Archives for October 2008

October, 23rd October 2008

• Jeff Gamet Talks FireWire, AAPL on MacJury

  The Mac Observer's Jeff Gamet joined host Chuck Joiner on MacJury to discuss Apple's stance on FireWire, the company's fourth…

• Macgamestore Intro Righteous Kill for the Mac

  Macgamestore announced the immediate availability of Righteous Kill for the Mac on Friday. The game is based on the movie…

• Preview: Down and Dirty Image Editing

  Apple's iPhoto ships with every Mac, and it includes a nice set of image editing tools. If you need to…

October, 22nd October 2008

• 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…

• Apple Hires Yale Dean for Apple University

  Apple is apparently prepping to launch a new service called Apple University, and the company has hired Yale's business school…

• Path Finder 5 Gets Cover Flow Support, More

  Cocoatech announced the immediate availability of Path Finder 5.0 on Thursday. The new version of the Finder alternative for browsing…

• iBank 3.3 Improves Quicken Support

  IGG Software announced the immediate availability of iBank 3.3 on Thursday. The update for the personal and small business finance…

• DiscLabel 5.3 Adds Aperture Support

  SmileOnMyMac announced the immediate availability of DiscLabel 5.3 on Thursday. The update for the CD and DVD label design application…

• Apple Patents, Snow Leopard Technologies Solidifying Mac Advantages

  Apple has said that the next version of its OS, Snow Leopard, will focus on speed and stability, and at…

• Re: The FireWire Firestorm

  As every Mac Observer reader knows by now, Apple has dropped the FireWire port from its latest MacBooks. The result…

October, 21st October 2008

• Kerio MailServer 6.6 Adds Resource Scheduling, More

  Kerio Technologies introduced Kerio MailServer 6.6 on Tuesday. The updated version of the groupware and email system added the ability…

• Developing Cocoa Apps with MacRuby

  Apple's Developer Connection recently posted a tutorial on developing Mac apps with MacRuby. The advantage of MacRuby is that it…

• OWC Announces External, Quad Interface Blu-ray Drive

  Other World Computing announced on Wednesday the industry's first quad interface external Blu-ray storage drive for Macs and PCs. The…

• Absoft Releases Xcode Plug-in for Pro Fortran 10.2

  Absoft announced the immediate availability of its Xcode 3.1 plug-in for the Absoft Pro Fortran v10.2 product on Wednesday. The…

• Adobe Adds New Cameras to Photoshop Lightroom 2.1, Camera Raw 5.1 [Updated]

  Adobe announced Photoshop Lightroom 2.1 and Camera Raw 5.1 on Wednesday. The updates add support for 15 new camera models,…

• Apple Jabs Vista Again in New Ad

  Apple released yet another Get a Mac commercial on Wednesday, this time taking another jab at Microsoft for spending money…

• Apple Releases, Pulls AirPort Extreme Update 2008-003

  Apple released AirPort Extreme Update 2008-003 late on Tuesday, but by Wednesday morning had already pulled the update without an…

• Former Apple Team Raids the Mac Storage Industry

  A team of former Apple employees has formed a startup company to pick up where Apple left off with RAID…

• UBS Downgrades AAPL After Q4 Earnings Report

  UBS analyst Maynard Um was pleased with Apple's solid fourth quarter earnings and above expectation iPhone sales, but sees macro-economic…

October, 20th October 2008

• Mac Geek Gab #173: Migrating to a New Mac, Remote Network Config, Slow Safari Loads and More!

  Dave and John offer some advice for folks migrating from one Mac to another, find an interesting solution for remotely…

• Gazing into My Macworld Expo Crystal Ball

  The weeks leading up to Macworld Expo in January are always filled with predictions and speculation about what surprises Apple…

• ZDNet: Price to Sell Out Apple is $15,000

  Microsoft has been working hard lately to counter Apple success. First came the US$300M TV ad campaign. Then Mr. Ballmer's…

• MacCase Launches Flight Jacket for MacBook Series

  MacCase has launched Flight Jacket, a premium leather protection solution for the Apple MacBook, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. The…

• Cocktail 4.2 Adds Ability to Delete Corrupted Pref Files

  Maintain announced the immediate availability on Tuesday of Cocktail 4.2. The new version adds ability to search and delete corrupted…

