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post
With the new MacBook Air, Apple has sketched out a sleek, stark vision of tomorrow's computer.
by Farhad Manjoo, Salon
Because what other choice does Apple have?
by AppleInsider
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
In a release sent out this morning, the company said that it now plans to make the free software update available to current Apple TV owners "in another week or two."
by Jason Snell, Macworld
If the story of the MacBook Air is a story about compromise, the decision about whether the MacBook Air is a product worth having can be answered by one question: How much are you willing to compromise?
by Andy Ihnatko, Celestial Waste Of Bandwidth
by Blackfriars' Marketing
Apple doesn't sell products at a loss. It would undermine the market value of their products that they have labored for decades to build up.
by Aidan Malley, AppleInsider
Without a built-in optical drive or a user-replaceable battery, the MacBook Air requires several unusual solutions that may stymie experienced Mac users.
by Mitch Wagner, InformationWeek
Finding out that Apple is most hated and well-liked seems contradictor, at first. But in fact, Apple is a company that inspires strong feelings. People either love it or hate it, very few people just shrug and say, "meh."
by Priya Ganapati, TheStreet.com
Apple CEO Steve Jobs will need to work some magic to hit his sales target of 10 million iPhones this year.
To reach the 10 million mark, Apple needs to average 2.5 million phones in sales a quarter over the next quarters — or 200,000 more than what it sold during the big holiday season.
Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought Steve Jobs promised 10 million iPhones sold by the end of 2008, and not 10 million iPhones sold in 2008. Apple has already sold 4 million, and I don't think it will have any problem selling 6 million for this year.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
DataMind has announced the release of Jade 1.0, a new digital image processing application for Mac OS X v10.5 "Leopard."
by Damon Darlin, New York Times
They are all around the world, in many countries where Apple has not yet worked out deals with local carriers, indicating that these phones have been "unlocked."
by Kirk McElhearn, Kirkville
by Craig J. Mathias, Computerworld
by Kevin McAuliffe, Oceania
With all the new features included in Swift 3D, the ease of use, and very quick learning curve, I think that $249 is an extremely good price for this great program.
by MacNN
Ortabe has released NetFinder 3.0, a significant update to the company's file management and automation tool for remote servers and local files.
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Calculations that claim Apple Inc. is "missing" 1.4 million iPhones may be missing the point, according to an analyst, who said Monday that talk of uncounted phones overlooks the fact that the mobile market is only a small part of Apple's overall business.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
by Maciej Stachowiak, Surfin' Safari
We don't see a great need to implement version trageting in Safari. We think maintaining multiple versions of the engine owuld have many downsides for us and little upside.
by Joe Kissell, Macworld
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Fairy Treasure is a good example of what brickbashing games have evolved ino in the 21st century.
by Rick Curran, MacNN
by Eliot Van Buskirk, Wired
by Michael Calore, Wired
Hackers have reportedly discovered the key which allows the installation of applications on the iPhone using iTunes.
by Mike Wendland, Detroit Free Press
Apple is being unusually stingy about providing review units, even though they will be on display and available for sle today or tomorrow at Apple stores. That tells me they don't like what they've been hearing from the few big publication reviewers they have sent it to and now want to minimize damage.
by Aidan Malley, AppleInsider
Apple knowingly gave up as many as 1.5 million iPhone sales during the holiday quarter to establish the future of the iPod as a mobile device, according to investment note issued on Monday by Needham & Co.
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
by Bob LeVitus, Houston Chronicle
by Computerworld New Zealand
Apple has changed its supply arrangements in New Zealand, causing shares in its current sole distributor Renaissance Corporation to fall sharply today.
by Bloomberg
Owners of Apple Inc.'s iPhone may have unlocked an astounding 1 million handsets to run on unauthorized wireless networks, depriving the company of lucrative monthly fees, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. said.
by Adam Turner, Sydney Morning Herald
by Electronic Engineering Times
Apple Inc., the world's largest NAND buyer, is cutting back on its procurement of the parts, according to analyst Edwin Mok of Needham & Co. LLC.
by Elizabeth Woyke, Forbes
Macworld may be over, but for a group of developers the most important Apple news has yet to be unveiled: the much-antiticpated iPhone software development kit.
by Saul Hansell, New York Times
by Katie Marsal, AppleInsider
by Jason Snell, Macworld
Apple has taken the MacBook Air's release as an opportunity to upgrade its Migration Assistant and other software in order to make life easier for MacBook Air users and, presumably, other Mac users via some future software updates.
by Kasper Jade, AppleInsider
In a private communication last week, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs acknowledged the beating his company's shares have taken during the time of economic uncertainty, but remained confident that investors would inevitably recoup their losses and then some.
by Dow Jones
The issue of unlocked iPhone units becomes more interesting it brings up issues such as customer loyalty to a wireless carrier and how much impact would be felt at Apple in the coming years.
by Seth Weintraub, Computerworld
Why did the US price drop from $299-$399 to $229-$299 while the rest of the world still has to pay the same price for AppleTVs? Apple is subsidizing the cost of the AppleTV hardware with movie rentals.
Looking at this from another angle, customers from outside of U.S. are paying more for the product, and getting less functionalities out of it?
by James Duncan Davidson
In short, Time Machine passed the "Trust, but Verify" challenge with flying colors.
by Alexander Wolfe, InformationWeek
The latest iPhone firmware update, pushed out by Apple in mid-January, is raising a raft of bug reports on Apple's own iPhone forums, with dozens of posters complaining that it messes up SMS conversations, causing them to appear out of order.
by Jack Markowitz, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
What oohs and ahs the other day when Apple Inc. chairman Steve Jobs introduced a new computer thin as a pizza. But there would have been more oohs and ahs if he'd come on stage in a suit and tie.
I just want to say that: when I eat a pizza, I do want a pizza that is thicker than the MacBook Air. :-)
by Brent Smmons, Inessential.com
I'm not holding it up as a work of art or even an exmaple of best practices—it's just some notes from a practitioner.
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
If you press and hold Shift and Option, and then press the volume keys, you'll find that it now takes four key presses to move through one "box" of volume change.
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
The work-around uses Terminal to fix Office file-access permissions.
by Michael DeAgonia, Computerworld
Some compared Apple's new laptop to the Cube; so did I, at first.
by Cory Bergman, Lost Remote
PC walks up the ladder from one ad unit into another... to staple up a "NOT" sign on the Wall Street Journal quote.
by Dan Moren, MacUser
This makes sense, and it gibes with something a source told us at Macworld: that the problem lay with verifying the information written to the remote disk.
by Carmine Gallo, BusinessWeek
Our communications coach breaks down the ace presenter's latest Macworld keynote. The result? A 10-part framework you can use to wow you own audience.
