May 5, 2008 May 7, 2008 Tuesday May 6, 2008
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Apple's market share explodes 52 percent in April...or does it?
Apple is either way up or slightly down in market share, depending on who you believe.
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Gallery: Psystar unboxing, innerds, maiden boot
I posted a gallery of 23 pictures of the Psystar Open Computer unboxing. Pictures include the shipping box, the innerds and the maiden boot. Some notes: The fan is quiet. Much quieter than is heard initial video of the Psystar someone posted. I think that that guy was vacuuming in the background. I didn’t order the $90 WiFi [...]
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Is Mac OS X Leopard, Safari 3.x too dark?
At one time, Mac OS X’s Aqua interface was light and colorful. Now it’s taken a darker turn, and at times, in some applications, on some displays and for some eyes, much darker. At the same time, Apple also lets us make lemonade from the digital lemons. I noted the beef in a thread on the Mac [...]
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Iconfactory's counting down to the new Indiana Jones movie. Now you can too.
Any geek worth his weathered fedora is eagerly anticipating the release of the new Indiana Jones movie. While arguments abound on the subjects of messing with the sacred original storylines and the use of CGI sets and effects in the upcoming film, fans still can't help but be jazzed about what is to come. It is with that very brand of geeky joy that the folks at The Iconfactory have re-themed... [read more at MacMerc.com]
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Add some flickin' scrolling abilities to your Mac
Do you like the way you can flick through long lists on the iPhone and iPod touch? Do you wish your Mac had the same functionality? Thanks to Marcmoini's Smart Scroll, you can bring the same flickin' scrolling abilities from the iPhone to the desktop. The USD$19 System add-on runs on Mac OS X 10.3.9 to 10.5.2 (PPC/Intel) and offers "Super Scroll" and something called "Grab Scroll" which allows... [read more at MacMerc.com]
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News: Apple posts iPhone SDK Beta release 5
Apple has posted the fifth beta version of its iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK). According to Apple's notes, the new release “fixes bugs and adds support for the latest iPhone OS.” The updated SDK, which is available as a free download for registered iPhone developers from the iPhone Dev Center, is a 1.08GB download, and is listed as build 9M2173a, beta 5. Complete release notes are available here. ...
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Switched On: The Linux ultraportable opportunity
Filed under: LaptopsEach week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about technology, multimedia, and digital entertainment. The US smartphone market may continue to be dominated by mobile platforms from Apple, Microsoft, and RIM, but Linux has been creeping into ever more mobile devices in the last few years. Some Motorola RAZR 2 models have donned a Tux, Palm is looking to Linux to drive its next-generation consumer smartphones, and Android's backers hope to spread it to an even wider array of handsets. Linux is also driving many avant garde connected consumer electronics devices such as the Chumby, Nokia N810, Amazon Kindle, Dash Express, and whatever the fertile minds tinkering with Bug Labs' modules are envisioning,. Even the remote control that houses the user interface of Logitech's Squeezebox Duet is a Linux computer. However, none of these products are intended for as flexible a range of uses as a notebook PC, where Linux is being tested as a tool to achieve lower price points on a new generation of low-cost but style-conscious ultaportables. ASUS set the pace with Xandros on the Eee PC, and HP has tapped Novel SuSE Linux for the 2133 Mini-Note, but whereas the Eee's positioning has been somewhat of a loose hybrid between an adult OLPC and the Nintendo Wii's culture of global inclusion, the HP Mini-Note has been strongly focused on reckless, immature students while acknowledging potential for senior executives that have been known to share their temperament. Continue reading Switched On: The Linux ultraportable opportunityPermalink | Email this | Comments
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PC Magazine likes the new iMac
Filed under: iMacPC Magazine has been reviewing Mac for awhile now, but it still strikes me as rather novel when they recommend a Mac. That's just what they did for Apple's latest iMac. PC Mag doesn't find anything too groundbreaking on this new model, but the speed improvements are welcome.But why mess with success? The current design of the iMac is serving it well, and similar computers from other companies still haven't caught up with the iMac in terms of looks.However, not everything is rosy in iMac land. PC Mag disses the Mighty Mouse (I usually toss the included Mighty Mouse aside myself), and would like to see an integrated media card.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Flickr Find: Twitter in Mac OS X developer tools
Filed under: Flickr Find An avid reader of TUAW, Chris Thomson, sent us a link to a Flickr picture (being the nosy people we are, we clicked the link). What we found surprised us -- a Twitter Quartz Composer composition was included as a part of the Mac OS X developer tools for Leopard. "Twitterverse," when tweaked right, can be used as an OS X screen saver and display all of your friends tweets in a graphical way. You can find this Quartz composition in the ~/Developer/Examples/Quartz Composer/Compositions/XML/The Twitterverse/The Twitterverse.qtz. If you want to add it as a screen saver, just drag it onto the preview in the "Screen Saver" part of the Desktop & Screen Saver preference pane (in System Preferences.app). You can then add your username / password in the screen saver options.Thanks, Chris!Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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BREAKING: New iPhone SDK & Firmware released
Filed under: iPod Family, Developer, iPhone Word is out: new versions of the iPhone SDK and firmware are available for download. Word about the details are still trickling in from developers. This is Apple's fifth beta release since the iPhone SDK was released in March. There's just under a week left until the end of the Apple Design Awards submission period. No word if iPhone developers who submitted under earlier firmware will be able to re-submit outside the 72 hour period that Apple allots for "re-dos".Readers report that this is a smaller download (just over 1 GB) and details are trickling in through the comments.Thank you everyone who sent this in!Continue reading BREAKING: New iPhone SDK & Firmware releasedRead | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Mac 101: use a tab to navigate dialogs
Filed under: Mac 101 Recently we here at TUAW were asked about navigating dialog boxes and applications with the keyboard. It is really easy to use the tab key to select different parts of the window and different buttons in a dialog box, if you know how to enable this behavior.Open System Preferences > Mouse and Keyboard, and click the "Keyboard Shortcuts" tab. You are presented with two options at the bottom of the window (in the "Full keyboard access" section): Text boxes and lists only or All controls. By default, "Text boxes and lists" should be selected, but if you want to be able to select other buttons in a window with the tab key then you need to select the "All controls" option. Now when you encounter a dialog box (or window), just press the tab key to switch between the various buttons on the screen. If you would like to go to a previous button, use shift + tab. When you've got the button you want highlighted, press the enter key or space bar. It's as easy as that! For more tips and tricks like these, visit the Mac 101 section on TUAW.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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3G iPhone again rumored for summer US/Europe launch, AT&T preps
After an announcement of expanded iPhone rollouts, rumors peg a 3G iPhone introduction in Europe by August. And while an internal AT&T memo points to a June introduction stateside, an AT&T spokesperson will neither confirm nor deny the rumor.Read More...
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Rumor: Another Blurry 3G iPhone Image
Will it ever end?
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‘Wrong, Wrong, and Wrong’
John C. Welch on Matt Freestone’s claim that Leopard doesn’t run well on three-year-old Macs: Matt is so far out in left field here, he’s in right field. While Apple does regularly cut off older hardware from the latest OS releases, that is still not, nor never has been the same as “You have to buy new hardware to get new OS versions”, nor is it even close. In fact, prior to Mac OS X, Apple would constantly provide for truly ancient hardware in their OS releases. Mac OS X 10.5 still supports a machine with at least an 867MHz G4, 512MB of RAM, and a DVD drive. You have to go back into 2002 to start hitting sub-867 MHz G4s. ★
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Vodafone to sell iPhone in 10 new territories
Vodafone finally secured its first deal to sell Apple's iconic iPhone yesterday, winning the distribution rights for 10 countries.
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Synchronoss Gives Rocky Outlook; Unlocked iPhones Take Their Toll
Snychronoss Technologies (SNCR) shares have dropped nearly in half in after hours trading on a disappointing outlook for 2008.
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AT&T: No vacation around the iPhone anniversary
The iPhone's U.S. carrier has reportedly blocked off a one-month period in which vacations are discouraged, most likely in preparation for the launch of iPhone 2.0.
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AT&T Purportedly Nixes Retail Employee Vacations Between June 15 and July 12
Leaked memo states they wish to ensure sufficient staffing for “an exciting Summer Promotional Launch.” They did the same thing last year for the original iPhone debut. So, question: Will there be tens of thousands of people across the country lined up all day waiting to buy the new iPhones, just like last year? I say yes. ★
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Phun 3.5
Filed under: Gaming, Software, Education, FreewareFor (let's say) "phans" of Crayon Physics, Phun 3.5 is a similar kind of physics simulator created by Emil Ernerfeldt for his thesis at Umeå University, Sweden. Not only is it Swedish, but it's just been released for the Mac. Sure, it's rough-around-the-edges, and it follows pretty much none of the Mac's interface or key-combination conventions, but it's sure a fun (with an F) toy. Phun is Universal Binary, and freeware.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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iMovie ’08: Don’t Use Periods in Project Name
Sad that in 2008, Apple is still producing OS X software with DOS-style file name limitations. (Bonus demerits for the verb-less “Resolution”.) ★
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Rumor: New iPhone June 12
Better speakers and camera expected, according to friend of a friend,
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AT&T clearing the decks for iPhone 3G?
