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Zynaptiq PitchmapSome exhibitors at Musikmesse have huge booths, so smaller companies have to be creative to compete for the show’s visitors’ attention. An excellent method to catch people’s eyes — at least in the keyboard and DAW software halls — is to prominently display a vintage synthesizer. Software maker Zynaptiq did just that, and it…

Source: Yahoo! Finance The primary driver for the sell-off appears to be concerns over iPhone growth, concerns sparked by a downgrade on April 9th by Walter Piecyk of BTIG Research. Mr. Piecyk argued that an effort by U.S. carriers to cut back on smartphone subsidies would result in slowing iPhone sales going forward. While some…

Intel’s Kirk Skaugen speaking Monday on Intel’s plans for Thunderbolt. Kirk Skaugen, corporate vice president and general manager of Intel’s PC Client Group, made the Thunderbolt device predictions during an Intel event focused on Ivy Bridge processors. He said that the growing number of Apple computers with Thunderbolt — all current Apple computers, except for…

FULL-DISKfighter (US$9.99) from SpamFighter is a new disk utility meant to slim down your Mac’s hard drive. How it goes about this is by scanning your Mac for files it considers unnecessary or redundant.  It’s broken down into three sections. The first one is Fast Clean Up which searches for junk files such as files…

A new volume licensing agreement called Companion Device License (CDL) will give customers rights to access Windows 8 desktops via a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) on up to four personally owned devices. In simplified terms, the CDL allows an employee of a business with Windows 8 volume licensing to use Citrix, VMware, or other remote…

LapDawg has introduced the X-4 Aluminum which converts from a flat, easy to store unit into a 20-in tall TV tray, a breakfast tray, or a laptop tray. Other configurations are possible as well. X-4 Aluminum in stowed position (LapDawg)The arms rotate 360°, operate with push buttons, and the joints auto-lock. The push buttons have degree marks…

If you’d like your workspace featured on TMO Workspaces, just send high-quality pictures and descriptions of your equipment to [email protected] with the subject line “TMO Workspaces”. This week, we’ll be taking a look at Mac Observer and Macworld senior contributor Ted Landau. Ted has a handsome custom-designed desk by Techline, as well as matching storage…

Apple already employs 2,800 at the Cork location, making it one of the top five multinational employers in Ireland—the company has had a presence in Cork for over 30 years. The location serves Europe, the Middle East, India, and Africa and provides technical support, online sales, manufacturing and finance services.Apple also recently announced plans to…

Word that the two companies are negotiating came from Proview attorney Ma Dongxiao, according to Macworld.Apple and Proview negotiating iPad trademark ahead of court rulingThe negotiations are part of the legal process in China ahead of a court ruling. The negotiation phase is voluntary, and in this case it seems both sides agreed to the…

  Writing for Fast Company, Mr. Schlender described the newly discovered tapes as, “some three dozen tapes holding recordings of extended interviews—some lasting as long as three hours—that I’d conducted with him periodically over the past 25 years.He added, “Many I had never replayed—a couple hadn’t even been transcribed before now. Some were interrupted by his kids bolting…

Twitter announced the “Innovator’s Patent Agreement” on Tuesday as a way to keep innovators in the picture and to change the way patents are wielded. The company voiced concern about the way patents may be used to actually stifle innovation rather than promote it. It also wanted to keep some control of the patents with the actual innovators -…

PCs, laptops, and tablets running x86 processors will get “Windows 8” and “Windows 8 Pro,” while ARM-based tablets will receive “Windows RT.” The RT version will only be available pre-installed on ARM tablets and, while it includes a touch-optimized version of Microsoft Office, will not run existing Windows-compatible applications.The Windows 8 Metro UI will be…

To remedy this and satiate our appetites for awesome Mac setups, we’ve decided to launch “TMO Workspaces,” a new weekly segment in which we’ll highlight a user’s workspace, provide all information on equipment, and give tips on what is useful and what isn’t. Our goal is to go a bit deeper than what we’ve found…

The Samuel L. Jackson ad displays a Verizon logo at the end of the commercial, while the Zooey Deschanel ad displays a AT&T logo (other versions of the ad feature Sprint). The similar style of the ads with interchangeable carrier logos suggests a joint production between Apple and the respective U.S. carriers. As noted by…

Valve is a large game publisher with titles like Half-Life, Portal, Counter Strike, and Team Fortress in its portfolio. The company also developed the Steam gaming platform that offers an App Store-like way of buying, managing, and playing a variety of games for Mac and Windows. So, when Tim Cook is reported to be visiting…

In the brokerage firm’s Q1 survey, some 4.9 percent of respondents said they intended to buy a Kindle Fire tablet. In the Q2 survey, which was just conducted, that number had declined to 4.5 percent. This matches the analyst’s supply checks, which indicated a 10 percent month-over-month decline in component orders in February, and a…

Shot from Foxconn Tour Video – Full Video Below In a written report, Mr. Schmitz said about his tour that, “The first misconception I had about Foxconn’s Longhua facility in the city of Shenzhen was that I’ve always called it a ‘factory’—technically, it is. But after you enter the gates and walk around, you quickly…

“From our sinkhole data, we have estimated that the number of computers infected with this threat in the last 24 hours is in the region of 270,000, down from 380,000,” Symantec said in its report. Flashback is the biggest malware epidemic to hit the Mac platform, ever. It relies on a vulnerability in Java, a…

What’s that? The number of the Beast?! You betcha. Throw some goats, crank up some Gorgoroth, and party like Apple’s worth more than Microsoft was in its heyday! Kvitrafn, of Gorgorth Photo Credit: Peter Beste (altered with permission) If it happens, that is. There’s certainly no guarantee that it will. First, the numbers: Apple is…

The group, which regularly campaigns for conservative issues, including pro-fossil fuel policies and anti-green energy efforts, pink slime, voter ID requirements, protesting the Occupy movement, and most especially complaining about Al Gore and his role as a board member of Apple Inc., said that green energy companies are failing and that Apple shouldn’t be bailing…

AOL: You’ve got patents!The two companies aren’t saying which patents are moving to the Microsoft camp, although AOL will still retain rights to use technology covered by the patents it is selling. Microsoft is also gaining non-exclusive licensing to the remaining patents in AOL’s portfolio.AOL was once the king of online access, but has transitioned…

Austin sweetens its expansion offer to AppleApple is looking to double its workforce and add up to 3,600 jobs to its Austin facility over the next 10 years. It has already received incentive offers from both the State of Texas and the City of Austin to do so. The state offered a $21 million package from its…

As we know, for a long time Apple touted the superiority of OS X security. Of course, there were some obscure holes that could be exploited by experts like Charlie Miller at the annual DEF CON Conference. By and large, however OS X has been pretty good in the past, compared to Windows XP because…