Archives for April 2008

April, 10th April 2008

• Microsoft Considering Its Own Retail Stores

  Microsoft may be taking a page from Apple's playbook and opening its own retail store chain. Sources close to the…

• BW: Apple’s OS Edge is a Threat to Microsoft

  The incremental improvements to Mac OS X, virtualization and the iPhone SDK show that Apple is positioning itself to challenge…

• Apple Rolls Out New Get a Mac Ad

  Apple added a new Get a Mac commercial to its Web site on Friday that features John Hodgman and Justin…

• Flying Mac Intros FarFinder Remote File Access

  Flying Mac announced the immediate availability of FarFinder 1.0 on Friday. FarFinder is an application that lets users access the…

• Lightroom 1.4.1, Camera Raw 4.4.1 Corrects Earlier Update Issues

  Adobe announced the immediate availability of Adobe Lightroom 1.4.1 and Camera Raw 4.4.1 on Friday. The updates correct issues that…

• Apple Releases MacBook Air Bluetooth Firmware Update 1.0

  Apple released MacBook Air Bluetooth Firmware Update 1.0 on Thursday evening. The company didn't offer any information on what Bluetooth-related…

• Macgamestore Announces Burger Shop for the Mac

  Macgamestore.com announced the immediate availability of Burger Shop for the Mac on Friday. The game lets players manage their own…

• Microsoft Retail Stores Would Fail

  Rumors are floating around that Microsoft is considering retail stores, like Apple's, to showcase its products. The problem is, there's…

• Apple Weekly Report #122: Apple vs. NY and MS vs. Yahoo

  Apple is seeing red over New York's Green logo, Adobe's 64-bit apps are coming to Windows first, Final Cut Server…

April, 09th April 2008

• Apple Releases Pro Applications Update for Final Cut, Logic, Shake

  Apple released Tuesday Pro Applications Update 2008-01 1.0, an update for Final Cut Studio, the newly released Final Cut Server,…

• Gartner: Windows is Untenable and Collapsing

  At a Gartner sponsored conference in Las Vegas, two Gartner analysts described Windows as untenable and collapsing. They also said…

• Numb3rs Ad Spoofs Apple Get a Mac Ads (with Video)

  After the writers strike ended, CBS began running TV ads for the return of its FBI drama series Numb3rs. In…

• DiscLabel 5.2 Improves iPhoto Image Import

  SmileOnMyMac Software announced the immediate availability of DiscLabel 5.2 on Thursday. The updated version of the CD and DVD label…

• Microsoft Flips Over Yahoo/Google Ad Tests

  Yahoo began testing Google's AdSense for Search Service on Wednesday as a way to generate additional revenue through its own…

• OmniWeb 5.7 Improves Site Compatibility, More

  The Omni Group announced the immediate availability of OmniWeb 5.7 on Thursday. The updated version of the Web browser is…

• Microsoft May Team with News Corp. in Yahoo Deal

  Microsoft may be changing its Yahoo takeover strategy by teaming with News Corp. to make a joint bid for the…

• XRackPro Server Racks Add Air Filtration

  GizMac announced the immediate availability of redesigned versions of its smaller server racks that now feature built-in air filtration systems.…

• Analyst: Apple to Show Strong 2Q MacBook Sales

  J.P. Morgan Securities is estimating Apple will report MacBook sales that land above analyst expectations. MacBook sales may be so…

April, 08th April 2008

• Yahoo CEO Bashes Microsoft Takeover Threats

  Yahoo isn't interested in Microsoft's threats of a hostile takeover attempt, and said as much in response to CEO Steve…

• C|Net: Mac Security Not About the OS Anymore

  Security researchers have never identified any instance in the wild in which a Mac has been exploited from the Internet,…

• Ambric to Demo Mac Compatible Am2045 GT at NAB

  Ambric announced on Wednesday that it plans to demonstrate its Mac-vompatible version of the Am2045 GT Video Reverence Platform at…

• Norrkross Movie 1.2 Adds Volume Keyframing

  Norrkross Software announced the immediate availability of Norrkross Movie 1.2 on Wednesday. The updated version of the video editing application…

• Apple Releases Firmware Restoration CD 1.6 for Intel Macs

  Apple released Firmware Restoration CD 1.6 on Tuesday along with its long list of Intel-based Mac firmware updates. The firmware…

• Adobe Fires Up Adobe TV, Media Player [Updated]

  Adobe flipped on Adobe TV, the company's online video service, on Wednesday. The channel is part of the company's Adobe…