Filed under: Rumors, iPhoneNobody keeps a secret like AT&T, and by that I mean nobody keeps a secret quite so poorly. Boy Genius Report and other sites are talking up an internal Death Star memo that asks employees to hold down the fort during the June 15 - July 12 window. Vacations should be moved if possible, says management, and no additional vacations are being approved during that period. Since AT&T pulled a similar Mr. Burns-esque maneuver last year prior to the iPhone launch, it's entirely reasonable to pin this year's lockdown on the arrival of the 3G iPhone after WWDC. It's probably not necessary to stake out your place in line just yet, unless you happen to be an elected official or have an injured knee from a previous iPhone queue. If you were planning an iPhone purchase in the next four weeks, however, this is some of the strongest evidence yet that you really should put your credit card down and think it through. [via Techmeme]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Opening up Psystar’s Open Computer
Macworld Lab wanted to see how Psystar’s Open Computer running OS X compares to a native Mac, so it placed an order for the controversial system. The machine has arrived, and Lab director James Galbraith shares his first impressions.
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Opening up Psystar’s Open Computer
Macworld Lab wanted to see how Psystar’s Open Computer running OS X compares to a native Mac, so it placed an order for the controversial system. The machine has arrived, and Lab director James Galbraith shares his first impressions.
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May 8 'Macsimum Podcast' now available
Posted by Dennis SellersThe Macsimum Podcast for May 6 is now available here and the RSS feed is here.
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Mac software updates for May 6
Posted by Dennis Sellers VMware has released VMware Fusion 2.0 Beta 1, an update to its VMware Fusion desktop virtualization software for Intel-based Macs. You can learn more, watch video demos of key features, and more here.
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'Macsimum Recommended Reading' for May 6
Posted by Dennis Sellers “Is this the rumored Apple Nanophone?” —Eye on Apple
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Howdy!
Filed under: TUAW BusinessHowdy, TUAW-ites. My name is Steve Sande and I'm the new kid on the block here at TUAW. Saying that I'm the new kid is a bit misleading, since I'm over the half-century mark in the age column. I've been writing online since 1986, when I started up a Mac/Apple IIGS Bulletin Board System called MAGIC. That BBS continued for 8 years until 1994, when I began publishing a blog-like website called PDAntic.com on the web, writing about the Apple Newton MessagePad. That site went through various incarnations, ending with the latest - MovableBeast.com. I also blog and podcast occasionally on TalkingWordpress.com, and I can be heard on the MacJury podcasts as a regular jury member.My first Mac purchase was in December of 1984; a Mac 512K with an ImageWriter II printer. My latest? A MacBook Air! My next dream machine is going to be a 3.06 GHz 24" iMac with 4GB of RAM and a 1 TB HD. I'm not sure how many Macs I've owned since 1984...So, what do I do when I'm not blogging? I'm currently an ACN (Apple Consultant Network) member, which means I'm a certified Apple consultant. I write documentation for several commercial Mac applications, I've written a couple of ebooks for Take Control Books, and I teach Business Analysis classes all over the country.I'm thrilled to be part of the TUAW team, and I look forward to your comments and story tips.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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NBC cozies up to iTunes UK and Zune, but not iTunes US
Don't miss this pulse-pounding episode of All My NBC. The studio once again recognizes the value in licensing its content, but a return to the US iTunes Store is nowhere to be seen—yet.Read More...
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Flickr find: 1Password icon shows up in the strangest places
Filed under: Odds and ends, Flickr Find If you're an independent Mac software developer, having a wicked cool icon for your application is both a blessing and a curse. Users will remember you for the sleek, Leopard-ready goodness of your icon ... and other unscrupulous marketers will rip you off shamelessly to promote their own products, rather than ponying up for an original design. The all-time champion victim (self-reported) of icons ripped off is Panic's Transmit FTP tool; the little truck shows up just about everywhere you could possibly imagine. New to the underground icon market, however, is the 1Password browser-key logo -- it may make you think "Hey, I could drive Safari to the supermarket!" but apparently the makers of ProductKeyFinder, a Windows serial number app, found it too delicious to pass up. The purloined product identity is visible on PKF's eBay sales page and on Flickr. It looks like the packaging has been updated (and the product renamed to Product Key Explorer), so this tale of icon swiping has a happy ending. Thanks Roustem! Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Zune Gives Marketplace a Makeover
Microsoft's challenger in the digital media player market, the Zune, received a major update Tuesday. New features will bring a host of TV shows and other changes to the Zune online store and its music-sharing community, Zune Social, according to Microsoft. The update will give depth to the Zune's video offerings and also deepen the social components of its music sharing community. Zune users can now head to the Zune online store for more than just music.
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The Computer (Manufacturing) Revolution Continues...
Take value added by manufacturing industry in 2000, project it forward using the BEA's chain-type indices for real value added by industry, and here is what you get: click to enlarge
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Sprint: watch the Instinct smack the iPhone around
Posted by Dennis SellersSprint has posted a video pitting its Instinct against the iPhone. The ad says to “watch the Instinct smack the iPhone around.”
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Did Apple invest in PA Semi prior to its acquisition?
Posted by Dennis Sellers On April 23 it was announced that Apple was buying PA Semi, a fabless semiconductor company that makes PWRficient processors for the embedded-computing markets. Now a source has said that Apple was an investor in P.A.Semi prior to the acquisition, according to Peter Clarke of EE Times Europe.
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Analyst ups his Mac, iPhone sales predictions
Posted by Dennis SellersCaris & Co.'s Shebly Seyrafi today raised his earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Apple on revised expectations for Mac and iPhone sales, reports Barron's.
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iPhone vs. Instinct
Not your animal instinct, but the new Samsung Instinct, offered by Sprint. We will have some embedded video on Thursday hopefully, but until then, hit this link to go to Kansas City's video site to see a side-by-side comparison of Apple and Sprint's “find my location” features. The video is one of five that will be launched before the Instinct is launched, and will compare the two phones among their internet surfing speeds, capturing video, streaming TV, and downloading music. The $100 million advertising campaign kicks off on Thursday on those hip, new video websites. TV ads are so passé. You would think that kind of change could have bought some better quality, even the YouTube iPhone commercials look better than this. It will be interesting to see if this $100 million budget is killed before by the rumored new features of the 3G iPhone, allegedly coming out in June, also. If it has GPS, 3G, and other great features (renting movies from the phone, anyone?), this could be a wasted advertising campaign. The Instinct will supposedly have live streaming TV as well, and I don't think Uncle Steve will be throwing that in to his “One more thing…” part of the keynote. The Instinct site starts with “Finally, an amazing touch-screen phone with the network to back it up.” So, from that it looks like Sprint is saying that the iPhone still rocks, but the network (AT&T) stinks. I don't think many people will disagree with that statement. I know that I would buy an iPhone in a second if I could have it on a different network. The other thing that gets me about this campaign is that it was probably created in Overland Park, KS, at Sprint Headquarters. That means that the coverage for Sprint in that area, where nearly everyone is on Sprint, is exceptional. The screenshot below shows AT&T's coverage for Sprint Headquarters. AT&T's coverage viewer claims that they have “good” reception in this area which means GOOD: The areas shown in the medium orange should be sufficient for on-street or in-the-open coverage, most in-vehicle coverage and possibly some in-building coverage. This AT&T owned network provides GSM, GPRS, and EDGE service. Even with 3G, it would be hard for AT&T to have better times if they have “possibly some in-building coverage.” I wonder if Sprint thought about that and intentionally set it up for them to do better, or if the Sprint network really is that much better than the AT&T network. Both carriers don't work at all in my basement. Anyone had any experience with both that would like to vouch for either one?
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Macnification new microscopic image tool for Mac OS X
Posted by Dennis SellersOrbicule has released Macnification, a Mac OS X tool that lets you organize, edit, analyze and annotate microscopic images. It requires Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”) and costs approximately US$400.
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Anticipating Indiana Jones? Your Mac is, too
Filed under: Features, Cult of MacForget WWDC, the iPhone App Store and the Apple Design Awards. The one thing we want to see this summer is the new Indiana Jones movie!We're sure some of you feel the same anticipation, so why not let your Mac in on the fun? The workers at The Iconfactory have launched their month-long tribute to Dr. Jones with Indy-themed freeware icon sets, one for each movie. So far, the Raiders of the Lost Ark set has been released, while The Temple of Doom, Last Crusade, and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull icon sets will debut later this month.If your using CandyBar (we've written about CandyBar several times), you can make use of the Indy-themed Dock. Finally, round things of with this great desktop picture (it's also available for the iPhone!).Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Apple Gazette Daily 262 - iPhone in 10 new countries, NBC in UK iTunes, and more!
podcast sponsor link:Click Here to check out Audible! Click the link above to get your free audio book from Audible, and help support Apple Gazette at the same time! Today's Show: iPhone in 10 new countries, NBC in UK iTunes, and more! You can subscribe via iTunes, or by RSS feed, or… you can listen to the episode right here: In addition to that, you can also download the Apple Gazette Daily Widget and listen to every episode of the show right on your Dashboard. Click Here to download.
