Archive for April, 2009
April 30, 2009
If you have a Mac with Intel’s integrated Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 inside—MacBook, Mac mini, iMac—here’s a free, software-only method that can boost performance by increasing the GPU’s clock speed by up to 2.4 times.
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Posted in Free Software, Hacks, Mac, Mac software, MacBook, Macintosh, Tips, Tutorials | 19 Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
April 30, 2009
There is too much talk about Apple granting iPhone franchises to carriers other than AT&T for there to be no fire below the smoke. How bad is it for AT&T if Apple dilutes its monopoly?
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Posted in Announcements, Apple, iPhone, iPod Touch | 1 Comment » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
April 30, 2009

Another day, another reason to wrap yourself in a full body condom and just stay in bed. Adobe has admitted that its popular software for creating portable document format (.pdf) documents, including the most up-to-date versions, has a critical—as in you could drive a truck through there—security vulnerability.
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Posted in Adobe, Announcements, Mac, Mac software, Macintosh, Security, Tips, Tutorials | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
April 29, 2009

During a visit to Sam’s Club last Friday, I was reminded that Apple was an early backer of Sony’s next generation optical disc technology. A looped video demo (copyright 2006) on a flatscreen TV prominently listed the Cupertino, CA-based computer and widget maker. Since then, Apple CEO Steve Jobs has said he viewed Blu-ray as “a bag of hurt” and not worth supporting — that stance may be about to change.
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Posted in Apple, Free Software, iTunes, Mac, Mac software, news, Steve Jobs | 1 Comment » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
April 29, 2009

The world knows that Steve Jobs is home on medical leave from from Apple, but not everyone knows that the Apple CEO is working hard to tear that home down and build a new one.
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Posted in Announcements, Apple, MacBook, Steve Jobs | 2 Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
April 29, 2009

For the second year running, Apple’s annual developer conclave has sold out well in advance, in fact nearly two months in advance. Is there a black market for tickets to events like this?
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Posted in Announcements, Apple, news | 5 Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
April 28, 2009
Apple has been involved in a lawsuit which could test the limits of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The case involvs the rights of an audio technology forum.
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Posted in Announcements, Apple, Hacks, iPhone, iPod, iPod Touch | No Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
April 27, 2009
The next big release of OS X, aka Snow Leopard, is expected some time this summer and, although many features are still shrouded in mystery, ever more information about what we can expect wriggles free almost daily now.
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Posted in Apple, Leopard, Mac, Mac software, Macintosh, OS X, Rumors | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
April 27, 2009
Apple has lost a patent infringement case brought against it by OPTi Inc. regarding the somewhat arcane inner workings of a PCI bus controller in certain circumstances.
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Posted in Apple, news | 1 Comment » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
April 27, 2009
“Human error†led to some shareholder ballots being counted incorrectly. However, now all is well as the company has discovered the mistake and plans to make amends by not doing anything until next year.
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Posted in Announcements, Apple, news | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson