Archives for 2009

Logitech on Tuesday expanded its G-series gaming peripherals lineup with three new products announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in…

SAN FRANCISCO -- BusyMac introduced BusyCal on Monday. BusyCal is a calendar application that shares calendars on local networks or…

SAN FRANCISCO -- Livescribe is at this week's Macworld Expo showing off Livescribe Desktop 1.0 for Mac, software the transfers notes…

John and Dave have arrived in San Francisco for Macworld Expo and recorded today's show from the hotel room. Everything's…

SAN FRANCISCO -- O'Reilly Media and Book Passage started off their Macworld Expo activities a day ahead of the conference's…

John F. Braun checks out AppZapper, an application that keeps your system clean by making sure you delete all parts…

Today TMO readers are working through issues with pairing a Mac and a Palm handheld over Bluetooth.

Germany-based PC builder HyperMegaNet UG has joined the unauthorized Mac clone maker club with its PearC product line. The company…

Jeff Gamet, The Mac Observer's managing editor, will be speaking at the Colorado Macintosh User Group meeting on Thursday, February…

Houdah Software announced the immediate availability of HoudahGeo 2.1 on Thursday. The update for the photo geocoding application added support…

The CanSecWest Pwn2Own hacking contest had barely begun before an Apple MacBook running the Safari Web browser was compromised. The…

Today TMO readers are looking at one forum member's performance problems with Keychain and Web site loading times.

Markzware announced the immediate availability of PUB2ID V2 on Thursday. The new version of the Microsoft Publisher to InDesign conversion…

Twitter has taken the world by storm. While it's just another means of communication, the first blush reaction by many…

I've received unofficial confirmation that TomTom is preparing a version of its GPS turn-by-tun navigation app — for release soon after…

Mac users wanting to try out Office 2008 for the Mac before buying it can do just that now that…

Apple noted during Wednesday's earnings call that it opened just one new retail store last quarter and saw average revenue…

The Deal Brothers found a deal on a refurbished 1.6 GHz MacBook Air for $999 direct from Apple, with free…

Your favorite Mac geeks celebrated their 200th episode by "airing" the taping of the show live on TalkShoe, complete with…

Today TMO readers are talking about Microsoft's new ads that tout PCs as the economical choice when buying a computer,…

Long-time Mac and PC hardware developer LaCie announced the release of two designer USB hubs on Wednesday, the LaCie Core4 and…

While other retailers are cutting back because of economic concerns, Apple has 25 more stores in the works, including locations…

Blizzard updated World of Warcraft to version 3.1.2 Tuesday, a patch that adds an in-game equipment manager for the first…

The next meeting of The Macintosh Business Users Society of Greater Philadelphia (MacBUS) will be held on Tuesday, May 26,…

John and Dave do their best tonight to keep up with the overflowing mailbag by answering your questions and sharing…

Some benchmarks have numbers and tables. Some have bar graphs. They're all very nice, but I just revisited a demo…

A class-action settlement has been reached between plaintiffs and Intuit over a data-corruption issue with QuickBooks 2006 for Mac. Create-A-Card,…

Opera rolled out a public beta of Opera 10, the next version of the company's Web browser, on Thursday with…

Shoppers hoping to be among the first to get their hands on Apple's new iPhone 3G S started lining up…

Apple's Safari Web browser market share started to climb again in May, inching up from 8.21 percent to 8.43 percent.…

In June, Apple grabbed some 91% of all PCs sold that cost US$1,000 or more, according to data from NPD…

Apple updated Safari to version 4.0.2 Wednesday, an update that improves the stability of the Nitro JavaScript engine. It also…

The superhero MMORPG City of Heroes celebrated five years of existence this week with the release of Issue 15: Anniversary,…

QuickerTek announced the immediate availability of the MacBook Battery and Charger Lite on Tuesday. The new battery and charger combination…

You can verbally direct your Mac to find a phone number, open an application, send an email, or insert text…

The Mac Observer's John Martellaro joined host Chuck Joiner on MacVoices to talk about the technical nuances of iPhone power…

The rumor mill is running at full capacity churning out tidbits about an Apple media event in early September. Today…

Apple seems to be under attack lately, but mostly from bloggers and journalists with an axe to grind.  Or perhaps…

The issues surrounding the FCC questions about Apple's App Store and approval process are complex.  The Mac Observer spoke with…

Apple released Mac OS X 10.5.8, an update to Leopard that includes specific fixes for issues dealing with AirPort, monitor…

Adobe Photoshop Product Manager John Nack clarified the company's position on Creative Suite 3 support in Snow Leopard by stating…

CrossWeavers on Wednesday released version 8.0 of CrossOver Games, a WINE (WINE Is Not an Emulator) cousin that allows gamers…

Digging into battery capabilities plus CPU, SSD and display power consumption can provide some hints about what the Apple iTablet…

The Deal Brothers found a deal on the LaCie Rugged All-Terrain 500 GB FireWire 800/FireWire 400/USB 2.0 Portable External Hard…

Pixelmator announced the immediate availability of Pixelmator 1.5 on Tuesday. The update for the image editing application added several new…

Apple has apparently been showing off the specifications for its rumored tablet device in Australia. The specs were shown to…

UBS analyst Maynard Um raised his 12-month target price for Apple's stock from US$265 to $280 after the company reported…

A pair of popular franchises arrived at the App Store this week: Earthworm Jim, in a remake of the classic…

Shure shows off some new USB and XLR microphones, as well as a XLR to USB adapter.

Popular iPhone hacker George Hotz, or Geohot, added the ability to jailbreak the iPhone 3GS and 8GB iPod touch to…

Not every column you write is destined to spark an outpouring of comments agreeing with your position. Some do quite…

Singapore's StarHub announced on Monday that it will begin selling Apple's iPhone before the end of the year.

Shares in Apple Inc. traded higher Monday amidst a broader tech rally that helped propel the stock to close at…

Apple confirmed on Monday that it will be hosting a Black Friday sale on November 27. The annual one-day sale…

Nancy Gravley checked out the IntelliScanner Classic handheld barcode scanner. The scanner can help keep track of business and personal…

QuickerTek announced the immediate availability of its new 5bdi whip antenna for Apple's newest MacBook and MacBook Pro models on…

The Deal Brothers found a deal on the HP Scanjet G4050 Photo Scanner for $169.99, with free delivery.

Apple will begin manufacturing its near-mythical tablet in February for a Spring launch, according to Oppenheimer analyst Yair Reiner. In…

Details of Google's own Nexus One smartphone found their way onto the Internet, and if accurate, reveal how much users…

Laan Labs announced this week the release of an iPhone app called iPhone and iPhone 3G users to record video…