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You're gonna have to face it ...
Filed under: Blogging, TUAW BusinessHello everyone! My name is Robert Palmer, and I'd like to first thank you in advance for letting me blog for you here at TUAW. I've been using a Mac since 1992, and have owned five Macs since. By day, I'm a web developer, specializing in clean, honest, standards-compliant XHTML and CSS. By night, I am asleep. Here's me a dozen years ago, photographed with my high school girlfriend.*Up until I started working for myself last November, I was the de-facto IT guy for a 15-workstation Mac network in a graphic design studio environment. I plan to cover plenty of ground for you at the crossroads of the design and Mac worlds. Cheers to everyone, and be so kind as to leave your best "Addicted to Love," "Simply Irresistible," or "Looking for Clues" jokes in comments. That's right, get it all out of your system now. *First commenter to correctly name the model pictured wins at the Internets. Hint: It was photographed in a classroom.Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Rumor: AT&T Issues Suspicious Internal Memo
Memo points to summer event
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iTunes: Free Tuesday
Filed under: iTS, Features, Deals Once again, TUAW is pleased to present you with a selection of free songs and videos from around the world. Many of these iTMS items won't be free for long, so grab your copies before the week is up. And don't forget: If you want to buy these on your iPhone or iPod touch, make sure to sign into your account in iTunes before you sync.Continue reading iTunes: Free TuesdayRead | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Apple on the rise following new iPhone deals
Apple shares climb to their highest point in four months after British wireless giant Vodafone reaches a deal to sell the iPhone in 10 new international markets.
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iPhones in Italy
Another short press release. In fact, the URL is longer than the PR itself. ★
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'Consumer Reports': Apple tech support is aces
Apple's retail stores help the company quickly solve problems and satisfy customers far more often than the competition, according to the magazine.
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Corrections: Apple breaks new ground with multiple networks
A MarketWatch story dated May 6 incorrectly said that Apple's iPhone is available in Spain, which it currently is not. See corrected story.
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The philosophy of iMac
Filed under: Cult of Mac, iMacLet me tell you something about my mindset. When I bought an iPhone, one of my first thoughts was: "How do I hook up a bluetooth keyboard to this thing?" It's that kind of thinking that has always stood between me and the iMac. Because in this world, there are two kinds of people[1]: the iMac people and the tower people. iMac people love the all-in-one package that their system brings. It's hard to look at an iMac and not think that it's smiling at you. The iMac delivers the entire computing experience in a single friendly unit. Customization? They do it at the store. Buyers decide what kind of memory and hard drive space they want. And then they buy it. And they're done. Tower people don't think that way. Memory, drives, peripherals -- these are all things that ebb and flow throughout the lifetime of the unit. More USB ports? Throw in a card. Widescreen monitors just went on sale? Buy one and eBay the current screen. Coming from an tower perspective, the iMac has always puzzled me. It makes people happy without ever needing to be disassembled and reassembled. Sure, there are hobbyists who do exactly that but they are usually tower people playing with iMac-shaped toys. Most iMac users I know are perfectly happy to use their Apple system for the entire lifetime of that unit -- often a very long lifetime indeed -- and never crack it open and mod it. Ever. Astonishing. So here I am raising a glass to the iMac on its birthday and to all the iMac users whose lives have been enriched by this little puzzling unit. May your systems be reliable and long-lived. And may you continue to enjoy your all-in-one system. Cheers! [1] That is, other than the people who divide people into two kinds of people and the people who don't.Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Leaked AT&T memo points to 3G iPhone release in late June?
Filed under: Cellphones A friendly neighborhood AT&T employee forwarded us a purported memo for AT&T retail store employees that could provide a rather telling clue about the next-gen iPhone's release date this summer if it proves true. A similar memo went out last year around this time requesting that employees not take any vacations between June 15 and July 15, and this year those dates are June 15 and July 12 -- which seems suspiciously early, but that's what the man says. The memo cites "an exciting Summer Promotional Launch," which we're guessing doesn't refer to some new Motorola flip phone. Also telling is the fact that employees might be able to take some vacations later within that window when things die down a bit, which seems to imply that Apple could be aiming for a launch date right around the iPhone's one year anniversary of June 29th. How romantic.Permalink | Email this | Comments
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FinePix S 8000FD
Shoot the Moon -- Literally
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Planbook Educational Software
Many schools foot the bill to get good Macs into their teachers' hands. Mac developers know this and there are many different educational apps that teachers and students can use to make learning better. Pass this review along to your educator friends and let them taste a little bit of the good life. Overview The tagline for Planbook is “Making one part of your day a little bit easier…” Planbook by Jeff Hellman is a digital planbook, and a little more. Useful Features One of the best uses of this program is a digital file folder. I do so much on the computer because it the only part of my life that is organized. Below is a screenshot of the main interface. You can click it to see a bigger picture. It is very easy to add lesson plans. You just click on the day, and a drawer opens that allows you to enter in plans, homework, public/student information, and upload files or attach web addresses. You can divide it up by class. Many teachers don't make actual lesson plans, but this program makes it so easy and useful, why wouldn't you? The demo version allows you to make up to 20 lesson plans; everything else is fully functional. I did that for a little, deleting the first lesson to make another, etc., but then, after a while, I realized that it would be better to just pay the $30 to buy it. It is very intuitve, easy to use, and responsive. It doesn't bog the computer down, either. Some other features include the ability to run weekly and lesson reports that you can give to your administrators, students, students' parents, or just to post on the wall. You can also add as many files and links as you want so you don't have to worry about all your filing cabinets overflowing. The best feature though, is that you can use publish your files to FTP, .Mac (which I don't have), or to a local folder. The really great thing about this is that I can publish all the lesson plans to my website and then I just direct kids there when they are absent or lost a paper. It is a great tool for teachers because the calls from parents, complaints from kids, or anything that slows down the teaching process gets really annoying. I know there are a lot of other systems out there, that teachers use to keep their makeup work process easy and accessible, but this system works the best of the four I have tried. When kids leave on vacation, and I don't have the lesson plans ready, I can just tell them to check the website while on vacation (like their going to do any work anyway!) and then it is their and their parents' responsibility. This is also especially useful for when a teacher needs a substitute. All you need to do is call in for your sub and have the secretary print out the directions for class that day. Below is a picture of what it looks like on the web: I love that all the handouts are on there. You can also change the themes so that it looks different. You can even make your own theme, if you know CSS. Speaking of handouts, you can print a list of all the handouts you have given throughout the year and sort it by class, name of handout, whether or not it was published, the description, and the link address. In addition, you can tag each lesson plan so that you can link each plan to a standard that the kids must know. When they don't learn something they should, you can find lesson plans that will help them learn certain standards. Opinion It is pretty apparent what my opinion of this software is. I love it. I do have a few suggestions, though, that would make it better. But first, I digress: Apple has the Apple Design Awards but I don't think that they have anything for exceptional customer service or excellent tech support for developers who go above and beyond. If they did, this developer should win that award. Jeff Hellman is a teacher. He does this in his spare time. Earlier this year, when I first bought it, I had a hard time publishing the lesson plans to the web. It was really frustrating, and I emailed Jeff, and he helped me out within a couple hours. It was the fastest customer service I have ever received. On his website, he mentions that people lost data when they upgraded to Leopard. He says As a teacher/developer, my goal is to save my users' time. If your planbook file loses its data, I'm not saving you time and I'm probably making you miserable. Data integrity is my number one priority and this is why the data loss bug that several users reported on Leopard was so disconcerting to me. He runs a Yahoo Group that discusses problems, and you can tell that he reads every single post that someone puts on there. Each time I have had a question or concern, he has responded. Jeff really cares about making a quality product, and that is a great thing. Here are my meager suggestions: An RSS feed for the new updates so parents (or administrators, if they are like that) can see what needs to be done each day. Or, it would be neat if the program could email some information on each day's lesson plans to the parents so they wouldn't have to check the site every day. The email would also help teachers who don't have a domain name or a .mac account. The dialog box for uploading files should go to the last folder used. When you attach a file, the dialog box opens up to your home folder every time. This can get kind of annoying since I have a folder that contains all my handouts. If I add more than one file to a lesson plan, it is inconvenient to go through all my folder hierarchy to get to that one file I need. These two additions are really the only things that I have been bothered by since using this program. Everything else has been resolved so fast by Jeff Hellman, that I don't remember the problems.
