Archives for June 2009
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Apple Releases Updates for iLife, iMovie, iDVD, iPhoto & RAW Camera
Apple released a slew of updates Wednesday, updates for iDVD, iMovie, iPhoto, iLife Support, and RAW camera support. While they…
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U.S. & Canadian QuickBooks 2006 for Mac Class Action Settlements in Process
A class-action settlement has been reached between plaintiffs and Intuit over a data-corruption issue with QuickBooks 2006 for Mac. Create-A-Card,…
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Smart Loops Releases Three Drum Packs in ACID WAV Format
Smart Loops announced Wednesday the release of three new SL MultiTracks drum loop libraries in ACID WAV format, a format…
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Mac Shutdown X Update Adds New Restart Options, More
Tension Software announced the release of Mac Shutdown X 1.4 on Wednesday, an app that allows users to shutdown unattended…
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Refurb MacBook Pro Unibody 15-inch 2.4GHz for $1699 Delivered
The Deal Brothers found a deal on a refurbished Unibody 2.4GHz MacBook Pro for $1,699, delivered from Apple. The unit…
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Intel to Buy Embedded Software Maker Wind River
Intel is expanding its reach in the embedded software market with its planned purchase of Wind River Systems. The deal…
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Spice up Your iPhone and iPod touch with TMO Wallpaper
Spice up your iPhone or iPod touch with our custom TMO wallpaper. Our iPodObserver.com fans can share the love, too,…
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Psystar Financials Don’t Reveal Deep Pocket Company
Financial records Psystar filed in its bankruptcy case show the company was faced with steep legal fees, but didn't reveal…
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Opera 10 Goes Turbo
Opera rolled out a public beta of Opera 10, the next version of the company's Web browser, on Thursday with…
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Built-in Utilities Every Beginner Should Know About
The cool thing about a Mac is that is comes with all kinds of built-in stuff to make your life…
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Apple Releases AirPort Utility Software Update 2009-002
Apple released AirPort Utility Software Update 2009-002 Wednesday, an update that "includes general fixes and compatibility updates," according to the…
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Fifth Avenue Apple Store Rakes in $440 Million Per Year
Apple's Fifth Avenue retail location rakes in some US$440 million per year, according to the New York Post. In an…
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NC Confirms Apple Server Farm on the Way
North Carolina put to rest the poorly kept secret that it passed legislation to lure Apple into the state when…
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WWDC Predictions: Who Cares?
Apple's World Wide Developer Conference is only days away, which means everyone has a prediction on what might be announced…
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DoJ Launches Antitrust Probe into Apple, Google Hiring Practices
The Department of Justice has launched a probe into the hiring practices of Apple, Google, Genentech, Yahoo! and other high…
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A TMO iTunes Video Mystery Solved
This spring, both Ted Landau and I sold our old Power Mac G5s and bought Mac Pros. The mystery started…
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Are Movies from iTunes Store Worth the Price?
Last March, Apple began selling HD versions of movies in the iTunes Store. Previously, such films were available from iTunes only…
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ZeeVee Unveils Zinc Video Browser for the Mac
ZeeVee announced the immediate availability of Zinc for the Mac on Wednesday. Zinc is an application that lets users find…
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Time Capsule 500GB GB Storage & AirPort Extreme: $199.95 Delivered
The Deal Brothers found a deal on the 500GB Time Capsule for $199.95, with free shipping. This is a new…
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Computer History Museum Scores Mac Business Plan
The Computer History Museum is offering a rare glimpse into the early days of Apple thanks to the addition of…
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Is Microsoft Gunning for Apple TV?
Microsoft announced new home entertainment and social media-related features for its Xbox 360 during the E3 conference, and today TMO…
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WWDC 09 Banner Pics Hit the Web
Apple is hard at work preparing the Moscone Convention Center for the June 8 kick-off of its World Wide Developer…
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Apple Slapped with Digital Payment Patent Suit
Apple, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Officemax and several other companies recently found themselves on the receiving end of a lawsuit…
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Hey Microsoft, Pick One Thing to Copy & Stick With It
Microsoft is so funny sometimes. The company is constantly running around working hard to show the world who it's afraid…
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Fetch 5.5 Adds Leopard QuickLook Support, Remote Editing
Fetch Softworks announced the release of Fetch 5.5, the new version of its Mac file transfer program (FTP), on Tuesday.…
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Windows 7 to Ship October 22nd, Disable Beta July 1st
Windows 7 will ship October 22nd, according to Microsoft spokespersons, who confirmed the news for InformationWeek. The timing will put…
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In Principle, It’s Game Over for iPhone’s Competitors
There is little talk anymore of iPhone killers. In fact, it's questionable whether anyone, in this economic climate, can overcome…
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Mac OS X Search Tool Leap 2.0 Adds Support for OpenMeta, More
Ironic Software announced the release of Leap 2.0 on Tuesday. Leap 2.0 is a Leopard-only OS X search visualization tool,…
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The Sims 3 Arrives for Mac, iPhone
Electronic Arts' highly anticipated release of The Sims 3 for Mac, Windows, and iPhone happened Tuesday. New features in the…
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Blizzard Releases World of Warcraft 3.1.3 Patch with Class Tweaks
Blizzard updated World of Warcraft to version 3.1.3 Tuesday, a patch that brings a couple of tweaks and small nerfs…
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Zero Panic Migration to a New Mac, Part II
In part I, techniques for protecting and preserving data prior to a migration to a new Mac were discussed. Then…
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Comic Life 1.5 Adds Single Page Creation, More
Freeverse, Inc. announced an update to its digital photo editing application Comic Life Deluxe on Tuesday. Comic Life 1.5 allows…
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Iomega Intros Mac-ready eGo Portable Hard Drive
Iomega announced the immediate availability of its eGo Portable Hard Drive for Mac users on Tuesday. The drives are available…
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Apple Refurbished Apple TV with 40GB drive $199, Free Shipping
The Deal Brothers found a deal on an Apple refurbished Apple TV for $199, including free shipping. This unit comes…
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North Carolina Approves Apple Tax Break
North Carolina lawmakers approved a bill on Monday that will provide special tax incentives to one company, presumably Apple, to…
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Pre vs iPhone: The Fight is On
The Palm Pre hits store shelves on June 6, and Apple may announce new iPhones two days later at its…
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Involer 1.3 Adds Custom Reports
The Dream Apps announced the immediate availability of Involer 1.3 on Tuesday. The update for the home and small business…
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MGG 205: Live Questions, Battery Health, DOCSIS 3, and More!
John and Dave took the show back to Talkshoe, this time incorporating some pre-prepped material along with the live questions…
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Apple Updates QuickTime (v. 7.6.2) for Apple ProRes Media, iTunes 8.2
Apple released an update to QuickTime Monday, bringing the multimedia software to version 7.6.2. The update specifically improves the way…
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Apple Updates GarageBand ‘09 w/Bug Fixes, Artist Lesson Improvements, More
Apple updated GarageBand '09 to version 5.0.2 Monday. The update includes the usual "overall stability" improvements and fixes for "other…
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Microsoft’s Bing Will Help Push Search Engine Advancements
Like The Woz, I'm all excited about Microsoft's Bing. It's not that I expect Bing to be a better search engine…
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Steve Wozniak Impressed with Microsoft’s Bing Search Engine
There are at least two Steves impressed with Microsoft's Bing search engine, Big Redmond's latest effort to become a serious…
