Archives for January 2008

January, 10th January 2008

• There and Back Again: Surviving Macworld Expo

  Macworld Expo 2008 starts in a couple of days on January 14, so it's time to load up the important…

• The Desktop Macs Need More Sex Appeal

  Apple makes products that people love to feel, love to own, and love to show to their friends. However, when…

January, 09th January 2008

• Understanding Macs in the Enterprise

  The resurgence of Apple, the Macintosh, and now the iPhone results in a continuous discussion of Apple's opportunities in the…

• Airfoil 3 Adds Leopard, Video Support

  Rogue Amoeba announced the immediate availability of Airfoil 3 on Thursday. The new version of the AirPort Express enhancement application…

• Rondo 2.7 Adds MIDI Export, More

  FracturedSoftware announced the immediate availability of Rondo 2.7 on Thursday. The updated version of the MIDI player for Mac OS…

• SmileOnMyMac Rolls Out Pre-Macworld Expo Updates

  SmileOnMyMac announced the immediate availability of updated versions of PDFpen, DiscLabel, TextExpander, and PageSender on Thursday. All of the updates…

• Melbourne Australia Apple Store On the Way

  Melbourne may be the first city in Australia to open an official Apple Store, beating out Sydney, which is also…

• Adobe Announces Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac

  Adobe introduced the next version of the consumer image editing application Photoshop Elements 6 on Thursday. The company plans to…

• TMO’s Andy Ihnatko Hosts The Process of Elimination at Macworld Expo

  TMO columnist and author Andy Ihnatko will be hosting The Process of Elimination at Macworld Expo 2008. The game show-style…

• Meet TMO’s Nancy Gravley at the MacLevelTen Meet-up

  TMO columnist Nancy Gravley will be appearing at the MacLevelTen Meet-up during Macworld Expo 2008. The event begins runs from…

• TMO’s Ted Landau Tackles Mac Troubleshooting at Macworld Expo

  TMO columnist and author Ted Landau will be sharing Mac troubleshooting tips during Macworld Expo 2008. His Users Conference session…

• TMO’s Dave Hamilton Offers Mac Health Tips at Macworld Expo

  TMO President and Mac Geek Gab co-host Dave Hamilton is showing how to keep your Mac in top shape at…

January, 08th January 2008

• OWC Introduces Memory Upgrades for New Mac Pros

  Other World Computing (OWC) announced the immediate availability of its new FB-DIMM 800 MHz Memory upgrades for the new Mac…

• Best Buy Wants to Expand Mac Sales

  Best Buy wants Apple to expand its Macintosh store-within-a-store presence in its stores this year, according to Ben Reitzes, an…

• 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,…

• Ilene Hoffman Publishes Macworld Events List

  Ilene Hoffman, Macintosh consultant, writer and photographer has announced the 13th annual Hess Memorial Macworld Events List. The list currently…

• Former Apple Exec Richard Kerris Joins Lucasfilm

  Lucasfilm announced on Wednesday that former Apple executive Richard Kerris has joined the entertainment and special effects company as Chief…

• Merlin 2.5 Adds Network, Leopard Support

  ProjectWizards announced the immediate availability of Merlin 2.5 on Wednesday. The updated version of the project management application added the…

• TweakerSoft Launches VectorDesigner for Mac OS X

  TweakerSoft announced the immediate availability of VectorDesigner 1.0 on Wednesday. VectorDesigner is a vector-based graphic design application that also handles…

• SWsoft Releases Beta of Parallels Server

  SWsoft announced on Wednesday the Beta release of its Parallels Server, a hypervisor-powered server virtualization solution. It is the first…

• Macgamestore Intros Chocolatier 2: Secret Ingredients

  Macgamestore.com announced the immediate availability of Chocolatier 2: Secret Ingredients on Wednesday. The followup game to Chocolatier has players working…

• BloggingStocks: Time to Get More Bullish on Tech (and AAPL)

  Battered by general concerns over the economy, all stocks, including AAPL, have take a recent plunge. When that happens, in…

• Ready-made Macworld Expo iCal Schedules

  Macworld Expo 2008 starts next Monday on January 14 which means we are only days away from exciting announcements, reunions…

January, 07th January 2008

• Apple Developer Connection Publishes IT Video Collection

  Apple's Developer Connection has published a video collection of 100 WWDC sessions focused on IT. Topics include Leopard Server, best…

• Time Machine Disabled When MacBook on Battery

  Time Machine's page in System Preferences shows the time for the next scheduled backup. However, if the power cord is…

