Archives for October 2007

October, 10th October 2007

• Apple Files for Touch And Force Sensitive Display Patent

  A patent, 2007/0236466, filed by Apple in May and recently posted on October 11th with the U.S. Patent office proposes…

• Microsoft’s Ballmer Charts New Course

  Microsoft's Steve Ballmer spoke to the changes coming at Microsoft amidst changes in the Internet, cloud computing, and open source,…

• Fortune: Apple’s High Margin Approach Has Risks

  Bernstein Research Analyst Toni Sacconaghi has found both strength and vulnerability in Apple's high margin sales approach, according to Fortune/CNNMoney…

• Hard Drive Patent Infringement Investigation Hits Five Companies

  Steven and Mary Reiber filed a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission claiming several companies are infringing on…

• EasyFind 4 Improves Search Tools

  DEVONtechnologies announced the immediate availability of EasyFind 4.0 on Thursday. The updated version of the file searching utility added an…

• Unity 2.0 Improves Performance, Visuals, More

  Unity Technologies announced the immediate availability of Unity 2.0 on Thursday. The new version of the cross-platform game development and…

• AAPL Shoots Over $170 on Goldman Sachs Rating

  Apple jumped back up over US$170 again following news that Goldman Sachs raised its target price for the Mac and…

October, 09th October 2007

• Chronos SOHO Organizer 6.5 Adds Skype Support

  Chronos Released SOHO Organizer 6.5 on Wednesday with over 15 new features including improved phone number formatting and the ability…

• YML Tonight: Corel and Mike Bombich

  Your Mac Life (YML), with Shawn King, which airs every Wednesday night, will feature a discussion with Corel about Painter…

• OWC Offers Mac Pro Memory at All Time Low

  Other World Computing announced on Wednesday that memory prices for the Apple Mac Pro have reached an all time low…

• Blackfriar Marketing: ZFS is Solution to Apple’s Disk Storage Problems [UPDATED]

  Apple has recognized the problems users are having with massive storage, managing hundreds of thousands of files, and backing it…

• Gefen Introduces Wireless USB with 100 ft. Range

  Gefen announced on Wednesday their Wireless USB 2 Extender with four ports and a range of up to 100 ft.…

• ClipSaver 2.2 Improves Menu Support

  Pariahware announced the immediate availability of ClipSaver 2.2 on Wednesday. The updated version of the clipboard content saving utility added…

• Call Recorder for Skype 2.2 Adds Leopard Support

  Ecamm Network announced the immediate availability of Call Recorder for Skype 2.2 on Wednesday. The updated version of the Skype…

• Smith Micro Launches Stuffit Deluxe 12

  Smith Micro Software announced the immediate availability of StuffIt Deluxe 12 on Wednesday. The new version of the file compression…

• Office 2004 11.3.8 Update Addresses Security Issues

  Microsoft released the Microsoft Office 2004 11.3.8 update Tuesday afternoon to address security related issues in the office suite for…

• Mail: Auto Grouping Messages

  Thanks to the power of Spotlight, Apple's Mail application can do lots of heavy lifting when it comes to managing…

October, 08th October 2007

• Spin Studio Launches SpinTips for Developers

  Spin Studio LLC, a Mac-centric strategic marketing and business development company, unveiled SpinTips for Mac developers on Tuesday. SpinTips is…

• Nokia Tired of Waiting, Writing iSync Plug-ins

  It seems to take a long time for iSync plug-ins to arrive after Nokia releases a new mobile phone. Now,…

• Reviewer Bliss Leads to iMac Purchase

  A reviewer for the Houston Chronicle was so enamored of the Apple iMac he was using for a project that…

• WhatToDo 1.3 Adds Leopard Compatibility, More

  Objective Satisfaction announced the immediate availability of WhatToDo 1.3 on Tuesday. The updated version of the Getting Things Done-style task…

• Apple Q4 Financial Report: Oct 22

  Apple will be hosting its fourth quarter earnings report on Monday, October 22. The event is scheduled for 5PM eastern,…

• AAPL Breaks $170

  Apple's stock closed on Monday at US$167.91, but didn't stop there. In pre-market trading Tuesday morning, the company's stock broke…

• Mac Geek Gab #123: iPhoto, Deleting from Flash, Mouse Focus, and More

  Listener comments and questions are this week's focus, driving us through topics such as iPhoto and Aperture, Deleting from Flash…

October, 07th October 2007

• Apple Sued for Bricked iPhones, Violating Antitrust Statutes

  A California man has sued Apple, accusing the company of violating California antitrust law because iPhone customers are forced to…

