Archives for December 2006

December, 21st December 2006

• Samsung President Pleads Guilty to RAM Price Fixing

  Young Hwan Park , president of San Jose-based Samsung Semiconductor Inc., has agreed to plead guilty to computer memory price…

• Updated ScreenSavrz Offer More Laptop Protection

  RadTech announced the immediate availability of an updated design for its ScreenSavrz for Notebooks display protectors on Friday.

• Armado 1.2 Adds Gamepad Support

  Tricky Software announced the immediate availability of Armado 1.2 on Friday.

• Universal Soccer Manager 2 Comes to the Mac

  Winterwolves announced the immediate availability of the sports simulation game Universal Soccer Manager 2 on Friday.

• Fixing Garbled Type in Mail and Safari

  If English is your first language, but Safari and Mail display text in some language that looks like it came…

• Apple’s Top Five Business Decisions

  Apple has managed to survive and even thrive despite some very bad leaders, products and financial results over the years.…

December, 20th December 2006

• Samson C03U USB Microphone

  Professional quality recording doesn't require professional-sized price tags any more, and microphones like Samson's CO3U let anyone turn their Mac…

• The HDTV Industry Could Use Apple’s Help

  Prices are plummeting. Retailers' profit margins are squeezed. Customers remain confused about the technology. No, not PCs. HDTV.

• A Snowstorm Inside Your Macintosh

  For those who can't get enough snow outside, here are seven applications that put snow on your Mac's screen.

• Gefen Announces Fiber Optic Extender for DVI Video

  Connectivity provider Gefen announced the immediate availablility of a kit that extends DVI video over optic fiber with a range…

• Parallels Desktop Beta2 Adds USB 2.0 Support

  Parallels released a beta version of Parallels Desktop on Thursday that adds USB 2.0 support to the virtual machine application…

• 1Passwd 2.2 Adds Palm Support

  Agile Web Solutions announced the immediate availability of 1Passwd 2.2 on Thursday.

• PasswordWallet 4 Now Intel Mac Ready

  Selznick Scientific Software announced the immediate availability of password database application for Mac and PalmOS, PasswordWallet 4.0, on Thursday.

• Chronos Launches SOHO Business Cards 2.0

  Chronos announced the immediate availability of SOHO Business Cards 2.0 on Thursday.

• Editorial - Mitigating Vista Risk With Macs

  Computerworld published a story about how to mitigate Vista risk by purchasing Macs. But it didn't tell the whole story.

• Do You Really Have the Time for that New Gizmo?

  As the holiday season reaches its final crescendo, I am reminded of a recurring interaction from my childhood, one that…

December, 19th December 2006

• The Zune is a Decoy to Defend Xbox Turf

  Bob Cringely says that the Zune is just a decoy, something to distract the industry from their thrust into the…

• PC Sales Growth Drops to Zero, Mac Growth Soars

  Taking the PC vendors by surprise, sales growth in U.S. PC sales ground to a halt in Q3 2006 while…

• BeLight Introduces Art Text

  BeLight Software announced the immediate availability of Art Text on Wednesday.

• AdForce 5 Gets Intel Mac Support

  Managing Editor Inc. announced the immediate availability of AdForce 5 on Wednesday.

• Apple Unveils New Mac Holiday Ad

  Apple dropped another bit of holiday spirit for us on Wednesday with a new Get a Mac holiday commercial.

• Iomega Launches New Mac Hard Drives

  Iomega announced the immediate availability of two new external hard drives for Mac users on Wednesday.

• Stretch Manager Added to MacBreakZ 4.1

  publicspace.net announced the immediate availability of the Macintosh break timer application MacBreakZ 4.1 on Wednesday.

