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  14 Mar 2010 | 9:17 am

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  7 Mar 2010 | 6:51 pm

  So April 3rd is the magic date for the iPad release. Pre-order now . . . if you want. That’s really the question now, who really wants it? We want to hear what you think about the iPad: the Good, the bad, and the ugly? Overpriced? Under-resourced? Too little Freedom? HUGE? Gaming future? Big Brother Device for browsing? Kindle replacement? Only 1 application can be running at a time boys and girls, don’t get ahead of yourself – Steve WTF? I’m buying it on the third!!! rooster Share This

• Apple's Rivalry With Google Gets Personal

  MACRUMORS

  14 Mar 2010 | 9:48 am

• Week in Apple: iPad day looms, Mac gamers rejoice, and more

  Infinite Loop

  13 Mar 2010 | 1:00 pm

  iPad mania has hit since Apple's answer to the tablet became available for pre-order on Friday morning. We already mentioned with glee that the mute switch has been transformed into an orientation lock. Now, sales estimates suggest that virtual iPads are flying off virtual shelves as fast as Apple fans can click "Buy Now," and a number of details are surfacing about iBooks, 3G data services, and more. Of course, Apple hasn't made any official announcements about sales numbers, but that hasn't stopped clever buyers with a Google spreadsheet from estimating how many iPads Apple is selling.

• Steve Jobs finally wins approval to tear down house... possibly

  MacUser

  13 Mar 2010 | 8:52 am

  If you're concerned about the use of your iPad in 2013, fret not; for $99, Apple will replace the whole unit if the battery no longer holds a charge.

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• Review: Monster Beats Solo headphones

  14 Mar 2010 | 12:10 pm

  On the Beats by Dre Solo box, Monster is keen to drum in a quote by Dr. Dre saying that "people arenít hearing all the music" -- that typical headphones are giving up details, and Dre feels it his mission to get those details back. That he largely achieved that goal with the high end models is generally accepted, but how does the Beats line fare with a middle of the road offering? Are listeners really missing details in their music with other headphones? Our Beats Solo review finds out....

• Sony opens Apple-like Nagoya store

  14 Mar 2010 | 8:20 am

  As promised, Sony on Saturday launched its first flagship retail store. The two-storey Sony Store Nagoya showcases most of Sony's home lineup and is built to emulate the success Apple has had with stores like its Ginza location. Besides bright, open areas, it includes a designer (though not glass) staircase and even a Genius Bar-style service, nicknamed backStage, for getting technical support and training....

• Sources call Apple vs. Google battle "incendiary"

  13 Mar 2010 | 2:55 pm

  The competition between Apple and Google has reached "incendiary" levels that aren't likely to cool down anytime soon, a detailed story from within the two companies has shown. While signs of the split have become increasingly public, a Bay Area investor claims that the two sides, particularly Apple, are getting "emotional" as it becomes a personal battle between Apple CEO Steve Jobs and his Google equivalent, Eric Schmidt. At Apple, Jobs' infamous attack on Google at a post-iPad town hall has been followed by repeated shots at Android in d...

• iPads with dead batteries replaced outright for $99

  13 Mar 2010 | 1:15 pm

  A discovery in Apple's iPad Battery Replacement Service has confirmed that the company will address iPad battery issues aggressively. Rather than attempt to replace the battery if it loses an adequate charge, as it does with iPhones, the company will charge $99 but replace the tablet altogether with a new model. Those who have to ship the iPad instead of visiting a store with stock on hand will also pay a $7 shipping fee and should expect it to be completed within a week....

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• Meet the Winners of the Mac Office Loves You Sweepstakes

  Mac Mojo Team

  11 Mar 2010 | 9:03 am

  Congratulations to Bryce Porter and Kristopher Villalpando, the winners of our Mac Office Loves you sweepstakes! We couldn't give away prizes to everyone, but wanted to share a little about Bryce and Kristopher with all of you. Two very deserving winners as you can see from our interviews below, and as luck would have it both students. A free copy of Office 2008 and a new MacBook is certainly a great way for them prep for winter quarter finals! And don’t be a spoilsport if you didn’t win this time around, you never know when the give-a-way bug will hit us next…

• We Loved Macworld 2010!

  Mac Mojo Team

  26 Feb 2010 | 3:02 pm

  Thank you to all those that were able to stop by and visit the Mac Office Loves You Booth at Macworld 2010.  We had a tremendous time meeting many of you, sharing exciting news about the latest and greatest, and collecting your feedback to help make Mac Office a better product.  In addition to our booth presence, Office for Mac also participated in two presentations including the Office 2008 for Business and Office for 2008 for Education sessions, as well as producing two Macworld daily video recaps.  You can also catch all of our show content including videos, pictures,…

• Working with Office for Mac 2011

  Blair Neumann

  26 Feb 2010 | 12:02 pm

  It's been a big couple of weeks for the Office for Mac team. We announced Office for Mac 2011 including some great new features to help you be more productive. But perhaps our most productive feature is an old one: your ability to work with people on other platforms to collaborate on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Toward that end, the Office for Mac team continues to make ongoing investments in our file formats. As you expect, Office for Mac 2011 creates and consumes files that your friends, family, and colleagues can share, regardless of whether they’re on a Mac or a PC,…

• Welcome to the new Office 2011 User Experience

  Han-Yi Shaw

  11 Feb 2010 | 12:02 pm

  What an exciting day for MacBU. Today, we’re unveiling our latest efforts to the world: Office for Mac 2011. For over two years, we’ve been hard at work on this latest incarnation of Office for Mac and I’m so pleased to say that it’s coming along really nicely. With the many new exciting feature additions and improvements, Office for Mac 2011 is shaping up to be the best version of Office for Mac yet. So I realize it’s been a while since I last posted, so let me start by reacquainting myself with our MacMojo readership. I’m Han-yi Shaw, Senior Lead Program…

• Special Guest Blog Post: Making connections with Office for Mac

  Marshall Nam

  4 Feb 2010 | 4:02 pm

  We’ve got a special guest blog post from a Tristan, a Microsoft Student Partner who’ll be joining us at MacWorld booth this year. We’re excited to have him helping us out this year, so I've asked him to introduce himself to our blog readers before we head to SF. - Marshall   Hello Mac Mojo Readers! My name is Tristan Gibeau. I’m a graduate student in computer engineering at the University of Central Florida and a Microsoft Student Partner and happy to be a guest blogger on Mac Mojo.  As a Mac user, I have people ask me, “Tristan, why did you buy a…

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• External Link: New York Times Examines the Apple/Google Rift

  13 Mar 2010 | 4:12 pm

  The New York Times has a lengthy article laying out the history of the Apple/Google relationship, which was close for years before the huge difference in corporate approaches, filtered through the lens of increasingly competitive products, started to create schisms. Apple prefers proprietary systems and tight control over high margin products, whereas Google's goal is to increase Web usage (and thus ad revenue) via free services and open source software. It's the iPhone OS versus Android, Mac OS X versus Chrome OS, Safari versus Chrome, and Apple's Quattro acquisition versus Google's AdMob…

• Tim Cook Gets $22 Million for Filling Steve Jobs's Shoes

  12 Mar 2010 | 4:10 pm

  Those of us who have had regular jobs know the joy of the bonus, a reward for working hard and producing results. Apple chief operating officer Tim Cook found a little something extra in his pay envelope on 10 March 2010: $5 million plus 75,000 restricted shares of stock worth $17 million at today's prices. Cook was rewarded for "outstanding performance in assuming the day-to-day operations of the Company for the period in fiscal 2009 during which Mr. Jobs was on medical leave of absence," according to an SEC filing by Apple. The stock grants are in two even pieces that can't be sold for one…

• iPad Pre-Orders Start 5:30 AM PST on 12 March 2010

  11 Mar 2010 | 2:38 pm

  If you're getting twitchy waiting for Apple to start accepting pre-orders for the iPad, it's time to set your alarm. According to an email from Apple, "customers can pre-order online at www.apple.com at 5:30 AM Pacific time on Friday, March 12." Pre-orders are being taken for United States purchases of both the Wi-Fi-only and Wi-Fi and 3G iPad models; Apple said the Wi-Fi only version will ship 3 April 2010. The U.S. 3G and international Wi-Fi and 3G models follow in "late April" in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. Apple hasn't yet disclosed…

• Why Google Wave Needs a Major Overhaul

  11 Mar 2010 | 12:58 pm

  I really wanted to like Google Wave. But after several months of attempting to use it in a variety of ways, I've come to the conclusion that the current incarnation of Google Wave is too fundamentally flawed to be useful. That said, Google has made it very clear that Google Wave is still in preview release, so I hold out hope that Google will radically revamp the service. I think Google is aware of these issues, since a Feedback survey link just appeared in Google Wave itself, and many of the questions seem to acknowledge that users are wildly unhappy. Here are the things I attempted to do in…

• Can T-Mobile's 3G Speed Overcome Its Frequency Limitations?

  11 Mar 2010 | 10:33 am

  Do you remember car-rental firm Avis's ads: "We're number two; we try harder"? Hertz was the big dog, and Avis used this campaign to explain why its service was better, because it had to be. T-Mobile is in the same boat, except it's number four. Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and Sprint Nextel, in that order, are bigger than T-Mobile in terms of subscribers, revenue, and 3G coverage. But the plucky number four is trying to catch up. I've been following T-Mobile closely because the company is trying to build the fastest and most robust 3G network in the United States, all while keeping its pricing…

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• iPad TV!

  macinquirer@gmail.com

  8 Mar 2010 | 5:25 pm

  The iPad made its first TV ad appearance during ABC’s Academy Awards broadcast. If you missed it, you can click the graphic above to view the official online version at Apple.com. This thing appears to be the King Shiz for onscreen demos edited in the ADHD style that’s so popular with These Twitchy Kids Nowadays.In case you were wondering, the music is The Blue Van’s “There Goes My Love,” which is available here. The lyrics make it easy to see why this song was Steve’s choice for the iPad’s coming out party -- the first verse in the ad goes like…

• Jobs does Oscars

  macinquirer@gmail.com

  8 Mar 2010 | 5:20 pm

  Steve Jobs may not have gotten the red carpet attention of your George Clooneys or Sandra Bullocks, but Apple’s el jefe did make the scene at the Oscars Sunday night, as captured by what appears to be the world’s grungiest iPhone camera lens:We’re not loving Guy Kawasaki’s new ‘do, but otherwise think Steve’s former lead Mac evangelist can do no wrong. Good to see them together again, if only for one night.

• Oscar Preview?

  macinquirer@gmail.com

  7 Mar 2010 | 10:22 am

  Is it just us, or does ABC seem to be trying just a wee bit too hard to connect with Real America here?Okay, we made it up. But if Dale Junior walks out tonight with Dame Helen Mirren...you heard it here first.

• Mission: Implausible

  macinquirer@gmail.com

  7 Mar 2010 | 9:07 am

  Move over, Ethan Hunt -- a group of thieves operating with what authorities call “a high level of sophistication” invaded a New Jersey Best Buy and made off with an armload of high-tech booty -- and by that we don’t mean iJustine.The team entered the Electronics Stuporstore™ by cutting a hole in the roof and dropping down in an area where security cameras were apparently blocked by an oversize banner advertising the type of marginal gizmos that is the store’s normal specialty. But the team’s sophistication apparently extended to their choice of loot -- they…

• Gray market blues

  macinquirer@gmail.com

  7 Mar 2010 | 8:51 am

  The “free minds, free markets” thing in action. It’s like a real-world, possibly-felonious version of eBay!From Flickr.

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• Fraud science used to promote Flash performance over web standards

  danieleran

  11 Mar 2010 | 9:45 am

  Daniel Eran Dilger A report purporting to vindicate the performance of Adobe’s Flash plugin in comparison to open standards broke through the weak editorial barriers of the tech community yesterday. It’s wrong, here’s why. . The report was created by Jan Ozer, a proponent of Flash who makes his living selling books and seminars about Adobe’s technologies. The [...]

• Microsoft Courier: the third weak link in a miserable mobile strategy

  danieleran

  5 Mar 2010 | 9:02 am

  Daniel Eran Dilger Microsoft’s Courier concept has rapidly evolved over the last three years, but in rather random directions. It now says it will have the product finished by the end of 2010, an extremely ambitious goal for a company that simply could not deliver its last several product concepts within a year of announcing ETAs, [...]

• Podcast: Apple vs HTC over Android patent infringement

  danieleran

  4 Mar 2010 | 1:08 pm

  Gene Steinberg of the Tech Night Owl invited me to talk about Apple’s patent suit against smartphone maker HTC. You can tune into the live broadcast stream Thursday nights from 6:00 to 8:00 PM Pacific, 9:00 to 11:00 PM Eastern, at http://www.technightowl.com/radio/. An archive of the show will be available for downloading and listening at [...]

• Why Apple is suing HTC rather than Google or Android

  danieleran

  3 Mar 2010 | 9:09 am

  Daniel Eran Dilger Apple’s patent assault on HTC (the maker of most Android and Windows Mobile phones) has gotten the tech media in a tizzy. Why isn’t Apple taking on Google or Android instead, and is this action the sign of a tough new Apple that hates Google and open source and wants to kill Android? [...]

• Tech: Hot & Cool 1 – Dealing with poor cellular service: from AT&T 3G MicroCell to WiEx Zboost XY-510

  danieleran

  3 Mar 2010 | 12:49 am

  Daniel Eran Dilger & KharaCara On our search to find the hottest and coolest stuff in the tech world, we investigate AT&T’s terrible service for US iPhone users, the 3G MicroCell you can’t get in AT&T’s worst service markets of New York and San Francisco, and a product from Wi-Ex called the Zboost XY-510. AppleInsider | Video [...]

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• GDC 2010: Hands on with Pocket Creatures

  Mike Schramm

  14 Mar 2010 | 7:00 pm

  Filed under: Gaming, iPad One of the best things about going to a convention like GDC is what we in the business call "doing research," which you might know as "playing games." We often get to check out the latest and greatest that developers are working on, and so when Tactile Entertainment offered us a chance to check out their upcoming Pocket Creatures title, we gladly took it. The company is founded by four friends from Denmark, one of whom used to be the Development Manager at Crytek (makers of the PC graphics engine and its flagship shooter Crysis), and Pocket Creatures, due out later…

• Talkcast Reminder: Tonight at 10pm EDT, now with added fun!

  Kelly Guimont

  14 Mar 2010 | 4:45 pm

  Filed under: Hardware, Retail, iPadYes, that's 10pm Eastern DAYLIGHT Time; hopefully by now you've worked out exactly what time it is where you are so you can show up on time instead of coming in at the end. (Thanks, cell phone with automatically updated clock!) Tonight's show will also include the debut of a TUAW challenge! What kind of challenge? Tune in to find out! While you're there, I'm sure we can find some other Apple news to discuss this evening. I'm sure if we look really hard there is some interesting tidbit out there for all of us to chat about... Unlike those customer service…

• Ask TUAW: Clocks, screen guards, MacBook hard drive replacement, NFS automount, and more

  Mat Lu

  14 Mar 2010 | 10:00 am

  Filed under: Features, Troubleshooting, Ask TUAWWelcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we have questions about replacing a MacBook hard drive, refreshing a NFS mount, getting a simple clock on screen, improving iCal's note handling, and more. As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Leave your questions for next week in the comments section at the end of this post. When asking a question, please include which machine you're using and what version of Mac OS X is installed on it (we'll assume you're running Snow Leopard on an Intel Mac if…

• Boo Hoo! SimplifyMedia dropping products and changing direction

  Mel Martin

  13 Mar 2010 | 11:00 am

  Filed under: Multimedia, Internet Tools, iTunes, iPhone, MusicThe problem is, we just don't know where they're going. In a Saturday blog post, the company announced it is "...taking a new direction" and won't be offering their current apps to new users. SimplifyMedia has been offering free software for computer-to-computer and iPhone-to-computer music sharing over the internet. Using the iPhone app, you could connect to your computer at home and stream albums, playlists or songs without any complicated firewall setups. A newer version of the software also allowed remote access to your iPhoto…

• GDC 2010: Civilization V probably Mac-bound (eventually)

  Mike Schramm

  13 Mar 2010 | 7:00 am

  Filed under: Gaming, Software I've been working like crazy for TUAW here at GDC 2010 (and there's a lot more coverage yet to come), but I did take a little time for myself this afternoon and go see the demo that Firaxis is showing off here of this fall's Civilization V. The latest and greatest Civ is quite different from the past iterations. As you can see in the above photo, the squares have become hexes for the first time ever, units will no longer stack (I know!), and culture will grow only as you pay gold to grow it, one hex at a time. Even though I really only went to see this game…

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• Apple's Rivalry With Google Gets Personal

  14 Mar 2010 | 9:48 am

  The New York Times walks through the timeline of the current Google and Apple rivalry and reveals that the competition has become quite personal. Yet according to interviews with two dozen industry watchers, Silicon Valley in...

• Apple's iPad Battery Replacement Program Forgoes New Battery, Replaces iPad

  13 Mar 2010 | 11:44 am

  Several MacRumors readers have noticed that Apple has posted information on its iPad Battery Replacement Service, which allows users to receive a replacement should their device's battery no longer hold a...

• Tim Cook Receives Bonus of $5 Million and Stock for Performance During Jobs' Absence

  12 Mar 2010 | 1:53 pm

  Apple today filed a Form 8-K submission with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission disclosing a bonus of $5 million and 75,000 shares of Apple stock paid to Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook in recog...

• iPad Submitted to Federal Communications Commission for Approval

  12 Mar 2010 | 1:41 pm

  Engadget notes that a pair of filings for the iPad have appeared in the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's online database, showing the Wi-Fi (Model A1219) and Wi-Fi + 3G (Model A1337) versions of the device.Apple, of c...

• Apple Already Running Low on iPad Supplies for Launch Day In-Store Pickup Reservations?

  12 Mar 2010 | 12:56 pm

  MacDailyNews notes that multiple iPad customers who placed pre-orders for Wi-Fi iPad models and are looking to change those orders to in-store pickup reservations have been told by Apple representatives that customer response to the iPad has ...

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• Apple to replace iPad batteries with a new iPad

  14 Mar 2010 | 8:36 pm

  If you're concerned about the use of your iPad in 2013, fret not; for $99, Apple will replace the whole unit if the battery no longer holds a charge.

• GDC: Mac gaming talk of town, among winners at award shows

  13 Mar 2010 | 3:15 pm

  On Saturday, the Game Developers Conference wraps up at San Francisco’s Moscone Center. By all accounts, it’s been a very exciting week for Mac gaming.

• GDC: Aspyr reveals new plans for The Secret of Monkey Island

  13 Mar 2010 | 10:00 am

  LucasArts unveiled its plans for The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition.

• Review: Pocket Chef for iPhone

  13 Mar 2010 | 9:14 am

  Developed by Gameloft, Pocket Chef is a cooking simulation game for the iPhone designed for the cooking-impaired.

• Steve Jobs finally wins approval to tear down house... possibly

  13 Mar 2010 | 8:52 am

  A judge has given approval for Apple's CEO to tear down a mansion on his Woodside, Calif., property, signalling a possible end to the long-running real estate saga.

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• GDC 2010: Further Reflection on 'Sword & Sworcery EP'

  Blake Patterson

  14 Mar 2010 | 4:39 pm

  While out in San Francisco covering GDC 2010 I saw many games for many platforms, the iPhone among them.  And I'm happy to report that I didn't encounter a single "bad" iPhone game at any point during the week. The trip reinforced the fact that iPhone gaming is just huge — and it's growing. And iPad gaming, based on what I saw from numerous developers, is going to be amazing. But of all the solid titles I spent time with, the one I'm most excited about is Sword & Sworcery EP which we took a brief look at earlier in the weekThe game recently won an…

• GDC 2010: Major 'Train Conductor' Update Previewed

  arn

  14 Mar 2010 | 2:13 pm

  Autralian-based iPhone developer The Voxel Agents were also present at GDC 2010 and gave us a preview of their next major update to Train Conductor. Train Conductor is a chaos management game that was originally released in December. We reviewed the game and found it to be fun and frantic. The main criticism of the game has been a lack of endless or survival mode — but readers should be happy to know that this mode will be added to the coming update. The other big feature for the new version is the addition of new America map and levels (shown above). The new levels we were shown were…

• 'Eliminate: CO-OP' Released, Includes New Game Mode

  Eli Hodapp

  13 Mar 2010 | 12:29 am

  Whether you love or hate ngmoco's new freemium payment model they've implemented in all of their recent games, it's hard to deny the popularity of Eliminate. Eliminate: CO-OP [Free] was released this evening, and as the title may hint, adds a new co-op mode where players team up to fight swarms of attacking bots. This new game mode also includes all kinds of new loot to collect to turn in to credits for the various armor and weaponry upgrades included in the game to make your character even more powerful. The recently released trailer shows co-op gameplay: If you've grown…

• Tony Hawk Goes Rogue, Announces 'Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2' for iPhone via Twitter

  Eli Hodapp

  12 Mar 2010 | 5:14 pm

  Back in May of last year a mysterious video appeared on YouTube showing a surprisingly full featured port of Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 for the iPhone. The next day, the developers clarified that while the game was running amazingly on the iPhone, it was unlikely to ever see the light of day. Disappointed, we eventually just gave up on waiting for Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 to be released. Here is a copy of the original Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 video, although since it was ripped from YouTube and re-uploaded, the quality seems to have taken a substantial hit: As you can see in the screenshots, it seems…

• GDC 2010: 'Sketch Nation Shooter', A Game Construction Set

  Blake Patterson

  12 Mar 2010 | 3:53 pm

  At GDC 2009 we had chance to sit down with Engineous Games and have a look at their in-development iPhone game construction set, Sketch Nation Shooter.  The system was in a very early stage back then and has evolved notably, since.  We posted a demo video the developers released back in December. Sketch Nation Shooter, as Engineous describes it, …allows users to create their own games by drawing a player, enemies and a level on a piece of paper and taking a picture of the drawing with their iPhone camera. Users can then share their creations with their friends and other users. Our…

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• iPad mania: hot presales, iBooks info, 3G model semipopular

  13 Mar 2010 | 4:00 pm

  iPad mania has hit since Apple's answer to the tablet became available for pre-order on Friday morning. We already mentioned with glee that the mute switch has been transformed into an orientation lock. Now, sales estimates suggest that virtual iPads are flying off virtual shelves as fast as Apple fans can click "Buy Now," and a number of details are surfacing about iBooks, 3G data services, and more. Of course, Apple hasn't made any official announcements about sales numbers, but that hasn't stopped clever buyers with a Google spreadsheet from estimating how many iPads Apple is selling.

• Week in Apple: iPad day looms, Mac gamers rejoice, and more

  13 Mar 2010 | 1:00 pm

  As St. Patrick's Day draws near, Apple fans are counting themselves among the lucky. After all, Steam is finally coming to the Mac, the iPad finally has a ship date, and the iPad developer program now has a much lower barrier to entry. Read on for the top Apple news from the last week: HTC lawsuit came after warning by Apple to handset makers: Apple supposedly contacted executives at "tier-1" handset makers in January saying it was ready to go to the mat over its iPhone-related IP. Those warnings, coupled with Apple's complaints against HTC, may have a chilling effect on smartphone makers for…

• etc: Apple COO Tim Cook got a giant pile of cash/stock (valued at a total of $22 million) as a bonus thanks to his performance while Steve Jobs was on leave.

  12 Mar 2010 | 2:39 pm

  Apple COO Tim Cook got a giant pile of cash/stock (valued at a total of $22 million) as a bonus thanks to his performance while Steve Jobs was on leave. Read More: Wall Street Journal Read the comments on this post

• etc: The trial between Nokia and Apple won't begin until 2012 pending results of an ITC investigation. That's assuming it ever gets that far—Nokia has moved to have Apple's counterclaims dismissed.

  12 Mar 2010 | 2:13 pm

  The trial between Nokia and Apple won't begin until 2012 pending results of an ITC investigation. That's assuming it ever gets that far—Nokia has moved to have Apple's counterclaims dismissed. Read More: Reuters, Electronista Read the comments on this post

• Surprise: iPhone app use heaviest at night and on weekends

  12 Mar 2010 | 1:58 pm

  Apple has made inroads into the professional market with the iPhone—the company has noted that some Fortune 500 companies have deployed them alongside or even replacing BlackBerrys. Despite this, analysis of app usage suggests that it remains a mostly personal device. Mobile analytic firm Localytics examined logs of use of third-party apps and found that app use during the week typically begins to ramp up around 5am and slowly increases to a peak around 9pm. Weekdays also tend to have a little bump in use right around lunch time. On weekends, however, use starts picking up around 6am,…

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• Apple KB Updates: USB Power, Aperture 3, Boot Camp, Keyboard power options

  Topher Kessler

  12 Mar 2010 | 3:03 pm

  Apple has recently updated a few knowledge base articles that address problems with running Aperture 3, addressing low power on USB devices, Boot Camp 3.0 upgrade problems, and keyboard shortcuts for various power options.

• Quickly create alpha images from icons in Preview

  Joe Aimonetti

  12 Mar 2010 | 12:37 pm

  Have you ever wondered how MacFixIt gets all those cool icons to start each of our articles? Even if you haven't, this is how you can do it, quick and easy.

• Apple Releases Safari 4.0.5

  Topher Kessler

  11 Mar 2010 | 2:33 pm

  Check Software Update! Apple has released Safari 4.0.5, which brings a number of performance enhancements and bug fixes to Apple's browser.

• Use Time Machine in supported programs

  Topher Kessler

  11 Mar 2010 | 2:06 pm

  We have covered Time Machine's use in restoring the system to a previous state either to revert back to a prior version of OS X, or to undo an application installation; however, you can also use Time Machine from within programs that support it.

• Tackling file account association and permissions changes in OS X

  Topher Kessler

  11 Mar 2010 | 1:19 pm

  Many times there will be odd names listed in the permissions field for files on their systems, and people have wondered about them and what they mean.

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• iPhone browsing to be faster with Opera -- if Apple approves

  14 Mar 2010 | 8:50 am

  The company behind the Web browser Opera is weeks away from submitting it to Apple's iPhone store for approval, a spokesman said Friday. The result, according to the Norwegian company, would be a browser up to six times faster than the iPhone's default Web tool, Safari. The open question is is whether Apple will approve the application.

