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- Apple releases Mac OS 10.4.9
- Waiting in your Software Update is the Mac OS 10.4.9. Resist the urge to install it tonight, people. Wait at least 72 hours before installing a major software update like this. Personally, Im waiting until at least Monday. The 10.4.9 Update is recommended for PowerPC and Intel-based Mac computers currently...
- Tags: Apple Mac OS, Web site development, Web technology, Operating systems, Intel based Mac, Intel Based, Apple Computer Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-03-13
- Fun Gapple mashups
- AppleInsider reported on Monday that Apple and Google working on "many more" projects together. According to AI Schmidt made the comments at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference "while responding to a question concerning rumors that the two firms were working on a tablet-style personal computer." Ive been a vocal critic...
- Tags: Apple, Google, Mashup
- Blog posts 2007-03-07
- Crystal ball: Macworld Expo 2007
- Another January means another round of fortune telling. The week leading up to Macworld Expo are when pundits predict what Apple has in store for us in the new year. With that lets dive into what Steve Jobs could announce at the Moscone Center in San Francisco one week from...
- Tags: iTunes, Macworld Expo, iPod, Apple Computer Inc., iTV, iPhone, MacPro, MacBook, MacBook Pro, iWork, Mac mini, iLife
- Blog posts 2007-01-02
- Apple's iTV: what the heck is it?
- A friend emailed this to me recently:At first I was surprised by how open Steve Jobs was being about discussing upcoming products like the iTV, which he NEVER does. Lately however, I think this was done to "freeze out" competition in the Mac market. TiVo doesnt natively support transferring files...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, iTV
- Blog posts 2006-12-08
- Apple releases OS X Security Update 2006-007
- Apple yesterday released Security Update 2006-007 for Mac OS X 10.3.9 through 10.4.8. The update, which is available in Software Update and from Apple Downloads, weighs in at 23.9 MB for Intel and is available in several flavors.Despite Apples policy that it "does not disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues...
- Tags: Software, Security, Apple Macintosh, Apple Computer Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-11-29
- Apple announces fiscal Q4-2006 earnings
- Apple yesterday announced preliminary financial results for its fiscal 2006 fourth quarter ended September 30, 2006. They also noted that the preliminary results may be subject to "significant adjustment" as a result of a likely restatement of historical results.The company posted revenue of $4.84 billion and net quarterly profit of...
- Tags: Apple Computer Inc., IPODS, stock option
- Blog posts 2006-10-19
- What can we learn from Microsoft's Mac BU blog?
- So it's official. Everyone's doing it. Blogging, that is. That's right, pretty much everyone these days has a blog, including a freshy from the good folks at Microsoft's Mac Business Unit Mac BU. Their blog, affectionately titled Mac Mojo (kudos on the name guys!) is part of Redmond's strategy...
- Tags: blog
- Blog posts 2006-08-31
- Top Secret features in Mac OS 10.5 Leopard
- Steve Jobs' keynote address at WWDC 2006 was a little out of the ordinary. Rather than trumpeting all of the big new features coming to Mac OS 10.5 Leopard (due Spring 2007) Jobs specifically kept some of its major features "top secret." A stark contrast to the showman Jobs who...
- Tags: Apple Computer Inc., Leopard, Mac OS 10.5
- Blog posts 2006-08-08
- Apple Q3 profit up 47 percent
- Apple yesterday reported a fiscal third-quarter profit that rose 47.5 percent from the same quarter last year on increased iPod and Macintosh sales.Apple experienced the second highest quarterly earnings and revenue in Apple's history in the third quarter with US$4.37 billion in revenue and 24 percent year over year growth....
- Tags: Apple Computer Inc., revenue
- Blog posts 2006-07-20
- Mac OS 10.4.7 update bonus: two-finger right click
- A nice little bonus arrive with yesterday's release of Mac 10.4.7: two-finger right clicking for 15-inch MacBook Pro owners. Originally reported at TUAW Apple's 113MB update for OS X included this nice little feature for MacBook Pro users that previously had to install a hack to get the functionality.Two-finger...
