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On Apple's next new product salvo

Fri, 28 Dec 2007

I decided to write about what I'd like to happen rather than predict what may actually happen when Steve Jobs announces new Apple products at the Macworld Conference and Expo next month.

A few months ago Apple-focused websites began predicting Jobs would announce a product that was some sort of entirely new concept in computing at Macworld. I haven't seen anything more about such a device but I've been dreaming of what I'd like to see (and would order).

Scott Bradner, Network World (US) | Read more...


Has Leopard killed my Mac?

Wed, 19 Dec 2007

The question is: should I have installed Leopard.

My 12-inch PowerBook is really on its last legs so yesterday evening I decided to install Leopard in a last ditch attempt to either breath new life into it, or ensure it kicks the bucket in time for Apple to announce a new range of MacBook Pros.

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What the hell is Matt Damon doing in my game?

Fri, 14 Dec 2007

I’ve just had a nightmarish vision of the future, dear readers, and I thought I’d share it with you.

As you all know, EA has made a triumphant return to the Mac with three spectacular games (well two spectacular ones and Harry Potter, but let’s not split hairs).

Mark Hattersley | Read more...


iPlayer's phat, but missing teens

Thu, 13 Dec 2007

iPlayer for Macs is here, kind of, so what's the first reaction? Pretty good, but patchy,

I bounced over to the iPlayer website this afternoon, thrilled to take a chance to catch-up on one of my most unmissable shows (which I missed), the poetically titled and really most entertaining 'reality' (is there such these days?) show, Can Fat Teens Hunt?.

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Macworld Expo: rumour roundup

Thu, 13 Dec 2007

Every year, Macworld UK sends its magazine directly from the Macworld Expo show in San Francisco. This involves the people in the US staying up until four in the morning, so the editorial team in the UK can finish the magazine and send it to the printers. It’s the highlight of the year for the Macworld team; Apple launches a bunch of new products and we get to celebrate in San Francisco.

We couldn’t ask for more. Well, apart from a bit more time would be helpful. We normally spend two weeks on each cover of Macworld, but obviously in the USA we’ve got around two hours to put the cover together from start to finish.

Mark Hattersley | Read more...


Microsoft goes to the movies

Tue, 11 Dec 2007

Microsoft today launched its Xbox 360 Movie download service for Xbox 360 owners in the UK. The new service enables Xbox 360 owners to download TV shows and movie rentals.

As recently announced by Macworld, the Microsoft Live Marketplace service offers high-definition as well as standard definition movie downloads. Unlike Apple, with the iTunes store, Microsoft has implemented a rental scheme that uses DRM technology to disable a movie after it has been watched.

Mark Hattersley | Read more...


Empty boxes takes shine off of green Apple

Tue, 11 Dec 2007

As Macworld sister title Computerworld has pointed out in a story this morning, Apple is selling empty boxes of .Mac in its retail stores. An analyst suggests that shoppers will be disappointed to find that there is just a serial number inside the box. What Computerworld doesn't mention is how environmentally unfriendly such a practice is.

In these days of environmental awareness and recycling who wants to buy an empty box?

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Apple's Leopard connections prove very useful

Mon, 10 Dec 2007

The client version of Apple's Leopard operating system is more dependent on Apple's server software than ever before - a trait shared with Microsoft's Vista clients and upcoming Windows 2008 Server combination.

Also shared with Vista were a seeming superfluity of bugs, user-interface behaviour problems, and occasional configuration file overwrites.

Tom Henderson and Rand Dvorak, Network World (US) | Read more...


Microsoft kills Windows Genuine Advantage

Tue, 04 Dec 2007

Microsoft has finally seen sense and decided to stop Windows Genuine Advantage in Vista from killing-off people's machines.

For our Mac readers unused to Vista, let us describe Windows Genuine Advantage: this spiteful, hateful, customer-unfriendly part of Vista pretty much sums up everything that is wrong with Microsoft. When installing Vista it would check your system, send all your private information to Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond. Microsoft would then periodically check your computer and if Redmond didn’t like what it saw, it started to disable functions on your computer and eventually stopped it from working full stop.

Mark Hattersley | Read more...