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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…

Noting Appleis $18 billion in cash, Business Weekis Arik Hesseldahl believes that itis time for Apple to buy back some of its 879 million shares. “Eighteen-and-a-half billion dollars is a lot of money,” Mr. Hesseldahl opened. “Itis more than the estimated 2007 gross domestic product of Nicaragua. Itis bigger than the estimated 2005 expenditures of…

Oddly enough, I packed as if I was presenting at the event. All of my usual presentation gear including video adapters, backups of important files, and printouts with critical data about the venues I’ll be at is safely tucked away in my carry on bag. Really. Some habits are hard to break. For all of…

Coincidence can be a funny thing. Just last week, I emailed the folks at Unsanity software, requesting an interview. In case you don’t know, Unsanity makes about a dozen popular utilities for Mac OS X. By far, my favorite is WindowShade X. It has long been (together with LaunchBar) one of the first two third-party…

The Apple Store is down… again.

Microsoft has not yet acquired Yahoo!, but Kevin Johnson, Microsoftis president of the Microsoft Platforms & Services Division has published an open letter that aims to put concerns at ease, including the fact that Yahoo! is a non-Windows company. “We believe our proposal is a compelling one and that the combination of Yahoo! and Microsoft…

Iim talking about WordService from Devon Technologies. Youill need to download and install this free Service yourself before you can take advantage of its reformatting and editing goodness. Hereis how: Download WordService from the Devon Technologies Web site. Expand the WordService archive and install the Service file. It goes in /Library/Services. Log out and re-login…

"A business user would find that completely unacceptable," longtime Apple analyst Roger Kay told the media outlet. "Most of the people I know who travel a lot carry multiple batteries." He also acknowledged, though, that the Air, "is a great design statement. Itis very elegant." Apple has stressed from the beginning that it was design…

InfoWorldis Galen Gruman asked the questions on Sunday: Can it be done? Is this the right time? He explored what it would take to make the switch to Mac OS X or Linux. For those who donit savor the switch from XP to Vista, many InfoWorld readers are talking about switching to Mac OS X…

The new MacBook Air emphasizes the important fact that Apple keeps moving forward. However, Microsoft took a step backward with Vista, according to Dean Takahashi at the Mercury News on Monday. Mr. Takahashi hasnit been a consistent Mac user. Heis a game player, and that required him to use PCs for decades. Neither has he…

The QuickStream is available in 6 hour/80GB and 9 hour/120GB configurations, can play back footage to through the camerais built-in display, includes a hot shoe mount, 4-pin to 6-pin and 6-pin to 6-pin FireWire cables, and an AC power adapter. The QuickStream DV/HDV is priced at US$799 for the 6 hour model, and $999 for…

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Big mergers in the high-tech industry have been colossal failures, and the same can be expected of Microsoft and Yahoo. Steve Ballmer, who appears to be anxious to make his mark on his company should stop trying to be all things to all people, according to Arik Heseldahl at BusinessWeek on Friday. Instead, Microsoft should…

Apple has announced that it will not have a booth at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show in April, according to TVTechnology on Thursday. According to the report, Apple is cutting down on its trade show participation. “Apple is participating in fewer trade shows this year” said Anuj Nayar, senior manager of PR at…

Front/Back Matter is loaded with useful reference materials including a lists of the countries of the world, all of the U.S. presidents, all of the states in the U.S., clich?s (including which ones to avoid), and punctuation guides. It also includes the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, weights and measurements conversions, and more. Finding…