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Who put the 'crap' in 'Crapintosh'?: Zack Whittaker has taken a few days off to "get his head together", so in the meantime his best friend, Elliot Harrison, has stepped up to the firing squad to cover this week. The hate campaign certain Windows users have against Macintosh users must ...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Zack Whittaker, Desktops, Hardware; Blog posts 2008-12-02
Apple hits Psystar with DMCA charges: Court papers reveal that the day before Thanksgiving Apple added new charges to the five-month old federal lawsuit against mac-clone maker Psystar. The new charges claim that Psystar, along with ten John Does, violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act DMCA by bypassing copy-protection mechanisms used by Apple to protect Mac...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, DMCA, Apple Inc., Psystar, Copyrighted Works, Defendant, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-12-01
Apple: Mac users should run multiple anti-virus: One of Apple's better Mac vs PC ads features a strong message that Windows computers are a magnet for viruses malware but Macs are automatically protected. As PC "ah-choos" his way through an infection, Mac offers a tissue and smugly infers that he's immune to the...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Antivirus, Malware, Apple Inc., Virus, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Desktops, Hardware, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-12-01
Calling Mac users - Have you installed antivirus on your Mac?: Apple now recommends that users install antivirus software on their Mac systems. Well, have you? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Antivirus, Apple Inc., Desktops, Viruses And Worms, Hardware, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-12-01
Turkey, stuffing and Macs?: It appears that Americans enjoyed a healthy serving of Macs over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Writing for Fortune's Apple 2.0 blog Philip Elmer-DeWitt analyzed Apple's domestic sales on Amazon.com over the critical Black Friday selling weekend. He concludes that Apple's online sales got off to a better start than...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Electronics, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-11-30

Apple Black Friday deals come early: Looking for a deal on a Mac? Well it looks like Black Friday has come early for Apple customers. According to a post at MacRumors MacMall has announced their Black Friday sale which will runs until midnight PT on Friday, 28 November 2008. Not to be...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Post, Desktops, Retail, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-11-26
News to know: Macs on sale, YouTube goes wide, Twitter, Cisco: Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: A rare occurrence: Macs on sale Jason D. O'Grady: Apple retail stores to match prices Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Apple prepares for Black Friday blow-out! ...; Tags: Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, YouTube Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Cisco Systems Inc., Twitter, Telemarketing, AJAX, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Digital Media, Marketing, Marketing Research, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2008-11-26
A rare occurrence: Macs on sale: If there's one thing about Apple products that you can pretty much always bank on, it's that they rarely go on sale. Best Buy launched some pre-Black Friday specials that discounts a whole lineup of Macbooks, iMacs and even the Mac Mini. (Nope, iPods and the iPhone...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Retail, Desktops, Hardware, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2008-11-25
Will Apple launch a netbook? And other burning questions: Apple has said "it doesn't do cheap," but one analyst reckons that Steve Jobs & Co. will address the netbook market at some point--either with an 11-inch MacBook Air priced between $800 and $1,000 in 2009 or a tablet Mac in 2010. That's one of the more...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Gene Munster, 3G, Notebooks, Desktops, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-11-25
StarLight for Mac enters alpha; iPhone client in development: As a subscriber to Sirius Satellite Radio one of my favorite new applications for Mac OS X is StarLight from NiceMac LLC. It's a super simple, thin client to access the Sirius radio Web streams. Currently at version 109.a download link it's an excellent alternative to Sirius'...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, Apple Macintosh, Sirius, Channel Management, Desktops, Marketing, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-11-24
