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Apple Hot Deals Update For PowerMax, Ramjet
The new PowerMax Hot Deals page has offers on the Dr. Bodelinis Laptop Bumpers, from Mircronet, the MiniMate 80GB Hard Drive with built-in USB and FireWire hub, the LaCie d2 DVD+/-RW 16x Double Layer FireWire drive with LightScribe and Toast 7 Titanium, the ProScope Kit 50x USB microscope, and more. You can find the PowerMax…
Analysts: PortalPlayer Likely to Retain iPod Business
Mr. Berger and Mr. Schneider, however, think itis unlikely Apple will refresh the video iPod this spring, given the companyis history of updating iPods on an annual basis. They also donit see Apple moving the video iPod to a single chip solution, dropping PortalPlayer in favor of Broadcom, as their analysis of the iPodis power…
Clarifying the April 1st iPod Announcement Reports [UPDATE]
Some confusion has developed between three news outlets over a possible announcement on April 1st, 2006 from Apple, confusion that needs to be clarified. In the rumor-fueled world of speculation about Apple and its upcoming products, many people need nothing more than the whisper of a possible hope from CEO Steve Jobs to concoct their…
TMO To Go Podcast - Mac Geek Gab #40: Over-the-Hill Discussions About Viruses, MacBook Pro Ship Dates, and More!
Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For February 20th, 2006 Direct Links: MP3 Version or AAC Version (converted by Michael, aka Computernap!). In their “over the hill” 40th episode, John and Dave talk about viruses on the Mac, discuss the shipping status of the MacBook Pro, and answer some listener feedback. Show…
The Slacker's Guide - iAlarm and Growl
Alerting the Masses: Growl Notification has never been an easy thing, both in real life and within technology. Yes, we want something that will gently tug at our pant leg and point out that something important is happening. On the other hand, we also don’t want something that brings every minute detail to our attention.…
The Back Page - John C. Dvorak: Apple Plans Move to Windows
John C. Dvorak, the master cage-rattler, is at again, and this time his whip-up-the-Mac-masses angle is that Apple is going to dump Mac OS X, and move to Windows. This is one of his clumsier arguments, but it bears mentioning (and debunking) mainly because there are some folks worried about this very issue. Accordingly, let’s…
10 Million Macs in 2006
Last year, Apple shipped 4.5 million Macs. The introduction of the Intel-based Mac in January, and the MacBook Pro which started shipping on February 14, are expected to help boost Mac sales. The transition of the rest of the Mac product line from G4 and G5 chips to the Intel Core chip should be completed…
TMO To Go Podcast - Mac Geek Gab #39: Xgrid, Distributed Computing, and More!
Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For February 13th, 2006 Direct Links: MP3 Version or AAC Version (coming soon courtesy of Michael, aka Computernap!). Dave and John spend some time discussing Xgrid and distributed computing in general. Listen in for their guide to getting started with Xgrid and also what you can…
Apple Updates Mac OS X to Version 10.4.5
Appleis update notes: The 10.4.5 Update is recommended for all users and includes general operating system fixes, as well as specific fixes for the following applications and technologies: iChat video conferencing Safari rendering of web pages usability of Dashboard and widgets viewing of QuickTime streaming media behind a firewall printing to some Epson printer models…
Apple Hot Deals Update For Small Dog, Ramjet
The new Small Dog Electronics Hot Deals page has offers on Small Dogis iPod (5G) Bundle featuring speakers, earbuds, case, FM Transmitter and charger, LaCie Biggest Disk 1TB FW/800/USB 2.0 external hard drive, M-Audio Podcast Factory, Allume Internet Cleanup 3.0, LaCie 321 21.3-inch LCD Display, and more. You can find the Small Dog Electronics Hot…
Virtualization the Key to Increasing Mac Market Share?
He explained: “Both VMWare and Microsoft are promising Intel optimized virtualization software that will run any version of Windows, Linux, or BSD with minimal overhead. ” However, the downside to that solution is the need for a licensed copy of Windows, as well as the fact that graphics are still emulated, which rules out gaming.…
Digit Talks With Apple Director Boger About the New iMac
In response, Mr. Boger said: “We tested it two ways. We ran industry-standard benchmarks. SPEC has two types of tests — the integer [test] was three times faster, and floating point was twice as fast. That shows the potential of what the architecture can do.” He added that other reviewers may not have seen the…
Apple Store Coming to Boulder, CO
Apple has not announced official Grand Opening dates for either store yet. With the addition of the Twenty Ninth Street location, Apple will have four stores in Colorado.
TMO To Go Podcast - Mac Geek Gab #38: Tasty Tips including Persistent Search, Better Podcast Management, and More
Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For February 6th, 2006 Direct Links: MP3 Version or AAC Version (courtesy of Michael, aka Computernap!). Our favorite Mac geeks, John Braun and Dave Hamilton dive in this week to talk about how to configure persistent search (and what it is!), better podcast management with Cast…
Apple Stock Rebounding
Tuesday is typically a busier day for Appleis music interests, and today is no exception. It launched a give-away promotion as a part of the iTunes Music Store (iTMS) countdown to selling 1 billion songs, the 1GB iPod nano was introduced, the iPod shuffleis price was lowered, and Showtime announced that it joined the iTMS.…
IBM, Freescale Look Beyond Apple
Mr. Dunn wrote that during a Monday news conference, IBM and Freescale executives said that their companies will be able to free up resources previously put toward developing the PowerPC as a PC processor. That will enable them to concentrate on “segments … where both the volume and innovation are more significant [than Apple],” according…
TMO To Go Podcast - Weekly Roundup: Sizing Up Verizon, Google, Adobe
Direct Link: MP3 Version Does V-Cast really compete with iTunes? Would Google actually want to buy Napster? Who’s afraid of Adobe? Find out as Jeff Gamet joins Ricky Spero in this week’s Context Machine�. The Weekly Roundup will be included in TMO’s main RSS feed, and also in its own feed if you’d like to…
The Slacker's Guide - Beefing Up the 98 Pound Weakling: MailTags
Maybe it shouldn’t have come this far in the first place. For as long as I’ve been using Mac OS X, I’ve tried to make Apple’s Mail.app program do everything I wanted it to do. To a certain extent, it did. Wrangle it enough and it’ll do everything you need to do: Searches, filtering, rules…
Apple Sued Over iPod-induced Hearing Loss
A class action lawsuit against Apple has been filed in U.S. District Court in San Jose claiming that the iPod is responsible for causing hearing loss in the people that use the music player. According to The Mercury News, the complaint states that iPods are “Inherently defective in design and are not sufficiently adorned with…
