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New Apple OLED Notebook & iPhone Confirmed By LG - Report
Smarthouse Claims LG Confirms Apple OLED Deal
When 5 Percent Equals 20 Percent - Mac Incursions Complicate LIfe In PC-Centric IT Ecosystems
A Hacking Tool Gets Updated For The Mac
Pwn2Own 2009: Safari/MacBook Falls In Seconds
A Grim Day For Browser Security At Hacker Contest
PC Mag: IE8, Safari, and Firefox All Fall in Hacking Test
Improve Sluggish PDF Handling in Preview
The Best Way To Back Up Your Mac With Hard Drives
Mac Beta Browser Bake-Off!
YouTube, Picasa, Flickr, and Yelp Content Now Available Through Gmail
DigitalArts review: Apple's 8-core Mac Pro with Nehalem processors
Core Image Graphics on Nehalem Mac Pro (vs others)
How to Calibrate your MacBook, MacBook Air,
Ballmer: Macs Too Expensive For Broke Americans
Dell's Adamo looks like a MacBook, but isn't a MacBook
PC Mag: Hands On: Google Voice's Voicemail Transcription
PC Mag: Bargain Hunt: Computer Mice
PC Mag: Six PC Speaker Systems Under $100
New Apple OLED Notebook & iPhone Confirmed By LG - Report
Smarthouse's David Richards reports:
Apple is set to launch new OLED notebooks and flat panel monitors along with a new OLED iPhone claim sources at LG in Korea.
It's also believed that a new iPhone and iPod Touch due later this year will include an OLED screen made by LG who last year scored a multibillion dollar deal to manufacture display screens for Apple.
One source that SmartHouse has spoken to claims that Apple already have working prototype of a new Netbook which will be manufactured in Taiwan with the OLED screen supplied by LG.....
For the full report visit here:
http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Office/Industry/W5M8X6Q2
Smarthouse Claims LG Confirms Apple OLED Deal
oled-info.com says:
This is getting interesting. The Smarthouse web site (from Australia) says that a source at LG in Korea confirmed the existance of an OLED notebook and iPhone (and also computer monitors) from Apple....
It's hard to believe that LG will actually release such information about a huge customer such as Apple. We'll have to wait and see...
For the full report visit here:
http://www.oled-info.com/smarthouse-claims-lg-confirms-apple-oled-deal
When 5 Percent Equals 20 Percent - Mac Incursions Complicate LIfe In PC-Centric IT Ecosystems
CNET's Jon Oltsik says:
A lot of companies have torn down the PC Berlin Wall and now allow employees to use Macintosh computers as well as PCs. Apparently, this creates some interesting dynamics for PC support people.
From what I've heard, most organizations settle in at approximately 95 percent PCs, and 5 percent Macs. Seems like a small and manageable percentage, but here's the rub. According to some services vendors and PC administrators I've talked to, a large portion of the Mac users are executives - CEOs, COOs, chief legal counsel, etc. These folks get top priority and can be very demanding.... As a result, some IT professionals claim that 5 percent of Macs may as well be 20 percent of the total PC population. Thus 5 percent equals 20 percent.....
For the full report visit here:
http://tinyurl.com/dgxqel
A Hacking Tool Gets Updated For The Mac
IDG News Service's Robert McMillan reports:
Two well-known Mac hackers are updating a widely used hacking toolkit, making it easier to take control of a Macintosh computer.
Over the past few days, the researchers have been quietly adding new software to the Metasploit toolkit, used by security researchers and criminals alike. Metasploit already supported Mac attacks, but until recently the Mac code hadn't been as good as Metasploit's Windows and Linux tools, said Dino Dai Zovi, an independent security researcher who talked about the new tools with his collaborator Charlie Miller at the CanSecWest conference. "Our goal was to make Mac OS X a first-class target for Metasploit.".....
For the full report visit here:
http://www.macworld.com/article/139516/2009/03/metasploit.html?lsrc=rss_main
Pwn2Own 2009: Safari/MacBook Falls In Seconds
ZNet's Ryan Naraine reports:
Charlie Miller has done it again. For the second consecutive year, the security researcher hacked into a fully patched MacBook computer by exploiting a security vulnerability in Apple's Safari browser.