Of course, you'd also need a good product behind the good presentation.
by MacNN
by David Chartier, Ars Technica
For those who are used to managing their own movie collection and/or buying movies from the iTunes Store, the way iTunes handles movie rentals is slightly different and, in some cases, disappointing.
by Andy Ihnatko, Celestial Waste Of Bandwidth
Dangit. It looked so bloody simple in the live demo.
by Russell Shaw, ZDNet.com
by Jason Snell, Macworld
In exchange for dramatically lighter weight and an extremely thin profile, Apple has definitely compromised when it comes to the MacBook Air's tech specs. And the results of Macworld Lab's preliminary tests of the MacBook Air reflect those compromises.
by Sven Rafferty, SvenOnTech
The trouble it is having is implementation: How to easily call up a copy or cut option, and then the paste action.
Implementing cut/copy/paste on the iPhone is not easy. Especially when the touch-based UI is already so rich with actions such as tapping, dragging, and pinching. You don't want the iPhone to misinterpret your gesture.
by James Kendrick, jkOnTheRun
Overall I am very impressed with the interface and speed improvements that Microsoft has incorporated into Office 2008 for Mac. I find the new programs run faster than the Windows equivalent and I continue to find little improvements with usage that impress me.
by Reuben Lee, CNET Asia
Ready for more bad news? Apple Singapore finally got back to us and confirmed that its AppleCare centers will not be offering any services for users in Asia to upgrade their iPod touch software.
Why is Apple not making it easy for its customers to buy stuff? Isn't the iTunes Store set up so that customes can buy stuff legally and easily, rather than go to the route of the pirates?
by Bill Snyder, InfoWorld
Has the open source software movement become a victim of its own success? A provocative new study by a longtime software analyst suggests that the giants of the commercial software world are cashing in on the poplarity of open source and becoming the dominant force in what was once called the free software movement.
by Tai Adelaja, Moscow Times
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Office for Mac 2008 incorrectly assigns ownership of some files, Microsoft Corp. has confirmed, creating a potential security problem for businesses installing the new application suite: Whomever is assigned user ID 502 has full read/write access to Office's files.
by Andrew Pollack, New York Times
Taking a significant step toward the creation of man-made forms of life, researchers reported Thusday that they had manufactured the entire genome of a bacterium by painstakingly stitching together its chemical components.
by Justin Berka, Ars Technica
by Dan Moren, MacUser
by Julian Sanchez, Ars Technica
A new paper by Adam Gershowitz, a professor at the South Texas College of Law, argues that unless courts or legislators make significant chnges to the rules governing law enforcement searches, the increasing ubiquity of devices like Apple's iPhone will permit police to routinely gather massive amounts of citizens' sensitive personal data without a warrant.
by Jon L. Jacobi, Macworld
In addition to being sturdier, more power efficient, and faster than standard hard drives, SSDs are also slightly lighter and can, if necessary, be molded into different form factors to fit tight spaces.
by Jeffrey MacIntyre, Slate
There's an emerging market for programs that introduce much-needed traffic claming to our massivel expanding desktops. THe name of this genre of clutter-management software: zenware.
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
by Daniel Jalkut, Red Sweater Blog
If you're a user running 10.4.11, chances are you've noticed that network-enabled applications seem to be a bit more flakey and crash-prone.
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
Apple has made an accomodation yet, inexplicably, hasn't bothered to mention it to anyone.
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
by Ryan Block, Engadget
We just tested and confirmed that one of the smallest USB EV-DO modems around, the Sprint/Novatel U727, won't even come close to fitting in the cramped, foldaway USB port on the MacBook Air.
by Aidian Malley, AppleInsider
Apple says it has shipped four million iPhones since launch. With just short of two million AT&T customers using the device, however, one analyst suggests that a large number of the handsets are mysteriously unaccounted for.
by MacNN
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
Apple has lowered its projected iPhone shipments for the current quarter, reducing component purchases from its Far East manufacturers, according to a report.
This is goig to make it harder for Apple to negotiate iPhone contracts with Asian telcos.
by Christopher Dawson, ZDNet.com
by The Gateway
Go see a movie in a full theater now and then. Listen to music in a situation where you're not just trying block out other noises. Hell, if enough of us pay attention, the work the entertainment industry puts out may even end up sucking less.
by Bloomberg
The stock market staged a dramatic rally Wednesday to wind up in positive territory, but two technology titans failed to go along for the ride.
by David Pogue, New York Times
A virtuous cycle may soon kick in: More Mac sales lead to more software titles, which lead to more Mac sales, which lead to — well, you get it.
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
by Peter Burrows, BusinessWeek
There are signs that Apple can not only weather an economic contraction but emerge stronger than ever. Most important is the strength of its Mac business.
by Walter S. Mossberg, AllThingsD
If you value thinness, and a large screen and keyboard in a subnotebook, and don't watch DVDs on planes or require spare batteries, the MacBook Air might be just the ticket. But if you rely on spare batteries, expect the usual array of ports, or like to play DVDs on planes, this isn't the computer to buy.
by Derek Powazek
I know it sonds like a small difference, but small differences add up.
And, as far as I know, there is no reason why the Safari's toolbar buttons on the Mac and on the iPhone needs to be different.
by Jon Fortt, Fortune
Appel repoted earnings that beat analyst estimates on strong sales of iMacs, laptops and iPhones. But its cautious outlook led investors to slam the stock Wednesday morning, and take much of the Nasdaq down with it.
Why?
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
If you're an Adobe AfterEffects user, you may have bitten particularly hard by a new bug "feature" of QuickTime 7.4 which renders the video editing suite, well, useless.
The standard advice of not installing new updates immediately is still a good solid piece of advice.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
As the specs show, I think both manufacturers achieved their design goals—the MacBook Air is all about thinness and screen szie, and the Sony is loaded with every feature one could possibly need, all packed into a very small box.
by Victor Cheung, CNET Asia
The software upgrade could be obtaine donly via the iTunes store and, at present, there aren't any (iTunes store, that is) in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Mainland China. That means there are no software upgrades for those in the above-mentioned countries. Brilliant, isn't it.
by Reuters
Several senior executives at Apple Inc took home 2007 cash bonuses that doubled their salaries but chief executive Steve Jobs maintained his annual pay of $1 and took no additional compensation, the company said on Wednesday.
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
Apple faces renewed pressure to settle at least one patent-infringement suit currently placed against it, after one of the company's co-defendants in the case reached a settlement.
