Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 to Ship Aug. 15

The game also offers more PGA Tour players than the last edition, with opportunities to play against not only Tiger himself but also Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Ben Hogan and other legends. Players can also take on those golfersi personas and steps into their shoes for 18 holes. The new Tiger Proofing course modification feature…

iTunes Phone Not Announced; Coming in Next "66 Days" (UPDATE)

Before a packed crowd of reporters, Motorola CEO Ed Zander began the event by announcing, “Weire not going to launch the iTunes phone today.” Mr. Zander then read a prepared statement explaining when the phone would debut, but giving little reason for the continuing delay of a mobile product that has been talked about for…

MakeMusic Ships Finale 2006 Music Notation Application

Upgrades from earlier versions of Finale are US$149.95, except for Finale 2005 users, who only need to pay $99.95. Suggested retail price for the full version is $600, with discounts available for volume license purchases and educational users. System requirements call for Mac OS X v10.2, a G4 processor, 256MB RAM and 200MB hard drive…

SANS Institute Report Highlights iTunes, Tiger Exploits

Chief Research Officer Johannes Ullrich told The Mac Observer that while Apple issues security updates for its operating systems on a regular basis, the ones released in May and June were particularly troublesome and merited the SANS Instituteis attention. While the holes in the OS were fixed, Mr. Ullrich said that he is seeing more…

TMO To Go Podcast - Mac Geek Gab: Backing up for AppleCare

Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For the week of July 25th, 2005 Podcast Link: TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab, July 25th, 2005 John’s PowerBook went to AppleCare (and came back) this week. As such, John and Dave discuss AppleCare and what you should do when you’re sending your machine off.…

Microsoft's Windows Vista May Infringe on Another Co.'s Trademark

“Itis further confusion to a confusing mark,” Mr. Wall told Mr. Dudley, referring to the fact that the word “vista” has been trademarked by various companies for different uses. He plans to “consider our options and talk to them.” A Microsoft spokeswoman told Mr. Dudley that no companies had addressed problems with the trademark as…

Apple Hires Delicious Monster Co-Founder, Designer

In an online blog posting, Mr. Matas said he would be moving from Seattle, Wash. to Cupertino, Calif. to work at Apple and “will be designing user interfaces and drawing icons for Mac OS X.” “Unfortunately this means I will be leaving Delicious Monster, the software company I founded with Wil Shipley about a year…

Apple Adds Bandwidth Upgrade Option to .Mac

Apple Computer has introduced a new upgrade option to .Mac subscribers giving them the option of upgrading their bandwidth as well as storage space. Users can now bump up from the standard 250 megabytes (MB) of storage and 3 gigabytes (GB) monthly data transfer maximum to 1,024MB of storage and a 10GB monthly data transfer…

Inquisitor Adds Live, Predictive Searches to Safari

Shareware developer David Watanabe has released Inquisitor 1.0, an add-on for Safari that adds live, predictive searching based on not only the user’s personal search history but also the search histories of every Google user. For example, Mr. Watanabe said that typing “amer” into the search field will suggest American Idol, American Airlines, American Express…

H-P to Layoff 14,500 in Major Restructuring

Hewlett-Packard Co. said Tuesday it will cut 14,500 jobs, or about 10% of its full-time staff, in a restructuring plan aimed at saving US$1.9 billion a year. The job cuts will occur over the next six quarters, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based personal-computer maker said. “After a thorough review of our business, we have formulated a…

29 Music Reviews at iPodObserver

However, for the nonce they donit appear in the headlines, and you can only find the reviews by visiting iPOis home page, or by visiting the Music page at the site. We will be changing this in the future, but until then we have put together a list of reviews we have already published to…

Apple Releases DVD Studio Pro 4.0.2

< a href="https://www.apple.com/">Apple Computer has released DVD Studio Pro 4.0.2, an update to the DVD creation tool that fixes a number of stability issues. The update “addresses isolated stability issues”, the company said, such as improvements of the font size in PAL templates, menu duplication when Text Objects are active, simulation of long PAL MPEG2…

TMO To Go Podcast - Mac Geek Gab: Lightning Strikes

Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For the week of July 18th, 2005 Podcast Link: TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab, July 18th, 2005 Back from Macworld, Dave finds lightning struck his home and office network and talks about what to do to make sure this never happens to you. That leads…

3 Out of 4 iPod Component Suppliers See Stocks Rise on Apple Results

MarketWatch reported on Thursday that Apple’s strong financial showing during the previous financial quarter has helped the companies that supply the components for its iPods. As of 10:00 AM EST, when MarketWatch posted its article, PortalPlayer was up US$2.26 to $25.58, but it had dropped to $24.12, still up 3.39% for the day, as of…

Sims 2 Review

Take one of the most addictive games of all time — a best-seller that was able to capture the interest and imagination of almost anyone who tried it — and make a worthy sequel. No mean task by anyoneis standards. The end result would have to include a complete overhaul of the gameis underlying technologies…

Quark Discusses QuarkXPress 7 Features, Educational Program

We received a quick update on their educational program from Shellie L. Hall, Marketing Development Manager and Education Evangelist. The program, which has been active for about a year, offers deep discounts on QuarkXPress to qualified instructors and students for $199 for a single copy, and as low as $99 a seat if purchasing a…

TMO To Go Podcast - Mac Geek Gab: Direct from Macworld Boston

Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab, Macworld Boston, July 12, 2005 Podcast Link: TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab, July 12th, 2005 Macworld Expo Boston is the stage for this podcast. John and Dave report their findings and experiences straight from Beantown, talking about products, events, and feedback from the show floor.…

Survey Shows Blu-Ray Discs Preferred Over HD-DVD Media

Consumers were given a comparison of Blu-Ray and HD-DVD in terms of support from technology companies, Hollywood studios and the makers of upcoming videogame consoles as well as disc capacity, possible movie title availability and expected launch dates. The two formats are in intense competition to become the next-generation DVD format for movies and other…

TMO at Macworld - DLO Debuts Transpod for iPod shuffle

BOSTON — Digital Lifestyle Outfitters (DLO) has introduced an iPod shuffle-compatible version of its TransPod, which transmits music to any FM radio frequency. Like its siblings, TransPod for iPod shuffle charges the MP3 player while in use, thanks to its ability to connect to any standard 12V cigarette lighter. It also features a line-out port…

Macworld Boston - Parliant Debuts PhoneValet Anywhere, PhoneValet Podcast Bundle

Parliant on Monday kicked off its presence at Macworld Boston with the introduction of PhoneValet Anywhere, an extension for PhoneValet Message Center 3.0 that enables users to remotely access messages, reports, call logs and phone book information through an Internet connection. The company also debuted its PhoneValet Podcast bundle, which includes SoundSoap and Peak Express.…

Mark Cuban: 'It Will Be Rare to Find Anyone Making Money From Podcasts'

In his latest article for Marketwatch, Frank Barnako refers to a blog post about podcasting written by Mark Cuban, the Internet billionaire who now owns the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks. In it, Mr. Cuban refers to Audionet, the company that he sold for US$6 billion, and mentions that podcasting seems very similar to the original streaming…

TMO To Go Podcast - Mac Geek Gab: Mailbag Mayhem

Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab, week of July 11th, 2005 Podcast Link: TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab, July 11th, 2005 John and Dave dig into the mailbag this week to answer your questions. Topics range from helping a user through the Finder, talking more about Mactel and what it means…