Archives for March 2009

March, 17th March 2009

• Apple Weekly Report #142: iPod Shuffle, Apple Netbooks, Patents, & More

  Apple was busy this week with announcements: The company is hosting a special media event next week to show off…

• Blizzard Extends Weekly World of Warcraft Maintenance Two Hours

  Shortly before the realm servers were scheduled to come back online, Blizzard extended its weekly maintenance for an additional two…

• A Closer Look at Apple’s Mac Sales

  NPD recently reported that Mac sales were down 16 percent in February. If that number holds for the entire quarter,…

• Laserface Jones vs. Doomsday Odious Wins uDevGames Contest

  iDevGames has announced the winner of the uDevGames 2008 contest: Justin Ficarrotta's Laserface Jones vs. Doomsday Odious, which won five…

• Netbook vs Tablet

  Today TMO readers are debating which device Apple is more likely to develop: a netbook or a tablet.

• Dell Takes on MacBook Air with Adamo

  Dell introduced its Adamo laptop on Tuesday in hopes of taking on Apple's MacBook Air. Dell is calling the laptop…

• Analyst: Two New iPhones on the Way

  Apple may be getting ready to surprise consumers with not one, but two new iPhone models in the coming months.…

March, 16th March 2009

• SXSW Trends Point Toward Strong Apple Netbook Market

  This weekend I have seen more PC netbooks running Mac OS X than there were running Windows at Austin's annual…

• Xeric Design Speeds Up Earth Desk Startup with Version 4.7

  Xeric Design announced Monday the release of EarthDesk 4.7, an update to the desktop image utility that speeds up startup…

• iPhone Software 3.0 Predictions

  Today TMO readers are offering up their predictions on what new software features Apple will reveal when it host its…

• Want Full NTFS Support on Your Mac?  Check Out MacFUSE and NTFS-3G!

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

March, 13th March 2009

• Maine to Expand Mac Laptop Program to 100,000 Students

  The state of Maine is taking one of the country's most aggressive laptops-for-students programs in the country and expanding it…

• Particle Debris: The Eight Twitter Personality Types

  After engaging in Twitter for six months, John Martellaro has been able to identify eight different personality types. There may even…

• The Woz Injures Foot, To Continue on Dancing With Stars Anyway

  Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak injured his foot in the course of his training for Dancing with the Stars, but has…

• Tension Software announces Invoices 2.4

  Tension Software announced the released of version 2.4 of Invoices, the company's invoice creation and management application for Mac OS…

• Reader Reaction: New iPod shuffle

  Yesterday Apple introduced the new buttonless iPod shuffle. Today TMO readers are offering their first impressions on the new music…

• Growth in the Mac Games Market? Depends Who You Talk To

  Last year saw the beginning of a shift in the Mac games business: Aspyr Media and MacSoft throttled back on…

March, 12th March 2009

• AAPL Jumps Another 4% to $96 per share in Third Straight Rally

  Shares in Apple Inc. enjoyed a third straight day of strong gains to close at US$96.35 per share Thursday, a…

• Feral Bundles Four Games in Family Fun Pack 3

  Feral Interactive on Thursday released Family Fun Pack 3, a US$49.95 bundle containing four games: LEGO Star Wars II, Ford…

• iPhones and Macs: Breaking the Tether

  More and more, I pick up my iPhone in preference to any Mac, even when my laptop or desktop machines are just…

• Temperature Monitor 4.6 Gives Warm Fuzzies

  Macintosh users, especially Mac Pro and MacBook Pro users, are often concerned about the temperature condition of their high performance…

• Sponge 1.2 Clears More Disk Space, Finds More Apps

  Dare to be Creative announced the immediate availability of Sponge 1.2 on Thursday. The update for the hard drive space…

• PUB2ID Adds InDesign CS4 Support

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

• Apple Updates Front Row to 2.1.7 for iTunes 8.1 Compatibility

  This is one of those stories where the title literally says it all: Apple released an update for Front Row…

March, 11th March 2009

• iTunes 8.1 Available - Adds Responsiveness and Additional Features

  Tonight Apple released iTunes 8.1 through both Software Update and via a direct download available online. The accompanying release notes indicate that…

• AAPL Among Contenders for Replacing Citi, GM on Dow

  Google, Apple, Goldman Sachs, Visa, and Cisco are among the names being considered for replacing GM and Citigroup on the…