• How Apple Blew Its Chance To Own AdMob For $600 Million

  14 Mar 2010 | 3:10 am

  Apple had a chance to own mobile advertising company AdMob for $600 million, but blew it, the New York Times reports.

• OS X Virtual Showdown: Parallels 5 vs VirtualBox 3

  13 Mar 2010 | 2:00 pm

  Virtualization is becoming a bigger factor in everyone’s computer experience. One place it seems to be gaining popularity is a Windows client running on a Mac. This arrangement allows a Mac OS X user to have access to the huge Windows library of titles. So, it does make sense for a Mac user to at least consider virtualization as a practical tool.

• Apple's iPhone OS 4.0 Might Deliver a Multitasking Solution

  13 Mar 2010 | 11:20 am

  One of the biggest complaints surrounding Apple's iPhone OS is the lack of multitasking support, and it's a valid one. But if the latest rumor proves to be true, critics will soon be silenced, or at least redirect their disgust squarely on the lack of Flash integration.

• With More Than Enough Apps, Apple Pushes for Quality

  12 Mar 2010 | 11:00 pm

  Apple's recent purge of sex-tinged iPhone apps, combined with its lesser-known ban of cookie-cutter apps, signifies the company's new focus on quality,rather than quantity, in its App Store.

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• Apple to replace iPad batteries with a new iPad

  14 Mar 2010 | 8:36 pm

  If you're concerned about the use of your iPad in 2013, fret not; for $99, Apple will replace the whole unit if the battery no longer holds a charge.

• Steve Jobs finally wins approval to tear down house... possibly

  13 Mar 2010 | 8:52 am

  A judge has given approval for Apple's CEO to tear down a mansion on his Woodside, Calif., property, signalling a possible end to the long-running real estate saga.

• The Macalope Weekly: A sad state of affairs

  13 Mar 2010 | 7:00 am

  It's a large helping of the Macalope this week, as he takes on non-sensical iPad analysis, Apple doomsaying, and other crimes of punditry.

• Apple COO Tim Cook awarded $22 million bonus

  12 Mar 2010 | 3:22 pm

  The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple's Chief Operating Officer, Tim Cook, received a bonus worth $22 million for his work filling in for Steve Jobs' during the CEO's 2009 medical leave.

• Apple releases Safari 4.0.5 update

  11 Mar 2010 | 2:52 pm

  Apple on Thursday released Safari 4.0.5 to address several performance and stability issues with the browser.

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• iPad Mania

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  14 Mar 2010 | 5:05 pm

  So April 3rd is the magic date for the iPad release. Pre-order now . . . if you want. That’s really the question now, who really wants it? We want to hear what you think about the iPad: the Good, the bad, and the ugly? Overpriced? Under-resourced? Too little Freedom? HUGE? Gaming future? Big Brother Device for browsing? Kindle replacement? Only 1 application can be running at a time boys and girls, don’t get ahead of yourself – Steve WTF? I’m buying it on the third!!! rooster Share This

• MacBook Pro Refresh Imminent

  rooster

  7 Mar 2010 | 6:51 pm

  It has been quite a while since Apple’s latest MacBook Pro, and an update can be expected very soon. Here are some more possible updates for this particular device: Since Apple’s negotiations with AT&T have been going smoothly for the iPad, why not include some 3G on the new MBP as well? Intel has almost promised the i5 to be used in Apple’s next models (although unlikely, the i7 would be absolutely awesome) Possible LED back-light. More space and cheaper Solid State Capacity (although probably still too expensive for most people). The new graphic card switching function…

• New. . . Everyting?

  rooster

  1 Mar 2010 | 2:08 pm

  MacBook Pro – it has been 66 days since the MBPs last update and the rumor mill has been turning quickly. Apple’s new version of the MBP should have any number of updates among these being the intel i5 or i7 processor and an updated “graphic processor transitioning device”. This new transitioning device is rumored to switch between the graphics cards seamlessly as to maximize battery power in the upper level MBPs. MacBook Air – Only 11 days since the last update so “maybe”. I have not read much about any anticipated changes so my guess is as good as…

• Dev Team Warns of Impending “Scam Season”

  rooster

  21 Feb 2010 | 4:39 pm

  The iPhone Dev Team has released a statement warning all jailbreakers to beware of online “5.12″ or “5.11″ jailbreaks that are fraudulent and will steal your money. These sites do not have any sort of unlock or jailbreak for the new devices and are only trying to steal money from you: stay away!! On the better side of things, sherif hashim has found a seemingly promising crash in the new baseband and is working hard on exploiting it for the upcoming jailbreak. Unfortunately, there is no way to tell if this crash will be good enough; the dev team promises nothing…

• Don’t Update. . . unless your battery % is wrong

  rooster

  10 Feb 2010 | 8:19 pm

  Apple’s recent firmware update, 3.1.3, is unnecessary unless you have been experiencing issues with your battery percentage. But because some people will want to update anyway while and keep their iPhone/iPod Touch  jailbroken, the dev-team announces PwnageTool 3.1.5. The Dev-team gives the details: iPhone 3G and 3GS unlockers should always be very wary to update their firmware.  This is no exception.  If you make a mistake along the way you may find yourself updating to official 3.1.3 in which case you will lose your unlock, possibly forever. iPhone 3GS users (regardless of unlock)…

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• Apple vs. Google: World War III

  webmaster@macdailynews.com

  14 Mar 2010 | 11:49 am

  Apple and Google once had what looked like the beginning of a beautiful friendship...

• AT&T to deploy HSPA+ in certain locations on the way to LTE

  webmaster@macdailynews.com

  13 Mar 2010 | 10:36 am

  When you look at LTE, our deployment is designed to fall back to HSPA. The beauty of our deployment is that it will come at the right time...

• PC World’s Gruman: iPad pre-orders are for idiots only

  webmaster@macdailynews.com

  13 Mar 2010 | 9:12 am

  Friday morning, the fool's parade started. Apple is taking online 'pre-orders' for its iPad tablet...

• 120,000 iPads pre-ordered on first day?

  webmaster@macdailynews.com

  13 Mar 2010 | 8:39 am

  Estimates of the number of iPads Apple will have manufactured by April range from...

• Steve Jobs wins approval to apply for permit to demolish his ‘dump’ of a house - again

  webmaster@macdailynews.com

  13 Mar 2010 | 8:05 am

  A judge has approved computer magnate Steve Jobs' long-delayed plan to tear down his mansion in Woodside...

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• Jobs on Apple's $40b

  myonlinelife@mac.com

  25 Feb 2010 | 1:58 pm

  Apple has a lot of cash, but what to do with it? ...Appleinsider.com has a post that reports Steve Jobs has answered questions about the company’s cash stockpile. ...How about our long-held belief that Apple might launch their own WiMax (or similar) network, offering phone and internet access to Apple customers. ...Ad: Treat yourself to a brand new 27-inch iMac

• Lower iPad Prices? Before Launch?

  myonlinelife@mac.com

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:31 am

  Apple not only makes a little money off the sale of the iPhone, they make money off the AT&T contract, and off the content (apps, music, movies). ...In fact, we think the WiFi-only model will be the most popular (and by that we also mean the 3G model that never or rarely pays ATT a penny). So, while we think Apple’s wise to reconsider the price of the iPad early in the life of the product, we don’t think it will be dramatic. ...Of course, it will look different, and be miles ahead of our current Macs, but the iPad will evolve into a powerful machine capable of all the tasks we…

• Deal of the Day: Magic Mouse $66.94

  myonlinelife@mac.com

  3 Feb 2010 | 6:08 am

  Apple Magic Mouse Now Only $66.94 ...Check out these reviews from Gizmondo, CNET with video, and MacWorld’s review. Ad: Treat yourself to a brand new 27-inch iMac

• Wonder What Jobs Thinks of Google & Adobe?

  myonlinelife@mac.com

  1 Feb 2010 | 6:51 am

  Two competitors were mentioned, Google and Adobe, and Jobs let it be known that he’s not a fan of either. ...Jobs didn’t necessarily need to hammer that home with an overt statement against the company and one of its products (Disclosure: we are _not_ fans of Flash). But, Jobs is human, and as such he’s got opinions about his competitors and partners alike. With that in mind, reports coming from the Town Hall are taken by us with a grain of salt.

• So, When Will Multitouch Hit MacBooks?

  myonlinelife@mac.com

  29 Jan 2010 | 8:10 am

  The more we see the way the user can interact with iWork in the iPad video (here), the more we wonder (1) how will this ever work on a traditional Apple clamshell-designed portable, and (2) after we use Multitouch on the iPad what will we think about using our Apple portables? ...Perhaps this won’t be a problem in practice, that we’ll adjust very well to the different display positions (the iPad and the MacBook), but it’s hard to say now because our MacBooks don’t have Multitouch. ...Given Steve Jobs’ pre-iPad announcement comments, that the iPad was the most…

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  iPhone Savior

• Stainless Steel iPhone Case Shall Rule Them All

  Ray Basile

  14 Mar 2010 | 3:01 pm

  Portland, Oregon industrial designer Ryan Glasgow, has created this hand-finished iPhone case using grade 304 stainless steel. The extremely rugged case contains internal silicone bumpers to ensure a tight fit for iPhone 3G or 3GS. It's the kind of killer iPhone protective gear that heavy metal dreams are made of."You kinda make what you need," said Ryan about his steel masterpiece, "I wanted to protect the glass so I created a steel case that I could sit and not worry about it. Glasgow fitted his custom case design with a slick flip cover, which includes a cut out window…

• New Eco-Friendly iPhone Case Is Biodegradable

  Ray Basile

  13 Mar 2010 | 4:36 pm

  I had a chance to spend a few days manhandling a new eco-friendly iPhone case from Innovez, a company that specializes in producing biodegradable products for mobile devices. Their latest Ecovez case is made from ultra-lightweight plastic, with an opening that lets your iPhone slide in from the top. The fit of this translucent magical sheath is snug, allowing easy access to all controls and docking cable. While the snug fit held my device firmly in place, it also caused my anti-glare film to bubble along the lower left edge. An instant buzz-killer for me. Another minor drawback I found was…

• Spartacus: Blood and Sand App Gets Set Free

  Ray Basile

  11 Mar 2010 | 6:45 pm

  Set your alerts! Starting on Friday, March 12th at 9:00 A.M. Eastern (6:00 A.M. Pacific) the epic 3D, multiplayer gladiator game Spartacus: Blood and Sand ($4.99), for iPhone and iPod touch (3.0 or later) is being offered FREE for a limited time. The latest version promises to address lag issues and improved control responsiveness. There's nothing to lose here, except your head. As I like to say, "if it's free... it's for me!" [Direct iTunes Link]

• These iPhone iCon Magnets Give Me Happy Gas

  Ray Basile

  10 Mar 2010 | 5:37 pm

  Finally! A legit set of iPhone icon refrigerator magnets that instantly filled me with happy gas at first glance. I've eyeballed a few ghetto versions of the same, but none have looked quite as slick as these little beauties delivered by the Jailbreak Collective. You get an artist inspired set of 18 magnets for $13 plus shipping. All of the usual suspects are included. The mass produced epoxy iPhone mags measure (7/8" x 7/8") and usually ship within 2 to 3 business days. Count me in! [Jailbreak Toys]

• Feline Fetish Apps Push Pet-ploitation for iPhone

  Ray Basile

  10 Mar 2010 | 5:02 pm

      There's a new crop of apps hitting the App Store since Apple banned some 5,000 masturbatory theater photo apps at the end of February. Cats' Tongues ($.99), is only the first in a group of shameless pet-ploitation apps from Digital Adventure, overtly pimping cute overload to throngs of over-indulgent cat lovers. "Kittens have such tiny tongues, like little pink flowers." That description is certain to arouse the attention of feline fetishists everywhere who should be thrilled to know that there's finally an app for that. But Cat' Tongues…

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• iPhone Apps I Love: Newsie

  lorrainemarie

  13 Mar 2010 | 3:36 am

  What are the first pages you load when you fire up your browser in the morning? For me, it’s Gmail and Google Reader (yes, I am quite dependent on the almighty G). Of course, that’s for mornings when I actually have time to enjoy a cup of coffee in front of my desktop, that is. On mornings that I have to be somewhere, I am extremely grateful for Newsie. Newsie is a Google Reader client app that: Downloads my Google Reader subscriptions at lightning speed. I’m not kidding, this thing’s fast, because it doesn’t take forever to sync all your feeds (I have over 200!)…

• App Your Fridge: iPhone App Magnets

  Kevin Whipps

  12 Mar 2010 | 10:30 am

  A few years back, my wife and I bought our first house, and it didn’t come with any appliances with the exception of a stinky dishwasher and a crappy stove. As a result, we had to go out and buy everything new, which cost a pretty penny and ticked me off quite a bit. I didn’t care about most of the items – as long as they weren’t too expensive – but I did want a nice fridge. We ended up paying a good chunk of change for this gloss black Samsung model, with lots of cool cabinets and drawers. I was happy. For months, we didn’t have anything on that obelisk,…

• The Data Plan Question

  Kevin Whipps

  12 Mar 2010 | 7:04 am

  I came across this article today on Forbes.com, and it brought up a point that I’ve been pondering for the past few weeks: is it better to get a data plan for the iPad from AT&T or a data device from Sprint or Verizon for close to the same price? At first, this seems like a simple answer. The AT&T plan is $15.95 for 250mb, and $30.00 for “unlimited” usage, so go with that. After all, you don’t go past the unlimited mark with your iPhone, so the iPad shouldn’t be any different right? Well sure, but it’s not that simple. See, both Verizon and Sprint…

• Tweetie – Quick and Easy Twitter Client for the Mac

  Kevin Whipps

  12 Mar 2010 | 4:40 am

  Last year, I got into the MacHeist bundle and picked up Twitteriffic along the way. Almost instantly, it pissed me off. The interface was annoying, hearing the little tweet reminder got irritating, and I hated how new windows would pop up behind others. I ended up taking it off my dock and forgetting about it. When the MacHeist Nano bundle came up, it came with Tweetie, so I figured I’d give that a shot. I had some experience with the iPhone App, since I purchased the original Tweetie a while back and recently updated to Tweetie 2. But I hadn’t tried the Mac version yet, so here…

• Lit2Go on iTunes

  lorrainemarie

  11 Mar 2010 | 8:07 pm

  I was an English Literature Major, so you’ll understand if I’m more than just a little excited about my new find on the iTunes Store: it’s called Lit2Go, and it’s a collection of classic stories and poems, yours to download and listen to for free. There’s a good selection, with something for almost everybody, from Edgar Allen Poe’s Stories to Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations (my personal favorite), to Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, which you might want to download if you enjoyed Tim Burton’s recent production. The recording…

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  O'Grady's PowerPage - Your Mobile Technology Destination

• PowerPage Now Accepting Reviewer Applications, Sample Pieces

  Chris Barylick

  12 Mar 2010 | 6:44 am

  O’Grady’s PowerPage is looking for five or six good product review editors to hone in on peripherals, accessories, iPhone games and apps and all things Mac-related and associated with mobile technologies. In short, we need reviewers and were hoping for you. The job: It’s not glamorous, but there’s free review items, fame, immortality, press credentials and delicious cupcakes on occasion. If interested, hurl a resume and a few sample pieces along to chris @ powerpage.org (just string the e-mail address together and you’re set) and we’ll get back to you…

• Full iPhone Third-Party App Multitasking References Located in Latest SDK Build

  Chris Barylick

  12 Mar 2010 | 6:03 am

  Although rumors that Apple will include a third-party multitasking capability in the iPhone are as old as the hills themselves, a reference has emerged regarding a “multitasking dialog box” buried in the new iPhone OS SDK 3.2 beta 4 that apparently didn’t exist in iPhone OS 3.1.3. Per 9 to 5 Mac, this could be the very first by-product of a new multitasking system for developers that’s being developed for the platform, presumably destined for an appearance in OS 4.0 when it’s introduced along with new hardware this summer. Still, it’s just as likely that…

• iPad Preorders Accepted as of 8:30 A.M. EST

  Chris Barylick

  12 Mar 2010 | 5:34 am

  Apple has begun taking preorders for its long-awaited iPad tablet at 8:30 a.m. eastern standard time and 5:30 a.m. pacific standard time. According to The Loop, preorders for the Wi-Fi-only iPad will begin first-thing Friday morning. The Wi-Fi iPad is set to launch in the U.S. on April 3, with the 3G capable model coming later that month. In addition, both the Wi-Fi and 3G models will be available in the U.K., Canada, France, Germany, Australia, Italy, Japan, Spain and Switzerland in late April. The iPad starts at US$499 for the 16GB model with Wi-Fi, going up to US$599 for 32GB and US$699…

• Apple Releases Safari 4.0.5 Update

  Chris Barylick

  11 Mar 2010 | 4:40 pm

  Late Wednesday, Apple Safari 4.0.5, the latest version of the company’s web browser. The new version, which which can be downloaded here, includes the following fixes and features: - Performance improvements for Top Sites. - Stability improvements for 3rd-party plug-ins. - Stability improvements for websites with online forms and Scalable Vector Graphics. - Fixes an issue that prevented Safari from changing settings on some Linksys routers. The update can be located and installed via Mac OS X’s Software Update feature and requires Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later to install and run. If…

• Recent Study Finds Neither Adobe Flash, HTML5 Has Significant Performance Advantage

  Chris Barylick

  11 Mar 2010 | 6:40 am

  As the war between Adobe Flash and HTML5 heats up, a recent comparison with numerous different browsers on both Mac and Windows produced wildly different results based on the operating system and browser, making neither a clear winner. Per Streaming Learning Center, which conducted the study in response to recently alleged comments from Apple CEO Steve Jobs that reportedly called Flash a “CPU hog”, the test found that HTML5 is significantly more efficient than Flash on the Mac when running the Safari Web browser, those same advantages do not exist on other Mac browsers, or in…

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  iPhone, Therefore, iBlog

• Most amazing iPhone accessory ever?

  Scott Kleinberg

  11 Mar 2010 | 7:00 am

  OK, it's not actually an accessory, but it's something I know I'd love to have in my home.iPhone app magnets!!They're $12.99. And you get 18 magnets.Check them out here - I may end up getting them. If I do, I'll let you know.Thanks for calling.

• AT&T says it sees iPad used mostly on Wi-Fi

  Scott Kleinberg

  4 Mar 2010 | 10:49 am

  Very interesting choice of words, AT&T. According to Reuters, you say that you see the iPad being mostly a Wi-Fi product and therefore not too taxing on the 3G network."My expectation is that there's not going to be a lot of people out there looking for another subscription," said CEO Randall Stephenson during an investor conference.Oh, Mr. Stephenson. With all due respect, I think you are completely underestimating people. Again. Click through to see why I say that. First off ... AT&T made an awesome announcement during the iPad's introduction whereby people wouldn't have to sign a…

• Apple sues over the iPhone - iSmart or iSilly?

  Scott Kleinberg

  2 Mar 2010 | 10:23 am

  When I awoke to the news that Apple was suing HTC, maker of the Nexus One and all kinds of other smartphones, for patent infringement, I was surprised. Clearly, every phone has some sort of similarity with another.But maybe I shouldn't have been.When Steve Jobs introduced the world to the first iPhone in 2007, he said something very specific and telling: "We filed for over 200 patents for all the inventions in iPhone and we intend to protect them." He went on to say "Boy did we patent it."Today he did. Here is the press release directly from Apple that I received in my inbox this…

• CTA: Chicago Transit Apps

  Scott Kleinberg

  26 Feb 2010 | 7:30 am

  For those of you that live in Chicago, near Chicago or just, I thought I'd take a few minutes and roundup some of the apps that deal with the Chicago Transit Authority and Metra - two of the major players in the Windy City.Here at RedEye, I work with Tracy Swartz - she writes the Going Public column. Her readers weighed in on CTA bus tracker applications for smartphones, so I figured we could work together on this. See what she and riders had to say here.Although most of the apps work in a similar fashion, they aren't all created equal. And while you can use your mobile browser and point…

• 20MB limit for downloading over 3G

  Scott Kleinberg

  18 Feb 2010 | 2:47 pm

  Here's a nice little surprise. There used to be a 10MB download limit when on anything besides Wi-Fi. That limit has been upped to 20MB.Who knows why - it could have something to do with the iPad, it could just be that AT&T is feeling more confident in its network. Either way, it's good for iPhone users. Don't you think?Thanks for calling.

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• PC World calls iPad buyers, “Idiots”

  NEWS

  14 Mar 2010 | 6:34 pm

  FROM GADGETELL - PC World writer, Galen Gruman, called out iPad pre-order buyers on Saturday, calling them names in his post, “iPad Pre-Orders: For Idiots Only.”  Apple’s iPad went on pre-order Friday and is rumored to have 120,000 devices sold as a result.  Even at the cheapest model, that’s $60 million, not a… MORE » Full Story » | Written by NEWS for Appletell. | Comment on this Article »

• Appletell reviews the Gorillamobile for iPhone 3G and 3GS

  Kirk Hiner

  14 Mar 2010 | 12:33 pm

  Section: iPhone / iPod touch / iPad, iPhone, iDevice Apps, iDevice Accessories, ReviewsProvides: Flexible tripod for phone support Developer: Joby Minimum Requirements: iPhone 3G or 3GS (iPod touch and other models available) Price: $39.95 Availability: Now More and more, I find myself using my iPhone for snapping quick photos. The picture quality is not nearly as good as that of my Nikon D40 DSLR, but my iPhone is always with me, and it’s easier to port around. Trouble is, it’s nearly impossible to balance on a ledge, chair, rock or what have you if I want to be in the picture…

• iPhone and iPod touch apps to take on the camping trip

  Katie Gatto

  14 Mar 2010 | 10:42 am

  Section: iPhone / iPod touch / iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, iDevice Apps, OriginalsAnyone who loves nature knows that camping can be both a fine art and a subtle science. When you do it right, it can be an amazing experience. Doing it wrong can make for a nightmarish evening in the woods. These applications can help make for a memorable and entertaining trip: Campwhere from Big Nerd Ranch, Firefly Night from Joseph Walters, and 100 Horror Stories, Sounds and Scares from Vroom LLC. Campwhere Seller: Big Nerd Ranch Compatibility: iPhone and iPod touch Requirements: OS 3.0 or higher File Size: 1 MB…

• Top 10 Gamertell posts for the week of March 07, 2010

  NEWS

  14 Mar 2010 | 10:24 am

  FROM GAMERTELL - Haven’t caught all of the Gamertell news this week?  Here’s your chance to catch up on this week’s top 10 articles… MORE » Full Story » | Written by NEWS for Appletell. | Comment on this Article »

• Popular technology industry news for the week of 3-07-2010

  NEWS

  14 Mar 2010 | 3:42 am

  Section: You know what’s going on in the wonderful world of Apple, but what’s going on throughout the technology industry?  Gadgetell‘s got you covered.  Here a list of their top stories from this week… Breaking: Black Swan is ready: Google Voice returns to iPhone via slick weblicationGadgetell review: Comcast mobile app - DVR and digital voice controlPalm Pre Plus continues to drop in price, soon it may be freeT-Mobile drops Yahoo! as mobile search provider in favor of GoogleAdobe fires against iPad: HP Slate is where it is at Full Story » | Written by…

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  The Digital Lifestyle

• Star Trek Saturday, Episode Nine - Dagger of the Mind

  ryanrit

  13 Mar 2010 | 3:01 am

  A new treatment for the criminally insane has deadly results!

• Befruited for the iPhone and iPod Touch Video Review

  ryanrit

  12 Mar 2010 | 3:37 am

  (Disclosure: The developers of Befruited have also been advertiser on TDL.) A confession: I never really understood Bejeweled. Sure, I could change gems and some would vanish, but the strategy ended there. Befruited is a similar type of game, but there's something about the sliding of the rows and columns in Befruited that makes it easier, at least for me, to play the game. It's a straightforward match-three game. And as a bonus, for some odd reason, if you look at the fruits long enough, they take on a strange 3-D quality. If you like Bejeweled (even while secretly not knowing what you're…

• Doppelganger for the iPhone and iPod Touch Video Review

  ryanrit

  11 Mar 2010 | 3:41 am

  As a kid, I was a big fan of the Concentration-style board games: flip over a card, then try to find a match by flipping over another card. Make more matches than the other players, and you win! Doppelganger brings the same kind of play to the iPhone. Doppelganger is fast-paced, pairing a certain number of cards with a maximum number of missed matches per round. Do well (especially on the bonus rounds) and you'll have more chances on the higher, more difficult levels. It's fast-paced, simple, and addictive. (iTunes link) Here's a look:

• Wednesday Website of the Week: Pete's Twilight Zone

  ryanrit

  10 Mar 2010 | 4:46 am

  This week's WWW, while a nice choice for fans of The Twilight Zone, actually represents a dying breed on the internet. Pete's Twilight Zone site represents one man's cataloging curating of Twilight Zone episode summaries, trivia, and clips. In this age of Wikipedia, it seems like the need for fansites for classic shows is disappearing. So here's to Pete and his site, and all the other fansites like it still out there, cranking away.

• Retro Tech Tuesday: Flatscreen TV Debut

  ryanrit

  9 Mar 2010 | 4:42 am

  Hard to believe, but those good folks at Philips brought the first flatscreen TV ads to the U.S. in 1998. More than ten years before than the digital TV transition finally occurred, this TV was "digital ready." Sadly Philips left the U.S. TV market in 2008. I had forgotten this ad, but the ad and tagline came flooding back after one viewing:

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• iPhone App Magnets To Appify Your Fridge

  Giles Turnbull

  12 Mar 2010 | 2:03 pm

  If – like me – your fridge is black, then these shiny iPhone app fridge magnets from Jailbreak Collective will look very smart indeed displayed on the door. Just 13 bucks gets you a set of these icon almost-replicas. I say almost because if you look carefully, you’ll see they’re not identical to the Apple originals. [...]

• Tech Site Recommends 7-Year-Old IE5 Download

  Giles Turnbull

  12 Mar 2010 | 1:52 pm

  Soft Sailor is a tech blog I’ve not encountered before, but today I stumbled across a very odd post indeed. Published just yesterday, it recommends downloading something a little bit unusual: Internet Explorer 5.2.3. Which is only, let’s see now… about seven years old. The author Dragos Pirvu writes: “Although it’s not that popular on Mac computers, [...]

