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Apple Store announces Reserve And Pick Up program for the holidays

Ramu Nagappan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:12:00 -0800

Apple today announced a Reserve and Pick Up program that allows customers to reserve products online and pick them up at a local retail store between December 15 and 24.

xGestures updated for Snow Leopard

Jeff Porten — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:52:00 -0800

xGestures is a program that allows mouse movements to trigger menu items, keystrokes, and AppleScripts; it's recently been updated to work with Snow Leopard.

Mac developers band together for One Finger Discount

David Chartier — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:43:00 -0800

Over two dozen Mac developers are participating in a "One Finger Discount" sale to celebrate great Mac software and offer a 20 percent discount to customers.

Secrets pref pane updated for Snow Leopard

Jeff Porten — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:37:00 -0800

The Mac preference pane with hundreds of hidden user interface tweaks is updated for Snow Leopard.

MacHeist offers six Mac apps for free

Jeff Porten — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:22:00 -0800

MacHeist offers six Mac applications for free, in exchange for your email address. And no Twitter spamming this time, either.

Google Dashboard gives you a bird's-eye view of your cloud

Jeff Porten — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:12:00 -0800

Moderate and heavy users of Google services will appreciate this master control panel view of their usage.

Steve Jobs is Fortune's CEO of the decade

Dan Moren — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:10:00 -0800

In the last ten years, Steve Jobs has revolutionized several industries, including music and cell phones—so it's easy to understand why Fortune has named him CEO of the decade.

Steve Jobs disliked ‘iMac,’ had an appalling alternative

Jeff Porten — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:40:00 -0800

An interview with one of TBWA\Chiat\Day's former executives revealed that Steve Jobs wasn't always bully on the iMac.

RemoteSight turns an iSight into CCTV

Jeff Porten — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:16:00 -0800

Ben Software's new RemoteSight can turns an iSight—or other video input source—into a video-monitoring system for your home.

New Mac 'game' plays Russian roulette with your files

Tony Craine — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:42:00 -0800

An artist tries to get gamers to think about their actions by creating an arcade-style game for the Mac that purposely deletes files from your hard drive as you score points.

Report: Apple Store headed to downtown Philadelphia

Scott McNulty — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:40:00 -0800

Rumors are swirling that Apple is going to open a retail store in downtown Philadelphia.

Consumer Reports readers love the Apple Store

Tony Craine — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:20:00 -0800

Respondents to a CR survey rank Apple Stores high among walk-in electronics retailers, even while grousing about the price of the merchandise.

Psystar begs judge to rule it's legit

Gregg Keizer — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:46:00 -0800

Psystar, the Mac clone maker that's been battling Apple for more than a year in federal court has asked a judge to rule that its business is legitimate.

The Macalope Weekly: Everyone’s got an opinion

The Macalope — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:00:00 -0700

This week, everybody tells Apple how to run their business—and the Macalope tells everybody exactly what they can do with that advice.

Camino 2 release candidate sees light of day

Lex Friedman — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:42:00 -0700

It's Safari! No, it's Firefox! No, it's that other Mozilla-based OS X friendly-browser you'd forgotten all about.

Ad man behind '1984,' 'Think Different,' and 'I'm a Mac' stepping down

Lex Friedman — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:00:00 -0700

Lee Clow, chief creative officer at TBWA, is handing off Apple creative duties.

Twitter rolls out Lists feature to most users

Dan Moren — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:08:00 -0700

Twitter began rolling out its new Lists feature, previously in limited beta testing, to most of its userbase this week.

Report: Apple plans store changes for holidays

Aayush Arya — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:12:00 -0700

Apple’s plans for the upcoming holidays includes new t-shirts for Apple Store employees and a more efficient checkout process.

Fake Google Chrome OS download makes the rounds

Ramu Nagappan — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:12:00 -0700

A site purporting to offer a beta download of Google's forthcoming Chrome OS on Wednesday was revealed to be a hoax.

Apple releases Magic Mouse software updates for Leopard, Snow Leopard

Jonathan Seff — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:40:00 -0700

Apple on Tuesday released software updates for Leopard and Snow Leopard to support the new Magic Mouse.

1Password 3 beta now open to all

Nicholas Bonsack — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:19:00 -0700

1Password 3, the latest version of Agile Web Solutions's password storage utility for Safari, is now available in beta mode for all interested parties.

ScreenFlow 2.0 adds powerful new editing features

Lex Friedman — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:25:00 -0700

Telestream's already-powerful screencasting studio, ScreenFlow, gets more powerful with version 2.0.

Apple flourishes in Europe and beyond

Lex Friedman — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:00:00 -0700

The company showed year-over-year increases in revenue for worldwide markets in its Q4 filings.

Mac port of ZFS discontinued

Jeff Porten — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:33:00 -0700

The Apple-backed project to port Sun's ZFS filesystem to the Mac has been discontinued, leaving speculation about where OS X will go next.

DoorStop X security suite ready for Snow Leopard

Dan Miller — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:04:00 -0700

In addition to adding Snow Leopard compatibility to the suite's firewall and the firewall advisor, DoorStop X 2.3 also includes a new read-only mode in the firewall for non-admin users while the Who's There? Firewall Advisor offers an improved geo-location service.