• Posterino 1.4 Adds Flickr Privacy Support

  Zykloid Software announced the immediate availability of Posterino 1.4 on Tuesday. The update for the poster and postcard design application…

• Zevrix Intros BatchOutput Server for InDesign

  Zevrix Solutions announced the immediate availability of BatchOutput Server for Adobe InDesign on Tuesday. BatchOutput automates the process of printing…

• Aperture 2.1.2 Improves Printing Services

  Apple released Aperture 2.1.2 on Tuesday. The update for the image editing and management application for photographers improved the overall…

• Apple: iPhone Accounts for 39% of Business

  Apple's iPhone sales have grown so much that they accounted for 39 percent of the company's business. Revenue from iPhone…

• Jobs: We Sold More Phones than RIM

  Apple's iPhone 3G appears to be selling well -- so well, in fact, that the company claimed it sold more…

• Apple Announces FY08 Q4 Earnings With Adjusted Sales of US$11.7B

  Apple, Inc. announced its fiscal fourth quarter earnings results on Tuesday. The company posted revenue of US$7.9B and a quarterly…

• 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…

• Traveling with my iPhone (and MacBook Pro) in Japan

  I've just returned from my 16-day trip to Japan. I travelled from Tokyo to Kyoto and further west all the…

October, 19th October 2008

• Traveling with my iPhone (and MacBook Pro) in Japan

  I've just returned from my 16-day trip to Japan. I travelled from Tokyo to Kyoto and further west all the…

• RiftVault

  RiftVault is an application that's designed to keep personal information away from prying eyes. Read on to see if Nancy…

• CW: MacBook Technology Goodies & Takeaways

  Computerworld's Seth Weintraub summarized the MacBook announcement and focused on the technical implications and goodies under the hood in Apple's…

• Suitcase Fusion 2 Offers Glyph Surfing, More

  Extensis announced the immediate availability of Suitcase Fusion 2 on Monday. The new version of the professional font management application…

• Major Update to MacSpeech Offers New Spelling Mode

  MacSpeech, Inc. released MacSpeech Dictate v1.2 on Monday. The new version, described as a major update, allows the user to…

• The Escapers Intros Stuf for the Mac

  The Escapers announced the immediate availability of Stuf for Mac OS X on Monday. Stuf is a clipboard management application…

• Some New MacBooks Display Wireless Info Incorrectly

  The New MacBooks launched by Apple last week have 802.11n wireless out of the box, in addition to 802.11a,b,g. However…

• MacFamilyTree 5.3 Improves Reports, MobileMe Support

  Synium announced the immediate availability of MacFamilyTree 5.3 on Monday. The update for the genealogy application added configurable WebKit-based reports…

• New Get a Mac Ads Target Vista

  Apple rolled out two new Get a Mac commercials over the weekend that target Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system and…

• Psystar Files to Oppose Dismissal of its Counterclaim

  Psystar has filed a motion in opposition to Apple's motion to dismiss its counterclaim. Psystar believes it has found relevant…

• PJC: A Guide to Apple’s Guidance

  Apple is set to report its FY Q4 earnings on Tuesday. In the past, Apple has typically guided conservatively for…

• Apple to Report Q4 Earnings Tuesday

  Apple's fourth quarter earnings report is scheduled for Tuesday, October 21, after the stock market closes. Analysts and investors will…

October, 16th October 2008

• MW: New MacBooks Rival MacBook Pro Performance

  In standard benchmark tests, Apple's new MacBooks rivaled the performance of the more expensive MacBook Pros, even in Quake 4…

• CNET: New MacBook Pro Looks Just as Good in Real Life

  CNET writer Peter Glaskowsky arrived at an Apple store just in time to see the unveiling of the new MacBook…

• Apple Publishes Environmental Update with Comprehensive Reporting Plan

  Apple published a letter from Steve Jobs, an Environmental Update, on Thursday. The update describes the recent progress Apple has…

• Intego Advises to be On Guard for MacGuard

  Intego, as part of its routine security alerts, has sent out an advisory warning Apple customers to be wary of…

• Steve Jobs Responds to Fire Storm over FireWire

  On Tuesday, Apple released new aluminum MacBooks without a FireWire port of any kind, some customers have been greatly annoyed,…

• Microsoft on Yahoo!: Still Not Interested

  Microsoft reaffirmed on Friday that it no longer is interested in purchasing Yahoo! following questions about whether or not there…