Archives for August 2009
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Browse By Day in August 2009
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French Web Site Claims Snow Leopard at Golden Master Status
French Mac site Mac4Ever reported Wednesday that Snow Leopard has reached Golden Master, or GM status. If true, that means…
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Adobe to Drop PowerPC Support in Creative Suite 5
Adobe will drop PowerPC-based Mac compatibility with the release of Creative Suite 5 in favor of Intel-only support. Adobe chose…
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Apple Releases Security Update 2009-004 for Mac OS X with DNS Fix [Update]
Apple released Security Update 2009-004 for Mac OS X on Wednesday, an update that addresses a security hole dealing with…
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Skooba Adds Two New Checkpoint-Friendly Laptop Bags
Skooba Design announced Wednesday two additions to its Checkthrough product line of "checkpoint-friendly" laptop bags, Checkthrough Backpack and Checkthrough Roller.…
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Nambu Re-opens tr.im, Dives Back into URL Shortening Game
Nambu Network may have taken its ball and gone home when it announced that the tr.im URL was shutting down,…
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Football Manager 2010 Kicks Onto Mac Oct. 30
Sports Interactive and SEGA Europe on Wednesday announced that Football Manager 2010, the latest version of their bestselling soccer management…
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Refurbished Apple Time Capsule 500GB: $169.99 Delivered
The Deal Brothers found a deal on a refurb 500GB Time Capsule for $169.99, with free shipping.
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Analyst: iPhone Key to Apple’s Move into Enterprise
Apple hasn't had the greatest success so far at breaking into the enterprise market, but the iPhone may just be…
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PDFPen 4.2 Adds 128-bit Encryption Support
SmileOnMyMac announced the immediate availability of PDFPen and PDFPen Pro 4.2 on Wednesday. The update for the PDF editing applications…
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Apple to Open New Illinois, Virginia Stores on August 15
Apple will be opening new retail stores in Naperville, Illinois and Reston, Virginia on Saturday, August 15 at 10AM local…
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Court Blocks Microsoft Word Sales in U.S.
Microsoft received a surprise blow on Tuesday when a U.S. District Court Judge ordered the company to stop selling Microsoft…
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Apple Addresses 10.5.8 AirPort Issues with Software Update
Apple released AirPort Client Update for MacBook and MacBook Pro 1.0 late on Tuesday to address Wi-Fi reliability issues some…
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Sony Next-Gen Rechargeable Battery to Offer 99% Charge in 30 Minutes
Sony Corporation announced Tuesday a new type of lithium-ion battery that it said will maintain more than 80% of its…
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Apple Releases Safari 4.0.3 with Fixes for HTML 5 Video, iWork.com, More
Apple released Safari 4.0.3 on Tuesday, an update to the Web browser that includes the usual unspecified stability and fixes,…
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Syncro SVN Client 5.0 Adds Diff Files, Diff Directories Tools
Syncro Soft Ltd. released version 5.0 of Syncro SVN Client, a multiplatform version synchronizing tool for content authors and developers…
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Hoyle Slots 2010 Pays Out on the Mac
Encore has released Hoyle Slots 2010, featuring 10 mechanical slots and 20 video slots games, for Mac and PC. Developed…
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The Return of Matte Displays
Apple quietly brought back matte displays as an option for the 15-inch MacBook Pro, and today TMO readers are offering…
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Ozzy Osbourne to Close BlizzCon 2009 With a Concert
Blizzard Entertainment on Tuesday announced that Ozzy Osbourne will headline a concert to close the sold-out BlizzCon 2009, taking place…
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Western Digital 500GB Portable USB Hard Drive: $105.68 Delivered
The Deal Brothers found a deal on the black Western Digital My Passport Essential 500GB Portable USB Hard Drive for…
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Apple’s Critics are a Bag of Hurt
Apple seems to be under attack lately, but mostly from bloggers and journalists with an axe to grind. Or perhaps…
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Twelve South Intros BackPack Shelf for iMac
