Steve Jobs and Apple Execs Cleared of any Wrongdoing: "An internal investigation at Apple has cleared Steve Jobs and other Apple execs of any misconduct regarding stock-option grants. News has sent the stock up 4% in pre-market trading."
(Via diggdot.us.)
Report: Apple executives faked stock option documents: "Apple's probe into its stock options backdating mess has determined that documents were falsified, according to report."
(Via CNET News.com.)
Have you yet tired Aperture? I'm really beginning to enjoy the workflow and adjustment tools. If you're a serious photographer (or serious hobbyist like me) it's definitely worth a look. -TG
Filed under: Software, Apple Professional
Aperture is Apple's tool designed for professional photographers who take lots and lots of pictures. As such, handling metadata is an important part of any workflow involving Aperture. James Duncan Davidson has some tricks to help you get the metadata you need into Aperture as quickly as possible. I'm sure this will save someone some time out there.technorati tags:Aperture, Photography, Apple
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While MacBooks and iPods have already been unwrapped the world over during this holiday season, retailers are also taking the wraps off some of their own presents in the form of sales numbers. In a press release containing interesting holiday sales trivia and a hot sellers list for all of their many departments, Amazon announced the 13-inch MacBook (in both white and black) and 15.4-inch Sony VAIO notebook as the top sellers in the PC aisle. Interesting - maybe some of that 'non-PC PC' marketing paid off after all.technorati tags:Apple, Macintosh, MacBook
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Filed under: Apple Corporate, Apple Financial, Bad Apple, Apple
We have written about the Apple stock options story before, but things just keep getting worse. The Associated Press is reporting that former Apple execs forged documents in order to maximize options payouts. The article also goes on to say that Steve Jobs has retained his own legal counsel, apart from Apple's, which is never a good sign (though I would retain my own legal counsel if I were involved in something of this nature).Filed under: Switchers
There are switchers, and then there are Switchers. Robyn Peterson, executive product director/executive producer at Ziff Davis, is a capital-S-Switcher; when the guy who's responsible for PCMag.com jumps the tracks to a Mac, there's a serious movement afoot.technorati tags:Macintosh, Switcher, Apple
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Filed under: iPod Family, iTS, iTunes
AppleInsider reports that not only did iTunes get swamped yesterday (as expected), but visits to Apple.com/iTunes, presumably to download software, were up by four hundred percent over last year's Christmas rush. Think about that. Apparently a gadzillion people got new iPods this year, and a good number of them clicked over to Apple.The article goes on to say that visits to the Apple iTunes webpage outnumbered visits to Zune.net by about thirty-to-one. Given that iPods presumably outsold Zunes by a far heftier margin, I'm guessing that the Zune.net visits had something to do with technical support by confused new owners, but I have no evidence whatsoever to back up that guess.
I"ve never used their stuff, but they get Rave reviews, and I really like the concept. Give 'em a look. -TG
Belkin, Freeverse, Macally, RadTech, Shinywhitebox, Prosoft Engineering, and TypeIt4Me are teaming up with TeachMac for the "Everyone Wins with TeachMac Giveaway and Contest," which culminates during Macworld Conference and Expo in San Francisco in January...
technorati tags:Macintosh, Apple, Training
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I LOVE the quote on Apple's site telling the user what to do if they don't know which generation Shuflle they own. If a person doesn't alread know that, they probably shouldn't be using this utility! -TG
Apple has released iPod shuffle Reset Utility 1.0.1, which restores the first generation iPod shuffle...
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BeLight Software releases Art Text: "BeLight Software today announced the release of Art Text, a new application to create high-quality headings, logos, icons, banners and more..."
(Via MacMinute.)
Griffin announces Elevator laptop stand: "Griffin Technology today introduced the Elevator desktop stand for portable computers..."
(Via MacMinute.)
Frustrated Windows users eye Apple's Mac: "...the average user doesn't even think about Microsoft; he or she just fires up the PC and gets to work or play. But that may be changing. Increasingly, I'm hearing real discontent from the masses about Windows, and it doesn't have much to do monopolistic practices, ripping off ideas or a lack of innovation"
(Via diggdot.us.)
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac 11.3.2 Update released: "Microsoft today released Office 2004 for Mac 11.3.2 Update..."
(Via MacMinute.)
Apple posts Security Update 2006-008: "Apple today released Security Update 2006-008 via its Software Update pane and on the Web..."
(Via MacMinute.)
“Zune doesn’t shake iPod’s market lead”: "Troy Wolverton reports for the San Jose Mercury News, ‘Microsoft’s Zune had a decent debut last month, but Apple Computer’s iPods continued to dominate the MP3 market, according to new data from market research firm NPD Group released this week.’"
(Via Apple Hot News.)
First Look: Photoshop CS3 Beta: "What do you get when you load the first-ever Intel native build of Photoshop CS3 onto a quad-core Xeon Mac? One stupid-fast photo editing workstation. See the new features of Adobe's latest beta in this screenshot gallery."
(Via Wired News: Top Stories.)
Ugly Photoshop CS3 icon replacement for OS X dock: "New Photoshop CS3 Beta icon is ugly medicine-branding-like blue rectangle. Grab the nice replacement..."
(Via diggdot.us.)
Apple to restate financials: "A report on MarketWatch today notes that Apple has said in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that it was unable to file its Form 10-K by the required filing date of December 14th..."
(Via MacMinute.)
