Archived Links for August 2006

8.30	MarketWatch.com	Is an Apple-Sun merger in the works?, John C. Dvorak: As soon as Google CEO Eric Schmidt was named to the board of directors at Apple some mild speculation ensued suggesting that he’d eventually become CEO of Apple. After all, Schmidt, unlike many other high- profile CEOs, is not one to join every board that has an opening.
8.30	eleven3	My Switch to Apple, George Ou: Creating a "switch" post is starting to seem a bit cliche. Generally speaking, the overall tone of all "switchers" is a very positive one. When XP came out half a decade ago, I would have hoped reading all of these posts, they would all be negative. Now I can say, almost fanatically, I will never go back to a Windows PC and all of these switchers are right, it feels very nice. What entails is my background in computers, the road leading to the switch, and the time post-switch.
8.30	ars technica	Apple’s DRM cracked again, Anders Bylund: If DRM is a huge thorn in your side, you’ll be happy to hear that an intrepid programmer has cooked up a tool for removing Apple’s FairPlay DRM from iTunes downloads. But you’ll need patience and at least a passing familiarity with running Python code, until somebody comes up with a more userfriendly interface.
8.30	ZDNet	Maybe the Apple-Google relationship is stronger than I thought, Dana Gardner: In trying to be Mr. Pith the other day, I ventured that Google’s Apps for Your Domain service not only should provoke thoughts of a Microsoft Office and Office Live alternative, but should be considered a threat to Apple’s iWork and .mac initiatives. That generated some good, interesting comments.
8.29	RDM	Why Is Apple so Secretive?, Daniel Eran: Apple has long been notoriously secretive about its unreleased products. Critics compare Apple’s secrecy against the transparent development efforts of open source projects, and even with other commercial developers. Microsoft, for example, has a history of providing detailed roadmaps of future plans. Why does Apple keep its future plans under wraps?
8.29	GigaOM	Apple + Google = Worries For Everyone, OM Malik: A few days ago when Google announced what is a precursor to Google Office, many saw it as a big move against the long term nemesis, Microsoft. We read things differently, and don’t really believe that it is going to have much of an impact.
8.29	Macworld	Google’s Schmidt joins Apple’s board of directors, Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service: Apple tapped Eric Schmidt for a seat on its board of directors, hoping to benefit from the Google CEO’s long industry experience.
8.28	BusinessWeek	Apple vs. HP: Who’s Got the Mojo Now?, Peter Burrows: The iPod maker seems to be streaming misfortune these days, while the business of tech’s "Boy Scouts" could hardly be better.
8.27	Apple Matters	August 27, 2002: Gateway Targets the iMac, Chris Seibold: Gateway is a minor player in the computing arena now but at one time they were a force to be reckoned with. Before the ill fated Gateway brick and mortar stores many PC purchasers were greeted with the once familiar "It’s sunny and 73 in South Dakota" when buying a PC.
8.26	It’s All Geek to Me!	Five things that bug me about a Mac, Vishy: PCs are not pretty. As if their clunky exteriors are not enough, they run Windows. Yet, I used them exclusively for my home computing needs for over 12 years.
8.26	Mac Slash	Apple Scores Poorly On Environmental Report, neilr: For a company that claims to lead on product design, Apple scores badly on almost all criteria.
8.25	Low End Mac	The Apple vs. Microsoft GUI Lawsuit, Tom Hormby: LEM covers the historical lawsuit filed by Apple against Microsoft. "Microsoft was deeply involved in the development of the Macintosh. Microsoft had been the first outside developer to get a Macintosh prototype. The prototype was promptly nicknamed SAND (Steve’s Amazing New Device) by Bill Gates and Charles Simonyi."
8.25	TUAW	"Walk of shame" customer receives iMac replacement, David Chartier: Remember Karl, the frustrated iMac customer from Dublin who was going to prove he could walk his sick iMac 156 miles into service for replacement faster than Apple could pick it up? As it turns out, he apparently never hit the road; Infinite Loop at Ars Technica is reporting that Apple Ireland received word of this much-publicized stunt not long after it hit the media and promptly sent a brand new replacement straight to his door about ninety minutes later.
8.25	TUAW	Macs on a plane, David Chartier: The Australian-based Qantas Airlines already placed a restriction on using Dells on their planes (the machines either have to run solely on battery power, or plugged in, sans-battery), and now they’re considering clamping down on Macs as well.
8.25	TUAW	What .Mac gets right, Dave Caolo: Now that we’ve lamented what’s missing and wished for a brighter future, let’s send some love Apple’s way. .Mac isn’t all bad, after all.
8.25	Playlist	Analysis: Last ditty for the iPod?, Dan Nystedt, IDG News Service: A "ditty" is a short and simple song, and Dell’s DJ Ditty music player lived up to its name this week when the company announced that its short life had come to an end. The Ditty’s demise could also be a portent for the wider music player market, including the iPod, if mobile phone makers get their way.
