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Hackintoshers bring back Atom support
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 20, 2009

Let the games begin! When Apple left support for Intel Atom processors out of Mac OS X 10.6.2, we all knew it would be a matter days before savvy netbook users would re-instate the functionality and now that’s exactly what’s happened—rock on.

iTablet – $800 LED or $2000 OLED?
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 20, 2009

iTablet - $800 LED or $2000 OLED?This week’s rumors about the Apple iTablet increasingly center around the touchscreen technology, with the options being LED or OLED, and with the tablet price up in the air between the two.

The basis for the latest rumors is the report [...]

Jobs personally denies developer’s name change request
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 19, 2009

After receiving a legal snot-o-gram from Baker & McKenzie asking his company to change the name of one its applications so it would no longer contain the word “iPod,” Little App Factory CEO John Devor decided to take matters into his own hands and write Steve Jobs personally. Surprisingly enough the Apple CEO [...]

Tablet, tablet, will Apple have a tablet?
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 19, 2009

Tablet, tablet, will Apple have a tablet?While a major magazine publisher announces big plans to bring its products to Apple’s fabled tablet computer, the Apple iTablet is now rumored to be delayed until the latter part of 2010.

Although it may seem difficult to delay a product [...]

Apple working on OS X 10.7
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 18, 2009

Apple working on OS X 10.7Never a company to rest too long on its laurels, even if they include record operating system sales, Apple gives every sign of being hard at work on the next big cat, OS X 10.7.

Of course, Apple started on the architecture [...]

Apple portables better than average, not tops says survey
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 17, 2009

A warranty intermediary says that HP has the worst reliability and Asus the best when it comes to notebook computers. And, this should come as no surprise—netbooks are 20 percent more likely than full-size laptops to break in the first year.

Odd Apple patent for embedded OS ads
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 17, 2009

Odd Apple patent for embedded OS adsApple recently applied for a patent which describes a method by which the manufacturer of an operating system could disable certain OS functions until the user looked at an advertisement.

It is very difficult to tell where this may lead, but [...]

Apple’s Black Friday specials leaked
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 16, 2009

Historically, Cupertino hasn’t been particularly generous when it comes to special holiday deals, especially not straight discounts. According to a rumor making the rounds, that could be changing this year and in a big, big way.

Apple’s Mac tablet is already a game changer
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 16, 2009

No one satisfies with vaporware like Apple. This device hasn’t been seen let alone used by anyone, but pundits of every stripe are tripping over each other to declare the Mac tablet, a.k.a. iPod touch on steroids, the next insanely great thing from Steve Jobs and his merry band of elves.

Apple still on a retail roll
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 16, 2009

Apple still on a retail rollIt appears that Apple will continue to buck trends, this time planning to open as many as 50 more retail stores in the teeth of the recession, at a time when most companies are closing locations instead.

Summary judgements bite PsyStar hard
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 14, 2009

Both the hackintosh maker and Apple had requested summary judgements from the bench, a risky move that could have delivered a stinging rebuke and lopsided defeat to either side. Nevertheless, it was the Cupertino, California-based Mac, iPod and iPhone that prevailed with the judge coming down against the illegal cloner on nearly every [...]

Will App Store rules ruin the app?
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 13, 2009

Will App Store rules ruin the app?Over the life of the Apple App Store, there have been myriad stories written about it, many of them full of glowing praise and many of them conveying the problems its whimsical rules have caused.

Yes, the App Store is a [...]

Microsoft: ‘How we really designed Windows 7′
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 12, 2009

Adults arguing in the public — it’s just embarrassing and it’s impossible not to feel sympathy for their kids. In this case, it’s the word of a corporate sales guy who made an off-the-cuff remark about Windows 7’s origins and the operating system’s designers now saying those remarks were “inaccurate and uniformed.”

Apple worries Nintendo on the game front
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 12, 2009

Apple worries Nintendo on the game frontDespite statements to the contrary by the president of Nintendo, Apple is indeed a competitor to mainstream gaming devices and it may be the competitor that will hurt them the most.

Satoru Iwata, leader of Nintendo, said during an interview with [...]

Microsoft: ‘We’ve tried to create a Mac look and feel’
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 11, 2009

You’ve really gotta give Apple and its marketing people credit for always being on message and keeping tight control of what’s said—you just don’t hear faux pas like this from them. Granted, they get caught lying from time to time, but never plumping other companies’ products, especially not Microsoft’s.