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Mar 12
The initial rush of iPad pre-orders may have seen sales as high as 20,000 or more per hour, according to early estimates. The CEO of Phanfare, And (more...)
Mar 12
With iPad pre-orders having begun in the U.S. just a few hours ago, observers are looking for any signs that might indicate how sales are going. According to one report, two orders placed 30 minutes apart this morning resulted in Order ID nu... (more...)
Mar 12
Bookseller Barnes & Noble announced it will have an iPad version of its B&N eReader app ready on April 3. (more...)
Mar 12
As promised, iPad pre-orders have begun at the Apple Store. The campaign lets US customers pre-order the Wi-Fi and 3G versions of the tablet for on (more...)
Mar 12
Addresses vulnerabilities with ColorSync, ImageIO, PubSub, Safari's URL handling, and WebKitWhether you're a fan of Apple's Web browser, or just having some problems with its competition, there's now a new Safari update available (more...)
Mar 11
Apple today released Safari 4.0.5 for Mac and Windows, bringing a number of enhancements to Apple's Internet browser application.This update is recommended for all Safari users and includ... (more...)
Mar 10
Some early details of iPhone 3.2 SDK beta 4 have emerged from developer sources. Buried within a "gestures" folder in the code are two new PLIST f (more...)
Mar 8
On Monday, Valve announced in a press release that Steam, its "Source" gaming engine, a number of its most popular games, and even third parties are all coming to the Mac. (more...)
Mar 8
Valve, a major game developer for Windows and consoles, has all but confirmed that its popular back catalog and successful Steam marketplace are coming to the Mac. Now details have emerged that at least one upcoming game should be on the Mac alongside oth (more...)
Mar 5
Apple has purged all Wi-Fi stumbling apps from the App Store for using private APIs. Wi-Fi hotspot seeking apps without stumbling features remain unaffected. (more...)

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You can run Windows on your Mac using either Boot Camp, a virtualization solution like Parallels, VMWare Fusion or VirtualBox, or a Win32 API solution like Wine to run individual applications. See the advantages and disadvantages of each. (more...)
Last Friday Apple overhauled the Mac Developer program for the first time in years. Gone is the tiered system, replaced with a single $99 price. But also gone is the hardware discount. Thought some developers point out that with a $99 program replacing a $500 one, the savings are close to the hardware discount anyway. Unlike [...] (more...)
The free Mac OS X extension Growl allows some of your applications to send you screen and audible notifications when events occur, like incoming email or completed downloads. You can even pass these notifications on to your iPhone. Check it out to see if it is something you can use. (more...)
When you print documents from your Mac just to read them away from your desk, you can choose Layout in the print dialog to save paper. You can put 2, 4 or more pages onto one sheet of paper this way. It is handy for long documents and multi-page receipts. (more...)
You can easily export vCards from the Mac OS X Address Book and send them in email messages. The recipient can then easily add all of your contact information to their Address Book or other contact management software. (more...)
Another week, another Apple news story controversy. Apple audited its manufacturing suppliers and made the report public this week. You can read it here. It is important to note that Apple did this on its own, and other companies that use the same or similar suppliers don’t even do this kind of audit. They found two [...] (more...)
You can use the Safari Bookmarks Bar to store you more often accessed bookmarks. But you can also use folders there to store larger numbers of bookmarks and groups of related bookmarks. (more...)