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iMac turns 10
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iMac, AppleIt was ten years ago today that Steve Jobs mounted the Flint Center auditorium on Apple's campus and revealed the product that would save Apple, and become the best selling computer of all time: the iMac. It is had to believe that this cute little guy is ten years old, but it is true.The original iMac came stocked with a 233MHz G3, 32MD of SDRAM (though you could bump it up to a whopping 128MB), a 4 gig harddrive, 2 USB ports, a CD-ROM drive (not a CD burner, Apple was late to that party), and an IrDA port. These specs might not make your heart skip a beat nowadays, but the iMac is the product that started Apple's amazing turn around. It was the first mainstream computer to break with the past and offer only USB ports, no legacy connectors here. And it is worth nothing that the iMac can also be attributed as the killer of the floppy disk.I recall the howls from the tech community about the iMac's lack of a floppy drive. 'People love their floppies!' 'This is nothing more than an expensive toy!' All charges leveled against the iMac, but the decision actually helped create a market for USB accessories as most people bought their iMac and a USB floppy drive (I know I did. I used that floppy drive twice: once to make sure it worked, and another time to copy a file).The iMac wasn't available for purchase until August of 1998 (for the base price of $1299), but today is a date that should be circled in Bondi Blue for any true Mac fan.Check out our gallery of screenshots that show Apple's website the day after the iMac announcement. All screenshots was taken using the Wayback Machine.Gallery: iMac 1998Thanks, Shane, for reminding us of the date!Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Chinese handwriting functionality added to iPhone firmware
Following the release of an unofficial character recognition application, Chinese character handwriting recognition functionality has appeared in the firmware included with the latest version of the iPhone SDK.Read More...
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News: Mix: NLU Products, Universal on iTunes UK, Payless, Proporta Dock
BodyGuardz maker NLU Products has launched a new customer appreciation program called Advantage. The program, which will be open to all customers, will offer free lifetime replacements, a 30-day money back guarantee, special offers, and a referral program. “We are dedicated to ensuring that every device our customers own, and even those that they purchase in the future, is properly protected,â€? said Kirk Feller, President of NLU Products. “Our…
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Another Mac clone maker spotted on eBay
Psystar's exploits have been well-chronicled, but another Mac clone maker springs up on eBay offering a Leopard desktop not made by Apple.
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iPhones All Over the World, Microsoft Cozies Up With NBC and the Psystar Story
Apple and Vodaphone to bring iPhone to multiple markets, NBC shows up on iTunes UK and Japan wants to tax iPod sales.
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First Looks: Boston Acoustics Horizon Duo-i
We aren't commonly excited these days by the exterior designs of iPod speaker systems, but we are extremely enthusiastic about the look and feel of Boston Acoustics' new Horizon Duo-i ($200), an upper-end iPod dual-alarm clock radio with significant speaker power, a very clean on-screen interface, and cool styling. You choose from dark gray ("midnight") or white ("mist") versions, each with soft touch rubber bodies and cool metal grilles that make…
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First Looks: JBL On Stage 200ID
As the first substantially redesigned version of the On Stage in years, JBL's new On Stage 200ID ($150) is the second official "Works with iPhone" speaker on the market, and the most affordable. Capable of performing interference-free music from the iPhone and also Dock Connector-equipped iPods, On Stage 200ID is the family's first to use fabric speaker grilles, and preserves top-mounted volume controls and a rear power button. The system features…
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Fusion 2.0 beta intros multiple monitors, DirectX 9, more
Mac fans running VMware Fusion now have a new beta to play with, as Fusion 2.0 public beta 1 has been released. Multiple monitor support, DirectX 9, seamless importing of virtual machines. Oh my!Read More...
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Vodafone to Offer Apple’s iPhone in Ten Markets
On the newswire today: Vodafone today announced it has signed an agreement with Apple to sell the iPhone in ten of its markets around the globe. Later this year, Vodafone customers in Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey will be able to purchase the iPhone for use on the Vodafone network. Best press release I’ve seen in years. 56 words, short and to the point. ★
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A little more on HTC's Touch Diamond
Filed under: Cellphones We've got a few more details on the Touch Diamond to keep your motor running. Check it out! The Touch Diamond makes use of GPU accelerated procedural graphics, so you will not see a backward-compatible TouchFlow 3D update for the current Touch. It's capable of doing 7-8mil polygons per second (not that many games or apps will make use of that right now). HTC has made hiding WinMo away something of a priority; CMO John Wang stated, "You wouldn't even know this device was Windows Mobile. You would just think it's TouchFlow 3D." HTC totally reworked the WinMo virtual keyboard (as you can see above). Definitely not the best laid out we've seen (okay, it looks kind of messy), but it's instantly lightyears ahead of what WinMo had before. Opera "reflows" web formatting, which HTC is pitching hard. Basically it just reformats and wraps text on zoom -- unlike, say, the iPhone. Unfortunately, the device still uses a resistive touchscreen, while the controls below are capacitive. That really ought to be flipped around. And of course, we had to ask about Android: the first device is (still) coming later this year, but it will not br in the form of the Diamond. Oh, and don't forget to check out the hands-on (with video).Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Italy will have two iPhone carriers
Filed under: Apple Corporate, Rumors, iPhoneEarlier today we learned that Vodafone has been tagged to carry the iPhone in ten countries, including Italy. Shortly after that announcement Italian communications company Telecom Italia announced that they, too, will carry the iPhone. Neither company provided any more detail than that, so exactly what those plans will look like and how they'll co-exist is unknown. However, we understand that Italians love pay-as-you-go plans. In fact, Vodafone reports that 91% of their current Italian customers lack contracts.Perhaps a paid vs. contract-free option? Only The Shadow knows. We'll keep you informed, readers.[Via MacNN]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Japan to propose copyright fees on iPods
Posted by Dennis SellersThis week the Japanese government will propose a plan to charge copyright royalties on sales of iPods and other portable digital music players, as well as on digital hard disk recorders, according to the Associated Press.
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Apple tech support ranks #1 yet again with Consumer Reports
The latest Consumer Reports rates tech support from major computer manufacturers between September of 2006 and January of 2008. Apple again ranks on top, with a commanding lead against the competition. Read More...
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Ableton releases Orchestral Instruments
Posted by Dennis SellersAbleton has released Orchestral Instruments, four sampled instrument collections representing the four sections of an orchestra. The instrument collections are available individually or as an attractively priced bundle and are for use with Ableton Live.
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Boston's Apple Store to open May 16
Filed under: RetailWe've been following the story of Boston's upcoming Apple Store for a long time, and now it's scheduled to open on Friday, May 16th at 6:00 PM. Yes, I'll be there. Say "Hi."When complete, it will be the ninth store in Massachusetts and certainly the largest ... or will it?According to Gizmodo, the Boylston St. store will be the largest of all Apple retail stores. Citing "a store employee," Giz reports that an average 1,500-2000 customers/hour will visit the store.Not so fast, Giz! Our friend Gary at ifoAppleStore shared this tidbit of information with us:"...the [Boylston Street] lot is only 6,384 square-feet, so the store would have to be at least five stories to be larger than Regent Street (London), at 28,000 s.f."At four stories high, it cannot be declared the biggest. Sorry, Boston. What we can say is that it opens soon and it's very, very big.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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More on passion and pop
The post about the gulf between passion and pop touched a chord. A few readers remembered Geoff Moore’s classic Crossing the Chasm. This is a super book (particularly the original (used) edition, not the updated one). Geoff has a different take on the curves, but his approach is well worth a look, especially for technology related products. A few other readers wrote in, pointing out that they are going for both. Both passion and pop because the flexibility of the web makes it easy to do that. Of course, it doesn’t, not really. Going for both is rarely the right strategy. Most germane: the two humps are not static. They move. Sometimes you can move them (I think Apple did) and sometimes the market moves on its own (music, for example). Most businesses don’t have the patience or the resources to move the Pop hump on their own, and I think it’s usually foolish to try. Passion, on the other hand, is always fast moving, and if you have something extraordinary and there’s a cadre of believers, the passionate will find you.
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Warner Music Group to experiment with digital music pricing options
Posted by Dennis SellersThe price of digital music “could be in flux” as Warner Music Group plans to run a test starting this month that will alter the price of certain songs on a number of unspecified online music stores to reflect demand, reports Wired.
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NBC is back in iTunes…in the UK
The UK iTunes Store has added several NBC/Universal television shows, in spite of their absence from the US iTunes store. The current selections include “Heroes”, “House”, “Eureka”, “The Incredible Hulk”, and “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys”. Even more signifigent than the addition of NBC in the iTunes store is the pricing of the programs. Unlike the traditional iTunes pricing model, where all shows are priced the same, current shows are being priced at £1.89, while classic shows are £1.19. Will a return to the US store be far behind?
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Wild West Online: Gunfighter available for Mac OS X
Posted by Dennis SellersTenderfoot Games has released an open beta version of Wild West Online: Gunfighter. It's available for Mac OS X 10.4 and higher.
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Acer expands LCD monitor offerings
Posted by Dennis SellersAcer has expanded its professional display offerings with the introduction of two new LCD display families—the Business (B) series and Value (V) series.
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Apple Takes the Gold for Tech Support
Based on 10,099 notebook and desktop computer owners who contacted customer support between January 2006 and January 2006, Consumer Reports found Apple to be No. 1 in technical support. Lenovo came in second for notebook computers, and Dell was second for desktops. Apple's tech support solved the problem more than 80 percent of the time, according to the report. This was much higher than the typical 60 percent achieved. Apple's Genius Bar solved the problem 90 percent of the time, and the assistance is free.