8.25	MacNN	Microsoft to offer iDisk-like storage, Staff: Microsoft announced an online storage service as part of its recent Windows Live focus during the Australian Tech.Ed 2006 conference.
8.24	MacNN	Apple recalls 1.8m notebook batteries, Staff: Apple today in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of its rechargeable lithium-ion batteries with cells manufactured by Sony for certain iBook G4 and PowerBook G4 notebooks.
8.24	Low End Mac	Firefox a Wonderful Browsing Experience on Mac or Windows, Ben Barsh: The first time I heard about Firefox was from my older cousin. He explained that it was faster, better, and more secure than Internet Explorer.
8.24	Apple Matters	Mac Resurgence: Is it all About the Getting Along?, Chris Seibold: The first two "go to" stories are mere restatements of the same idea: the Mac is just wayyy better than Windows. Interesting thoughts to be sure but more of an unquantifiable opinion containing nothing concrete enough to dissect. Without regard to eloquence, we’re interested in that third story. That is where the interest lies today: Mac market share.
8.24	MacNN	Bulk order of Mac minis denied, Staff: Apple may be planning to release a newer, faster version of its Intel-based Mac mini system in the near future.
8.24	Mac Night Owl	The Leopard Report: Don’t Get Hung-up on the "Top Secret" Claim, Gene Steinberg: All right, you know the spin. Apple’s "Top Secret" slide at the WWDC keynote means there are a number of super-significant Leopard features that’ll remain under wraps, because they don’t want Microsoft to copy them for Vista. Of course, common sense argues against that story, since Microsoft is an Apple developer and would get its copies of beta versions of Leopard as quickly as anyone else, if not quicker.
8.24	Wired News	IWoz Logs Leap From Geek to Icon, Rachel Metz: Steve Wozniak has been teasing his fans with the promise of an autobiography for nearly two decades. Finally, he’s releasing one in September: IWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It, which he co-wrote with author and journalist Gina Smith.
8.24	mezzoblue	Mighty Mouse Reviewed, Anti-Apple Blogger: Hmmm....
8.24	Apple Matters	Everything Google for the Mac, Devanshu Mehta: It may have started as a search company, and search is still its forte, but Google has gradually spread its tentacles into many different parts of the web and is slowly making progress on to the desktop. Besides the interesting but underused Mac-only search, Google has a lot of Mac services and software available.
8.23	MacMinute	Apple, Creative announce broad settlement, Staff: Apple and Creative Technology today announced a broad settlement ending all legal disputes between the two companies.
8.23	Mac Night Owl	The Leopard Report: No, You Don’t Want to Run a Beta Operating System, Gene Steinberg: I read a story Tuesday that some employees of The Apple Store were fired because they apparently downloaded the preview version of Mac OS 10.5 Leopard that was distributed to developers at the recent WWDC. Despite the fact that the story originated on ThinkSecret, a Mac rumor site, I’ll take it at face value because it does pass the logic test.
8.23	TUAW	Apple fires employees for Leopard downloads, Jay Savage: According to Think Secret, Apple has fired at least five retail Apple Store employees for downloading leaked copies of Leopard.
8.23	AppleInsider	Apple unable to meet rising MacBook demand, Katie Marsal: Apple Computer is once again facing a problem that it has become all too familiar with -- not enough supply of its most popular products to meet growing demand.
8.22	Low End Mac	Save the G3s: The Case for G3 Support in OS X 10.5 ’Leopard’, Dan Knight: There’s been quite a bit of discussion online recently about the future of G3 support in OS X. It looks likely that Apple won’t be supporting any G3 Macs with Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard".
8.22	MacNN	Apple will always be a niche player, Staff: A niche market will mark the extent of Apple’s clout with regard to big business, according to senior research analyst Carmi Levy of Info-Tech.
8.22	MacNN	Dell withdraws from MP3 player market, Staff: Dell has apparently conceded defeat in the MP3 player market, as reports indicate that the company is no longer selling any of its MP3 players and has removed most referencs to its DJ Ditty MP3 player from the Dell website.
8.22	MacNN	Apple responds to planned "walk of shame", Staff: Apple Ireland has responded to a Dublin man after he announced plans last week to perform a "walk of shame" with his broken iMac.
8.22	MacNN	MacBook update constantly runs fans, Staff: Apple’s recent update to its MacBook line of Intel- based laptops, which the company said was to adjust "fan behavior," has resulted in fans that run endlessly to cool the device.
8.22	My Dream App	Woz to judge app design contest, Phillip Ryu: A software developer today announced "My Dream App," a competition inviting participants to submit their ideas for a "killer" application.
8.21	Low End Mac	’Twice as Fast’: Did Apple Lie or Just Carefully Select Its Truths?, Alan Zisman: Did Apple lie? Or did they just not tell the whole truth?