"It took a couple of seconds. They clicked on the link and I took control of the machine," Miller said moments after his accomplishment.
For the full report visit here:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2917
A Grim Day For Browser Security At Hacker Contest
The Register's Dan Goodin reports:
CanSecWest Internet browser security took a beating during Day 1 of an annual hacking competition, with Apple's Safari, Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox all being felled in a matter of hours.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/19/pwn2own_day1/
PC Mag: IE8, Safari, and Firefox All Fall in Hacking Test
Day One of the CanSecWest Pwn2Own hacking contest finished Wednesday, with fully-patched copies of IE8, Safari, and Firefox all falling to hacker "Nils".
To read more, go to:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2343428,00.asp
Empty Your Email Inbox
A Macworld editor's note says This Joe Kissell article won the award for Best How-To Article at American Business Media's 2008 Neal Awards, announced Thursday. Kissel says:
As I write this sentence, my e-mail application's inbox is empty. In fact, it's almost always empty at the end of the day. This seemingly amazing feat didn't require a great deal of technological sophistication, organizational wizardry, or monklike discipline. I simply decided an empty inbox was necessary to preserve my sanity, and through trial and error - along with some helpful hints from productivity experts like Merlin Mann and David Allen - I eventually settled on a simple system that makes it possible.
Maintaining an empty (or nearly empty) inbox can make you more productive, result in fewer lost messages, and reduce stress by letting you focus on your most important e-mail......
To read more, click here.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/161592/empty_your_inbox.html?tk=rss_news
Improve Sluggish PDF Handling in Preview
Macworld's Rob Griffiths says:
Have you ever run into a PDF that, when viewed in Preview and/or Adobe, is just incredibly sluggish in its responses? A simple task, such as clicking on a page's thumbnail to jump to that page, seems to take seconds, and zooming in and out is painfully slow. I see this occasionally, most often in PDFs that are loaded with images--though other image-heavy PDFs work just fine, so this isn't a universal issue.....
Although that PDF weighs in at only 2MB, trying to navigate through it--in case you'd like to brush up on your fallout survival tactics--is a painful experience, whether you're using Preview or Reader. If you run into troublesome PDFs such as this one, here are a couple tricks to try to make them more usable.....
To read more, click here.
http://tinyurl.com/c9aqhg
The Best Way To Back Up Your Mac With Hard Drives
Mac 360's Bambi Brannan says:
Last night I noticed a new blue light peaking out from the top of my husband's MacPro..... This one came from a little pancake hard drive box with umpteen extra USB and FireWire ports. "Yet another Mac backup scheme for the geeky," I thought. I was right. How many ways can Mac users find to back up Macs?....
....Time Machine, when it's working well, is pretty much set it and forget it..... That's fine for finding lost files but not so fine when your Mac's hard drive finally falls victim to the Mean Time Between Failure number assigned by the maker.... there is another way. ....
Time Machine takes awhile to get your Mac up and running again.....So, get yet another external hard drive and clone your Mac's hard drive with either SuperDuper! or Carbon Copy Cloner. Why?.....
You can check it out at:
http://tinyurl.com/crucqf
Mac mini Bluetooth Connectivity Issues
MacFixIt reports:
Users have reported that the new Mac mini is having issues maintaining a stable Bluetooth connection with various Bluetooth devices. The problems generally involve wireless keyboards and mice.....
This appears to be a hardware issue with the new Mac minis (possibly related to the connection of the Bluetooth antenna.....
To read more, click here.
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20090318161342291
Mac Beta Browser Bake-Off!
logicalvue's Paul Lefebvre reports:
Currently there are a whole slew of Mac OS X browsers in beta right now: Safari 4, Firefox 3.1/3.5, Camino 2.0 and OmniWeb 5.9sp. After playing around with them a bit, here's a brief overview:
You can check it out at:
http://www.logicalvue.com/blog/2009/03/mac-beta-browser-bake-off/
Woz Apologizes For Calling Dancing Producers 'Liars' Retracts Claim That Dancing With The Stars Voting Is Rigged For Ratings
Computerworld's Gregg Keizer reports:
After calling the producers of Dancing with the Stars "liars" and claiming that the voting is rigged, Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak has apologized, calling himself a "heel" and a "loudmouth."
