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January See All From This Month →

Thomson Financial Sees AAPL Turnaround Signs
Thomson Financial's Squawk Box, a source of commentary and intelligence on market-moving activity, said on Monday that they see early…
BusySync 1.5 Adds iCal Internet Sync Support
BusyMac announced the immediate availability of BusySync 1.5 on Tuesday. The updated version of the networked iCal syncing utility added…
Cringely Sticks to Windows Apps in Mac OS X Prediction
In his "I, Cringely" column at pbs.org on Friday, Robert X. Cringely has reiterated his belief that Apple is working…
YML Will Discuss Leopard's Firewall
Your Mac Life (YML), with Shawn King, which airs every Wednesday night, will chat with Rich Mogull about the ins…
NetNewsWire 3.1 Adds HTML Archiving, Now Free
NewsGator announced the immediate availability of NetNewsWire 3.1 for the Mac on Wednesday. In addition to support for HTML archiving,…

February See All From This Month →

YML: Producer Tim Gibbons and Nik's Viveza
Your Mac Life (YML), with Shawn King, which airs every Wednesday night, will chat with Tim Gibbons, a Hollywood producer…
AOL to Split Services
AOL's dial up Internet access and Web advertising services are about to go their separate ways. Time Warner plans to…
Apple Drops Out of NAB Show
Apple has announced that it will not have a booth at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show in April,…
iGet 2.7 Improves Leopard Support
Nakahara Informatics announced the immediate availability of iGet 2.7 on Monday. The update for the file transfer application improved overall…
Process 3 Adds iCal Support, Collaboration
Jumsoft announced the immediate availability of Process 3.0 on Friday. The new version of the project management and outlining application…

March See All From This Month →

Apple Releases MacBook Air SMC Update 1.0
Apple rolled out MacBook Air SMC Update 1.0 Monday evening to fine tune the speed and operation of the ultra-light…
Melodyne 2 to Get Direct Note Access
Celemony announced 2 at the Frankfurt Musikmesse on Thursday. The new version of the audio correction application will include Direct…
QuickerTek Unveils Time Capsule Antenna Upgrade
QuickerTek announced the immediate availability of its Time Capsule Antenna Upgrade on Monday. The includes three 3dBi antennas that sit…
Apple Sued For Deceptive iMac Claims
Apple deceptively marketed its new 20-inch iMac in a way that grossly inflated the capabilities of its monitor, which is…
Toast 9 Titanium Sports Blu-ray, Internet Streaming
Roxio announced the immediate availability of Toast 9 Titanium on Monday. The new version of the CD and DVD disc…

April See All From This Month →

Longtime Mac User Tries Ubuntu Linux
A self-admitted, longtime, pure bred, never owned anything else Mac user took a test drive of Ubuntu Linux and found…
Aspyr to Bring Kaplan Brand SAT Prep Game to Market
Aspyr and Kaplan announced Monday an agreement for Aspyr to bring Kaplan-branded games and other entertainment titles to market. The…
Microsoft Delays Windows XP SP3
Microsoft has delayed the Web release of Windows XP SP3, scheduled for today, due to an incompatibility found with Microsoft…
iMac ATI Update Improves Stability
Apple released the iMac ATI Radeon 2600/2400 1.0.1 firmware update for iMacs with either ATI Radeon 2600 Pro or ATI…
Safari's Drag-able Tabs
Safari 3 makes it much easier to work with tabs, which means it's much easier to work with all of…

May See All From This Month →

Adobe Intros Flash Player 10 Beta
Adobe unveiled a public beta of Flash Player 10 on Thursday. The beta, code named "Astro," added support for user-implemented…
TMO's Dave Hamilton to Speak at Seacoast MUG
TMO's Mac Geek Gab host Dave Hamilton will be speaking at the Seacoast MUG in Rye, New Hampshire, on Tuesday,…
Mac Geek Gab #151: Startup Sounds, FileTypes, EQ, and Bits vs. Bytes
Listener tips shine through this week, with some answers about startup sounds and filetypes. Then your two favorite geeks do…
Security Firm Tires of Waiting for Apple Fix, Publishes iCal Security Flaws
After attempting to work with Apple for several months on what it claims are serious security flaws in iCal, security…
Marketwatch: Apple, "Electronics Horseman," Rides On
Leo Leydon of Financial Focus Advisory Services declared the four horsemen of consumer electronics during the holiday shopping season, according…

June See All From This Month →

Microsoft Rolls Out Office 2004, 2008 Updates, Open XML Converter
Microsoft released Office 2004 11.5, Office 2008 12.1.1, and Open XML Converter Tuesday evening. The updates are designed to improve…
PopChar X 4 Adds System-wide Character Search
Ergonis Software announced the immediate availability of PopChar X 4.0 on Monday. The new version of the special character and…
Native Instruments Releases Deep Transformations & FM8 Transient Attacks for Kore 2
Native Instruments released Wednesday Deep Transformation for Kore 2 and Kore Player, as well as FM8 Transient Attacks for FM8…
MCE Ships Recordable Blu-ray For Mac: $499
MCE Technologies, LLC announced the immediate availability of its 6X Blu-ray recordable drive for PowerMac and Mac Pro on Monday.…
Apple Releases Xsan Admin, Xsan Filesystem Update 2.1
Apple released Xsan 2.1 Admin Update and Xsan Filesystem Update 2.1 on Thursday evening. The updates provide reliability and compatibility…

