Stevie’s not sick, he just wants to do his own thing
Yesterday Apple threw the world a curveball by announcing this would be its last year at Macworld, and Señor Jobs would not be making his …
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Apple sees its last MacWorld sans Steve Jobs keynote; sad day for fanbois
Perhaps it’s a sign of things to come, but Apple has announced that its presence will no longer grace the Macworld Expo after January 2009. …
Netflix Watch Instantly for Mac exits beta
Back in October we told you that Netflix had plans to bring Watch Instantly to Mac users and after a surprisingly brief opt-in beta period, …
Apple pulls support page recommending Antivirus software
After a wave of attention surrounding a post on Apple’s support pages over the past few days, Cupertino has decided to pull the page from …
Apple begins recommending Antivirus utilities to users
It looks like the care free days when Mac owners could sit back and relax without having to worry about malware are indeed coming to …
Apple starts Black Friday sales ’round the world
Black Friday is almost upon us and many of you are going to be scouring your areas for some of the best deals found all …
Macs to be discounted on Black Friday
Plenty of rumors have been making their way around the blogosphere lately with regards to Apple’s plans for Black Friday. Nothing has been announced direct …
Microsoft fails in blocking Ballmer’s testimony in “Vista Capable” lawsuit
Back when Vista was announced, everyone was upset that they’d have to make significant hardware upgrades in order to accommodate the new operating system from …
Security vendors say Mac OS X Trojan and backdoor tool are on the loose
Ruh roh, as Scooby would say. Once relatively untouchable, security experts have now found what they claim to be two new pieces of malware specifically …
GrandCentral showing signs of life; Google releases Vocito
After what seemed like an eternity of silence, Google has finally released something new associated with GrandCentral. No, you still can’t get in on the …
Apple possibly working on a search engine?
File this one under kinda, maybe, probably not – but the rumor du jour on this fine Thursday morning is that Apple may well be …
Microsoft hits Apple on their own turf
The gauntlet has been thrown down and Microsoft is making it pretty clear that they’re not going to be bullied around by Apple’s advertising tactics. …
Netflix “Watch Instantly” coming to Macs
One of the biggest virtues of Netflix membership for the past year or so has been the Watch Instantly video on demand service. Providing access …
New Mac ads respond to Windows ads responding to Mac ads
First is was hilarious. The Mac, Justin Long, all cool and hip with his witty retorts and his, umm, jeans. The PC, John Hodgman, all …
Google Android has its own app store kill switch!
You know, with all the deserved hype about Android being much more open than the iPhone’s platform, one must wonder what security will be like. …
Confirmed: Apple notebook event Tuesday October 14
Well, it looks like those who have been skeptical with regards to a new breed of Apple laptops coming next week are now silenced. Whether …
BlackBerry Media Sync for Mac
Feelin’ left in the dust while all your Outlook-loving PC friends get all the cool BlackBerry stuff? Well, RIM has been hard at work on …
Apple makes iPhone 3G available unlocked in HK
It looks like Apple has decided to sell the iPhone 3G to folks in Hong Kong without having it locked down to any particular carrier. …
“I’m a PC” Commercials Made on a Mac?
File this one under irony. It turns out that metadata within the creative copy images from it’s latest “I’m a PC” campaign has bitten Microsoft …
Apple Ultracompact USB Charger Recall
Attention Apple owners and Mac fanboys: Apple has issued a recall yesterday for their Ultra-compact USB chargers. Apparently the prongs have been breaking off and …
Microsoft Releases First Round of “I’m a PC” Commercials
Well there you have it. Microsoft did in fact ditch its Seinfeld / Gates campaign at least temporarily, in favor of a new run directly …
Microsoft tries to take their image back
In continuing with its new and “clever” line of advertising, Microsoft has temporarily ditched the Gates/Seinfeld ads in favor of reclaiming their image from Apple. …
Windows Gurus Set to Invade an Electronics Retailer Near You
We have to wonder if the culmination of Microsoft’s $300mm marketing endeavor will be a battle royale on Monday Night Raw or Pay Per View. …
Want Someone’s Apple ID Password? Just Ask Apple for it
Wow. Just wow. Marko Karppinen, head of a Finnish software development firm specializing in Mac software, just found himself on the wrong end of a …
MobileMe to go live between 6PM-12AM tomorrow
Those of you that have been patiently waiting for Apple’s new hosted PIM service to go online can begin rejoicing. The company has updated their …
Leaked Photo of Aluminum MacBook Pro Case
Well what do we have here? The curious shot above was recently born on a Chinese blog and has since began making quite a trip …
