Archives for December 2005

December, 20th December 2005

• Apple Death Knell #48: Sometime in 2006, Steve Jobs Will Fall from Grace

  The odds are that Steve Jobs will suffer a fall from grace sometime in 2006, or so says USA Today…

• Apple Joins Push For New PC-HDTV Link

  Apple has joined Intel, Samsung, National Semiconductor, Silicon Image and other companies that want a new interface for connecting computers…

• Apple Newton Museum Collection Auctioned off on eBay

  The owner of the Newton Museum is auctioning off his entire collection of hardware, software and other stuff on eBay.

• Reading the Macworld San Francisco Tea Leaves

  CNN Money's Amanda Cantrell on Wednesday rounded up the Macworld San Francisco rumors and talked to analysts about their expectations.

• equinux Pulls TamTam for Mac OS X

  equinux announced that it is pulling TamTam for Mac OS X from the market after TomTom threatened legal action based…

• Myallo 1.2.2 Adds Intel Support

  Leptonic Systems announced the immediate availability of Myallo 1.2.2 on Wednesday. Myallo is a Web search application that adapts to…

• Apple Revamps Support Site

  Apple introduced a new look for its support site on Wednesday. The pop-up menus are gone, replaced by boxes with…

• VectorWorks 12 to Support Intel-based Macs

  Nemetschek announced on Tuesday that VectorWorks 12 will get an upgrade to support Intel-based Macs.

• Apple Store Australia Plans Dec 28 Sale

  Apple's online store in Australia is planning a one-day special shopping event for December 28.

• Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor 4 Integrates With iTunes, More

  Runtime Revolution has released version 4 of Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor. This upgrade to the personal typing trainer includes integration…

• Goldman Sachs Ups iPod Numbers Based on Holiday Demand

  Goldman Sachs on Wednesday issued a research note in which the firm increased its expectation of iPod shipments this quarter…

• Seagate to Buy Maxtor

  Seagate and Maxtor announced announced Seagate's plan to acquire Maxtor on Wednesday. The deal between the two hard drive manufacturers…

December, 19th December 2005

• The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus to Return to Macworld

  The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, a mobile recording studio packed with the latest Macintosh hardware and software, will return…

• Greene County, NC School District to Upgrade iBooks Early and Save US$1M

  Students in the Greene County, North Carolina school district will receive new 12-inch iBooks when they return from their winter…

• Mactivity President Paul Kent to Join IDG, Will Oversee Macworld

  IDG World Expo announced Wednesday that Paul Kent, the president of Mactivity, would be joining IDG as vice president, with…

• SnowGlobe From Freeverse

  Freeverse is giving away a little holiday present this year in the form of a 3D snow globe for your…

• MaBaSoft Updates Application Wizard 1.5

  MaBaSoft announced the immediate availability of Application Wizard 1.5 on Tuesday

• Apple Ranked as Fastest Growing Web Site

  Apple is the fastest growing site on the Web, beating out Google, Amazon, and even Microsoft, according to a recent…

• myNotes Adds Address Book Support

  Mishimo announced the immediate availability of myNotes 1.1 on Tuesday.

• Macworld Expo Adds Creative Corner

  Macworld Expo is adding a new feature to the Exhibit Hall called "Creative Corner." The new addition will highlight music,…

• Combustion 4 For the Mac Shipping

  Autodesk announced the immediate availability of Combustion 4 for the Mac on Tuesday.

• Info-Mac Network Fades Away

  Adam Engst, TidBits Publisher, announced on Tuesday that the venerable Info-Mac Network is closing down. Info-Mac has the distinction of…

• Mac Geek Gab #30: Apple iMac Reviewed

  The new iMac is the focus of tonight's show. Both Dave and John had a chance to review ths iMac…

December, 18th December 2005

• Want to Peek in a Package? Check Out Pacifist!

  In Mac OS X, the standard way of installing software is through a "package," and there may be times when…

• Responses

  Well, it's getting close to the end of another year, and it seems to be the time of year to…

• Apple to ‘Take Control’ of Laptop Market in 2006

  Projections by the Topology Research Institute show Apple shipping 3.27 million laptops worldwide in 2006, a 42% jump over the…

• Pro and Con: Should Apple Buy Palm?