• Which iPad To Buy? Get the 32GB iPad With Wi-Fi + 3G. Here’s Why.

  Leander Kahney

  12 Mar 2010 | 12:00 pm

  If you’re in the market for an iPad — and you know you are, because it’s killer — you’re probably wondering which model to buy. Naturally, you’re looking at the cheapest $499 iPad, which has Wi-Fi only, but you’re thinking you might also want 3G. After all, you can pay-as-you-go for data, and who knows when you [...]

• Five Fun Games: A Roadtrip Across America, Relics With Mystical Powers, Freedom with Words and More

  Cate Defrise

  12 Mar 2010 | 10:54 am

  Happy Friday! Here’s this week’s selection by Mac Games and More featuring fun casual games you can play into the weekend. The games include a gripping adventure game that takes players into wall paintings, a colorful road trip across America, wizardly word magic and more. Little Shop Road Trip – It’s time to hit the road [...]

• Daily Deals: 3.06GHz 22″ iMac $1,399, $1,193 MacBook,$189 iPod Classic

  Ed Sutherland

  12 Mar 2010 | 10:05 am

  We close out another week we three hardware deals. First up is a 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo iMac with a 22-inch screen and lots of extra goodies from ExperCom, including 8GB of RAM and three years of AppleCare – all for $1,399. Next up is a deal on a MacBook powered by a Core [...]

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• Amazon Update

  Save a bunch on MobileMe renewals at Amazon and get Aperture 3 updates at a discount. The iPod Touch is discounted, too, along with the Mac Mini, iMacs and MacBooks. (Save money on the MacBook Pro, Mac Pro and MacBook Air, too.) Check the great selection of DRM-free MP3 music at very competitive prices (including free downloads!). Digital cameras and HDTV's get outstanding discounts, plus helpful reviews as well. *And*, while you're saving yourself money, you're also providing critical MacInTouch support just by clicking through any of our links to purchase!

• Report: Apple

  Flash vs. HTML, iPad, Cook bonus, Steve Jobs

• Report: FileMaker 11

  charts, pricing, Panorama

• Report: Help Please

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  BabyGotMac.com

• Zevrix Announces Package Central Beta for InDesign – Automates Packaging

  Scott McDaniel

  12 Mar 2010 | 9:27 am

  BabyGotMac is sponsored by 1Password - now available for Mac, iPhone and iPod Touch! Toronto (ON), Canada - Zevrix Solutions announces public beta of Package Central 1.0, a new document packaging workflow automation solution for Adobe InDesign. Originally developed for a major publisher in the United States, the software automates InDesign packaging by processing files from hotfolders. Package Central offloads packaging to a central system leaving operator workstations free from the output process. Under Package Central workflow, production artists, prepress operators and designers simply…

• BKeeney Software Releases Task Timer Update

  Scott McDaniel

  12 Mar 2010 | 9:20 am

  BabyGotMac is sponsored by 1Password - now available for Mac, iPhone and iPod Touch! Lenexa, Kansas - BKeeney Software, Inc. today is pleased to announce the release of Task Timer 4.3.3, a major update to its time management software for Mac OS X and Windows. Task Timer version 4.3 adds the daily total to the dock and status menus for Mac OS X users. This release also fixes some minor bugs. Task Timer is an easy-to-use project management tool that allows users to track time spent on an unlimited number of projects and tasks. Users can start and stop time via a status menu that is available…

• iSMEStorage – The first Cloud Storage Virtualization App for the iPhone

  Scott McDaniel

  12 Mar 2010 | 9:15 am

  BabyGotMac is sponsored by 1Password - now available for Mac, iPhone and iPod Touch! London, UK - SMEStorage today is pleased to announce that its iSMEStorage iPhone application is live in the Apple App store. The application is the first iPhone application to let users access and manage over 10 storage clouds from their iPhone in one Cloud file view. Clouds from which files can be viewed and managed include Amazon S3, RackSpace CloudFiles, Box, Apple Mobile Me, Microsoft SkyDrive, Microsoft Live Mesh, Gmail-as-a-cloud, Email-as-a-Cloud, FTP-as-a-Cloud, Google Docs, and WebDav enabled clouds.

• Bohemian Coding releases Fontcase 1.5: Elegant Font Manager for Mac OS X

  Scott McDaniel

  12 Mar 2010 | 8:00 am

  BabyGotMac is sponsored by 1Password - now available for Mac, iPhone and iPod Touch! Drachten, Netherlands - Bohemian Coding today is pleased to announce the release of Fontcase 1.5, a free update to their popular font manager. Fontcase has an intuitive and uncluttered interface; while it may look simplistic, there are a lot features built in. Fontcase 1.5 adds auto-activation, duplicates-detection and more while still keeping the focus of the application simple. Apple was kind enough to award Fontcase with an Apple Design Award this year and we're confident the new Fontcase 1.5 will add…

• Bohemian Coding releases Fontcase 1.5: Elegant Font Manager for Mac OS X

  Scott McDaniel

  12 Mar 2010 | 8:00 am

  BabyGotMac is sponsored by 1Password - now available for Mac, iPhone and iPod Touch! Drachten, Netherlands - Bohemian Coding today is pleased to announce the release of Fontcase 1.5, a free update to their popular font manager. Fontcase has an intuitive and uncluttered interface; while it may look simplistic, there are a lot features built in. Fontcase 1.5 adds auto-activation, duplicates-detection and more while still keeping the focus of the application simple. Apple was kind enough to award Fontcase with an Apple Design Award this year and we're confident the new Fontcase 1.5 will add…

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• The $21 million iPad

  Philip Elmer-DeWitt

  14 Mar 2010 | 9:04 am

  eBay is already flooded with dubious offers of iPads and iPad paraphernalia Click to enlarge. Source: eBay It's not too late to bid on the new, sealed-in-box 16GB iPad being offered by egiftscentral_123 — an eBay "top-rated seller" with 99.3% positive feedback — for the Buy It Now price of $21 million (plus $14.42 for shipping). If that seems like a lot to pay for a tablet computer you can pick up at your nearest Apple Store come April 3 for $499, that's probably because you haven't checked out the other iPad offerings on eBay (EBAY). On Sunday morning,…

• Day 1 estimate: 120,000 iPads sold

  Philip Elmer-DeWitt

  13 Mar 2010 | 7:58 am

  A snapshot of who's buying what based on a sample of first-day pre-orders Click to enlarge. Source: AAPL Sanity The team at Investor Village's AAPL Sanity board have completed their initial analysis of pre-orders for the iPad tablet computer. Apple (AAPL) began taking orders on Friday for delivery starting April 3. Based on a sampling of 99 orders (for 110 iPads) over 19.5 hours, and not counting units that were reserved but not ordered, the Sanity team estimates: Nearly 120,000 iPads sold. Their math: 124,596 (orders of all Apple products Friday) minus 16,500 (the average number of…

• Apple's Tim Cook gets his earthly reward

  Philip Elmer-DeWitt

  12 Mar 2010 | 3:39 pm

  For filling in for Steve Jobs: A $5 million bonus and stock worth nearly $17 million more Photo: Monica M. Davey/EPA/Corbis Tim Cook, Apple's (AAPL) chief operating officer and heir apparent, got his today. For taking the reins when Steve Jobs went on medical leave in Jan. 2009 and heading the company with no visible hitches until his master's return six months later, Cook was awarded a $5 million cash bonus and 75,000 shares of restricted stock, according to Form 8-K filed with the SEC on Friday. The stock doesn't vest until 2011 and 2012, but at today's close of $226.6,…

• Apple sells 50,000 iPads in two hours

  Philip Elmer-DeWitt

  12 Mar 2010 | 9:58 am

  By one estimate, pre-orders were coming in Friday morning at the rate of 25,000 per hour The folks who hang out at Investor Village's AAPL Sanity Board are too impatient to wait for Apple (AAPL) to announce sales figures; they much prefer to work them out on their own — in real time. Entering the order numbers associated with their own purchases on a Google spreadsheet, they think they've cracked the code. As of 11:05 a.m. ET — two and a half hours after Apple's online store began taking pre-orders — the group had received 15 confirmations with order numbers…

• Apple overtakes Wal-Mart

  Philip Elmer-DeWitt

  12 Mar 2010 | 7:43 am

  Shares surge on iPad pre-orders, making Apple America's third most valuable company Ninety minutes after Apple (AAPL) opened its online store for iPad pre-orders Friday morning, a burst of trading — roughly 2 million shares in 30 minutes — pushed its stock price to $227.73 and its market cap to $206.5 billion. That, and a dip in Wal-Mart's (WMT) share price, made Apple — if only briefly — America's third largest company by market capitalization, after Exxon (XOM) and Microsoft (MSFT) and ahead of Wal-Mart and Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A). Apple shares have…

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• Oh, James

  John Gruber

  13 Mar 2010 | 10:46 am

  Classic and new James Bond posters.  ★ 

• Sourcebits

  John Gruber

  13 Mar 2010 | 9:18 am

  My thanks to Sourcebits for sponsoring this week’s DF RSS feed. Sourcebits is a contract developer specializing in iPhone, mobile, Mac, and Web software. Their iPhone apps have been downloaded over 4.5 million times from the App Store, and they have a growing list of Android and BlackBerry apps, too. If you’re looking for software development services, check out Sourcebits’s web site for examples of their work, such as DailyDeeds, a new iPhone app they just launched this week.  ★ 

• Overdoing the Interface Metaphor

  John Gruber

  12 Mar 2010 | 10:36 am

  Chris Clark: iPad apps have a high visual fidelity to real-world objects but retain the sensible interaction design one would expect from Apple. iBooks doesn’t force you to swipe its pages side-to-side; you tap on a page to advance to the next one, and the page-turning animation is done in a fraction of a second. That’s in response to this fine post from Marco Arment, which makes some strong points regarding the design of calculator apps. Marco is in love with Soulver, a $19 Mac calculator I don’t recall seeing before, which indeed looks quite clever.  ★ 

• Andy Ihnatko’s Morning Purchases

  John Gruber

  12 Mar 2010 | 10:05 am

  Andy Ihnatko: Between the hours of 8:30 and 8:45 this morning, I bought two things: Breakfast, consisting of a wheat bagel and a Diet Coke. Purchase price: $1.74. An iPad. Which cost me more than the breakfast.  ★ 

• New Information From Apple on iPad 3G Usage

  John Gruber

  12 Mar 2010 | 10:02 am

  Apple: You can check your data usage in Settings on your iPad anytime. And iPad will even let you know when you’re running out. You’ll get three alerts as you near your 250MB limit — at 20 percent, 10 percent, and zero. With each alert, you can choose to add more data or wait and do it later. Tap Now and iPad opens the Cellular Data Plan window so you can update your data plan.  ★ 

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• Best of Smartphone Experts, 14 Mar 2010

  Dieter Bohn

  14 Mar 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Inventor of the cell phone ditches the iPhone for the Motorola Droid HTC Incredible caught looking pretty final Verizon Nexus One will be sold online Android Central Podcast Episode 2 ! More BlackBerry Slider Photos Emerge Online CrackBerry Podcast 049: Good Times… a little TOO Good! Humor: Jerry Seinfeld Rants About BlackBerry People on Letterman JoikuSpot Premium for N900 1.0 available now for less than $10 Palm Releases PDK Beta, we learn details, Palm dishes on PDK, and Unreal Engine 3 demoed on webOS Qt Platform hits Palm Pre and Preware Palm Launches Developer Purchase Program…

• TiPb How-to: Apply a screen protector to your iPhone

  Georgia

  14 Mar 2010 | 11:29 am

  Screen protectors are a great way to keep your iPhones screen scratch-free but they can be tricky to apply. So, here’s a video explain some of the basic concepts and techniques I find make the application process much faster and less stressful. Used in the video are a non slip mat, iKlenz, a screen protector, microfiber cloth, ID card, and the star of this short — your iPhone. If you have any special tricks or techniques for putting on a screen protector or thoughts on the video, let me know in the comments below! YouTube link TiPb How-to: Apply a screen protector to your iPhone…

• Apple to Replace Complete iPad for $99 if Battery Fails

  Jeremy Sikora

  14 Mar 2010 | 7:38 am

  Yes, you read the title correctly. According to Apple’s web site, If your iPad battery fails Apple doesn’t want to bother opening the device to replace it — they would rather ship you a completely new (no word on whether it’s a refurb?) iPad to replace the faulty one within a weeks time period. Of course there is a fee involved – $99, plus $6.95 shipping. If your iPad requires service due to the battery’s diminished ability to hold an electrical charge, Apple will replace your iPad for a service fee. Note: Your iPad is not eligible for Battery Replacement…

• iPad Update: DRM-Free ePub Support and Voice Over for iBooks, Facebook Sharing, Data-plan Management

  Rene Ritchie

  13 Mar 2010 | 8:56 pm

  Apple.com’s new iPad menu item and feature pages shed light on all sorts of interesting new details. We’ve put all of them into an updated version of our Complete iPad and iPhone OS 3.2 Preview article, but here are some of our favorites: DRM-Free ePub support. If you already have ePub books that are DRM-Free, just drag them into iTunes and sync them to your iPad. It’s an obvious thing, but Apple doesn’t always enable obvious things so this is nice to see. Voice Over for iBooks. Apple’s terrific accessibility feature, Voice Over, will work for iBooks. Amazon got…

• Apple vs. Google is Getting Personal

  Rene Ritchie

  13 Mar 2010 | 7:29 pm

  The New York Times has a full length feature up about the state of the Apple vs. Google rivalry and how it’s getting personal. We’ve heard similar several times before, of course, and Apple has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Android manufacturer HTC. But the details here are interesting: As Google’s plans took shape, Apple and Google executives either met in person or spoke on the phone on multiple occasions about Apple’s concern about Android, executives on both sides say. Many of those meetings turned confrontational, according to people familiar with the…

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• Check the status of the online Apple Store via shell script

  12 Mar 2010 | 7:30 am

  Sometimes, like today, I'm particularly interested in the Apple Store's status...as in, when is it back up so that I can order whatever it is I'm waiting to order. While sitting around pressing Command-R this morning, I figured there must be a better way. After a few minutes with curl and GeekTool, I had the solution. Because I didn't have very much time to implement this trick this morning, I just created a new 'Shell' Geeklet in GeekTool, with the refresh set to every five seconds, that showed the output of this command: curl -s http://store.apple.com/us | grep backsoon | grep australia…

• Enhance readability of sites with very small text on the iPhone

  12 Mar 2010 | 7:30 am

  Sometimes I visit a website on my iPod Touch that is almost unreadable due to the expected size of a screen on a desktop computer. Even when zoomed in, some sites have the text continue off screen, meaning I'd have to scroll left and right to read a whole line of text. I have MobileMe and sync my bookmarks between computers and my iPod Touch. And one day I happened across just such a too-small site. Frustrated, I decided to just try my Readability bookmarklet, and was happy to see it worked! You'll need either an iPhone or iPod Touch and a computer that you sync your device to via USB or…

• 10.6: See grammar suggestions on hover

  12 Mar 2010 | 7:30 am

  Snow Leopard has an built-in grammar checker (in Cocoa and other certain apps) that will place green dotted lines under any possible grammatical errors it detects. (You may have to enable this first, in the program's Edit » Spelling and Grammar » Check Grammar With Spelling.) However, accessing the corrections panel using Control-Click » Spelling and Grammar » Show Spelling and Grammar has always seemed cumbersome. Now I've discovered that simply hovering the mouse over the underlined word pops up a tool tip description of the error. [robg adds: The first option in the…

• Avoid a potential issue with voice control on iPhone 3GS

  11 Mar 2010 | 7:30 am

  If you have entire albums, artists, or playlists excluded from shuffling in iTunes (The 'Skip when shuffling' flag is set), your iPhone 3GS will fail to play these albums, artists, or playlists when you select them using Voice Control if it has shuffle play mode enabled. The manner in which it fails makes it seem as if something is seriously amiss (hence this hint): It acknowledges your voice input, indicating that your selection is about to play (e.g., 'Playing album Avatar'), but then returns to whatever had been playing before. If nothing had been playing before you gave the voice command,…

• Set photo titles to picture capture date in iPhoto

  11 Mar 2010 | 7:30 am

  The titles iPhoto chooses for just-added photos is the annoying "IMG_nnnn" serial number from the camera. This AppleScript simply takes the date of the photo (EXIF info that iPhoto knows very well) and uses it as the photo title. The format is: yyyy-mm-dd-hh.mm.ss, so it's a bit easier to read than the ISO version, but also easily sortable. Here's the code: tell application "iPhoto" -- activate -- bring iPhoto back to front copy (my selected_images()) to these_images if these_images is {} then error "Please select some images before using this script." set thename to "" set thepaths to "" set…

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• Microsoft Employees Love Their iPhones

  timothy

  14 Mar 2010 | 2:55 pm

  portscan writes "There is an entertaining and telling article in the Wall Street Journal about iPhone use by Microsoft employees. Apparently, despite it being frowned upon by senior management, iPhone use is rampant among the Redmond rank and file. The head of Microsoft's mobile division tried to explain it away as employees wanting 'to better understand the competition,' although few believe this. Nowhere does the article mention attempts by the company to understand why the iPhone is more attractive to much of Microsoft's tech-savvy workforce than the company's own products."Read more of…

• How To Make Your Own iPhone RFID Reader

  timothy

  14 Mar 2010 | 11:52 am

  andylim writes "It's been rumoured for some time now that Apple will include RFID technology in a future iPhone. An RFID-packing iPhone could interact with various objects including opening doors and it could even be used in shops to register items at the checkout. Beating Apple to the RFID punch, last year a company called Wireless Dynamics announced an iPhone RFID accessory called the iCarte, but if you'd rather make your own reader then you'll be interested to know how a research assistant at University College London has managed to build his own RFID iPhone accessory."Read more of this…

• Apple Loses Aussie Trademark Complaint Over "i" Name

  timothy

  12 Mar 2010 | 9:50 pm

  CuteSteveJobs writes "Apple has been dealt a severe blow having been told that it no longer has a monopoly on the letter 'i' for product naming. IP Australia, the government body that oversees trademark applications, rejected Apple's complaint against a company selling 'DOPi' laptop bags. Last year Australian computer company Macpro Computers claimed that after 26 years of flying its own Macpro brand that Apple was 'trying to burn us out' with legal fees. This was after Apple released its own Macpro line 3½ years ago. Apple lost that complaint, but is appealing. Last year Apple went…

• Here Come the Linux iPad Clones

  Soulskill

  12 Mar 2010 | 1:13 pm

  CWmike writes "You can now pre-order an Apple iPad; but do you really want to, asks Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols. 'I mean, I get why you'd want an iPad. I'd like one too,' he writes. 'But,' he says, 'when I consider that there are soon going to be literally dozens of cheaper, Linux-powered iPad devices on the market, I find it a lot easier to resist putting $499 on my credit card. On top of that, Apple will be including DRM on some eBooks and other iPad content. I really, really hate DRM. All that said, I agree the iPad is really cool. I predict with absolute faith that the iPad and its clones…

• Multitasking In For iPhone 4.0?

  CmdrTaco

  11 Mar 2010 | 10:57 am

  The latest word on the iPhone is that the 4.0 OS will finally have honest-to-goodness multitasking. This could hopefully lead to things like a real chat client, and dangerous battery consumption. I still hope it's true.Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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  MacNewsWorld

• Will the iPad Bookshelves Be Sparsely Stocked?

  Erika Morphy

  12 Mar 2010 | 5:00 am

  There are rumors that Apple's iPad launch has already run into some rough patches that are uncharacteristic for the company, but how much substance is actually behind them? One frequently mentioned challenge is having a sufficiently impressive array of available content that's compatible with the device. The company reportedly has reduced the number of top-level categories in its iBookstore from 35 to perhaps as few as 20. That could mean that Apple is consolidating some categories to avoid displaying any that would appear understocked with iPad offerings.

• Vlingo Faces Off With the Dragon: A Speech-to-Text Smackdown

  Paul Hartsock

  11 Mar 2010 | 5:00 am

  When Apple enabled in-app purchases for iPhone applications, it seemed as though the days of "free" and "paid" versions of any given app were coming to an end. Soon, I thought, everything in the store would start out free as a teaser and then charge for an upgrade. That hasn't exactly panned out universally, but Vlingo's new voice application does charge in the way I thought all apps would charge by now. You can download it for free, but getting to the premium features costs $10. Vlingo is a speech-to-text app that can use that text in any of six general ways.

• EFF Knocks Apple for Dumping on Devs

  Renay San Miguel

  10 Mar 2010 | 3:17 pm

  The first rule of Apple's App Club is: You do not talk about App Club. Any developer who writes an app for the App Store is forbidden from making any public statements about the iPhone Developer Program Licensing Agreement. Second rule of App Club is: Said developers also can't sell their apps to other app stores, even if that app is eventually rejected by Apple. Third rule of App Club: You can't reverse engineer anything having to do with the App Store software development kit or the iPhone OS.

• Thunder in Cupertino Makes It Rain on Wall Street

  Richard Adhikari

  10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 am

  Apple has announced the iPad will hit retail shelves April 3, sending the adrenalin surging through competitors' veins. HP and several Chinese manufacturers have announced tablets in what might be perceived as an attempt to capitalize on the not-quite-a-laptop, not-really-a-netbook category. Meanwhile, in a move reminiscent of a high-level chess game, Cupertino has filed a patent suit against HTC, maker of the Google Nexus One smartphone. One of the complaints alleges HTC violated Apple's patent on touchscreens.

• Valve Opens Pipeline for Mac Gaming

  Erika Morphy

  9 Mar 2010 | 9:09 am

  Valve one of the largest distributors of online games, has announced that it will make its Steam online gaming service and proprietary gaming engine, Source, available on the Mac. The service, Steamworks for the Mac, comes equipped with Steam Play, a feature that allows play on either a PC or Mac at no additional charge. It also supports Steamworks APIs. The inclusion of WebKit into Steam and of OpenGL into Source gives the company a lot of flexibility, according to John Cook, director of Steam Development.

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• Apple loses key chip executive

  Brooke Crothers

  13 Mar 2010 | 9:36 am

  Sources say Dan Dobberpuhl, PA Semi's founder and pre-acquisition chief executive, has jumped ship to work at chip-related start-up Agnilux. Originally posted at Nanotech - The Circuits Blog

• Apple COO gets $5 million thank-you

  Erica Ogg

  12 Mar 2010 | 2:07 pm

  Tim Cook will get $5 million plus some extra stock options as a reward for filling in for Steve Jobs last year. Originally posted at Circuit Breaker

• Apple says iPad pre-orders start Friday morning

  Chris Matyszczyk

  11 Mar 2010 | 11:32 pm

  Company confirms that anyone who wants to order an iPad online can begin the quest early Friday--5:30 a.m PST, to be exact. You don't even have to get out of bed. Originally posted at Technically Incorrect

• Dolby bringing 3D voice chat to consoles, Mac

  Josh Lowensohn

  11 Mar 2010 | 8:01 am

  The audio specialist is bringing its 3D Axon technology to video game consoles as well as the Mac to enable a bunch of neat new voice chat tricks for console games. Originally posted at Web Crawler

• GDC talk: Legal pitfalls for iPhone app developers

  Josh Lowensohn

  10 Mar 2010 | 4:09 pm

  Despite the easy-peasy development nature of the iPhone, there are some big legal strings attached to getting an app out into the wild, especially for those trying to take their app out of the U.S. Originally posted at Web Crawler

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  iPhone Atlas

• Adult content: Risque iPhone apps

  Jasmine France

  12 Mar 2010 | 5:22 pm

  Who says you can't find naughty sex games and some females baring skin in iTunes? More than a few apps have made it past Apple's content filters. Here's a selection of adults-only apps, from the steamy to the downright absurd.

• A clipboard manager and 2D fighting at its best: iPhone apps of the week

  Jason Parker

  12 Mar 2010 | 3:22 pm

  This week's apps include a powerful clipboard manager to store information and media, and an enormously popular arcade fighting game that is now on the iPhone.

• Ideal iPhone apps for frequent fliers

  Kent German

  12 Mar 2010 | 12:51 pm

  CNET picks 10 good iPhone apps for frequent fliers.

• More possible iPad camera evidence surfaces

  David Martin

  11 Mar 2010 | 3:25 pm

  More clues are being discovered in hardware and software leading to speculation that the iPad can support a front-facing iSight camera.

• iPhone OS 3.2 Beta 4 yanks camera software support, developers gain gestures

  David Martin

  11 Mar 2010 | 3:17 pm

  As the iPhone OS ramps up to accommodate the upcoming iPad release, many are hoping for last-minute surprises, including a camera for every iPad. According to 9to5Mac, however, beta 4 of iPhone OS 3.2 isn't exciting so far.

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  CNET Blogs

• Report: Test can't re-create 'runaway' Prius

  Brooke Crothers

  14 Mar 2010 | 9:30 pm

  U.S. government memo says "runaway" Toyota incident in San Diego could not be replicated, according to an AP report.

• Mashup mocks SXSWi's 'geo' obsession, gender imbalance

  Caroline McCarthy

  14 Mar 2010 | 5:59 pm

  Two Digg employees have built "Wheretheladies.at," a relatively simple map mashup that tries to figure out which South by Southwest venues are populated by the most females.

• CNET readers' least favorite smartphones

  Bonnie Cha

  14 Mar 2010 | 5:14 pm

  CNET readers have their favorite smartphones and then they have their least favorite. Here are 10 models that didn't quite cut the muster.

• Buzz Out Loud Podcast 1184: Warning: BOL may result in loss of toe

  Jason Howell

  14 Mar 2010 | 1:51 pm

  Today's BOL happened before a live studio audience at SXSW in Austin, TX. Cali Lewis and Nicole Lee joined us on stage to discuss the state of SXSW Interactive, the on-going Google/China kerfuffle, and pharmaceutical companies' struggles to fit the risks of drugs into a Twitter-friendly 140 characters. Also, Cali Lewis nearly loses a toe.... um, sorry?

• At SXSWi, Facebook flexes its gaming muscle

  Caroline McCarthy

  14 Mar 2010 | 1:35 pm

  The social network's annual developer get-together as part of the South by Southwest Interactive Festival focused on how it can bring its Facebook Connect technology to gamers on disparate platforms.

