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The very first thing I ever had published on the Internet was in late 1997. It was called “Always Apple” and spoke to the dire straights Apple was in and tried to express how the community of Apple followers felt. It was later republished at 32-bits Online (long since gone). Here is an excerpt. Where…

Judge Alsup will use the hearing to establish the guidelines for discovery requirements based on his prior ruling that Psystar must produce financial documents along with someone competent to testify about the company’s finances.Apple filed a lawsuit against Psystar in northern California claiming the company was violating the Mac OS X licensing agreement with end…

What got me thinking about this issue more deeply was an article, and if you’ll forgive the bluntness, more of a rant, at TechCrunch by Robin Wauters about how the “Mainstream Media Still has Eyes Wide Shut.” The gist of this essay was that the old time media is blind to the new realities of…

There are a few things to set straight because, clearly, they’ve both been mislead. For the record, I do not mean to single out Little Snitch here, though clearly he’s the fall guy in all of this (and I’m sure the kind folks at Objective Development have some unkind opinions of my words!). My concern extends…

While outsourcing for legal teams is common practice for many companies, that isn’t always the case with Apple. “It’s always been a very lean legal function — a lot is centralized at HQ in the US and there’s a lean staff internationally, but having a single external adviser would be quite unusual,” commented a source…

Some of these features include: SQLite2 and SQLite3 supportREAL Server supportIn-Memory database supportAES 128 encrypted SQLite 3 databases supportBrowse tables, views, and indexesFull alter tables supportBuilt-in inline editing An SQLiteManager single license is US$49 USD. A US$20 discount coupon code is available for SQLiteManager 2.x registered users. The utility is available from the SQLabs Web…

Just Mobile has recently introduced two notebook related products and both of them rate a Wow!Xtand ProThe first is a 100 percent aluminum stand that is absolutely classically beautiful. It is a perfect match for any of the aluminum Mac laptops. It has clean, simple lines with an oblong pedestal base. It comes with two…

James D. Eason, M.D., Program Director at Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute, commented “Steve Jobs received a liver transplant at Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute in partnership with the University of Tennessee in Memphis. Mr. Jobs underwent a complete transplant evaluation and was listed for transplantation for an approved indication in accordance with the Transplant…

Mr. Jobs commented “Customers are voting and the iPhone is winning,” in response to Apple’s news that it sold more than a million iPhone 3GS units over the weekend.He was also seen at Apple’s headquarters on Monday sporting his familiar black mock turtle neck shirt and jeans, according to Reuters.USA TODAY reported that three Apple…

The Judge hearing Psystar’s bankruptcy case granted Apple’s motion to resume its case in its entirety, most likely killing the company’s chances of keeping Apple off its back for the next few months. “This means that the infringement case of Apple v. Psystar in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California shall…

“In the interests of transparency, I think it would be necessary for them to disclose something as serious as a liver transplant,” Charles Elson, director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware, told Bloomberg. “Investors want to know if he’s healthy and if he can continue to run…

Mr. Jobs traveled to Tennessee for the operation several weeks ago, and according to reports is recovering well. He previously underwent treatment for pancreatic cancer and has been recovering for the past few years. Concern over his health, however, continued to rise as he lost weight.The liver transplant may have been directly tied to Mr.…

Marquez Herrod and Jacqui Phenicie camped out with dinner and a bed.Apple consultants from PEBMAC and first generation iPhone owners, Charles Holt and Melissa Ollila, were in line with plans to upgrade to the iPhone 3G S as soon as the store opens at 7AM. “After we buy our new iPhones we’re off to see…

Lewis: Let me just start by saying that GroupLogic is a 21 year old vendor. We’ve always developed for the Mac and we always will. We started coming to WWDC in 1989. In fact, my co-founder, Derick Naef [the Chief Technology Officer], got his first Mac in 1984, and we’ve been programming the Mac since…

Everything or NothingThe most disappointing thing was when the printer ran out of ink, and it displayed a non-desrcript error message that could not be bypassed.  I was pretty sure it was only out of black, and would have been happy to print in blue.  Worse though was that it turned off access to the scanner as well.…

TMO: Tell us how you got into the business of creating novel writing software? Were there precursor apps that you warmed up with? Or is this your first big venture? Steve Shepard, Founder, Storyist Software Shepard: Well, I worked for Apple for awhile in the 1990s, then I did the Silicon Valley thing. I joined a…

Apple filed a Motion for Relief with the court in Florida after Psystar filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, which automatically stops other legal proceedings. If granted, Apple’s motion would let the copyright case against Psystar resume in California earlier, potentially saving months of delays.Psystar’s response alleged that Apple shouldn’t be granted relief from the…

TMO: The name of your game is Galactic Racer. What is it exactly? Owens: The inspiration for the game was the last scene in Return of the Jedi, where the Death Star is destroyed. Basically, the game is a 3D flying racer, with the emphasis on 3D. You can control your movements in all directions:…

The charity campaign has been organized around Feeding America, which used to be called America’s Second Harvest, a group working to provide food-relief to some 25 million low-income people in the U.S. Microsoft’s ad verbiage says it will donate 8 meals per download, with the fine print stipulating that it’s basically $1.15 per download. IE…

The Missing Sync for Palm Pre auto-syncs data when the Pre is close to your Mac, and supports exchanging information with iCal, Address Book and Microsoft Entourage. It also synchronizes music and video from iTunes, ring tones, images from iPhoto, documents and more via USB.The beta version of The Missing Sync for Palm Pre for…

TMO: Neil, what’s new in your universe? Ticktin: I do have some interesting things to tell you about the magazine, but first I want to tell you about something very exciting we’re working on. It’s a technology strategy for a school district. We’re helping them out with a plan for all the way from operations…

TMO: So tell me a bit about Quay. Brockerhoff: Quay works with the Dock in Leopard. Hierarchical menus in the Dock pop up much faster with Quay installed. You also get more options in each item’s menu. You can see things such as application versions, CPU and memory statistics, file size and the number of…

This is my 16th WWDC since 1993. During that time, I’ve only missed one. So I can’t help noticing that some things have changed dramatically — and some not so much, both good and bad. First, it seems that every year, there are fewer and fewer women, by percent, attending WWDC. This year, with 5,200…

Apple is planning a week long series of events to celebrate the Grand Opening, including free training events and seminars. For a complete list of events, and directions to the Apple’s new Scottsdale Quarter store, visit the Apple Retail Web site.