Archives for November 2007

November, 29th November 2007

• NitroAV Announces SATA II PCIe Card

  NitroAV announced Friday the SATAStar Plus, a SATA II host adapter for Macs (and PCs) with PCIe slots. The card…

• Motley Fool: AAPL is Hardly Overvalued

  Responding to a posting that Apple's stock is vastly overvalued, Tim Beyers did some research and proposed that AAPL is…

• Cringely: AT&T’s Shot Across Apple’s Bow

  AT&T's CEO Randall Stephenson, on Thursday, made an iPhone 3G announcement that preempted Steve Jobs, and it stands to lose…

• Apple Turns the Tables on Dell with Component Costs

  Analyst Shaw Wu is maintaining a neutral position on Dell in his periodic research notes due to the recent erosion…

• iListen 1.8 Updated for Leopard

  MacSpeech, Inc. announced on Friday the immediate availability of iListen 1.8, an update which is ow Leopard compatible. The update…

• Take Control Releases Leopard Backup Guide

  TidBITS and Take Control announced the immediate availability of Take Control of Easy Backups in Leopard on Friday. The new…

• Tables 1.4 Improves ODF Support, More

  Daniel Schwill announced the immediate availability of Tables 1.4 on Friday. The updated spreadsheet and data organization application added an…

• Data Rescue II 1.2 Adds Mac OS X 10.5 Support

  Prosoft Engineering released Data Rescue II 1.2 on Friday. The update for the data recovery application added support for Mac…

• PUB2ID 1.5 Gets Publisher 2007 Support

  Markzware announced the immediate availability of PUB2ID 1.5 on Friday. The updated version of the InDesign CS2 and CS3 plug-in…

• Macgamestore Releases Monopoly for the Mac

  Macgamestore.com announced the immediate availability of Monopoly for the Mac on Friday. The Mac-based version of the classic board game…

• Google Goes After 700MHz Wireless Band

  When the FCC puts the 700MHz wireless spectrum on the auction block in January Google will be there. The company…

• AAPL Clears $187

  Apple's stock managed to close up at US$184.29 on Thursday, but it didn't stop there. In pre-market trading on Friday,…

• Leopard: Using Expose with Spaces

  Exposé is great for finding specific document windows, and Leopard's Spaces feature is great for organizing your application windows on…

November, 28th November 2007

• QuickTime RTSP Vulnerability Proof-of-concept Surfaces

  A few days after a flaw was discovered in the QuickTime handling of the Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP), researchers…

• Apple Online Store Sale on Friday for Australia

  Apple is having a special "Let the Holdays Begin" sale at their Australian online store, Friday, November 30th. For the…

• DEVONtechnologies Updates Apps for Leopard

  DEVONtechnologies released updates for DEVONthink, DEVONagent, and DEVONnote on Thursday. The updates add compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 and…

• Microsoft Denies Wrongdoing in "Vista Capable" Case

  On Wednesday, it was reported that a Microsoft marketing executive seemed to be as confused about the meaning of "Vista…

• SubRosaSoft Introduces System Protection App FileDefense

  SobRosaSoft.com announced the immediate availability of its new file protection and system watchdog application FileDefense 1.0 on Thursday. The system…

• Adobe, Yahoo! Launch Ad-based PDF Test Program

  Adobe and Yahoo! announced on Thursday that they have teamed up to bring ads to PDF documents. The opt-in service…

• Stone Works Suite Gets Mac OS X 10.5.1 Compatibility Updates

  Stone Design announced the immediate availability of a series of updates to the company's Stone Works application suite on Thursday.…

• Xserve Lights-Out Management Firmware Update 1.1 Address Lights Out Issue

  Apple released Xserve Lights-Out Management Firmware Update 1.1 on Wednesday evening. The firmware update for the Intel-based Xserve addresses an…

• AAPL Climbs Following 3G iPhone News

  Word of a 2008 3G-compatible iPhone release didn't come from Apple, but that didn't stop the company's stock from climbing.…

November, 27th November 2007

• Intel Updates Tools for Leopard, Fuels Penryn Speculation

  Intel Corp. announced a major upgrade to its tools suite on Wednesday in support of Apple's Leopard OS. The latest…

• YML Tonight: The Malcor Hoax

  Your Mac Life (YML), with Shawn King, which airs every Wednesday night, will feature a discussions about recent Intenet Website…

• Vista Branding Confuses Vista Marketing Exec

  In the lawsuit against Microsoft and its use of the term "Windows Vista Capable" on PCs even Microsoft's director of…

