Archive for October, 2008

iPhone gets P2P with MewSeek

October 26, 2008

Breaking the mold of the Apple store, Cydia offers jail-broken iPhone users access to applications for their iPhone that may not meet Apple’s strict requirements for inclusion in its store. One of these applications is a new peer-to-peer (P2P) downloading app called MewSeek. MewSeek works on P2P SoulSeek.

Apple Snow Leopard second build released, now with more Cocoa found

October 26, 2008

Apple released the second build of Snow Leopard to developers this week. There are many more features and changes in this one, but the one that grabbed me was the change from Carbon to Cocoa for Apple’s Finder. Finder has been the last Carbon hold out until now.

Apple voices opposition to Prop 8

October 25, 2008

It’s one thing for the Cupertino, CA-based computer and widget maker to take a public position on this extremely polarizing issue and it’s quite another for it to back that position with shareholder money.

Bogus ‘Steve Jobs heart attack’ story may have been prank rather than fraud

October 24, 2008

Bogus 'Steve Jobs heart attack' story may have been prank rather than fraud Officials now believe the fake news story about Steve Jobs’ health which caused a brief slump in Apple’s share price was the work of an 18 year old prankster. It appears he or she didn’t capitalise on the scare through buying and selling stock.

Apple ‘netbook’ spotted?

October 23, 2008

There’s a lot of space in between an iPhone and MacBook, and right now the possibility that Apple could be working on some “interesting ideas” to fill that void has people talking.

Apple to launch its own ‘University’

October 23, 2008

Apple to launch its own 'University' Apple has hired the dean of Yale’s business school for its own university. Joel Podolny will take up the position early next year.

Firefox 3.1 with multi-gesture support

October 22, 2008

Cool, Mac-only Firefox stuffHave you got a new, fancy-shmancy unibody MacBook, Pro or Air? Then this special build of the world’s favorite open-source browser is for you. Alternately, if you’re running an legacy PPC Mac, there are optimized builds just for you, too (sans the nifty gestures).

Apple profits up but outlook cautious

October 22, 2008

Apple profits up but outlook cautious Apple’s profits are up by 25% compared with last year despite slightly missing analyst expectations on revenues. The firm says economic problems shouldn’t cost it customers, but is being cautious about its forecasts for 2009.

MacJunkies Episode 4

October 22, 2008

MacJunkies Episode 4 is today at 2 PM. If you have questions about Macs you would like answered, put them in the comments of this post or send them to me in a DM on Twitter. See you there!

Psystar counters counter to counter-claim

October 21, 2008

Psystar counters counter to counter-claim In our recent article on Apple’s legal action against Psystar going to an out-of-court hearing, we raised the question of what this meant for legal action brought by Psystar against Apple. It turns out that situation, with Psystar accusing Apple of exploiting a monopoly, is still being hotly disputed.


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