Freeway Pro 5.2

Designing a professional looking Web site requires good coding and good design skills — a combination that isnit overly prominent in the Web design world. Freeway Pro 5.2 helps overcome that problem by giving designers the tools they need to build great sites without requiring them to develop strong coding skills, and it does it…

iPO Quick Tip - iTunes: More Info About What's on Your iPod

iTunes offers all kinds of information about what’s stored on your iPod or iPhone, like how much space the music, videos, photos and other data is using. iTunes isn’t limited to just showing you how much of your iPod is loaded with your favorite stuff — it can also show you how many items are…

ChangeWave: Apple Leads Competition in Consumer Buying Plans

A ChangeWave Research Report says that amongst those planning to purchase a PC in the next 90 days, Apple leads all competitors. Of the Alliance members surveyed, 34 percent plan to buy an Apple notebook and 30 percent an Apple desktop, numbers that continue to rise. The study, conducted August 4-12, asked pver 4,400 Alliance…

CW: SSDs in Laptops Won't Make Real Sense until 2010

Despite their appeal, Solid State Drives (SSD) wonit make real sense for laptops for several more years, according to Computerworld. The curent technology is still too expensive, slower on I/O and has a more limited lifespan. Right now, consumer grade SLC SSDs use a different structure that has good capacity and price, but suffer compared…

Apple Stores Generally Mirror U.S. Population Density

The locations of Appleis U.S. retail stores closely track the U.S. Census Bureau for the highest density population centers, according to ifoAppleStoreon Thursday. However, there are a few notable exceptions. “Apple claims that over 90 percent of the countryis population is within 15 minutes of an Apple retail store, and a population analysis seems to…

PC Makers, Stymied by Vista, Enhance Their PCs

PC makers, confronted by the complexity and slow boot time of Vista, are offering their own unique add-ons to make PC buyers happier, according to the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. Falling average selling prices have also driven the makers to those extra value options. The PC experience has been tarnished by Vista, according to…

Psystar Responds to Apple's Lawsuit

Psystar, sued by Apple for trademark and copyright infringement, has prepared its response to Appleis complaint. Psystar will claim that Apple is engaging in anticompetitive practices and will counter sue. According to owner Rudy Pedraza, Psystar will counter sue under the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act and claim that when Apple ties…

MathMagic 5.8 Adds Support for QuarkXPress, LaTex

InfoLogic announced version 5.8 of MathMagic on Monday. The new version adds support for QuarkXPress 8 and can read and export to LaTex files, and more. Version 5.8 also allows multiple math tags to be opened simultaneously when importing MathML files, and the user can now specify the resolution of PICT images. MathMagic

Laptop Locks: Not Quite So Secure

A 2600 t-shirt clad gent shows in a video how he fashioned a small cardboard tube out of a toilet paper roll and then pick a Kensington lock all in about a minute. Bypassing Kensington lock security.

Woz's Advice to Engineers: Follow Your Heart

In at interview at the Intel Developer forum, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak urged future engineers to follow their heart. It isnit always about the money. CNET posted tibits of wisdom from the man who was the mind behind the Apple I and Apple II. Steve Wozniak (CNET)

PCW: Intel, Dell Innovate for Mobile Users, Windows Sleeps

Dell, Intel and their partners have sidestepped Windows and developed some key technologies for mobile users, according to PCWorld. For example, users can check e-mail without booting Windows on a Dell notebook. This is a disaster for Microsoft. The technology is called “Latitude ON,” and according to Mike Elgan with PCWorld, it could also be…

Combustion at Apple and Particle Debris

Look ing back this week, it was a watershed time for Apple. A lot of the news centered on reported problems with the Infineon 3G radio system in the iPhone 3G, and that came on the heels of of an embarrassing MobileMe roll out. Apple found out that when even the smallest glitch appears in…

Fire Breaks Out at Apple Campus

Apple’s Cupertino campus was the scene of a three-alarm fire Tuesday night. Firefighters spent over three hours fighting to extinguish the blaze, and finally managed to put the fire out early Wednesday morning, according to the San Jose Mercury News. Over 60 firefighters from the Santa Clara County, San Jose, Saratoga, and Los Altos fire…

Analyst: Best Buy's iPhone Sales Impact Minimal

Best Buy’s deal with Apple to sell the iPhone 3G will help drive up holiday sales numbers for the combination iPod and smartphone, but not by much, according to UBS analyst Maynard Um. While the increase in iPhone sales will likely be incremental, the Best Buy deal could be an indicator that Apple is successfully…

NVIDA Takes $200M Charge for Bad Graphics Chips

NVIDIA has taken a one-time charge of US$196M to cover the cost of replacing some bad graphics chips under warranty, according to Computerworld on Wednesday. The problem has affected computers from Hewlett-Packard, Dell and some from Apple. The problem, previously reported, appears to be related to a substrate material in some graphics chips that malfunctions…

Microsoft Releases Two MS Office Updates

Microsoft released updates for both Office 2004 and Office 2008 for the Mac late on Tuesday. The updates are available at the Mactopia downloads site. Version 11.5.1 is for Office 2004 and version 12.1.2 is for Office 2008. The update for Office 2008 is 153 MB and can be found in the column labelled “Newest”…

Exploring the Differences Between StarOffice and OpenOffice

Both StarOffice 9 and OpenOffice.org 3 will offer an office suite of tools compatible with Microsoft Office. Both are based on the same code base, and both will be native on the Mac, no longer requiring X11. Sun’s Louis Suarez-Potts explained the key differences to TMO and what the customer should know before selecting one…

YML Tonight: All About Photography with Scott Kelby

Your Mac Life (YML), with Shawn King, which airs every Wednesday night, will be all about one of YMLis favorite subjects: photography. Scott Kelby, photoshop guru, will be on hand to chat about it. “Photoshop Guru Scott Kelby is organizing a iWorldwide Photo Walki on August 23rd. He has asked Your Mac Life to lead…

iSync plugins 6.2 Adds Support for New Sony Ericsson, Nokia Handsets

New phones supported by the iSync plugins 6.2 include: Nokia 6124 classic, E66, E71, N78 Sony Ericsson W380i, C702, C702c, C902, C902c, G502, G502c, K530c, K550im, K610i, K610im, K818i, K858i, T658i, V640i, W350i, W380i, W580i, W580im, W712a, W715a, W760c, W760i, W830i, W888i, W908c, W980, Z710a, Z715i, Z750a, Z750i, Z780i iSync plugins adds iSync support to…

Apple Security Team Pulled from Black Hat Conference

“[Apple] Marketing got wind of it, and nobody at Apple is ever allowed to speak publicly about anything without marketing approval,” said Black Hat Conference Director, Jeff Moss. “It was them talking about security engineering and how they take security seriously,” Moss said. “It would have put Apple in a positive light.”The team was not…

Apple Security Update 2008-005 Fixes DNS Issue

Apple rolled out a late day security update on Thursday that addressed potential DNS-related flaws in Mac OS X Leopard and Tiger. Security Update 2008-005 prevents malicious attackers from forging Web sites — a trick that could potentially be used for phishing attacks where hackers trick Web surfers into giving up personal information like passwords…