Archives for December 2008

December, 12th December 2008

• Famous Maker 24-inch LCD: $199.99 Delivered

  Our DealsOnTheWeb.com site found a deal on the Famous Maker 24-inch LCD Display for $199.99, after an instant $50.00 discount. You…

December, 11th December 2008

• GameTree Online Makes Petz Sports Available

  GameTree Online, the digital distribution arm of Cider developer TransGaming, has made Ubisoft's Petz Sports available.

• Analyst Sees Up to One Million iPhone Gift Cards for Holidays

  Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu told clients in a research note Wednesday that Apple could sell as many as as…

• Puzzle Game Sequel Nightshift Legacy: The Jaguar’s Eye Comes to Mac

  PlayFirst on Thursday released the puzzle game Nightshift Legacy: The Jaguar's Eye, a sequel to 2007's The Nightshift Code.

• Addonics Intros USB NAS Network Adapter

  Addonics Technologies announced the immediate availability of its Addonics NAS adapter for USB storage devices on Thursday. The adapter attaches…

• Macintosh Acceptance in Enterprise Continues Unabated

  What was a slow, incremental trend is turning into something stronger as more and more corporations have changed their approach…

• Evernote Gets Eye-Fi Support

  The digital information service Evernote announced on Thursday that it has teamed up with with Eye-Fi to let users upload…

• Newer Technology Releases MAXPower 802.11g/b Wireless USB 2.0 Stick Adapter

  Peripherals manufacturer Newer Technology announced its MAXPower 802.11g/b Wireless USB 2.0 Stick Adapter on Thursday. The adapter features full USB 1.1 and…

• Apple Patent App Shows 3D Desktop

  A recent patent filing from Apple Inc may offer a glimpse into the company's future plans for Mac OS X,…

• Apple, Wal-Mart and iPhone Sales

  Today TMO readers are talking about the possibility of Apple selling the iPhone through Wal-Mart, and what that might do…

• DiscLabel 5.4.1 Gets Opacity Filter

  SmileOnMyMac announced the immediate availability of DiscLabel 5.4.1 on Thursday. The update for the CD and DVD label design application…

• How to Succeed in Apple’s App Store

  A few developers may be feeling both swamped and stranded by Apple's App Store.  While it has been enormously successful…

• Apple Updates Unibody MacBook Firmware

  Apple released a series of firmware updates for its late 2008 MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air models late on…

• SOHO Labels 4 Adds New Postal Guidelines, More

  Chronos announced the immediate availability of SOHO Labels 4.0 on Thursday. The new version of the label making application added…

December, 10th December 2008

• Logitech Gameboard Offers Key Gaming Functions

  Logitech on Wednesday introduced its G13 gameboard, which combines a Logitech G9 laser mouse and a Logitech G15 keyboard with…

• Psystar Continues to Fight Apple With New Tactics

  Now that Psystar's counterclaim against Apple, based on an antitrust argument, has been dismissed, the company has embarked on a…

• Should Apple Build a Netbook?

  Today TMO readers are taking a look at the Netbooks and talking about whether or not Apple should make a…

• iPresentee Offers Free Mail Christmas Stationary

  iPresentee announced the immediate availability of its Christmas Mail Stationery templates on Wednesday. The stationary templates are compatible with the…

• Mailplane 2 Adds Gmail2, OmniFocus Support

  uncomplex announced the immediate availability of Mailplane 2.0 on Wednesday. The new version of the desktop application for Google's Gmail…

• BlogWorld, New Media Expo Join Forces

  BlogWorld & New Media Expo is combining forces with New Media Expo to host a single blogging and podcasting conference…

• Microsoft Releases Security Updates for Office 2004, 2008

  Microsoft released Office 2004 11.5.3 and Office 2008 12.1.5 Tuesday afternoon to address security-related issues in the company's office productivity…

December, 09th December 2008

• Mac Games Arcade Available as Open Beta

  Macgamestore.com on Tuesday said that its digital download service Mac Games Arcade is now available as an open Beta. A final…

• A Tale in the Desert IV Open Beta Begins

  eGenesis has launched the open beta of A Tale in the Desert IV, the fourth iteration, or Telling, of its…

• Blogo 1.2 Beta Adds Expression Engine, Ping.fm Support

  Brainjuice announced the immediate availability of a public beta version of Blogo 1.2 on Tuesday. The new beta of the…

• Deciphering Mac Directories

  Today TMO readers are discussing what hides in the different system-made folders scattered around your Mac's hard drive.