8.21	Electronista	Malik: Apple should acquire YouTube, Staff: Apple is one of the leading sellers of direct video downloads, but its current model depends primarily on commercial programming that limits the accessibility and desirability of playing videos on an iPod.
8.20	TUAW	Apple customer to walk for his cause, Jan Kabili: Since it’s a lazy summer Sunday without a lot of ground-breaking news, this story about a Dublin man’s "walk of shame" may give you a chuckle. Frustrated iMac owner Karl Hayden plans to show Apple up by demonstrating that it will take him less time to walk to the nearest Apple repair center -- about 156 miles away in Cork -- than for Apple to pick up the computer for a promised replacement.
8.20	MacUser	Mac-on-Stick is a trip down flash memory lane, Dan Moren: If you’re a Gadgetbox reader, you’ll know I’ve been engaged in a battle over getting a USB thumb drive. I love the idea of having one, but I haven’t quite managed to acquired one yet (mainly because I’m cheap). Meanwhile, the useful things you can do with them continue to mount up. Here’s the latest in a long line: make a Mac-on-Stick.
8.20	ITWire	Is Apple anger behind Jobs no-show at Paris Expo?, Stan Beer: The absence of Steve Jobs at the upcoming Apple Expo in Paris next month has tongues wagging with speculation that the Apple boss is snubbing the show because of French Government attempts to interfere with the company’s iTunes and iPod business model. However, the speculation is probably off the mark.
8.20	MacDailyNews	Apple added to Nasdaq’s list of ’delinquent companies’, Staff: "Apple has been added to Nasdaq’s list of ’delinquent companies,’ a step that moves the company closer to a potential de-listing from the stock market following the emergence of irregularities linked to stock option grants," Rhys Blakely reports for The Times.
8.18	Mac Night Owl	The Leopard Report: The Greatest Feature of All!, Gene Steinberg: I can hear the complaints. Mac OS 10.5 Leopard, so far at least, offers nothing really new, just warmer and fuzzier versions of products long available from third parties, Windows or on Linux. So what’s so innovative about that and why all this nonsense about withholding other features so Microsoft won’t copy them too?
8.18	The iPod Observer	Zune to Come Pre-loaded with Music Videos, Jeff Gamet: Music label EMI has struck a deal with Microsoft to pre-load Zune media players with music videos. According to Reuters, EMI confirmed it will provide Microsoft with videos from groups like 30 Seconds To Mars and Hot Chip.
8.18	The Mac Observer	Dell Announces Lower Profits, SEC Investigation, Brad Cook: Dell has announced that the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) is investigating the company for the ways it recognized revenue and reported its financials for certain periods prior to its current fiscal year. In addition, it said that its second quarter profit of 502 million dollars (US) was 51 percent less than the year-ago period, which it blamed on aggressive price-cutting.
8.18	Macworld	Benchmarks: 3GHz Mac Pro, James Galbraith: Macworld Lab’s 3GHz Mac Pro arrived at our offices, and, as expected, the desktop equipped with the fastest Xeon currently available to Mac users outpaced the 2.66GHz Mac Pro.
8.18	Apple Matters	10 Best Apple Decisions of the Last Decade, Chris Seibold: Ten years ago Apple was searching for a buyer, preferably a White Knight type, but really anyone with a few billion in cash would have done. The state of the Mac was a sad one. Clones were stealing profits from the high-end Mac line. Copland, the next generation OS, was less substantial than a cumulous cloud and the thing that was supposed to save the company (the Newton) never lived up to the hype.
8.18	Computerworld	Hands on: The new Mac Pro is ’one screamer’, Yuval Kossovsky: Early last week, Apple Computer Inc. CEO Steve Jobs officially took the wraps off of Apple’s newest professional desktop machine, the Mac Pro. Better yet, it was available immediately -- without the usual weeks-long wait that sometimes plagues the release of new Macs.
8.17	ITworld.com	Apple retains huge lead in Q2 music player market, Dan Nystedt, IDG News Service, Taipei Bureau: Apple Computer Inc. continued to lead the U.S. digital music player market in the second quarter with a 75.6 percent share, according to the NPD Group.
8.17	AppleInsider	Studio spills Apple’s iTunes movie store plans, Slash Lane: Apple Computer has quietly been forming agreements with motion picture studios to deliver full-length feature films through its iTunes Music Store, one studio has let slip.
8.17	The Mac Observer	Apple Looking For Another MacBook Manufacturer, Jeff Gamet: Apple is on the hunt for an additional factory to build MacBooks, and it looks like Foxconn Electronics - the same company that builds some iPod models - is on the short list. According to DigiTimes, Apple plans to contract Foxconn to produce a 15-inch version of the MacBook. If so, that will significantly blur the line between its pro and consumer portable Mac products.
