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The logic I used to forecast an Apple netbook, MacNetBook, is that it’s a growing market that Apple can’t afford to ignore. It is illogical to argue that if Asus, Acer and MSI can make some money on a US$250 netbook that Apple cannot make money on a $699, 10-inch MacNetBook. I’ll go even further…

— David Ogilvy There is a known market for notebook computers, and that market had been soaring until the economy went bonkers. There is a known and growing market for netbooks, and Apple can, if it wishes, carve out a piece of that market as well. But what is the market for an iTablet? When…

The developer also noted some changes that are still in progress, including modifications to trade routes, a redefinition of asteroid densities to change the dynamics of resource gathering, event registration, improvements to the faction system, player-owned stations and capital ships, and tweaks to piracy in neutral space. Vendetta Online is a free download. The game…

According to InfoWorld, Microsoft has put together new “maximum requirements” for netbooks running Windows 7 that limit the devices to displays no larger than 10.2-inches, but allowing 32GB solid state drives or 160GB hard drives. Vendors selling PCs that fall within Microsoft’s guidelines will be eligible for lower-cost Windows 7 pricing, which translates into potentially…

The bankruptcy documents were filed with the Federal Courts in Florida on Thursday, and Apple’s legal team was most likely made aware of the situation over the Memorial Day weekend.The Florida court will hold a hearing on June 5 where Psystar’s equity creditors will be revealed — which means if there have been deep pockets…

“We expect a price cut to the current generation iPhone to drive 50 percent to 100 percent (two million to four million units) incremental unit demand,” Huberty said.Some of those iPhones will go to current owners, making for a significant number of upgrades once the new models ship. “Our survey data suggests 15 percent plus…

The exploit, known as CVE-2008-5353, is an issue with Sun’s Java Virtual Machine (JVM), which is incorporated into Mac OS X. Sun released a patch for the vulnerability in December of 2008. Mr. Fuller wrote in a blog post, “CVE-2008-5353 allows malicious code to escape the Java sandbox and run arbitrary commands with the permissions…

However, an unscrupulous developer could create a Java applet that executes some “evil” action, such as deleting files from your hard drive. In Safari, the first time a Java applet attempts to launch, a message should pop up asking whether or not your “trust” the app. This is a security protection. If you are visiting…

After years of winning (and losing), a car company learns an awful lot about engines, why and how they fail, and that expertise seeps into their regular product line for consumers — making for better products. I’ve always believed that the same applies to Apple. The analog for computing is the High Performance Computing (HPC)…

Virgin America is using Gogo’s in-flight wireless Internet service and will allow users to surf the Web, participate in text-based chats, and check email, but will block Voice Over IP services so users can’t participate in audio or video chats.AirTran announced earlier in May that it planned to be the first airline in the U.S.…

Apple Training Series: iLife ’09 uses real-life material and lessons to take readers step-by-step through all aspects of iLife ’09, from organizing and sharing photo libraries to creating video and soundtracks. Readers also learn to produce movies, photobooks, podcasts, websites, blogs, and DVDs. The book retails for $28.79 ($26.39 – Amazo.com.) Apple Training Series: GarageBand…

The first thing to know is that the domain names we use every day are just human friendly, memorable names for Internet addresses that use the Internet Protocol (IP). For example, we tell our Web browser to got to Filemaker.com because that’s easy to remember. However, the Mac has to convert that to an IP…

MacVoices episode 973 is available as a free download at the MacVoices Web site.

Cult of Mac’s Leander Kahney contacted the popular psychic to the tech industry to get her take on Mr. Jobs’s future with Apple. Along with her prediction that he really is returning, most likely at the end of June just as Apple executives promised, she also said that someone else would surface as part of…

Highlight text in your photos so WhatTheFont knows what to check out.To identify fonts with your iPhone, you’ll need the WhatTheFont application. It’s available for free at Apple’s iTunes-based App Store.Verify the WTF is correctly recognizing each letter.Once the app is installed on your iPhone, you can use its built-in camera to snap a photo…

According to AirTran, its Wi-Fi service is compatible with laptops, the iPhone and iPod touch, BlackBerry smartphones, Windows Mobile Devices, and the Symbian S60. Voice services, however, are not supported.AirTran’s in-flight Wi-Fi service requires a Gogo account. Signing up for the account is free, but users will have to pay for in-flight Internet access.

According to Mr. Kahney, orin0co offered him a screen shot from Mr. Jobs’s purchase history, a screen shot that doesn’t exactly do much to support the notion that he has purchased approximately five items per day, every day, for ten years. The screen shot, he wrote, “includes only three purchases over the busy holiday period,…

If you have to drive and talk on the phone, Kensington has a new product out that lets you keep both hands on the wheel and your eyes on the road.The primary component of the Hands-Free Visor Car Kit for iPhone and Bluetooth phones is a speaker that clips over the top of your visor.…

“We all know from past experience the reverse engineering of patches back into exploits starts at the time — if not before — the patches are released,” Mr. Frantzen said. “Typically it takes between hours and a few days or so to complete this if it’s easy to exploit.”In this case, the flaws could allow…

The software is designed to help users find receipts and documents with a search functionality, then organize documents into collections or Smart Collections. The utility also tracks expenses for tax purposes and exports the text content of receipts as a .csv for Microsoft Excel® or .qif for Intuit’s Quicken. The utility reduces the user’s need…

An Overweight rating from Barclay’s means, “The stock is expected to outperform the unweighted expected total return of the sector coverage universe over a 12-month investment horizon.” Mr. Reitzes wrote that he expects Apple to reposition the Mac product to keep to stay in line with the declining prices in the market, and repeated his…

Mr. Schiller, along with what Apple is calling “a team of Apple executives,” will deliver the keynote.Senior vice president of Software Engineering, Bertrand Serlet, also confirmed that developers would be receiving a final developer preview release of Mac OS X 10.6 at the conference.CEO Steve Jobs started a six month leave of absence early in…

Mr. Jones is a fan of Jonny Ive’s. In his filing with the WIPO, the non-governmental body that oversees such issues by treaty, Mr. Jones said: “I’m a web designer living in the UK, and I’ve been a huge fan of Jonathan Ive since I first used an iMac G3 in college in 1998. I…

Neat’s main competition comes from Fujitsu, which similarly makes desktop and portable versions of its popular ScanSnap scanners. The latest version of its desktop scanner is the S1500M (also available for approximately $400 at Amazon). I have the previous S510M model, which is overall quite similar and is what I used in my comparisons here.…