Archives for July 2009
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Browse By Day in July 2009
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Microsoft Stores Next to Apple Stores: Where’s the Win?
As a columnist, there are days where you just dream something like this will land in your lap. This is…
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Particle Debris (week ending 7/17) Lightroom, Red Lights and Creepy Palms
In this hodgepodge of collected technical trivia, John Martellaro looks at Netflix's move to squeeze out the Apple TV, a…
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macProVideo.com Launches New Online Tutorial Library
macProVideo.com announced the launch of their new Online Tutorial Library on Friday. In addition to offering HD tutorials for download,…
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Horror Game Penumbra Relaunches as Single Installer with US$5 Sale Price
Frictional Games has announced the relaunch of its first-person horror trilogy Penumbra as a single collection that will be on…
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A New Look For TMO’s Home Page
Today we made TMO's home page cleaner, simpler, and more headline-focused. Dave Hamilton explains a bit more about this and…
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City of Heroes’ Next Update to Allow Customizable Power Sets, More
Publisher NCsoft on Friday announced that the next City of Heroes update -- Issue 16: Power Spectrum, due out in…
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Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 3.5” Internal Hard Drive - $87.99 Delivered
The Deal Brothers found a deal on a 1TB internal hard drive from Western Digitl's Green series of drives for…
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Mozilla Fixes Firefox 3.5 JavaScript Security Flaw
Mozilla released Firefox 3.5.1 on Friday with a fix for what has been described as a critical JavaScript-related security flaw.…
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Yahoo! Finally Ready for Microsoft Deal
Internet search giant Yahoo! may finally be ready to climb in bed with Microsoft. The two companies could publicly announce…
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Apple to Report Q3 2009 Earnings on July 21
Apple will be hosting its third quarter earnings conference call at 2PM pacific time on Tuesday, July 21. The company…
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Microsoft’s New Retail Adventure
Microsoft is planning to open its own stores near Apple's retail locations, and today TMO readers are talking about what…
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Carina Commemorates Apollo 11 with Free Astronomy Apps
Carina Software will be commemorating the 40th anniversary of the first time humans walked on the moon on July 20…
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iMovie 8.0.4 Update Fixes iPhone 3GS Issue, More
Apple released iMovie 8.0.4 Thursday, an update that fixes a number of issues, including a problem with working with video…
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Ted Landau Talks Jailbreaking, Palm Pre on MacNotables
TMO columnist Ted Landau joined Chuck Joiner on MacNotables to discuss the iTunes update that breaks Palm Pre music syncing,…
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Gartner: Apple Gains U.S. PC Market Share - IDC: Nuh-Uh
Ahead of Apple's announcements of its own numbers for the June quarter, Gartner and IDC have released competing reports with…
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Apple MacBook Pro 13.3-Inch Laptop: $1159.30 Delivered
The Deal Brothers found a deal on Apple's new 13.3" MacBook Pro for $1159.30, with free delivery. This is a…
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Chess Database for iPhone Showcases 500,000 Games [UPDATED]
Chess Database allows one to search from a database of 500,000 games by chess notables and then play out the…
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Microsoft: Apple Wants Laptop Hunter Ads Nixed
Microsoft COO Kevin Turner thinks his company's Laptop Hunter ad series is a success, and he's claiming Apple proved that…
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Corporate Mano-a-Mano: Microsoft Stores to be Next to Apple Stores
Microsoft will opening some of its first Microsoft-branded retail stores next to or near Apple Stores, according Microsoft COO Kevin…
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Apple’s iPhone & iTunes Monopoly? Seriously?
I noted that David Coursey is calling for Apple's monopoly over the iPhone and iTunes to be brought to an…
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Bill Gates Makes Feynman Lectures Available Online
Dr. Richard Feynman (1918-1988) was one of the most revered physicists of the 20th century. His work in Quantum Electrodynamics…
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Aurora Photo Editing Tool Updated & Free (for 24 Hours)
Light Crafts announced several updates to Aurora on Wednesday. Aurora is a simple photo editing, organizing, sharing and storing software. Additionally,…
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Batter Up: Safari—OmniWeb on Deck
On Monday, our distinguished Managing Editor, Jeff Gamet, explained why he uses OmniWeb as his browser instead of Safari. Having…
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WhoPaste 2.0 Makes Adding Contacts Easy
Mac-Chi announced the release of WhoPaste 2.0 on Wednesday. This version of WhoPaste represents a major upgrade to their contact…
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Untangle Calendar Syncing on Your iPhone
Once you set it up, syncing events between your Mac and the Calendar app on your iPhone is a breeze.…
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Shorten Long URLs with Thurly Plugin for Safari
Elixir announced the release of Thurly 1.0 on Wednesday. Thurly is a plugin for Apple Safari that allows users to…
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Verizon’s MiFi: The Best iPhone (and Mobile Mac!) Accessory
Dave Hamilton spent some time with Verizon's new MiFi, the pocket-sized wireless router which gets its bandwidth from Verizon's EVDO…
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Refurbished 16GB iPod Nano: $149 Delivered
The Deal Brothers found a deal on the refurbished 16GB Apple iPod Nano for $149.00. These ship directly from Apple,…
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Macgamestore.com Brings Youda Sushi Chef to the Mac
Macgamestore.com on Wednesday released the time management game Youda Sushi Chef as a digital download. Similar to the popular Diner…
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Live Interior 3D 2.2 Adds Multi-level Structures
BeLight Software announced the immediate availability of Live Interior 3D 2.2 on Wednesday. The update for the interior design application…
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Apple’s NC Data Center Set for 2010 Launch
Apple is planning to start building its new data center in Maiden, North Carolina, in August with hopes of bringing…
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Should Apple Employees Read the Mac Websites?
Apple's senior executives like to believe that there is no value in reading the Mac and iPhone related Websites, and…