8.17	Macworld	Leopard first looks: Core Animation, Jonathan Seff: Apple Core technologies-Core Audio, Core Graphics, Core Image, and Core Video-give software developers a leg-up when creating multimedia applications and behaviors for OS X.
8.16	The Mothership!	101 Ways to Save Apple, jupiter2: It’s hard to imagine the hip, respected Apple of today as the company of the mid-90’s. But they were dark days...oh they were. When the faithful had nothing to go on but faith. We nurtured the flame when it was almost out, against battering and ridicule from all sides. This article at Wired from 1997 lists 101 suggestions from readers to help the company survive, some of which Apple actually did, some - thank goodness - they didn’t!
8.16	The Mac Observer	Hot Forum Topic - Remembering the Apple II, Staff: PC World recently ranked the Apple II as the greatest computer ever, and now TMO readers are waxing nostalgic. And, yes, we do remember Beagle Bros.
8.16	Mac Night Owl	Apple Computer Conspiracy Theories Abound, Gene Steinberg: It’s not enough that you can find conspiracy theories in what the government does, historical events of great magnitude, and even such tragedies as the Kennedy assassination. Now we see a growing trend towards finding some deep, dark conspiracy in the goings on even at Apple Computer.
8.14	AppleInsider	Briefly: Apple preparing for fall product launches, Staff: It’s been less than a week since Apple Computer used its annual developers conference to make several new product announcements, but once again sources are finding themselves encapsulated by the warm fuzzy feeling that typically emerges around the lead-in to major product revelations.
8.14	AppleInsider	Apple: Steve is in good health, Prince McLean: Despite recent rumors to the contrary, Apple Computer chief executive Steve Jobs remains in good health, an Apple spokesperson said this week.
8.14	MacUser	Being the Mac OS 9 lead doesn’t make you an authority, Derik DeLong: Sometimes Wikipedia does itself a real disservice when it lets factually incorrect data remain in its database. Keith Stattenfield, lead engineer for Mac OS 9 and 9.1, spotted a problem with Wikipeida’s entry about Mac OS 9.
8.14	The Mac Observer	Apple II: The Greatest Computer, Jeff Gamet: PC World has compiled a list of the 25 greatest computers, and the venerable Apple II came out at the top of the list. The "coolness factor" that started with the Apple II is something that carries through Apple’s products to this day.
8.14	The Mac Observer	TMO Reports - Analyst Tests Leopard, Offers Views on Intel Transition, Brad Cook: Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster on Monday discussed his views on Mac OS X v10.5 "Leopard" after testing a developer-only copy. He also offered feedback from his discussions with developers during last week’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), noting: "Attendees say Intel transition going better than expected."
8.14	Computerworld	Apple’s retreat from open source isn’t all bad, Neil McAllister: We all cheered when Apple began experimenting with community-driven, open source development for its flagship operating system, Mac OS X. But if those experiments are now drawing to a close, should anyone really be surprised?
8.14	The Mac Observer	Apple Comes in 10th on Worldwide List of Top Web Sites, Brad Cook: comScore Networks on Monday released its June World Metrix report, which looks at the top Web sites in the world. Apple came in 10th on the list, with just over 92 million unique visitors during the month.
8.14	Macsimum News	Woz to drive to South Pole in a hummer, Dennis Sellers: Apple co-founder Steve "Woz" Wozniak plans to drive to the South Pole in a Hummer next year. He announced the plans to Eric Satviz of Barrons in an interview.
8.14	Red Herring	The End of Wintel?, B. Caulfield: It’s been called a juggernaut. It’s been described as invincible. And we’ve all been told it is inevitable. But last month, the Windows-Intel duopoly that has dominated tech for so long seemed to be none of those things.
8.14	MacDailyNews	Dell issues largest safety recall in history: 4.1 million laptop batteries due to fire threat, Staff: "Dell is recalling 4.1 million notebook computer batteries because they could erupt in flames, the company said today. This will be the largest safety recall in the history of the consumer electronics industry, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said. The lithium-ion batteries were made by Sony and were installed in notebooks sold between April 2004 and July 18 of this year," Damon Darlin reports for The New York Times.
8.14	MacUser	More details on Zune emerge, Scott Silverman: This Week in Consumer Electronics has reported on more details about Microsoft’s iPod competitor, Zune. These details came from a select number of retailers who Microsoft has briefed regarding the new digital audio player. Zune will be sold only in one model and with one price point-$299.
8.14	TUAW	Justin Long on ’Get a Mac’ ads, being harassed, David Chartier: In an interview more about his career (rather than Apple nerdery), Justin ("hi I’m a Mac") Long managed to wax ecstatic with Mary McNamara of the LA Times about ’the ads’ and what they’ve done for (or rather: to) his career.
