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Yesterday I attended a large meeting at Apple where they introduced the MacBook for their mayor accounts in the Netherlands.
Yes, I actually got my hands on a white MacBook. So after seeing this nice piece of hardware I could give a little review about my experience. This is purely based on the exterior of [...]

In hopes of that the Mac Intel version of Firefox 1.5.0.2 would tap better into LogMeIn, SvenOnTech gave it a good college try today.
Logging into our account has never been an issue, only when we click on that “Remote Control” link is when all hell breaks loose. Well, when we clicked on [...]

Everyone has been giving praises to Apple for its amazing success on the iPod line. However, all this talk about Apple turning into a multimedia company may actually be a death wish for it. According to Forbes, Apple"s profit margins are declining, not fattening as one would expect. Why? While Apple [...]

Adobe hopes to squish Apple’s photo software, Aperture, with a light boom next week on the floor of Moscone Center when it shows off an early version of the San Jose-based company’s offering. Not known for taking things lightly in the professional market of video and graphics, Adobe will come out swinging with LightBoom [...]

I guess since Apple borrowed some Linux technology in the form of Safari, it’s only fair that Linux borrows something from Apple, right? Well looks like the next version of KDE will be getting a dashboard of its own as it will be integrating a near copy of OS X’s Dashboard. Because of [...]

Easy, now! I’m just reporting what I saw and nothing more. Do not shoot the messenger.
Friday night while shopping at the Apple Store in San Jose at the Valley Fair shopping center, I noticed a young Apple employee in fatigue shorts, black Apple shirt, and Elvis Costello-like glasses asking customers if they were paying [...]

After NBC, the Sci-Fi Channel, and USA Networks offered up some choice programming to be downloaded to lucky elves all over the North Pole and kiddies around the (selected) world, it seems Apple and the sports authority, ESPN, may be stirring the coals in the Christmas fire to make things a bit hotter on iTMS.
Reuters [...]

Rumors. You can’t trust ‘em and you can’t get enough of ‘em. Mac fans are frantic to know when the Intel Mac’s are coming. Enough of this monkey business, just give us our x86 based Tiger and unleash us! Let us show the Windows community a real operating system on an [...]

If you remember, I had my new iMac’s hard drive trashed after running TechTool Deluxe that came with my Applecare. I reported it to Apple and thought it was a freak accident, but obviously it wasn’t. I received this email today from a listener and wanted to pass it along as a FYI. Also, the [...]

The term “hackers” can conjure images of teenager misfits, breaking into your credit card account in order to get into porn sites on the web. But these days when you talk about hackers your talking about those programmers that can make software sing. They take open source code and turn it into main-stream applications.

So what are [...]

Allume Systems knows when it’s got a good idea. They just introduced the third volume of Mac OSX Utilities they call Ten For X. This time they give us 14 utilities in the package. I think it’s because several of the programs in the package are freeware, open source or donationware. The one thing that [...]

One of the big surprises of the Expo was the naming of Bare Bones Software’s TextWrangler 2 as a Best of Show.
This product has always been a little brother to BBedit and was an inexpensive and great alternative for most folks that did not need the power or the expense of BBedit.

The Third Day at MacWorld Expo brought me more conversations and information. I’ll put them together in the next few days, until then, here are the Expo photos I took yesterday while on the floor. Please Click here for the photos.

I am certain that you have all heard of the top Apple news from the Steve Jobs Keynote. I wanted to go over the details of the announcements and give you my take on them. The press pass I had was not a guarantee to get into the Keynote; we were placed in a press [...]

I registered early for my media pass and took a trip to see the Apple Campus in Cupertino with the folks from Your Mac Life. I took some pictures and will be up early in the morning to get in the Moscone in time to see the Keynote by Steve Jobs. I will report tomorrow [...]

Apple has introduced Product Suite, which consists of Final Cut Pro HD, Motion, and DVD Studio Pro 3, all in one integrated package. Suggested retail prices of US$1299.
>> Production Suite

Via MacMinute:
Apple on Tuesday released iSync 1.5, which adds support for more devices such as the latest Sony Ericsson and Motorola phones.
>> iSync

MacMinute is reporting that Apple has officially announced that the iTunes Music Store now has over one millions songs available for download in the US. Apple is saying that its “the first and only online digital music service to offer consumers a million song catalog.”

One of my favorite apps, Little Snitch has been updated for better security.
New Features
- Voice alerts for applications running in full screen mode like games. For connections initiated by applications running in full screen we can’t show the Little Snitch alert panel. Therefor you will informed by an voice alert over the connection attempt and [...]

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