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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.

Will there be an Apple iTablet for Christmas?
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 11, 2009

Will there be a tablet for Christmas?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 [...]

OS X 10.6.2 kills Atom support, fixes Photoshop issues
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 [...]

Photo: Is this Apple’s Mac tablet on the table?
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 [...]

Apple opens store at the Louvre
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 10, 2009

Apple opens store at the LouvreIn 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 [...]

Apple to make world-phone?
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 9, 2009

Apple to make world-phone?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 [...]

Woes continues for users even after Apple TV 3.0.1 update
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.

Apple urging all users to download, install Apple TV 3.0.1 Update
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.

How to: Reset your OS X password
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 [...]

Photos: Steve as you’ve [mostly] never seen him before
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 [...]

Apple pitching TV plan to broadcasters
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 6, 2009

Apple pitching TV plan to broadcastersIndustry 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 [...]

Fortune names Jobs ‘CEO of the decade’
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 [...]

Apple, Intel, Microsoft look into sync bug
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 5, 2009

Apple, Intel, Microsoft look into sync bugThere 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, [...]

Don’t have a cow, man! OS X 10.6.2 supports Atom [again]
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.

Is 100,000 apps in the App Store too many?
Posted from MAC.BLORGE on November 4, 2009

Is 100,000 apps in the App Store too many?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 [...]