8.13	TUAW	System Shootouts: Mac Pro vs Dell Precision 690, David Chartier: System Shootouts has pit a Mac Pro against a Dell Precision 690 workstation in an in-depth feature-for- feature comparison to see who gets to go home with the prom queen.
8.13	ITWire	PC turns 25? Apple may beg to differ, Stan Beer: Today, as everybody kicks up their heels at the offices of PC manufacturers worldwide celebrating the 25th anniversary of the desktop computer known as the IBM PC, one wonders what Steve Jobs and the crew over at Apple Computer must be thinking.
8.11	AppleInsider	Zune’s wireless capabilities overblown - report, Slash Lane: Microsoft’s upcoming Zune digital media player has long been rumored to sport on-the-go wireless capabilities that would differentiate it from Apple’s iPod offerings, but it appears those reports are partially inaccurate.
8.11	Mac Night Owl	The Leopard Report: The Rush to Judgment, Gene Steinberg: Think about it for a moment. Mac OS X Leopard is months away from release. The entire feature set hasn’t been announced, and we have only a glimmer of an idea of the extra goodies that developers are seeing on the preview DVDs they got this week from Apple at the WWDC. During the keynote presentation, Steve Jobs made it perfectly clear that some features were still "Top Secret," which means that we won’t know about them, officially at least, until Apple decides to lift the curtain.
8.10	AppleInsider	Jobs talks up Apple cell phone, Kasper Jade: Apple Computer chief executive Steve Jobs has been boasting about his company’s much-rumored iPod cell phone amongst inner circles, AppleInsider has been told.
8.08	MacOSXrumors	WWDC 2006 Keynote detailed report, Alexandros Roussos: The 2006 edition of the World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote was not historic but a really great one. Apple has introduced Leopard to developers and officially finished the transition to the Intel architecture several months ahead of the schedule announced a year ago.
8.08	MacTech	One billion Web pages viewed with Opera Mini, Staff: Opera Software today announced that Opera Mini users have surfed one billion Web pages since the browser’s official launch seven months ago.
8.08	MacUser	A small PC step for the Mac?, Scott Silverman: The Mac Pro is touted as Apple’s fastest and most configurable Mac ever. Well, let’s hope it’s the fastest (have you ever heard of a company releasing a computer slower than its predecessor?), and it definitely seems to be the most configurable Mac too. With, what was it, some 4.9 million different configurations? Now most power users would say that the Mac Pro being highly configurable and customizable is a good thing. I’ll agree with that, but first argue my counter point.
8.08	MacUser	Macworld’s abridged WWDC video now on YouTube, Cyrus Farivar: Following the tremendous success of Macworld’s first foray into YouTube, we’ve got another video from WWDC 2006.
8.08	MyMac.com	A PowerBook Retrospective, Part 2 - From 68K to PowerPC, Neale Monks: Rolling on from the success of the first batch of PowerBooks, Apple released not only new models, such as the PowerBook 180c (the first to have an active matrix color display), but also a whole new line of sub-notebooks, the Duos, in 1992.
8.08	MyMac.com	WWDC Hardware Keynote Wrap-up, David K Every: Apple had their WWDC keynote yesterday, and announced lots of new stuff. Some people were disappointed that they didn’t release more products, but as I mentioned in my article right before the show, this probably isn’t the right venue for too many products, and Apple generally likes to keep releases more focused.
8.08	CNET	Leopard nipping at Vista’s heels, Ina Fried: That is the question that was on the minds of many after Apple Computer at its developer conference announced Monday that the new version of the Mac OS X operating system will arrive next spring.
8.08	The Mac Observer	TMO Reports - Analyst: "We Anticipate Solid Sales" of the Mac Pro, Brad Cook: American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu on Tuesday offered his thoughts on Apple’s Monday announcements, saying of the new Mac Pro: "It’s actually a good value. We anticipate solid sales. It compares favorably to AAPL’s previous US$3,299 price point for a PowerPC G5 based quad-core Mac. In our analysis, it is also very competitive with high-end PCs and workstations that cost $3000-6000.
8.08	TUAW	7 apps that Leopard kills, Dan Lurie: Phill Ryu, a man who must have some sort of direct neural interface with the Mac shareware community, has posted a list of applications which could very likely be killed off by features of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard which were announced yesterday. Seasoned OS X users will have immediately seen parallels between many of the new Leopard features and software that has been available for some time.
8.08	TUAW	Leopard: what we got and what we wanted, Scott McNulty: Chris Breen has written a nice follow up piece about Macworld’s predictions for Leopard. The article lists the things that Apple delivered on, and the things they didn’t. Granted the editors just listed things they wanted to see and not things that they were sure were going to see the light of day, but Apple did deliver on quite a few their wishes.