It's about time! -TG
Griffin announces 5-in-1 card reader for ExpressCard slot: "Griffin Technology today announced its new versatile multimedia card reader for notebooks..."
(Via MacMinute.)
DLO debuts two new products for the iPod shuffle: "Digital Lifestyle Outfitters (DLO) today announced two new products designed specifically for the iPod shuffle: the DLO Power Bug AC power adapter and dock cable, and the DLO Action Jacket workout armband and case..."
(Via MacMinute.)
AirPort Update 2006-002 for MacBooks released: "Apple has released AirPort Update 2006-002..."
(Via MacMinute.)
New Photoshop CS2 for Beginners online class launched: "The National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) today announced the release of Photoshop CS2 for Beginners, a 21-day online training course on www.photoshoptraining.com..."
(Via MacMinute.)
iPod once again to be Top Selling 'Most Wanted' Holiday Gadget: "8% of those polled expected to buy one of Apple iPod digital music players this holiday shopping season, with only 3% planning to buy a Nitendo Wii or Sony PlayStation 3, while just 2% have their sights set on Microsoft's Xbox 360. The findings suggest that for a second straight year, the iPod will be the top selling 'must have' holiday gadget"
(Via diggdot.us.)
HP getting a little worried: "MacBooks show up at HP meetings and their executives kind of freak out."
(Via diggdot.us.)
Forbes: 'Vista boss Jim Allchin said he would buy a Mac': "According to a report on Forbes today, a January 2004 email to Microsoft's Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, Vista boss Jim Allchin said he would buy a Mac if he wasn't working at Microsoft..."
(Via MacMinute.)
The Omni Group announces OmniPlan planning app: "The Omni Group today announced the 1.0 release of their new project management application, OmniPlan, a program designed to help you create logical, manageable project planning documents..."
(Via MacMinute.)
Apple releases Aperture 1.5.2 Update: "Apple has released Aperture 1.2.5 Update, the latest version of the company's all-in-one post-production tool for serious photographers..."
(Via MacMinute.)
7 Essential Front Row tips: "7 ways to get a little more out of Apple's Front Row."
(Via diggdot.us.)
Apple marketshare up 31%, browsershare up 45%...Everything Looking Up: "Apple's marketshare and browsershare have been marching upwards over the last several years, and this is no exception, a strong indication of Apple's strength as a brand as its turning around of its historically very niche and marginal portion of the market"
(Via diggdot.us.)
Microsoft drops VBA in Mac Office 2007: "slashdotwriter writes 'Macworld features an article stating that the next version of Office for the Mac will not include Visual Basic scripting. From the article: 'Microsoft Office isn't among the apps that will run natively on Intel-based Macs-- and it won't be until the latter half of 2007, according to media reports. But when it does ship, Office will apparently be missing a feature so vital to cross-platform compatibility that I believe it will be the beginning of the end for the Mac version of the productivity suite...''
(Via diggdot.us.)
Creammonkey = Greasemonkey For Safari: "Creammonkey is an open-source sourceforge project that aims to bring the power of Firefox's Greasemonkey extension to Safari."
(Via diggdot.us.)
The iTunes playlist app, Tangerine 1.0 released: "The iTunes plug-in that automatically creates playlists for you according to the tempo of songs in your library has reached 1.0. Tangerine 1.0 is now available for download!"
(Via diggdot.us.)
Cha-Ching personal accounting software updated: "Cha-Ching, a personal accounting/budgeting software package has been updated..."
(Via MacMinute.)
Adobe announces availability of Adobe Reader 8: "Adobe Systems has announced that Adobe Reader 8 software is available as a free download..."
(Via MacMinute.)
“A Windows expert opts for a Mac life”: "Scott Finnie writes for Computerworld, ‘If I decide to go back to Windows when this Mac trial is over, returning to my ThinkPad T60 Core Duo may be a very difficult move. I’ve settled into the MacBook Pro 17 [inch] and Mac OS X 10.4.8 as if I was born to them. If the Mac OS doesn’t mesmerize me to the point that I lose all interest in Windows, this piece of hardware might just do that all on its own.’"
(Via Apple Hot News.)
The Apple phone flop: "CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos says Apple should think again if it believes it can make a phone to match iPod's success."
(Via CNET News.com.)
Bare Bones releases BBEdit 8.5.2: "Bare Bones Software today announced the release of BBEdit 8.5.2, the latest version of its award-winning HTML and text editor for the Macintosh..."(Via MacMinute.)
Alsoft releases DiskWarrior 4 as Universal Binary: "Alsoft today released DiskWarrior 4, the latest version of its hard drive utility for Mac OS X..."
(Via MacMinute.)
Parallels Desktop for Mac adds Boot Camp support: "Posted by Dennis Sellers
Parallels has released a new beta of Parallels Desktop for Mac, a solution for running PC operating systems at the same time as Mac OS X (without re-booting) on Mactel systems. The update adds support for booting Windows XP on a Boot Camp partition directly in Parallels Desktop. It also...
(Via Macsimum News.)
Ancient Greek Computer's Inner Workings Deciphered: "Scientists have pieced together how a 2,000-year-old astronomical calculator was built, revealing an astounding level of craftsmanship for its time."
(Via National Geographic News.)
Apple files for patent on zirconia iPhone: "Apparently, zirconia is a good material for any small device that needs to transmit radio frequency signals. From Crave, CNET's gadget blog."
(Via CNET News.com.)