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball
The market for third-party software for the iPhone and iPod Touch is already big, and I expect that by the time two years from now, there will be more iPhones/iPod Touches in use than Macs.
by Saul Hansell, New York Times
I'm not so sure how many people will want a connected device that's not their phone, but it will be interesting to see what Apple does next now that it describes the Touch as a platform for mobile computing.
iPod Touch is the PDA that nobody at Apple recognise as an PDA. Will a "not-a-tablet" computer based on the iPhone/iPod Touch UI be next?
by Paul Thurrott, SuperSite For Windows
The problem with Mac Office, from a UI standpoint, is that it just doesn't make sense. You get used to it, I guess, but it's unclear why some tools are in toolbars, while others are in floating palettes.
by Michael Mistretta, Appletell
You might have noticed that Steve Jobs showed a screenshot of Time Machine with a new button in the lower left-hand corner entitled, "Only Show Changes".
by Michael Biven
Seems like they have forgotten the "Dev" in the site name.
by dAlen
My bet is that they will release one in February.
by Iacovos Constantinou
If a trackpad is smart enough to perform all those magic gestures, what do I need a click button for?
Apple and a lot of laptops already have the capability of accepting a tap on the trackpad as a mouse-click. I've never gotten used to anyone's implementation.
by Peter Burrows, BusinessWeek
It makes sense that a company that routinely lowballs would do so even more at a time of such uncertainty.
by James Galbraith, Macworld
by Charles Miller, The Fishbowl
Don't think of the Air as a secondary machine, think of it as a primary machine, with headless appliances like Time Capsule and the Apple TV filling in the space around it.
Think of the Apple Stores as a peripheral too, to help you change batteries (eventually) or to install applications from CDs and DVDs.
by Thomas Claburn, InformationWeek
The 1.1.3 "jailbreak" supposedly requires hardware modification, which will keep casual iPhone users away. And the imminent arrival of an authorized method for creating and running third party application on the iPhone is likely to make unauthorized approaches even less appealing.
by Tom Krazit, CNET News.com
Apple is notorious for providing conservative guidance below Wall Street's expectations, but it guided well below expectaions with predictions of $6.8 billion and 94 cents a share.
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
The Digital Copy feature is much more convenient than ripping a movie yourself.
by Joel Bruner, brunerd
[Microsoft] moved to Apple's Package Maker installer files, good news for the enterprise rollouts? Well, unfortunately, they've created all the packages to install most all of the files with the owner set to 502.
by Adam Richardson, CNET News.com
With the stores, advertising, and targeted product announcements, [ongoing communication] is exactly what Apple is doing.
And don't forget about occasional-blogger Steve Jobs.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer said that $1.7 of Apple's $9.6 billion in revenue was generated through sales at Apple's network of retail stores.
by Todd Bishop, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
by Adam C. Engst, TidBITS
Apple just sold boatloads more Macs, shipping 2,319,000 Macs or a massive 44 percent more than last year this time. iPod sales growth was significantly slower, at only 5 percent higher than last year's quarter.
by Daniel Terdiman, CNET News.com
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer said that the company hoped to run the iTunes Store a little above break even, but sellling iPods and Macs was the main strategy.
In other words, record companies' plot to sell non-DRM music everywhere but Apple will probably not hurt the iPod-maker.
by AppleInsider
Apple said Tuesday that it has added a new pink iPod nano to its lineup of digital media players just in time for next month's celebration of love.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
Stick Software has introduced the latest iteration of its Mac OS X screensaver software, Fracture 1.4.
by Peter Mortensen, Cult Of Mac
by Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS
If we actualy get open access, open platforms, and open services, then all these possibilities could come to pass - and the reign of "you can have it in black, silver, and red, but you can't do anything else you want with it" could come to an end.
by Asher Moses, The Age
Optus has emerged as the dark horse in the race between mobile carriers for exclusive rights to launch the iPhone in Australia.
by Eloquation
See Also:
Steve Jobs On Books, by Bryan D. Catherman.
by bridell.com
I just spent seveal minutes trying to figure out how to switch on an iMac.
by Antigravitas
Then they shipped Vista.
by Adam C. Engst, TidBITS
The Macintosh industry continues to grow and gain steam, but it's no longer purely following in Apple's footsteps.
by Stephen Hutcheon, The Age
With the opening later this year of a "flagship" Apple Store in downtown Sydney — the first in the southern hemisphere — and the expected local launch of the much admired and desired iPhone, it's going to be harder than ever to ecape the gravitational pull of the world's mst ruthlessly successful consumer electronics firm.
by John C. Welch, Macworld
Most of the improvements in Entourage 2008's Exchange support are in the plumbing.
by Philip Michaels, Macworld
So bid goodbye to Quicken, and say hell to Quicken Financial Life for Mac, which is slated for a fall 2008 release.
I think that is a typo in the sentence.
by James Niccolai, IDG News Service
Users who purchase the Home Basic and Home Premium editions of Windows Vista can now legally run those OSes in a virtualized environment, Microsoft said. The company also announced new licensing rates for corporate users.
by Jack Schofield, Guardian
Someone must have figured out that you could make Apple look better by putting it at the front, by tilting the pie chart backwards, and possibly by moving Other. Job is famous for his attention to detail, so did he really not notice? Or did he say: "Hey, great idea?"
by Reuters
by Shawn Blanc
Coda is a text-editing, CSS-styling, WebKit previewing, file-managing, FTPing, terminal-accessing, web-site-building and publishing application for the Macintosh.
And, Coda has no duct tape.
by Jeff Carlson, TidBITS
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
Signs of a rapprochement between Apple and NBC Universal suggest some content from the studio may reappear on the iTunes television show schedules.
by Eric Pfanner, New York Times
Apple will have to confront legal and regulatory hurdles, copyright challenges, scheduling conflicts and technological issues, reminders that the European media landscape remains a patchwork of individual countries, rather than the single market that the European Commission envisions.
Simliarly for Asia, I expect censorship issues to be a major factor. However, I have this feeling that when Steve Jobs said going "global", he really didn't mean Asia.
by Tom Negrino, Macworld
Entourage 2008 is an improved Excange citizen over previous versions, which will help Macs better fit into Windows-centric organizations. If you're outside of the corporate realm, and need a mail, calendar, and contact manager with lots of headroom and solid integration with the rest of the Office suite, Entourage provides a wealth of features that are deeper than Apple's trio.
by David Chartier, Ars Technica
by Aaron Ng, Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
With centralised planning and higher frequency standards to meet, the bottomline of bus companies will definitely be affected. And, they will will definitely apply for fare increases to cover the shortfall. Will the cost of public transport increase as a result of these radical reforms?
