Saturday, January 03, 2009 3:06 PM/EST
By the way, if the rumors and predictions buzzing around the Web are true, Apple has got a crop full of worms ready for delivery. There is global economic crisis, which means it's time for Apple to—using the company's 1990's grammatically incorrect marketing phrase—"Think Different."
Whoops, it's mixed metaphor time. If
stays the course, the storm will buffet and quite possibly
the ship. The Read the rest of this entry »
Chicago (IL) - According to online reports, Apple will unveil cloud-based versions of iWork and iLife at Macworld Expo, which is scheduled to open its doors on January 5. Reports claim that all office productivity applications from the iWork bundle will receive a cloud makeover and one high-profile Mac blogger claims that iMovie, iLife's application for editing home movies, will become a cloud service well. Of course, it is a rumor at this time, Read the rest of this entry »
December 29, 2008 5:25 PM PST
Rafe, You just publicly criticized Apple, inviting yet another inane, and mostly inapplicable, Apple-Microsoft debate. You FOOL! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
December 29, 2008 5:35 PM PST
Well, since WHS is a MS product, Apple is under no obligation to support it,nor is HP obligated to support OS X, but it would be nice...
December 29, 2008 5:55 PM PST
"Currently, HP's MediaSmart servers, running Microsoft's Windows Read the rest of this entry »
December 29, 2008 5:25 PM PST
Rafe, You just publicly criticized Apple, inviting yet another inane, and mostly inapplicable, Apple-Microsoft debate. You FOOL! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
December 29, 2008 5:35 PM PST
Well, since WHS is a MS product, Apple is under no obligation to support it,nor is HP obligated to support OS X, but it would be nice...
December 29, 2008 5:55 PM PST
"Currently, HP's MediaSmart servers, running Microsoft's Windows Read the rest of this entry »
Cygnus Systems, Inc., a networking company based in Michigan, got into the holiday spirit by suing Microsoft, Apple, and Google for violating a patent it was recently awarded, which covers the navigation and access of files based on representational thumbnails. Products like Microsoft's Vista, Apple's Cover Flow feature, and Google's Chrome browser are cited for infringement. Cygnus is seeking the typical damages and permanent injunction Read the rest of this entry »
No, I'm not new here.
Neither am I trolling, neither is this flamebait.
It's just that there a LOT of posts complaining that if this were to happen with an MS update, the Apple gang would be crucifying them and a lot of negativity that this is funny.
Mismanaged updates by either corporation - Apple or MS - is indefensible and inexcusable, and it's usually a real problem for the victims.
The occasional screwed-up update from Apple is something Read the rest of this entry »
Cygnus Systems, Inc., a networking company based in Michigan, got into the holiday spirit by suing Microsoft, Apple, and Google for violating a patent it was recently awarded, which covers the navigation and access of files based on representational thumbnails. Products like Microsoft's Vista, Apple's Cover Flow feature, and Google's Chrome browser are cited for infringement. Cygnus is seeking the typical damages and permanent injunction Read the rest of this entry »
“You know, I think it wouldn’t be a party,” Steve Jobs told
in February, describing the future of his company if, as he put it, Jobs got hit by a bus. “But there are really capable people at Apple. … My job is to make the whole executive team good enough to be successors.”
Life at Apple without Jobs may be more than just a hypothetical. The 53-year-old Silicon Valley pioneer had a malignant tumor removed from his pancreas four years Read the rest of this entry »
Apple this week published a support document advising Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard users on how to resolve a problem that may cause Software Update to hang while attempting to apply software updates.
"When attempting to update software using Software Update in Mac OS X 10.5, the update process may stop responding while 'Configuring installation' is visible in the update window," the company said. "This can occur if Software Update attempts to install an Read the rest of this entry »
offers fodder for endless speculation. But another big question is how this will go down with the Mac faithful who have flocked to this annual event through good times and bad.
To be sure, there will be official Apple events in the future, like the Worldwide Developers Conference. But most fans--the civilians--likely won't be able to gain access to such events, which are usually reserved for press, analysts, VIPs, and developers.
So, as one colleague Read the rest of this entry »