Archives for May 2011
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Apple’s Stock Gains 3% on Jobs & iCloud News
Shares in Apple Inc. gained more than 3% Tuesday after the company announced that CEO Steve Jobs would be involved…
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Apple Updates Mac OS X with MacDefender Patch
Apple released Security Update 2011-003 for Mac OS X Tuesday, an update designed to defend Mac users from the MacDefender…
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Microsoft to Unveil Touchscreen Windows Tablets This Week
Microsoft will be unveiling a version of Windows for touchscreen tablets (a.k.a. media tablets) to compete with Apple’s iPad this…
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Sever a Mac’s Ethernet Access for Nighttime Security
If you leave your Mac powered up 24x7, one way to ensure the security of your Mac while you sleep…
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Southern Stars Launches SkySafari 3 for iOS
Southern Stars has launched version 3 of SkySafari, a major upgrade of its sky simulator/planetarium software for iOS. It now…
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Samsung 14.1MP Digital Camera w/ Case & Card: $109.99
The Deal Brothers found a deal on the Samsung PL200 14.1MP Digital Camera w/ Case & 2GB Card kit for $109.99. This…
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Samsung Wants Early Look at Next iPhone, iPad
Samsung has been hoping to get an early look at the next generation iPhone and iPad as it works on…
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Apple Brings Keynote, Pages, Numbers to iPhone as Hybrid Apps
Apple announced Tuesday that its full iWork suite has been released as hybrid apps that work on iPhone, iPod touch,…
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New Apple Store Coming to Charlotte NC
Apple is set to begin construction on its fifth North Carolina retail store and second in Charlotte. The store is…
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San Francisco Chronicle Comes to iPad
The San Francisco Chronicle released its own news app for the iPad on Tuesday. The app offers the San Francisco…
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John F. Braun Discusses Amazon’s Mac Software Store on Mac Roundtable
The Mac Observer’s Mac Geek Gab co-host John F. Braun joined the Mac Roundtable crew to talk about Amazon’s new…
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Monitor AirPort Bandwidth with SNMP Status
Keeping track of how much network bandwidth individual Macs are using on your network is a fairly simple task, but…
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Forum Poll: WIll Apple Show Off iPhone 5 at WWDC?
Apple’s annual World Wide Developers Conference is set to start on June 6, and company CEO Steve Jobs will be…
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Twitter Prepping Photo Sharing Service
The microblogging service Twitter is apparently ready to launch its own online photo sharing service that competes with offerings like…
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Steve Jobs to Show Off Lion, iOS 5, iCloud at WWDC
Apple CEO Steve Jobs will be hosting the company’s annual World Wide Developers Conference keynote presentation event on Monday, June…
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Apple Replacing Faulty MacBook Case Bottoms
Apple began replacing the bottom case piece on white MacBooks ahead of the Memorial Day weekend for units where the…
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Apple Adds Moby, Jimmy Eat World, Bruno Mars to London iTunes Festival
Apple announced Friday the addition of five new bands to the London iTunes Festival 2011, which runs from July 1st…
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Apple Reportedly Experimenting with A5 Processor in MacBook Air
A report from Japanese Mac fan site Macotakara said that Apple has ordered a MacBook Air with an A5 processor…
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Particle Debris (wk. ending 5/27) Vectors and Follies
This week’s rag-tag collection of technical news debris covers vector math in the analysis of phone makers, Facebook follies, an…
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The Adventures of Foxconn, Lodsys & Apple
Factory explosions, patent hunters going after the little guy, and Congress’s privacy bandwagon. There’s plenty of news for Mac OS…
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3 Apps to Enhance The iPod: Vevo, Pandora Radio, Audiobooks
In this last Free on iTunes installment of the iOS apps replacemt series, Vern Seward looks at 3 freebies that…
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5 in 1 iPad Camera Connection Kit: $41.99
The Deal Brothers found a deal on the 5 in 1 iPad camera connection kit for $41.99. This kit ships for…
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Accessory Gifts For Dads And Grads, Part 3
Nancy Carroll Gravley finishes out her series on accessory Mac gifts for dads and grads with seven more suggestions including…
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Mac OS X: Supercharge Open/Save Dialogs with Keyboard Shortcuts
Did you know that you can use a bunch of keyboard shortcuts within the Open/Save dialog box to jump to…
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Apple Music Cloud Becoming Clearer
Apple’s rumored online music storage service is said to be close to its public unveiling, and even though the Mac,…
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Groupon Offers Instant Deals with Groupon Now!
John F. Braun has been rubbing elbows at Blogworld & New Media Expo in New York this week. One of…
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Data Rescue Adds Office 2011 Support
Prosoft Engineering released Data Rescue 3.2 for the Mac earlier this week, bringing support for Microsoft Office 2011 documents and…
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Reader Discussion: How Often Do You Sync Your iPad?
Apple’s iPad does pretty well as a stand-alone device, but it still requires a connection to your computer for activation,…
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Group Plans Apple Protest over Win America Campaign
Apple’s U.S. retail stores will be the target of a Win America Campaign protest by US Uncut on June 4…
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Comic Composer for InDesign Builds Interactive iPad Comics
Aquafadis announced the immediate availability of Comic Composer on Friday. Comic Composer is an Adobe InDesign plug-in that lets users…
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iPhone 5 Commercial Casting Call? Probably Not
Word shot through the Internet this week that Apple has begun working on a commercial for the iPhone 5 thanks…
