Archives for October 2008

October, 31st October 2008

• Particle Debris (Week ending Oct 31)

  After I published a new Hidden Dimensions column on Wednesday about the aggressiveness of Netflix, they announced yet another agreement…

October, 30th October 2008

• Apple’s Need for Speed Has a Mission, and it’s Not Supercomputers

  With the transition to Intel complete, Apple has a new goal: create next generation Macs that are so fast, they…

• Billings 3

  Billings 3 from Marketcircle, Inc. is designed to track projects for clients, account for time spent, invoice clients and track…

• Microsoft Promotes New Head at MacBU

  Microsoft announced Friday that Eric Wilfrid would be taking the helm of the Mac Business Unit (MacBU), the company's Mac…

• Sony, HP, Dell Recall Laptop Batteries

  Sony's recurring problems with laptop batteries has started up again, so it is recalling some 100,000 batteries from around the…

• iWebTemplate Intros New Business iWeb Themes

  iWebTemplate announced the immediate availability of iWeb Themes for Business 2.0 on Friday. The update added five new iWeb themes…

• IBM Sues Executive to Prevent Move to Apple

  IBM has sued Mark Papermaster, a former executive of Big Blue's that quit the company on October 21st in order…

• PotC Online Celebrates First Year With a Halloween Event

  To celebrate its first anniversary, Pirates of the Caribbean (PotC) Online plans to host a unique Halloween event during which…

• Nancy’s Tip: Removing Startup Items & Using Safe Mode

  Today I bring you a tale of computer frustration and the things I learned to bring that frustration to an…

October, 29th October 2008

• Take Control Intros 802.11n AirPort Network Guide

  TidBITs and Take Control announced the immediate availability of Take Control of Your 802.11n AirPort Network on Thursday. The PDF-based…

• Office 2008 12.1.4 Update Fixes Entourage Bug

  Microsoft released Office 2008 for Mac 12.1.4 Thursday afternoon. The update for the office productivity suite addressed a bug that…

• Apple Quietly Updates MobileMe With Interface & Performance Improvements

  Apple has quietly updated MobileMe to improve a number of aspects of the company's Cloud-based replacement for .Mac. Apple has…

• Tao Effect Unveils Espionage

  Tao Effect announced the immediate availability of Espionage on Thursday. Espionage is a file and folder encryption application that automatically…

• City of Heroes MMORPG Headed to the Mac

  NCsoft on Thursday announced that its MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) City of Heroes is headed to the Mac,…

• Apple Stock Rises Another 6% in Thursday Trading

  Shares in Apple Inc. advanced more than 6% through the early afternoon trading session on Thursday, with the stock having…

• A pleasant (and surprising) visit to my local Apple Store

  I visited my local Apple Store this week. My primary motivation was to get the free replacement for my faulty…

October, 28th October 2008

• How Netflix is Slowly Killing Apple’s TV Hobby

  From time to time, Apple has made impressive sounding announcements about the success of its Apple TV, but the facts…

• IDG Unveils Expo Plus Package for Macworld Expo

  Macworld Conference & Expo announced Wednesday a new access package for the event called Expo Plus. The access package is…

• Tom Bihn Announces 15.4" Checkpoint Flyer & Brain Cell Laptop Bags

  Tom Bihn announced Wednesday new variants of its Checkpoint Flyer and Brain Cell laptop bags for Apple's new 15.4" MacBook…

• PopChar X 4.1 Improves OpenOffice, NeoOffice Support

  Ergonis Software announced the immediate availability of PopChar X 4.1 on Wednesday. The update for the font browsing and character…

• Flow 1.1 Adds External Editor Support

  Extendmac announced the immediate availability of Flow 1.1 on Wednesday. The update for the Mac OS X 10.5-based file transfer…

• TextExpander 2.5 Adds Date Math, More

  SmileOnMyMac announced the immediate availability of TextExpander 2.5 on Wednesday. The update for the automatic abbreviation expander application added the…

• 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…

• Greenhouse Issues SDK For Social Networking in Games

  Greenhouse Interactive, which was founded six months ago as an online store for independent game publishers, has released a free…

• GagaMarkets Lets You Monitor World Financial Markets On Your Desktop

  Gaga Factory announced Wednesday GagaMarkets, a Mac OS X control panel that lets you monitor world markets in 30 countries…