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Users who bought AirPort Extreme last year can't do wireless backups.
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
So to all of the non-USA folks_attendees and exhibitors_visiting the Expo this week, thanks for "coming over" to help reveal the breadth of the Mac's reach.
by Adam Leventhal, Sun
Apple is explicitly preventing DTrace from examining or recording data for proceses which don't permit tracing.
Nothing to look here, says iTunes. Just obey the DRM.
by The Macalope, CNET News.com
by Tonya Engst, TidBITS
While the wait to use one of the more popular bathrooms was sometimes annoying, it was wonderful to see so many women at the usually male-dominated Expo.
by Charles Jade, Ars Technica
by Scot Finnie, Computerworld
Apple may never succeed in the enterprise if it continues to believe that it can lead enterprise users by the nose and dictate the compromises they must accept.
by Erik Kennedy, Ars Technica
by Kevin McLaughlin, CRN
The recently unveiled MacBook Air lacks durability and certain features that business users look for, but industry experts predict it'll sell like hotcakes within the market segment for which it appears to be intended.
by Matt Warman and Claudine Beaumont, Telegraph
by Michael Rose, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Apple repds would not say definitely that you can't do it, but as far as the three people I spoke with are aware, there's no support for booting XP over Remote Disk.
by TelecomAsia
China Unicom and aspiring mobile operator China Telecom are the leading contenders after China Mobile halted talks with Apple.
by Robert X. Cringely, PBS
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
NAMM, the largest North American music show held this time every year in Anaheim, brings vendors from all over the world to show their products. From software instruments and amplifiers to guitars and digital audio workstations, you are sure to find it all at this show. One other prevealent thing you'll find at NAMM this year is Macs.
by Charles Jade, Ars Technica
The relationship between Apple and gaming is on the mend.
by David Pogue, New York Times
What is going on?
by Franklin N. Tessler, Macworld
Whether you're using PowerPoint by necessity or choice, the latest version's new additions are useful, and produce attractive results. Unfortunately, Mac users will miss out on capabiliites available to Windows users and the intuitive interface of Keynote.
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
by Ryan Faas, Computerworld
There can be no real question that the MacBook Air is a truly innovative product. One close-up look at its incredibly bright, clear screen, its stunning light and thin form factor, the inclusion of multi-touch functions and the combination of wireless technologies show that the MacBook Air continues Apple's tradition of next-generation innovation and design. But does that mean that it's the perfect portable Mac for everyone? Probably not.
by MacNN
I wonder if the hack will still work if you disconnect from the internet after downloading the rented movie.
by Jacqueline Emigh, BetaNews
Migration from Windows to Mac OS does seem particularly evident this year, particularly with big names showing up at Macworld for the very first time.
by Seth Weintraub, Computerworld
Unlike past years, when rumors abounded with little confirmation, the Macintosh rumor community this time put togethe pieces of the mysterious laptop puzzle from clues left around the web — and may have even tricked Apple into showing its cards a bit early.
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
by Iljitsch van Beijnum, Ars Technica
by Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS
If Apple can now reliably write backups to a hard drive connected via Serial ATA, why can't it handle a drive connected via USB?
I agree with Glenn Fleishman: hold your anger for a few more days to see if Apple pushes out an update for AirPort Extreme customers to use Time Machine.
by MacNN
by MacNN
by Heather Kelly, Macworld
Here are some of my favorite little finds on the Expo fllor so far. They're all programs for adventurous people who want to dabble in something new and creative.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Despite some minor glitches, iTunes rental are simple to grab and enjoy.
by Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
Upgrade isn't seamless, but it brings welcome changes.
by Mark Pilgrim, Dive Into Mark
by Elizabeth Montalbano, Computerworld
People who prefer Apple's Macintosh computers over PCs have long been thought to be on the artsy, hip end of the personality spectrum — and now a study proves that "Mac people" indeed are more liberal and open-minded than average folks.
by Dan Moren, Macworld
My award for the best one-man-show at this year's expo goes to Evan Hamilton. Evan's the community ambassador for Flock,a free cross-platform web browser based on Mozilla Firefox that's designed to integrate with a variety of popular social networking services.
by Daniel Terdiman, CNET News.com
But boy, is the man cold-hearted. What does he expect to happen if he walks the floor at Macworld?
See Previously:
So, Everyone's Asking What Happened Between Me And Steve Jobs Today..., by Violet Blue.
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
Excel 2008's major draw is its Intel- and PowerPC-native code; beyond that, though, there just aren't that many new features, and, of the features that are new, none truly stand out.
by John Moltz, Macworld
On Segways, crying babies, touching Apple execs, and other keynote madness.
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
by Justin Berka, Ars Technica
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
Quark at Macworld Expo introduced new Xtensions portal, Quark Labs and ushered in Leopard support within Quark Interactive Designer.
by Tiernan Ray, Barron's
If the U.S. economy goes into a recession, any public company with an uncanny knack for generating outsize growth may find its shares highly prized by investors.
One such company could be Apple, which despite sales of $24 billion last year, sells just a fraction of the world's personal computers and less than 1% of all cellphones. That tiny market share presents plenty of upside for Apple as it makes inroads in both fields.
by Peter Burrows, BusinessWeek
Apple has to settle for a third day delay, to give studios time to rack up DVD sales.
by Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek
For those who bought before Macworld in hopes of cashing in on a keynote bounce, I have only one word: suckers.
by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu
Making MacBook Air that thin is not an easy feat. Now that Apple has done it technically, we shall see whether Apple can make some business sense out of the product.
But, perhaps, because Apple has been so successful lately in getting its products to be nice and thin — iMac, iPod, iPhone, that we are finally getting a little disillusioned. Yeah, yeah, Apple. I know you can make anything thin if you want to. So, what else can you do?
Personally, I value a smaller footprint more than a shorter height in my subnotebook. Light-weight is good, but a MacBook-style thickness, to me, is just fine. I suspect many people think the same way as me, hence all the complaints about the compromises Apple had to make for the MacBook Air.
Going forward, I predict I'll see a lot of predictions about Apple making a "true" subnotebook. (Just like all those predictions about a "true" video iPods.) 12-inch PowerBook-sized MacBook? Newton-sized iPod Touch. I'll also predict that the existing MacBook and MacBook Pro computers will go down in thickness.