• Classic Menu 2.8 Updated for Leopard

  Sig Software announced on Wednesday that Classic Menu 2.8 adds full support for Leopard. Classic Menu brings back the classic…

• Gadget Support Comes to Google Desktop for the Mac

  Google announced on Wednesday that it is adding Google Gadget support to its Google Desktop application for the Mac. Google…

• NetShred X 4.1 Gains Mac OS X 10.5 Compatibility

  Mireth Technologies announced the immediate availability of NetShred X 4.1 on Wednesday. The updated version of the Internet activity privacy…

• message2net 1.2.4 Adds Leopard Support

  nova media announced the immediate availability of message2net 1.2.4 on Wednesday. The updated version of the SMS and phonebook management…

• Iconfactory and Panic Introduce CandyBar 3 for Leopard

  The Iconfactory announced the immediate availability of CandyBar 3.0 on Wednesday. The new version of the icon customization utility supports…

• Matias Unveils iRizer Notebook Stand

  Matias announced the immediate availability of its new iRizer notebook computer stand on Wednesday. The iRizer is a light weight,…

• Goldman Sachs Recommends "Buy" for AAPL

  David Bailey with Goldman Sachs conducted retail checks on Black Friday and found good reason to set a "buy" rating…

• AAPL Creeps Up Over $176 Again

  Apple's stock took another upswing in after hours trading to climb back up over the US$176 mark early Wednesday morning.…

• Protecting Files with an Encrypted Disk Image

  I recently showed how to keep Leopard's pre-built Smart Folders from snooping where you don't want them. A couple of…

November, 26th November 2007

• Apple Compares Retail Stores to Five-Star Hotels

  Apple's Senior VP in charge of Apple's retail sales, Ron Johnson, compared their stores to five-star hotels, according to the…

• Microsoft Mac BU Publishes Office 2008 Sneak Peek #6

  The Microsoft Macintosh Business Unit (Mac BU) published its Office 2008 Sneak Peek #6 on Tuesday. The Sneak Peek showcases…

• TimeMachineScheduler Allows Better Interval Control

  Stefan Klieme has announced the immediate availability of TimeMachineScheduler. It can override Time Machine's default interval setting of one hour…

• Firefox 2.0.0.10 Fixes High Level Vulnerabilities

  Mozilla has released Firefox 2.0.0.10. This version fixes three vulnerabilities considered "high", including a referer spoofing issue.

• AccountEdge 2008 Adds Support for Apple Apps

  MYOB US announced the immediate availability of AccountEdge 2008 on Tuesday. The new version of the small business accounting application…

• Boot Camp Beta and Tiger 10.4.11 a Disaster for Some

  A few users at Apple's discussion forum are experiencing a severe problem with the Beta of Boot Camp installed under…

• Memories 1.1 Beefs Up Encryption

  Coding Robots announced the immediate availability of Mémories 1.1 on Tuesday. The updated version of the personal journaling application added…

• Fortune Names Steve Jobs the Most Powerful Business Person

  Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been called many things over the years, and now Fortune has added something else to…

• Typinator 2.1 Gets Mac OS X 10.5 Support

  Ergonis Software announced the immediate availability of Typinator 2.1 on Tuesday. The updated version of the auto-typing and typo correction…

• Toon Boom Releases Flip Boom Animation for Kids

  Toon Boom announced the immediate availability of Flip Boom on Tuesday. Flip Boom is an animation application designed for kids…

• MacITT, Apple Matters Defaced by Hacker [Updated]

  MacITT, Apple Matters and iPhone Matters, three Apple and Mac related information Web sites, were seemingly defaced by a hacker…

• Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock for Mac to Ship Dec 10

  Aspyr Media announced on Tuesday that Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock for the Mac has reached gold master status…

• Chopper 1.1 Sports New Graphics, Sounds

  Majic Jungle Software announced the immediate availability of Chopper 1.1 on Tuesday. The updated version of the side-scrolling helicopter game…

• The Semi-Hidden Features of Leopard

  By now, you've likely heard all about the big new features in Leopard (aka Mac OS X 10.5): Time Machine,…

• Mac Geek Gab #129: Fixing Open With Menu, Sharing Calendars, Wirelessly Updating iPod touch, and Mor

  Dave and John hit the ground running with a reminder to check your Mac's battery -- and why. Then it's…

November, 25th November 2007

• Snapz Pro X 2.1.2

  Apple's Grab application is fine for taking screenshots on your Mac, but for heavy duty use it falls a bit…