The old "install this codec to see free porn" trick works on Mac too!: It seems that this old trick for fooling Windows users to download and install malware on their PCs is now working on Mac users. Why? Because with 50% of new Macs being sold to people who used to run Windows, the OS might have changed, but the bad habits haven't....; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Codec, Malware, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Cyberthreats, Desktops, Security, Viruses And Worms, Software, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-11-22
Mac OS X targeted by Trojan and backdoor tool: Two new pieces of malware affecting Mac OS X appeared this week, a Trojan horse and a hacker tool for creating backdoors. Two pieces of malicious software affecting Apple's Mac OS X appeared this week: a Trojan horse with the ability to download and install malicious code of an...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Trojan Horse, Tool, Hacker Tool, Intego, OSX.Lamzev.A, Lamzev, Spyware, Apple Mac OS X, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Mac OS X, malware, Trojan, backdoor, hacker, Adware & Malware, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk; News items 2008-11-21
Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Bargain Apples: Apple is undoubtedly one of the hottest tech and consumer brands in the world and they should easily sell more than 2 million Macs and 20 million iPods in the upcoming holiday quarter. With all the Mac gear out there it's sometimes hard to choose. Here are...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Macintosh, Apple iPod, Battery, Richard Solo 1800 mAh Battery, Inserts, NewerTech Voyager, Engineering, 3G, Digital Music, Digital Media, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-11-20
How Apple gained the upper hand on Microsoft: I've just been working my way through hundreds of emails released as part of the Vista Capable lawsuit and there's one phrase that keep coming across that might explain why Apple got the upper hand on Microsoft with Vista. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), E-mail, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Online Communications, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Apple Macintosh, Experience, Desktops, Hardware; Blog posts 2008-11-20
I really don't want to use Windows anymore: Every week, more and more bits of malware seem to be making their way past commercial anti-virus, firewall anti-virus, and ISP anti-virus software. New patches and downloads abound, and I've still re-imaged 3 computers in the last 2 weeks due to massive infestations. This is to say nothing...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Antivirus, Malware, Computer, Microsoft Windows, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Productivity, Linux, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Desktops, Security, Software, Hardware, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-11-19
Apple dodges antitrust bullet: A California judge has granted Apple's motion to dismiss Psystar's counterclaims that the company violated antitrust laws by blocking third-parties from selling Mac OS-based systems. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Tags: Antitrust, Apple Inc., Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Apple Macintosh, Advertisement, Brand, Counterclaim, Operating System, Psystar, Apple Mac OS, Branding, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing; Blog posts 2008-11-18
Parallels Desktop 4 for Mac or how I lost my socks: Some demonstrations seem fated to be postponed time and again before the stars align and I'm finally able to sit back and enjoy the show some supplier wants to present. My meeting with the good folks from Parallels seemed to follow this pattern. Since I've known the executives of this...; Tags: Demonstration, Apple Macintosh, Window, Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Construction, Microsoft Windows, Desktop Virtualization, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-11-18
Livescribe digital pen is Mac ready: CEO Jim Marggraff shows off the latest improvements to the Livescribe digital pen. Mac fans, take note: the company is coming out with a Mac version of its desktop software.; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Pen, Desktops, Hardware, News, livescribe, pen, digital, ina fried, college; Videos 2008-11-17
3D gaming benchmarks for all three late-2008 MacBooks: Rob-ART over at BareFeats.com has tested the new 'late 2008' MacBook 2.4GHz against the 2.53GHz and 2.8GHz MacBook Pro at its native 1280x800 and concludes: The fastest "late 2008" MacBook Pro* (2.8GHz) is about 20% faster than its fastest predecessor ("early 2008" MBP 2.6GHz) when...; Tags: Game, 3D, Apple Macintosh, Nvidia GeForce, Apple MacBook, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-11-17
Newsweek: Clinton campaign was a PC, Obama a Mac: In a Newsweek video, reporter Nick Summers says that going from covering the Hillary Clinton campaign to the Obama campaign was like switching from a PC to a Mac. The Web video, called Secrets:'The Dysfunction', is a part of the publication's special coverage of the recent political campaigns. by David...; Tags: Newsweek, Apple Macintosh, PC, Video, Corporate Communications, Desktops, Marketing, Hardware, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-11-11