8.08	MacUser	Has Steve lost that loving feeling?, Dan Moren: Bear in mind, I haven’t actually watched the WWDC keynote yet (hey, I’m a busy man), but there seems to be a sentiment floating around that excitement-wise, this was one of the most lackluster keynotes in years. Some attribute it to the lineup of announcements being precisely what was expect, and no more, and others think it has more to do with the fact that the forces were divided, with Steve Jobs sharing time with Phil Schiller, Bertrand Serlet, and Scott Forestall.
8.08	The Mac Observer	TMO at WWDC - Mac OS X 10.5 to Include Ruby on Rails, Jeff Gamet: Mac OS X 10.5, or Leopard, due in spring of 2007, will include the Web application framework Ruby on Rails (RoR). Apple mentions RoR on its Leopard ServerWeb page, and the RoR Web site clarifies that it will be available in the non-server version of Leopard, as well.
8.08	Mac Night Owl	The Leopard Top Secret Report: Give Me a Break!, Gene Steinberg: Perhaps the most important statement in an otherwise unsurprising keynote was the admission by Steve Jobs that some of the features of Leopard were still "top secret." Now there may be a psychological factor here, to deliver the news in bits and pieces over the next seven to ten months of development time.
8.07	O’Reilly	WWDC Keynote thoughts, Erica Sadun: Things that made me sit up.
8.07	O’Reilly	Leopard’s new features, a brief tour, Giles Turnbull: So Apple has posted a Sneak Peek section giving us much more information about all the cool stuff announced at WWDC today. What does it tell us, exactly?
8.07	MacTech	Apple Previews Mac OS X Server Leopard, Staff: Apple today previewed Mac OS X Server version 10.5 Leopard, the next major release of Apple’s award-winning UNIX server operating system.
8.07	Mac Night Owl	The WWDC Rant: The Short Keynote Update, Gene Steinberg: There’s something to be said for a live radio broadcast of an event. You just need a mic, some way to transfer your signal to the station or an intermediate feeding mechanism, such as satellite, and you’re good to go. But when it comes to online publishing, you have to depend on a some way to transfer your data to the host servers, and in a live event, that usually means some sort of mobile Internet hookup, or Wi-Fi.
8.07	AppleInsider	Microsoft axes Virtual PC for Mac, Office still planned, Prince McLean: Microsoft Corp. on Monday said it will not proceed with plans for an Intel-native version of Virtual PC for the Mac, but said its Mac Business Unit is continuing work on several other products, including a Universal version of Office.
8.07	AppleInsider	Apple unveils quad-core 64-bit Mac Pro desktops, Staff: At its World Wide Developers Conference on Monday, Apple Computer unveiled the new Mac Pro, a quad Xeon, 64-bit desktop workstation featuring two new Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors running up to 3.0 GHz and a new system architecture that delivers up to twice the performance of the Power Mac G5 Quad.
8.07	Apple Matters	Ditch the Dock and Other Visual Clutter, Chris Howard : A lot of people can’t work with a messy desk. Personally I go through cycles. When I’m really struggling and feeling swamped, it’s usually because my desk is swamped too. Cleaning it up can be very therapeutic.
8.06	MacDailyNews	Intel Core 2 Duo vs. Core Duo, Staff: Anand Lal Shimpi has done his usual thorough job of looking at Intel’s upcoming mobile version of the Core 2 Duo (Merom) vs. the Core Duo (found in Macs today) for AnandTech and comes to some interesting conclusions.
8.06	MacDailyNews	RUMOR: Mac OS X Leopard feature set, screenshots leaked, Staff: In advance of Monday’s keynote address by Steve Jobs at WWDC The PowerPage has received a alleged copy of the features (and some screenies) from Apple’s next generation operating system - Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard).
8.06	MacDailyNews	Anonymous Apple employee leaks WWDC secrets?, Staff: No iPhone yet, build-to-order Blu-ray drives in Apple Macs by January 2007, Mac Pros in October/ November, strong focus on iChat, "Front Row goes TiVo," Microsoft’s Zune: "Everyone will love a product with a half hour battery life," "Apple Tablet" rumors, and more.
8.05	MacUser	What if Apple made everything, Derik DeLong: Swiecki has picked out some of his favorite B3ta.com submissions to the question "What if Apple made everything?"
8.05	MacNN	Forums: MacBook melts, iMac G5 Lemons, Staff: Members discuss pictures posted by a user depicting a melted MacBook, which reportedly overheated. Others look at Apple’s recently extended coverage on faulty iMac G5 first generation computers suffering video problems as well as discuss the legitimacy of the hacked MacBook video posted by hacking experts pointing out a flaw in all computers.
8.05	MacNN	Third shareholder lawsuit against Apple, Staff: A new shareholder derivative complaint has been filed against Apple, following the company’s recent announcement that it has found additional stock irregularities.
