“TOP SECRET” Leopard details for sale on eBay
Posted by Helper Monkey Are you having trouble waiting for Leopard to be officially released this Spring? Did Steve’s promises of features so secret, he could not reveal them at last year’s WWDC set your mind racing to the point where you are losing sleep? Well, if you have more than $10.50 (the current high bid) you can find out all the topmost secretest of secret... Read More
Apple’s iPhone drives up traffic as much as 5900% at many Mac sites… just not ours
Posted by Helper Monkey If the buzz on the web is any indication of future sales, Apple’s iPhone is likely to bring in a good chunk of change to Apple come the 2nd Quarter of this year. According to Alexa.com, which ranks the popularity of the over 100,000,000 sites now on the web, Mac sites saw a huge surge in viewership earlier this month due largely to the public’s... Read More
Are The Beatles still relevant enough to warrant Apple spending the money for a Super Bowl commercial?
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Apple has scheduled a special event to be held during the Super Bowl this year, according to the Toronto Sun. Their source claims that the event (likely to take the form of a highly-priced Super Bowl commercial) will allegedly be used to announce that The Beatles will finally be dragged, kicking and screaming, into the era of digital downloads, and will... Read More
Free on iTunes: “Starveillance” from E!
Posted by Helper Monkey Apple has posted yet another free episode of a TV show looking for a little juice; this time the E! Network’s new show, Starveillance. Starveillance is an animated show that depicts fictional celebrity moments through the wonders of claymation. With topics such as “a chance meeting between Tom and Katie and Brooke Shields at the hospital”,... Read More
Apple’s new AirPort Extreme Base Station: What’s missing?
Posted by Lab Rat Last week Apple announced (well, not so much announced as “added to their store”) an updated AirPort Extreme Base Station with a new form factor, and support for the new (so new it’s not even approved yet) 802.11n wireless networking protocol. Because of the adoption of 802.11n, Apple says the new AirPort Extreme can increase the speed of your... Read More
Want an iPhone but don’t like Cingular? Don’t worry!
Posted by Helper Monkey While Cingular Wireless is the largest cellular provider in America, not everyone is a fan. When Apple announced their new exclusive deal with Cingular to be the sole provider of the iPhone, many “Cingular Haters” were a bit put out. But as it turns out, while the iPhone will indeed not work with T-Mobile, Verizon and others, Cingular won’t... Read More
“Yoga Today” Offers Free Daily High-Def Yoga Workouts For Your iPod
Posted by Helper Monkey Yoga Today has begun a new feature on their site which offers to put a new, 1-hour-long yoga workout on your iPod, every day (that’s right, 7 days a week, 365 days a year) for free. Each 1-hour long episode is filmed in High Definition, and comes in 3 formats; iPod (320×240), Quicktime (470 x 270), or an HD WMV (1280 x 720). The iPod videos clock... Read More
How much RAM will the iPhone have?
Posted by Lab Rat When Steve Jobs showed off the iPhone with its Core Animations, Safari web browsing, and OS X operating system, my first thought was “Wow. I wonder how much RAM that thing is going to have?”. My Dual G5 PowerMac has 1.5 GB of RAM installed. As I write this, I have 3 applications open on my computer, Text Edit, Safari, and Activity Monitor. Safari has... Read More
Microsoft releases Office 2004 for Mac 11.3.3 Update
Yesterday Microsoft showcased some of the upcoming features of Office 2008 for Mac, which will ship later this year. However, Microsoft’s team has apparently not completely given up on Office 2004, and today released a 58MB security and bug fix update, available for download either via Microsoft’s AutoUpdate feature, or by downloading here. The update addresses the... Read More
Batting Zero; A depressing look back at our Macworld predictions
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Ouch! If we ever needed a lesson in humility, Steve Jobs gave us (and a good deal of the Apple watching community) one this morning when he delivered his keynote speech. Looking back over our predictions, it is apparent the Psychic Friends Hotline won’t be calling US any time soon looking for advice. The funny thing is, we joking made our predictions... Read More
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