- Tags: Apple Computer Inc., Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro
- Blog posts 2006-06-29
- Coming soon to a Mac near you: Woodcrest, Conroe and Merom
- Intel used an event in San Francisco yesterday to launch their new server chip code-named "Woodcrest." (The official name "Dual Core Xeon" is not nearly as cool, but I digress.) According to Intel the new chips are optimized for low power consumption and provide more performance in key benchmarks -...
- Tags: Intel Corp., chip
- Blog posts 2006-06-27
- 10.5 speculation runs wild; Photoshopper field day
- Last Thursday a mysterious blogger named Trinity Rubicon posted some terrific screen shots he alleged were from Apple's unreleased Mac OS 10.5 (a.k.a. "Leopard"). The two shots, posted on a blogger account with no other posts, sent the Mac world into a fit of speculation and debate.The shots in question...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh
- Blog posts 2006-06-26
- Apple's Earth Day announcements
- Apple made two announcements in the spirit of this weekend's Earth Day. The first is an expansion of its computer recycling program, offering free computer take-back and recycling with the purchase of a new Macintosh beginning in June. If you purchase a new Mac in the U.S. from the Apple...
- Tags: Apple Computer Inc., PC
- Blog posts 2006-04-24
- Decoding your Mac's serial number
- There has been a lot of discussion lately about Mac serial numbers. Specifically, how the MacBook Pro serial number relates to the version of the logic board contaned within it. In a PowerPage article I mentioned that Apple changed the MacBook logic board to "Revision D" beginning with models starting...
- Tags: serial number
- Blog posts 2006-04-11
- Apple endorses Windows XP booting with "Boot Camp"
- Apple has released a public beta of a product they're calling Boot Camp that will let you boot an Intel-based Mac into Windows XP. According to the public beta Web site "Boot Camp lets you install Windows XP without moving your Mac data, though you will need to bring your...
- Tags: Boot Camp, Microsoft Windows
- Blog posts 2006-04-05
- Tablet envy
- In case you missed it, there's a whole lot going on with tablet development these days - and it's not in the Mac camp.The Wintel community is abuzz about Intel's Ultra Mobile PC UMPC platform and a new product from Microsoft called Origami due to launch on March 9. The...
- Tags: Origami, tablet, ultramobile PC
- Blog posts 2006-03-08
- Apple revs Mac mini; announces iPod HiFi
- In an event today in Cupertino, Steve Jobs announced two new pieces of hardware:Intel-based Mac mini. The newest Mac mini is based on Intel Core Solo and Core Duo processors and is benchmarked to be 2.5x - 3.2x faster. The new mini includes Apple's new FrontRow with Bonjour software...
- Tags: Apple iPod, Intel Core Duo
- Blog posts 2006-02-28
- More details on Macworld plasmas and Mac mini
- On Friday I posted a story on the PowerPage about a possibility that Apple will introduce new 42 and 50-inch plasma displays at Macworld Expo tomorrow - with built-in in Macs. As with anything mentioned before the start of Expo you have to consider the source. It should also...
- Tags: Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple Macintosh
- Blog posts 2006-01-09
- Top 10 things Apple could announce at Macworld Expo
- It's that time of year again, time to dust off the crystal ball and prognosticate about what Apple has in store for us at the big January love-in at Moscone. Macworld Expo opens in San Francisco in less than two weeks and predicting Expo announcements has become nothing short of...
- Tags: Desktops, Apple Computer Inc., Apple Macintosh, Apple iTunes
- Blog posts 2006-01-03
- Mac mini to go Intel in January
- ThinkSecret is reporting that Apple will announce an Intel-based Mac mini in January — presumably at Macworld Expo in San Francisco. According to the story, which I confirmed with another source, the new Mac mini will pack a bunch of new features not found in the original.In addition to being...
- Tags: Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple Macintosh
- Blog posts 2005-11-29
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