8.04	Mac Night Owl	The Apple Security Report: Repeating the Big Lie!, Gene Steinberg: It appears that Apple can’t do anything these days without confronting the "Big Spin!" from certain journalists who seem to type faster than they can think. Take the most recent Security Update for Panther and Tiger users. It contained loads of fixes for security-related issues; over two dozen, in fact, for 10.4 users.
8.04	Mac Slash	Apple To Restate Financials, acaben: Apple will likely restate results after options probe finds problems.
8.04	MacNN	Apple may ship Merom in Sept, Staff: Apple may be receiving mass shipments of Intel’s Core 2 Duo ’Merom’ processor in early September, according to one report.
8.04	Wired News	Toward a Better Wikipedia, Associated Press: The sheer number of entries is impressive indeed, but the quality is often lacking. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales says improving the quality of existing entries should be the priority now.
8.04	MacMinute	Apple stock irregularities expand in scope, Staff: Apple late yesterday said it has discovered more evidence of irregularities related to stock-option grants and warned that it may have to restate earnings back to September 2002, reports MarketWatch.
8.04	The Mac Observer	More WWDC Rumors, Jeff Gamet: The rumors surrounding Steve Jobs’ keynote presentation at next week’s World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) are growing and spreading by the minute, and now DVD Newsroom claims to have in insider interview.
8.04	MacOSXrumors	Apple deals with further automakers for iPod connectivity, Alexandros Roussos: Apple announced that it has agreed with Ford, GM and Mazda so as the automakers bring "seamless iPod integration" in all their brands and cars. With these new automakers joining the board of iPod connectivity, more than 70 percent of the cars shipped in the US by next year, will have iPod connectivity.
8.04	TUAW	Supposed Leopard at PowerPage, Scott McNulty: PowerPage has somehow gotten their hands on the feature set of Leopard, which is to be announced in just a few short days.
8.03	Mac Slash	WWDC Banner Photographed, acaben: A opportunistic photographer spotted this sign hanging up in the Moscone Center, ready for WWDC next week. If you click on the photo to view the Flickr page, the different pieces in the photo have notations identifying what you’re seeing.
8.03	MacNN	Apple to debut 64-bit OS X, Mac Pro?, Staff: A seemingly authentic photo of an Apple banner created for the WWDC has surfaced, lending support to theories that Apple will unveil a successor to its Power Mac G5 systems at the forthcoming conference.
8.03	Low End Mac	Low End Mac Mailbag, Dan Knight: Which Macs for 10.5?, Mac Minitower Thoughts, Success with FireWire Disk Mode OS X Installs, and More
8.03	Low End Mac	Core2 "World’s Best Processor", but When Will It Come to the Mac?, Charles W Moore and Dan Knight: Intel claims to have the "world’s best processors" for personal computing with their Core2 family, and The Register’s comparison with AMD’s Athlon 64 seems to bear up that claim.
8.03	Mac Night Owl	The Leopard Report: Please Don’t Change Too Much!, Gene Steinberg: The suspense is building in intensity, and rumors and speculation about the form and shape of the next Mac OS are starting to take shape. I wouldn’t presume to have the patience to summarize all the stories, but a few are worth mentioning. One report actually claims that Leopard will be delayed, which seems rather disingenuous, since Apple hasn’t pinpointed a ship date except in the most vague fashion.
8.03	Apple Matters	A WWDC Preview, Devanshu Mehta: Apple Matters will be reporting live from the keynote.
8.02	InfoWorld	Apple finally goes with AMD, Tom Yager: At the end of this year, AMD will close a deal that will have Apple buying AMD chips for the first time.
8.02	Apple Matters	The Bad Start Defined: Zune, Chris Seibold: Zune, as any reasonably net savvy individual should be aware, is Microsoft’s answer to the iPod. Predicted by Steve Jobs, the Zune promises to be the player of tomorrow thanks to the vertical integration model Microsoft formerly eschewed and now embraces.
8.02	Mac Night Owl	The Tech Support Report: Getting Good Service - Possible or Not?, Gene Steinberg: As I consider the return call from a supervisor that never came from Verizon Wireless, I have to wonder whether the support portion of the tech industry has fallen completely apart? I mean, Verizon was supposed to be one of the good people, known for its exemplary service.
8.01	Low End Mac	Customizing Mac OS 9, Nathan Thompson: Last time I left things with an ebullient overview of how I learned to stop worrying and love the PowerBook 1400 (a bit of word play may be corny, but it sure is fun).
8.01	Macworld	Quicken 2007 ships, but without Intel support, Jim Dalrymple and Philip Michaels: Financial software-maker Intuit announced the release of Quicken Mac 2007 Tuesday. But with the personal- finance application appearing on retail shelves, it arrives without native support for Intel-based Macs.
8.01	MacMegasite	Apple announces 15" MacBook Pro battery recall, Staff: Apple has initiated a worldwide battery exchange program for certain rechargeable batteries that were sold for use with 15-inch MacBook Pro computer systems from February 2006 through May 2006.