• Canary Wireless Launches 2nd Generation Wi-Fi Detector

  Canary Wireless announced the launch of its second generation Wi-Fi detector, the HS20 Digital Hotspotter, on Tuesday. The device is…

• Ambric Unleashes Teraops Video Processor, Gets Adobe Endorsement

  Ambric in Beaverton, Oregon has announced its massively parallel Am2045 GT platform consisting of 336 RISC processors on a single…

• The Omni Group Ships OmniFocus 1.0

  The Omni Group announced the immediate availability of OmniFocus 1.0 on Tuesday. OmniFocus is an advanced task management application that…

• MacBook Pro, Leopard Score InfoWorld Technology Awards

  Apple's MacBook Pro and Mac OS X 10.5 operating system both landed on top of InfoWorld's 2008 Technology of the…

• Apple Springs 8-core Xserve

  Along with the new eight core Mac Pro, Apple also introduced the new eight core Xserve 1U rack mount server…

• Apple Unveils 8-core Mac Pro Ahead of Macworld Expo [Updated]

  Apple announced the immediate availability of the new Mac Pro with eight processor cores on Tuesday a full week ahead…

• Apple Store Offline

  Apple's online retail store went off line early Tuesday morning and was replaced with the familiar "We'll be back soon"…

• FileMaker Ships Bento Personal Database App

  FileMaker announced the immediate availability of its new personal database application Bento 1.0 on Tuesday. Bento is geared towards personal…

• LaCie Intros 24-inch Display for Creative Pros

  LAS VEGAS -- LaCie introduced its new 324 24-inch LCD monitor at CES in Las Vegas on Tuesday. The display…

• Disney Offers Pirates-Based MMO to Casual Gamers

  LAS VEGAS -- Disney is demonstrating its new Pirates of the Caribbean Online game, a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing…

• Mac Geek Gab #135: Manual Migration, Mail To-Do Management, Time Machine Explained

  John and Dave take a tour through the Mac OS, discussing how to migrate manually, managing your To-Dos using Mail's…

January, 06th January 2008

• Apple Posts New "Get A Mac" Ad: Referee

  Just in time for the NFL football playoffs, Apple has released a new "Get A Mac" ad that features an…

• iLabel X 2.0 Includes Leopard Support

  Bruno Blondeau announced the immediate availability of iLabel X 2.0 on Monday. The new version of the label creation and…

• Avon’s Andrea Jung Joins Apple Board of Directors

  Apple announced on Monday that Avon Products CEO and chairman, Andrea Jung, has joined its board of directors. Ms. Jung…

• NYT: Bill Gates’ Last CES Keynote Was a "Snore"

  LAS VEGAS - Bill Gates, the soon to be ex-Chairman of Microsoft, had little that was interesting to say at…

• LaCie Springs New Hard Drives at CES

  LAS VEGAS -- LaCie announced the immediate availability of five new hard drive models at CES on Monday. The drives…

• Belkin Unveils New Laptop Bags

  LAS VEGAS -- Belkin announced three new laptop bags at CES on Monday. The Ceylon Messenger, Backpack, and Laptop Hideaway…

• Toshiba Announces External 1.8-inch USB 2.0 Hard Drives

  LAS VEGAS -- Toshiba announced Sunday a new line of portable hard drives based on the company's 1.8-inch hard drive,…

• Options: Selecting Alternate iPhoto and iTunes Libraries

  Apple's iPhoto and iTunes applications keep track of your pictures and music in their own folder systems called Libraries: One…

January, 05th January 2008

• Apple Weekly Report 2008-01-05 #111: Apple’s Monopoly, and Down with HD DVD

  Apple was hit with an antitrust lawsuit for its iPod and music sales tactics, Mac market share took a jump…

January, 03rd January 2008

• Samba Will Be Better Thanks to Microsoft Agreement

  Under the terms of the March 24, 2004 European Commission antitrust ruling against Microsoft and a subsequent loss of the…

• 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…

• MacUser Review of FileMaker Bento Database Finds it Exemplary

  MacUser/UK reviewed the new low-end database from FileMaker, Bento, in its latest edition and found it exemplary with little to…

• WSJ: Stylish PCs Will Tackle Apple

  PC buyers are often immersed in technical specifications. Lately, however, Dell Inc.'s design group has started to come up with…

• Telestream Launches Flip4Mac Image Server for Final Cut Pro

  Telestream announced the immediate availability of its Flip4Mac Image Server Component for Final Cut Pro on Friday. The Final Cut…