• AAPL Gains 5% as S&P Maintains Strong Buy on Shuffle

  Investors appeared to enjoy Apple's announcement Wednesday of a new iPod shuffle that can speak the names of songs --…

• iPresentee Releases Keynote 3D Stuff 2.0

  Lithuanian software developeriPresenteeannounced Wednesday the release ofKeynote 3D Stuff 2.0, the company's package of 3D images for use with Apple's…

• Microsoft’s Illusion: Netbook & Linux Threats Can be Neutralized

  Apple enthusiasts like to think that Steve Ballmer stays awake at night worrying about Apple. The facts in the market…

• Feral Opens New Download Area With Colin McRae Rally, Black & White 2 Demos

  Feral Interactive on Wednesday launched a new demo download area that uses BitTorrent to deliver demos of seven of the publisher's Mac…

• Google Plans to Make Ads ‘More Interesting’

  Susan Wojcicki, Google's Vice-President of Product Management, on Wednesday published a blog entry in which she discussed modifying the company's…

March, 10th March 2009

• Reports Indicate Enterprise Layoffs at Apple, But Context is Cloudy

  Reports began circulating Tuesday that Apple recently laid off some 50 people from its Enterprise sales force (CNet, Valleywag, 9to5Mac).…

• Report: Apple to Release Touchscreen Netbook in 2009

  Apple Inc. will be releasing a netbook in 2009, according to a published report. Dow Jones Newswire cited two unnamed…

• Reports That Steve Jobs Appeared at Disney Shareholder Meeting Corrected

  Marketwatch reported Tuesday that Apple CEO Steve Jobs had made an appearance at Disney's annual shareholder meeting, which would have…

• AAPL Up 6.6% Amidst Broader Tech Rally

  Shares in Apple Inc. jumped more than 6.6% Tuesday, as the company joined in a broader tech rally that lifted…

• The Woz on Dancing with the Stars (See the Video)

  Legendary Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak hit the pinnacle of his fame Monday with a much anticipated appearance on Dancing with…

• Survey Finds 74% of Enterprises with Macs Plan to Add More

  The Enterprise Desktop Alliance (EDA) on Tuesday released the results of a survey of 314 IT administrators in which it…

• EVE Online Expansion Pack Apocrypha is Released

  Apocrypha, the latest expansion pack for the science-fiction massively multiplayer online role-playing game EVE Online, debuted on Tuesday as a…

• Primera Debuts New Point-of-Sale Printer

  Primera on Tuesday introduced the PX450 Color Printer, a compact device aimed at those who need to print coupons, tickets,…

• THQ Plans Mac Version of Game Based on Pixar’s Up

  As in recent years, THQ plans a videogame adaptation of Pixar's latest movie across all major platforms, including Mac, PC,…

• SpectorSoft Brings Monitoring Software eBlaster to the Mac

  SpectorSoft has released a Mac OS X version of its eBlaster remote monitoring software, which records every action performed on…

March, 09th March 2009

• Mac Geek Gab #194: Troubleshooting AirPort, Full Drives, Upgrades, NTFS

  John and Dave discuss solutions for listeners' AirPort problems, full hard drives, what to do when sending a laptop in…

• AAPL Drops 2.5%, Thomas Weisel Partners Lowers Estimates

  Shares in Apple Inc. fell Monday after Thomas Weisel Partners lowered estimates for 2009 and 2010, and cut his price…

• Nanny Mania 2 Takes the Concept to Hollywood

  Gogii Games and Macgamestore.com has announced the release of Nanny Mania 2, the latest in the time management genre made…

• RadicalBreeze Brings RadicalCodex Digital Comic Book Reader to Mac OS X

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

• HOWTO - Changing Twitter Clients Was a Tweet

  Last Friday, I changed Twitter clients. I was not completely happy with Twitterrific 3.2, so I did some research and…

• WoodWing Software Updates Smart Styles Formatting Tool for CS4

  WoodWing Software announced Monday an update for Smart Styles, the company's formatting tool for repetitive formatting tasks of text, frames,…

• Geotagging Photo Community Site locr Offers Free iPhoto Plug-In

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

• Intuit Targets Fall 2009 For Online Payroll Mac Compatibility

  Intuit on Monday said that it plans to expand its Online Payroll service to accounting professionals in the spring and…

March, 06th March 2009

• Apple Weekly Report #141: All Those New Macs, Cheap PCs Forever, Mrs. Gates & the iPhone

  Apple gave us what everyone was hoping for at January's Macworld Expo this week when it updated its complete desktop…