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  MacBytes.com

• Adobe responds to Apple's issues regarding Flash on the iPhone and iPad

  13 Mar 2010 | 11:23 am

  News and Press Releases: Adobe responds to Apple's issues regarding Flash on the iPhone and iPad

• Apple Safari 4.0.5 patches critical vulnerabilities

  12 Mar 2010 | 7:02 am

  Apple Software: Safari 4.0.5 includes improvements to performance, stability, and security.

• Time Capsule "Sim Dual Band" Issue Fixed!?

  12 Mar 2010 | 7:02 am

  Apple Hardware: Time Capsule "Sim Dual Band" Issue Fixed!?

• NVIDIA: Tegra 2 Would Have Been Better than the A4

  12 Mar 2010 | 6:51 am

  Processors: NVIDIA: Tegra 2 Would Have Been Better than the A4

• Apple Details iPad 3G Service Sign-Up and Management

  12 Mar 2010 | 6:49 am

  Apple Services: With today's launch of iPad pre-orders in the U.S., Apple has also released additional information about the device and associated services. While 3G-capable models of the iPad will not be available until late April, Apple has provided an overview of how customers will sign up for and manage their 3G data service on the device.

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  Applelinks.com

• XstandPro and Xtand Pro XL Laptop Stands - Two Heights; One Sight

  Staff

  15 Mar 2010 | 2:57 am

  Just Mobile Xtand laptop stands are a stylish, sturdy choice made of solid aluminium matching the metal finish of the MacBook Pro........Continue Reading Filed under: Hardware | | | | | | | | |

• QuickNote 1.1.1 Free Combined Stickies And Clipboard Manager

  Staff

  15 Mar 2010 | 2:56 am

  This combined stickies and clipboard manager is useful to quickly jot down ideas and todos, store quotes, addresses or code snippets.......Continue Reading Filed under: Software Updates | Software News | Utilities | | | | | | | | |

• iCab Mobile (Web Browser) for the iPhone and iPod Touch

  Staff

  15 Mar 2010 | 2:54 am

  iCab Mobile is a web browser for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It is probably one of the iPhone browsers with the richest feature set. It provides many unique and useful features you won't find in other iPhone browsers.......Continue Reading Filed under: iPhone | iPhone Software | iPod | iPod Software | | | | | | | | |

• Imikimi St Patrick’s Day iPhone App on iTunes App Store Allows Personalized Shamrock Sharing

  Staff

  15 Mar 2010 | 2:52 am

  The Imikimi St Patrick's Day app, now available for iPhones and iPod Touch, allows photo memories to be shared online in scrapbook frames and cards created by Imikimi artists from around the world.......Continue Reading Filed under: iPhone | iPhone Software | | | | | | | | |

• Smultron 3.7a1 Powerful And Easy To Use Free Text Editor With Multiple Document Management

  Staff

  15 Mar 2010 | 2:49 am

  Smultron is a free text editor for Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 which is both easy to use and powerful. It is designed to neither confuse newcomers nor disappoint advanced users. It should work perfectly for a whole variety of needs - like web programming, script editing, making a to do list and so on.......Continue Reading Filed under: Software Updates | Software News | Writing/Publishing | | | | | | | | |

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• Free on iTunes: EveryTrail, The Amateur Traveler, French 24-7 Tutor and More

  webmaster@macobserver.com

  13 Mar 2010 | 8:00 am

  Vern peeps out EveryTrail, The Amateur Traveler Podcast, French 24/7 Tutor and much more this week in Free on iTunes.

• iPad: iPad Pre-Order Guesses Range from 15K to 25K Per Hour

  webmaster@macobserver.com

  12 Mar 2010 | 2:44 pm

  Apple’s per-hour total for iPad pre-orders could be somewhere in the range of 15,000 to 25,000, according to bloggers who have been tracking order numbers. The initial efforts began at Investor Village’s AAPL Sanity Board and Silicon Alley Insider; the former came in at 25,000 per hour and the latter at 20,000. Later estimates, a few hours later, were 15,000 and 16,000 per hour.

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  webmaster@macobserver.com

  12 Mar 2010 | 2:44 pm

• Apple Stock Watch: Apple Briefly Becomes Third Most Valuable Co. in the US

  webmaster@macobserver.com

  12 Mar 2010 | 1:47 pm

  The beginning of iPad pre-orders Friday morning led to a trading surge in Apple’s stock that briefly pushed its market capitalization ahead of Wal-Mart’s, thanks to a dip in the latter’s stock, noted Fortune’s Philip Elmer-DeWitt. Apple shares hit US$227.73 before retreating and ending the day at $226.60, up $1.10.

• News: Microsoft Loses Another Word XML Patent Appeal

  webmaster@macobserver.com

  12 Mar 2010 | 1:15 pm

  Microsoft has lost another appeal of an August 2009 court judgment that found the company in infringement of XML patents owned by i4i. Those patents cover the use of XML in Microsoft Word 2003 and 2007, and the US$240 million decision forced Microsoft to begin removing the functionality from those applications.

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  Apple Hot News

• iPad Now Available for Pre-Order

  12 Mar 2010 | 2:06 pm

  Starting today, you can pre-order your iPad from the Apple Online Store and have it delivered free to your door. Or buy it at your favorite Apple Retail Store starting April 3.

• New and Improved FileMaker Pro 11

  12 Mar 2010 | 12:12 pm

  FileMaker, Inc. announced this week the immediate availability of FileMaker Pro 11. Packed with new and innovative features led by charting, ”on the fly” reporting, a new Quick Find capability, and a host of productivity tools for easier database creation, FileMaker Pro 11 makes using databases easier and quicker than ever.

• Final Cut Studio at the Oscars

  12 Mar 2010 | 12:08 pm

  CNET News reports that 9 out of 10 of this year’s nominees in the Documentary Feature and Documentary Short categories used Final Cut Studio to make their films, including category winners “The Cove” and “Music by Prudence.”

• iPad Available in US on April 3

  5 Mar 2010 | 9:09 am

  Apple today announced that its magical and revolutionary iPad will be available in the US on Saturday, April 3, for Wi-Fi models and in late April for Wi-Fi + 3G models. In addition, all models of iPad will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK in late April. Beginning a week from today, March 12, US customers can pre-order both Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + 3G models from Apple’s online store or reserve a Wi-Fi model to pick up on Saturday, April 3, at an Apple retail store.

• Apple World’s Most Admired Company

  4 Mar 2010 | 10:30 am

  For the third year in a row Apple has been named the World’s Most Admired Company by Fortune Magazine — this year by the widest margin ever. What makes Apple so admired? Fortune explains: “Product, product, product. This is the company that has changed the way we do everything from consume music to design products to engage with the world around us.” Apple also ranked #1 in Innovation among all companies.

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  ATMac

• The Ultimate MacSpeech Dictate 1.5 Global Commands List

  Ricky Buchanan

  10 Mar 2010 | 2:12 pm

  This entry is part 22 of 22 in the series Speech-to-Text CompilationMacSpeech Dictate is a great program but learning so many commands at once can be intimidating. I’ve put together another document to help you learn and remember all the global commands found in Dictate version 1.5.*. MacSpeech Dictate has two types of commands - global commands and application specific commands. The global commands work in all programs and the application-specific commands work only in a single application, for example Mail, Safari, or iChat. This document is only concerned with the global commands,…

• Morse Code For Computer Control: TandemMaster

  Ricky Buchanan

  8 Mar 2010 | 12:19 pm

  The TandemMaster Morse-2-USB interface is a fantastic device which converts morse code entered by two switches into keyboard presses and mouse movements. It gives the user complete control of a computer, as much as any regular keyboard/mouse user would have. This video - featuring Tania Comb who created the TandemMaster - gives you a great idea of how the device can be used with any computer: As you can see, Tania’s not using any switch access software on the computer itself - just the Tandem Master. Because what the computer “sees” connected to it isn’t a pair of…

• SpeakingFox: Tell Firefox To Talk

  Ricky Buchanan

  25 Feb 2010 | 7:38 pm

  Firefox generally doesn’t let you use a lot of OS X’s accessibility features, including the services menu and some of OS X’s regular keyboard shortcuts. One effect of this is that really easy method for speaking the highlighted text when you press a key doesn’t work. The Firefox extension SpeakingFox fills this gap with some nifty context menu options which pass the currently highlighted text to OS X’s default speech engine. SpeakingFox presents its options via the context menu If you don’t highlight any text, selecting “Start speaking text”…

• Fiddle-Proof iPod For An Autistic Child

  Ricky Buchanan

  22 Feb 2010 | 9:54 pm

  I got a reader question a few days ago which initially had me stumped. The author has a child with autism who is greatly calmed during car journeys by listening to an iPod. However, due to the child’s autism, they fiddle with the iPod buttons incessantly and occasionally turn it off or pause the sound by accident, then being unable to turn the sound back on again and becoming agitated. The reader asked if I had any ideas for preventing this. After a few days thought, I’ve come up with two ideas that I think would be workable: iPod Shuffle + Regular Headphones If you obtain one of…

• Nuance Buys MacSpeech: What Now?

  Ricky Buchanan

  20 Feb 2010 | 5:05 am

  It’s been announced that the MacSpeech company has been purchased by Nuance. Nuance are the company behind the Windows product “Dragon NaturallySpeaking“ and other recent Dragon products for iPod Touch and iPhone. So what does this mean for MacSpeech Dictate and the other MacSpeech products? Nuance are quick to assure us that “nothing will change in the near term” but I think things will change for the better. Nuance is a much bigger company than MacSpeech - the Windows market has always been more than ten times bigger than the Mac OS X market, and the company…

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  Macresearch

• iNMR link to DOSY Toolbox

  drc

  11 Mar 2010 | 2:02 am

  The importance of High Resolution PFG-NMR data for mixture analysis is steadily increasing but there is no single way to process such data. read more

• Tips for Presenting like a Prince

  drewmccormack

  28 Feb 2010 | 8:27 am

  Author: Drew McCormack Company: The Mental Faculty For the last week I’ve been attending NSConference US. If you’re a Mac or iPhone developer, and didn’t attend, I’m afraid you missed out big time. It was a great conference, with great speakers, and great attendees. In short: great. This year I was also presenting at the conference. In fact, somehow I was convinced to talk more than anyone else, at least in hourly terms. I think my talks went well. I’m not as funny as the Lee twins — Graham and Mike — nor as experienced as Jonathan ‘Wolf’…

• Mental Case Flashcards for iPhone Review at MacWorld

  dgohara

  17 Feb 2010 | 5:25 pm

  Jeff Phillips over at Macworld has a review of the Mental Case flashcard application by The Mental Faculty*. For those of you not familiar with Mental Case: Mental Case is the ultimate study tool for Mac OS X and iPhone, combining traditional flashcards with the latest learning techniques. Use it to learn a language, memorize trivia, or study for an exam. Enter your information directly, or import it from online sources like The Flashcard Exchange. Mental Case automatically generates lessons for you, syncs them to your iPhone or iPod touch, and even tells you when to study. *Disclaimer: Drew…

• Apple Automation Webcast

  dgohara

  15 Feb 2010 | 2:56 pm

  On Tuesday February 16, at 10:00 am pacific time, MacEnterprise will host a webcast featuring Apple's Sal Sogohian. Sal is the product manager for Apple's automation products, including AppleScript and Automator, and is the author of AppleScript 1-2-3. The webcast info: Webcast URL: http://webcast.training.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WebCastViewer.woa Webcast ID: MacEnterprise Passcode: 805613 read more

• 3D ChemDoodle Web Components

  drc

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:03 am

  WebGL has been quickly progressing, and we have been hard at work building our 3D ChemDoodle Web Components. I present the release of ChemDoodle Web Components 3.0, which contain the alpha development versions of the 3D ChemDoodle Web Components. I also discuss some of the programmatic details involved with WebGL and how to obtain the development browsers required to use WebGL technologies. Lastly, I give a brief review of the current events releated to HTML5/Canvas technology since my last article. read more

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  Yahoo!

• Apple to replace iPad batteries with a new iPad (Macworld.com)

  14 Mar 2010 | 8:36 pm

  Macworld.com - After facing criticism—and lawsuits—in the past over the irreplaceable batteries in its products, Apple appears determined to get in front of the issue with the iPad. Three weeks before shipping its new tablet, the company announced an iPad battery replacement program.

• iPad Swapped if its Battery Fails, Apple Says (PC World)

  13 Mar 2010 | 12:47 pm

  PC World - If you're one of the folks (or as others have said, "idiots") who have already decided to hand over a few Benjamins for an iPad pre-order, chances are you haven't given much thought to what happens if your battery goes bad. Rest assured that Apple is one step ahead of you.

• Molding the iPad into a Business Tool (PC World)

  13 Mar 2010 | 10:14 am

  PC World - The Apple iPad has been available for pre-order for more than 24 hours now. Initial demand seems promising, although not everyone has embraced the concept of dedicating $500 or more to be an early adopter of a device that nobody really has all the details on just yet.

• Aspyr reveals new plans for The Secret of Monkey Island for Mac (Macworld.com)

  13 Mar 2010 | 10:00 am

  Macworld.com - On Wednesday at the GDC, LucasArts unveiled its plans for The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition. The game will be distributed for the Mac by Aspyr, and sold through the GameAgent online store for $10.

• Steve Jobs finally wins approval to tear down house... possibly (Macworld.com)

  13 Mar 2010 | 8:52 am

  Macworld.com - Steve Jobs is accustomed to bringing the house down—unveiling remarkable devices like the iPad, the iPhone, and the original iPod make that a pretty common occurrence. Now, though, after an extended battle, the Apple CEO can finally bring down the other house he’s been trying to raze for so long. Maybe.

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  Insanely Great Mac

• What new things we've learned about the iPad

  14 Mar 2010 | 10:06 am

  Apple has posted a lot of information about the iPad. Much of it was covered in the introduction, but Apple has filled in some blanks.

• Speculation sees iPad sales strong, signs of shortages

  13 Mar 2010 | 8:31 am

  Reality or hype? Every official indication appears that the iPad launch is going according to plan. The company still lists April 3rd delivery for pre-orders and in-store pick up. Still, speculation before the day it went on sale finished saw concerns of iPad shortages.

• TomTom 1.3, CoPilot updates hits iTunes Store

  13 Mar 2010 | 7:23 am

  Two popular GPS navigation app updates have hit the iTunes Store.

• Novothink ships solar-powered iPhone, iPod Touch Case

  11 Mar 2010 | 5:20 pm

  Thursday company started shipping cases for the iPhone 3G/3GS and iPod Touch featuring a solar charging battery.

• iPad to pre-order/reservation at 8:30 EST?

  11 Mar 2010 | 4:41 pm

  We had the day, and it appears we have a time for the iPad launch.

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  AppleInsider

• NYT: Steve Jobs feels Google betrayed Apple by mimicking iPhone

  13 Mar 2010 | 3:30 pm

  Apple co-founder Steve Jobs feels that Google "violated the alliance" it had with Apple when the search giant began producing cellphones that resemble the iPhone, according to a The New York Times piece that details the bitter rivalry between the two technology giants.

• Apple to replace iPads in need of new battery for $99

  13 Mar 2010 | 11:30 am

  Apple said this week that it will offer a Battery Replacement Service for its new iPad tablet that is similar to the one offered for iPhones and iPods, only this time the company plans to replace the entire device rather than swap out its depleted battery.

• Former P.A. Semi chief leaves Apple for chip startup - report

  13 Mar 2010 | 11:00 am

  P.A. Semi founder and chief executive Dan Dobberpuhl, who joined Apple as part of the acquisition of his company two years ago, has since left the iPhone maker for a startup venture, according to a published report.

• Roughly 10% of Microsoft employees said to be iPhone owners

  13 Mar 2010 | 9:50 am

  Although it's no secret that members of Microsoft's leadership frown upon employees who choose an Apple iPhone over one running the company's own Windows Mobile operating system, approximately 1 in 10 still veer towards the forbidden fruit and sometimes go to great lengths to conceal them on the job.

• Apple COO Tim Cook awarded $22 million bonus

  12 Mar 2010 | 2:00 pm

  Apple said Friday that Chief Operating Office Tim Cook was awarded nearly 22 million in stock- and cash-based compensation for his performance running the company during Steve Jobs' absence last year.

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  MacTalk News

• Storing And Syncing Your Private Data With 1Password

  Matt Blake

  14 Mar 2010 | 10:23 pm

  Most great products start with a question in the mind of the consumer being heard by some opportunistic, clever designer or inventor. 1Password is a perfect example of a great development team answering a call; the call in this case being, “Why can’t I just have one password for everything?” The end result of their hard work is a beautiful, practical and elegant application on both Mac and iPhone/iPod Touch that does all the leg work for you when it comes to storing and simplifying all your web logins, banking information, software registrations and user account information (and more),…

• QUT Online Experience Survey

  Anthony Agius

  14 Mar 2010 | 5:56 pm

  MacTalker Tom Chen is conducting a survey for his PhD work at QUT and has asked for some help, particularly since his work related to online communities. I am a PhD candidate at Queensland University of Technology. I would like to invite you to participate in a survey that is crucial to my research. I am conducting research into how and why consumers share their experiences of using mobile online services, particularly with friends or acquaintances in real life and in online communities e.g. iPhone and Android online forums, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc. Your responses are expected to…

• Monday Morning News

  Benny Ling

  14 Mar 2010 | 1:43 pm

  Gentlemen, it looks like Apple’s Patent War on Everything has only just begun – new patent filings released by the US Patent Office reveal some really hi-tech multi-touch related patents I can’t make heads or tails of. However, the patents do mention they they can also be applied to devices like the iPod, and even future computers. Surprised? I’m not. One for your Instapaper lists this morning is that the New York Times says that “Mr. Jobs, Mr. Schmidt and their companies are now engaged in a gritty battle royale over the future and shape of mobile computing and…

• I Love the iTunes Store – But…

  Anthony Agius

  13 Mar 2010 | 11:35 pm

  I’m a filthy stinking pirate. I download gigabytes upon gigabytes of TV shows, movies and music. I have a 30TB file server (yes, I really do) that holds it all and lets me share it with my friends. I am a media whore. I want to watch everything, listen to everything. BitTorrent, Usenet and file sharing forums all let me dive right in to the flowing river of delicious content and rub my body all over it’s digital goodness. Mmmm. Without this sort of access to the stuff I crave, being limited by what is portioned out to me on commercial TV, or what is sold in a store, I would be a…

• Weekend News

  Rémy Numa

  13 Mar 2010 | 4:48 pm

  Today brings us one day further along the iPad countdown road, with the pre-order floodgates opening in the U.S. yesterday. Apple posted some more screenshots of individual apps to come with the device on their website (Apple – iPad – Features) while also bringing some much-needed information about accessories in a dedicated page (Apple – iPad – Accessories). They still leave us without word of an exact release date or price here in Australia. It turns out that Apple aficionados don’t mind reserving a device they haven’t been able to get their hands on yet,…

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  Macs Only!

• Hands-On Review: 128GB RunCore Pro IV SSD--60-Day Update

  28 Feb 2010 | 10:00 pm

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• Apple introduced the iPad

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• Apple posted record earnings per share for Q1 of 2010, beats estimate by 26%

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• Hands-On Review: Mac OS X 10.6.2--3D graphics speed increase?

  3 Jan 2010 | 10:00 pm

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  prmac.com

• TheMacBundles Launches Build Your Own Bundle Store and New Bundle

  15 Mar 2010 | 12:30 am

  TheMacBundles today released its March bundle and a new and innovative Build Your Own Bundle store. TheMacBundles has set a new standard of quality and value with its high quality, low priced bundles. These no-gimmick bundles provide users with the same software, support, licenses, and upgrade benefits that apply to users who paid the full price for the titles. The new BYOB store maintains these high standards and lets users create their own customized bundles with some simple mouse clicks.

• TweetyShow 1.0 for iPhone - Shows Photos Being Posted on Twitter, Live

  14 Mar 2010 | 1:15 pm

  Nicolas Seriot and Anton Anton today announces TweetyShow 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch. TweetyShow shows photos posted on Twitter in real time. iPhone users can scroll through an endless grid of photos coming live from the Twitter-sphere. The result is a strange, addictive and poetic experience. Whereas Twitter communication is traditionally text only, Twitter users frequently post links to photos, using services like Twitpic or Yfrog. TweetyShow's goal is to put these photos in the spotlight.

• Asteroid shooter 1.0 released - New iPhone Game

  14 Mar 2010 | 9:23 am

  Independent software developer Martin Knotek has released Asteroid shooter 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch. Asteroid shooter is classic arcade game, with cool space design, where the goal is to shoot all asteroids in the playfield. The game is simple with focus just on the gaming experience and the player is not bothered with any quests and complicated user interface. Each level is uniquely designed with excellent space backgrounds. The game is fast with immediate changes between the levels.

• ACTRocket 1.1 - Web Search Accelerator for iPhone and iPod touch

  14 Mar 2010 | 9:22 am

  Houdah Software has released ACTRocket 1.1 for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. ACTRocket allows for quick searching of web sites and search engines. It not only speeds up the process, it saves on your data plan: you no longer need to load web pages just to get to the search form. Running a web search couldn't be any faster. Just type "g houdah" to search Google for the word houdah. Type "y houdah" for the same search using Yahoo! ACTRocket 1.1 adds a built-in browser.

• Touch Cams 1.6.1 webcams viewer for iPhone and iPod touch

  14 Mar 2010 | 9:15 am

  Independent developer Pere Orra has announced Touch Cams 1.6.1 for iPhone and iPod touch devices. Touch Cams is a webcams viewer that lets you freely distribute the cams on as many screens you may need. Touch Cams now includes a complete webcams database that will be increased with every new release. Touch Cams 1.6.1 includes a new webcams database now with more than 1500 cams from 63 countries and 475 cities and regions.

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  Inside Mac Games

• Razer Committed To Mac Users

  12 Mar 2010 | 6:00 am

  March 12, 2010 6:00 AMAt this year's Game Developers Conference, Razer, a manufacturer of high-end precision gaming and lifestyle peripherals, announced an effort to increase support for Mac users by issuing driver support for all upcoming Razer products, including the Razer StarCraft II peripheral suite.“I’m very proud to say that at Razer, we are committed to supporting both Mac and PC gamers,” said Robert “Razerguy” Krakoff, president, Razer USA. “We are constantly working to increase driver support for Mac with our existing Razer products and have plans to release all of our…

• The Secret Of Monkey Island: SE Pre-Order Announced

  12 Mar 2010 | 6:00 am

  March 12, 2010 6:00 AMAspyr Media has added Lucasarts' The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition for Mac to GameAgent, its digital download store. Currently available for pre-order the game is a "reimagining" of the original 1990 game, updated with contemporary art, remastered music, full voiceover, and a new hint system. The Secret of Monkey Island™: Special Edition faithfully re-imagines the internationally-acclaimed classic game (originally released in 1990) for original and new audiences alike. The game is brought into the modern era with an all new re-imagined contemporary art…

• WarBirds: Dogfights Digital Download Available

  12 Mar 2010 | 6:00 am

  March 12, 2010 6:00 AMMacgamestore.com has announced the digital download release of Warbirds: Dogfights for the Macintosh. The game is an action-air combat game that puts players in the cockpit of the greatest World War II air combat planes during the pivotal battles of the war. The game was developed and published by iEntertainment Network. The game features the ability to engage in dogfights as a member of either the Allies or Axis powers, more than 100 realistically modeled WWII aircraft and realistic game environments from both the European and Pacific battle theaters of WWII. In…

• Namco Unveils UniteSDK Crossplatform Tech

  12 Mar 2010 | 6:00 am

  March 12, 2010 6:00 AMNamco Networks has announced the launch of Pool Pro Online 3, the first of a series of games using UniteSDK, Namco’s proprietary technology that provides cross-platform play. PPO3 and some future Namco titles will allow gamers to connect with players on a variety of platforms. According to Jonathan Kromrey, general manager of apple games for Namco Networks, “This is only the beginning of where we are going as a company. Over the next several months, we will roll out a series of other features and games that are powered by UniteSDK, including tournaments for Pool Pro…

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  MacUser news

• Security firm miffed at iPhone rebuke

  12 Mar 2010 | 3:54 am

  The founder of a leading PC security firm claims Apple is blocking attempts to bring third-party security software to the iPhone.

• MacUser new issue: complete iPhone buyers' guide

  12 Mar 2010 | 2:43 am

  The new issue of MacUser is out and here are 10 reasons why every Mac user should have a copy.

• Apple patches Safari security, stability

  12 Mar 2010 | 1:12 am

  Apple has released an update to Safari that addresses a number of performance issues and security vulnerabilities.

• MEPs say no to international copyright treaty

  11 Mar 2010 | 4:16 am

  The European Parliament has almost unanimously rejected a proposed international trade agreement that would provide unprecedented new powers to tackle file sharing and other copyright offences.

• HP, Microsoft bank on Flash to battle iPad

  11 Mar 2010 | 3:18 am

  HP is touting support for Flash as a key feature of its forthcoming Slate PC, which will go head-to-head with the iPad as the first in a new generation of Windows-based tablets.

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  MacMost

• MacMost Now 371: Running Windows On Your Mac

  Gary Rosenzweig

  12 Mar 2010 | 9:14 am

  You can run Windows on your Mac using either Boot Camp, a virtualization solution like Parallels, VMWare Fusion or VirtualBox, or a Win32 API solution like Wine to run individual applications. See the advantages and disadvantages of each.

• New Mac Developer Program, New Mac Games

  Gary Rosenzweig

  11 Mar 2010 | 8:44 am

  Last Friday Apple overhauled the Mac Developer program for the first time in years. Gone is the tiered system, replaced with a single $99 price. But also gone is the hardware discount. Thought some developers point out that with a $99 program replacing a $500 one, the savings are close to the hardware discount anyway. Unlike [...]

• MacMost Now 370: Using Growl to Get Notifications

  Gary Rosenzweig

  10 Mar 2010 | 7:50 am

  The free Mac OS X extension Growl allows some of your applications to send you screen and audible notifications when events occur, like incoming email or completed downloads. You can even pass these notifications on to your iPhone. Check it out to see if it is something you can use.

