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Report: Apple Gains 29% Share of $$$ Notebooks
Zettabyte File System (ZFS); The Future System for Mac OS X?
Apple Nears MacBook Revamp Release?
Apple Portables: How to disconnect the MagSafe power adapter
Hard Times For Hard Drives: US May Ban Popular Imports
RIAA Hits a Sour Note With Its File-Sharing Witch Hunt
The Selfish Mac Evangelist
eWEEK: Word for Mac Exploit Released
eWEEK: Google Commands 60% of Global Searches
Website Ranks Top Bible Verses
The Mac Night Owl: Why Aren't There Any Lawsuits About This?
Report: Apple Gains 29% Share of $$$ Notebooks
apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com reports:
Drilling down into Apple's (AAPL) recent string of boffo quarterly reports, analyst Toni Sacconaghi Jr. of Bernstein Research finds both strength and vulnerability in Steve Jobs' relentless pursuit of high-margin computer sales.
In his second report since Bernstein initiated coverage of Apple , Sacconaghi notes that:
• Apple's global PC market share has increased in 10 of the last 11 quarters,
• unit sales have grown 28% or better in each of the last four quarters
• U.S. notebook sales have been particularly strong, accounting for 47% of Apple's Mac unit growth and 52% of its revenue in Apple's most recent quarterly report....
...Apple already has a 29% share of the U.S. market for notebook computers in the highest quintile - up... from 8% three years ago...
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Zettabyte File System (ZFS); The Future System for Mac OS X?
IT-Enquirer's Erik Vlietinck says:
ZFS is the new buzz word on web sites dealing with Apple's next-generation operating system, Mac OS X 10.5, also known as "Leopard". Apparently, Apple has delivered a limited-functionality version of the ZFS file system with the latest builds of Leopard. Apple never talks about future plans with OSes or anything else, but if that would be the case, what would it mean for the professional user of Apple systems?
Given that ZFS is claimed to be a dream file system, with little or no restrictions in terms of file size, data security, and speed and performance, it would be big news for creative users, especially those in the video and photography industry, where huge files must be supported by the OS....
.... ZFS is predictively self-healing, self-managing, and general-purpose. up a disk, and ZFS takes care of everything that needs taking care of.....
For the full report, visit:
http://www.it-enquirer.com/main/ite/more/zettabyte/
Apple Nears MacBook Revamp Release?
The Register's Tony Smith reports:
Revamped Apple MacBook laptops appear to be nearing release, if online reports to be believed. The new models could be the first to sport revised power adaptors prompted byan apparent revision of the unit that ships with the MacBook Pro.
The new MacBooks are likely to be speed-bumped versions of the machines available today....
For the full commentary, click here.
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/10/11/apple_macbook_revamp/
Apple Portables: How to disconnect the MagSafe power adapter
A new Apple Knowledge Base article says:
Properly disconnecting the MagSafe adapter from your Apple portable can increase the life of the adapter and reduce wear....
While the MagSafe power adapter is designed to travel with your portable Apple computer, certain usage patterns can contribute to the fraying or breaking of cables. The MagSafe adapter, like any other metal wire or cable, is subject to becoming weak or brittle if repeatedly bent in the same spot. Follow the recommendations below to reduce the likelihood of damaging the adapter.
Find out how at:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306445
Hard Times For Hard Drives: US May Ban Popular Imports
Ars Technica's Jacqui Cheng reports:
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has announced that it plans to begin an investigation into several companies that either make or use certain hard drives. In a statement issued yesterday, the ITC said that the hard drives in question are alleged to infringe on patents owned by California residents Steven and Mary Reiber. The two filed a complaint with the ITC in September, saying that the importation of the hard drives violates section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930.
There are currently five companies being investigated by the ITC, including Western Digital, Seagate, Toshiba, Hewlett-Packard, and Dell. All five companies either manufacture drives that use "dissipative ceramic bonding tips," or sell products that use such hard drives. These parts are used to bond electrical wires within the hard drive - while the ITC doesn't specify exactly which patents the technology allegedly infringes on, two patents that are owned by the Reibers, titled "Dissipative ceramic bonding tool tip," appear to fit the description.
For the full report click here.