  Brett Arends, writing for the Boston Herald on Monday, believes Apple CEO Steve Jobs should "take advantage of his soaring…

• Apple Exec Tevanian Makes $33 Million Off Stock Sales

  Avie Tevanian, Apple's chief software technology officer, has made more than US$33 million since Nov. 1 through two separate stock…

• Apple to Attend BETT Expo in UK

  Apple UK announced on Monday that it will be at the BETT Expo in Olympia, UK, from January 11 through…

• Inquirer: Apple Does ‘the Right Thing, not the Cheap Thing’

  The Inquirer's Charlie Demerjian on Monday posted a column in which he explains that Apple's computers are better than Windows…

• MacNotables Discusses Poker, iTunes and More

  The December 19th edition of the MacNotables podcast is available for download, and teams up The Mac Observer's own Editor-in-Chief,…

• Check Off 3.5 Adds Keyboard Shortcuts, More

  Justin Williams announced the immediate availability of Check Off 3.5 on Sunday. The updated version of his menu bar task…

• Original Mac Icon Gear

  Susan Kare, the designer of the original Mac icons, has taken her creations and applied them to various items like…

• 12 Days of Mac Internet Explorer Support Left

  Interent Explorer fans, it's time to move on: Microsoft's Web site lists December 31, 2005 as the last day of…

• Apple Sets Cap On Executive Bonus Pool

  Apple has set a maximum bonus pool at US$6 million for eligible executives and other employees for fiscal 2006.

• New From Chronos: StickyBrain 4, SOHO Organizer

  Chronos announced the immediate availability of StickyBrain 4 and SOHO Office on Monday. StickyBrain 4 is sticky notes-style information organizer,…

• Bubblomania X Available

  Dark Moon Software announced the immediate availability of Bubblomania X on Monday.

• Piper Expects 11M iPods This Quarter

  Piper Jaffray analysts Gene Munster and Michael Olson have raised their estimate of 9 million iPods shipped for the December…

December, 16th December 2005

• Weekly Roundup: Dec. 16th, 2005

  Ricky Spero is back today, delivering this podcast full of Mac news tidbits from the past week.

December, 15th December 2005

• If Apple Buys Adobe, Is the Operating System Market up for Grabs?

  If Apple buys Adobe, is the operating system market up for grabs? Adobe owns key graphic sector applications. Meanwhile, Microsoft…

• VoodooPad and XLogo

  Chris Barylick shows us VoodooPad, a text editor for Mac OS X that he said is the best piece of…

• Google Talks to AOL About Deal For 5% Stake in Company

  Google is currently in negotiations with Time Warner subsidiary AOL for a deal that would give the search engine a…

• Apple Posts New Hot Deals

  Apple on Friday updated its Hot Deals Web site with new specials from PowerMax, MacMall, ClubMac, Small Dog Electronics and…

• OCU Music School Becomes Apple Digital Campus

  Oklahoma City University's Wanda L. Bass School of Music is now an Apple Digital Campus, according to a report at…

• Apple Timeline: 2005

  A timeline of Apple's key events is available, starting with the introduction of the iPod shuffle at Macworld last January,…

• IcoNVader 2 Screen Saver Adds Holiday Theme

  Daedale announced the immediate availability of its screen saver, IcoNVader 2, on Friday.

• Take Control of .Mac Ebook Available

  Tidbits announced Take Control of .Mac, the latest title in its Take Control ebook series, on Friday.

• Grass WorkFlow Pro GIS Tools For the Mac

  OpenOSX announced the immediate availability of Grass WorkFlow Pro on Friday. The mapping and cartography package for Geographic Information System…

• ShadowBurn Uses OS X’s DiscBurning APIs for CD/DVD Authoring

  StupidFish Programming has released ShadowBurn 1.0, a new CD/DVD authoring utility that uses the DiscBurning APIs in Mac OS X.

• Jadeware Announces Ultranium 5

  Jadeware announced that it is developing a new title in the Ultranium series on Thursday. The new game, Ultranium 5…