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Review: New AOL Desktop for Mac
I have to commend the team at AOL that have developed the new AOL Desktop for Mac. They have created an interesting all-in-one mail, messaging, and browsing experienced that is clearly been well thought out, and designed specifically for a great Mac experience. The new AOL Web Bowser, which is based on Webkit and looks very similar to Safari, is the fastest browser I've ever used on my Mac. It beat out Safari and Firefox in tests on my Macbook Pro. I was shocked - to say the least. The new Mail App looks very much like Apple Mail (with the notable exception of an extremely annoying banner ad at the bottom of the application.) It's easy to use, and efficient. I won't be switching to an AOL email account anytime soon because I have .Mac - but if you're a current AOL user, or looking for a more desktop like experience with a web-based email address, you may want to give it a look. The new AOL Messenger is a vast improvement. The last version of AIM on Mac that I tried was a jumbled mess that I couldn't even use because of the constant advertising bombardment on it, but this new version is slick, lean, and has nice features like tabbed chat that make it very useable and friendly. The software will work with Tiger or Leopard, and both Intel and PPC Macs. Its free, and a must-have for current AOL users. New users may want to give it a try as well. I was surprised by how much I liked it. If you ever want to chat, you can find me under my AIM ID - applegazette You can download the new AOL Desktop for Mac right here.
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Under The Radar News - Tuesday
End of story. Microsoft (MSFT) and Yahoo (YHOO) are done, Microsoft International president Jean-Philippe Courtois says. "That's the end of the story." Courtois says Microsoft will focus on becoming a leading provider of internet services, advertising, and social media. Not the kind of guy you want to get angry. Yahoo (YHOO) CEO Jerry Yang may be toast after bungling the Microsoft deal, if 16% stakeholder and legendary money manager Gordon Crawford has anything to do with it. AOL Time Warner Chairman Steve Case was gone within a year of its fiasco. Nextel sale may only net $5B. Sprint (S) may only get $5 billion if it decides to sell off Nextel, just 1/7 of the $35B it paid in 2005. Cowen & Co.'s Tom Watts estimates a selling price of $5-8B. A sale or spinoff, however, make Sprint a more attractive acquisition target. Taiwan firm aims to put Touch on iPhone. Taiwanese High Tech Computer unveiled a sleeker, more powerful version of its Touch smartphone that takes direct aim at Apple's (AAPL) iPhone. The Touch Diamond runs on Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows Mobile. HTC says it sold more than three million Touch units over the past 11 months. iPhone exclusivity unraveling. New deals that will see Vodafone (VOD) and Telecom Italia (TI) selling Apple's (AAPL) iPhone on a non-exclusive basis could see carriers in countries bound by exclusivity deals pushing for similar treatment. A picture's worth... Idee says its upcoming image search engine will do for images as what Google (GOOG) did for text search. Map rap. Chinese officials are worried Google's (GOOG) online maps will expose state secrets and damage its territorial integrity. It's also investigating Sohu's (SOHU) and Baidu's (BIDU) maps. Smaller Bear. JPMorgan (JPM) may layoff more than 10,000 Bear Stearns (BSC) employees over the next several months. Flight cutbacks. American Airlines is eliminating some flights due to high gasoline prices. Delta (DAL) tacked on a $110 fuel surcharge to its LA-Honolulu flights. JetBlue (JBLU) cancelled the opening of four daily Boston/JFK flights due to high fuel costs. Gassing sales. Chrysler (DAI) is offering car purchasers guaranteed gasoline below $3/gallon for three years. Hedge funds hoard cash too. Hedge funds are sitting on their hands, and their cash, according to Deutsche Bank's annual Alternative Investment Survey. 33% of respondents say they're holding an unprecedented (for hedgies) 5-10% in cash, vs. a typical 1-3%. The survey finds 80% of investors are bearish for 2008, but 40% expect a 2009 rebound. For the first time ever, investors are weighing Risk Management as a criteria for choosing a money manager. Oh how to finance that JetSki. GE Money (GE) will no longer finance the purchase of recreational vehicles and most watercraft, which it considers a low-margin business. The move may impact clients such as Coachmen (CINC), Thor (THO), and Monaco Coach (MNC). "The loss of a major lender is never good as the remaining players pick over the exiting lender's originations stream and it tends to lead to tightening in the arena," BB&T Capital Markets analyst John H. Diffendal says. Murdoch's costly silence. Rupert Murdoch's refusal to testify in a trial that accuses the company of hacking into EchoStar's (DISH) security code and posting it on the internet could cost the firm hundreds of millions of dollars, the trial judge says. EchoStar CEO Charles Ergan says Murdoch hacked the DISH network in revenge for failed merger talks between the two. Flash in the can. A JV between Micron (MU) and Intel (INTC) to produce NAND flash memory is being pushed off for about six months due to oversupply in the NAND market. GMAC helps ResCap bide time. GMAC (GM) may lend struggling ResCap another $3.5B (on top of the $2B it already injected) in order to help it avert bankruptcy. Rambus (RMBS) is climbing this morning on rumors of a possible acquisition by Intel (INTC).
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Zune TV lineup gets some NBC love
Filed under: Portable Video While we're still waiting for the early year flirtations of NBC and Apple to sprout into a renewed relationship, it looks like Microsoft is picking up the ball and running with it. The new Zune Marketplace TV lineup includes NBC favorites "The Office, "Heroes" and "30 Rock," in addition to popular shows from Comedy Central, MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, and Sci Fi Channel. Over 800 episodes in total are available at the moment, and all of them are going for 160 Microsoft Points -- about $2.00. A more complete list is after the break.Continue reading Zune TV lineup gets some NBC loveRead | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Cramer's Four Horsemen Back in the Saddle
After Cramer turned his back on his four horsemen (with the exception of RIM) in March, the stocks have been on a tear. As shown below, Apple (AAPL) is up 55% from its bottom, Google (GOOG) is up 44%, RIM (RIMM) is up 58%, and Amazon (AMZN) is up 22%. Cramer recently said he was sorry for turning negative on Google and relying on comScore's unreliable data. As shown in the charts below, AAPL, GOOG and RIMM have each reached extreme overbought territory, all trading more than two standard deviations above their 50-day moving averages. While it's great that these things have made solid comebacks, the risk/reward tradeoff for the bulls favors the risk side in the short-term.
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Apple Store Boston to become the biggest ever!
The Apple Store Boston will open in just a couple of weeks, and will be the largest Apple retail store to date. Read More...
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T-Mobile admits that 3G iPhone will be tested in Austria
Filed under: Cellphones derStandard, the same publication that announced that the iPhone would be sailing into Austria via T-Mobile is now reporting that the same carrier will be testing the 3G iPhone in the aforesaid country. During a press conference in Vienna, T-Mo Austria reportedly affirmed that a UMTS version of Apple's handset would "soon be available," and that Austria would be the "testing ground" for the new mobile -- not to mention "among the first countries in the world with the UMTS iPhone." Furthermore, bigwigs stated that "more flexible" offers would be made available, but details beyond that were scant.[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Apple patent is for multi-language document search, retrieval system
Posted by Dennis SellersAn Apple patent (number 7369987) for a multi-language document search and retrieval system has appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. The invention is directed to the indexing and searching of text in documents for information retrieval purposes, and more particularly to an indexing and searching system that is...
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'Early bird' pricing available for FileMaker Developer Conference
Posted by Dennis SellersAttendees of this year's FileMaker Developer Conference can save US$200 by registering by May 16.
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Apple announces deadline for Design Awards
Filed under: Software, WWDCApple has announced the submission deadline for the Apple Design Awards (ADA). The ADA take place every year during the World Wide Developer Conference, and recognizes the best efforts in several categories including user experience, overall application, student project and more. Previous winners include Coda (best user experience 2007), CSSEdit 2.5 (Best Developer tool, 2007) and Comic Life (Best New Product for Mac OS X, 2005). New this year is the iPhone category, which should be very exciting. The deadline for the 2008 ADA is May 12.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Vodafone and Telecom Italia get the iPhone
Apple is expanding iPhone distribution throughout Europe and other parts of the world through new deals with Vodafone and Telecom Italia.
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17-year-old creates impressive Mac OS X multi-touch table
Were you making multi-touch tables at 17? We weren't, but Utah-native Bridger Maxwell has created one based on Mac OS X for a science fair.Read More...
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Apple patent involves restoring color, enhancing electronic images
Posted by Dennis SellersAn Apple patent (number 7369999) for methods and apparatuses for restoring color and enhancing electronic images has appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. The invention relates to color correction, and more particular to color restoration and enhancement for electronic color images.
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'setteB.IT': NBC Universal is back on iTunes—in the UK
Posted by Dennis SellersBy Fabio M. Zambelli Today five TV series produced by NBC Universal group quietly appeared on the UK iTunes Store. NBC Universal shows disappeared from the US iTunes Store five months ago because of contract issues between NBC Universal and Apple.
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Proporta releases Universal iPod Dock
Posted by Dennis SellersProporta has released the Universal iPod Dock. It works with the iPod classic, third gen iPod nano, iPod touch and iPhone.
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Apple patent involves energy conservation and processors
Posted by Dennis SellersAn Apple patent (number 7370216) for conserving power by reducing voltage supplied to an instruction-processing portion of a processor has appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. It relates to techniques for conserving power usage in computer systems.
