Negotiations between Microsoft and Adobe over the use of PDF technology in the Office Suite have broken down, prompting Microsoft to prepare for a possible antitrust lawsuit from Adobe. According to The Wall Street Journal, the two companies have been involved in discussions for the past four months, but now that they are at an…
Jeff Gamet
Jeff Gamet is the Mac Observer’s Managing Editor, and co-host of the Apple Context Machine podcast. He is the author of “The Designer’s Guide to Mac OS X” from Peachpit Press, and writes for several design-related publications. Jeff has presented at events such as Macworld Expo, the RSA Conference, and the Mac Computer Expo. In all his spare time, he also hosts TMO’s Daily Observations podcast, co-hosts The iOS Show podcast, and makes guest appearances on several other shows, too. Jeff dreams in HD.
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Tinkering with Your Mac Settings
TinkerTool gives you the system level controls that Apple left out.
Apple Hot Deals Update For Small Dog Electronics
The new Small Dog Electronics Hot Deals page has offers on the Brenthaven Edge I case for the new 13.3-inch MacBook, the JBL On Time iPod dock/AM/FM alarm clock from Harmon Multimedia, a 2GB RAM Upgrade Kit for Intel-based Macs, 100GB 2.5-inch internal hard drives for the PowerBook G4 and iBook G4, the Olympus EVOLT…
Safari, Firefox Market Share Slipped in May
Internet Explorer rose from 83.88 percent to 85.89 percent. Exploreris market share has been generally declining over the past year, but occasionally shows a small increase. The last increase was in January of this year when it inched up to 85.31 percent from December 2005is 85.05 percent. In comparison, Safari and Firefox have been on…
Taming Contextual Menus
Contextual Menus can save you time and mouse clicks every day.
Parallels Final Pre-release Adds Compressor
Parallels Desktop for Mac RC2 is available for download at the Parallels Web site. The official version will be priced at US$79.99, or $49.99 during the first 30 days after it is released. Customers that pre-ordered Parallels Desktop for $39.99 will get the enhanced version at no additional cost.
Apple Hot Deals Update For Publishing Perfection, Ramjet
The new Publishing Perfection Hot Deals page has offers on pre-designed layouts with photos and artwork in StockLayouts for Adobe InDesign Volume 3, the InDesign Ideabook from Logic Arts, Adobe InDesign CS2, Making the Switch from QuarkXPress to InDesign from Total Training, the 7.1 megapixel Olympus SP-310 digital camera, and more. You can find the…
iPod Class Action Team Deals with More Controversy
The law firm of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro was thrust back into the spotlight on Wednesday after an open letter from the man they named as a plaintiff in a class action law suit against Apple claimed that the firm used his name without consent. In October 2005, the firm filed a suit against Apple…
iPod Growth Still in Early Stage
Analyst Robert Semple commented “We believe Apple is still in the early stages of its product expansion and that the company can grow its iPod units at least 20% for the foreseeable future.” Europe is poised as a potential growth target with its limited 7.1 percent market penetration, compared to 15.5 percent in the United…
Apple Hot Deals Update For MacMall, Small Dog, Sweetwater
The new MacMall Hot Deals page has offers the Sony VPL-ES3 multimedia digital projector, the EZQuest Monsoon 300GB external FireWire 400/USB 2.0 hard drive, the MCE 160GB MobileStor PowerBook hard drive kit, Vikingis 2GB Secure Digital (SD) Flash Card, the Belkin Wireless G Travel Router, Nikonis Coolpix P4 8.1-megapixel compact digital camera, the Sony DCR-HC96…
Apple Hot Deals Update For ClubMac, MacZone, Publishing Perfection, Ramjet
The new ClubMac Hot Deals page has offers on the Canon LV-7250 XGA LCD ultra-portable multimedia projector, the Viewsonic PJ458D XGA LCD DLP projector, the US Modular 2GB Secure Digital (SD) card, Lexaris 2GB SD card, the Buffalo Technology WHR-HP-G54 802.11g wireless cable/DSL Smart Router with AirStation One-Touch Secure System (AOSS), the Hawking Technologies HWR54GU…
French Amendment Drops Open DRM Requirement
The controversial copyright bill that would force companies like Apple, Sony, and Microsoft to open their proprietary Digital Rights Management (DRM) copy protection technologies to competitors has been approved by the French Senate with an amendment that offers an avenue to keep the copy protection schemes private. According to Macworld UK, the bill maintained the…
DEVONtechnologies Updates Apps with Intel Mac Support
All of the application updates are free to current users, and are available for download at the DEVONtechnologies Web site. PhotoStickies 5.5 is priced at US$12. EasyFind 3.9, ThumbsUp 4.3, and XMenu 1.8 are free.
Apple Hot Deals Update For CompUSA, O'Reilly
The new CompUSA Hot Deals page has offers on the Epson Stylus Photo RX700, Canon Pixm iP6210 color inkjet photo printer, Sonyis HS75/B 17-inch LCD display, the InFocus LP640 LCD XGA projector, the Qwest DSL Starter Kit, and more. You can find the CompUSA Hot Deals page at Appleis Web site. The new OiReilly Media…
Unauthorized Mac Clones Hit the Streets
Mac clones may be cheap, but they arenit legal.
Web Community Shares News and Blog Feeds
Taking the concept a step further, you can glean additional information from the people that subscribe to specific RSS feeds. Share Your OPML attempts to do just that by giving you an easy way to add your list watched RSS feeds to a growing online database. For the uninitiated, RSS is a data format used…
Apple Computer Wins Logo Battle Against Beatles
At the center of the legal battle was a 1991 agreement between the two companies where Apple Computer paid Apple Corps US$26.5 million in exchange for expanded use of the apple-shaped logo. The Beatles holding company claimed that using the logo to sell music was a violation of that agreement. Apple Computer contended that it…
Samsung Caught Plagiarizing Apple Icons
Samsungis Skin interface (left) and TextEdit (right).
Freehand/Illustrator Switcher Guide from Adobe
Adobe recently added a Freehand to Illustrator Migration Guide to its Web site, adding to speculation that there is no future for Freehand. The guide is comprehensive, and includes a lot of useful information for Freehand users planning to switch to Illustrator CS2, and Illustrator users that are looking for a nice overview of the…
Apple Hot Deals Update For J and R, MacZone, Publishing Perfection
The new J and R Computerworld Hot Deals page has offers on the Epson Stylus Photo R800 8 ink Photo Printer, Edirolis FA-101 FireWire audio capture interface, Wacomis Graphire (white) 6X8 graphics tablet with pressure sensitive pen & cordless mouse, the Pantone Eye-One Display LT monitor profiling and calibration device, and more. You can find…
Apple May Be Courting Blu-ray for iPod Content
Apple Computer may be looking to get full length movies and other content in iPod format added to upcoming Blu-ray disc movie releases. According to iPod Hub, unnamed sources in the film industry have said that Apple is asking studios to include iPod content ahead of the release of a new version of the video…
Set Your Widgets Free!
. If you have a favorite widget that you want available even when Dashboard isnit taking over your whole Desktop, all you have to do is liberate it. Hereis how: Press the F12 key to display the Dashboard layer. Click the plus symbol in the lower left corner of your display to open the widget…