Archives for 2009

Today TMO readers are talking about the rumors surrounding what Apple may or may not announce during Macworld Expo next…

Analyst  Brian Marshall of Broadpoint AmTech told clients Tuesday that he "feels comfortable" recommending AAPL at current levels.  The comments came in…

Shares in Apple Inc. traded higher in late afternoon trading on Wednesday, ahead of the company's earnings report and conference…

Apple introduced its iLife '09 Hardware Up-to-Date Program during Macworld Expo 2009. The program lets users that purchase a new…

No matter what we read the first time on the Internet, there is always more going on behind the scenes…

Calyon Securities analyst Shebly Seyrafi downgraded AAPL Tuesday on twin concerns about the company's premium pricing strategy and what he…

The Omni Group announced the immediate availability of OmniOutliner 3.8 on Wednesday. The update for the outlining and note taking…

A lot of e-mail is business correspondence, and it should be crisp and simple. However, for special occasions when one…

Today TMO readers are speculating on Apple's second quarter earnings in a weakening economy.

Kobi Shely, the producer and director of the movie MacHEADS, announced Tuesday that it is now available on iTunes and…

John F. Braun checks out MacFUSE and NTFS-3G, a combination that allows reading and writing of NTFS on your Mac.

Amazon's Kindle for the iPhone application means more than a new way to use your combination iPod and smartphone as…

Geotagging photo community site locr on Monday issued a free iPhoto plug-in, locr Uploader 1.0, that allows users to upload…

Amazon released its Kindle ebook reader application for the iPhone and iPod touch on Wednesday, and today TMO readers are…

RadicalBreeze announced Monday the release of RadicalCodex 1.0 for Mac OS X, bringing the digital comic book reader to the…

Speck introduced two new Spring colors to their line of SeeThru Satin hard shell cases for MacBooks on Tuesday. Hot…

Ulysses from the Blue Technologies Group is an ambitious, complex, capable writer's tool that has emphasis on the free flow…

CrumplePop announced the release of CrumplePop Photo on Thursday, a Polaroid-style HD photo effect for Final Cut Pro. CrumplePop Photo…

CS Odessa announced the release of ConceptDraw NetDiagrammer on Wednesday, a new plug-in for ConceptDraw PRO 8, the company's business…

Apple's App Store is approaching 1 billion apps downloaded. Today TMO readers are talking about what that means for Apple…

It's no secret that Apple will update its iPhone product line. Just exactly when those new models will make it…

Apple and Google have fallen under the watchful eye of the Federal Trade Commission for potentially violating anti-trust laws. The…

John Martellaro, in his weekly selection of technical news debris, looks at Internet TV and technology disintegration, politicians who'd like to…

Apple co-founder and former Dancing with the Stars contestant Steve Wozniak has joined the TechForEducators.com board of advisors, tying together…

atebits released Tweetie 1.2 on Wednesday, adding video recording and tweeting support to the Mac OS X Twitter client.

Like The Woz, I'm all excited about Microsoft's Bing. It's not that I expect Bing to be a better search engine…

Reid Lewis is the President of GroupLogic, a company that provides a seamless integration of Macs into a Windows-centric enterprise.…

North Carolina put to rest the poorly kept secret that it passed legislation to lure Apple into the state when…

Analysts are so far mixed on the announcements Apple made at its annual World Wide Developer Conference Monday. On the…

At WWDC, The Mac Observer interviewed Alykhan Jetha, CEO of Marketcircle. He spoke of his role at WWDC, a new…

Investor Gordon Smythe has agreed to help dismantle the house on Steve Jobs's Woodside property in California and to attempt…

This episode is chock full of your favorite geeks talking about your favorite topic: the Mac! First they answer some…

Acclivity announced Tuesday that it was bringing AccountEdge back to the Canadian business market after an eight-year absence. AccountEdge is…

InfoLogic, Inc. announced the release of MathMagic 6.4 on Friday. MathMagic is an equation editor for mathematical equations and symbols,…

In this week's episode of The Apple Context Machine podcast, Jeff and Bryan change the name of the show, talk…

The Mac Observer's Mac Geek Gab co-host, Dave Hamilton, will be appearing on Fox Business at about 12:30 eastern time…

Native Instruments announced Monday Essential Bass, a KORE-Powered collection of some 200 bass sounds for digital recording and sequencing. The…

Apple and Psystar were scheduled to appear before a Judge on July 30 for a settlement conference for their legal…

Cultured Code announced the immediate availability of Things 1.2 on Friday. The update for the task management and to-do application…

Rumors that Apple is on the verge of releasing a tablet-type device have reached such a frenzied level that now…

David Pogue, technology pundit and New York Times columnist, will be kicking off Macworld Expo 2010 with a keynote presentation…

Apple posted a video of its iPod and iTunes special event late on Wednesday so everyone that didn't have an…

MacSpeech announced the immediate availability of MacSpeech Dictate International on Tuesday. The new version of the speech recognition application lets…

Smile On My Mac is well known for their TextExpander application for Mac OS X, and now they've brought some…

Intel is working on a new optical-based peripheral port for computers, and Apple may be planning on using the new…

Google CEO Eric Schmidt said on Friday that there is no problem with his company and Apple sharing a board…

Martin Wengenmayer announced the immediate availability of Cheetah3D 5.0 on Thursday. The new version of the 3D modeling application sports…

Apple's latest Get a Mac ads rolled out on October 22, the same day that Windows 7 launched, and by…

Microsoft opened up its second Microsoft Store retail location in Mission Viejo, CA Thursday. With the help of a free…

Apple, Google and Microsoft all have products in the mobile market. Today TMO readers are talking about how the three-way…

Electronic Arts on Tuesday announced that World Adventures, the first expansion pack for The Sims 3, will be available in…

Bare Bones Software announced Wednesday the release of BBEdit 9.3. This update includes improvements to the Projects feature, ctag data…

Friday the 13th was an unlucky day for Psystar and its Mac clone business because Judge Alsup denied its motion…

Apple has (inexplicably) rejected an iPhone app that "ridicules public figures," and the artist who developed the caricatures in question…

Apple's iPhone and iPod touch App Store topped 100,000 available applications on Wednesday. The App Store is Apple's online service…

Apple added an option to include a 3.33GHz quad core Intel Xeon processor in the Mac Pro on Friday. Along…

Harvard Business Review has released a list of the 50 best-performing CEOs in the world, with Apple CEO Steve Jobs…

Booq announced the immediate availability of its new Taipan Shadow courier-style laptop bag on Friday. Each bag includes a unique…

Apple, Adobe, Microsoft and several other companies were hit with a patent infringement suit on Monday by BetaNet for violating…

Apple's iPhoto 09 is great for managing your digital photos, and it can even keep track of where you happened…