And Apple engineers, how's the progress on that foldable screen and keyboard going along?
by Ryan Block, Engadget
Remember how Steve Jobs said people don't watch videos on iPods, dismissing all the Portable Media Player thingies from Creative and gang? Wanna bet what's next for iPhone and iPod after Apple finally conquered Hollywood? :-)
by Dan Frommer, Silicon Alley Insider
Google can get into the phone business and make its parnters — both its advertisers and the wireless carriers — happy.
But what about Apple, the partner?
by Violet Blue
Steve Wozniak was so much nicer.
by Robert L. Mitchell, Computerworld
Faced with an upgrade to Vista, some IT organizations are passing in favor of the Mac. But who are they, really?
by Brett Terpstra, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball
If Apple is charging for the iPod Touch upgrade to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley, why is the Apple TV upgrade free? I'm left with the feeling that they're charging $20 for the iPod Touch upgrade simply because they can.
by Cicso Cheng, PC Magazine
These are respectable compromises. That's not to say that there isn't room for improvement—because there is—but fornow, the MacBook Air will captivate millions based on looks alone.
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
Unlike the MacBook and MacBook Pro, the Air isn't designed to be a general-purpose computer; it has, by design, limitations that will be unacceptable for many people. But for a particular market—people who value light weight and are willing to give up other features to get it—it's an interesting machine.
by David Chartier, Ars Technica
by Dan Moren, Macworld
Overall, 1.1.3 may not be as exciting an update as 1.1.1 was, but it reaffirms Apple's commitment to rolling out new software functionality to existing iPhone users, free of charge.
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
by Paul Boutin, Slate
I don't care about having the world's skinniest laptop. Rather, I need to be able to blog breaking news when I'm not near a Wi-Fi hotspot. I look forward to fawning over my friends' new MacBooks. But when they despeartely need to e-mail the boss, I'll just savor the triumph of whipping out my phone.
by Aayush Arya, MacUser
by Jim Dalrymple and Jason Snell, Macworld
by Jake Widman, Computerworld
You'll find that Office 2008 helps you get your work done more quickly and easily than before. You're also likely to start using features that were always there but were too much trouble to bother with.
by Brian Chen, Macworld
by Agam Shah, IDG News Service
Omission of FireWire port, lack of storage capacity, slow hard drive, and high price tag are some of the complaints Mac users have about Apple's latest laptop.
Thin, it seems, is not on many people's wishlist for a subnotebook.
by Farhad Manjoo, Salon
The iPhone you bought last June is actually better now than it was back then.
The magic of software!
by Ed Moltzen, CRN
Apple is making good on Oppenheimer's promise of adding solid, new iPhone functionality, at no additional cost to buyers, every few months.
by Chua Hian Hou, Straits Times
Singapore consumers who want to get their hands on Apple's iPhone, hailed as Time Magazine's gadget of the year for 2007, will have to wait.
The reason: None of the three mobile phone operators here has been able to lock down a deal with the California-based tech giant.
by Chris Ullrich, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
by Robert McMillan, Macworld UK
A security researcher has found a way to get a free "Platinum" pass to Macworld by hacking the conference site.
by Chris Barylick, Macworld
by Jeffery Battersby, Macworld
The elimination of VBA and weak support for AppleScript and Automator make the program far less versatile and valuable for users who really need automation. But the program's streamlined interface and the addition of the new Publishing Layout view make it a compelling choice, especially if you want to stretch Word beyond its current capabilities.
by Saul Hansell, New York Times
Today's announcements tweak the recipe just enough to make online movies more accessible.
by John Markoff, New York Times
Even more than when he's performing on stage, Steven P. Jobs's passion for personal coputing comes through when he talks about the years he spent cajoling his designers to build what he presented today as the world's "thinnest" computer.
by Wil Shipley, Call Me Fishmeal
No, really? Seriously? I mean, they introduced this new product, and it doesn't have the same specs as the MacBook Pro? God, that is bizarre. I wonder why they gave it a new name, and continue to sell the MacBook Pro, then, if it's not going to be exactly the same. I mean, that hardly makes sense, does it?
by Leander Kahney, Cult Of Mac
by Jeff Harrell, The Shape Of Days
The MacBook Air is equipped and built like a very cheap computer, but priced like a fairly expensive one, all becase it has to be small.
by The Hot Blog
This suggests a universe in which rentals can be done on a larger basis — not free downloads and not purchased films — wthout a disc.
by Mathew Ingram
by Jon Stokes, Ars Technica
by David Chartier, Ars Technica
HD movies are only available for rent (not purchase to own), and only on the Apple TV (not on the computer).
by Jason Snell, Macworld
At the risk of sounding obvious, the MacBook Air is incredibly light and tiny. Its looks owe a lot to the MacBook Pro and previous silver Mac laptop models, but its curved edges and tapered shape are unlike anything we've seen on a Mac laptop in a ong time, if ever.
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball
Everything else about these movie rentals seems terrific — the DVD and HD quality options, the prices, the shopping UI on the Apple TV — but 24 hours after you hit play the first time just doesn't seem fair.
by Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com
Apple calls the Air the world's thinnest notebook. How you interpret that ("on the market today" or "ever") is up to you.
by Tom Krazit, CNET News.com
I think the iTunes Rental Store bears the most watching of today's announcements because of it spotential impact both on Apple's iTunes Store business and the industry at large.
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
More so than any keynote in recent memory, Tuesday's Apple announcements fit together very well, and seemed to reflect a very solid top-level vision.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Apple and Twentieth Century Fox on Tuesday introduced iTunes Digital Copy, a new technology that enables users who buy specially configured DVD movies with the ability to copy the movie to iTunes, for later playback on the Mac (or PC), iPod and other compatible products.
by Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek
The days of there being "nothing on" your TV set are effectively over.
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball
I'd have rather seen a smaller footprint, a la the old 12-inch PowerBook G4 — something just exactly as wide as a full keyboard.
The MacBook Air is undeniably beautiful and clever, but clearly designed as a secondary machine, not a main machine.
by David Chartier, Ars Technica
The current word is that AirPort Extreme owners are out of luck when it comes to turning their AirPort DIsk into a Time Capsule.
by Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek
One of the more frequent criticisms of the Apple TV has been storage, but now that movie rentals are going to be its main feature, storage is going to be less an issue.
by Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek
This almost constitutes variable pricing.
by Derik DeLong, MacUser
It's actually a new generation of the connector... Beyond just being different physically, it delivers different wattage.
by Jose Fermoso, Wired
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
While 24 hours sounds like quite a lot, when you combine children and two working parents, it's really not.