Twelve South announced the immediate availability of the BackPack shelf for Apple's flat panel iMac and Cinema Display on Tuesday.…
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Apple May be Moving Into the Social Networking World
Apple's rumored upcoming iTunes 9 release is said to include some form of social networking integration. If so, it may…
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Snow Leopard Desktops Make Their Way to the Web
Apple's Mac OS X 10.6, or Snow Leopard, operating system upgrade may still be weeks away, but its collection of…
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Facebook, FriendFeed Friend Each Other in Buy Out Deal
Social networking giant Facebook and FriendFeed are joining forces, or more accurately, Facebook is buying FriendFeed. Facebook plans to add…
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Apple Adds Matte Display Option to 15-inch MacBook Pro
Apple has finally brought back a feature 15-inch MacBook Pro users have been clamoring for: matte displays. The anti-glare version…
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MGG 214: A Dazzling Array of Mac Info
John and Dave are at it again, this time discussing boot issues, sleep issues, hardware detection, RAM usage, Network settings,…
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Jean-Louis Gassée: Tomorrow’s Silicon Valley Rivalry is Apple vs. Google
The rivalry between Google and Apple is heating up, and Jean-Louis Gassée said Monday that Google is fast becoming a…
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Verbatim Store ‘n’ Go Flash Has a Secure Zone
The Verbatim Store 'n' Go 8 GB Flash drive looks like all the rest, but it stands out in two…
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Refurbished MacBook Air 1.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo: $999.00 Delivered
The Deal Brothers found a deal on a refurbished 1.6 GHz MacBook Air for $999, and that's with free delivery.…
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Apple Gets Pulled into Australia Landmark Controversy
Lonsdale House, an art deco structure in Melbourne, is on the chopping block to make room for a new mall…
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Rumor: iTunes Getting Blu-ray Support
If the latest offerings from the rumor mill prove to be true, Apple may finally be warming up to the…
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Dave Hamilton at Princeton, New Jersey MUG on Tuesday
This month the Princeton Mac Users' Group features our own Dave Hamilton, TMO's President and co-host of our Mac Geek…
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Star Gazing with the iPhone
Today TMO readers are talking about how to use the iPhone as a star gazing tool.
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UBS Raises AAPL Target on Product Mix
UBS analyst Maynard Um thinks Apple's MacBook Pro lineup along with the iPhone 3GS will help the company show a…
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tr.im Calls it Quits, Fingers Twitter
Nambu Network closed the doors on its tr.im URL shortening service on Sunday, and claimed Twitter is partly to blame.…
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Google CEO Eric Schmidt Refused Options, Pay as Apple Board Member
During his tenure as a member of Apple's board of directors, Google CEO Eric Schmidt refused the options and yearly…
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Particle Debris (week ending 8/7) End Zone Tweets, PowerPoint Nightmares
In this parade of technical news debris, John looks at what the Chrome OS really needs to do, deepening friction…
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Scrabble Plus Offers New Tricks For Old Words
Macgamestore.com on Friday announced the release of Scrabble Plus, which is available as a digital download through the site and…
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Koingo Software Releases Project Canvas for Presentation Development
Koingo Software announced Friday the release of Project Canvas, a presentation development tool for Mac OS X and Windows. The…
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Dave Hamilton on Blog World Expo Radio
At 3pm Eastern time today our own Dave Hamilton will appear on Blog World Expo Radio. Dave will chat with…
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Why the iTablet is Critical to Apple’s Future
Trends that appear to be continuing unabated to extremes often become unstable and unsustainable. If that happens in the business…
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It’s Back to School Time, Apple
It's the back to school season, so today TMO readers are talking about what that means for Apple sales and…
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Former Apple Employee Sues for Overtime Pay
Kenyon Zahner, a former Apple employee in Florida, is suing the company over claims that he was forced to work…
