Applelinks Tech Web Reader - Monday, February 18, 2008
Apple Corporate Finally Calls Rush Limbaugh About His Mac Trouble
Finally, Leopard - Uninstall SideTrack First
Best Buy Runs Dry Of 15-inch MacBook Pro
What's New in OS X Leopard
The Danger In Trying Out New Mac Software
Recycle Old Computers by Repurposing Them, Not Retiring Them
eWEEK: Death Knell Sounds for Toshiba's HD-DVD
Toshiba To Give Up On HD DVD, End Format War: Source
Wal-Mart Blogger Claims Retailer Will Ditch HD DVD
The Tech Night Owl: Blue-Ray's Hollow Victory
BBC To Put Shows On iTunes 'Next Week'
Macs Come Under Hacker's Gaze
ThinkSecret Is Officially Dead
Hey Readers, Are Mac People Still Smug,And Windows Folks Still Neanderthals?
The Mac Night Owl: The Mac Is On Top Again!
eWEEK: In Mobile, Yahoo Brings More to Microsoft
eWEEK: IOC Reuluctantly OKs Blogs at Beijing
Mac Night Owl Newsletter Update
Apple Corporate Finally Calls Rush Limbaugh About His Mac Trouble
Rush Limbaugh says:
I have an announcement to make: Apple corporate called. Somebody from high up the corporate ladder at Apple Computer in California, out in Cupertino, called the office... very, very, very nice guy, put my IT guy in touch with them, working - No, it was not Algore.... I'm not going to mention the gentleman's name because the Mac user community that hates me will start bombarding this guy......
For the full transcript. visit here:
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_021408/content/01125104.guest.html
For the backstory, visit here.
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_021208/content/01125107.guest.html
Finally, Leopard - Uninstall SideTrack First
Infoworld's Paul Venezia says:
I'm not the kind of guy that leaps on new operating systems before the shrink wrap has shrunk. I like to let others take the lumps of a .0 release before I subject my core laptops and workstations to the latest and greatest. Thus, I kept my 17" MacBook Pro on Tiger until this evening.
I probably would have stayed there for awhile longer if I hadn't picked up a MacBook Air. I've been using it daily since I got it, switching back to the 17" when I needed the screen space (heavy coding, lots of RDP connections, etc), and I found that several of the features in Leopard were too good to pass up, especially spaces and the spring-loaded dock folders....
The system updated successfully and rebooted. Happy that things looked like they had gone well, I started to log in - but had no keyboard....
Then I remembered that I'd installed SideTrack......
For the full report visit here:
http://weblog.infoworld.com/venezia/archives/015956.html?source=rss
Best Buy Runs Dry Of 15-inch MacBook Pro
Electronista reports:
Retailer Best Buy is no longer stocking any 15-inch MacBook Pro online, according to reader reports. The mid-range 2.4GHz model is listed as "sold out" and therefore unavailable; the base 2.2GHz version is listed as backordered and unavailable for between 1-2 weeks. Additionally, while the 17-inch MacBook Pro remains openly listed and immediately available, neither of the smaller versions are visible from Best Buy's section for the high-end notebooks.....
Previous news has suggested that Apple is one of a host of companies that are believed to be upgrading to 45 nanometer Core 2 Duo processors based on Intel's Penryn architecture sometime this month........
For the full report visit here:
http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/02/15/best.buy.out.of.15in.mbp/
What's New in OS X Leopard
PCMag's Edward Mendelson reports:
The latest update to the Apple OS X "Leopard" operating system makes the strongest case yet for PC users to switch from Windows....
....When I reviewed Leopard two days after its initial release I called it the best operating system ever made for the vast majority of users. I think that's even more true now that 10.5.2 fixes some of the first-release glitches that annoyed me in 10.5 and in Apple's first, quick, bug-fix update 10.5.1. Whether this is the update that can prompt hesitating Windows users to switch to the Mac is another question that I'll get to in a moment.
For the full commentary visit here:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2260668,00.asp
The Danger In Trying Out New Mac Software
Mac 360's Ron McElfresh says:
Buyer beware. Everyone is out to sell you something. Or, in the case of Mac software, they're out to get you to try before you buy.
Sometimes the Mac software we try out hasn't been tried out enough. Is there danger in trying new software on your Mac?
The answer, of course, is an unqualified yes, there is always a danger that putting new software on your Mac will cause some kind of malfunction and fry all the rest of the files on your Mac.
To read more, click here.
Recycle Old Computers by Repurposing Them, Not Retiring Them
Low End Mac's John Hatchett says:
In many, many ways I am preaching to the choir here. If you are an avid reader of Low End Mac (and who isn't?), I can't help but think that you are predisposed to hang on to your old computer until the last possible moment and even then pass it on to a family member or friend in need.