Wozniak, one of 12 remaining celebrity contestants on the ABC program, spelled out his suspicions in an e-mail posted to his Facebook page after Monday night's program....
For the full report visit here:
http://tinyurl.com/cg6ctf
YouTube, Picasa, Flickr, and Yelp Content Now Available Through Gmail
Google rolled out yet another new feature for Gmail Labs today that makes multimedia content more easily accessible through the Webmail service. The Preview feature lets users view content from YouTubes, Picasa, Yelp, and Flickr in their e-mail.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.appscout.com/2009/03/youtube_picasa_flickr_and_yelp.php
DigitalArts review: Apple's 8-core Mac Pro with Nehalem processors
DigitalArts says:
Apple's new Mac Pro represents a bit of a coup for the company. Apple got to announce a workstation based on Intel's Xeon 3500 and 5500 chip lines before the processors were even launched. They're formally announced towards the end of this month and this is when we expect other workstation vendors to debut their models based on the chips.
The 3500 and 5500 series are the first Xeons based on Intel's 'Nehalem' architecture, which also underpins Intel's Core i7 platform. It provides a 'sit-up-and-take-notice' boost in power compared to the previous generation of Mac Pros - and with future software releases it should become even faster.....
For the full review visit here:
http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/reviews/index.cfm?reviewID=985
Core Image Graphics on Nehalem Mac Pro (vs others)
Barefeats' rob-ART morgan reports:
I can almost hear some of you snort in contempt when I publish 3D Games as a measure of the Nehalem's "manhood." I make no apologies because, whether you play 3D accelerated games or not, the state-of-the-art gaming environment stresses all subsystems of the Mac Pro. So it could be argued that games measure total system performance.
Having said that, I'm throwing you serious users a bone. I, too, want to know how the Nehalem Mac Pros with their two graphics card options handle the Core Image effects processing....
For the full report visit here:
http://www.barefeats.com/nehal06.html
How to Calibrate your MacBook, MacBook Air,
MacBook Pro battery
Fairerplatform says:
Proper care and feeding of your Apple portable's battery can help you achieve longer run time and extend battery life. Here's a quick tutorial on calibrating your MacBook (Pro, Air)'s battery.
You should calibrate your portable's battery about once a month or so, and the methodology for getting the job is quite simple...
You can check it out at:
http://tinyurl.com/crzdf5
Ballmer: Macs Too Expensive For Broke Americans
Silicon Valley Insider's Eric Krangel| reports that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer thinks the recent nosedive in Mac sales makes logical sense:
"The economy is helpful," Ballmer said at a conference today in New York. "Paying an extra $500 for a computer with a[n Apple] logo on it doesn't make a whole lot of sense in this economy."....
For the full report visit here:
http://tinyurl.com/c8ngeh
Dell's Adamo looks like a MacBook, but isn't a MacBook
"I'm convinced the Adamo will never become an Apple-like cultural icon" says The Industry Standard's Paul Boutin:
it's slim, sleek, and sexy. dell's new adamo notebook is thinner by one-tenth of an inch than the fat end of a macbook air. it's a bit pricier, but unlike the macbook you can get mobile broadband built in. it's definitely one of the sharpest-looking laptops ever.
too bad it runs vista..... it'll always be "the windows machine that's sort of like a macbook."....
For the full commentary visit here:
http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=25457
PC Mag: Hands On: Google Voice's Voicemail Transcription
Recently Google took GrandCentral, spiffed up the software and rebadged it as Google Voice. Among the new offerings is the ability to transcribe voicemail messages! That's right--your messages are converted to text and emailed and/or text messaged to you. Since the PC came on the scene accurate automated voice transcription has been its missing link. Can Google do any better? I decided to give it a shot.
To read more, go to:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2343429,00.asp
PC Mag: Bargain Hunt: Computer Mice
These discounted mice can make your computing experience more comfortable and efficient.
To read more, go to:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2343348,00.asp
PC Mag: Six PC Speaker Systems Under $100
A down economy doesn't have to mean a dull desktop sound experience. Pump up your PC audio with one of these six sub-$100 speaker sets.
To read more, go to:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2343386,00.asp
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