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Overall PC Spending is trending down, but Apple so far is least unaffected, according to a ChangeWave report released on Wednesday. Only eight percent of the 4,427 consumers surveyed say theyill be buying a laptop in the next 90 days, 6 percent for desktops. For those who do plan to buy a notebook or desktop,…

The class action suit was filed last May by pro photographers Fred Greaves and Dave Gatley after the two bought Apple laptops based on the companyis claims that the displays can show millions of colors. The suit alleged “The displays are only capable of displaying the illusion of millions of colors through the use of…

Version 3 also includes support for background rendering, multiple levels of undo, chroma keying, QuickTime, DV and MPEG4 export, and more. MediaEdit 3 is priced at US$89.95 and is available for download at the Mien Software Web site.

Appleis big brother to the Leopard desktop OS is Leopard Server. Itis designed to run on server hardware, like the Xserve, and make life simpler and better for small to medium workgroups. Apple has succeeded in that goal, according to Ryan Fass at Computeworld on Monday. Setting up a server and all its related services,…

Microsoft has posted an overview of what to expect in Windows XP, Service Pack 3 (SP3). The last scheduled update of the Windows XP system includes only a small number of new functionalities. The update can be applied directly to SP2 or SP1 systems. “Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates…

I de spise mail-in rebates. On the marketing irritation scale, mail-in rebates rank up there with infomercials for worthless products and telemarketers that consider the “do not call” list merely a suggestion. I bring this up because I recently had to deal with two rebates for my Fujitsu ScanSnap S510M. To their credit, the Fujitsu…

Over the last 100 years, management philosophy has gone from enslavement to empowerment, according to Leander Kahney at Wired Magazine . Steve Jobs has bucked that trend with what seems like tactics from the Industrial Revolution, and it has worked. The results have allowed Apple to leap ahead of the competition. “In the 1940s, Bill…

Citing recently discovered problems with Lightroom 1.4 and Camera Raw 4.4 Updates, Adobe has removed the updates from their site and suggested that customers revert to Lightroom 1.3.1 and Camera Raw 4.3.1. Instructions for backgrading were supplied at the Lightroom Journal site. “For those not in immediate need of the updated camera support available in…

The Mozilla Project announced on Monday the release of Firefox 3 Beta 4. The new version has over 900 big fixes over Beta 3 and adds several improvements. “The fourth beta of the next major Firefox version offers over 900 bug fixes over Beta 3, including improvements in download manager, full page zoom, better integration…

Appleis Calculator application.

Noting that Microsoft and Yahoo! have two very different cultures and internal technologies, Microsoftis Ray Ozzie said that Microsoft would not rush the consolidation process, according to the Financial Times on Monday. “Technology companies, if they dive in and just smash things together for smashing them togetheris sake, itis reckless, itis just simply reckless,” said…

Mr. Klein commented “Weire going to make sure that the JVM offers the Java applications as much access to the native functionality of the iPhone as possible.” He also expects that a large number of Java-based applications will be able to run on Appleis handhelds once the JVM is available. The company plans to distribute…

Sources close to Mr. Jobs claim that after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in October 2003, he chose not to pursue surgery because of his skepticism of mainstream medical science. Instead, he employed alternative treatment methods — including a special diet — for nine months before agreeing to undergo surgery to remove the tumor.…

You can store colors in the Color pane.

The measure is little more than a request, and is effectively non-binding. It follows more direct efforts from some activist shareholders in the past to limit or otherwise give shareholders more direct say in the way the company pays its top execs. In response to the vote, Apple CEO Steve Jobs told shareholders on hand…

Microsoft cut its prices for Vista across all versions, but the cuts donit seem to make any competitive sense, and the price still pales compared to Mac OS X, according to ComputerWorld on Tuesday. “In the United States, Microsoft will make price cuts that are largely symbolic gestures. It will cut the price of the…

At Appleis annual shareholder meeting on Tuesday, Steve Jobs was asked about possible successors. He said that candidates include Apple COO Tim Cook and CFO Peter Oppeheimer. Mr. Jobs said that he sees many potential successors. “Weive got great talent, and I think the board would have a few really good choices,” Mr. Jobs said.…

One of the things I love about creative conferences is that there are so many really creative people around. You never know where you’re going to find something interesting that totally captivates you, like maybe someone from Sesame Workshop. Nancy Stevenson from the Sesame Street Sesame Workshop spent a morning showing off how her crew…

Appl e came out with new MacBooks and MacBook Pros yesterday. Aside from the new additional features announced, there was one subtraction: The laptops no longer ship with a remote control. It’s now a $19 option. I imagine there will be some grousing about this among users, complaining that Apple is increasingly “nickel-and-diming” us, removing…