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
Apple updates iPhone, iTunes, Front Row, iMovie, and QuickTime.
by Charles Jade, Ars Technica
Is this the relaunch of Intuit on the Mac, or the final nail in the coffin, only time will tell.
by Don Reisinger, CNET News.com
In effect, Apple has been able to utilize its current stable of products to its advantage, while the rest of the online rental industry is wondering what to do next.
by Devin Coldewey, CrunchGear
Did we really need things to get that much thinner? The Air is whisper-thin but it does weigh three pounds and it's not like you can fold it up and put it in your pocket. What is losing that last half an inch doing aside from attracting stares?
by Brian Chen, Macworld
We who live in the digial age want our media now. If I had to wait 30 days to watch a new release, I'd walk to the video store.
by MacNN
by Robert McMillan, IDG News Service
The security update fixes critical flaws in QuickTime and the Safari browser, and, as with other updates, the iPhone patches will disable handhelds with Jailbreak installed.
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
With the iPhone's new (official) 1.1.3 firmware, users also got an unannouced, yet very welcome feature: the ability to manually manage their music and videos.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
During his Macworld Expo keynote address on Tuesday morning, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the MacBook Air, a computer that the company billed as the world's thinnest notebook — small enough to fit inside an interoffice mailing envelope. It's priced starting at $1,799.
Sporting a silvery finish, the MacBook Air features a 13.3-inch LED-backlit widescreen display — it saves power and provides "instant on" response from the moment you turn it on, according to Jobs. The device has a slightly wedge-shaped profile that runs from 1.2 inches down to 0.8 inches high. It weighs about 3 pounds, and sports a thickness of 0.16-0.76 inches.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Time Capsule combines an 802.11n network access point and a hard disk drive. The device is a "full AirPort Extreme base station" combined with "a server-grade hard drive," according to Jobs.
by Philip Michaels, Macworld
Apple expanded the iPhone's capabilities Tuesday with a software update that adds a location finder to the Maps feature, customized home screens, multi-person SMS chats, and Webclips. In addition, video playback on the phone now supports chapters, subtitles and languages, while the music playback adds support for lyrics.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Apple on Tuesday introduces iTunes Movie Rentals, a new feature of the iTunes Store that enables users to download movies and watch them for a short time rather than having to buy them. They will be priced at $3.99 for new releases, $2.99 for "library titles."
Apple managed to get the support of all the major movie studios, including Fox, WB, Disney, Paramount, Universal and Song, along with Touchstone, Miramax, MGM, New Line and Lions Gate. Aple CEO Steve Jobs said that the new service will launch by the end of February with over 1,000 movies.
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
GridIron Software has introduced Flow, digital content management software for creatives in graphic design, web, and video.
by Brian Caulfield, Forbes
Not a bad pair of second acts for the man who helped spark the personal computer revolution.
by BBC News
by Don Reisinger, InformationWeek
The first major release of Office for the Mac in four years shines in some respects, with innovative new features in Word and PowerPoint. But overall, it still lags behind Office for Windows.
by David Morgenstern, ZDNet.com
It looks to me that the real star of this year's Macworld Expo will be the Macintosh: hardware, operating system and applications.
by Daniel Terdiman, CNET News.com
EA is set to announce Tuesday it will release Spore later this year simultaneously for PCs and Macs.
by Tom Yager, InfoWorld
by Musings On Photography
Apple, which is free from the constraints imposed by the demands of large corporation IT departments, has largely focused on improving the experience of the average home user, starting from the opening the box when you get it home and continuing on through setup, maintenance, and use.
by Dave Thomas, PragDave
The key benefit of switching for me is the lack of hassle.
by Peter Burrows, BusinessWeek
To continue to thrive in both music and video downloads, Apple must improve how it deals with content makers—or risk being left behind.
Apple seems to get along with Microsoft rather well these days. Apple should treat everyone like Microsoft.
by San Francisco Chronicle
As Apple has broadened its appeal and market share — shipments of Macs were up 37.2 percent in 2007 according to the Gartner market research company — there's a definite turn toward the mainstream.
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
China Mobile announced today that it had officially "terminated" talks with Apple.
by Michael Rose, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
by Marguerite Reardon, CNET News.com
by Charles Jade, Ars Technica
Depending on whether you ask Apple people or IDG people, the thousand-foot line outside the Moscone Center was the other group's fault.
by Miguel Helft, New York Times
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball
My gut feeling is that we're looking at a medium — spicy enough to be enjoyable, but not one for the ages.
by Troy Wolverton, San Jose Mercury News
After the excitement and drama of last year's Macworld, this year's event is likely to seem a bit sedate. But that's a good thing, say analysts and ivnestors.
by Rory Cellan-Jones, BBC
Yes, I'd like a better camera, video capture, 3g, and one button to press to answer calls. But most of all I'd like a cheaper way of using my iPhone abroad.
by Scott McNulty, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
by Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek
by Simon Fluendy and ALice Hall, This Is Money
Apple has banned UK retailers of its heavily hyped iPhone from reporting sales figures amid evidence that British consumers have shunned the device.
by Harry McCracken, PC World
If you ask me, the real untold story is this: Who, other than Steve Jobs, invented this thing?
by John C. Welch, InformationWeek
by David Marshall, InfoWorld
by David Zeiler, Baltimore Sun
The Mac Pro is shockingly quiet as it is blazingly fast.
by Nick Wingfield, Wall Street Journal
By constantly redesigning its products, introducing new ones and trumpeting the changes in high-profile marketing campaigns, Apple has habituated many of its customers to living in a semipermanent upgrade cycle for new gadgets. The risk is in disappointing consumers who feel their new purchases are instantly outmoded.
by ThinkMac Blog
Between the free basic RSS readers such as Vienna and the full fledged NNW there really is no oxygen left in this already ridiculously crowded market.
by Robert X. Cringely, PBS
Merging Flash and QuickTime would make any other video standards (like Windows Media) simply immaterial.
by Cliff Edwards, BusinessWeek
by Tom Krazit, CNET News.com
Setup is under way for next week's Macworld Expo at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Improving the reliability and stability of Entourage, the e-mail client in next week's update to Office for the Mac, was more important than making the program a clone of Windows' Outlook, several Microsoft developers said today.
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
Everything that Time Machine does is logged to the system log, so it is possible to get more detailed reports on its activities.
by Charles Starrett, iLounge
Although no product image or name appears on the banners, the phrase does suggest that Apple will make wireless technology a major theme of the show.
by Lesa Snider King, Macworld
Elements 6.0 seems to be the perfect "next step" choice for anyone wanting to do more with their photos, while giving them plenty of room to grow.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by Peter Burrows and Ronald Grover, BusinessWeek
His magic has not extended to visual entertainment. Hollywood and cable companies aim to keep it that way.
