Adobe misses its first Leopard compatibility deadline

December 31st | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

“We expect to publish free Leopard compatibility updates for the video applications in December 2007″ - Adobe
Remember back right around the time when Leopard was due to be released, Adobe put out this PDF meant to scare educate potential Leopard buyers as to possible incompatibilities between Apple’s new OS and Adobe’s CS3 Suite of apps? […]

RIP: Netscape Navigator dies with a whimper

December 31st | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Hey, remember Netscape Navigator?
If you were born after 1988 or so, odds are you don’t. Navigator was the first real web browser for the masses, and gave Microsoft’s Internet Explorer the closest thing to a run for its money any browser was able to in the mid 90’s. All Macs shipped with Netscape […]

iPhone firmware 1.1.3 - Like a fine wine, the iPhone gets sweeter with time

December 30th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Assuming the above Gear Live video of a beta version of the iPhone’s upcoming 1.1.3 firmware is legit (and it is looking pretty legit) then the iPhone is about to get a whole lot cooler (no easy feat). Multiple SMS address, (in-the-ballpark) GPS via Google Maps, Multiple springboards and dragable icons… you know, everything the […]

All hail the nanotech battery! 22 hours of MacBook battery life; 400 hours of iPod use, 2500 hours of iPhone standby time!

December 30th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Imagine… what if you could watch 70 hours of iPod video on a single charge. (OK, wait, that actually, might be a bad thing).
Instead, imagine something more useful, like getting 22+ hours of MacBook use. Or 2500 hours of iPhone standby time. Such is the promise of Stanford University researchers who claim to have found […]

Apple to hit $600? Um, no.

December 28th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

As an Apple stockholder with far too much of my portfolio invested in the Cupertino company, I was overjoyed to see the headlines streaming across the Mac-o-sphere this week proclaiming that “Analysts say Apple shares could reach $600 in 18 months!“.
WOW. Suddenly my 90% AAPL stock portfolio seemed far too diverse! “Time to […]

OS X 10.5.2: Trouble in “virtual paradise”?

December 28th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Faithful Macenstein reader dolfke writes us with a warning to Second Life users hoping to test out the latest 10.5.2 Leopard build. According to dolfke, 10.5.2 breaks SL functionality in a big way.

“sl launches, then the general connection screen, where one can introduce name and password, then connect … sl loads, but when […]