Archives for March 2009
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Apple Sued for Infringing Encryption Patent
The Apple Lawsuit Express took on a new passenger Tuesday when The PACid Group filed suit against the company alleging…
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PrintSprint Now Available for Mac OS X
Blue Lamp Software, LLC announced the release of PrintSprint 1.0 for Mac OS X on Tuesday. PrintSprint 1.0 is a…
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MacPracticeAdds ePrescribe
MacPractice, Inc. announced on Tuesday that ePrescribe capability will be available to users of their practice management software packages in…
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Oh, Apple, That Thing You Do (Part II)
No company with more than one employee is perfect. Changing companies often simply replaces one set of problems with another…
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Monitor Your Kids’ (or Employees’) Macs with Spector Pro Mac
SpectorSoft Corporation announced Tuesday the release of Spector Pro mac 2009, a monitoring and surveillance tool for parents and employees.…
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Converting an IP Address to a Manufacturer
Occasionally, one discovers what may appear to be a rogue or unidentified device on the local home network. The IP…
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iWebTemplate Releases Five New iWeb Themes
iWebTemplate announced the release of five new iWeb themes on Monday:Black and White,Flora,Mahogany,Ray, and Tracery. Each of these new themes…
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Adobe, Facebook Team Up Facebook Flash Content
Adobe and Facebook announced on Tuesday that the two companies have worked together to build a set of Flash-based developer…
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Macware Inc. Releases DiskTools Pro for Mac OS X
Omaha-based Macware Inc. announced Tuesday the launch of DiskTools Pro, the company's system utilities package including bad sector detection and…
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Microsoft Targets Mac in “Spin Before You Spend” Slot Ads
Microsoft has begun targeting Apple's Mac platform in series of Web ads titled "Spin Before You Spend." The ads are…
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History Channel’s MonsterQuest Comes to Mac
The History Channel's MonsterQuest TV show has been turned into a game for the Mac. MonsterQuest puts the player into…
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Particle Debris (week ending 3/27) Twitters, Shudders and Shivers
In this week's recap of essential news debris, John Martellaro talks about Netflix getting more, Blockbuster finally awake, iPhone 3.0…
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The Mac Command Line with Terminal eBook
One of the really cool things about Mac OS X, the thing that scientists and engineers absolutely love, is that…
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What $500 Buys a Mac Customer: Leverage
The technical and business community is replete with stories about how just a little bit more skill generates an enormous…
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OnLive: Cloud Computing Comes to Games
While it has attracted plenty of doubters, the OnLive gaming system that went public this week at GDC (Game Developers…
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Oh, Apple, That Thing You Do (Part I)
No company with more than one employee is perfect. Changing companies often simply replaces one set of problems with another…
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Pwn2Own Winner: ‘Mac OS X is Less Secure Than Windows’
Charlie Miller's Safari web browser exploit, which won him a new Mac laptop at last week's Pwn2Own competition, once again…
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Microsoft’s New Advertising Tactic: Macs Cost Too Much
Microsoft on Thursday launched a new series of ads created by its agency, Crispin + Porter + Bogusky, in which…
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Google to Layoff 200 Sales & Marketing Employees
Google announced Thursday that the company was eliminating 200 sales and marketing positions around the world, and laying off the…
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Little Hopper’s Treasure Hunt Teaches Students to Graph
Fast Rabbit Software announced the release of Little Hopper's Treasure Hunt on Thursday. This introduction to graphing and the Cartesian…
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Will Twitter Kill E-mail?
The emergence of Twitter has everyone talking. And, of course, talk is cheap unless one makes a strong point. These…
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Calf Trail Releases Geotagalog 1.0 for iPhoto’s Places
Calf Trail Software announced the release of Geotagalog 1.0 for iPhoto's Places on Thursday. Geotagalog 1.0 is a utility that…
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Apple (Finally) Announces WWDC Dates of June 8-12, 2009
Apple has at long last announced the dates for this year's World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC). The event will be…
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At SXSW Michael Penn Talks iTunes, Film, Music, and Hypercard!
To me, the whole point of the sessions at South by Southwest is to find something that blends together everything…
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LoJack Can Recover a Stolen Mac, Activate Remote Wipe
Many times a week, a Mac user experiences that sickening realization that a treasured MacBook has been lost or stolen.…
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Western Digital Ups External Hard Drive Storage to 2TB
Western Digital on Thursday announced that its line of My Book external hard drives now includes a 2TB version
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Latest 17-Inch MacBook Pro Gets Graphics Fix
Apple has issued a firmware update for the 17-inch MacBook Pro released earlier this year. According to the download page at Apple's…
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Piqqem Crowd Sentiment More Bullish on AAPL than Competitors
Investors are generally bullish on Apple Inc., according to the "Feb/March 2009 Piqqem Sentiment Report: Apple," a new report issued…
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TMO Appearances - Dave Hamilton on Your Mac Life Talking SXSW
The Mac Observer's Dave Hamilton appeared on Wednesday's Your Mac Life episode discussing his visit to South by Southwest (SXSW).…
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TMO Appearances - Ted Landau on MacNotables
TMO's Ted Landau is featured in a new episode of Chuck Joiner's MacNotables podcast posted Wednesday. In the episode, Mr.…
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Macworld Expo 2010 Speaker Call for Papers Now Open
IDG opened up the Call for Papers for Macworld Conference & Expo 2010 Wednesday. The company has posted information for…
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MacHeist 3 Software Bundle Is Now Available
The MacHeist 3 Bundle is now on sale for US$39, featuring 12 Mac applications normally valued at over US$900. MacHeist…
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TLA Systems Releases PCalc 3.4.1 for Mac OS X
TLA systems announced the release of PCalc 3.4.1 on Mac OS X on Wednesday. PCalc 3.4.1 for Mac OS X…
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ATTO Technology Releases 6Gb SAS/SATA Host Adapters
Amherst, New York-based ATTO Technology, Inc. announced the release of a family of five 6gb/SAS host adapters on Monday.
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Zykloid Updates Posterino Postcard Creation Application to Version 1.5
German developer Zykloid Software announced Wednesday the release of version 1.5 of Posterino. The program allows users to create life…
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Aspyr Media to Bring Guitar Hero World Tour to Macs, PCs
Aspyr Media on Wednesday said that this summer it will ship Guitar Hero World Tour, which expands on the original…
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Seagate’s BlackArmor Provides NAS Solutions to SOHO Users
Seagate has introduced a new line of NAS (network attached storage) solutions dubbed BlackArmor and aimed at SOHO (small office,…
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LEGO Batman: The Videogame to Swing into Action April 9
Feral Interactive on Wednesday announced that LEGO Batman: The Videogame will shop on April 9. Developed by TT Games, who…
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Wacom’s New Intuos4 Tablet Doubles the Pressure Sensitivity, More
Wacom on Wednesday introduced Intuos4, its latest pen tablet featuring 2,048 levels of pressure sensitivity, a refined asymmetrical design, customizable…
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Prince of Persia, Shaun White Snowboarding Now Available for Mac
TransGaming has made Ubisoft's Prince of Persia and Shaun White Snowboarding available for the Mac through its GameTree Online digital…