Now I don't know why Mac users are more sentimental than PC owners, but I will note that there doesn't seem to be a site called Low End PC on the web. [Editor's note: We tried, but nobody cared. dk] Perhaps it is just the huge number of hardware manufacturers on the PC side.
I don't really know why this is so, but I know most of this site's readership will get a little misty eyed when I mention that my student aide just dusted off one of our Mac Classics (in our little Mac museum on campus) and started it up. Yep, it worked. And no, you can't buy it from me - it's not mine.
Technology no longer marches on - at this point it's a sprint. Today's cutting edge computer becomes tomorrow's landfill.
For the full commentary visit here:
http://lowendmac.com/ed/hatchett/08jh/recycle-old-macs.html
eWEEK: Death Knell Sounds for Toshiba's HD-DVD
The battle between Sony's Blu-Ray format DVD and Toshiba's HD-DVD is almost over, as Toshiba is believed to be pulling the plug.
To read more, click here.
Toshiba To Give Up On HD DVD, End Format War: Source
Reuters reports:
Toshiba Corp is planning to give up on its HD DVD format for high-definition video, conceding defeat to the competing Blu-Ray technology backed by Sony Corp, a company source said on Saturday.
For the full report visit here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080216/tc_nm/toshiba_hd_dvd_exit_dc
Wal-Mart Blogger Claims Retailer Will Ditch HD DVD
The Register's Tony Smith reports:
Wal-Mart has apparently decided to follow Best Buy and Netflix and only offer its customers Blu-ray Disc products in future.
From June, the retail giant will no longer offer HD DVD players.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/02/15/wal_mart_to_drop_hd_dvd/
The Tech Night Owl: Blue-Ray's Hollow Victory
Media formats don’t last forever. Once a market gets saturated, the entertainment industry and consumer electronics makers look to improved ways to deliver content, so you can buy not just new product, but all your favorites one more time.
For the full commentary visit here:
http://macnightowl.com/newsletter/2008/02/17/newsletter-issue-429/#victory
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BBC To Put Shows On iTunes 'Next Week'
The Register's Chris Williams reports:
The BBC's commercial arm is expected to announce a deal to distribute shows via the iTunes video store next week.
A TV industry source claims BBC Worldwide will on Tuesday detail plans to set up shop at Apple's online media mall. Our source says BBC Worldwide's digital media director Simon Danker has contacted the BBC's third party production partners to inform them of the new distribution channel.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/15/bbc_worldwide_itunes/
Macs Come Under Hacker's Gaze
chrononline says:
Apple users are no longer immune to attack, as cyber criminals begin to target Macs.
At least that's what 350 computer users surveyed by IT security Sophos believed, following the first financially motivated malware attack on Mac OX. Some 93% of the respondents thought that Apple Macs would come under the attack from hackers, compared to 79% two years ago.
For the full report click here.
ThinkSecret Is Officially Dead
9to5mac's Seth Weintraub says:
Thinksecret is officially dead as of this morning. The webpage currently lists a 403 Forbidden error.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.9to5mac.com/thinksecret-RIP-4635567
Hey Readers, Are Mac People Still Smug,And Windows Folks Still Neanderthals?
ZNet blogger Russell Shaw says:
Chris Pirillo- who has managed to perfect the oft-contrary arts of thinking fast and thinking deeply, is out with his list of 50 Reasons To Switch From Windows To Mac OSX
I'd like to start a conversation informed by Pirillo's Reason #11:
The Apple community has been infiltrated by enough people who aren't smug. You're not better than me just because you run another OS or support another vendor, nor are you any less of a geek. Not every Windows user is a neanderthal, although some of their dated arguments would make them out to be. I think that most consumers are caught up in the idea that you NEED Windows for everything at home. You don't.
OK, let us track through this one.....
For the full commentary visit here:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=3251
The Mac Night Owl: The Mac Is On Top Again!
That tired cliché states that little things mean a lot and when Apple removed the word “Computer” from the corporate name, many people understandably believed that Macs were going to be set on the backburner, letting them fend for itself, more or less.
For the full commentary visit here:
http://macnightowl.com/2008/02/17/newsletter-429-preview-the-mac-is-on-top-again/
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eWEEK: In Mobile, Yahoo Brings More to Microsoft
The takeover would instantly raise Redmond's profile on the mobile Internet by adding Yahoo's range of on-the-go services to its mobile unit, until now focused on promoting its own OS.
To read more, click here.
eWEEK: IOC Reuluctantly OKs Blogs at Beijing
The greenlight comes with guidelines, as the IOC declares blogging a "form of personal expression and not a form of journalism."
To read more, click here.
Mac Night Owl Newsletter Update
When you get a representative from the world’s largest software company on a radio show, just what do you ask her, and what sort of answers can you expect?
Here's the URL for this week's update on the show:
http://macnightowl.com/newsletter/2008/02/17/newsletter-issue-429/#update
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