• MacMost Now 369: Saving Paper with Print Layout

  Gary Rosenzweig

  8 Mar 2010 | 8:07 am

  When you print documents from your Mac just to read them away from your desk, you can choose Layout in the print dialog to save paper. You can put 2, 4 or more pages onto one sheet of paper this way. It is handy for long documents and multi-page receipts.

• MacMost Now 368: Send vCards in Email

  Gary Rosenzweig

  5 Mar 2010 | 5:27 am

  You can easily export vCards from the Mac OS X Address Book and send them in email messages. The recipient can then easily add all of your contact information to their Address Book or other contact management software.

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  Macenstein

• Poll: What Should Steve Jobs name his Autobiography?

  Dr. Macenstein

  12 Mar 2010 | 4:54 pm

  Well, we’ve gone through all your brilliant submissions for our What Should Steve Jobs name his Autobiography contest, and we’ve narrowed it down to what we feel are the 10 best choices. Now, normally our egos would demand that we pick the winning entry, but for once we’re actually going to pretend we care [...]

• Aww crap, and my birthday just passed…

  Dr. Macenstein

  11 Mar 2010 | 8:06 am

  Each year people ask me what I want for my birthday, and each year I can’t think of anything that I want that costs less than $300, so I get nothing. Yet take a look at these kick-ass iPhone app icon Refrigerator magnets! At only $12.99 they would have made the perfect gift! [...]

• That’s either a very symmetrically placed piece of dust… OR….

  Dr. Macenstein

  8 Mar 2010 | 12:32 pm

  OMG THE iPAD HAS A CAMERA! OK, I won’t say the iPad is going to ship with a camera, or even that that is what we are seeing here in Apple’s iPad ad, but as faithful Macenstein reader Mike points out, that does kinda sorta look like the spot a camera WOULD go, if the [...]

• 7 things Apple can do to REALLY clean up the App Store

  Dr. Macenstein

  7 Mar 2010 | 6:57 pm

  When Apple decided to make its somewhat arbitrary iTunes “porn” (and I use the term loosely) purge last month, one of the made up reasons it gave for justifying the move was that developers and customers were finding it hard to find quality apps amidst all the “adult” material. Well as we saw, [...]

• Apple’s most successful Hollywood product placements

  Dr. Macenstein

  7 Mar 2010 | 6:02 am

  Speaking of beautiful celebrity Mac Chicks, I used to follow Alyssa Milano on Twitter, not only because she is still remarkably hot, but she is one of the true celebrity geek girls out there, as well as a die hard Mac Chick. However, being a celebrity apparently comes with a LOT of free time, and [...]

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  MacUpdate - Mac OS X

• chatlinQ 0.2.260 - Chat client for users of Gay.com. (Free)

  14 Mar 2010 | 10:37 pm

  chatlinQ 0.2.260chatLinQ...3rd Party Chat software for Gay.com users.REQUIREMENTSMac OS X 10.5 or later.PRICEFreeDEVELOPERJack CarbaughDOWNLOADS16DOWNLOAD NOW (1.3 MB)More information

• WouldjaDraw 1.3, 50% off

  14 Mar 2010 | 9:00 pm

  WouldjaDraw 1.3WouldjaDraw is an inexpensive but powerful drawing application. Complete with powerful tools, flexible palettes, and a clear, intuitive interface, WouldjaDraw is perfect for casual to professional users who need to produce high-quality drawings incorporating linear shapes, bezier curves, rich text and color gradients with a minimum of fuss.  WouldjaDraw is a Universal Binary for Mac OS X 10.4 or later. Features: Powerful Drawing Tools: WouldjaDraw's easy-to-use tools let you draw anything you can imagine. WouldjaDraw even provides a Bezier curve tool, a feature usually only…

• Fractal Domains 2.0.9 - Create fractal images. (Shareware)

  14 Mar 2010 | 7:50 pm

  Fractal Domains 2.0.9Fractal Domains is a program that generates color fractal images. With it, you can explore and create an unlimited variety of images. Fractal Domains offers several options for producing striking variations, and it includes advanced features for producing high-quality images. WHAT'S NEWVersion 2.0.9: Happy Pi Day! The following bugs have been fixed: 1) There are several bugs involving the rendering of large images. First of all, please note that images in Fractal Domains are limited to a maximum size of 32,767 x 32,767. This is pretty big; images larger that this are not…

• PacketStream 3.1 - Easy way to configure/use Apple network monitoring tools. (Shareware)

  14 Mar 2010 | 7:41 pm

  PacketStream 3.1PacketStream provides point-and-click activation of the Mac's built-in network monitoring program, which is usually available only from the command line. By clicking a few buttons, you can monitor data as it streams over your network--especially useful for checking web traffic, network bottlenecks, or even suspicious network activity. All network data is displayed in the application itself, and you can save the data to a file for further analysis later. PacketStream provides a user-friendly way to configure and use the Mac's network monitoring tools. It is easier than typing…

• QuickWho 2.2 - Graphical interface to the Unix whois tool. (Shareware)

  14 Mar 2010 | 7:29 pm

  QuickWho 2.2QuickWho provides a handy graphical interface to the Unix "whois" command-line utility, which is used to find out more about who registered a particular Internet domain name. Are you curious about who owns a particular domain name? Do you want to contact them, or gather more information about them? QuickWho can help you with these tasks. QuickWho compared to other "whois" tools: * Simpler than using the command-line. Type, hit return, and view the data. *Faster than other GUI tools: tree view makes it easy to query multiple servers with mouse or keyboard clicks. * Less cumbersome…

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  The Mac Lawyer

• Which iPad for My Pad?

  J. Benjamin Stevens

  14 Mar 2010 | 10:01 pm

  Shortly after Steve Jobs' announcement, I knew without a doubt that I was getting an iPad.  The question though was just which one.  For weeks, I agonized over whether to go with the 3g model or wi-fi only, and I vacillated many times.  In the end, I opted for the 64gb wi-fi only model, and I am confident that I made the right decision – at least the right one for me.  Initially, I wanted the wi-fi model simply because it was available 30 days sooner than the 3g model.  However, the more I thought about it, that became less of…

• Apple Is Fortune's Most Admired Company - Again

  J. Benjamin Stevens

  7 Mar 2010 | 9:01 pm

  It should be no surprise that Apple was voted first in Fortune's annual list of the most admired businesses. It may be surprising that it won by the highest victory margin ever!  This was Apple's third win in a row, and experts say that the reason for the admiration is said to be "fierce" consumer loyalty, and continually innovative products.  So apparently it's not just "fanboys" who think a lot of Apple and its amazing products! Source: "Apple wins Fortune's Most Admired Company for 2010" published at MacNN

• Free Federal Rules of Evidence 2010

  J. Benjamin Stevens

  4 Mar 2010 | 9:02 pm

  Did you know that you can download a free pdf version of the Federal Rules of Evidence 2010 from the Federal Evidence Review website? This pdf gives you a number of benefits including: Fully searchable text using the Acrobat Reader Search tool; Hyperlink (jump links) on the Index page to take you directly to a specific rule; Links to online versions of the FRE; and Link to the FRE Advisory Committee Notes online. You can download your free copy by clicking here.  Of course, if you save the link you should be able to get updates as they are made to the document. …

• Thoughts About How Lawyers Can Use Scrivener

  J. Benjamin Stevens

  3 Mar 2010 | 5:08 pm

  One question that I am frequently asked is "What's the best word processing program for the Mac?"  Niki Black published an article last week giving her thoughts about Scrivener, which is described on its website as a "word processor and project management tool created specifically for writers of long texts."  Niki wrote that she finds Scrivener to be an invaluable tool that helps make the process of writing and organizing the information she collects so much simpler and streamlined, and she explained how this might benefit attorneys.  For instance, each…

• Excellent Resource for iPads and the Lawyers Who Will Use Them

  J. Benjamin Stevens

  24 Feb 2010 | 9:04 pm

  A superb new blog, Tablet Legal, was launched just under a month ago, and Josh Barrett has already published several excellent articles about iPads and the attorneys who will use them.  For instance, consider the following topics: iPad as Personal Assistant for Lawyers: Siri iPad: Easy Enough for a Lawyer to Use iPad = Flexibility for Lawyers iPad and Storytelling for Lawyers iPad Missing Features? A Lawyer’s View iPad Specs from a Lawyer’s Perspective If you intend to purchase an iPad or want to consider the reasons that you should, then you owe it to yourself to subscribe…

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  World of Apple

• Rivalry Between Apple and Google Detailed

  Alex Brooks

  14 Mar 2010 | 6:17 am

  Jobs and Schmidt shake hands at iPhone launch in January 2007 The increasing rivalry between Apple and Google has been in the spotlight recently and now The New York Times has published a four page report on the ongoing relationship between to the two mammoth corporations. The article covers many details of the increasing number of spats, starting out by detailing Apple’s suit against HTC which many believe is a wider attack against Google and its Android smartphone operating system. At the heart of their dispute is a sense of betrayal: Mr. Jobs believes that Google violated the…

• Estimates Suggest 50,000 iPad Orders in Opening Hours

  Alex Brooks

  13 Mar 2010 | 7:12 am

  Estimates from Friday’s iPad pre-orders suggest that 50,000 iPad units were pre-ordered in the first two hours with 90,000 at the six hour mark. Members of Investor Village’s AAPL Sanity Board put together a spreadsheet to estimate the number of pre-orders based on order numbers. The results as pointed out by Fortune’s Apple 2.0 blog say that after two hours of iPad availability Victor Castroll announced “51,000 orders in two hours” on the board. The estimates were made by looking at two order numbers 30 minutes apart and accounting for the estimated 15,000…

• Rumour Points Towards iPhone OS 4.0 Multitasking

  Alex Brooks

  13 Mar 2010 | 5:40 am

  iPhone 3GS | Image courtesy of Apple According to a new rumour Apple will silence the critics by bringing multitasking to the next major update to the iPhone operating system. The update will allow “several third party apps to run concurrently and in the background” writes AppleInsider. According to AppleInsider “people with a proven track record” say that Apple has developed a “full-on solution” to multitasking on the iPhone. Details of how multitasking was implemented was withheld from the sources as iPhone OS 4.0 development “has a quite ‘way…

• FCC Receives iPad Submissions From Apple

  Alex Brooks

  13 Mar 2010 | 4:31 am

  A pair of filings for the iPad have appeared in the Federal Communications Commission database just a day after Apple made the iPad available for pre-order. The filings discovered by Engadget are for the Wi-Fi (A1219) and the Wi-Fi + 3G (A1337) models of the iPad. The filings reveal very few details as Apple has requested 180 days of confidentiality on external photos, internal photos, test setup photos and the user manual. What is revealed is that both models have been tested for 802.11a/b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.0, the Wi-Fi + 3G model has been tested for GSM 850/1900 and UMTS 850/1900.

• Tim Cook Awarded $22 Million Bonus

  Alex Brooks

  13 Mar 2010 | 3:48 am

  Apple yesterday filed a Form-8K with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the United States to inform investors that the company’s board had unanimously a one time bonus for Apple COO Tim Cook. Tim Cook who took the place of Steve Jobs during the first half of 2009 was awarded a discretionary bonus of $5,000,000 and 75,000 stocks “in recognition of his outstanding performance in assuming the day-to-day operations of the Company for the period in fiscal 2009″. The recommendation for compensation was put forward by Steve Jobs. View entire form 8K (PDF).

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  iPhonefreak

• This Week’s App Store Updates – 12th March 2010

  Andy Boxall

  12 Mar 2010 | 6:05 am

  Browsing the App Store this weekend?  Here are ten new or updated apps worth taking a closer look at if you are: F1 2010 Timing App – Championship Pass. Released a while back, it’s worth drawing attention to this amazing app this weekend, as the first 2010 Formula One race takes [...]

• Rumor resurge: Multitasking coming to iPhone OS 4.0

  Robert Nelson

  12 Mar 2010 | 2:47 am

  Multitasking on the iPhone, its a rumor that seems like it will not go away until it comes true. And recently that rumor has come forward once again, this time its coming courtesy of an Apple Insider report. According to the details; “Apple this summer will go a long way towards silencing critics and catering to [...]

• Twitter app Tweetie 2 gets an update, added support for Foursquare and more

  Robert Nelson

  12 Mar 2010 | 2:36 am

  One of the more popular Twitter apps, Tweetie 2, has recently been updated and with it comes a few changes and additions. To begin with, the app was updated to version 2.1.1 and has been given compatibility for OS 3.2. That means it should look nicer when used on the iPad. Other additions and changes include Foursquare [...]

• US iPad pre-orders to begin at 5:30 AM (PST) tomorrow

  Tim Bradbury

  11 Mar 2010 | 8:21 pm

  Apple’s website was updated on March 5th with a graphic that read “Starting March 12, pre-order from the Apple Online Store or reserve for pickup at an Apple Retail Store.” For those of you out there who are just dying to get your pre-order in (I know you’re out there,) you can head over to [...]

• Barnes & Noble eReader coming to the iPad

  Tim Bradbury

  11 Mar 2010 | 7:42 pm

  Earlier today, Barnes & Noble, the largest book retailer in the United States, publicly announced its plan to release an eReader application for the iPad. This application will be available around the time of the iPad launch and is presumably free (much like all of Barnes & Noble’s other eReader apps.) Barnes & Noble’s eBookstore store [...]

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  Mac Amour

• “Street Fighter IV” for iPhone OS to Come soon

  Hedi Regaya

  6 Mar 2010 | 6:51 am

  Capcom is planning on bringing Street Fighter 4, to the App Store despite the iPhone and iPod Touch’s lack of waggling physical controls… but now we can see exactly how the iconic fighting game will... Blog about Mac Computers, Apple Product and Design (from Photography, to Architecture). Embedded videos, apple commercials, photos, news, download links, a lot of tips and tricks, tutorials. Anything you need to make your Macintosh experience UNIQUE!

• Spymac is Officially dead

  Hedi Regaya

  28 Feb 2010 | 4:10 pm

  As an old member of Spymac I’m very affected to see this great site closed. If only they kept the classic, the classic way… For the nostalgic of you, the cult members of Spymac can be... Blog about Mac Computers, Apple Product and Design (from Photography, to Architecture). Embedded videos, apple commercials, photos, news, download links, a lot of tips and tricks, tutorials. Anything you need to make your Macintosh experience UNIQUE!

• Timezones IBM like wallpaper

  Hedi Regaya

  26 Feb 2010 | 10:14 pm

  Timezones Originally uploaded by Dominic Kamp Completely fell in love with this wallpaper, it is inspired by IBM/Lenovo classic world map timezones bundled wallpaper.Here is what it looks like... Blog about Mac Computers, Apple Product and Design (from Photography, to Architecture). Embedded videos, apple commercials, photos, news, download links, a lot of tips and tricks, tutorials. Anything you need to make your Macintosh experience UNIQUE!

• Track Your Mousing, Make Your Own Artwork

  Hedi Regaya

  26 Feb 2010 | 7:01 am

  Ever wondered what your mouse pointer actually does all day? Ever wanted to have a way of tracking where it goes while you work, and exporting that information as a map of your daily mousings? If you... Blog about Mac Computers, Apple Product and Design (from Photography, to Architecture). Embedded videos, apple commercials, photos, news, download links, a lot of tips and tricks, tutorials. Anything you need to make your Macintosh experience UNIQUE!

• Office for Mac 2011 is coming soon

  Hedi Regaya

  15 Feb 2010 | 7:05 am

  The new Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 which include the new Outlook for Mac—set to replace the Entourage e-mail client—.PST file support, and a number of collaboration tools. There will also be some... Blog about Mac Computers, Apple Product and Design (from Photography, to Architecture). Embedded videos, apple commercials, photos, news, download links, a lot of tips and tricks, tutorials. Anything you need to make your Macintosh experience UNIQUE!

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  Reality Distortion: Macs, Mac OS X, and Apple stuff

• Review: Sygic Mobile Maps for iPhone

  Matt

  28 Feb 2010 | 1:51 am

  When I first bought my iPhone in 2008, I was looking forward to turn-by-turn navigation thanks to its built-in GPS capability. Unfortunately the built-in Maps application can’t do turn-by-turn (although it can plot you a route and give a list of directions). What’s more, Apple’s SDK agreement prevented developers from selling their own turn-by-turn apps on the App Store. However, with the release of iPhone OS 3.0 last year the restriction on turn-by-turn navigation apps was lifted, and since then we’ve started to see some very capable apps appearing for iPhone. Sygic…

• iPhone Game Review: Trivial Pursuit

  Matt

  25 Jan 2010 | 2:50 am

  Last year Electronic Arts released an iPhone version of the popular Trivial Pursuit trivia quiz game. Here’s my review of the “International” version of the game (I’m not sure what the other versions are called). The game features a single-player option, as well as 2 multiplayer options: “Pass ‘n Play”, where each player takes turns with the same device, and “Wi-Fi Multiplayer”, where each player has their own device. A basic question pack is included, and you can also buy additional packs within the game. The questions are all in…

• Underworlds revisited

  Matt

  21 Dec 2009 | 9:20 pm

  Back in June I reviewed Underworlds, a role-playing adventure game for the iPhone. In the review I mentioned a few niggles with the game, including: Short play time Linear game play A single character class The limit of 10 character levels Fiddly movement controls Since then, Pixel Mine have released a free update to Underworlds that addresses practically all of these issues. I have to say I’m impressed, considering it was a free update. What’s more they’ve even lowered the price of the full app from $5 to $3! The new version has: More than double the content A new city…

• My Super Collection of iPhone Sync Errors

  Matt

  26 Nov 2009 | 3:34 pm

  Is it just me, or does iTunes come up with a different excuse for not syncing with the iPhone each and every day? Don’t get me wrong – syncing is pretty reliable on the whole, and whenever an error does occur, a resync or reconnect usually sorts it out. Still, I’m amazed at the sheer number of things that can apparently go wrong during syncing. It doesn’t exactly inspire confidence, does it? I must get an error dialog of some sort at least once a week. So I started collecting them (sad I know). Here’s the collection I’ve built up so far, over the last few…

• Castle Warriors: A simple iPhone Strategy Game

  Matt

  19 Nov 2009 | 11:19 pm

  Castle Warriors from GameResort is a fun little iPhone/iPod Touch battle game that I’ve been playing with for a while. It falls under the Real-Time Strategy (RTS) category. Rather than waiting for your turn, you make decisions in real time as the action happens around you. In many ways, Castle Warriors is a 3D version of the excellent Galcon. Instead of planets, you have towers. You start with all your soliders in 1 tower; tap it, then tap a target tower to move a certain amount (half by default) of your soliders to that tower. You can move to empty towers or enemy towers this way…

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  macZOT!

• EasyFrame

  14 Mar 2010 | 9:58 pm

  EasyFrameGive Your Image an Edge Normally: $14.95 ZOT Price: $7.49 Click to MacZOT    Scrapbook Quality Photo Edging Have you ever looked at a photo with a cool torn-paper edge and wonder how you can get that effect on your own photos? Using EasyFrame, you can apply all sorts of cool frames and edge effects to your photos in seconds. Just open an image file, select a frame, adjust the image by dragging if necessary and save. That’s it. Instead of saving, you can even drag the framed image straight to another app (think Mail, or blogging software). EasyFrame comes with a rich…

• Life Manager Pro

  12 Mar 2010 | 10:00 pm

  Life Manager ProOrganizer software to get things done. Special Offer this weekend - The Mac Sale 3 Bundle. Over $500 in Software for $49.99! - Click here… Normally: $49.00 ZOT Price: $24.50 Click to MacZOT    Life Manager Pro is the Solution to Get Things Done Life Manager Pro is a personal organizer that includes several modules that connect and relate to each other to from a comprehensive system to manage your life. Life Manager Pro integrates with the Mac Address Book and iCal and syncs with the iPhone or iTouch. Collect - Collect or capture all the things that you need to…

• QuizMaker Pro 2010

  11 Mar 2010 | 10:00 pm

  QuizMaker Pro 2010Generate, administer, archive, analyze, and score tests with up to 10 different types of questions. Weekend ZOT Preview Below Normally: $24.95 ZOT Price: $12.95 Click to MacZOT    QuizMaker Pro 2010 is a full-featured application which generates, administers, scores, analyzes, and archives tests or quizzes with up to 10 different types of questions within a single test. The program can be used to print multiple versions of a single test with answer keys for each version. QuizMaker Pro will administer your tests and provide detailed score analysis by individual,…

• iVideo

  10 Mar 2010 | 10:00 pm

  iVideointuitive and powerful app for organizing and sharing movies Normally: $20.00 ZOT Price: $11.00 Click to MacZOT    iVideo is a movie organizer designed with both consumers and professionals in mind. Whether you have a few videos you’d like to share, or whether you have thousands of movies scattered across multiple hard drives and endless stacks of CDs, iVideo is up to the job. Every feature in iVideo helps you get the most of of your movies by following this design: organize your movies so you can find them easily, play them using the integrated movie player (or the…

• Simple WindowSets

  9 Mar 2010 | 10:00 pm

  Simple WindowSetsManage Finder windows with ease! Normally: $12.95 ZOT Price: $6.99 Click to MacZOT    About Simple WindowSets Are you always digging into the same folders? Do you often have several Finder windows open to perform a task? Then Simple WindowSets is for you! Simple WindowSets sits in your menu bar and is always there when you need it! You position some Finder windows on your desktop, arrange them however you want, with any view options you want, and then use Simple WindowSets to save them as a set. Your set can be comprised of as many windows as you like and you can…

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  i drank the kool-aid

• give us this day our daily kool-aid

  dizzle

  13 Mar 2010 | 3:48 pm

  A pic of Apple’s NC Data Center via Apple Thoughts quite obviously I am retarded and can’t get images to show on my own site, so click thru the link Check out Photoshop 1.0.7 on the iPhone (app not for sale) Umm, what is a browser again? It must be a Palm Pre Umm okay Okay, I am jealous Major Apple Photoshop FAIL

• well, i guess microsoft maybe isn’t the debil

  dizzle

  26 Feb 2010 | 8:22 am

  Via Apple Thoughts “Enter to Win a Custom-Color MacBook Pro and Office 2008 for Mac. Microsoft Office for Mac loved the Mac community since way back when. What’s the perfect gift for a long-term commitment?” Contest information here I will take mine in purple, kthxbai

• give us this day our daily kool-aid

  dizzle

  26 Feb 2010 | 7:09 am

  Microsoft is anti-innovation? Say it isn’t so. Annoying, clumsy and slow. That about sums it up. Old but good Jobsian eye and ear candy: Paul Saffo: “Steve creates a black hole and then fills it in with stars” Amen and hallelujah. No God, no. In the name of all that is good and holy; NO. Taking over the world… oh yeah baby!

• give us this day our daily kool-aid

  dizzle

  5 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am

  Let the iPad festivities begin Putting Steve Balmer to good use I was wondering about this, and of course, amongst the Steve-obsessed, I am not the only one (via MacDailyNews) INSERT IMAGE Oh yes, he has put on a few pounds of Jobsian goodness And more from MacDailyNews Well I don’t like much about the obama-mination, but I do like this

• good grief

  dizzle

  4 Feb 2010 | 10:38 pm

  The iPad needs native multi-tasking like a man needs a built-in vagina. I have had it over the anti-iPad whinging. And while the iTampon jokes are a flying, I am almost surprised that there isn’t a groundswell of complaints that the danged thing can’t be used as a tampon. It would make about as much sense as most of the current crop of complaints which amount to nothing more than having a hissy fit because the iPad isn’t a MacBook. It isn’t intended to be. Just like men weren’t intended to have vaginas. They might be better off in that they finally could find a…

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  TheAppleBlog

• Was the iPad Launch a Success?

  Charles Jade

  14 Mar 2010 | 1:39 pm

  Even though a single iPad hasn’t actually been shipped, that won’t stop the questions over the success of initial orders from being asked. Considering how Apple has positioned the iPad in the product lineup, on par with the Mac, iPod, and iPhone, Steve Jobs better have a press-release answer ready. On Friday, Philip Elmer-DeWitt at Apple 2.0 started following people following the numbers, though whether those numbers are real or imaginary is yet to be determined. The data thus far derived has come from InvestorVillage, an Internet forum for “self-directed investors.”…

• iPad Battery Replacement Program

  Chris Ryan

  13 Mar 2010 | 5:30 pm

  Though some critics like to vilify Apple for its practice of building devices with inaccessible batteries, the benefits definitely outweigh the consequences for such a tradeoff. The MacBook Pros are rated for up to eight hours of battery life, the iPod nanos get up to 24 hours of audio playback and the new iPad is touted to go for 10 hours on a single charge. But what happens when your iPad doesn’t get a great charge anymore? Similar to programs in place for the MacBook Pros and iPhones, Apple has announced its iPad Battery Replacement program and it’s not a bad option, all things…

• Video How-To: Printer Sharing on a Mac

  Chris Ryan

  13 Mar 2010 | 3:48 pm

  The following how-to video will walk you through the basics of printer sharing on the Mac. You’ll learn both how to set up and how to access printers on a network. We will cover the following points: Setting up Printer Sharing Printing to a Shared Printer Adding a Printer via System Preferences You can watch the embedded video below (lower quality) or watch the full quality version here (28MB).

