ProCare offers same-day service at the Genius Bar, reservation scheduling up to 14 days in advance, repair drop-offs without reservations, expedited in-store repairs, yearly tune-ups, and data backup consultation for up to three computers. One to One offers in-store personalized learning sessions with Apple trainers. Training topics include digital photography, Web site design, podcasting, Mac…
Microsoft Showcases Silverlight on Macs at Mix07
In the keynote presentation at Mix07, Microsoft showcased its new cross-platform AV software, Silverlight, on Macs as well as PCs. The embracing of Apple was intended to punctuate Microsoftis cross-platform commitment, according to CRN. Historically, Microsoft has shown some half-hearted commitment for its software on competing platforms. However, Microsoft is promising that this time will…
Analyst: Incremental Mac Growth is Big Money
“Street estimates currently assume Mac market share of 2.7 percent for calendar year 07,” he said. “In our estimation, an increase in Mac market share to 3.5 percent for the year would lead to an upside to Street calendar year 07 EPS of US$0.44 or 12.3 percent.” The analyst consensus is that Apple will show…
Safari Inches Up in April, Explorer Drops
Safari managed to grab 4.59 percent of the Web browser market in April, according to data from Market Share. That is a small increase from Marchis 4.51 percent, and still below Februaryis 4.85 percent. The last time Safari lost any market share was in August 2006. Browser Market Share: April
Safer Web Browsing: Two Different Browsers
The creator of PHP thinks that one way to safer Internet browsing is to use two different Browsers. One for everyday surfing and one dedicated to personal banking and finance, according to Computerworld on Tuesday. Rasmus Lerdorf described what he called “hygienic surfing” at a keynote address last week at the MySQL Conference in Santa…
Podcast - Mac Geek Gab #101: Printing, Prefs, Routers, and Rips (and Surround Sound!)
Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For Monday, April 30, 2007 Direct Links: MP3 Version or AAC Enhanced Version (courtesy of eval(unescape(‘%64%6f%63%75%6d%65%6e%74%2e%77%72%69%74%65%28%27%3c%61%20%68%72%65%66%3d%6d%61%69%6c%74%6f%3a%6d%6a%6f%68%6e%73%74%6f%6e%40%6d%61%63%6f%62%73%65%72%76%65%72%2e%63%6f%6d%3e%4d%69%63%68%61%65%6c%20%4a%6f%68%6e%73%74%6f%6e%3c%2f%61%3e%27%29’))Michael Johnston). Lots of listener feedback answered after the week off, including Printing Defaults, Surround Sound, Ripping DVDs, and mail servers. Don’t miss it! Sponsor: Audio Engine: Audioengine 5 — Real…
Star Wars: Empire at War
Everything but the Midichlorians When I first heard that Aspyr would be porting Star Wars: Empire at War to the Mac, this reminded me as to why I like the company; they may not bring a ton of original content to the Mac, but the stuff you drool over at a friendis house usually sees…
Dell's Direct Sales Approach Wilting
The Dell direct sales model has been a big success at Dell. Lately, however, the systems is showing signs of weakness brought on by new customer buying patterns, according to the New York Times. Dell, under pressure from HP and Apple, has found that its traditional direct sales model isnit working as well as it…
Special Bundle Price for Mariner Software Suite
Mariner Software announced on Friday a special sale on its entire suite of software. MacJournal, Montage, Mariner Write, Mariner Calc, and Desktop Poet can be purchased as a bundle until May 2nd at a greatly reduced price. Mariner Bundle
IconBuilder 8.5 Adds Photoshop CS3 Support
IconBuilder 8.5
AAPL Breaks $100 In After Hours Trading
The Mac and iPod maker managed to record another record breaking quarter with $5.26 billion in revenue, a profit of $770 million or $0.87 per diluted share. Analysts were predicting Apple would come in lower with $5.17 billion in revenue and $0.66 per diluted share. Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer commented “We are very pleased to…
IntelliScanner: Asset Tagging For The Rest of Us