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
by Cory Bohon, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
by David George-Cosh, National Post
by MacNN
by Jens Alfke, Thought Palace
Here's a career update, for those of you who care: I've left Apple, and I'm now working on my own, from home, as an indie software developer.
This is kind of a big change for me. I've been continuously employed for 19 years, 16 of those at Apple.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
It's a terrific conversion of the classic arcade game to the iPod, and definitely worth looking at if you want some console-style fun.
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
by Joe Kissell, TidBITS
by Dan Moren, MacUser
Version 3 adds a bundle of new features that have long been demanded: a biggie, you can now playback remote audio not only to an AirPort Express, but also to a second computer.
by Sascha Segan, PC Magazine
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
Just like last year, the prevasiveness of iPod accessories and iPod-compatible gadgets at the massive Consumer Electronics Show makes clear the influenece of Apple's iconic media player.
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
The reactions CES vendors have towards Mac journalists reflect opinions of the Mac market as a whole, and this year's CES is showing me that more companies than ever before are taking Apple, Mac users, and the purchasing power of Mac owners seriously.
by Aleks Krotoski, The Guardian
Paradoxically, the PC games I play on the dedicated partition benefit from the Mac hardware and run faster and prettier than on any dedicated PC I've used before. But it would be nice to have the same choice on the OS X platform rather than resorting to a Windows partition.
by The Guardian
Ahead of next week's Macworld, we asked former Apple employees, and expert observers, to foresee launches and strategy at Cupertino - and Steve Jobs's departure.
by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu
Microsoft denies building a phone to directly compete with Apple's iPhone. But maybe Microsoft is just lying and buying time. Remember Mr Jobs' claim that no one will watch videos on an iPod?
Apple better be prepared because there is one asset that Microsoft own which Apple cannot easily win: Exchange.
So if one day Microsoft decided to put some Exchange servers on Live.com for Windows customers to use for free, just like Hotmail, you'd know why.
by Fred Vogelstein, Wired
By 2004 Apple's iPod business had become more important, and more vulnerable, than ever. The iPod accounted for 16 percent of company revenue, but with 3G phones gaining popularity, Wi-Fi phones coming soon, the price of storage plummeting, and rival music stores proliferating, its long-term position as the dominant music device seemed at risk.
So that summer, while he publicly denied he would build an Apple phone, Jobs was working on his entry into the mobile phone industry.
by Justin Berka, Ars Technica
by Robert Mitchell, Computerworld
The field is wide open for a Macintosh insurrection on the business desktop. It could happen, but probably won't.
by Aayush Arya, MacUser
by John C. Welch, Macworld
Mac OS X 10.5 Server is a compelling product; just keep in mind that some of its services don't work as well as they should in a heterogeneous environment.
by Don Reisinger, CNET News.com
While [movie studios and record labels] still need Apple, the impetus to give in to Jobs' demands has lessened. Once again, we have entered into a situation where the music and movie industries have been able to gain the majority of control in the business and all Apple can do is acquiesce.
DRM-free at Amazon store? Except for the "Amazon" part, isn't this exactly what Steve wanted? I'm sure the iPod division have no problem with this.
by Justin Berka, Ars Technica
by Tom Krazit, CNET News.com
Apple's store-within-a-store partnership with Best Buy is going to expand this year, according to Best Buy executives.
by Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS
NetNewsWire 3.1 is the latest release of the long-developed news aggregator of RSS and Atom feeds. And it's now free.
See Also:
NetNewsWire 3.1 Is Free, by Brent Simmons, Inessential.com. Every developer wants to be able to work on the software they love, make a living at it, and give it to the world for free. Usually you get to pick two out of three—if you're lucky. Me, I get all three.
by Glenn Fleishman, TidBITS
The iPhone and Mac OS X - like all major operating systems designed for personal computers and mobile phones - don't secure data sent over Wi-Fi by default.
by David Pogue, New York Times
The embedded number pad was eliminated to make the MacBook more closely resemble the aluminum Apple keyboards.
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
The European Commission has issued a brief statement, welcoming Apple's move to bring UK iTunes prices into line with those made available in other European states.
by Bryan Gardiner, Wired
We'll have to wait for Tuesday's keynote by Apple CEO Steve Jobs to see which rumors stick and which don't. In the meantime, here's a taste of what (possibly) could appear at Macworld.
by Michael Calore, Wired
Some releases — like updates to Mac OS X Leopard and Microsoft Office for the Mac — are as good as guaranteed. Others we're not totally sure about. But here's what we're expecting to see in the world of software at Macworld 2008.
by Tech Talk
Apple, you've definitely grabbed a new customer.
by Jack Nack, Adobe
We are working with Omniture on this right now, and will make this change as soon as we can.
by Apple
by Saul Hansell, New York Times
by Christopher Breen, Macworld
by MacNN
One customer noted that the box backing makes reference to an iPod-resolution file included on the disc, described by the packaging as a Fox Digital Copy.
by MacNN
by MacNN
by Charles Jade, Ars Technica
by Stephen Withers, iTWire
Apple is set to resolve charges by the European Commission that its country-based iTunes Stores contravene European Union rules.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
The Trojan specifically targets users that have modded their iPhone so they can install third-party applications.
by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
Huge speed, performance and expandability feature in latest professional desktop Macs.
by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu
The new Mac Pro: "Tower of 8-core power."
The new Xserve. "Now with 8-core processing power."
by Pete Mortensen, Cult Of Mac
At this point, I'm ready to admit that Apple's assumptions for the movie market were flat-out wrong.
by Elsa Wenzel, CNET
Overall, we found ourselves wondering why someone would splurge for Office for Mac 2008. Sure, it's a step up from the 2004 version, and the only one that runs natively on Intel-based Macs. But other companies serve up software that's compatible with Office documents and costs half as much, if not less-or nothing at all. iWork '08, for one, handles the newest, XML-based Office files pretty well.
by Mitch Wagner, InformationWeek
If Apple can get Mac OS X running on the iPhone and iPod Touch, surely they can run it on a USB stick?
The usual problem of having to run OS X on a large variety of PC configurations will, of course, doom this project.
by Erik Kennedy, Ars Technica
See Also:
Meet Apple's Newest Director: Andrea Jung, by Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek.
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
Samsung has launched a raft of products that lend weight to the notion Apple may reveal a Flash memory-based subnotebook Mac next week at Macworld Expo in San Francisco.