• Absolute Software and Intel Collaborate on Anti-Theft Technologies

  Absolute Software Corporation has announced that they are collaborating with Intel to integrate its Computrace asset management, data protection, and…

• Signiant Will Announce Apple FCP Support at NAB

  Signiant, developer of a major digital media distribution management solution, will announce support for Apple's Final Cut Pro at the…

• Apple Releases MacBook, iMac, Keyboard Updates

  Apple released a handful of firmware updates for the MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, and aluminum keyboard Tuesday evening.…

• iChat: Chatting Outside the Bubbles

  iChat is something of a staple in many online chatter's lives because it handles text, voice and video chats. If…

• Comcast vs. BitTorrent

  The corporate and conservative Comcast has never been a friend of Internet neutrality. The free-wheeling BitTorrent, a peer-to-peer file sharing…

April, 07th April 2008

• Dr. Mac Reviews Office 2008

  Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus has TMO's Feature Review for Office 2008, a review written after spending months with the software…

• Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive

  As computers continue to become ever more portable, it stands to reason that external hard drives will follow suit. Reliability,…

• JoeSoft Releases Hear, Mac OS X Sound Enhancement

  On Tuesday, JoeSoft announced the immediate availability of Hear, a sound enhancement program for Mac OS X. Hear's features include…

• DisplayLink Releases Mac Drivers for USB Monitors

  DisplayLink announced on Tuesday that they have posted the beta of drivers to support multiple monitors, via USB, on any…

• HP Jumps Into Subcompact Notebooks: Mini-Note PC

  Hewlett-Packard has jumped into the subcompact notebook market with their announcement of the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC on Tuesday. At…

• Apple Takes Down Apple Discussions for Update [UPDATED]

  Apple Inc. took down the Apple Discussions forum Tuesday morning, placing a "We'll be back soon" message on the home…

• 3Dconnexion Introduces SpaceNavigator for Laptops

  3Dconnexion announced the immediate availability of the SpaceNavigator for notebook computers on Tuesday. The SpaceNavigator is a portable 3D mousing…

• Mac Hater Switches, Loves It, Tells the World Why

  David Alison, a long-time Windows lover who was so enamored with his PC that he used the John Hodgman "PC"…

• Apple Ships Final Cut Server

  Apple Inc. announced Tuesday that it was shipping Final Cut Server, a media-asset management tool first announced April 16th, 2007.…

• AppleInsider Sees New Industrial Design for Next MacBook/Pro Revision

  The next iteration of Apple's popular MacBook and MacBook Pro product lines will feature new industrial design, according to AppleInsider…

• Analyst Downgrades AAPL Citing Economic Worries & School Budgets

  Morgan Keegan & Co. lowered its rating Tuesday on Apple Inc.'s stock to a Under Perform, down from a Market…

• Mac Geek Gab #148: Geeks on a RAM-page, Networking, Time Capsule, and Some Fun

  Your Geeks are back with an action-packed show this week, with discussion topics including Apple Support, RAM and paging, Networking,…

April, 06th April 2008

• Want to View Your Processes?  Check out Peek-a-Boo!

  if your Mac is acting up and you need to do some troubleshooting, or are just curious, there are a…

• Marware Introduces Sportfolio for MacBook Air

  Marware has introduced the Sportfolio Sleeve for Apple's MacBook Air. The neoprene sleeve is available in either a horizontal or…

• Mossberg Claims iPhone 3G in 60 Days

  The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg recently spoke at the Beet.TV conference about the issues associated with connecting the Internet…

• Understanding Hard Disk Failure Rates

  Hard Disk vendors publish a number for some hard disks called mean Time Between Failures (MTBF), and that number has…

• 7th Annual NAB Final Cut Pro User Group SuperMeet Sets Meeting at MGM Grand

  The Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (LAFCPUG) announced Monday the agenda for the 7th Annual NAB FCPUG SuperMeet…

• MacGameStore.com Offers Hoyle Puzzle & Board Games as Digital Download

  MacGameStore.com announced Monday the release of Hoyle Puzzle & Board Games as a digital download. The package includes twenty-one games,…

• Analyst Upgrades AAPL, Cites Long-Term Growth Potential

  Thomas Weisel Partners upgraded Apple's stock Monday, citing the company's long-term growth potential as a primary reason for the upgrade.…

• 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…

April, 04th April 2008

• Particle Debris from the Week of March 31

  On Thursday, Channel Web reported that Windows XP, SP3 has been released to manufacturing. That update has to be one…