• Other World Computing Releases Two Additional “Mercury” SuperDrive Kits for 17” MacBook Pro

  Other World Computing announced a new pair of "Mercury" SuperDrive internal Upgrade Kits for Apple's 17" MacBook Pro notebook computers on Tuesday.…

• Psystar Moves to Amend Counterclaims Against Apple

  Unauthorized Mac clone maker Psystar has filed a motion for permission to amend its counterclaims against Apple Inc in its…

• Softhing Intros FTP Maker

  Softhing announced the immediate availability of FTP Maker on Tuesday. FTP Maker is an application that lets people upload files…

• OpenCL 1.0 Ratified, Ready for Snow Leopard

  The OpenCL specification that the Khronos Group has been working on for the past six months has been ratified, which…

• Keyboard Maestro 3.5 Adds iPhone Support

  Stairways Software announced the immediate availability of Keyboard Maestro 3.5 on Tuesday. The update for the keyboard macro application added…

• GiantCrayon Intros WordSoup

  GiantCrayon announced the immediate availability of WordSoup on Tuesday. WordSoup is an anagram puzzle and training game designed to improve…

• Apple Weekly Report #137: Apple’s Legal Defense, Unauthorized Cloners, & More

  In this week's Apple Weekly Report podcast, Jeff Gamet and Bryan Chaffin talk about Apple's curious defense in a legal…

December, 08th December 2008

• What do Apple Customers Need in this Economy?

  At this time of year, there is often a tendency to fantasize about what new product or service Apple might…

• Carbon Copy Cloner Utility Updated to 3.1.3

  Developer Mike Bombich released Carbon Copy Cloner 3.1.3 on Monday. The new version of the popular backup and cloning shareware…

• Want Your Mac to Sleep Smart?  Better Get SmartSleep!

    The most recent batch of portable Macs introduced a new feature called hibernate, a mode that saves the contents…

• Should Apple Disable GPS in Egypt?

    As a condition for permitting sale of the iPhone in Egypt, the country's government "demanded that Apple disable the…

• Analyst: $99 Wal-Mart iPhone Not Likely

  Buying an iPhone 3G seems a little more likely now that Bloomberg and the San Jose Mercury News are backing…

• Reader Poll: Apple Holiday Spending Plans

  Today TMO readers are talking about whether or not they plan on spending more or less on Apple products during…

• Mac Geek Gab #180: Interview with Paul Kent about Macworld Expo

  In this special-edition MGG, Dave interviews Paul Kent, VP of IDG and head honcho for Macworld Expo. Dave and Paul…

• Apple Opens First Store in Germany

  Apple opened the doors on its first store in Germany on Saturday, December 6. Long lines of people turned out…

• MoneyWell 1.4 Adds Direct Connect Banking

  No Thirst Software announced the immediate availability of MoneyWell 1.4 on Monday. The update for the personal finance application added…

• Twitter: Find Your Friends

  Twitter is a great tool for following people that you are interested in -- assuming you can figure out what…

December, 05th December 2008

• Return to the Moon, JPL, Stranger Things And More

  This week Vern Seward went star tripping through the iTunes Store and he came back with trips to the Moon,…

• Free on iTunes - Return to the Moon, JPL, Stranger Things And More

  This week Vern Seward went star tripping through the iTunes Store and he came back with trips to the Moon,…

• Another Unauthorized Mac Cloner Appears: OpeniMac

  Another unauthorized Mac cloner has appeared on the market, a company operating under the name OpeniMac at OpeniMac.com.ar, an Argentinian…

• Particle Debris: (Week ending 12/5) SSDs, Ferengis and Vulcans

  This week, John Martellaro turns his attention to Ferengis and Vulcans, SSDs, Netflix in HD, Samsung's questionable customer support, operators…

• Apple Claims 300 Million App Store Downloads, 10,000 Apps Available

  Apple is touting some 300 million downloads of iPhone and iPod touch apps at the App Store. At the same…

• AT&T Crushed by Choice, Learning from Apple

  An AT&T executive said on Thursday that the company plans a "dramatic consolidation" of its mobile platforms over the years,…

• Review: Secrets of the Lost Cavern

  If you're a fan of point-and-click style puzzle games of the sort popularized by Myst over a decade ago, you'll…

• Seeker from Software Bisque

  Seeker is a graphical, 3D simulation of the solar system. Using high resolution graphics, animation, and astronomical data and photos, the…