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Apple patents are for iPod technologies
Posted by Dennis SellersApple has been granted three patents by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office involving the iPod. Patent number is for the ornamental design for a media device (shown above).
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iMac turns 10, Apple “All-in-One” turns 25
May of 1998 was a big month. It was the first time the world was introduced to the iMac. With it, a new era of design for Macs and PCs was launched, and its safe to say that the look of computers has never been the same. Its amazing to see how the iMac has evolved over the last 10 years. You can read about the Evolution of the iMac and see how the product has changed over time, but what is more interesting to me is that this year also marks the 25th anniversary of the Apple “All-in-One” computer. The Apple Lisa was the first true “All-In-One” offered by Apple, and it was introduced in January of 1983. You can read a complete history of the Evolution of the Apple All-In-One as well - and the changes from 1983 to 2008 are as different as night and day. The iMacs we have now were unimaginable at the time. I wonder what Mac will look like 25 years from now? Will they even have screens, or will they plug straight into your head? Only time will tell… The Evolution of the iMac >> The Evolution of the Apple All-In-One >>
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New AOL Desktop for Mac software released
Posted by Dennis SellersAOL has released new AOL Desktop for Mac software. It requires Mac OS X 10.4.8 or higher.
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Blizzard opens online store
Posted by Dennis SellersBlizzard Entertainment has taken the wraps off its newly redesigned Official Blizzard Store, notes Inside Mac Games.
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Vodafone plans to vastly increase number of potential iPhone customers
Posted by Dennis SellersVodafone's plans to sell the iPhone in 10 different countries means the number of potential subscribers will jump from 152.7 million to 292.5 million, according to the Piper Jaffray research firm.
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Use Safari to find things more easily in text files
You can use Safari 3.x to open Text files (they must have .rtf or .txt extensions), and then use Safari's Find feature to locate what you're looking for in the file. The advantage is that you get Safari's wonderful new 'find' UI instead of just plain old search results or filtered text. In context, This is how I use it. There are periods of time when I do a lot of searching through log files. In doing so, I'm often looking for a particular phrase, and I also need to see the log data around that time period. Using Console just doesn't cut it for me, because when I put the search term in, Console blocks out all other data in the file. Opening the log file in TextEdit will allow me to highlight each hit individually, which is better, but still not perfect. When I use Safari, however, it highlights all of the hits, and grays-out the other text. This allows me to quickly find associations between the search phrase and other things happening at that time. Of course, as ...
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Disable the WebKit default home page
In my job, I jump between browsers quite regularly, usually Firefox, Camino, and Safari. As we've covered here before in various hints, you can actually run a "future" version of Safari by downloading and installing WebKit, which is a special version of Safari using newer builds of the WebKit web browser engine. WebKit builds can be faster than the currently-released version, and have bug fixes and new features that you can take advantage of. As one example, the WebKit version of Safari currently passes the Acid3 browser test with a perfect score, while the released version of Safari scores a 75 out of 100. One minor issue with using WebKit, however, is that it sets the default 'new window' page to this page, which thanks you for helping test WebKit, and lets you know there's a new nightly build available. This constant reminder helps insure that the Web...
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Clear out cached access keys for remote servers
This is a hint to avoid a potential security issue caused by a standard system function (or feature). If you connect to a service on a remote server, you will be asked for your login and password. If you say No to the 'Remember this password in my keychain' dialog, you may wonder why you will not be asked for your login and password next time you connect to the service. In my case, I wanted show a remote service like VNC to a colleague while he was logged in on the local machine. I disconnected from the service and was able to connect to it again without being prompted for my login and password. This can be a security issue for many reasons, e.g. working on someone else's account etc. Solution: To prevent reconnecting without a password, you need to delete the Kerberos Ticket that was created while connecting to the service the first time. This ticket expires after a certain amount of time (10 hours by default), but I guess a ticket that grants access for 10 hours ...
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Access all Google Docs features from Safari
If you are a user of Google docs (and other such Google apps) and you prefer Safari as your default browser, you will know that lots of features are lost because Safari is not a supported browser. Firefox, however, is fully supported. If you enable the Develop menu in Safari, as covered in this hint, however, you can fix the problem. After enabling the menu, just select Develop » User Agent , and select one of the Firefox entries (2.0.x Mac, for instance), you will find that all features are enabled. [robg adds: I'm not a huge user of Google's apps. I did, however, run a quick test with the Presentations module, and this trick certainly seemed to work. Before making the switch, I was warned that Safari wasn't fully supported, and that warning went away after changing the user agent. I also exchanged emails with the hint's author, and he states that he's not yet found an issue with ...
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Vodafone to sell iPhone in 10 countries
Filed under: iPhoneToday Vodafone announced that it is partnering with Apple to sell the iPhone in ten countries: Australia the Czech Republic Egypt Greece Italy India Portugal New Zealand South Africa Turkey The official announcement doesn't offer much in the way of details. We have no idea when the iPhone will be available in these countries, or if Vodafone will have a special iPhone plan. Also worth noting is the lack of any mention of exclusivity in these countries.Thanks to everyone who sent this in.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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New 3G iPhone "photos" match previous speculation
Following up on a semi-believable rumor of the 3G iPhone are new semi-believable photos. Glossy plastic? Additional sensors? recessed volume controls?Read More...
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Options Trader: Tuesday Outlook
Oh I love the smell of pullback in the morning. We can blame UBS (UBS) for this one as Europe came back from a holiday weekend to find it already cut in half. UBS may not have been cut enough as the bank lost the $11Bn XOM found last week. Now we know what spurred last week’s coordinated Fed and ECB liquidity moves which I predicted on Friday. Like I always tell members, it’s not paranoia when they really are all conspiring to hide something!
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iPhone is most popular camera phone on Flickr
Filed under: iPhoneI'm often impressed by the photos I get out of my little iPhone. It's not a pro-level DSLR for sure, but for quick, off-the-cuff snapshots, it does a very good job.I'm not alone in my belief. Analysis of current Flickr Data shows that the iPhone is their most popular camera phone. Part of that is the novelty of the iPhone, undoubtedly. Owners continue to relish any excuse to whip them out.The other is ease of posting a photo to Flickr. Once you've added your special Flickr email address to your contact list, sharing a photo is a snap. Tap it once, tap "Email photo," enter the first few letters of your Flickr email address and hit Send. Done.While we're on the subject, I'll offer my tip for taking decent iPhone photos. Unlike nearly every other camera ever made, the iPhone exposes an image when the "shutter button" is released, not depressed. With that in mind, here's the three step process I follow Press and hold the "shutter button" Compose the shot Release The tendency is to compose the shot and then tap the button, often resulting in blur. Try this method and watch the results.[Via Ars Technica]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Apple part of Nike, Finish Line's new retail experience
Posted by Dennis SellersNike and The Finish Line have opened a new retail experience called Finish Line Ltd, which is customized to meet the needs of young running and training athletes. The concept store is located at the Chandler Fashion Center near Phoenix, Arizona.
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Ambient intimacy
Leise Reichelt says that the syncopated updates we share publicly with friends and followers in Twitter (and blogs and Flickr….) add up to what she called “ambient intimacy.” Ambient intimacy is about being able to keep in touch with people with a level of regularity and intimacy that you wouldn’t usually have access to, because time and space conspire to make it impossible. Flickr lets me see what friends are eating for lunch, how they’ve redecorated their bedroom, their latest haircut. Twitter tells me when they’re hungry, what technology is currently frustrating them, who they’re having drinks with tonight. Who cares? Who wants this level of detail? Isn’t this all just annoying noise? There are certainly many people who think this, but they tend to be not so noisy themselves. It seems to me that there are lots of people for who being social is very much a ‘real life’ activity and technology is about getting stuff done. There are a lot of us, though, who find great value in this ongoing noise. It helps us get to know people who would otherwise be just acquaintances. It makes us feel closer to people we care for but in whose lives we’re not able to participate as closely as we’d like. Knowing these details creates intimacy. (It also saves a lot of time when you finally do get to catchup with these people in real life!) It’s not so much about meaning, it’s just about being in touch. Right. I argued in this post and column sometime ago that these functionalities — plus our ongoing connectedness on Facebook and our searchability via Google — will have a profound impact on friendship and our relationships. I said there that they will keep us in touch longer and so we can't just lose people anymore. Reichelt says they also change our current relationships and I agree. It's quite an insight that this causes a new kind of intimacy: We see the things we wouldn't see in others' lives unless we were damned near living together. For some people, I couldn't care to know that much. For others, she's right, it is a handy way to catch up, to be in touch. I've mentioned here that I've found and been found by friends I haven't seen in decades (more than I'll admit) thanks to one or the other of our Google shadows. I'm about to meet up with one of them and we've been doing this catchup dance via email, which is also new and fits under Reichelt's umbrella, I think, for it's just a cold technological tool that makes it easy to update and catch up. If I'd been catching up via Facebook or Twitter or blogs all that time, the possibilities and definitions of friendship would be different. Reichelt also talks about the flipside of this, ambient exposure: the publicness that makes this possible but also creates some vulnerability. And each force us to define our societies, the people we want to share with: one person on an email, a few people in a chat, a defined group in Facebook or Pownce, a group we don't define (if we're public) in Twitter, anyone at all in a blog. What a great time to be a Reichelt writing about this or a Danah Boyd studying it or a Tara Hunt living it.