8.01	Mac Slash	Mac OS 9.2: Where To Buy, Who To Talk To?, Trollaxor: Plastic Bertrand writes "I have to run Mac OS 9 in Classic soon, but don’t own any Mac OS 9 install discs. It seems that not many people took up Apple’s offer of 9.2 for 20 dollars and it’s now extremely rare."
8.01	Mac Slash	Apple Firing Moderators, Looking At Killing Forums?, Trollaxor: Lt. Gruber writes, "It seems that Apple has been firing its forum moderators, at least according to rumor. The boards are definitely changing, however, going from overt censorship and subjective administration policies to complete and utter anarchy. It is unknown at the time if a new administration model will be put in place, or if Apple will close its forums down."
8.01	Mac Night Owl	Can Apple Do the Unthinkable Again?, Gene Steinberg: In the end, the IT person must be made to feel that living in a new computing environment will not necessarily endanger their jobs, but empower them to work on building more efficient and reliable networks and less on chasing down system bugs and malware.
8.01	MacNN	Apple’s .Mac outages anger users, Staff: Apple’s .Mac suite of internet/Web services has been suffering several outages recently, and some users have began to lash out against Apple.
8.01	Low End Mac	Switching from Windows to OS X a Pleasure, Brian Richards: The first thing you might ask is, "If someone has used nearly all the Windows operating systems (apart from NT and the server editions, although I did dabble in 2000 Server a bit), why would he ever switch?" The answer is simple: Macs just work.
8.01	Apple Matters	Ask Apple Matters: OS X Crashes After-all, Aaron Wright : It turns out that the whole "no-crashing" policy in Mac OS X Tiger is a bit of a lie after all. If you cast your mind back to the recent ’Get a Mac’ ads, you’ll recall one advert, called ’Restarting’, taking the biscuit out of Mr. Windows for constantly crashing at random intervals, whilst our friend, Mr. Mac, stood there arrogantly with little patience for his PC friend. Mr. Windows, it’s time for you to point and laugh, provided you don’t crash in the process of course.
8.01	MacDailyNews	CNET review gives Apple Wireless Mighty Mouse ’Good’ rating (6.6/10), Staff: We suspect that for many of you, the simple fact that Apple’s Mighty Mouse has shed its cord will be reason enough to buy it. You won’t care that your mouse now requires batteries, nor will you balk at its $69 price tag. And you probably won’t find the new laser sensor that big a selling point.
8.01	O’Reilly	.Mac in trouble, Giles Turnbull: If recent reports are anything to go by, .Mac is in trouble.
8.01	MacNN	Rosetta’s core technology wins award, Staff: Transitive’s QuickTransit, which powers Apple’s Rosetta translation software, has won the Morgan Stanley Innovation Award.
8.01	Low End Mac	The Case for a Macintel Minitower, Dan Knight: I’ve been using desktop Macs since 1986, when I designed a booklet for my church on a friend’s Mac Plus with PageMaker. Five years later, my first Mac was also a Mac Plus - a computer later upgraded to 4 MB of RAM and a 16 MHz 68000 CPU.
7.31	Apple Matters	Is Microsoft Trying to Morph into Apple?, James R. Stoup: Microsoft has caused quite a stir with its recent Zune (what a stupid name) announcement, haven’t they? Oh, don’t get me wrong, I am sure that the ultimate product (which will arrive shortly after Vista, no doubt) will suck in both new and fascinating ways, and yet, for the first time in a long time I am impressed by Microsoft.
7.31	MacDailyNews	Apple gaining traction as Mac market share increases, Staff: "Mac is back," Beth Snyder Bulik reports for Advertising Age
7.31	The Mothership!	The Computer: Threat to Society?, jupiter2: This interview with then California Senator John V. Tunney from Atariarchives.org was published in The Best of Creative Computing Volume 1 in 1976. In the pre-Internet interview, the Senator predicts some pretty Orwellian possibilities for the worlds future regarding individual rights and autonomy. How accurate was he?
7.31	MacDailyNews	What’s wrong with .Mac?, Staff: "Apple Computer’s latest advertising campaign, pegged to the slogan ’It just works,’ is irritating some .Mac users as they wonder when the service will become operational again," Dawn Kawamoto reports for CNET News.
7.28	Mac Night Owl	The Leopard Report: Forget the New Features!, Gene Steinberg: Sometimes I put up a headline mostly for the entertainment value, but I’m fairly serious about this one. Mac OS X needs a fair amount of fixing, and a few hundred of those ahead of a few hundred bits of eye candy might be just the ticket.
7.27	MyMac.com	If Apple makes it...we will buy, Donny Yankellow: After spending about a week in Ocean City, Maryland I’ve come up with the following conclusion: Apple could release a new iPod every 6 months and it would sell.