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Tuesday, 13 May 2008

Apple adds two 'Get A Mac' ads

Jonny Evans

Apple unleashes its latest pair of 'Get A Mac' ads, featuring the poor PC character in yet more unfortunate situations.

Friday, 09 May 2008

Apple pays up over sparking power adaptors

Jonny Evans

Apple will pay cash to some PowerBook and iBook customers in settlement for the cost of replacing faulty power adaptors company shipped around 2001 to end class action.

Thursday, 08 May 2008

The iMac turns 10

jason Snell, www.macworld.com

Apple's classic desktop Mac has reached the grand old age of 10. Jason Snell celebrates the iMac's 10th birthday with a look at what it meant to Apple and to the Mac community.

Thursday, 08 May 2008

Iomega ships 250GB Camo drive

Jonny Evans

Iomega's funkily-camouflaged portable drive offers 250GB storage and costs under £100

Thursday, 08 May 2008

Free data rescue/back-up Mac tool ships

Jonny Evans

Paragon Software Group (PSG) has introduced a free back-up and rescue utility for Macs, Rescue Kit for Mac OS X - Lite.  

Tuesday, 06 May 2008

VMware Fusion 2.0 Beta 1 available for free trial

Jonny Evans

VMware has introduced a free beta version of the next generation of its virtualisation software for Intel Macs available for trial.

Tuesday, 06 May 2008

Apple wins big in Consumer Reports survey

Brad Reed, Network World (US)

US consumer survey declares that Apple has the best US help-desk support for both laptop and desktop systems.

Friday, 02 May 2008

Mozy online storage comes to Macs

Stephen Lawson

The MozyHome online backup service became generally available on Thursday after a long beta test and the acquisition of its creator by EMC.

Thursday, 01 May 2008

Hosted Time Capsule back-up service launches

Jonny Evans

Mac users running Leopard can now pay for a service which sees their Time Machine back-ups stored on Time Capsule units kept remotely in a data centre.

Thursday, 01 May 2008

HP researchers build intelligent memory

Agam Shah

HP develops intelligent memory that can make decisions by analyzing data it has stored in the past.

Wednesday, 30 April 2008

Apple extends WWDC discount to 9 May

Jonny Evans

Developers hoping to attend WWDC 2008 have until 9 May to book a ticket and save $300 as Apple extends early booker's discount offer

Wednesday, 30 April 2008

Apple upgrades Java for Leopard

Jonny Evans

Apple has released an essential upgrade to the Java software implemented in Mac OS X 10.5, introducing support for Java SE 6 v.1.6.0_05 to the OS.

Tuesday, 29 April 2008

Quanta profits up 18% on Apple laptop business

Jonny Evans

Quanta sees success on strong Apple laptop sales, says profit climbed 18 per cent as analysts predict more marketshare gains for Apple

Tuesday, 29 April 2008

Apple updates iMac firmware

Jonny Evans

Apple issues software patch for older iMacs equipped with Radeon HD 2400 XT or HD 2600 Pro graphics cards.

Monday, 28 April 2008

Apple launches new iMacs

Mark Hattersley, Jonny Evans

Apple has just launched a new range of iMacs with processor speeds up to 3.06GHz, plus NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS graphics cards and up to 4GB of memory as a build-to-order option.

Monday, 28 April 2008

Apple 'happy with Intel' - Jobs

Jonny Evans

Apple CEO Steve Jobs tells Wall Street Journal not to lose sleep over fears Apple may migrate Macs back to the PowerPC post the PA Semi purchase.

Monday, 28 April 2008

Behind Apple's PA Semi purchase

Rik Myslewski, Macworld.com

Adding PA Semi to Apple's holdings seems to be "more about buying the talent needed to help customize designs on various chips Apple will need if they are to continue to innovate."

Friday, 25 April 2008

Rumour: New iMacs imminent?

Jonny Evans

The latest series of iMac upgrade rumour and speculation has begun - will Apple upgrade the iMac range next Tuesday?

Friday, 25 April 2008

Apple updates Boot Camp software

Jonny Evans

Boot Camp updated to version 2.1. Release promises improved compatibility with a Windows OS running on an Intel Mac

Thursday, 24 April 2008

US military could block Apple's $278m PA Semi purchase

Jonny Evans

The US Department of Defense (DoD) could still block the deal because PA Semi's PWRficient processor 'is designed into DoD programs in every major branch of the armed services,' a report warns.

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