Apple Releases New MacBooks
May 16, 2007
As predicted, Apple released revised MacBooks today.Apple(R) today updated its MacBook(R) consumer notebooks with faster Intel Core 2 Duo processors, 1GB of memory and larger hard drives in every model. The MacBook is just one-inch thin and features built-in 802.11n wireless networking for up to fiv…
8 CORE Mac Pro OFFICIALLY announced by Apple!!
April 4, 2007
8-core or quad-core Mac Pro workstation
Meet the latest addition to the Mac Pro family: The world
’s first 3.0GHz, 8-core Intel Xeon-based Mac Pro. Consider the bar officially raised.
XviD fully functional on Apple TV
March 25, 2007
We’ve gotten Perian installed on the Apple TV, as well as an SSH client. Surely Apple could have come up with a more clever password than “frontrow”?
Sony comes to iTunes with TV shows
March 25, 2007
Apple confirmed on Thursday that Sony will join the iTunes Store with several new television shows. “News Radio,” “Till Death,” the original animated “Spiderman,” “Starsky and Hutch” and “Charlie’s Angels” will all be available for purchase from the store later today. Sony joins some 60 other channels already available on the iTunes Store.
Maybe this is old news to some, but I just saw it for the first time. Apple.com gives a tutorial on using your ipod as a hard disk in order to move your music files from one computer to another. No extra software needed.
Mac vs. PC: How Would Linux Fit?
March 21, 2007
What with the popularity of the “Get a Mac” campaign, the inevitable spoofs are numerous. However, Apple’s advertising agency has created a veritable fortress of metaphor with these advertisements. The archetypes seem so accurate that it’s hard to get past the inherent truthiness of the original commercials. Most spoof attempts that I have seen hav
Both Windows Vista and Mac OS X can encrypt files and protect them from the prying eyes of thieves and snoops. Vista’s new BitLocker feature and Mac OS X’s FileVault are especially useful to those of you toting laptops that contain sensitive data.
How the NSA Secures Their Computers for Each OS
March 19, 2007
The National Security Agency (NSA) has developed and distributed configuration guidance for operating systems. These guides are currently being used throughout the government and by numerous entities as a security baseline. Very detailed instructions how to do it on your system. Instructions in PDF.
QuickTime gains 720P Apple TV high-definition export mode
March 19, 2007
In an undisclosed and largely unnoticed update to its [url=http://www.apple.com/quicktime/]QuickTime[/url] video playback and conversion software, [url=http://www.apple.com]Apple[/url] has quietly added an “Export to Apple TV” feature capable of creating high-definition videos viewable on the Apple …
What it’s really like to switch to a Mac
February 28, 2007
Poke around the net for a while searching for information on what it
’s like to switch to a Mac, and you’ll quickly get a face full of hyperbole, zealots, platform bigots, feature weenies, and naysayers – from both the Windows and Mac camps. But there are precious few places to get an honest word about what it’s like to switch…
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