RIAA Hits a Sour Note With Its File-Sharing Witch Hunt
Wire's Tony Long says:
If I were a big-shot L.A. music mogul, Jammie Thomas would not be my ideal poster child as the face of illegal file sharing.
Thomas, you'll recall, was found liable last week in a Duluth, Minnesota, court for violating copyright law by making a couple of dozen songs available to the multitudes. For this she was ordered to pay the recording industry $222,000 in damages, and she could lose even more to court costs and appeals.
All because she was among the 26,000 people sued by those Brioni suits known collectively as the Recording Industry Association of America, and hers was the first case to actually reach trial. The RIAA, faced with plummeting CD sales and increasingly restive artists, wanted to "send a message" to all the lowlifes out there who download music for free and undercut their profit margins.
The message, apparently, is this: "We're idiots."
For the full commentary, click here.
http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/commentary/theluddite/2007/10/luddite_1011
The Selfish Mac Evangelist
MacLife.com's Roberto Baldwin says:
Purging the Windows machines from my family helps me keep my sanity.
Anytime a family member asks what sort of computer they should buy I immediately shout, " Get a Mac!"
While I'm telling them how great OS X is and how cool looking the new iMac will look on their desk, I'm thinking about how I'm sick of fixing their Windows machine.
It's a scenario many of use have encountered. We visit our less than technically savvy family members and they immediately produce a laundry list of problems with their machines....
We end up in the spare room that doubles as an office battling spyware, viruses and missing drivers for the better part of a day while our families continue with their day. After about the 15th Windows restart, you're ready to take a hammer to the machine....
For the full commentary, click here.
http://www.maclife.com/article/the_selfish_mac_evangelist
eWEEK: Word for Mac Exploit Released
Yet again, an exploit has been released into the wild within days of Microsoft announcing the vulnerability.
To read more, go to:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2194841,00.asp
eWEEK: Google Commands 60% of Global Searches
Google netted 37.1 billion of 61 billion total searches for August, dwarfing totals from Yahoo, Baidu.com and Microsoft.
To read more, go to:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2194537,00.asp
Website Ranks Top Bible Verses
[ Press Release ]
The most popular scriptures have been revealed after an internet survey of 37 million Bible references. The survey results rank every Bible verse by popularity and are published on the TopVerses.com website.
A new search was created from the rankings to find Bible verses more quickly. Instead of starting from Genesis, the ranked search shows popular verses first. 87 of the top 100 verses are in the New Testament, and these can now be found without looking scrolling through the Old Testament first.
Top Verses ran the survey in August 2007 by counting how often every Bible verse is referenced in web pages across the internet. The 31,101 verses were ranked by the results. As well as listing top verses overall, the site uses the results to rank Bible books and chapters. The most popular verse was John 3:16, with over twice the score of its nearest rival, John 1:1. Although John was the most popular Gospel, it was only sixth overall, with Ephesians taking first place. Shorter books scored better, and Malachi was the first Old Testament book at 19th, with 5 verses in the top 1,000.
The benefit of a ranked search is demonstrated by typing "world" to find John 3:16. Starting from Genesis, 96 verses match before John 3:16. Simply ranking the results places John 3:16 first, and saves 9 pages of wrong hits.
Church leaders have already praised the new site. Pastor Jason Hubbard from Every Nation Church, Sydney said, "Top Verses will be my new search engine when preparing sermons and for my own personal Bible study. You no longer have to search through a hundred verses to find the one you have in mind. Most of the time, I find it on the first page."
The man behind the not-for-profit site, Peter B. Chapman, spoke of the impact it was having on the internet community. "Putting the most popular verses first makes the Bible much more accessible. All sorts of people are visiting the site and seeing the Bible in a new way. I love finding old favourites in Psalms. You can see the top 10 Proverbs by simply clicking on Proverbs."
Top Verses can be visited at:
http://www.topverses.com
The Mac Night Owl: Why Aren't There Any Lawsuits About This?
We all know that Apple receives its share of legal actions to defend itself against. Some are related to possible use of a patent without permission, or treating customers badly. There's even a long-standing lawsuit from some Mac dealers who felt their businesses suffered big time because Apple favored its own retail outlets.
Here's the link to the story:
http://macnightowl.com/2007/10/11/why-arent-there-any-lawsuits-about-this/
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