• New iPad Details Emerge as Pre-Ordering Commences

  Darrell Etherington

  12 Mar 2010 | 8:19 am

  People may be able to buy their iPads today, but they won’t actually get their hands on the much-anticipated devices until early next month, and later if they opted for 3G connectivity. But Apple isn’t without a heart, so the company revealed some new specific details about the tablet on the iPad micro-site, according to MacWorld. Included in the informational appetizer are details regarding the 3G data plans available for the device, the iBooks application and how it will work, a small hardware change that should make a pretty big difference, and a couple other eyebrow-raising…

• Which iPad I’m Ordering and Why

  Patrick Hunt

  12 Mar 2010 | 7:45 am

  It’s a little after 6 a.m. Eastern on Friday, March 12 as I write this post. Some two hours from now, the Apple Store will officially take orders for all iPad models, apparently with the ability to specify pickup at a local store. The store is currently down, though it wasn’t the last time I checked about an hour ago. (Trust me, I’m not awake in anticipation of buying an iPad; my work has me on an early-to-bed, early-to-rise schedule.) Like I have with most watershed Apple products of the last decade or more, I’ll order an iPad on the day they become available. For me,…

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  Mac Tricks And Tips

• Deleting Firefox Preferences On Your Mac

  admin

  10 Mar 2010 | 12:20 pm

  Hey If you have ever played around with the preferences setting in Firefox (by typing about:config into the address bar), you may find out that you can quickly and easily add them to the list. Deleting them, however seems to be a lot harder. Basic commands such as pressing delete (or any such combination) don’t seem to work, neither is a delete menu present. To combat this you have to go down a different route. Since the preference options are simply saved in a file, we can edit this file and adjust the results as needed. You may need to delete preferences if you know (for certain) that…

• Changing Mail’s Copy Address Behaviour

  admin

  5 Mar 2010 | 7:49 am

  Hey This is a quick post about Mail. If you have ever copied an email address from any address field you will realise that if comes in the format of Name <email>. Although these two parts are quite useful in certain situations, it may be more useful to change the format so you just get the email address. This way you can copy and paste it anywhere without the need to do any special formatting. To change Mail’s copy format, open up Terminal and copy and paste the following. defaults write com.apple.mail AddressesIncludeNameOnPasteboard -bool NO Restart Mail, and test to see if the…

• Find The Location Of Recent Items

  admin

  1 Mar 2010 | 8:43 am

  Hey This is a quick tip that I would like to share with you. Its a handy short cut that can add a little bit more functionality to the recent items menu under the Apple menu item. If you have used this function before, every time you click on any of the items in the list it will load the item. For instance if you click on an application in the list, it will start the app, click on a file and the file will load and so on. If you press the Command key with this menu open, it will alter the menu state so it will take you to the menu item. This means when you click on the menu item a Finder…

• Tracking Down System and Hidden Login Items

  admin

  27 Feb 2010 | 12:12 pm

  Hey This post is going to be a continuation of a couple of old posts I wrote a while ago, How To Use Login Items and Speeding Up Login. They featured some basic and simple ways to remove login items. This post is based off one by OS X Daily, that found some of the other areas on your disk that contain the applications and preferences. I’m going to add a little bit of background to each of the folders (the preference files folder in particular), new users may end up deleting an important files located in the folders, and we don’t want that. The first port of call is to check your…

• Installing Xcode

  admin

  24 Feb 2010 | 11:58 am

  Good Evening, Today’s post is going to show you how to install Xcode. This post is for people who are new to the Mac and want to try there hand at programming. The Xcode developer tools allow anyone to create Mac applications (as well as other cool stuff). I have recently begun learning the application and how to program for Mac over the last couple of weeks, as a result it seemed a good post. Xcode isn’t normally found on your Mac, so people who don’t know how to install it may find the process a little confusing. The first step in installing Xcode is to have the binary…

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  MacCast - For Mac Geeks, by Mac Geeks

• Maccast 2010.03.11

  Adam Christianson (Mac Geek)

  11 Mar 2010 | 2:08 am

  A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 293. US iPad sales start in tomorrow, rumors and info. 4th rev of iPhone SDK brings new rumor. Apple takes issue with HTC. Rumors of Apple moving media to the cloud. Updates for media pros. Apple didn't stop App Store hack and slash at porn. Are the chips down for Apple and Intel? Flash rant follow-up. Emailing attachments from iPhone/iPod Touch follow-up. Backing up bookmarks from multiple browsers. Defining a backup strategy that works for you. Spotlight search tips Special thanks to our sponsors: Faronics Deep Freeze…

• Maccast 2010.02.28

  Adam Christianson (Mac Geek)

  28 Feb 2010 | 11:25 pm

  A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 292. Apple takes some heat on supplier responsibility. The great Flash war of 2010. More reports of iPad's impending sales doom. iPad's A4 custom, but not PA Semi custom? A video player that remembers you spot. Sending an attachment from the iPhone. Review: OWLE Bubo. Running a Mac "sandbox". Special thanks to our sponsors: Circus Ponies NoteBook - The Easy Way to Get Organized on the Mac. Try it FREE for 30 Days. Path Finder 5, Path Finder is a comprehensive file browser for OS X that combines the best of Apple's Finder…

• Maccast 2010.02.27

  Adam Christianson (Mac Geek)

  27 Feb 2010 | 4:14 am

  A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 291. Apple bans the "naughty" apps. Apple righting product wrongs. Memory issues with Aperture 3. Apple has fix. Buzz of new Macbook Pros gets stronger. iPad roundup. iTunes reaches 10 Billion Download mark. My word Service tip was lacking. A little about the ePub format. "Hey, I've got a great idea for an iPhone app". Getting better voice recording on the Mac. Typing superscript on the Mac. Saving Quicktime from a site where there are no save options Special thanks to our sponsors: Smile on My Mac, check out PDFPen Pro.

• Maccast 2010.02.19 - Macworld Expo 2010 (part 2)

  Adam Christianson (Mac Geek)

  19 Feb 2010 | 10:12 pm

  A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. A special episode of the Maccast. This is the second of two episodes covering Macworld Expo 2010. Links Macworld Expo Microsoft Eye-Fi AutoPark (Frolicware) Office2 (Byte2) Hypermac Ten One Design Blue Microphones Special thanks to our sponsor: Citrix - GoToAssist - Instantly view and control customer computers with secure, easy-to-use GoToAssist® Express. Try it FREE for 30 days. Subscribe to the Podcast Feed or Get the MP3 or AAC (enhanced)

• Maccast 2010.02.16 - Macworld Expo 2010 (part 1)

  Adam Christianson (Mac Geek)

  16 Feb 2010 | 12:59 pm

  A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. A special episode of the Maccast. This is the first of two episodes covering Macworld Expo 2010. Links Macworld Expo Maccast Channel on Ustream Maccast Channel on Qik Fastmac Umee Rogue Amoeba Mophie FLO TV Shure Data Robotics, Inc. Special thanks to our sponsor: Circus Ponies NoteBook - The Easy Way to Get Organized on the Mac. Try it FREE for 30 Days. Subscribe to the Podcast Feed or Get the MP3 or AAC (enhanced)

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  Macgasm

• Apple A Day: Chomp

  Grant Brunner

  14 Mar 2010 | 4:00 am

  Chomp is a free application recommendation engine for the iPhone and iPod Touch.Did you know that we have audio and video podcasts? Subscribe here

• Fashionista and a Geek? Clothes will soon power your gadgets.

  Joshua Schnell

  13 Mar 2010 | 7:12 pm

  How often do you find yourself with a dead iPhone or iPod and nowhere to charge it? A dress that is being featured tonight at the annual Cornell Design League Fashion Show could ensure that this never happens to you again. The dress contains cotton fibres that are coated with electrically conductive nanoparticles. The coating [...]Did you know that we have audio and video podcasts? Subscribe here

• Canada’s online Apple store is busted.

  Joshua Schnell

  13 Mar 2010 | 11:20 am

  Here’s some fun news for your Saturday afternoon. Canada’s version of the online Apple store is broken (2:16PM EST). I’d like to take this moment to recognize web developers around the world. God knows someone’s getting their ass chewed out by a middle management type who thinks you can drag and drop a website like [...]Did you know that we have audio and video podcasts? Subscribe here

• Apple’s $40 Billion What to do: Big and Bold thoughts

  Wayne Dixon

  13 Mar 2010 | 9:00 am

  Apple has $40 billion in the bank. According to Apple CEO Steve Jobs, they are just sitting on it at the moment. They have no clear intentions on doing a whole lot with it for now. Jobs also emphasized that Apple must “Think big” with the cash. Well, I just happen to have some ideas [...]Did you know that we have audio and video podcasts? Subscribe here

• Apple A Day: Dr. Seuss’s ABC

  Grant Brunner

  13 Mar 2010 | 3:00 am

  Dr. Seuss's ABC is a $0.99 learning application for the iPhone and iPod Touch.Did you know that we have audio and video podcasts? Subscribe here

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  Downloads - Mac OS X - Just Added

• ProxyCap 1.14

  12 Mar 2010 | 12:00 am

  About ProxyCap Enables you to tunnel applications through HTTP and SOCKS proxy servers. You can tell ProxyCap which applications will connect to the Internet through a proxy and under what circumstances. This is done through a user friendly interface, without the need to reconfigure any of your Internet clients. ProxyCap provides flexible rule system and allows you to define your own tunneling rules. You can add a new rule with just a few mouse clicks.

• CleanMyMac 1.8.1

  12 Mar 2010 | 12:00 am

  About CleanMyMac CleanMyMac represents sophisticated all-in-one-suite utility that helps keep your Mac clean and healthy. With just two simple clicks you can delete useless files that basically pile up and waste your valuable disk space. CleanMyMac allows enjoying smooth system performance combining such vital features as Slim Universal Binaries, Clean Unneeded Languages, Logs Rotation, Clean Caches, Quick and Secure Erase, Application Uninstallation, and Killing Trash Left From Buried Applications. CleanMyMac can save gigabytes of disk space and enhance your computer speed. Go ahead and give…

• VinylStudio 7.1

  12 Mar 2010 | 12:00 am

  About VinylStudio Convert your records and tapes to CD, MP3 and AAC. It makes the job a pleasure, rather than a chore, and the powerful sound cleaning filters can help rescue precious, damaged recordings. Download a copy and see why using Garage Band or Audacity for this task is doing it the hard way. - Record. - Split tracks. - Lookup track listings and album art over the Internet. - Remove clicks, hiss, hum, rumble and even severe scratches. - Graphic equaliser with normalisation option. - Burn CDs. - Save tracks in MP3 or AAC format ready to copy to your MP3 player or iPod. VinylStudio…

• SplashID Password Manager 5.2

  12 Mar 2010 | 12:00 am

  About SplashID Password Manager Securely stores all of your personal identification information - usernames, passwords, account numbers, PINs, memberships, and much more. - Never forget a username or password again - ever - Secure and backup your passwords, credit card numbers, registration codes, PINs, and more - Generate truly random passwords hackers cannot guess - Protect yourself from identity theft, keyloggers, and phishing - Best selling password manager with over 500,000 users Key SplashID password management software features and benefits: - Flexible: Unlimited number of customizable…

• X-Poly 1.0

  12 Mar 2010 | 12:00 am

  About X-Poly A software synthesizer plugin for Logic, Garage Band and Cubase employing a unique form of subtractive synthesis. The concept of the X-Poly is based around two oscillators, each containing four special sub-oscillators spaced one octave apart. Both oscillators can be blended seamlessly between a square and a sawtooth-type waveform and can be freely panned in the stereo field. The six-stage envelopes controlling the amplitudes of the oscillators provide a linear slope for the first five stages and a semi-logarithmic release for the final stage. A global filter applied to all voices…

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  MacMost

• MacMost Now 371: Running Windows On Your Mac

  Gary Rosenzweig

  12 Mar 2010 | 9:14 am

  You can run Windows on your Mac using either Boot Camp, a virtualization solution like Parallels, VMWare Fusion or VirtualBox, or a Win32 API solution like Wine to run individual applications. See the advantages and disadvantages of each.

• New Mac Developer Program, New Mac Games

  Gary Rosenzweig

  11 Mar 2010 | 8:44 am

  Last Friday Apple overhauled the Mac Developer program for the first time in years. Gone is the tiered system, replaced with a single $99 price. But also gone is the hardware discount. Thought some developers point out that with a $99 program replacing a $500 one, the savings are close to the hardware discount anyway. Unlike [...]

• MacMost Now 370: Using Growl to Get Notifications

  Gary Rosenzweig

  10 Mar 2010 | 7:50 am

  The free Mac OS X extension Growl allows some of your applications to send you screen and audible notifications when events occur, like incoming email or completed downloads. You can even pass these notifications on to your iPhone. Check it out to see if it is something you can use.

• MacMost Now 369: Saving Paper with Print Layout

  Gary Rosenzweig

  8 Mar 2010 | 8:07 am

  When you print documents from your Mac just to read them away from your desk, you can choose Layout in the print dialog to save paper. You can put 2, 4 or more pages onto one sheet of paper this way. It is handy for long documents and multi-page receipts.

• MacMost Now 368: Send vCards in Email

  Gary Rosenzweig

  5 Mar 2010 | 5:27 am

  You can easily export vCards from the Mac OS X Address Book and send them in email messages. The recipient can then easily add all of your contact information to their Address Book or other contact management software.

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  Thriftmac

• The return of Smultron

  Mark

  14 Mar 2010 | 11:21 am

  When Peter Borg announced he was no longer developing Smultron, it was one of the sadder days for those who appreciate free and open source software for the Mac. Fortunately, Borg’s five years of effort have been taken up by Jean-François Moy, who has taken the source code and forked it. Among the early improvements are the ability to duplicate a line and perform string searches in files contained in the parent directory of the current document. He is also considering changes to the icon set and the way the tab bar displays open documents. On the bug side of things, some users have…

• Mac becomes Mc

  Mark

  5 Mar 2010 | 10:44 am

  Back in February 2006, when thriftmac was first getting its feet wet, I chose some of the best free Mac apps I could find to get things rolling. Among them was MacSolitaire. It was — and is — clean, crisp and easy to use. There’s nothing fancy about it, but it works exactly as you would expect — perhaps “standard” would be the best way to describe it. Four years later, which is like 20 years in computer time, I can still recommend it as a good solid way to pass the time playing Klondike. So what’s changed? The developer, PCV, has come out with McSolitaire 2. At…

• Stella

  Mark

  1 Mar 2010 | 10:25 am

  Multi-platform Atari 2600 VCS emulator lets you enjoy favourite games from the 1980s on your Mac such as Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, Missile Command and Pac-Man. Download ROMs needed to play the games from AtariAge.

• DaisyDisk vs. DiskRing [2]

  Mark

  25 Feb 2010 | 10:36 am

  Last fall, I downloaded a free version of DaisyDisk as part of a MacHeist promotion. It creates a graphical representation of the contents of a folder of your choosing — sort of like a pie chart with concentric bands for each level of data, with the top level in the middle and lower levels expanding outward. Confusing? Have a look at a sample: At the right of the graph — not shown in the screenshot — is a colour-coded list of what each section represents. For example, the yellow-orange section close to the middle represents a project, and outward from it are sections representing…

• Compliments of the house

  Mark

  20 Feb 2010 | 2:08 pm

  You’re the most beautiful reader who has ever visited thriftmac. You’re brilliant and I admire you. OK — enough kowtowing. On the other hand, if you like that sort of thing, you can have it on your Mac at regular intervals. Toady is a fun app from Mr. Fridge that pops up a compliment in the top right of your screen at timed stretches of your choosing. The app is automatically updated with new flattery, so you don’t have to worry about it becoming stale. Admittedly, though, a steady stream of praise could eventually give anyone a swelled head — so you can alternatively…

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  ScreenCastsOnline Free Version

• 240 - [Tr] Aperture 3 - Part 2 [Trailer - Available for Individual Purchase]

  ScreenCastsOnline

  4 Mar 2010 | 10:55 am

  [Trailer for Members Show] Special Note: As an experiment, this individual tutorial is available for purchase to non-Extra! members. Just visit the show notes over at screencastsonline.com for more information. Part 2 of a mini Aperture 3 series of tutorials. Following on from looking at some of the basics in the last show, this week I take a look at some of the more advanced features of Aperture 3. In detail, the show covers: Adjustments & Adjustment Presets Brushing in Adjustments Lifting & Stamping Adjustments Faces Places & GPS Manual Location Placement Embedded GPS Metadata Using a GPS…

• 239 - [FS] Aperture 3 - Part 1 [Free Show]

  ScreenCastsOnline

  26 Feb 2010 | 2:47 am

  Aperture 3 is the latest version of Apples flagship photo management application. Previous versions have been aimed squarely at the professional photographer, but with this new release, Aperture has been repositioned as a tool for both prosumers and professionals. One of the reasons many people have held off moving to Aperture was the inclusion of Faces and Places in iPhoto '09. Without them, Aperture 2 was not really a compelling upgrade for iPhoto users. All has been fixed now in Aperture 3 with the inclusion of both these features and over 200+ new improvements. Aperture 3 now gives "Pro…

• 238 - [Tr] VoiceOver 3 [Trailer but free version available]

  ScreenCastsOnline

  18 Feb 2010 | 4:30 am

  [Trailer for Members Show] Although this is a trailer for the members show, the trailer contains instructions for downloading a special version of the show by signing up to the ScreenCastsOnline newsletter mailing list. One of the things that never ceases to amaze me, is the amount of functionality and utilities built right into OSX. This week, I take a look at one of the Accessibility tools provided with every copy of Leopard and Snow Leopard - that's VoiceOver 3. Designed to assist partially sighted and blind Mac users, VoiceOver 3 is the latest version of the hugely impressive screen…

• 237 - [Tr] Mac Montage 12 [Trailer]

  ScreenCastsOnline

  5 Feb 2010 | 3:12 am

  [Trailer for Extra! members show] This week I cover two brand new utilities and revisit a third. Quix Bookmarklet - The bookmarklet to rule them all! If, like me, you're building up a lot of bookmarklets in your bookmarks bar, this amazing utility may be the answer to all your problems. Basically, Quiz is a single bookmarklet containing over 100+ built in commands, allowing to access all sorts of functionality from your browser. These commands support a wide range of functions including Basic commands, Social commands, WordPress, SEO, Webmaster, Quix, Analytics, URL Shortening even App and…

• 236 - [Tr] Boxee Beta [Trailer]

  ScreenCastsOnline

  3 Feb 2010 | 7:24 am

  [Trailer for Extra! Members Show] Boxee is yet another media centre for the Mac! But at it's latest release, Boxee Beta, it has matured into a feature packed application with a killer user interface. Boxee allows you to access your local media files in a very smart, easy to use, big screen interface. Integration with IMDB and other internet based databases allow your media files to be tagged with artwork and meta data automatically, no configuration required. Boxee is highly integrated with Internet TV shows, with automatic access to internet based TV networks based on geographic location. In…

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  Apple community - MyAppleSpace

• Macs Are Really Cheaper To Manage Than PCs.

  Carlo

  Does "I'm a Mac" mean "I'm less expensive to manage?" An Enterprise Desktop Alliance survey says Macs cost a lot less than PCs to manage -- yet Macs come with special challenges for enterprise IT admins.Full article at cio.com

• Why Apple Deserves an Oscar Too

  Carlo

  Apple in the 44 films in 2009 that topped the box office for at least one weekend, an Apple logo or device could be seen in at least 18 of them. (That's almost 41%.).Full story at: Why Apple Deserves an Oscar Too

• How to convert iTunes Movies （M4V） to DVD on mac?

  amanda

  As we know, the .m4v movies purchased from iTunes are protected with DRM.At first, you need to remove the DRM protection.QTFairUse: it can remove DRM protection from iTunes music and videos for free.Second, use M4V to DVD Converter for Mac which can help you convert and burn .m4v files without DRM protection easily .Follow the step-by-step guide on how to convert M4V to DVD on Mac.Step1 Free Download M4V to DVD Convert for MacStep2 Drag the M4V files to the programStep3 just 1 click to start burningTips: you can edit your movies with some effects, or add a special dvd menu. What is M4V Video?

• Mouse path 24h stop motion animation

  Carlo

  I was astonished first time I saw what nice art can be done tracking mouse path during a work day session. Formerly known as MousePath, IOGraph is an application that turns mouse movements into a modern art made by Moscow designer Anatoly Zenkov to brighten up the routine work. Not happy with only some static screenshots I try to get a stop motion video. By now IOGraph has not a schedule autosave function (but is planned for the future versions) neither is scriptable.So I recorded an Automator workflow that click on IOGraph icon on the dock, click on IOGraph save image button and than on Save…

• Apple iPad’s Key features: The things you need to know

  amanda

  Apple CEO Steve Jobs has announced the iPad at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco. The iPad will be able to browse the web, read email, books and play games as well as work with Apple's iTunes store. Prices for the iPad will start at $499 and Wi-Fi models will ship in March followed by 3G models in April. Let’s take a look at the key features that iPad will bring you. Key features the new Apple iPad got: iBooks This is Apple’s first electronic book store, and it allows users to download and buy books on the move. Deals have already been struck with publishers, including Penguin and…

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  Softpedia News - Apple

• Apple Was America's Third Most Valuable Company ‘Briefly’

  Softpedia News (Filip Truta)

  13 Mar 2010 | 11:11 am

  According to a report by CNN Money, Apple is now America’s third most valuable company. The burst is due, in part, to Apple’s move to include iPad pre-orders on Friday. At the time, Softpedia reported that Apple’s online store had been taken offline to be updated with the availability of iPad pre-orders, and also speculat... (read more)

• iPhone App Usage Peaks at Night and during the Weekend

  Softpedia News (Diana Tropoe)

  12 Mar 2010 | 8:53 am

  Localytics, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company, provides a service software that enables iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry and Android app publishers to track in real time how customers use their software products. In addition, a study on this matter has been released. The Localytics analysts compared devices, application categories, days... (read more)

• $999 Macs, $59 iPods - Apple Special Deals

  Softpedia News (Filip Truta)

  12 Mar 2010 | 7:09 am

  An updated Special Deals section at Apple’s online store shows the availability of new Mac and iPod refurbs, selling for as low as $849 on the computer front, and $59 at the music-player end. There are currently three Macintosh configurations priced under $1,000 on Apple’s Deals area, all of which are new-model computers. More powerful iPods are... (read more)

• BIRT Mobile Viewer Proclaimed Ready for iPad

  Softpedia News (Diana Tropoe)

  12 Mar 2010 | 7:03 am

  In light of the close launch of the iPad, on April 3, Actuate, the BIRT’s manufacturer, renewed the main information on the product unveiled in February, 2010. The software was designed as an iPhone native app and embodies an eclipse-based development environment for presenting compelling data visualizations on the web. It can be accessed via B... (read more)

• Apple.com Navigation Bar Now Includes iPad

  Softpedia News (Filip Truta)

  12 Mar 2010 | 6:25 am

  A few minutes into the re-launching of Apple’s web store, Softpedia was yet unsure whether iPad-pre orders were the only new addition to the online venue, although it certainly looked that way. Now that Apple has fixed the graphical glitches plaguing the site for roughly a quarter of an hour, we can confirm that pre-orders are now being taken for... (read more)

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  9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence

• Apple-Google rivalry detailed

  Seth Weintraub

  13 Mar 2010 | 5:03 pm

  The New York Times has a four page report on the deterioration of the Google-Apple relationship and specifically the relationship of their leadership.  It was recently reported that Steve Jobs hates Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt.  The article is a great read with a lot of details on the recent spats between the companies. Many of those meetings turned confrontational, according to people familiar with the discussions, with Mr. Jobs often accusing Google of stealing iPhone features. Google executives said that Android’s features were based on longstanding ideas already circulating in…

• AppleCare for iPad: Only two years, not available in some states

  Seth Weintraub

  13 Mar 2010 | 7:46 am

  People signing up for AppleCare for their iPad have noted that the protection plan is for only two years, unlike its Mac products which are three years.  Apple's iPhone and iPod plans are two years so, as warranty items, Apple sees iPads more like iPhones and less like Macs.  Apple's iPad AppleCare page could only be found by guessing the URL so it is probably being built out.  Applecare for iPad PDF legal agreement is here. Also, some readers have noted that Apple isn't able to sell AppleCare in Florida for iPads.  Other states may have similar issues as Apple has issued…

• Apple to begin building advertising presence in New York City?

  Luke Bornheimer

  13 Mar 2010 | 6:23 am

  If you want to be big in advertising, it helps to be close to New York City's Madison Avenue where a lot of big deals get done (You've seen Mad Men right?).  Main competitor, Google, houses most of its Ad people in its New York offices, for instance.   Apple recently bought Quattro, a mobile advertising company/platform to enter into the advertising business and, as a recent job posting shows, is building up its New York presence. We are looking for a Client Service Manager (CSM) to support its direct response advertising sales team. The CSM will be responsible for creating…

• FCC App test #1…how'd you do?

  Seth Weintraub

  12 Mar 2010 | 3:12 pm

  So this was my test result on the FCC bandwidth app.  On "3G".  How did you do?  Feel free to post screenshots in the comments.  

• Apple submits 3G iPad to FCC, FCC submits bandwidth tester app to Apple

  Seth Weintraub

  12 Mar 2010 | 2:57 pm

  Engadget finds that the FCC (1),(2) has been testing out a LEET iPad, namely the A1337, otherwise known as iPad 3G.  With the FCC's blessings, we'll be seeing that hitting customers hands in late April. In a interesting twist, the FCC has sent Apple an app, which they've now approved, to measure bandwidth from iPhone (images below).  

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  Smoking Apples

• iPad, in all its glory

  Milind Alvares

  12 Mar 2010 | 6:35 am

  iPad, in all its glory → As Apple started accepting Pre-orders for its magical and revolutionary device, the features page also got updated. Some surprises: Safari has a thumbnail grid view for pages. The iBooks app will accept any books in the ePub format. Sync them via iTunes. There’s no ‘Dashboard view’ replacing Spotlight. It’s still wasted on one gigantic list of skewed results. Still no mention of iTunes LP in the iPod app. There’s a physical Screen rotation lock button, so you don’t have to suffer reading in awkward positions. [Update, via…

• Fontcase 1.5, now with auto activation

  Milind Alvares

  11 Mar 2010 | 12:43 pm

  Fontcase 1.5, now with auto activation → Seems like Pieter Omvlee has just shipped the ultimate font manager on the Mac. I haven’t had a chance to test the auto-activation feature—the app kept crashing on launch—but I’m sure mine’s an isolated case. Touchpad - Transform your iPhone or iPod touch to remotely control your computer through WiFi. Extended keyboard, Multi-Touch Trackpad and Apple Remote.

• Familiar + satisfying + fun vs. limiting + illegible + awkward

  Milind Alvares

  11 Mar 2010 | 12:29 pm

  Familiar + satisfying + fun vs. limiting + illegible + awkward → Neven Mrgan’s response to Marco Arment’s piece on Apple overdoing the interface metaphor. Mrgan wins. Touchpad - Transform your iPhone or iPod touch to remotely control your computer through WiFi. Extended keyboard, Multi-Touch Trackpad and Apple Remote.