The Macalope Weekly: 7 herbs and spices

The Macalope — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:10:00 -0700

The Macalope does combat with an old foe this week, then takes a gander at Microsoft's latest familiar-looking venture and Windows 7's missing ingredient.

Amazon says Kindle reader coming for Mac, too

Lex Friedman — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:06:00 -0700

The enormous e-tailer recently announced Kindle software for PCs. Mac users can rest assured, OS X-friendly software is also coming.

New 'Get a Mac' ads take a shot at Windows 7

Aayush Arya — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:36:00 -0700

Apple welcomes Windows 7 to the world with its own brand of humor and self-aggrandizement.

Psystar selling software to run Snow Leopard on generic hardware

Nicholas Bonsack — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:53:00 -0700

Psystar has released a product called Rebel EFI, which lets users install Snow Leopard on generic PC hardware.

Apple applies for patent on OS with embedded advertising

Jeff Porten — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:30:00 -0700

Among Apple's many recent patent applications is this one, in which the computer company envisions a future where your very operating system may be supported by ads.

Apple: Boot Camp will be late to the Windows 7 party

David Chartier — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:33:00 -0700

Rushing to get home from work to install Windows 7 in Boot Camp today? Not so fast, says Apple, and not at all if you own a handful of specific first-generation Intel Macs.

iFixit tears down the Magic Mouse

Aayush Arya — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:03:00 -0700

Apple’s new touchy Magic Mouse bares all at the hands of the iFixit crew, who once again work their dastardly destruction.

MacMiniColo.net looks at the Mac mini server

Jeff Porten — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:35:00 -0700

The new Mac mini server configuration gets the hairy eyeball from the folks at MacMiniColo.net, the experts in Mac mini co-location.

Adobe launches Lightroom 3 public beta

Aayush Arya — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:10:00 -0700

The newly unveiled public beta of Adobe Lightroom 3 promises performance improvements, better noise reduction, and other features.

LaunchBar 5 adds clipboard history, more

Derik DeLong — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:50:00 -0700

The popular launching software LaunchBar has reached version 5, bringing new features such as clipboard history along with it.

Apple clears up 'disc' and 'disk' confusion

Dan Moren — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:27:00 -0700

One's a removable volume you put in your computer—the other's magnetic media. But which one is which?

iFixit tears down new white MacBook, so you don’t have to

Jeff Porten — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:46:00 -0700

As usual, the team at iFixit has already taken it upon itself to disassemble Apple's latest new hardware—in this case, the white unibody MacBook

Virgin America and Google team up for free in-flight Wi-Fi

Jeff Porten — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:25:00 -0700

This holiday season, enjoy free Wi-Fi access on all Virgin America flights, courtesy of Google, who's footing the bill.

Scrivener offers hefty NaNoWriMo discounts

Aayush Arya — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:18:00 -0700

To help you get through next month's National Novel Writing Month, Literature and Latte is offering some hefty discounts and an extended trial version of its novel-writing application Scrivener.

Acorn 2.1 gains AppleScript, more

David Chartier — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:59:00 -0700

Flying Meat's "image editor for humans" received a major update to version 2.0 only last month, but Acorn 2.1 brings a slew of new features, tweaks, and fixes—the most notable of which is support for AppleScript.

Study: U.S. broadband in middle of pack

Jeff Porten — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:55:00 -0700

An FCC-commissioned report by the Berkman Center takes a look at global broadband statistics.

Four things to follow in Apple's earnings announcement

Philip Michaels — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:58:00 -0700

What should you expect when Apple announces its quarterly earnings Monday afternoon. Philip Michaels looks at four talking points in advance of the 2 p.m. PT conference call, which Macworld will cover live.

The Macalope Weekly: You should see the other guy

The Macalope — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:00:00 -0700

Will Apple pick up marketshare from Windows 7's release or not? Either way, expect to see them dish out a whole new bowl of dings at Microsoft's expense. And Michael Dell says something sensible—The Macalope is shocked!

Apple is a 2009 Global Champion

Scott McNulty — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:45:00 -0700

The management firm A.T. Kearney releases its list of 25 Global Champions and Apple makes an appearance at number three.

TypeStyler makes long-awaited OS X debut

Philip Michaels — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:33:00 -0700

Strider Software has brought its desktop publishing app, which lets users customize and create special effects with fonts, to OS X after seven years of development work.

Mail Act-On developer snaps up MiniMail plug-in

Ramu Nagappan — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:18:00 -0700

InDev Software has bought MiniMail, the popular plug-in from Olive Toast Software for OS X's built-in Mail client.

Performance Update fixes a hard drive stalling issue

Rob Griffiths — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:50:00 -0700

Performance Update 1.0, released Wednesday, fixes a problem with hard drives stalling in 2009 and late 2008 Macs.

Psystar attorney clarifies company's argument

Dan Moren — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:31:00 -0700

Tim Nyberg of Camara & Sibley, Psystar's law firm, clarified the company's position in its recent motion for summary judgment.

Inside Snow Leopard's Guest account data loss bug

Rob Griffiths — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:37:00 -0700

Learn about a rare but possibly painful data loss bug involving Snow Leopard and Guest accounts.

New WikiReader lets you take online encyclopedia offline

James Galbraith — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:03:00 -0700

Openmoko unveiled a $99 handheld device that lets you browse Wikipedia entries without requiring an Internet connection. But will users embrace the idea of a handheld that does nothing but look up things on Wikipedia?