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According to reliable sources, it appears that the Apple and all of their products are nothing but a hoax. Thanks to some photos from a diligent blogger, you can clearly see wires holding up a Power Mac and it’s display. If this does not rock Apple users right down to the “core”, I don’t know [...]
There is a new game called Sky Captain, for the Mac. Created for a direct tie-in with the upcoming movie; “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow”, Sky Captain looks like a promising game. Now this game appears to be heavily flash based, however it does display some pretty hefty 3D graphics. Those of you [...]
The only thing about this article that really struck me about the new Mac OS was the comments on the Safari browser having a built in RSS reader. In addition, Safari will offer a “clipping service” to save RSS keyword searches when desired. This could prove handy when you need to stay up to date [...]
A frustrated blogger talks about their experience with trying o sync their Palm Zire via Bluetooth on their Mac. Apparently the speed is quite slow. Still, you have to love the idea of being able to sync your PDA without any wires at all. I am willing to wait a few extra minutes to enjoy [...]
No, this is not a typo. There is a RSS reader just for Mac users called Shrook 2. While I doubt that Shrook 2 was created by a big green dude from a children’s movie that recently came out, the reader boasts features not available anywhere else. It supports all versions of RSS in addition [...]
Mailmate releases version 1.0 for Mac users. A handy application designed to make viewing and searching email correspondence a less daunting task, Mailmate can also be used as an email archive program.
Now I have read in a few different places that Mailmate 1.0 does make some pretty drastic changes to ones address book. These [...]
Dell wants your iPod! All you have to do is exchange your iPod (along with $99) for a 15-Gbyte Dell Digital Jukebox. You will receive free shipping, 25 free Musicmatch downloads and even a copy of Microsoft Plus. While this seems like a sweet deal, is it really worth it? Are iPod owners really ready [...]
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Apple recently introduced Dashboard, an add-on to Expose for the Mac. Dashboard’s primary function is to give Mac users immediate access to “Widgets”, which are mini-applications designed in Javascript. Widgets are not only useful to many Mac users, they are fun too. Things to click, stuff to play with, having easier access to Widgets will [...]
Apple Computer Australia announced that the AppleCare Protection Plan sales people that sell 10 or more plans between May 24 and June 25 will receive a Microsoft Xbox. Those that sell 20 “AppleCares” will receive two Xbox consoles. The running theme seems to be the more you sell, the more Xbox you will receive.
While this [...]
Developed for OS X, Rendezvous allows for automatic discovery of computers added to a network. While older versions of OS X relied on SLP for service discovery, OS X 10.2 will be the first upgrade to be trusting this task to Rendezvous instead. Rendezvous does require that connected devices have three specific things implemented. Each [...]
Didn’t get to see the 2004 WWDC Keynote in person? Well, Apple is offering a QuickTime webcast. Check it out: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/wwdc04/
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Apple has posted the winners of the 2004 Apple Design Awards:
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>> The 2004 Winners
iTunes for the UK, France and Germany will be serving up over 700,000 songs for music lovers to enjoy. With the huge success in the U.S. Taking the Apple iTunes “road show” to Europe just made sense. All music will be provided by five major record labels. Now if that was not cool enough by [...]
Apple announces their latest version Apple Remote Desktop. While boasting that Apple Remote Desktop offers a suite of features, I will admit that it does appear to live up to most Mac user’s expectations. Remote control shell scripts, Offline Reporting and access to network scanners are just a few of the features you will find [...]
Apple’s new Cinema displays are nothing short of amazing. With a variety of sizes and types available, it is enough to get any Mac enthusiast excited. Now the prices may seem high to some, the displays are thin, attractive and can be combined with another unit to create a truly amazing visual experience. With [...]
Is the Retrospect program not running quickly enough for you? Perhaps you need to disable Norton Antivirus before running the “Duplicate” feature. One blogger did and he gained a huge performance increase for his trouble. According to Norm Nager who discusses this tip in his article, if you disable NAV before running Retrospect, you [...]
Apple has announced that they will be releasing a newly ratified Video Codec in a future Quicktime update. The time table indicates that this will take place next year. Experts agree that this new video Codec is highly scalable and will pave the way to many good things in the near future.
A helpful blogger discloses how he was able to synchronize iDisk through the command line. Apparently, it is as simple as typing the following;
killall -ALRM MirrorAgent
From there, the blogger testifies that the process “came to life” and hence synced with the server. I have to admit, that is a pretty neat trick. Now folks, you [...]
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