• Analyst: Apple’s Stock Price Makes Share Buyback Make Sense

  Now is an ideal time for Apple to make a significant stock buy-back effort, according to Bernstein Research analyst Toni…

• How the Global Economy and a Bi-modal Society Could Undo Microsoft

  It's impossible to ignore the effects of the global economy these days, and when I saw an article at Silicon…

October, 27th October 2008

• Mac Geek Gab #174: Wireless Router Options, Backups, Listener Tips, and New Mac Setup

  You ask, John and Dave answer! This episode includes a discussion about setting up a new Mac, answers about which…

• Apple to Open White City London Store on Oct 30

  Apple is planning to open its White City store in London, on Thursday, October 30 at 9:00AM. The White City…

• IT Columnist: New MacBook Could Make Stealth Inroads Into Business

  At a time where some mainstream pundits are criticizing the MacBook's $1299 price point, and Mac users are complaining about…

• PocketMac Intros iCalScreenSaver

  PocketMac announced the immediate availability of iCalScreenSaver on Tuesday. The Mac OS X 10.5-based screensaver displays daily, weekly, or monthly…

• CodeWeavers Offers CrossOver for Free on Oct 28

  CodeWeavers is offering its CrossOver Pro product for free on Tuesday, October 28 because the gas price in St. Paul…

• PasswordVault 6.1 Adds Web Bookmark Management, More

  Lava Software announced the immediate availability of PasswordVault 6.1 on Tuesday. The update for the password management application added the…

• AAPL Jumps 8.5% Amidst Broader Market Rally

  Shares in Apple Inc. jumped 8.49% in moderate volume Tuesday amidst a broader, tech-led rally in the markets. The stock…

October, 26th October 2008

• It’s the Apple Indicators, Not Market Share that Spooks Microsoft

  In market warfare, just as in military warfare, one of the key tools is the analysis of Critical Failure Points.…

• Want to Design and Analyze Basic Circuits?  Check Out Solve Elec!

  John F. Braun takes a look at Solve Elec, a program that lets you design and analyze both DC and…

• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

  Sometimes a marquee video game series is a best-seller for good reason. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, developed by…

• Apple Posts iPhoto 7.1.5 Update with Book, Cards, Calendar Quality Improvements

  Apple has posted iPhoto Update 7.1.5, an update for iPhoto that included a rare thing from Apple: Patch notes with…

• TechRestore Posts New MacBook Pro Teardown Video

  TechRestore has posted a stop-motion video of their teardown of Apple's newest MacBook Pro model. If you're curious about what's…

• Cumulus 7.6 Adds QuarkXPress 8 Support

  Canto announced the immediate availability of Cumulus 7.6 on Monday. The update for the digital management system added support for…

• Gary Randazzo of The Idiots Passes Away

  I am very sad to report that Gary Randazzo has passed away. Gary died of complications from a heart attack…

• AirPort Extreme Update 2008-004 Fixes Roaming Issues

  After releasing and pulling AirPort Extreme Update 2008-003, Apple is trying again with version 2008-004. According to the terse release…

• Apple Likes to Play with Fire

  It's a well-known and painful fact that Apple elected to drop FireWire from the new aluminum MacBook announced October 14.…

October, 24th October 2008

• Particle Debris (Week ending Oct 24)

  Before I get into this week's news debris, I want to comment on the recent remark Steve Ballmer made about…

October, 23rd October 2008

• The GAAP Between Apple and Investors

  Apple's subscription accounting method for iPhone and Apple TV, GAAP and non-GAAP revenue, forced by the Sarbanes-Oxley law is making…

• Apple Donates $100,000 To Support Same-sex Marriage

  Apple has been traditionally parsimonious with its money, at least publicly, in the support of various political movements. The company…

• Microsoft Admits Outlook for Vista is Bleak

  Microsoft's quarterly earnings call with Wall Street told the tale of two diverging franchises: MS Office is doing well, but…

• Take Control Unveils MobileMe Guide

  Take Control and TidBITS announced the immediate availability of Take Control of MobileMe on Friday. The PDF-based ebook by Joe…

• FontDoctor 7.6 Improves Adobe, Quark App Support

  Morrison SoftDesign announced the immediate availability of FontDoctor 7.6 on Friday. The update for the font diagnostic and repair application…

• 18 Year Old Targeted in Jobs Heart Attack Rumor

  A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into a false report that Apple CEO Steve Jobs had a heart attack…