Archives for March 2008

March, 31st March 2008

• No More Mystery Updates From Apple

  I think it's time for Apple to give up on the idea of mystery updates. By that I mean updates…

• Dr. Mac Reviews MacBook Air

  I love my job. For the past month I've had the pleasure of using a MacBook Air along with a…

• ZDNet: Microsoft Losing its Way on Desktop, Apple Good to Go

  Based on comments from Redmond executives, Microsoft's vision for the next generation desktop seems to be losing focus compared to…

• No Starch Press Introduces My New Mac

  No Starch Press has introduced a new book to meet the needs of new Mac users, My New Mac. The…

• EFF Develops New Software to Monitor ISP Net-Neutrality

  The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is developing software that will allow PC and Mac users to monitor an ISP's compliance…

• Global Delight Introduces Web2 Delight

  Global Delight announced the immediate availability of Web2 Delight on Tuesday. Web2 Delight is a media management application that sports…

• Microsoft’s Yahoo Bid Not Going Up

  Microsoft's US$44.6 billion buy out bid for Yahoo isn't likely to go up any time soon. Sources close to Microsoft…

• Steve Jobs Wins CNBC Executive Leadership Award

  CNBC announced its fourth annual Executive Leadership Awards winners on Monday, and Apple CEO Steve Jobs was on the list.…

• Jumsoft Releases Keynote Objects FX 2.0

  Jumsoft announced the immediate availability of Keynote Objects FX 2.0 on Tuesday. The Keynote add-on added 20 new 3D objects…

• Apple Introduces AirDisk II for MacBook Air

  Apple announced the immediate availability of the new AirDisk II for the MacBook Air on Tuesday, April 1. The new…

• Blizzard Patches Two Mac WoW Bugs, Introduces Bard Hero Class

  Blizzard patched World of Warcraft today, including two Mac-specific bugs. The patch, version 2.4.1, also fixes some other miscellaneous issues…

• Red Marble Ships Kudos Rock Legend for the Mac

  Red Marble Games announced the immediate availabilty of Kudos Rock Legend for the Mac on Tuesday. The game puts players…

• Mac Geek Gab #147: Geek Tales, AirPort Speeds, AirDisk Backups, Programming and Podcast Setup

  Dave and John talk through a few geek issues they encountered during the week. Then they discuss AirPort speeds, AirDisk…

March, 30th March 2008

• Motley Fool Suggests Apple Buy Netflix, Akamai, or Sun Microsystems

  With Apple Inc. having more than US$18.4 billion in cash reserves, the Motley Fool's Tim Beyers has three suggestions for…

• Vista Falls in CanSecWest Security Challenge

  Last week, the MacBook Air was the first to fall in the CanSecWest Hacker Challenge. On Friday, Vista suffered the…

• 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…

• MacBook Air Parody Ad Strikes on Several Levels

  A parody of the MacBook Air ad was recently created and posted by The Bureau. However, the real target isn't…

• Music Man 2.7 Improves WMA, Leopard Support

  Mireth Technology announced the immediate availability of Music Man 2.7 on Monday. The update for the ripping and playback application…

• Outspring Introduces Outspring Mail

  Outspring announced the immediate availability of Outspring Mail on Monday. The email application includes "adaptive intelligence" that the company claims…

• Brandchannel: Apple Ranked Top Company Worldwide

  Apple has been topping "best of" lists for some time, and now it's coming out on top of yet another…

• SophosLabs Warns of Imunizator "Trojan Horse" for the Mac

  Computer security company SophosLabs is warning Mac users that it has discovered a trojan horse application for the Mac dubbed…

• Toast 9 Titanium 9.0.2 Improves Blu-ray Support

  Roxio released Toast 9 titanium 9.0.2 over the weekend with improved support for Blu-ray. The new version addressed encoding issues…

• Leopard: Restoring Advanced Printer Options

  Mac OS X users familiar with Tiger's advanced printer setup options may be at a bit of a loss when…

• Nancy Looks at a Couple of Outstanding Mac Products

  Two outstanding new products came my way in the past couple of weeks and I would like to bring both…

March, 28th March 2008

• What’s Up with Hulu?