• Cosmo Kid: Bouncing his way through the Universe (and the App Store)

  preshit

  11 Mar 2010 | 11:45 am

  The App Store is humongous today and works like the perfect compliment for the iPhone. There is enough good (and stupid) content on the store today for one to spend hours exploring. One of the most popular kind of apps on the App Store have been games. The spectacular hardware of the iPhone combined with the ease of the App Store has enabled game developers to push the boundaries of creativity and innovation, to come out with some brilliant game titles we see in the store today. On the App Store, it’s not only about how good a game looks or how amazing the graphics are. What also works…

• Beautiful iPhone app Fridge Magnets

  Milind Alvares

  11 Mar 2010 | 5:08 am

  Beautiful iPhone app Fridge Magnets → Just $13 for the whole set. I’m definitely getting one. [via Gizmodo] Touchpad - Transform your iPhone or iPod touch to remotely control your computer through WiFi. Extended keyboard, Multi-Touch Trackpad and Apple Remote.

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  Downloads - Dashboard Widgets - Just Added

• Restoring Honor Rally Countdown and Hotel Deals 1.0

  12 Mar 2010 | 12:00 am

  About Restoring Honor Rally Countdown and Hotel Deals This widget countdown to the Restoring Honor rally on August 28th, 2010. Hotel deals in the Washington D.C. area including Baltimore can be displayed with the countdown timer. Come celebrate America by honoring our heroes, our heritage and our future at the Restoring Honor Rally on August 28, 2010. Join us at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. for this non-political, non-partisan rally that will recognize our First Amendment rights and honor the service members who fight to protect those freedoms. For more info on the…

• Island Racer Preview 2.0

  12 Mar 2010 | 12:00 am

  About Island Racer Preview A casual racing game full of fun that can be played solo, against the computer, or online against another player. Island Racer features the unique ability to generate new original landscapes and tracks, offering infinite track combinations for a new experience with every race. Select from different cars and colors to race in head-to-head competition. Choose an On-Road or Off-Road track and enjoy! Slamming the opponent is allowed when playing against the computer or online against another player. You will find Island Racer easy to play and full of exhilarating…

• BAPS RSS feed 1.0

  12 Mar 2010 | 12:00 am

  About BAPS RSS feed It is a simple way to know when a website has been updated. For example, instead of referring to the ‘BAPS News’ page everyday, you will just get a short message and link in the RSS software with the title of the updated News.

• Easter 1.1

  12 Mar 2010 | 12:00 am

  About Easter Do you know the history of Easter or Easter egg hunts? Not sure what you’ll prepare that Sunday? Want to make it more fun for your children? Again GothamJungle is on the case. Not only will you not forget when Easter arrives, you’ll be equiped with info to make it special. Appreciate & benefit. Happy hunting.

• Zodiac 1.1

  12 Mar 2010 | 12:00 am

  About Zodiac Finally your horoscope comes to you. And daily as well without you having to do anything but check this GoJu widget. From Aries to Pisces and all signs in between Zodiac will feed your astrological fix. GothamJungle is here to give you what you need. Enjoy.

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  Mac Guru Lounge

• Easily View Invisible Files in Mac OS X’s Finder

  Matt

  10 Mar 2010 | 5:00 am

  Exactly one year ago, Cal wrote in to ask, “I once had ‘hidden files’ on my mac – running tiger. Now every application and file is visible, but ghosted back. How can I undo the view hidden files?” I am sorry, Cal, that I am only responding to this question now. I recently bought a [...]

• Can’t find your mouse cursor? Make it Bigger

  Matt

  9 Mar 2010 | 7:38 am

  It is easy to lose track of the black mouse cursor on your screen. This is true whether you have 20/20 vision or need bifocals to see your screen. Even if you can locate the cursor, you may have difficulty determining exactly where the cursor is pointing. Part of this is the fact that screen [...]

• Surf the Web Faster with ClickToFlash

  Matt

  4 Mar 2010 | 8:10 am

  As many fans of the iPad know, Apple is currently having a war of words with Adobe over its Flash plug-in for web browsers. As a Mac user, you have probably already experienced Safari or Firefox crashing due to Flash. You have likely heard your computer’s fans go crazy when Flash videos are on screen [...]

• Why the iPad Will Succeed

  Matt

  2 Mar 2010 | 8:00 am

  A lot of my readers have been asking me whether they should buy an iPad, and while I can offer that advice, it’s not the kind of article I would normally post at MacGuruLounge.com. This question and many others, however, has convinced me to post articles on Apple-related topics not strictly confined to troubleshooting. Helping [...]

• Getting Rid of Blue Question Mark Boxes in Mail

  Matt

  1 Mar 2010 | 8:15 am

  Cheryl wrote in to say that she is having problems with Mac OS X’s Mail application. She wrote, “When I open some emails I am getting a small blue box with a question mark inside and I cannot see the picture I have been sent.” These images can sometimes be annoying (like when they come [...]

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  SurfBits, Home of the Mac Reviews

• Fujitsu S1300: Paperless At Last!

  Tim (Surfbits)

  11 Mar 2010 | 3:43 am

  I’ve owned a scanner of one type or another for many years. They were all flatbed scanners and the only time I really used them was to scan photos and get them into a computer. But as the years wore on, more and more of my photos became digital and were stored on my Mac naturally. The need for a scanner seemed to be reduced to maybe once or twice a year.After all, cranking up that flatbed scanner and putting papers in it to scan seemed like a lot of work. Plus, when you did get your papers scanned into your Mac, they sat there as jpegs normally or maybe the occasional PDF. Times have…

• Unison from Panic Software

  Tim (Surfbits)

  9 Mar 2010 | 5:30 am

  By Steve Beyer: Today, I am also very excited to share with you my review of Panic Software’s newly updated Usenet browser called Unison 2. Yes, this is the same Panic software that has brought us other favorites such as Transmit, a Mac FTP client, Coda, the One Window Web development framework, and Candy Bar, the app that lets you customize and organize icons. Since all of these are some of my favorite Mac apps, I started my exploration of Unison with high expectations and I’m happy to say they succeeded in fulfilling them. Before we talk about Unison, it probably wouldn’t…

• The MacReviewCast #238: Pogoplug, Unison, iStudio Pub, Wi-Fire, iCasual, AudioBook Builder

  Tim (Surfbits)

  6 Mar 2010 | 8:42 am

  This week we look at Pogoplug, Unison, iStudio Publisher, Wi-Fire, iCasual, O’Reilly, Freeware plus much more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more. You can email me at surfbits at Gmail dot Com. I love to hear from you. Here is the freeware and shareware I look at during…

• Pogoplug, The New Pink One

  Tim (Surfbits)

  4 Mar 2010 | 6:46 am

  Back in early 2009 Cloud Engines unveiled the Pogoplug, a small device that connects external hard drives to the Internet, making personal files instantly shareable and accessible. The Pogoplug was designed for simplicity. Setup takes seconds and requires no networking configuration or installation. Users simply plug the Pogoplug into an electrical outlet, connect the supplied Ethernet cable to their home network router, and attach their external hard drive. Lastly, the product’s registration code is entered at http://my.pogoplug.com, after which the Pogoplug is online and ready for…

• The MacReviewCast #237: Macworld Expo, Ripit, Pastor, iCasual, Freeware

  Tim (Surfbits)

  20 Feb 2010 | 10:58 am

  This week we look at RipIt, Name Mangler, Pastor, Macworld Exo, iCasual, O’Reilly, Freeware plus much more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more. You can email me at surfbits at Gmail dot Com. I love to hear from you. Here is the freeware and shareware I look at during…

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  Tech Blog

• Bzeek – Create WiFi HotSpot Share Internet & Make Money

  Amit Bhawani

  14 Mar 2010 | 9:17 am

  Few months back we had reviewed Connectify, a software for Windows7 computers which can help you in turning your Laptop into a Wi-Fi Hotspot following which you can share the internet connection available on your Laptop to different devices which have wi-fi connectivity option. Since, the software is limited to Windows 7 Computers only, here [...]

• Setup Multi Author Blog – Display Profiles & Bio in Blog Posts

  Amit Bhawani

  14 Mar 2010 | 7:52 am

  Nowadays it has become a trend of running Multi-Authored Blogs and this is because working in a team is better than running as a individual. Overall everyone puts in their efforts and the final results are shared easily among the team. Creating a Multi Authored Blog is a very easy job because Wordpress allows you [...]

• How to Buy Apple iPad in India

  Amit Bhawani

  13 Mar 2010 | 9:38 am

  Apple iPad the Touch Screen Computer is going to be shipped to US Customers in April 2010 and following this Apple is going to launch the iPad Internationally. Hence, this means that this useful Tablet Computer won’t be available to the Indians yet, but here is a excellent option for all the consumers who are [...]

• Replace Dead Laptop Battery – Save Money

  Amit Bhawani

  13 Mar 2010 | 5:14 am

  When your Laptop Battery goes dead, there is no option left for a normal user except replacing them with a new one from a Authorized Service Center, but if the warranty of your Laptop is expired, then you can try out this job by yourself at home. Carefully remove the Battery from the Laptop and [...]

• Calibrate MacBook Pro Battery – Better Performance Tips

  Amit Bhawani

  13 Mar 2010 | 1:49 am

  Apple MacBook Pro Battery seems to have a serious problem with its Battery and this has increased after the users have upgraded their Operating System. The MacBook Battery comes with a Internal Micro Processor which would check out the energy left in it and give you a estimate when the battery charges and discharges. Hence [...]

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  AAPLinvestors

• Paradigm Shift?

  tfjlgregory

  13 Mar 2010 | 11:40 am

  Has anyone noticed that Microsoft's Steve Ballmer has been praising Apple lately? Some say it's because they want Bing to be the default browser for the iPhone. It's bigger than that. With the Coming of the iPad, Microsoft may be locked out of the next generation of operating systems. Read the whole story at Paradigm Shift »

• Market Cap

  tfjlgregory

  7 Mar 2010 | 9:04 pm

  Almost thirteen years ago, Apple’s Board of Directors fired Gil Amelio, and was replaced by interim CEO Steve Jobs. Just one month later, 6 August 1997, Jobs announced a deal with Microsoft which allowed Apple to survive into the coming millennium. When its shares closed at $218.95 on 5 March 2010, Apple became one of the five largest U.S. companies by market capitalization. The other Top Five includes Apple’s rival, Microsoft, Exxon, Berkshire Hathaway and Walmart. The chart below reflects the amazing gains Apple has made from being on the brink of bankruptcy in 1996. The new chart will…

• iPad vs iPhone Stock Price Comparison

  tfjlgregory

  29 Jan 2010 | 10:38 pm

  There seems to be a similarity between the iPhone announcement in 2007 and the iPad launch this week. Note that the iPhone was something that no one has ever seen the likes of before, whereas the iPad is the result of 3 years of developing the iPhone platform. This device was not possible till now. iPhone vs iPad »

• iPod, iPhone, iPad, iLuv

  tfjlgregory

  27 Jan 2010 | 9:29 pm

  Apple just rocked the world again. In 2001 Apple gave us a thousand songs in our pocket, and seven years later put the world wide web in that same pocket. Today, Apple stopped putting things in your pocket and introduced the iPad as the world's worst kept secret. Even though the media knew for months that a larger iPhone was coming, there were more questions to be answered than there are on the last season of Lost. And now, without further adieu... The Answers »

• Apple Reports All-Time Highest Revenue and Profit

  tfjlgregory

  25 Jan 2010 | 3:16 pm

  Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2010 first quarter ended December 26, 2009. The Company posted revenue of $15.68 billion and a net quarterly profit of $3.38 billion, or $3.67 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $11.88 billion and net quarterly profit of $2.26 billion, or $2.50 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 40.9 percent, up from 37.9 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 58 percent of the quarter’s revenue. Apple Financial Results PR Statement »

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  EveryMac.com

• How does the iPad compare to the Axiotron ModBook? Which one is best for my needs? - EveryiPod.com Q&As

  13 Mar 2010 | 10:50 am

  Based on e-mail, Twitter, and Facebook messages received, some readers were hoping that Apple would release a more full-featured "Mac Tablet" running Mac OS X rather than the relatively simple iPhone OS-based iPad...

• With the iPad now available for pre-ordering in the US, will you buy one today? Share Your Opinions - EveryMac.com Discussion on Facebook

  12 Mar 2010 | 7:50 am

  Now that the iPad is available for pre-ordering, EveryMac.com invites you to share whether or not you will buy one on Facebook. Will you buy one today? Wait for personal "hands on" evaluation in April? Wait for the 3G-equipped configuration? Wait for a future model to dodge potential "first revision" bugs? Or are you not interested in the iPad at all? Why or why not? Please share your thoughts.

• Integrated Geekbench Benchmarks, Enhanced Ultimate Mac Comparison & More - EveryMac.com Update

  8 Mar 2010 | 8:00 am

  If you missed these additions previously, EveryMac.com now features integrated Geekbench benchmarks and links to official Apple PDF instruction manuals across G3 and newer Mac specs pages. EveryMac.com's Ultimate Mac Comparison feature now also includes Geekbench benchmarks to make dynamic side-by-side performance comparison easy.

• EveryMac.com's "Ultimate Mac Comparison" Enhanced - EveryMac.com Specs

  5 Mar 2010 | 4:25 pm

  EveryMac.com's Ultimate Mac Comparison feature now includes Geekbench benchmarks to make dynamic side-by-side performance comparison easy. It is hoped that you will find this addition a helpful time-saver.

• Integrated Geekbench Benchmarks & Instruction Manual Links - EveryMac.com Sneak Peek

  5 Mar 2010 | 8:20 am

  As requested by readers, EveryMac.com now features integrated Geekbench benchmarks and links to official Apple PDF instruction manuals across G3 and later Mac specs pages.

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  MakeUseOf.com

• Creating Essential Smart Albums For Your iPhoto Library [Mac]

  Bakari Chavanu

  12 Mar 2010 | 11:31 am

  One of the best features of Mac OS X applications is the smart folder technology found in the Finder, iTunes, iPhoto, Mail, and Address Book. Smart folders collect files based on rules you set for them. In many cases, smart albums can be the most useful ways to manage your computer content, saving you the time and trouble of manually adding and moving files from folder to folder. Apple’s iPhoto is one of the best applications for using smart albums, especially if you import image files into your iPhoto library on a regular basis. Using smart albums in iPhoto also makes it easy to quickly…

• MakeUseOf Must-Have Mac Apps Giveaway Day #11 – Paragon NTFS

  Jackson Chung

  12 Mar 2010 | 10:00 am

  One the many things Mac users have to deal with in a mixed environment is NTFS-formatted external hard drives. Especially if they’re shared, this puts Macs at a disadvantage because OS X does not have native NTFS write privilege. Paragon NTFS for Mac 7.0 provides instant gratification by pulling all the strings in the background, supplying you with instant NTFS support; and puts you and your Mac back in the game. Today, we’ve got a whopping 20 licences worth $800 to hand out as the grand finale to our 11-day must-have Mac apps giveaway. Like I mentioned earlier, Paragon NTFS…

• MakeUseOf Must-Have Mac Apps Giveaway Day #10 – Pixelmator

  Jackson Chung

  11 Mar 2010 | 10:00 am

  For most everyday users, there’s no need for an image editor with the bells & whistles. Many people would rather prefer something that simply works. Pixelmator is the perfect solution. Its gorgeous UI and incredible ease-of-use makes it just amazing to work with. It’s loads quickly, does exactly what you need and goes out of your way. Oh, did I mention that it’s perfect? We’ve managed to “heist” 10 copies of Pixelmator worth $600 to give away for free to 10 lucky MakeUseOf readers. I guess this is something that amazes me so much that I have to mention…

• Manage External Drives’ Trash With Curb [Mac]

  Jeffry Thurana

  10 Mar 2010 | 11:30 am

  Nothing can put a bridle on information. Ever since the beginning of age, information is always on the move. It’s always multiplied, passed on, stored for a little while, then re-replicated and continued on with its journey. The only thing that changes about the whole account is the media that carries the information. If we apply today’s computer and internet age into the context, the main character of the story would be digital bits and bytes, and the settings would be the real world and the virtual world. While transferring data through the internet requires only a few clicks,…

• MakeUseOf Must-Have Mac Apps Giveaway Day #9 – OmniFocus

  Nancy Messieh

  10 Mar 2010 | 10:00 am

  OmniFocus is a great productivity app built on the basics of David Allen’s Getting Things Done system. It caters to a different kind of productivity user than the previous GTD giveaway app, Midnight Inbox. OmniFocus uses a slightly simpler approach, but is just as capable of getting, and keeping, you organized. We’ve managed to snag 5 licenses worth $400 to give away to five lucky MakeUseOf readers. There are two main modes in which you can view your actions – Planning and Context. The first mode displays your actions grouped by Projects. The second mode…

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  ifoAppleStore

• Reservations Open for iPad Store Pick-Up

  Gary Allen

  12 Mar 2010 | 8:41 pm

  Anticipation for the breakthrough iPad racheted up even more as Apple today began taking on-line pre-orders for the device, including reservations to pick up an iPad at any of the company’s United States stores on April 3rd. As part of ensuring that everyone arriving at the store on debut day will have a superior experience, retail store shoppers on April 3rd can also reserve other Apple products for in-store purchase. Apple has also established a six-hour window for picking up reserved iPads, apparently hoping to allow the stores to revert to normal operations later in the day.

• First a Store Guest, Now Accused of Assault

  Gary Allen

  12 Mar 2010 | 1:07 am

  Actor Richard Belzer (Law & Order) was one of several invited celebrities who appeared at the grand opening of the Upper West Side (NYC) store last November and who received free Apple products. Now Belzer may be less welcome at the store after an employee claims he physically assaulted her while yelling, “I need help!” As reported by the New York Post newspaper, Belzer was allegedly seen pacing in front of the store, and then came inside to approach staffer Milan Agnew. Belzer allegedly grabbed the 5-foot-2 employee by the shoulders and neck, shook her and demanded…

• Stores Prep For iPad’s Arrival April 3rd

  Gary Allen

  5 Mar 2010 | 11:35 pm

  Once again, Apple’s retail stores will be the focus for the company’s latest technology gadget, the iPad (Wi-Fi) when it goes on sale for the first time April 3rd only at the stores. In a statement, Apple said customers can place on-line pre-orders starting March 12th for pick-up at the stores on debut Saturday. Apple used the pre-order sales technique previously, when the iPhone 3G-S first went on sale last summer. At that event, the waiting lines were divided into two lanes when the stores opened for the two types of iPhone buyers. In general, there seemed to be few attendees…

• Patent Reveals Renewed Interest in Business

  Gary Allen

  3 Mar 2010 | 6:01 am

  An additional hint about Apple’s future retail plans was revealed in their recent application for the two-word trademark “Joint Venture.” The business-oriented word pair seems to indicate the company will use the trademark as part of a new service, possibly fee-based, intended to bring more business customers into the store. Tipsters have said Apple intends to provide more attention to business customers during 2010, and the company has recently reorganized job positions to kick off that project. As first reported by the Patently Apple web site, Apple’s application to…

• Apple Recruiting at University for Store Employees

  Gary Allen

  2 Mar 2010 | 3:31 pm

  An eager Apple recruiter is reaching out to the elite 2,000 students at Georgetown University in Washington (DC) as potential employees of the store that will open along Wisconsin Avenue NW this summer. Students at the nation’s oldest Catholic university have noticed flyers taped to bulletin boards at the school announcing a recruiting event at 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Wednesday. “Do something different for a change,” the flyer states, “get paid to enrich peoples (sic) lives.” The flyers invite prospective employees to visit with the recruiters and, “learn…

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  Apple MobileMe News

• Determining the Strength of Your MobileMe Password

  4 Mar 2010 | 10:00 am

  One of the simplest ways to keep your accounts secure is to create a strong password that is resistant to attempts to discover it. To help you make a unique password we've added a password strength meter which dynamically assesses the strength of a password as you create it. You can take advantage of it by visiting me.com, clicking Account Settings (gear icon) and going to the Password Settings page. When creating your password, you can click on "Get a Password Suggestion" for ideas. In addition to creating a strong password, remember to never share it with anyone. For more tips on keeping…

• Securely Accessing MobileMe Account Information

  22 Feb 2010 | 11:00 am

  To help make updating account information more convenient and secure we now allow MobileMe service emails to link directly to www.me.com (but not to any specific account pages) and have added Extended Validation (EV) certificates to the site. When you receive a MobileMe notification requesting a change to your account (for example to update an outdated credit card) be sure to look for evidence of Apple's Extended Validation Certificate in your browser's address bar when you log in. If you're using a modern browser (Safari 4, Firefox 3.6, or Internet Explorer 8) you should see the text "Apple…

• New MobileMe Gallery App for iPhone

  14 Jan 2010 | 10:00 am

  The MobileMe Gallery app provides a great new way to view published photos and movies directly on your iPhone or iPod touch. You can flick left or right to move through photos, pinch to zoom, or rotate your iPhone or iPod touch for a landscape view. The MobileMe Gallery app automatically stores photos you've viewed so you can quickly access them again, even without a network connection. And you can easily view friends' public galleries by selecting them from your iPhone contacts or entering their member name. See how it works in this video. To install the free MobileMe Gallery app on your…

• Use Your Gallery as Holiday Central for Family and Friends

  23 Dec 2009 | 10:00 am

  Your MobileMe gallery has a great way for your family and friends to view and share holiday photos in one place, whether they are celebrating under the same roof or in a different country. You simply set up a new album in your gallery and enable all of MobileMe's sharing features. Then everyone can participate right on the web. Simply log in to me.com/gallery. Click the "+" button at the bottom to create an album and check all the options under Allow to enable others to download and upload photos to your album. After creating the album, copy the link at the top right and send it to everyone…

• MobileMe iDisk App Updated

  16 Dec 2009 | 9:00 am

  With Mobile iDisk 1.1 for iPhone, you can now copy and paste images in your iDisk to another application — Mail for instance — or save them to your camera roll. Simply view the image from your MobileMe iDisk, tap and hold it, and then select Save Image to save to your camera roll, or Copy so you can paste it later into another application. The update also adds email address auto-complete to make sharing files easier than ever. When sharing a file, just begin typing your recipient's name and it will be automatically completed if the name is in your Contacts list. To see other…

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  TheMacTrack

• TheMacBundles Launches Build Your Own Bundle Store and New Bundle

  Richard

  14 Mar 2010 | 11:30 pm

  Berkeley, CA – MacEase Software today is pleased to announce the launch of TheMacBundles’ innovative new BYOB (Build Your Own Bundle) store and the release of a new Bundle. All Mac titles in the bundle are compatible with OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard). TheMacBundles’ cooperative marketing model brings unprecedented value to consumers while also returning to developers an exceptionally high percentage of the revenue produced by the sale of their software. Additionally, TheMacBundles’ no-fine-print policy means that purchasers of its bundles get the same software, support,…

• TweetyShow 1.0 for iPhone – Shows Photos Being Posted on Twitter, Live

  Richard

  14 Mar 2010 | 12:15 pm

  Lausanne, Switzerland – Nicolas Seriot and Anton Anton today are pleased to announce the release of TweetyShow 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch devices. TweetyShow shows photos posted on Twitter in real time. iPhone users can scroll through an endless grid of photos coming live from the Twitter-sphere. The result is a strange, addictive and poetic experience. Whereas Twitter communication is traditionally text only, Twitter users frequently post links to photos, using services like Twitpic or Yfrog. TweetyShow’s goal is to put these photos in the spotlight. TweetyShow has nothing to…

• Zevrix Announces Package Central Beta for InDesign – Automates Packaging

  Richard

  12 Mar 2010 | 9:27 am

  Toronto (ON), Canada – Zevrix Solutions announces public beta of Package Central 1.0, a new document packaging workflow automation solution for Adobe InDesign. Originally developed for a major publisher in the United States, the software automates InDesign packaging by processing files from hotfolders. Package Central offloads packaging to a central system leaving operator workstations free from the output process. Under Package Central workflow, production artists, prepress operators and designers simply submit files to hotfolders that reside on the network. Package Central…

• BKeeney Software Releases Task Timer Update

  Richard

  12 Mar 2010 | 9:20 am

  Lenexa, Kansas – BKeeney Software, Inc. today is pleased to announce the release of Task Timer 4.3.3, a major update to its time management software for Mac OS X and Windows. Task Timer version 4.3 adds the daily total to the dock and status menus for Mac OS X users. This release also fixes some minor bugs. Task Timer is an easy-to-use project management tool that allows users to track time spent on an unlimited number of projects and tasks. Users can start and stop time via a status menu that is available even when Task Timer is not the active application. Task Timer generates reports…

• iSMEStorage – The first Cloud Storage Virtualization App for the iPhone

  Richard

  12 Mar 2010 | 9:15 am

  London, UK – SMEStorage today is pleased to announce that its iSMEStorage iPhone application is live in the Apple App store. The application is the first iPhone application to let users access and manage over 10 storage clouds from their iPhone in one Cloud file view. Clouds from which files can be viewed and managed include Amazon S3, RackSpace CloudFiles, Box, Apple Mobile Me, Microsoft SkyDrive, Microsoft Live Mesh, Gmail-as-a-cloud, Email-as-a-Cloud, FTP-as-a-Cloud, Google Docs, and WebDav enabled clouds. CEO Ian Osborne states, “We are very happy to add the iPhone to the list…

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  Vinko Thoughts On..» Apple Inc.

• Should non-US Residences Pre-order iPad WiFi+3G?

  Vinko

  12 Mar 2010 | 5:23 am

  Apple began taking pre-orders for their iPad today via their USA online store for delivery to US addresses or in-store pickup. There are two ways to reserve your iPad for the April 3, 2010 launch date, you can pre-order it and have it delivered to your US address, or you can reserve one for in-store pick up at one of Apple’s US retail store. In either case, Apple limits the iPad pre-order to 2 units per customer. I guess this limitation is to warn off grey market sellers, ensure enough early adopters get their iPad’s, and less likely is the rumor that supplies of iPad will be low…

• iPad Ships on April 3rd (USA only?)