• Desktop Holiday Trimmings for Your Mac

  If you are looking for something that adds a bit of the holiday spirit to your Mac, here's a few…

• Editorial - A Month of Continuous Foolishness

  A security researcher and his partner will start publishing previously undocumented security holes in Mac OS X or Mac OS…

• Mac Geek Gab #83: iPod Shuffle Reviewed, Remote Control

  First up is a review of the new iPod shuffle, and then John and Dave answer your questions about all…

December, 18th December 2006

• Apple, the OODA Loop and Staying The Course

  Modern, exotic, capable personal electronic gadgets are hard to create. While Apple takes months and months to create them, customers…

• NoteMind

  Computers are great at creating and storing information, but without a way to organize and sort that information - to…

• Mac OS X Security Update Addresses QuickTime Java Issue

  Apple Computer released Tuesday Security Update 2006-008, a Mac OS X patch that addresses a security threat involving QuickTime and…

• CardRaider Recovers Deleted Photos from Digital Cameras

  Ecamm Network announced the immediate availabilty of CardRaider, an application to recover deleted photos from digital camera memory cards.

• EdH Software Releases miXscope 3.1

  The miXscope application has been upgraded to version 3.1. The upgrade is free for registered users.

• Microsoft Releases Mac Office Updater 11.3.2

  Microsoft has posted a Mac Office update, 11.3.2. However, there are additional details.

• ThinkFree Office Has Unusual Percentage of Mac Users

  Apple users account for a disproportionate share of ThinkFree Office customers.

• Yellow Lemon Software Releases Screen Sieve 1.0

  Screen Sieve is designed to search the entire contents of an active window and display all the results at once.

• "Get A Mac" Actors Win Bobby Awards

  John Hodgman and Justin Long, the PC and Mac from Apple's Get A Mac commercials, were both awarded 2006 Garfield…

• Ford Automates with Mac minis

  The automotive assembly lines at Ford are getting a little help from Apple's Mac mini computers.

• CrystalMaker 7.2 Adds Intel Mac Support

  CrystalMaker Software Ltd. announced the immediate availability of the crystal and molecular design application CrystalMaker 7.2 on Tuesday.

• WiebeTech Announces SilverSATA Tray Case

  WiebeTech announced the immediate availability of its new storage carrying case for SilverSATA and ProSATA hard drive trays on Tuesday.

• Company Develops Web-based Facial Recognition

  Polar Rose announced on Tuesday that it has developed a new facial recognition technology for Web browsers.

December, 17th December 2006

• beaTunes 1.1

  Making playlists in iTunes is easy enough, but beaTunes makes it even better. beaTunes analyzes your music so you can…

• Microsoft Says "No Urgent Need to Uninstall Office Patch"

  The Mac Office Patch that was posted, then pulled last week, does not need to be removed.

• Lynda.com Offers Free Photoshop CS3 beta Training

  Lynda.com announced on Monday that it is offering a series of free Photoshop CS3 beta training videos.

• Linksys Launches iPhone Products, Not Apple

  The "iPhone" moniker has finally been applied to a real product, but it isn't coming from Apple. Linksys launched its…

• Pogue: Vista Not a Rip-off of Mac OS X (Not)

  Think Windows Vista steals features from Mac OS X? Think again. The New York Times' David Pogue points out that…

• School District Dropping Macs for More "Appropriate Technology"

  Community Unit School District 300 in Illinois is working to remove Mac computers from classrooms in favor of more "appropriate…

• Opera 9.1 Adds Anti-phishing Protection

  Opera Software announced the immediate availability of Opera 9.1 on Wednesday.

• Apple and Orange Launch Broadband Service in France

  European communications company Orange and Apple Computer have struck a deal to offer French consumers a MacBook and broadband Internet…

• QuickerTek Ships MacBook Carry Handles

  QuickerTek announced the immediate availability of the MacBook Carry Handle on Monday.

• Protecting Your Mac From its Best Friend: Electricity

  Electricity is the fuel that keeps your Mac running, but it can also bring tragedy and destruction if you don't…

December, 15th December 2006

• Apple Report: PRAM and Blu-Ray Rising

  Dell has beaten Apple to shipping Blu-ray enabled machines, and phase-change memory technology is shaping up to be the biggest…