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An Apple patent looks very iMac touch-likeRumors that Apple has been working on a touchscreen-based iMac have been circulating for some time, and last week’s report seemed to add more fule to that fire. With the company’s denial, however, it seems less likely that Apple is working on bringing a touch-based iMac to market any…

The Parallels Desktop virtual machine environment for Macs just keeps getting better and better. Incremental refinements make it easier to install, more intuitive and always a little faster. Here’s my report on upgrading to version 6. Parallels Desktop version 6 for Macintosh (PD6) was released on September 14. TMO covered the news, and the story…

The report said that the displays have an integrated cover glass and touch sensor system, and that this has resulted in a “good vertical and horizontal viewing angle.” This solution contrasts with traditional solutions that have touch sensors that are placed on top of the glass, which DigiTimes’ sources characterized as “costly and complex, [and…

StreamWatcher displays a widow which shows all network connections between your Mac and other computers, be they on your local network, or on the Internet. For each connection, or stream, it displays the protocol being used (TCP or UDP) the source machine and port, the destination machine and port, the current upload and download speed…

I spend a fair amount of time in hotel rooms these days, and lately, I’ve noticed a couple of trends in in-room entertainment. No, not that kind of entertainment — I’m talking about the increasing frequency of HDTVs and the decreasing quality of the programming available for them. I mean, how many different ways can…

“We have not found evidence that would establish beyond a reasonable doubt that anyone involved had criminal intent,” commented U.S. Attorney Zane D. Memeger.The school district was understandably pleased with the investigation outcome. “We are very pleased with today’s decision by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, which supports the findings of our internal investigation,” said Superintendent…

Mr. Whitmore also told clients that Apple’s iPad is cannibalizing notebook sales, but that this cannibalization is taking place in the PC space, not from Apple’s own laptop line. In other words, Apple’s laptop sales grew even as the iPad hit the market like the PC industry’s worst nightmare. “Our retail checks suggest this share…

“NPD data over the past thee years indicates a meaningful uptick in sales from May to June. Month/month growth has ranged from +44 percent to +72 percent,” Mr. Um said. “Assuming only a 40 percent month/month increase for June and using a range of correlation percentages, implies June quarter unit sales of 2.9-3.5 million units.”Based…

Support for the idea that Apple has been working on a trackpad version of its Magic Mouse comes from a trademark application for the Magic Trackpad name, although so far there isn’t any evidence that the company plans to introduce the device at WWDC.Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference is scheduled to run from June 7…

“We weren’t happy with X3: Reunion’s performance when using Cider, and it turned out many of our customers weren’t either,” Virtual Programming CEO Mark Hinton said in a statement. “As a gesture of goodwill, we reengineered the game as a native port that’s a free update for existing customers. Starting today, new X3: Reunion customers…

The first person shooter-style game has won several awards over the years and has even been called the best game of all time. Valve’s Steam includes a long list of popular games such as Left 4 Dead 2, Counter Strike, Mac Payne and Half Life. The service hosts over 1,100 games and includes more than…

My TMO workstation has my MacBook Pro connected to some external hard disks (Time Machine) and an older 23-inch Cinema display – with a DisplayPort to DVI connector. In place, the power cord tends to stay connected all the time. From time to time, I unplug all the connectors and take the MBP to another…

The game is part puzzle and part mystery, and players must search through rooms find hidden objects that lead to clues. In addition, individual ghosts must be challenged in “unique minigames where you must play by their rules.” The games system requirements are modest: Mac OS X 10.4 or later, a G4 1.5 GHz or…

January 7, 2002 was a momentous day in the history of Apple Inc. At the Macworld Expo keynote that morning, Steve Jobs introduced the first major redesign of the iMac since its inception. Gone was the familiar CRT-display-based 1998 design, replaced by an LCD flat-panel unit that would be nicknamed the gooseneck iMac. At the…

Adobe Captivate 5 for the Mac The application can build tests into training modules, supports the SCORM database format that’s popular in educational environments, and test results can be stored on Acrobat.com as well. A special Adobe AIR-based application is available, too, for reading test result data that’s stored on Acrobat.com. Captivate 5 lets users…

The comments from Mr. Narayen came on the heels of an open letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs that attacked Flash as a closed, proprietary solution that isn’t suitable for mobile devices. “Flash was created during the PC era – for PCs and mice,” Mr. Jobs wrote in his letter. “Flash is a successful business…

BackgroundLet’s start with some background, though, as I do obsess about context. Up until now, there have been a few specific advantages of playing poker on your computer. You can play whenever you want, in whatever state of dress you can manage. You can play many, many more hands than you can live, which is…

The Mac version of the Kindle application supports ebook purchasing, multiple font sizes, displaying notes and highlights, and viewing books in color. Amazon plans to add text search support and the ability to edit notes and highlights soon.Kindle for Mac OS X is free and available for download at the Amazon Web site.

Maybe you can make an appointment at the Apple store and carry your Mac in, but you really hate to do that every time you have a little question. If you are lucky you have a friend or family member who can help you. (If you are really lucky you belong to a Mac User…

Once you start CoolTerm, the first thing you’ll want to do is select Options, which will let you select your serial port, as well as the baud rate (speed) and number of data bits, parity and stop bits. These are often represented in a shorthand such as 81N (8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no…

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on the suit, which was filed in a U.S. District Court by Michael E. and Holly S. Robbins on behalf of their son. According to the suit, unnamed officials at Harriton High School in Rosemont, PA, spied on the student through the camera, and an assistant principal at the school then…

One school of thought says that resources have been diverted from the new MacBook Pros to Mr. Jobs’ pet project, the iPad. I believe that because while Apple is rich in revenues and cash, it still runs very lean organizations. I’m betting that Bob Mansfield, SVP of Mac Hardware Engineering is busier than [fill in…

Founded by former LucasArts employees who had a hand in Monkey Island and other adventure games released in the late 1980s and 1990s, Telltale publishes its games as “seasons” consisting of multiple episodes each released a few months apart. Tales of Monkey Island features five episodes that take hapless wannabe pirate Guybrush Threepwood on a…

Like MacSpeech Dictate, Scribe requires the user to create an individual speech profile by training the software to recognize their voice. Scribe recognizes 13 different English dialects, and it supports up to six speech profiles. If the user wants to ensure punctuation is included in the final transcript, they’ll need to speak it while creating…