  Vinko

  5 Mar 2010 | 6:25 am

  Apple has announced the ship date to be April 3, 2010 for iPad in the USA, and begins to take pre-orders on March 12, 2010. According to Apple’s January 28th announcement, they will released the iPad in stages. The WiFi only versions are expected to release 60 days from the announcement date (approx. March 30th), then the versions with WiFi+3G was to come 30 days (approx. April 29th) after that. So based on the above understanding the April 3rd ship date should be for the WiFi only versions, and the versions with WiFi+3G are expected 30 days after that; some time beginning of May…

• Simplest Way to Access iPhone from Finder

  Vinko

  5 Mar 2010 | 6:10 am

  Every iPod released by Apple since October 2001 had the feature to allow user to mount the iPod on the desktop of the host computer (running either OS X, Windows or Linux). Unfortunately, Apple removed this feature from the iPod Touch (September 2007), and when Apple released the iPhone, it inherited this “deficiencies” from the iPod Touch. With the ability to mount the “old” iPod on the desktop of the host computer, this allowed users to transfer files to/from the host computer to the iPod, consequently using the iPod as a portable USB connected drive. As you can…

• Reactions to Apple iPad [Updated]

  Vinko

  27 Jan 2010 | 12:08 pm

  This morning (10:00 US PST) Steve Jobs introduced the Apple iPad to the highly anticipated crowd at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center. The specifications on the device are: Display: 9.56 inches (242.8 mm) IPS display Width: 7.47 inches (189.7 mm) Depth: 0.5 inches Weight: 1.5 pounds 16, 32, or 64 GB solid state hard drives Processor: 1 GHz Apple A4 chip Wi-Fi: 802.11n Battery: 10 hours, over 1 month standby Other features: Speaker, Microphone, 30-pin connector, Accelerometer and compass WiFi version: Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n) WiFi + 3G version: Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n) UMTS/HSDPA (850,…

• McGraw-Hill’s CEO Jump Spill the Apple Tablet News

  Vinko

  26 Jan 2010 | 7:13 pm

  During an interview with CNBC yesterday afternoon, the McGraw-Hill’s CEO Terry McGraw told CNBC (at 02:50 in the interview) that the yet unannounced Apple tablet “will be based on the iPhone OS.” McGraw-Hill’s CEO Jump Spill the Apple Tablet News is a post from: Vinko's Thoughts On... a blog of true technology Versatilist. Post this to Posterous Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Digg this! Share this on del.icio.us Share this on Reddit Share this on Plurk Buzz up! Share this on FriendFeed

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  The Apple Core

• Forget the iPad, I want a Rolltop

  Jason D. O'Grady

  14 Mar 2010 | 7:32 pm

  It’s obviously a concept, but this video by Orkin Design shows what could be in store for the future of tablet computing. The video reminds me of those futuristic digital paper concept videos that surface now and again. The device of the flexible display allows a new concept in notebook design growing out of the traditional bookformed laptop into unfurling and convolving portable computer. By virtue of the OLED-Display technology and a multi touch screen the utility of a laptop computer with its weight of a mini-notebook and screen size of 13 inch easily transforms into the graphics…

• Say Hello to the iBoard (and the iMat)

  Jason D. O'Grady

  14 Mar 2010 | 7:08 pm

  Tip: monorail.net

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• Hoarding iPads? Here's how to order four

  Jason D. O'Grady

  12 Mar 2010 | 6:36 am

  The iPad went on sale this morning at around 8:35am ET via Apple’s Web site. The company limited pre-orders to two iPads, but if you’re willing to drive a little you can really order four. Here’s how: The iPad pre-order Web site offered two options, a) have it shipped to you on April 3, or picking it up in a local Apple Store on April 3. While Apple limits each order to two iPads, you can order two via delivery and two for in-store pickup, for a total of four. What on earth will I be doing with four iPads you ask? As I told my fellow bloggers here at ZDNet: I’ll be…

• Gallery: the iPad pre-order process (updated)

  Jason D. O'Grady

  12 Mar 2010 | 6:04 am

  The iPad went on sale this morning at around 8:35am ET (at least by my clock) via Apple’s Web site. The site offered two options, a) have it shipped to you on April 3, or picking it up in a local Apple Store on April 3. Being an Apple freak, I did both. Apple also imposed a two iPad limit per login, but you could order two for delivery and two for pickup for a total of four, which I did. One peculiarity I noticed about the shipping: after clicking Pre-order > from the online store > 16GB Wi-Fi, the order summary on the right hand side says: Delivers on April 3rd Free Shipping…

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  The Loop

• AT&T’s network holds up at SXSW

  Jim Dalrymple

  14 Mar 2010 | 10:36 am

  AT&T said it was prepared for SXSW this year and by all accounts, the network is holding up. The problem is that they didn’t really fixed the underlying problem. AT&T put in mobile cell towers to handle the extra bandwidth consumed at the show, but the network is still broken. That’s what needs to be [...]

• Apple will replace iPad with new one for $99 if battery dies

  Jim Dalrymple

  13 Mar 2010 | 12:12 pm

  With all of the hype surrounding the iPad in the past couple of days, we missed an interesting page on Apple’s Web site: Battery Replacement. According to the FAQs if your iPad dies “due to the battery’s diminished ability to hold an electrical charge,” Apple will replace it for you. There is a cost of $99 [...]

• Wife vents on Twitter at husband that left for SXSW

  Jim Dalrymple

  13 Mar 2010 | 9:32 am

  There’s trouble in paradise. A self-professed “pissed off wife” is posting openly on Twitter about her husband leaving on their anniversary weekend to attend South by Southwest (SXSW). The bio for @ScrewYouSXSW is a gem: My husband f****d off to Austin on our anniversary weekend for South by Southwest. Asshole. Follow me to see what happens [...]

• Apple gives Tim Cook $22 million performance bonus

  Jim Dalrymple

  12 Mar 2010 | 2:48 pm

  Apple gave its Chief Operating Officer, Tim Cook, a $22 million performance bonus on Friday. The bonus was split between a cash bonus of $5 million and the rest as restricted stock. Cook’s bonus was approved by the board on Friday after being recommended by Steve Jobs. He was apparently given the bonus for his [...]

• Apple adds screen orientation lock to iPad

  Jim Dalrymple

  12 Mar 2010 | 7:07 am

  It seems that Apple added a little something extra to the iPad for the launch — Screen rotation lock. According to the company’s Web site, which was updated on Friday to take pre-orders, a button on the side of the iPad will lock the device’s orientation. This means that if you want the screen to stay [...]

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  My Technology Guide

• Easily Change the Default Operating System for Startup in Windows 7/Vista/XP MultiBoot Configuration

  Mezanul

  14 Mar 2010 | 12:06 am

  If you are running a multi-boot configuration setup with more than one Windows operating systems and want to change the default OS to boot to? Well, it’s pretty easy to configure the default boot operating system from within the current default OS.That is, if Windows 7 or Vista is currently your default operating system, then you will need to make this change from within Windows 7 or Vista, and not from Windows XP.Follow the simple steps below to easily change the default OS for startup in Windows multi-boot (or dual-boot) configuration:First open System (in Windows 7/Vista) or System…

• My Technology Guide down for 4 hours

  Mezanul

  13 Mar 2010 | 12:40 pm

  Apologies for the major downtime that lasted around 4 hours. The main reason for the downtime reported was file system error in the web server. In order to rectify the problem, the server was restarted and checked for errors. According to the latest update, the web server is now working fine…Below is the Pingdom Uptime Report:

• Free Download Norton 360 v4 with 90 Days Trial Subscription

  Mezanul

  12 Mar 2010 | 9:20 am

  Norton 360 is an “all-in-one” security suite that provides real-time protection against viruses, malware, Trojans, spyware and other computer security threats. The new version, Symantec Norton 360 version 4.0, can tune-up your computer, clean the registry of obsolete registry entries, remove unnecessary files to free up disk space, defragment the hard disk, optimize the computer system to keep it in top performance quickly and efficiently. In addition, the program also features an automated backup and restores system that can back up your files locally or to a secure online…

• How To Enable/Disable Secure Log On [CTRL+ALT+DEL] in Windows 7 [Quick Tip]

  Mezanul

  11 Mar 2010 | 8:35 am

  You can easily configure Windows 7 to require all users to press CTRL+ALT+DEL to log on securely. When users press CTRL+ALT+DEL they are prompted to give a valid username and password to access the computer.When you use secure log on, it provides an extra layer of security for your computer by ensuring that the authentic Windows log on-screen appears. It is known as secure log on as when it is enabled, no other malicious program (e.g. a spyware or a virus) can intercept your user name and password as you enter it.One of the way you can configure this is through Advanced User Accounts, as…

• Microsoft Patch Tuesday Security Update for March 2010: Two Bulletins

  Mezanul

  10 Mar 2010 | 8:48 am

  Microsoft Security Response Center released an advance notification stating that Microsoft will issue two Security Bulletins addressing eight vulnerabilities on Tuesday. Both of the vulnerabilities are rated “Important” and both may require a restart. The list of affected operating systems includes Windows XP (x86 and x64), Windows Vista (x86 and x64), and Windows 7 (x86 and x64). In case of Microsoft Office suites, all supported versions on both Windows and Mac OS X are affected.The exact breakdown of the bulletins is as follows:Bulletin 1: Important (Remote Code Execution),…

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  OS X Daily

• What’s the Maximum Resolution a MacBook Supports for External Displays?

  William Pearson

  14 Mar 2010 | 5:43 am

  When shopping around for an external monitor, I was asked “What’s the maximum resolution I can get out of my MacBook with an external LCD display?” by a friend of mine. Well the answer depends on which MacBook you have, what video card it has, and what type of video interface you’re going to use (DVI, VGA, DVI-I, etc) to power the external display. MacBook’s with shared GMA video cards can drive an external display with a resolution of up to 1920×1200 via DVI , or 1600×1200 via VGA Newer MacBook’s (unibody included) with independent graphics cards…

• Mac Setups: Mac Pro with 6 Monitors

  William Pearson

  13 Mar 2010 | 5:10 am

  One Mac Pro powering six monitors for a total of 9220×1600 pixels. Wow. Oh, and the Mac Pro has 8 cores, 12gb of ram, 8tb of disk space, and 3 video cards. Excessive? Maybe, but what a cool workstation. This guy is very serious about his working setup and has a ton of information about it on his website, it’s fun geek reading. [ via Biscade ]

• How to enable the Firewall in Mac OS X

  Manish Patel

  12 Mar 2010 | 3:48 am

  If you want to beef up the security on your Mac, you can try enabling the built-in firewall. Enabling the Firewall in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard * Open “System Preferences” from the Apple menu * Click on the ‘Security’ icon * Click on the ‘Firewall’ tab * In the corner of this window, you’ll see a lock icon, click on that and enter the administrator password * Now click on the ‘Start’ button to activate the firewall Yes, it’s that simple. If you want to allow certain ports, applications, or network connections, you can enter the…

• Download Google Books

  Manish Patel

  11 Mar 2010 | 6:32 am

  Google Books is a pretty amazing virtual library filled with who knows how many books, magazines, periodicals, and whatever else you might expect to find in a brick and mortar library. Some of the books can be downloaded and saved as a PDF with just a click, others are restricted, but thats where Google Book Downloader comes in. Simply give the program a Google Book URL or Book ID, and Google Book Downloader will generate a PDF of that book (or at least the portion that is accessible via the web). This is so useful for anyone who wants a virtual copy of a book stored locally on their Mac (or…

• How to access the iPhone Equalizer

  William Pearson

  10 Mar 2010 | 7:26 am

  If you ask me, the iPhone’s default audio settings are a little flat for music, but they’re easy to adjust thanks to the iPhone’s built in equalizer. It’s not an equalizer in the sense of manual sliders, but there are tons of preset options and you’ll certainly find one for your audio needs, whether you’re listening to ebooks, rock, or classical, or anything in between. Accessing the iPhone Equalizer: * Tap the ‘Settings’ icon (usually located on your Home screen, unless you moved it) * Scroll down to and tap on ‘iPod’ * Now tap on…

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  Geekword

• iPhone HD commercial

  Muhammad Ali

  14 Mar 2010 | 8:39 pm

  Designers and photographers just keep coming up with cool concepts. Most of the times it is about gadgets. The excitement reaches a new level when the concept video is about an iPhone. A new commercial for iPhone HD has been composed and posted for everyone to see. The commercial shows a different form factor of the next generation iPhone than the one that was leaked. As you can tell from the video, the shape of the so called iPhone HD is a bit different than the ones many of us has seen. The phone featured in the ad doesn’t show a front facing camera as suggested by rumors and the recent…

• Download song feature coming soon to Rhapsody app for iPhone

  Muhammad Ali

  14 Mar 2010 | 5:15 pm

  Rhapsody have just unleashed a teaser video that shows what’s cooking for the next version of its iPhone app. Offline playback is the name of this new feature, which as the name suggests will allow you to download songs thus permitting you to listen them anywhere and everywhere, regardless of whether you are connected to internet or not. Video demo of this feature can be seen after the jump. This feature is also regarded as iPhone battery life save since playing  music from your iPhone or iPod Touch memory will take less life compared to streaming music power demands. The app is going to…

• Video: Opera Mini 5 Beta 2 on HTC Hero

  Muhammad Ali

  14 Mar 2010 | 10:47 am

  During the course of this week, Opera Mini 5 Beta 2 went live for Android folks. We have already shared with you how the second beta of Opera Mini 5 for Android performs on Nexus One. This time we have a video to share that showcases how the browser performs on the classy HTC Hero. The video starts by showing the installation process which is not too lengthy. When you start the browser, the Speed Dial will open up, which is a good thing since it allows you to set your most frequently used sites thus saving time. Notice the performance is smooth and snappy and you can tap to zoom in and so on.

• Rumor or Reality: HTC Touch Pro3 coming to Europe in summer, with a slim and smaller design

  Muhammad Ali

  14 Mar 2010 | 7:37 am

  If you thought that XDA folks are all about doing magnificent porting work and cooking up powerful new ROMS, then get hold of this. LocDogg, an XDA member has revealed that HTC Touch Pro2 successor, HTC Touch Pro3 is coming to Europe in Q3. It might be a rumor but there is no doubt that it is a juicy one. The XDA member under discussion discovered this useful info thanks to his contact who happens to be the main distributor of HTC in Europe. This means that we might be onto something real and exciting. The yet to arrive phone is believed to have a much slimmer and smaller design. I am…

• Windows 95 runs smoothly on HTC HD2

  Muhammad Ali

  14 Mar 2010 | 1:16 am

  Who says Windows Mobile phones can’t port different OS? Recently, we informed you about Android successfully ported to HTC Touch Pro2. Here is the agenda for this post. Windows 95 has been successfully ported to HTC HD2 and in fact runs smoothly. Would you believe it? See the video after the jump to see how the port turned out. As you will see from the video the legendary Windows 95 runs pretty well on the sexy Windows Mobile 6.5 phone thanks mainly to its powerful 1 Ghz processor. Qemu processor emulator is used to run the Windows OS. Even though you can use the old MS Paint, Minesweeper…

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  ithinkdifferent

• How Apple should combat Windows Phone 7 Series gaming

  Imran Hussain

  13 Mar 2010 | 7:55 am

  Microsoft has come out all guns blazing with Windows Phone 7 Series. They’ve put in everything every user dreams of in a phone and then some. Xbox Live for mobile phones had been on the cards for years but never materialized before Windows Phone 7 Series. Now that we know details on how Microsoft intends to become the platform of choice in handheld gaming just like it is on the PC, Apple will have to raise the game even higher than the current App Store offerings. Here’s what I think Apple should come up with for iPhone OS 4.0 or iPhone 4G:Apple should create a social network for gamers.

• Apps for Windows: Get weather information in Windows 7 Taskbar using WeatherBar

  Imran Hussain

  13 Mar 2010 | 6:33 am

  In my opinion, the new taskbar or Superbar in Windows 7 is probably the best feature in the operating system. Jumplists and lively taskbar buttons have really given developers opportunities to create excellent widgets, even better than what you can get with the Windows Gadgets platform. Some widgets we have covered in the past include a Gmail notifier, 7Stacks, StandaloneStack and Taskbar Meters. Lee Matthews from Download Squad has covered a taskbar widget called WeatherBar which puts weather information in the taskbar. WeatherBar uses tasbkar overlays, jumplists and taskbar button progress…

• Tekken coming to the iPhone!

  Anum Vighio

  8 Mar 2010 | 11:45 am

  Tekken fans rejoice. Fonehome confirmed today that Namco’s Tekken will soon be available for iPhone users. It’s in the final stages of development and that’s all the information we have up till now. No screenshots, no posters, nothing. One can only wonder how it’ll look like, if it’ll be a rendition of the classic or something more adapted with the iPhone. No specific release date yet, neither will it be making an appearance at the Game Developers Conference either, according to Fonehome.Scanty information aside, you can be rest assured that Tekken will hit the App…

• Apple airs iPad Commercial at the Oscars

  Hammad

  8 Mar 2010 | 7:03 am

  One of the most exciting moments during the Academy Awards ceremony which captured the attention of the entire film industry was when Apple aired the iPad commercial.The commercial demonstrates the features of iPad which include browsing photos, reading eBooks, using Safari browser and the Maps application based on Google Maps. The commercial ends after revealing the launch date of iPad in US i.e April 3, for the Wi-Fi model and a month later for the Wi-Fi and 3G model.Pricing of iPad will be16GB WiFi only $499, WiFi + 3G $62932GB WiFi only $599, WiFi + 3G $72964GB WiFi only $699, WiFi + 3G…

• Microsoft will officially launch Office 2010 on May 12

  Nida

  6 Mar 2010 | 11:58 am

  After the successful launch of Windows 7, Microsoft announced on Friday that Office 2010 will be officially launched at an event planned for May 12.Microsoft has arranged an event on May 12 for the release of its much expected product, where they will make Office 2010 publically available for Enterprises with Volume License agreements. Consumers will not be able to buy this product until June.Another interesting news is that customers who purchase Office 2007 and activate it between March 5, 2010 to September 30, 2010 will be offered a free upgrade to Office 2010. Copies will be offered…

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  Low End Mac

• iPad Ships April 3, iPhone Stand Made from Cutlery, Apple's Draconian Developer Agreement, and More, iNews Review

  Also an open letter to Steve Jobs, Apple bans cell phone radiation app, wireless iPhone charging with Case-mate Hug, new apps, and more.

• Apple Tops in Laptop Support, Rise of Netbooks Charted, 1 TB Bus Powered Hard Drive, and More, The 'Book Review

  Also Apple files for patent on notebook cooling technology, the Mac user and his i7 laptop, HP's latest Vivienne Tan netbook, and more.

• Consumer Reports Rates Apple Tops, Macs Cost Less to Manage than PCs, 6 Core Mac Pro Soon?, and More, Mac News Review

  Also dreaming of a Mac mini on steroids, focus on word processiong, Ubuntu ditches brown for more Mac-like appearance, and more.

• March 15 in LEM history

  00: AOL 5.0 - 01: A Quadra after all these years - Setting up a floppy server - 02: Trade-ins could grow Apple's market - Upgrading an old G3 - 04: Lombard CPU upgrades - 05: Cleaning your Mac's hard drive - 06: 2.7 GHz dual G5 or 2.3 GHz dual-core G5? - MySQL and PostgreSQL - 07: Making floppies for older Macs

• OS X 10.4 Tiger Still Very Usable on a 500 MHz G3 Mac, Simon Royal, Mac Spectrum

  For writing and basic Internet access, a 500 MHz G3 provides sufficient power and Tiger provides fairly up-to-date software.

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  Apple Investor

• Market Open Broadcast for March 4 – Premarket Routine

  ernie@apple-investor.com (Ernie Varitimos)

  4 Mar 2010 | 8:04 am

  Thursday morning broadcast describing a detailed pre-market routine that a Swing Trader might perform.

• Market Open Broadcast for March 3 2010 – Apple Position

  ernie@apple-investor.com (Ernie Varitimos)

  4 Mar 2010 | 4:38 am

  Wednesday morning broadcast explaining the reasoning behind exiting the AAPL position prematurely and taking 1.5% profits before reaching target.

• Buy the Apple iPad 16 GB Wifi

  ernie@apple-investor.com (Ernie Varitimos)

  3 Mar 2010 | 10:14 am

  BUY the Apple iPad 16 GB WiFi CLICK TO BUY the iPAD Click Here to Buy other Apple Products I Recommend AND Own Leave a Comment Below null

• Market Open Broadcast for March 2 2010

  ernie@apple-investor.com (Ernie Varitimos)

  2 Mar 2010 | 7:32 am

  Every day the market is open there’s a Market Open broadcast where we look at the trading day to come. Topics covered can include technical analysis for the day, economic report analysis, news, rumors and speculative plays and stock setups.

• Apple and Tech Leading the Way

  ernie@apple-investor.com (Ernie Varitimos)

  2 Mar 2010 | 4:31 am

  MACD Zero Cross Showing Momentum Building Breakout from Handle spring boarding off the 20/50 day EMAs (click to enlarge) Yesterday’s economic reports all came within expected ranges, some over, some under… so that’s not a problem. Next, we gapped up yesterday, launching off those 20/50 day moving averages, so that’s even better. And we’re building momentum now, with the MACDs on all the major indexes showing a cross over the zero line. Yes! This was a critical move by the Bulls and it was done on pretty good, not utterly fantastic, yet definitely not anemic,…

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  MacNews

• 10 Tips for iWeb users

  Terry White

  14 Mar 2010 | 10:01 pm

  1. HTML snippet Although iWeb is designed to be a easy to use app to create personal and small sites for organizations, it has the ability to be much more than the built-in templates by giving you the ability to put in HTML snippets. This is great when you want to embed a video on your site from another site or some other widget from a different site.  Just go to your Widgets tab and drag the HTML Snippet onto your page where you want the content to appear and then paste in the HTML embed code that you copied.   2. FTP When iWeb first came out the only hosting service that you could…

• MacGroup-MacNews Archives

  Calvin Carson

  12 Mar 2010 | 12:22 am

  To be able to appreciate the present and the possible future, one must reflect upon the past.   I say this because I was inspired by another blogger. I looked to the past of MacGroup. I went back. I also found that no matter how many years pass, some principles will endure. Like backing up on a regular basis.   What does this have to do with backups. Well, if Terry had not backed up past issues of MacNews, they would not be available for you to read or download from the MacGroup website. And get this, you can go back 10 years!   Extra Extra Read All about it!

• A Day in the Life of MacGroup-Detroit

  Chita Hunter

  11 Mar 2010 | 12:00 am

  Have you ever thought about our MacGroup-Detroit meetings?   I do. I certainly think about them every week as I prepare my weekly blog post for MacNews, MacGroup-Detroit’s eNews format. But, there is more than that. There’s a lot that goes on at our meetings, especially before the meetings even start. Actually, the meeting itself is a culmination of events, behind and in front of the scene.  Member-volunteers help unpack the car, set up the venue, make sure there are no hazards to trip over, and man the sign in table for our many incoming members and guests.

• Centerfield

  Jack Beckman

  10 Mar 2010 | 12:01 am

  Spring must be around the corner, because the Boys of Summer are in Spring Training in Florida and Arizona. And of course, there's an app for that. Major League Baseball (MLB) has brought out MLB At Bat 2010 ($14.99), this year's app for following along with the big leagues, along with MLB At Bat Lite, a free version. I've been using the paid version for a week or so, and while I like it, I kind of hope it's still in "spring training" as well. Both apps will show you the scores for games in progress (along with box scores for the paid version). They'll…

• There’s a Radio in my iTunes

  Phyllis Evans

  9 Mar 2010 | 12:01 am

  If you have an iPod or iPhone, you've used iTunes to transfer music and video, but how many of you have ever checked out the radio feature in iTunes? Now, granted, in the beginning there were more mediocre stations than really good ones, but that has changed. More and more local stations are being included, without jumping through hoops to add the streaming web address. There are dozens of stations that cover everything from comedy and classical to sports, talk and religion. As most of you know by now, our own Calvin Carson (see those Friday posts!) is part of the crew on WJR's…

• 

  MacNews

• 10 Tips for iWeb users

  Terry White

  14 Mar 2010 | 10:01 pm

  1. HTML snippet Although iWeb is designed to be a easy to use app to create personal and small sites for organizations, it has the ability to be much more than the built-in templates by giving you the ability to put in HTML snippets. This is great when you want to embed a video on your site from another site or some other widget from a different site.  Just go to your Widgets tab and drag the HTML Snippet onto your page where you want the content to appear and then paste in the HTML embed code that you copied.   2. FTP When iWeb first came out the only hosting service that you could…

• MacGroup-MacNews Archives

  Calvin Carson

  12 Mar 2010 | 12:22 am

  To be able to appreciate the present and the possible future, one must reflect upon the past.   I say this because I was inspired by another blogger. I looked to the past of MacGroup. I went back. I also found that no matter how many years pass, some principles will endure. Like backing up on a regular basis.   What does this have to do with backups. Well, if Terry had not backed up past issues of MacNews, they would not be available for you to read or download from the MacGroup website. And get this, you can go back 10 years!   Extra Extra Read All about it!

• A Day in the Life of MacGroup-Detroit

  Chita Hunter

  11 Mar 2010 | 12:00 am

  Have you ever thought about our MacGroup-Detroit meetings?   I do. I certainly think about them every week as I prepare my weekly blog post for MacNews, MacGroup-Detroit’s eNews format. But, there is more than that. There’s a lot that goes on at our meetings, especially before the meetings even start. Actually, the meeting itself is a culmination of events, behind and in front of the scene.  Member-volunteers help unpack the car, set up the venue, make sure there are no hazards to trip over, and man the sign in table for our many incoming members and guests.

• Centerfield

  Jack Beckman

  10 Mar 2010 | 12:01 am

  Spring must be around the corner, because the Boys of Summer are in Spring Training in Florida and Arizona. And of course, there's an app for that. Major League Baseball (MLB) has brought out MLB At Bat 2010 ($14.99), this year's app for following along with the big leagues, along with MLB At Bat Lite, a free version. I've been using the paid version for a week or so, and while I like it, I kind of hope it's still in "spring training" as well. Both apps will show you the scores for games in progress (along with box scores for the paid version). They'll…

• There’s a Radio in my iTunes

  Phyllis Evans

  9 Mar 2010 | 12:01 am

  If you have an iPod or iPhone, you've used iTunes to transfer music and video, but how many of you have ever checked out the radio feature in iTunes? Now, granted, in the beginning there were more mediocre stations than really good ones, but that has changed. More and more local stations are being included, without jumping through hoops to add the streaming web address. There are dozens of stations that cover everything from comedy and classical to sports, talk and religion. As most of you know by now, our own Calvin Carson (see those Friday posts!) is part of the crew on WJR's…