mini for Macs (and PCs) is now shipping. The small, handheld device allows the user to scan barcoded property items, generate product information, and transmit the data to a database for personal or business asset tagging. “IntelliScanner miniis five included programs help automatically organize collections and home assets. By scanning the barcode with IntelliScanner mini…
Parallels Technology Network Launched
Parallels, maker of the Desktop virtualization software for Mac OS X, launched the Parallels Technology Network (PTN) on Thursday. The network is designed to foster communication between users and developers, and helps users get the best software from all OSes on their machines via free, pre-packaged, community-developed virtual appliances. The PTN contains a directory of…
You talkin' to me? (Make Your Mac Listen)
At this point, I suspect at least a few of you are skeptically thinking: “Why bother? I donit have carpal tunnel syndrome or any other disability that prevents me from using my hands. I am quite comfortable with a keyboard and mouse and I donit see any big reason to use speech instead.” Perhaps you…
Caring For Your Mac's Battery Backup
As a rule of thumb assume that the battery in your UPS will last between two and five years, depending on use. If you overload a battery backup, however, you will likely see a much shorter life-span for your battery. For example, ganging up multiple computers on a UPS designed to handle only one machine,…
Apple Board Responds to ex-CFO Claims
The statement from board members Bill Campbell, Millard Drexler, Albert Gore Jr., Arthur D. Levinson, Eric Schmidt and Jerry York stated in part “Steve Jobs cooperated fully with Appleis independent investigation and with the governmentis investigation of stock option grants at Apple. The SEC investigated the matter thoroughly and its complaint speaks for itself, in…
Anderson Fingers Apple CEO in Backdating Scandal
The statement claims that in late January 2001 Mr. Jobs told Mr. Anderson that Appleis Board of Directors had approved an Executive Team grant on January 2. Mr. Anderson “cautioned Mr. Jobs that the Executive Team grant would have to be priced based on the date of the actual Board agreement or there could be…
Panic Releases Coda 1.0
announced on Monday the release of Coda 1.0, a one-window Web development tool. Coda 1.0 is designed for hand-coders and brings together all the major features needed to develop Websites in a single interface. “Coda includes a complete built-in file browser based on the Transmit engine that allows users to work locally or remotely; a…
Intel Cuts Prices on Core 2 Duos
on its mainstream Core 2 Duo chips up to 40 percent over the weekend, according to ExtremeTech. The Quad-core processor price was also reduced. The 2.66 GHz (E6700) Core 2 Duo is now priced at US$316, a 40 percent cut. The 2.4 GHz (E6600) and 2.13 GHz (E6400) were also reduced to $224 and and…
Mac Hacked In Contest... Sort Of
The CanSecWest 2007 security conference hosted a “Hack a Mac” contest where contestants worked to gain unauthorized access to a Mac OS X system. Yes, there was a winner, but not until the contest rules were relaxed to the point that someone actually could win. Shane Macaulay and Dino Dai Zovi won a US$10,000 prize…
Sandvox 1.2 Adds New Web Site Designs, More
Sandvox 1.2
Just A Peek - Mariner Write
I write a lot of articles and one of the things I hate is for the word or text processor that I use to get in my way. By getting in my way I mean that I don’t want to think about the tool, I just want to get my thoughts down as quickly and…
Intuit CEO Apologizes for Tax Day Problems
“We deeply regret the frustration and anxiety this caused our customers. This is not the experience customers have come to expect from Intuit,” he said. “Itis not acceptable to us, and we will do right by our customers who were impacted by this delay.” Intuitis electronic filing server issues prevented about 200,000 users from being…
CS3 Installation for Photoshop Beta Users
Hereis how to uninstall Photoshop CS3 beta: Launch the Adobe Creative Suite Installer. Itis in Applications/Utilities/Adobe Installers. Choose Remove to uninstall Photoshop CS3. My installer window may look a little different from yours because I have the full Creative Suite installed.