• Apple Gets the Culture Code—in Seattle it Just Rains

  The phrase, "Designed by Apple in California," is born from an understanding of The Culture Code, according to Joel Spolsky…

• Analysts Size up Apple, Leopard’s Prospects

  With the release of Apple's Leopard OS looming, analysts are sizing up Apple's increasing market share and prospects as a…

• Quark Launches Quark Publishing System 7

  Quark announced the immediate availability of Quark Publishing System 7 on Monday. The updated version of the collaborative workflow management…

• Mental Case 1.1 Adds iPod, iPhone Sync Support

  MacCoreMac Software announced the immediate availability of Mental Case 1.1 on Monday. The updated version of the personal note and…

• WordOutput 1.0 Automates Printing from MS Word

  Zevrix Solutions announced the immediate availability of WordOutput 1.0 on Monday. WordOutput automates the process of printing multiple Microsoft Word…

• PasswordWallet 4.2 for iPhone Improves Load Times, More

  Selznick Scientific Software announced the immediate availability of PasswordWallet 4.2 for the iPhone on Monday. The updated version of the…

• Apple Stock Inching Towards $170

  AAPL stock closed on Monday at US$167.91 and set a new record.

• AAPL Closes Over $161, Tops $163

  Apple's stock continued its record breaking climb last week to close on Friday at US$161.4499. The company's stock has been…

October, 05th October 2007

• Apple Weekly Report: Apple Takes It on the Chin with Customers, Interview w/Chris Breen

  Apple is facing criticism over some of its update and product control tactics, Verizon hopes to knock the iPhone down…

October, 04th October 2007

• Apple Looks Into iMac Freezes

  Apple is looking into problems with the newest iMacs locking up after customers flooded the support forum this week, according…

• Fastmac Announces 2X Blu-ray Drives

  Fastmac announced on Friday the first 2X low-profile, slot loading Blu-ray drives for some Apple notebooks, iMac and Mac mini.

• DTP Tools Unveils Keyboard Shortcut Plug-in for InDesign CS3

  DTP Tools announced the immediate availability of Keyboard Shortcuts for InDesign CS3 on Friday. Keyboard Shortcuts is a plug-in for…

• Microsoft Cuts Bungie’s Cord

  Halo maker Bungie Studios announced on Friday that it has entered into an agreement with Microsoft to go it alone…

• Mail: Sending Messages to Groups

  Apple's Mail application is tightly integrated with Address Book, which means there are plenty of ways to make the two…

October, 03rd October 2007

• Parallels Provides Guidance on Expiring Boot Camp

  Ben Rudolph, the Director of Corporate Communications at Parallels, provided some guidance on Wednesday on how to handle the expiration…

• Spiderweb Software Cuts Prices 10% for October

  Spiderweb Software has cut prices on all its games, CDs, bundles, and even previously discounted products for the month of…

• Montage 1.3 Now in Beta

  Mariner Software announced the immediate availability of Montage 1.3 beta on Thursday. The beta version of the screenwriting application includes…

• ProSoft Acquires myStock

  ProSoft Engineering announced that it purchased the stock portfolio management application myStock from Bare Reef on Wednesday. The application will…

• MacBook Pro Battery Update 1.3 Addresses Performance Issues

  Apple released Battery Update 1.3 for the MacBook Pro on Wednesday. The battery firmware update addresses battery performance issues on…

• Piper Jaffray Reports on iPhone, Mac Sales

  While iPhone sales jumped 200% right after the price reduction, they've stabilized and are now up 56% from Jul/Aug sales…

• Analyst: New Zune Hurts MS Partners, Not Apple

  Microsoft may have Apple and the iPod in its sights with the new Zune models it announced this week, but…

October, 02nd October 2007

• Sonnet Technologies Introduces FireWire 800/USB 2.0 PCI Express Card

  Sonnet Technologies announced Wednesday Tango Express 800, a PCI Express (PCIe) adapter card for Mac Pro, Dual Core Power Mac…

• REAL Software Opens Registration for REAL World User Conference

  REAL Software announced Wednesday that registration for REAL World, the company's user conference for REALbasic and REAL SQL Server, is…

• IK Multimedia Ships SampleMoog Virtual Instrument

  IK Multimedia announced Wednesday that SampleMoog is now shipping. SampleMoog is a virtual instrument that includes, "the sounds of all…

• Chris Breen Fears Return of "Arrogant" Apple

  Long time Mac and iPod columnist Chris Breen fears that recent decisions and products from Cupertino hint that Apple could…