Source: Engadget
Does it strike anyone else as strange that Apple is hiring a "reliability engineer" to work on "supporting multi-touch panel development with Mac...
Source: Daring Fireball
================= "He won't permit music downloaded from competing stores to play on the iPod." =================
Source: MacNN | The Macintosh News Network
A study conducted by the NPD Group today revealed that Apple owners are much more likely than PC users to pay for music downloads.
Source: Lifehacker
Windows/Mac/Linux (All platforms): Join PDFs together, split them apart and pull out individual pages with pdfsam, an open-source, Java-based cross-platform tool that's a free download.
Its Christmas and I have been browsing through tons (TONS!) of buyers guides and gift guides in search of that perfect something for my friends and family.
Source: ZDNet
The year 2007 has been an interesting year that brought us improved security with Windows Vista and Mac OS X Leopard (10.5).
Source: CNET News.com
Mac users who installed an update to their QuickBooks software over the weekend were met with a nasty surprise: missing data.
Source: Between the Lines | ZDNet.com
With Apple expected to deliver a new ultra-portable Mac at its Macworld conference Jan. 15 prognosticators are busy handicapping the device's features.
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Discover how Apple took several bold steps this year, proving that it's one of the most influential companies in the technology and media worlds.
Source: connected-home-news.com
The BBC has introduced Mac and Linux support for its online catch-up TV service, called the iPlayer.
Source: bink.nu
Here's the latest official word – Office 2008 for Mac has Released to Manufacturing (RTM)!
Source: Gizmodo
Now this is a sad story...if it's true. According to this alleged school report, one student received a detention for using Firefox—as opposed to IE or Safari, we assume.
Source: YouTube
A desperate "PC" bastardizes the holiday spirit by injecting a plea for people to buy PCs instead of Macs while Santa and "Mac" look on disapprovingly
Yes indeed, the unthinkable has happened. Me, a long time Apple and Macintosh hater, bought a Macbook. At the beginning of the semester I began to realize that I really didn't want to have to drag my desktop back and forth from school and home.
Source: The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
The official word from Microsoft is that Office for Mac 2008 has been released to manufacturing. This means that the code is final and has been sent out to the factories for duplication and packaging ahead of its formal release at Macworld San Francisco on January 15, 2008.
Source: The Seattle Times
Pioneers are donating artifacts that chart the evolution of the industry that revolutionized the world. Mountain View, Calif., soon will offer technology enthusiasts something they can't see anywhere else: an original copy of Apple's first business plan.
Source: MacNN | The Macintosh News Network
Apple's second hottest seller this year has been little more than an empty box, since the company's retail stores are selling large amounts of the .Mac packages – largely due to the integration of the service with Mac OS X and iLife.
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These are free applications that I have tried and liked. This list is updated as needed.
Source: TIME
The iPhone changed the way we think about how mobile media devices should look, feel and perform.
Source: PaulStamatiou
By default, recent Macs ship with their hibernate mode set such that when your Mac goes to sleep, contents of the RAM remain stored in the powered-on RAM in addition to written to the hard disk.
A lot of events are poised to take place in 2008; the next MacWorld, the winter olympics, the presidential election and Lindsey Lohan's next stint in rehab, but amidst all the shake up what I am really excited about is the unveiling of all sorts of new mac apps.
Source: The Times
Could Jonathan Ive, the publicity-shy Essex boy who started his career designing toilets and combs, be close to performing one of the most extraordinary coups in American business history?
Source: The Washington Post
Whatever it is (Radio Shack for rich people? The Sharp-est Image?), the Apple Store isn't what it used to be, even a year or so ago.
Source: Macworld
The new ad, dubbed "Now What," features Hodgman as a book author. Hodgman's first book, "I Want to Buy a Computer, Now What?" tries to counter Apple's personal shoppers and hands-on help available from the Apple Store.
Source: FT.com
Watch out Apple fans. The hackers are coming after you too!The rising security threat could present a challenge to Apple, which has long touted the security advantages of its platform over those of Microsoft, whose software is a perennial target for hackers.