  I'm always up for new ways to see TV shows and movies that I like, so I took NBC's new…

• ScanSnap S300M: The magic continues

  I have previously mentioned my admiration for Fujitsu's document scanners. I was so impressed by the demonstrations I saw at…

March, 27th March 2008

• Firefox 2.0.0.13 Fixes Two Critical Security Issues

  The Mozilla Group has released Firefox 2.0.0.13 for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X that fixes several security issues, two…

• Default Folder 4.0.3 Adds Contextual Menus

  St. Claire Software announced the immediate availability of Default Folder X 4.0.3 on Friday. The new version adds contextual menus…

• Dell Beats Apple to Blu-Ray Punch With Inspiron 1525 Notebook

  On Friday, Dell announced that they will be offering the Inspiron 1525 notebook computer with a Blu-ray drive starting at…

• Moneydance 2008 Improves Leopard Support

  Reilly Technologies announced the immediate availability of Moneydance 2008 on Friday. The new version of the personal finance management application…

• Apple Releases Restoration CD 1.5 for Mac Pro

  Apple released Restoration CD 1.5 for early 2008 Mac Pro models on Friday. The firmware restoration CD disk image can…

• Aperture 2.1 Adds Open Plug-in Architecture [Updated]

  Apple announced the immediate availability of Aperture 2.1 on Friday. The update for the professional image editing and management application…

• Apple Releases Mac Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.3

  Apple's Mac Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.3 quietly slipped out Thursday evening with stability fixes for the Mac Pro model…

• Apple Releases AirPort Extreme Update 2008-001 for Tiger

  Apple released AirPort Extreme Update 2008-001 for Tiger Thursday evening. Apple's update notes are slim on details but do state…

• MacBook Air Hacked in PWN 2 OWN Contest

  Charlie Miller, also known for his iPhone hack, managed to walk away from CanSecWest's PWN 2 OWN contest with US$10,000…

• Leopard: Screen Sharing Sans iChat

  The version of iChat included with Mac OS X 10.5 sports some pretty cool features like the ability to share…

• Apple Weekly Report #120: The Microsoft, Sony and Yahoo Business Shuffle

  Apple scratched one lawsuit off its list this week and put smiles on the faces of AirPort Extreme owners. Adobe…

March, 26th March 2008

• Apple COO Tim Cook Sells $41M in Stock

  Apple Chief Operating Officer (COO) Tim Cook sold 300,000 shares of Apple stock on Monday at $135.86, according to MarketWatch…

• Apple’s Safari Windows Push Doesn’t Recognize Windows 2000

  Windows users who have the iTunes updater installed have been invited to install Safari as well. Unfortunately, the installer doesn't…

• MacBook Pro 15-inch Earns PCMAG Editors’ Choice Award

  The 15-inch, 2.6 GHz Penryn-based MacBook Pro has fabulous design elements, is faster and lighter than competitors and has a…

• PC Spending Down, Macs in Best Position

  Overall PC Spending is trending down, but Apple so far is least unaffected, according to a ChangeWave report released on…

• Softpress Ships Freeway 5

  Softpress Systems announced the immediate availability of Freeway 5 on Thursday. Both Freeway 5 Pro and Freeway 5 Express sport…

• Anawiki Releases Runes of Avalon 2 for the Mac

  Anakiki Games announced the immediate availability of Runes of Avalon 2 for the Mac on Thursday. Players work in the…

• Apple to Open Cherry Hill, NJ Store on Saturday

  Apple is opening its Cherry Hill store in New Jersey at 10:00am on Saturday, March 29. The store will mark…

• SOHO Organizer 7 Adds Recurring Task Support

  Chronos announced the immediate availability of SOHO Organizer 7 on Thursday. The new version of the networkable group contact and…

• Adobe Launches Web-based Photoshop Express Beta

  Adobe unveiled a beta version of Photoshop Express, a Web-based version of its image editing application, on Thursday. The Web…

March, 25th March 2008

• Apple’s Safari License (Technically) Forbids Windows Installation [Updated]

  Apple's license for Safari technically forbids installation on Windows computers that are not Apple-branded. The wording on the license --…

• Apple Updates Security Update 2008-002 to version 1.1 for Aperture

  On Wednesday, Apple posted Security Update 2008-002, version 1.1. This update "addresses reliability issues with the 'Printer Settings...' button in…

• PC Community Ponders Delay of XP SP3 [UPDATED]

  The PC blogosphere is pondering the implication of the endless delay in the final version of Windows XP SP3. Some…

• MediaEdit 3 Improves Video Editing Features

  Mien Software announced the immediate availability of MediaEdit 3 for the Mac on Wednesday. The new version of the video…