20 Nov
Posted by Geoff as Apple, HDCP, High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection, Mac, MacBook, Macintosh
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Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is bundling a form of copyright protection software into new MacBooks that has some buyers up in arms. Called High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP), the technology prevents MacBook owners from playing movies they’ve purchased through iTunes on many external monitors, TVs or projectors—meaning they’re stuck watching flicks they’ve paid [...]
Programmers are finding themselves increasingly drawn to the Mac as a development platform, in large part due to Apple’s decision to move to Intel chips and to embrace virtualization of other OSes, which has turned Mac OS X into a flexible tool for development, InfoWorld reports. The explosion of interest in smartphone development is helping [...]
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Yesterday Apple quietly slipped out an update to their Safari Web browser to version 3.2. The notable feature is that it finally adds anti-phishing technology, an area where Safari has lagged behind competitors. Aside from that, it provides some security fixes, improved JavaScript performance, and a slightly newer version of Webkit, pulling [...]
Plastic used to be the sexy material of the future. Now, it’s the cheap, ugly material of the past.
Just look at the effort Apple Inc. put into getting rid of plastic when designing its new $1,300 MacBook laptops, which went on sale last week. Apple now is machining the upper part of the chassis from [...]
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs yesterday said that his company’s TV set-top business, Apple TV, is still just a “hobby.”
Apple TV, which now retails for $229, is a device that sends audio and video files (including high-def shows) from your PC to a High-Definition TV.
Jobs referred to Apple TV as a hobby when [...]
15 Oct
Posted by Geoff as Apple, Apple Macintosh, Mac, Mac OSX, Mac OSX Leopard, MacBook, Macintosh
Steve Jobs just got through yesterday announcing new MacBook lines in Cupertino. The MacBook, the Pro, and the Air all got revved. The old line of plastic-body MacBooks drops in price by $100, to $999. The new MacBooks have a metal body and multi-touch trackpad, just like the new Pros. The Pro features two NVidia [...]
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02 Oct
Posted by Geoff as Apple, Apple Macintosh, Mac, Mac OSX, MacBook, Macintosh
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Apple Inc.’s Mac OS X market share has passed the 8% mark for the first time, a research company reported today.
In September, Apple’s operating system ran on 8.2% of the computers that accessed the 40,000 sites monitored by Net Applications for clients, the company’s data showed. The Mac’s share of the operating [...]
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A mid-October MacBook launch misses the back-to-school rush, but has Apple in the right place for the holidays.
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With new iPods out of the way, the next priority for Apple is the Mac.
John Gruber at Daring Fireball is reporting that Apple will roll out new MacBooks on October 14, which fits the [...]