Apple had a lucky Friday the 13th, wrapping up a successful Macworld Expo week by closing with a higher market cap than Dell. Apple hit US$72.132 billion, topping Dell’s $71.97 billion. As previously reported by TMO, Apple was already in a good position to surpass Dell shortly after announcing the Intel-based iMac and MacBook Pro…
First Time Macworld Trip Report
Monday morning we headed to the Moscone centre to get our badges and then headed out to Cupertino to see the Apple campus. We took CalTrain out to Sunnyvale and grabbed the bus to Cupertino. As I approached Infinite Loop, I took a few snapshots and a nice woman working for Apple made a comment…
TMO to Go Podcast - Weekly Roundup: Jan 15, 2006
Direct Link: MP3 Version This week: Who knew people other than Apple made cool products? Tune in for an �ber-product-roundup in the wake of the Macworld Expo. Also: DOWN WITH ANALYSTS! The Weekly Roundup will be included in TMO’s main RSS feed, and also in its own feed if you’d like to add it directly…
TMO at Macworld - Apple Specialist Pavilion Features New Products
SAN FRANCISCO — The Apple Specialist Pavilion at Macworld has three companies showing off new products during the show this week: Actoris Software’s Xpress Schedule 1.1, EZQuest’s Thunder Pro external hard drives and Xsilva’s LightSpeed 1.1. The version 1.1 release of staff scheduling tool Xpress Schedule offers the ability to print graphical views of schedules,…
TMO To Go Podcast - Mac Geek Gab #35: Highlights from the Show Floor
Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For January 12th, 2006 Direct Links: MP3 Version or AAC Version courtesy of Michael, aka Computernap!. Still at Macworld Expo, John and Dave talk through some of their favorite things from the show floor. Show Sponsor: Etymotic.com – Check out Etymotic for all your in-ear listening…
DEVONtechnologies Shows Updated DEVONagent Research Assistant
Users enter their queries into DEVONagent as they would with any search tool, using special qualifiers such as NEAR to gain even finer control over what theyire looking for. The software then presents the query to about 135 search engines. Once the tool gets results, it doesnit just display text and links, but also displays…
Peachpit Offers Free iWork '06 Guide at Macworld Booth
The free, full-color guide includes: iWork i06: Tables with calculations, three-dimensional charts, advanced image-editing, and more. Pages 2: New Apple-designed templates, mail merge with Address Book, and more. Keynote 3: New cinematic transitions, Apple-designed HD themes, iLife export, and more. The guide is also serving as a teaser for Mr. Harringtonis upcoming book, Apple Training…
QuickTime 7 Gains iLife '06 Support, iTunes 6.0.2 available
A pple delivered a minor update to QuickTime following the Macworld Expo keynote, adding iLife i06 support to the software. QuickTime 7.0.4 also “delivers numerous bug fixes” and “H.264 performance improvements.” The 49.9MB update is available via Software Update or as a standalone download. iTunes 6.0.2 Apple also updated iTunes Tuesday evening to version 6.0.2,…
Apple Unwraps iLife '06, Now With iWeb
iPhoto can now hold up to 250,000 photos. The software offers new controls, including one-click effects, and a new interface. Users can create new styles of books, greeting cards and calendars they can order through the application; Mr. Jobs noted that the quality has been increased. iPhoto also has a new feature, “photocasting,” that Mr.…
Macworld Expo Keynote Available to All
If you canit get enough of watching Apple CEO Steve Jobs demonstrate iLife i06 for half an hour, Apple has you covered with a stream of todayis keynote presentation. Other highlights include the 3D charts Mr. Jobs featured throughout the presentation (new to Keynote 3, available today as part of iWork i06) and a nifty…
TMO To Go Podcast - Mac Geek Gab #33: Macworld Expo SF Pre-Show Sound-Check
Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For January 9th, 2006 Direct Links: MP3 Version or AAC Version, courtesy of Michael, aka Computernap!. Safely tucked away in a hotel room in San Francisco, John and Dave talk about their thoughts for the Expo, traveling, and more. Check out this pre-show soundcheck for tastes…
Adobe Counters Aperture with Lightroom [UPDATED]
Adobe emphasized Lightroomis Lights-Out mode, which enables users to relegate control panels and tools to the background as they work on an image. In addition, the Identity Plate feature “allows photographers to apply their own branding to the application and its output, so that it becomes their own personal gallery for showcasing work,” the company…
Sony CEO Stringer: Jobs "Smarter" with iPod/iTunes
In an interview for CBSi 60 Minutes, Mr. Stringer said “there is no question that the (Apple) iPod was a wake-up call for Sony. And the answer is that Steve Jobs was smarter at software than we are.” Mr. Stringer admitted Sony has spent too much time worried about its record division and made it…
Google Cofounder Talks Video Store and More
LAS VEGAS — Google cofounder Larry Page delivered the final keynote address of CES Friday afternoon. Like the company itself, Mr. Page’s keynote was markedly different from those of other executives at CES. The soft-spoken billionaire wore a Google lab coat and carried a packet of notes, as if he was making a presentation to…
Sanho's HyperDrive Mini Backs Up Flash Cards to its HD
The HyperDrive Mini features a rechargeable battery and can connect to a computer via USB 2.0. It also doubles as an audio player compatible with the MP3 and WMA formats. Storage capacity, pricing and a ship date were not available, and a product page is not yet up on the Sanho Web site. A company…
Editorial - Apple and Microsoft Battle for Entertainment Dominance
Apple and Microsoft Battle for Entertainment Dominance CES may be the big name in consumer electronics and entertainment, with the likes of TiVo, Google and Yahoo! all puffing their chests and beating their drums, but the king of the digital entertainment market is very absent: Apple. Well, not exactly absent, since the iPod is a…
Apple Hot Deals Update for J&R, Sweetwater Sound, & Publishing Perfection
The new J&R Hot Deals page has offers on World of Warcraft, Call of Duty Deluxe, a multifunction printer, cameras, Palm devices, several software titles, and more. The new Sweetwater Sound Hot Deals page has offers on an iPod DJ mixer, a guitar recording bundle, external storage, a portable recording device, a USB studio microphone,…
Bluetooth Firmware Update for Tiger
Apple released a Bluetooth Firmware updater for Mac OS X 10.4.3 on Monday. The updater improves Bluetooth performance and reliability, but the Mac models it is intended for is a bit confusing. From Apple’s Web site: The Bluetooth Firmware Updater supports D-Link USB Adapters and Apple internal Bluetooth modules on the following CPUs: iMac G4…
MacUpdate Offers Free Membership for 2006
MacUpdate announced on Monday that it is offering free memberships for 2006 through the month of January. The MacUpdate Web site tracks new and updated Mac-related applications. Although anyone can visit the site free of charge, subscribers get added benefits including customizable site layouts, software watch lists, email notifications of updates, download histories, and more.…
