Archive | May 12th, 2009
Apple responds to Microsoft’s “Laptop Hunter” ads x3
Apple today unveiled 3 new get a Mac ads, one of which directly takes on Microsoft’s recent ad campaign where it touts the wide variety of choices PC users have in picking out a computer. Overall, the ads are pretty solid. The last trio of “Get a Mac” ads seemed a bit tired, and almost […]
Continue reading...Jonathan Ive loses bid to attain domain names
12. May 2009
Acclaimed Apple designer Jonathan Ive was recently denied in his efforts to gain control of 4 distinct domain names which he argued misappropriated his name. Ive, of course, is crediting with designing, or helping to design, the iPod, the iPhone, the iMac, and a number of other successful Apple products. The Background From 2004 to […]
Continue reading...10.5.7 OS X update is live.. get it while it’s hot!
12. May 2009
Apple today released OS X 10.5.7, in what will most likely be the last significant Leopard update before Snow Leopard. Apple’s website highlights the following tweaks and improvements in the update:
Continue reading...Specs of Microsoft’s “phone” revealed?
12. May 2009
Remember those tweets which seemed to suggest that Microsoft has some sort of phone in the works? Well Mary Jo Foley has a scoop from a “trustworthy source” which gives us an idea as to what mobile device from Microsoft might have in the hardware department. Be advised, though, that there is still no solid evidence that Microsoft is even […]
Continue reading...Hilarious “Laptop Hunter” Parody [Video]
12. May 2009
The funny folks from AlmostTwins dropped this gem of a spoof on us. You can check out our less-funny spoof below.
Continue reading...Microsoft “tweet” hints at new mobile phone?
12. May 2009
We’re not quite sure what to make of this, but it seems that there might be a Zune phone on the horizon.. maybe? Microsoft’s Office 2010 Twitter account recently posted some cryptic tweets which all seem to point to a huge mobile phone release sometime in June.. kinda. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has explicitly stated […]
Continue reading...SlingPlayer hitting the App Store tonight for $30, no 3G suport
12. May 2009
AppleInsider has confirmedthat SlingPlayer Mobile will make its long-awaited debut on the iTunes App Store later this evening and will sell for $30. Not surprisingly, the app will be wi-fi only, and will offer no 3G support, saving AT&T from the excessive bandwidth usage it always seems to be worrying about. SlingPlayer is a nifty little application […]
Continue reading...Microsoft attacks iTunes on price, touts subscription model of Zune Pass
12. May 2009
Microsoft’s series of “Laptop Hunter” ads have highlighted the price difference between Macs and their PC counterparts. Now, Microsoft is taking its “Apple is more expensive!” message one step further, this time via a web advert which purports to show how much more expensive it is to download songs via iTunes than it is to […]
Continue reading...Apple locks up Snow Leopard’s API’s as launch nears
12. May 2009
AppleInsider reports: Apple this past weekend distributed a new beta of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard that altered the programming methods used to optimize code for multi-core Macs, telling developers they were the last programming-oriented changes planned ahead of the software’s release… This means developers can now press forward with Snow Leopard versions of […]
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12. May 2009
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