Archive for May, 2009
May 11, 2009
Whether you have just five minutes on a bench or five days in a hospital to get through, solitaire is one of the all-time greatest time sinks. However, just because you have some free time doesn’t mean you have to pay to fill it up—read on for how to get more play for little to no money.
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Posted in Free Software, iPod, Mac, Mac Games, Mac software, Macintosh, OS X, Tips | 1 Comment » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
May 11, 2009
Apple has told developers that the Snow Leopard beta released over the weekend contains the last changes that will be made in programming methodology before the release of the new operating system.
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Posted in Apple, Leopard, news, OS X, Updates | 3 Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
May 10, 2009
Snowtape offers an easy and free way to take what you listen to on the Internet and automatically record and export it to iTunes. Snowtape’s not the first application to do this, but it might be easiest and it’s definitely among the least expensive (ie free).
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Posted in Free Software, iTunes, Mac, Mac software, Tips | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
May 8, 2009
With the U.S. FTC investigating the sharing of a director between Google and Apple, Google CEO Eric Schmidt has spoken out saying there is no harm in the situation.
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Posted in Apple, news, Updates | No Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
May 8, 2009

Our favorite fruit company is generally weathering the economic downturn better than most computer makers and is doing so without a high-volume, margin-killing netbook in its product mix. Still, although US sales figures grab the headlines, not every market reported soft Mac sales last quarter.
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Posted in Apple, news | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
May 7, 2009
Harry Truman once said, “There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.” Well, perhaps that, and these tricks to make Apple’s Safari browser do your bidding.
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Posted in Free Software, Mac software, Macintosh, Tips | 7 Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
May 7, 2009
The Apple App Store, purveyor of fine applications for iPhones and iPod Touches everywhere, has been under fire lately for its approval processes. Do the rules need to be changed?
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Posted in Apple, Free Software, iPhone, iPod Touch, opinion | No Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
May 7, 2009
How many personal organizer, planning and cookbook applications have you bought over the years? I’ve downloaded, tried and purchased plenty of self-improvement software, though most rarely get even a proper first look let alone any long term usage. This time ’round, however, I’m pretty sure my multi-year quest for a recipe management solution, i.e. a cookbook, is finally over.
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Posted in iPhone, iPod Touch, Mac software, Macintosh, opinion, Tips | 1 Comment » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
May 6, 2009
When two industry giants share members of their boards of directors, as do Apple and Google, it can draw attention. This time is has drawn the regulatory attention of the Federal Trade Commission.
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Posted in Apple, iPhone, Microsoft, Rumors | No Comments » Posted by: Michael W. Jones
May 6, 2009
Apple is advertising to fill a range of engineering positions—from hardware design to testing to manufacturing 3G equipped MacBooks - which might lead one to believe the company is preparing to sell something like that in the near to mid-term future.
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Posted in Apple, Mac, MacBook, Macbook Air, Macbook Pro, Macintosh, Rumors | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson