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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.
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 11, 2009
The biggest rumor ever from the prolific Apple rumor mill is undoubtedly the tablet computer. Are we likely to see such a beast before the end of the year, in time for the holidays?
If there is fire where there is [...]
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 10, 2009
By now we’ve all heard how big nasty Apple killed support for Intel’s Atom processor, and netbooks in the bargain, with its second Snow Leopard dot update. What you might now know, however, is that while Cupertino was slapping the homebrew hackintosh crowd around with one hand it was massaging its codebase with [...]
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 10, 2009
nVidia CEO Jen-Hsun “whoop ass” Huang was recently interviewed in Dubai where he went on about his love for Apple products, which fill his home. However, as he went on about how well his company is getting on with the Cupertino, California-based Mac, iPod and iPhone maker, there was something completely out place [...]
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 10, 2009
In a move sure to confound retail store openings by rival Microsoft, Apple has announced that they have opened a store in Carrousel du Louvre in Paris, just beneath the famous Louvre art gallery.
Although it is not quite the same thing [...]
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 9, 2009
While the controversy over poor service from AT&T continues to swirl, Apple has said very little. Now rumors saying that Apple is planning to introduce a world-mode phone may end that silence.
Analysts and industry mavens have been asking for perhaps as long as [...]
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 9, 2009
According to user reports, the patch released Saturday only addresses the “lost all media” issue but not any of the other — freezing, random restarts, overheating, sluggishness, vanishing networks, display issues — problems that have plagued Steve Jobs hobby since the release of Apple TV 3.0.
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 8, 2009
As is oft the case with software updates, it’s two steps forward and one back. With the just released Apple TV 3.0, users are reporting that upgraded units lose or are unable to play all of the content loaded on those machines.
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 7, 2009
In the nearly 10 years I’ve been running OS X, it hasn’t happened to me yet, but the day when I stare blankly at my Mac’s login screen is coming — it’s just a matter time. Thereupon, it’s better to be prepared for the inevitable, so read this tutorial, print it out and [...]
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 6, 2009
Whether you’re looking for some simple clue to his success or just gotta scratch that (tech) celebrity itch, Steve Jobs is an elusive source. Moreover, in the infrequent glimpses we do get, it’s hard to get a feel for who he really is. Here’re a few candids, some never seen before, providing insight [...]
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 6, 2009
Industry insiders are saying that Apple is currently speaking with a wide range of broadcasters about the content that would be required to support their rumored upcoming TV subscription service.
Apple will need to sell their rumored $30 TV subscription service to [...]
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 5, 2009
As Apple rolls into what looks to be yet another record setting holiday shopping quarter, on the heels of the company’s most profitable quarter ever, giving an accolade to the man who’s listed by name among the patent and trademark docs for the iMac, iPod and iPhone seems safe bet. Shallow praise for [...]
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 5, 2009
There are apparently problems between Apple’s iTunes and either Windows 7 or a certain processor from Intel (or both), according to reports from users who have experienced iPhone sync failures.
Three of the biggest companies in the technology sector (Apple, Intel, [...]
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 4, 2009
With incidents like this, you’ve gotta wonder if Apple’s just testing to see if we’re 1.) paying attention and 2.) actually care. In this particular case, we don’t know what if any purpose Cupertino had in removing and returning support for the processors used in most netbooks, but folks were definitely paying attention.
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 4, 2009
The Apple App Store, and the number of apps that it contains and which are downloaded from it, have been given a great deal of the credit for the success of the iPhone, but when is enough enough?
It [...]