Of course, Apple has demonstrated before that just because it can does not necessary mean it will. I guess we'd just have to wait for the keynote.
by Jonny Evans, Macworld UK
Open source media management software heads to Mac.
by Jeff Carlson, Macworld
If you're an iMovie user feeling limited by its capabilities—or you've chosen to skip the revamped iMovie '08 altogether—Final Cut Express 4 is a great eay to jump into semi-professional video editing at a fraction of the cost of Final Cut Studio.
by Virginia Heffernan, New York Times
After lo this lifetime of servitude, I intend to break free, I seek a writing program that understands me. Goodbye to Word's prim rulers, its officious yardsticks, its self-serious formatting toolbar with cryptic abbreviations (ComicSansMS?) and trinkety icons. Goodbye to glitches, bipolar paragraph breaks and 400 options for making overly colorful charts.
by David Zeiler, Baltimore Sun
After reading through the lawsuit myself, I must say I was astounded at the misinformation and exaggeration.
by David Chartier, Ars Technica
by Dominic Rushe, The Times
Our viewing habits could be changed by linking the internet to the living room TV.
by Sohrab Vossoughi, BusinessWeek
Consumer electronics companies need to do more than pare product lines and make cool stuff. What Apple offers is a complete ecosystem.
by David Kravets, Wired
While industry analysts said Apple probably will lose market share in digital downloads as the majors gravitate away from DRM, the resulting increase in online music sale outlets will likely create a larger market for the ubiquitous iPod and emerging iPhone.
by David Morgenstern, ZDNet.com
Nothing appears to bring out the snarky comments and questionable legal actions than success in the technology markets.
by Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek
When guessing what Apple will do in the coming year, it's particularly helpful to look at the roadmap of Intel. And from the looks of things, the chipmaker may help lead Apple into uncharted, possibly lucrative, territory starting in late 2008.
Of course, Apple has never been loyal to any of its vendors and suppliers. And Apple entered iPod and iPhone businesses despite of Motorola, IBM, and Intel.
by The Arcter Journal
by Rich Mogull, TidBITS
Should Mac users support Intuit?
by Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek
See Also:
Yes, Virginia, Any Idiot Can File A Lawsuit!, by The Macalope, CNET News.com.
by Peter Burrows, BusinessWeek
Given all the remarkable changes in the music business in the past few months, I'd say its time for a "More Thoughts on Music" memo from Steve.
If iTunes embraces film rental, will subscription music be next? FairPlay remains.
by Robert A. Guth, Justin Scheck and Don Clark, Wall Street Journal
Spurred in part by the success of Apple Inc.'s innovative products, as well as a consumer shift toward notebook computers, PC makers have begun a radical overhaul of their machines' appearance.
If you think that Macintosh is selling purely on the looks of the machine, then you are sorely wrong. I think most PC makers know that the operating system and the applications make a lot of difference too. Unfortunately, this is the part where most PC makers have little control over what they push out of their factories.
by John Gruber, Daring Fireball
I've always thought this was a good rule of tumb for developers when deciding which menu item commands should get keybaord shortcuts.
by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, eWeek
It may give you all of the office functionality you need without any of the costs of the new Microsoft Office.
by Thomas Claburn, InformationWeek
The complaint takes issue with Apple's refusal to support the Windows Media Audio format.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
by MacNN
by Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica
In typical Microsoft fashion, the newest version builds on prior examples to do what it's supposed to.
by Elizabeth Montalbano, Macworld
A U.S. patent granted to Apple on Thursday seems to support reports that the company is working on an ultramobile PC to compete with Microsoft and its hardware partners in the market.
by Rhys Blakely, The Times
Apple is set to unveil a new ultraportable laptop on Janaury 15, according to the army of online pundits dedicated to tracking the iPod maker's every move.
by Dan Frakes, Macworld
Anxiety succeeds-perhaps better than any other to-do program I've used. It doesn't have as many features as ToDO X or other products, but it serves its intended purpose well: It's just noticeable enough that you don't forget about your tasks, but it doesn't dominate your screen or require you to switch back and forth between your to-do list and other applications.
by Franklin N. Tessler, Macworld
I'm impressed by what I've seen so far. PowerPoint 2008 has clearly narrowed the gap with Keynote in many areas and supassed it in some.
by Tom Negrino, Macworld
For most users, its improvements will be welcome, but hardly revolutionary. Still, it earns its place in Office 2008.
by Erik Kennedy, Ars Technica
A complete rewrite using the Cocoa frameworks for OS X gives it a new snappiness along with a glistening sheen that won't leave your dishes all spotted.
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Sonic the Hedgehog for iPod is a great trip down memory lane and superbly well done, but proof positive that some games just shouldn't be made for the iPod.
by Jeffery Battersby, Macworld
It's apparent that there is a major convergence between how Apple and Microsoft think a word processing application should work. WHile Word hasn't changed much when it comes to creating text-based documents, it has changed significantly when it comes to creating documents that are more page layout than word processing.
by Rob Griffiths, Macworld
It seems that Microsoft has delivered a Univeral version of Excel 2004 with some minor improvments, and minus one key feature — VIsual Basic macros — that some power users rely on.
by Shawn Blanc
by Dave Rosenberg, CNET News.com
by Peter Cohen, Macworld
Mark/Space has released The Missing Sync for iPhone, synchronization software that enables users to work with additional kinds of data that aren't supported by iSync.
by Jim Dalrymple, Macworld
Microsoft has takent he wraps off the latest version of Office, showcasing its new features and capabilities.
by Dan Butterfield, Phone Magazine
Bottom line... China wants the iPhone and Apple wants China. It will happen. Stay tuned.
by iTWire
With Macworld less than two weeks away, only those with an unstoppable urgent need for new Apple gear will be 'brave' enough to buy anything Apple before Steve Jobs permanently changes the Apple landscape yet again.
iPods anre iPhones are probably 'safe' to buy. iPods have just been updated radically, so no radical changes are expected, while Apple probably doesn't have the ability to do a new iPhone without leaks to the rumormongering web sites, and we definitely haven't hear anything new.
by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, ZDNet.com
Ridiculous.
by Michael Rose, The Unofficial Apple Weblog
by Greg Miller, Macworld
Extensive additions and user focus enhance versatile CAD program.
by Macworld
Does your Mac seem to be getting slower over time?
by Lee Sherman, Macworld
Soud Studio 3.5.5 is an easy-to-use tool that fits smoothly into your daily workflow without requiring a degree in audio engineering.
by Philip Michaels, Macworld
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