Archives for June 2009
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Browse By Day in June 2009
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Apple Notifies Court, Ready to Tackle Psystar
Apple filed a notice with the United States District Court in Northern California that the stay imposed by Psystar's bankruptcy…
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InfoWallet Personal Information Manager Ships for Mac OS X
California-based developer Thousand Oaks announced the release of InfoWallet, a secure, portable, personal life manager for Mac OS X on…
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Does the New Tech Make Old School Journalism Obsolete?
John Martellaro takes a hard look at the technical power Apple and others have placed in our hands and whether…
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Viewsonic 26” 1080p LCD Monitor - VX2640W $264.99
The Deal Brothers found a deal on the Viewsonic 26” 1080p LCD Monitor, a 1920 x 1200 LCD display, for…
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Manage Your Wine Cellar on Your Mac
Cadent Computing Inc. announced the release of wineCellar 2.0 for Mac OS X and Windows. This release represents a major…
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Firefox 3.5 Gets Speed Boost, More
Firefox 3.5 hit the Internet on June 30, making the promised June release window with a few hours to spare.…
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Game Flies to the Mac
Electronic Arts on Tuesday announced the simultaneous release of its Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince videogame for Mac/PC, Xbox…
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BlogWorld Expo Discount Pricing Ends June 30
Early discount registration for BlogWorld Expo is set to close at the end of the day on Tuesday, June 30.…
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Little Snitch, ZoneAlarm, Outbound Firewalls, Blech!
The TMO Staff is battling again, this time over the benefits and pitfalls of outbound firewalls. Today, Dave Hamilton issues…
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Typinator 3.5 Improves Performance, Compatibility
Ergonis announced the immediate availability of Typinator 3.5 on Tuesday. The update for the text expanding application offers overall performance…
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Focus on the Famous
Today TMO readers are talking about the news media's love affair with the rich and famous, including Apple CEO Steve…
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Apple Data Center Could Land in Maiden, NC
Maiden, North Carolina, is gearing up for a big announcement on July 6 where many are speculating it will reveal…
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OWC’s New Qx2 Brings RAID 5 to the Home Desktop
The OWC Qx2 is a consumer-grade RAID storage system that can support RAID levels 0,1,5 and 10. It's a modest…
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MacBook Air SMC Firmware Update 1.2 Addresses Battery Compatibility
Apple released MacBook Air SMC Firmware Update 1.2 late on Monday to address compatibility issues with the most recent service…
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MGG 209: The Long and Short of Mac Questions & RunCore SSD
Dave and John answer reader questions about b/g clients degrading 802.11n networks, hard drive troubleshooting, ExpressCard slot uses, stalling downloads,…
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Apple: Steve Jobs Officially Back at Work
Steve Jobs is back on the job as CEO of Apple Inc., and the company has made it official. Mr.…
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HD Up To 6,600 Feet with New Extender from Gefen
Gefen announced the availability of its new DVI-3500HD on Monday. This long-range sender/receiver extension system delivers video in the DVI…
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Tension Software Releases Cronette 1.2 for Mac OS X
Cronette 1.2 for Mac OS X was released on Monday, a utility that allows users to specify tasks to be…
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restoroot.com Releases Letter Opener 2.2 .dat File Converter for Mac OS X
Austrian developer restoroot.com announced Monday the released of Letter Opener 2.2, the company's winmail.dat file converter plug in for Apple…
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Ergotron LX Desk Mount LCD Arm $109.99
The Deal Brothers found a deal on the LX LCD Arm from Ergotron, a desk-mountable extendable LCD mount that allows…
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Apple: More Markets to Change?
Apple has made an impact in the personal computer industry, the portable music player industry, and the cell phone world.…
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Apple Hunting for New Europe Lawyer
Apple's Retail division is on the prowl for an external European legal advisor, breaking from the company's traditional in house-only…
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Special Report: Living with iPhone 3GS (AKA Episode #88)
I began my iPhone 3GS review in the Houston Chronicle by saying, "I won’t keep you in suspense... it’s easily…
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Today 1.8 Beefs Up Snow Leopard Compatibility
Second Gear announced the immediate availability of Today 1.8 on Monday. The update for the quick-view application for iCal events…
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Quicky Jr. II Triples AirPort Extreme Range
QuickerTek announced the immediate availability of the Quicky Jr. II on Monday. The Quicky Jr. II is a USB-based Wi-Fi…
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Particle Debris (week ending 6/26) Metamorphosis, Transformers, and Stealth Health
In this week's miscellany of technical news, John takes a look at the metamorphosis of netbooks, Microsoft and AT&T, all…
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Logitech diNovo Edge Keyboard - Mac Edition only $99.99
The Deal Brothers found a deal on Logitech diNovo Edge, Mac Edition for $99 with free shipping. The Deal Brothers…
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SQLabs Releases SQLiteManager 3.0
SQLabs announced the availability of SQLiteManager 3.0 on Friday. As its name suggests, it is a SQLite database manager tool…
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Opposing View: Little Snitch is Awesome if Used Well
During Tuesday's Mac Geek Gab #208, Dave Hamilton and John Braun got into a discussion of Little Snitch from Objective…
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New Memory Upgrades for Mac Pro “Nehalem” Models from OWC
Other World Computing announced its full line of high performance multi-channel 1066MHz DDR3 72-bit ECC memory upgrades for 2009 Mac…
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Bethesda Softworks Owner ZeniMax Buys id Software
ZeniMax Media, Inc. - owner of Bethesda Softworks, which has published Fallout 3, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivon, and other titles…
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How Fast is Your Mac?
TMO's own John Martellaro offered an impressive demonstration of how powerful the MacPro is by running 21 videos at the…
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Twin 1.1 Adds FTP, Snow Leopard Support
app4mac announced the immediate availability of Twin 1.1 on Friday. The update for the automated data backup application added support…