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News: NYT: August target for European 3G iPhone launch
Apple plans to begin selling the upcoming 3G iPhone in some European countries by or before August, according to a New York Times report. Citing a person close to the situation, the article starts with an August target date for the release, then states that Apple wants to start selling the 3G version of the iPhone in Europe before August, when many Europeans take their summer holidays. The use of both “by” and “before” in the…
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Apple Specialists hold 'An Evening at the Arch'
Posted by Dennis SellersThe Apple Specialist Marketing Co-op (ASMC) held an exclusive private event last night at the St. Louis Arch. One hundred and 50 Apple Specialists and Canadian Apple Resellers attended “An Evening at the Arch,” along with 50 vendors and Apple Channel personnel to close the first full day of the...
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Italy to have two iPhone carriers; Vodafone to sell it in 10 countries
Posted by Dennis SellersItaly is the first country where there will be officially two carriers for iPhone: Vodafone and Telecom Italia TIM, according to the International Herald Tribune.
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Vodafone, Telecom Italia announce massive iPhone rollout
Vodafone announced this morning that it would carry the iPhone in 10 more markets worldwide—one of the biggest iPhone rollouts to date. At the same time, Telecom Italia said that it would be the second carrier of the iPhone in Italy. Second? You read that right.Read More...
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VMware releases public beta of Fusion 2.0
VMware Fusion has released VMware Fusion 2.0 Beta 1. The public beta, a free download, boasts a handful of industry firsts for Mac virtualization, including true multi-display support for virtual machines and experimental DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 2 3D acceleration. New features in Fusion 2.0 include: VMware Fusion 2.0 Beta 1 offers first “true� multi-display support [...]
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News: H2O Audio debuts iSH2 Waterproof Headset for iPod shuffle
H2O Audio has introduced its new iSH2 Waterproof Headset for the second-generation iPod shuffle. The iSH2 is the first integrated waterproof headset and case for the 2nd-gen shuffle, and was developed with the assistance of world record holder and Olympic multi-medalist swimmer, Natalie Coughlin. The case works up to 10 feet underwater, is designed to be worn on any swim goggles or with the included sportband, and offers full control of the shuffle's…
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News: TIM confirms Italian iPhone sales as first non-exclusive country carrier
As previously noted, Italian cellular provider Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) has confirmed in a press release that it will offer the iPhone in Italy later this year—a significant announcement given that TIM will become the first non-exclusive iPhone country carrier, as Vodafone will also offer the iPhone in Italy by the end of the year. The press release reads simply, “Telecom Italia announced today it has signed a deal with Apple to bring…
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Flash Wars: The Many Enemies and Obstacles of Flash
While widely deployed as a web plugin and among the few web technologies that have become a household word, Adobe's Flash has more than a few substantial enemies that would like to see it replaced, cloned, or erased. Additionally, Flash faces a number of significant obstacles that are its own fault. These also erode Adobe's position and have helped force its hand in opening the Flash specification. Here's a look at the external competitors of Flash, and how Flash has hurt its own chances to establish itself as a web platform in the future. Continues: Flash Wars: The Many Enemies and Obstacles of Flash Rene Ritchie presented Flash cookies as another thorn in the Flash platform for users, as described in the article Flash on iPhone: Video Dream or Privacy Nightmare? - Phone different
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Apple, in first, to use two networks to sell iPhone
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Apple Inc. on Tuesday announced a deal with Vodafone Group to distribute the iPhone in ten countries, and for the first time will sell the device with two operators in a single market.
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Consumer Reports: Apple leads in support - by double digits
In Consumer Reports’ annual reliability survey for the June 2008 issue 80 percent of the users that contacted Apple’s technical support reported that they had their computer problem solved. The industry average last year was 60 percent. The survey polled subscribers on their experiences with technical support from September 2006 through January 2008 and represents more [...]
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Review: Drop Point: Alaska game not extreme enough
Posted by Dennis SellersBy Matt Martin Drop Point: Alaska from MacSoft is an extreme sports game that's not nearly extreme enough. The graphics are pretty good and the trick points are fun, but the novelty of the game wears off quickly and it doesn't provide the sustained rush a game like this should...
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Supercow game for the Mac moooves onto the scene
Posted by Dennis SellersMacgamestore has released Supercow for the Mac. Developed by NevoSoft, the US$19.95 game for Mac OS X lets you control the game with either the mouse or keyboard with plenty of levels and challenges to beat.
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Tom Bihn releases two new laptop bags
Posted by Dennis SellersTom Bihn has released two new laptop bags for the MacBook, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro in mind: the US$70 Ristretto Messenger and the $160 Western Flyer.
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Super Talent launches line of MasterDrive SSDs
Posted by Dennis SellersSuper Talent Technology, a manufacturer of flash storage solutions and DRAM memory modules, has launched a new line of MasterDrive solid state drives (SSDs) that are purportedly interchangeable with hard disk drives (HDDs), but are faster, lighter and use less power.
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HighPoint releases RocketRAID 2640X4 RAID controller
Posted by Dennis SellersHighPoint has released the RocketRAID 2640X4, an US$169.99, four-channel PCI-Express x4 SAS RAID controller that supports RAID levels (0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD).
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Microsoft's Sync tech to come to Hyundai, Kia, Ford asks "but what about us?"
Filed under: Portable Audio, Transportation Once thought to be the exclusive domain of Ford, Sync-like technology looks to be coming to Hyundai and Kia cars by 2010. While Microsoft and Hyundai aren't calling the technology Sync officially, the new "music and information system" will be a voice-controlled interface that links mobile devices to car stereos, complete with remote firmware updates. Sounds a lot like Sync to us. Interestingly, only later versions will include multimedia and navigation-related features. This is a curious omission -- why would Hyundai need Microsoft's help just to plug in some iPods? The product will be made official at a ceremony in Seoul attended by Bill Gates and Hyundai Kia Automotive Group Chairman Chung Moon-koo. Cocktail hour and family photos to follow immediately.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
UBS swings to loss. UBS (UBS) reported a Q1 net loss of 11.535 billion Swiss francs ($11B). It said markets remain challenging, but that it would not need to raise more capital. UBS plans to cut about 5,500 jobs by mid-2009, including a 26% reduction in the size of its fixed-income unit. UBS said it is selling $15B in Alt-A mortgage-backed assets to BlackRock (BLK). Shares fell 4.3% in early Zurich trading. Miller: Microsoft isn't finished. Legg Mason's (LM) Bill Miller thinks Microsoft (MSFT) will come back to the table with another offer for Yahoo (YHOO). "I'm more puzzled by Microsoft's not going up to $37 than Yahoo's wanting to walk away," he said. Legg Mason is Yahoo's second largest stakeholder. Other shareholders were less generous in their assesment of Yahoo chief Jerry Yang, who said yesterday he's still open to a higher offer from Microsoft. Yahoo shares fell 15% yesterday to $24.37. Microsoft was up down 0.55% to $29.08. Vodafone customers to get iPhone option. Vodafone (VOD) will sell Apple's (AAPL) iPhone in ten markets: Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey. Media reports say Telecom Italia (TI) will bring the iPhone to Italy later this year. BofA to stay the course with Countrywide. Sources say Bank of America (BAC) plans to acquire Countrywide (CFC) without trying to reduce its $4.1B. Drug failure sparks layoffs at Merck. Merck (MRK) said it will reduce its U.S. sales force by 1,200 in order to trim costs. The move comes on the heels of a surprise rejection of Merck's experimental cholesterol drug Cordaptive. The move mirrors an identical set of layoffs at Wyeth (WY). Navistar lands Army deal. Navistar (NAVZ.PK) was awarded a $1.28B contract from the U.S Army for trucks to support rebuilding efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq. The three-year contract is for 7,072 medium tactical vehicles and parts. Sprint spinoff. Three years into its $35B takeover of Nextel, Sprint (S) is now mulling selling or spinning-off the troubled unit. Complicating the issue is yesterday's news that Deutsche Telecom (DT) is thinking of making a bid for Sprint. A divestment of Nextel would be a dramatic acknowledgement of the acquisition's failure. Bernanke pushes homeowner help. