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  • Apple already being threatened with an iPad lawsuit

    And unfortunately, it’s not over the name, so it looks like we’re still stuck with that. Rather, the Chinese company Shenzhen Great Loong Brother is threatening to sue Apple for “plagiarism,” claiming they stole the iPad design from their company’s P88 tablet computer. The P88 has been on the market for six months, but as Wired suggests in their article, I wonder where they got their design cues from?

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Magic Mouse windows drivers and map enhancements available

by Josh Holat on Nov 23, 2009 at 11:11 PM

The built in gestures for Apple’s Magic Mouse may not be enough for some users, and there is currently no way to create your own through Apple’s software. That said, a new little utility by the name of MouseWizard for Mac will “... give your Magic Mouse two extra buttons,… Continue Reading »

Apple is already developing Mac OS X 10.7

by Patrick Lutz on Nov 19, 2009 at 12:37 PM

Not even three months after publicly launching Mac OS X 10.6, coined Snow Leopard, Apple is already working on the next addition to the OS X family. This information has been confirmed by database changes to the open source “launchd” framework which deals with OS X booting and administering running… Continue Reading »

Apple wins summary judgments against Psystar

by Bill Stiteler on Nov 15, 2009 at 10:06 AM

The Apple vs. Psystar lawsuit isn’t going well for the “open computer” maker, as the judge in the California lawsuit has granted all of Apple’s summary decision requests, and denied all of Pystar’s. Think of it as the Lightning Round of the judicial system; it means the judge felt there… Continue Reading »

Microsoft employee: Windows 7 “Tried to create a Mac look and feel”

by Bill Stiteler on Nov 12, 2009 at 12:26 PM

Look’s like somebody’s got some explaining to do. Microsoft’s Partner Group Manager Simon Aldus put his foot in his mouth and started running when he told the PCR website that Windows 7 was borrowing from OS X: “One of the things that people say an awful lot about the Apple… Continue Reading »

Apple seeds Mac OS X 10.6.2 build 10C535 to developers

by Patrick Lutz on Oct 30, 2009 at 09:57 AM

Yesterday, Apple seeded Mac OS X 10.6.2 to developers, a release which comes only one week after the previous build was seeded to developers for testing. According to reports, the new build focuses on graphics drivers, trackpad preferences and virtual machine creation, and continues to list that there are no… Continue Reading »

GrandPerspective for Mac graphically illustrates disk usage

by Patrick Lutz on Oct 27, 2009 at 12:18 PM

Recently, I’ve come across a very cool and useful Mac application known as GrandPerspective, a utility that scans a chosen area of your hard drive and outputs an illustration of how your hard drive space is being used. This can be particularly useful if you’re running low on disk space… Continue Reading »

SheepShaver allows users to run Mac OS Classic under Snow Leopard

by Patrick Lutz on Oct 25, 2009 at 09:37 AM

Leading up to the release of Mac OS X back in 2001, many users were worried about compatibility with Mac OS 9 and below. Mac OS X was completely different from its predecessors, and only some Mac OS 9 applications that were “Carbonized” would run natively in Mac OS X.… Continue Reading »

Apple discontinues ZFS project for Mac OS X

by Patrick Lutz on Oct 24, 2009 at 01:42 PM

Apple has posted a notice on its ZFS open-source project page indicating that the project has been terminated. ZFS is an advanced file system developed by Sun that had been ported to Mac OS X and released in 2007 as an open-source project on Apple’s Mac OS Forge collaboration site.… Continue Reading »

New “Get a Mac” ads target Windows 7

by Bill Stiteler on Oct 23, 2009 at 12:27 PM

“Time to upgrade…to a Mac” is the theme of the latest Get a Mac ads. Targeting Windows users who hope that the new operating system will solve the problems of the widely-derided Vista, the new commercials suggest that owning a Macintosh might be the real solution to their problems. As… Continue Reading »

Magic Mouse user guide suggests Mac OS X 10.6.2 to be released soon

by Patrick Lutz on Oct 22, 2009 at 08:45 AM

Several people have noticed and pointed out that Apple’s user guide for its new Magic Mouse makes a reference to the not-yet-released Mac OS X v10.6.2. The mention of OS X 10.6.2 suggests that Apple plans or at least did plan for the update to be released to consumers around… Continue Reading »

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