July See All From This Month →

AAPL Drops 3% in Afternoon Trading, Deferred Revenue Accounting Earning Attention
Shares in Apple Inc. have taken a 3.27% hit in trading Friday, down US$5.62 per share as of this writing.…
Steve Ballmer Addresses MS Employees About Apple
Microsoft, by all accounts, has been on a rough road with the attempted Yahoo! acquisition and the Vista rollout. After…
Bringing the Mac to the Masses: Presenting To PC Users
The Mac and Mac OS X are becoming more popular all the time, which means there are a growing number…
Fake Steve Jobs Sails into Sunset
Dan Lyons, who has written the Secret Diary of Steve Jobs as the "Fake" Steve Jobs for the last two…
BMO: Apple Likely to Continue Low-Ball of Investor Guidance
Apple has provided conservative investor guidance in seven of eight previous quarters, and BMO Capital believes that that Apple will…

August See All From This Month →

Apple Campus Fire Damage Hits $2M
Apple's Cupertino campus was the location of a three alarm fire on August 12, and now it looks like the…
Microsoft's Open XML Moves Forward as ISO Standard
Microsoft's Open XML format overcame its final stumbling block and is moving forward as an official ISO standard. The file…
Apple to Open Fort Worth Store on Aug 23
Apple is planning to open its University Park Village retail store in Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday, August 23 at…
After The Core 2 Duo - Unraveling the Zoo of Intel Code Names
In order to gain some perspective about what Apple may be planning for future MacBooks, Dan Turner at Computerworkd tried…
CNET's Top Back-to-School Picks: Apple
CNET has published its 11th annual "Back-to-School Gift Guide." Described as a must have for parents and students who plan…

September See All From This Month →

Column: Barriers to Mac in Enterprise are Collapsing
Apple is finally making serious inroads in the enterprise, and barriers are collapsing, according to Vin D'Amico in his column…
O'Reilly Updates Mac OS X For Unix Geeks for Leopard
O'Reily has updated their book, Mac OS X For Unix Geeks. The fourth edition covers OS X 10.5 Leopard and…
Wayne NJ Apple Store to open on Sept 13
Apple's newest New Jeresey store is set to open its doors in Wayne on Saturday, September 13 at 10:00AM. The…
Toshiba Announces 256 GB Solid State Drive
Toshiba announced that they will begin production of 256 GB Solid State Drives (SSD) in the fourth quarter, according to…
WOW: Wrath of the Lich King Ships Nov 13
The long awaited World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King game expansion pack is set to be released on…

October See All From This Month →

Jeff Gamet Talks Tech Travel on Your Mac Life
TMO Managing Editor and Apple Weekly Report co-host Jeff Gamet will be joining the Your Mac Life crew on Wednesday…
Re: The FireWire Firestorm
As every Mac Observer reader knows by now, Apple has dropped the FireWire port from its latest MacBooks. The result…
Mossberg: New MacBook is a Terrific Choice
Walt Mossberg with the Wall Street Journal has been testing the new Apple Macbook for several days and found it…
Analysts Expect Strong Q4 from Apple
Apple's fourth quarter earnings report is scheduled for after market closing on Tuesday, and analysts appear to be mixed on…
DocHaven 3 Adds Project History, More
Holy Mackerel Software announced the immediate availability of DocHaven 3 on Friday. The new version of the document management system…

November See All From This Month →

Apple's Bad Habit of Competing With its Channel Partners
Apple loves it when its channel partners sell lots of Apple products. Everyone makes money. However, in tough economic times,…
TMO Opens 2009 Editors Choice Awards Submissions
The Mac Observer will once again host its annual Editors Choice Awards at Macworld Expo in January. Our editors will…
KeyCue 4.3 Improves Activation Controls, More
Ergonis Software announced the immediate availability KeyCue 4.3 on Wednesday. The update for the keyboard shortcut viewing application added new…
Microsoft Opens Online Store
Microsoft opened its own online store on Friday, joining the ranks of Apple, Sony, and a long list of other…
Barclays Sees Compelling Value in AAPL, Projects Black Friday Discounts
Barclays analyst Ben Reitzes has maintained his Overweight rating on AAPL, telling clients in a research note obtained by The…

December See All From This Month →

Two Bay Area Apple Stores Robbed in Smash & Grab
Two Apple Store retail locations were robbed in the middle of the night over the weekend, with two smashing the…
Particle Debris: (Week ending 12/5) SSDs, Ferengis and Vulcans
This week, John Martellaro turns his attention to Ferengis and Vulcans, SSDs, Netflix in HD, Samsung's questionable customer support, operators…
Netflix Movie Streaming for the Mac goes Live
The Netflix movie rental service transitioned its Watch Instantly movie streaming feature for Mac OS X out of beta testing…
Audio Hijack Pro 2.9 Updates Interface, More
Rogue Amoeba announced the immediate availability of Audio Hijack 2.9 on Monday. The update for the audio capture application gained…
Ambrosia Offer $19 Holiday Game Bundle
Ambrosia Software is celebrating its 15th year of business by offering a bundle of six games for US$19: Apeiron, Redline,…

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