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke urged the government and mortgage lenders to double down with their assistance to homeowners facing foreclosures. "Conditions in mortgage markets remain quite difficult, and mortgage delinquencies have climbed steeply," he said. "Realistic public- and private-sector policies must take into account the fact that traditional foreclosure-avoidance strategies may not always work well in the current environment." The Treasury meets today with banking executives to discuss a voluntary program that would speed up the ability of homeowners to modify their mortgages. Attendees include CFC, BAC, JPM, FNM and FRE. Crude oil should reach $150-200 a barrel over the next couple years, Goldman analysts say. Oil hit a new high of $121/barrel in overnight trading. AMD broadens case against Intel. AMD (AMD) filed an expanded list of antitrust allegations against Intel (INTC) that singles out Intel dealings with Dell (DELL), International Business Machines (IBM) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ). AMD says it can document Intel "pays people not to deal with AMD." Earnings: Monday After Close Anadarko Petroleum (APC): Q1 EPS of $1.55 beats consensus of $1.22. Revenue of $2.98B vs. consensus of $3.13B. Banco Santander (SAN): Q1 EPS of $0.95 vs. consensus of $0.91. China Security & Surveillance (CSR): Q1 EPS of $0.32 in-line. Revenue of $71.8M vs. consensus of $66.65M. Sees Q2 EPS of $0.36-0.38, in-line, and revenue of $85-87M vs. consensus of $81M. DivX (DIVX): Q1 EPS of $0.18 beats consensus of $0.14. Revenue of $25M in-line. Sees 2008 EPS of $0.52-0.58, up from $0.44-0.52 vs. consensus of $0.47. Sees Q2 EPS of $0.09-0.11 vs. consensus of $0.07. Drugstore.com (DSCM): Q1 EPS of -$0.03 just misses consensus of -$0.02. Revenue of $120.6M in-line. Kindred Healthcare (KND): Q1 EPS of $0.39 beats consensus of $0.26. Revenue of $1.06B vs. consensus of $1.03B. Sees Q2 EPS of $0.29-0.34, in-line. Sees full-year EPS of $1.40-1.50 vs. consensus of $1.34. McKesson (MCK): FQ4 EPS of $1.05 beats consensus of $1.00. Revenue of $26.2B vs. consensus of $26.83B. Sees full-year 2009 EPS of $3.75-3.90, better than consensus of $3.78. Principal Financial (PFG): Q1 EPS of $0.92 misses consensus of $0.98. Revenue of $2.64B vs. consensus of $2.87B. Virgin Mobile (VM): Q1 EPS of $0.07 just misses consensus of $0.08. Revenue of $304M vs. consensus of $317M. Sees Q2 EPS of -$0.01 to $0.03, short of consensus of $0.15, and revenue of $285-295M vs. consensus of $321M. Weight Watchers (WTW): Q1 EPS of $0.72 misses consensus of $0.75. Revenue of $437M vs. consensus of $444M. WTW raised the bottom end of its full-year EPS guidance by $0.05 to $2.85-$3.00, better than consensus of $2.90. Earnings: Tuesday Before Open Cleveland Cliffs (CLF): Q1 EPS of $0.60 misses consensus of $1.00. Revenue of $494M vs. consensus of $507M. Covidien (COV): FQ2 EPS of $0.66 beats consensus of $0.59. Revenue of $2.43B vs. consensus of $2.37B. Domtar (UFS): Q1 EPS of $0.05 beats consensus of $0.04. Revenue of $1.66B in-line. D. R. Horton (DHI): FQ2 EPS of -$4.14 misses consensus of -$0.43. Revenue of $1.62B vs. consensus $1.36B. Emerson Electric (EMR): FQ2 EPS of $0.69 misses consensus of $0.71. Revenue of $6.02B vs. consensus of $6.1B. raises full-year EPS outlook to $3.00-3.10 vs. consensus of $3.01. Estee Lauder (EL): FQ3 EPS of $0.46 just misses consensus of $0.47. Revenue of $1.88B in-line. Sees full-year EPS of $2.34-$2.40 in-line. Fannie Mae (FNM): Q1 EPS of -$2.57 misses consensus of -$0.81. Revenue of $3.78B vs. consensus of $1.26B. Fannie reduced its dividend to $0.25, and said it plans to raise $6 billion. Fuel-Tech (FTEK): Q1 EPS of $0.07 misses consensus of $0.09. Revenue of $20.5M vs. consensus of $22.3M. Sees full-year revenue of $88-93M vs. consensus of $92.7M. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea (GAP): FQ4 EPS of -$1.40 misses consensus of -$0.65. Revenue of $2.2B in-line. Joy Global (JOYG): lowers full-year EPS guidance to $2.96-3.22 from $3.15-3.45 vs. consensus of $3.41. Lazard (LAZ): Q1 EPS of $0.14 misses consensus of $0.48. Revenue of $350M vs. consensus $450M. Legg Mason (LM): FQ4 EPS of -$1.81 misses consensus of -$0.27. Revenue of $1.07B vs. consensus of $1.12B. MetroPCS (PCS): Q1 EPS of $0.11 misses consensus of $0.14. Revenue of $662M in-line. NYSE Euronext (NYX): Q1 EPS of $0.91 beats consensus of $0.83. Q1 revenue of $1.29B vs. consensus of $891M. R.R. Donnelley (RRD): Q1 EPS of $0.69 in-line. Revenue of $2.99B in-line. Sees full-year EPS of $3.08-3.15 vs. consensus of $3.13. Qwest (Q): Q1 EPS of $0.09 just misses consensus of $0.10. Revenue of $3.39B in-line. Saint Joe Co. (JOE): Q1 EPS of $0.40 beats consensus of $0.18. Q1 revenue of $117M vs. consensus $81M. Sara Lee (SLE): FQ3 EPS of $0.30 beats consensus of $0.24. Revenue of $3.2B vs. consensus $3.29B. Sees FQ3 EPS of $1.13-1.17, better than consensus of $1.00. Spectrum Brands (SPC): FQ2 EPS of -$0.14 beats consensus of -$0.23. Revenue of $647M vs. consensus $454M. Tenet Healthcare (THC): Q1 EPS of $0.04 beats consensus of $0.01. Revenue of $2.37B in-line. Teva Pharmaceutical (TEVA): Q1 EPS of $0.64 just beats consensus of $0.63. Revenue of $2.57B in-line. Vulcan Materials (VMC): Q1 EPS of $0.13 misses consensus of $0.56. Revenue of $817M vs. consensus of $905M. Sees full-year EPS of $3.85-4.35, short of consensus of $4.46. Get Wall Street Breakfast by email -- it's free and takes only seconds to sign up.
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News: Vodafone to offer iPhone in ten countries
Vodafone, the world's largest mobile-phone company, has announced that it's signed an agreement with Apple to sell the iPhone in 10 of its markets starting later in 2008. Vodafone will offer the phone in Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa, and Turkey. In a separate announcement, Telecom Italia also said it will sell the iPhone in Italy by the end of the year, making it the first…
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A Clone of Their Own: Psystar's Pedraza Brothers
From their hole-in-the-wall office in Doral, Fla., brothers Rudy and Robert Pedraza are waging war on Silicon Valley. The 24- and 22-year-old computer whiz kids are undercutting Apple by building "clone" computers with Mac software and selling them for less money than the tech behemoth. The daring move -- cloned PCs are old news, but Apple has been vigilant against Mac imitations -- has sent shock waves through the techie world. With little business experience and nothing to lose, the two South Florida brothers are relishing their revolutionary moment.
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MacNotables #822: Jim Dalrymple Embarks on a New Adventure: Recording and Releasing His Own Album
Jim Dalrymple joins us from safari, and shares his love of roller coasters before discussing his latest project: writing, recording and releasing his own album. Jim details how he got started with this and how he is documenting it on Macworld, the response he received from contacts in the recording industry and more. Few projects like this are truly a solo effort; Jim talks about some of the folks he's working with, why he's not limiting the software tools he's using for the project and how GarageBand is taking center stage in the creative part of the process. (more…)
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Mac OS Ken: 05.06.2008
Analysts Raise Apple Rating and Target Price / Apple Safari for Windows Sucker Punch Pays Off? / Silicon Alley Insider: Apple Using New Release Movies as Loss Leader / Apple Adds Movie Buying And Top Sellers Category to Apple TV / Microsoft Adds TV Shows to Zune (NBC Included) / Apple Updates iPod Classic and iPod nano Software to v1.1.2 / Apple Updates iPod Reset Utility for Windows to v1.0.4 / Carphone Warehouse Sells Out of 16GB iPhones in UK / Consumer Reports Praises Apple Tech Support / Jobs Slips on Forbes CEO Pay List
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RBC Analyst: RIM Can Withstand Smartphone Competition
Will 3G technology and new smartphone devices spark a food fight between Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) and Apple Inc. (AAPL)? Possibly, but don’t worry about RIM in the long run, RBC Capital Markets’ Mike Abramsky told clients. “Although widely anticipated, the iPhone launch may offer headline risk to RIM valuation, but in our view will not harm RIM’s global franchise,� the analyst said in a research note. He considers iPhone-related weakness as an accumulation opportunity in shares of the BlackBerry maker.
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RBC Analyst Raises Apple Price Target and iPhone Shipment Forecast
RBC Capital Markets' Mike Abramsky recently returned from Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. bearing good news. In a note to clients on Monday, he said his research on Apple's upcoming 3G and faster processor will unleash the iPhone's real potential. The analyst raised his price target on Apple to $220 from $200, while maintaining an "outperform" call on the stock.
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Vodafone releasing iPhone in Australia, Italy, India, and seven other countries
Filed under: CellphonesVodafone's just got a tiny, minor, insignificant announcement to make this morning: it's signed with Apple to sell the iPhone in ten markets, including Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy (so much for Telecom Italia), India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey. Expect the phone later this year -- that's all we know for now. Score one (or ten?) for Voda.[Thanks, iB3nji]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments