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Mark Cuban Switches To The Mac
Browser Shootout: Firefox vs. Safari On The Mac
Microsoft Office For Mac's Site Off To A Bad Start
Hacker Finally Publishes Notorious Apple Wi-Fi Attack
Google Gphone Still On The Way, Say Sources
Irish Firm Launches 'Global' Mobile Phone
Time For Apple To Face The Music?
Que Publishing Releases New Edition of Best-Selling Googlepedia: The Ultimate Google Resource
The Mac Night Owl: Do We Really Need Software Upgrades?
ExtremeTech: Intel Shows Off Next-Gen 32nm Tech
eWEEK: Intel's Otellini Sketches Technology Roadmap at IDF
PC Mag: Luscious Laptops for Less
Gene Steinberg meets commentators Kirk McElhearn and Daniel Eran Dilger, SWSoft's Benjamin Rudolph and HostICan's Denis Motova this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE
Mark Cuban Switches To The Mac
In his Maverick Blog, an entry entitled "Once You Go Mac," Mark Cuban says:
I sold and bought my first PC a long, long time ago. Back in the late 80s I owned a Mac, I think it was a Mac2. I honestly thought there would never come a time where I would buy a Mac. Ever.
Then I upgraded my PC to Vista. What a disaster. I had grown accustomed to my PC freezing every now and then. Enter Vista and my PC was frozen more often than it was working. The biggest culprit was MicroSoft Outlook.
The application has to have a memory leak. I could follow memory numbers as they grew and grew. Then as my email was downloading, the rules would stop working and everything went straight to my inbox. Spam and all.
When you get as many emails as I do. Thats a problem. When it also causes the system to freeze, its more than just a problem.....
had gotten to the point where I was embarrassed to be a PC owner. The thought of someone calling me and asking me to go to my computer to find something was paralyzing (ok, not that bad, but it sounded cool writing it).
This wasnt just a problem on my Desktop, it was a problem on my laptop with Vista as well....
So a few months ago I made the executive decision to buy a MacBook to replace my laptop.
I haven't looked back....
Im not an Apple fanboy, but I love me some MacBook
For the full commentary visit here:
http://www.blogmaverick.com/2007/09/16/once-you-go-mac/
Browser Shootout: Firefox vs. Safari On The Mac
Mac 360's Wil Gomez reports:
Browsers are like religion. Everyone has an opinion, but only God knows which one is best, and he's not making it too clear.
If you had to use only one browser on your Mac (or on a PC) which browser would you choose? Safari? Or, Firefox?
This battle of the browsers is not much different than the emotions stirred when comparing Macs to Windows PCs. Which is better? The obvious and easiest answer is, "it depends."
Apple's heritage shows all the way through Safari. Clean, simple, elegant, beautiful. Firefox's heritage comes from Mozilla with heavy influence from Windows. That means features, features, and more features.
Is there any specific feature that Firefox lacks? A couple come to mind right away. Text rendering sucks on Firefox, Mac or Windows. After that, it just might be a matter of tastes and needs and nothing more. Or is it? Is one browser really, clearly, definitively better than the other?
At a basic level, they're both just browsers. They render web pages, they log in to web sites, they handle RSS feeds. Both add features in the way of plug-ins or extensions. Both have followings who have bought into their respective religions.
For this comparison I'm using Firefox 2.0.0.7 for Mac and Safari 3.0.3 (build 522.12.1), so your mileage may vary....
For the full report visit here:
http://mac360.com/index.php/mac360/comments/browser_shootout_firefox_vs_safari_on_the_mac/
Microsoft Office For Mac's Site Off To A Bad Start
ZDNet Australia's Stephen Turner says:
Microsoft has launched a Web site to show off some features in its Office productivity suite for the Apple Mac, but at this stage it seems the company can't even get the promotional Web site working correctly.
For a start, the entire site is created in Flash. This may work for glossy movie and entertainment Web sites, but for something that is supposed to be serious and about business, it's a curious choice.
While Microsoft no doubt thought that the site had to be fully animated in this way to properly illustrate the new capabilities of Office for Mac, the fully Flash animated site has proven to be a pain to load.
You also have to wonder whether creating a site based on Flash was a good idea for Microsoft, given their competitive push against Adobe with the new Silverlight package. We all know how dominant Flash is in the field, but is using your competitor's technology in this way such a good idea?
For the full report click here.
Hacker Finally Publishes Notorious Apple Wi-Fi Attack
IDG News Service'sRobert McMillan reports:
More than a year after claiming to have found a way to take over a Macintosh computer using a flaw in the system's wireless card, David Maynor has published details of his exploit.
The details were included in a paper published in the September issue of Uninformed.org, an online hacking magazine. The lengthy paper describes how to run unauthorized software on a Macintosh by taking advantage of a flaw in Apple's AirPort wireless drivers.
Apple patched the bug in September 21 without crediting Maynor for discovering the problem. Instead, Apple's engineers found the bug during an internal audit, the company said.
For the full report visit here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070919/tc_pcworld/137329
Google Gphone Still On The Way, Say Sources
DIGITIMES' Daniel Shen and Steve Shen report:
Google will definitely launch its own-brand handset but has yet to finalize the handset's specifications, OS, production contractor and operating partners, according to sources at Taiwan handset makers.
Although market rumors previously stated that Google is likely to use an EDGE solution developed by Texas Instruments (TI) for its planned handset, recent developments indicate that Google is also evaluating the possibility of launching a 3G handset initially.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20070918PD204.html
Irish Firm Launches 'Global' Mobile Phone
ElectricNews.net's Stephen Errity reports:
Irish start-up firm Cubic Telecom has launched what it claims is the first "truly global" mobile phone at a major industry exhibition in California.
The Cubic Mobile phone was launched Monday at the prestigious TechCrunch 40 trade show in San Francisco, where Cubic was the only Irish exhibitor of the 40 companies in attendance. The new phone is a dual-band GSM/Wi-Fi device that includes several features the company says will help reduce the cost of long-distance calling.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/19/cubic_mobile_launch/
Time For Apple To Face The Music?
The BBC's Bill Thompson asks whether the time has come for Apple to be put under the EU microscope in the same way as Microsoft has:
Microsoft was humiliated by the European Union's Court of First Instance on Monday when it rejected almost all elements of the software giant's appeal against the 2004 rulings made by the competition commissioner....
Microsoft has been a target for a long time. The court case resolved this week concerned a judgment made four years ago about a complaint filed in 1998.
Yet while its every move is examined for evidence that it might be making life difficult for its rivals, some of its competitors seem to get a very easy ride....
The best example of this is Apple, which managed to get acres of coverage for the UK launch of the iPhone, despite the many ways in which the device is closed, locked down and restricted.
For the full commentary visit here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7002612.stm
Que Publishing Releases New Edition of Best-Selling Googlepedia: The Ultimate Google Resource
[Press Release]
Gmail. Blogger. Google Book Search. Google Web Search. Google AdSense. Google AdWords. Google Calendar. Google Checkout. The Internet's most popular search site encompasses more than simple web searches, and Googlepedia: The Ultimate Google Resource, Second Edition, from Que Publishing, provides advanced search techniques and advice on how to master Google's wide variety of cool web and software tools.
News Facts
• First edition was one of the best-selling computer books of 2006.
• Updated to cover all the latest Google developments, from new versions of Blogger and Picasa to completely new services such as Google Spreadsheets and Writely.
• Search Google for news headlines, scholarly articles, and the best prices on the Web.
• Read and respond to blog postings and create your own blogs with Blogger.
• Access Google Desktop and search documents and emails on your PC's hard drive.
• View the latest viral videos with YouTube.
• Create maps and driving directions with Google Maps.
• Use Google's free web-based email service Gmail.
• Googlepedia: The Ultimate Google Resource, Second Edition is available now at Informit.com.
Product Information
Title: Googlepedia: The Ultimate Google Resource, Second Edition
ISBN-10: 0789736756
ISBN-13: 9780789736758
Author: Michael Miller
Publisher: Que Publishing
Published: September 2007
Pages: 864
Edition: Second
For more information, visit:
http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=9780789736758&rl=1
The Mac Night Owl: Do We Really Need Software Upgrades?
It's a sure thing that few software companies would survive were it not for repeat customers. If you bought version one, they need to find some way to rope you into buying version two, and so forth and so on. If you get enough loyal customers, you don't have to work quite as hard to attract new ones.
Here's the link to the story:
http://www.macnightowl.com/2007/09/19/do-we-really-need-software-upgrades/
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ExtremeTech: Intel Shows Off Next-Gen 32nm Tech
"If you've been paying attention for the last few years, you'll know that Intel is rightly quite proud of its manufacturing leadership.
At this year's Intel Developer Forum, the topic is "Penryn". But Penryn is merely an existing an existing Core 2 Duo architecture, shifted to the 45-nm process - the manufacturing is the real star of the show here."
To read more, go to:
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,2184927,00.asp
eWEEK: Intel's Otellini Sketches Technology Roadmap at IDF
Intel says it will launch its Penryn family of processors Nov. 12 and demonstrated the new Nehalem processor at IDF.
To read more, go to:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2184887,00.asp
PC Mag: Luscious Laptops for Less
Bargain hunters, you'll be amazed at what $1,200 can buy you in a laptop these days. We find four that are worth a second look.
To read more, go to:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2184701,00.asp
Gene Steinberg meets commentators Kirk McElhearn and Daniel Eran Dilger, SWSoft's Benjamin Rudolph and HostICan's Denis Motova this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE
On this week's all-star episode, noted author and commentator Kirk McElhearn is in rant mode as he complains about the new interface on the latest iPods and other touchy subjects.
Commentator Daniel Eran Dilger, of Roughly Drafted Magazine, joins us to explain the reasoning behind his "Zoon" award, given to people for blatantly distorting facts in their tech articles.
SWSoft's Benjamin Rudolph will be on hand to talk about the latest update to Parallels Desktop. And, in this week's Web Tips segment,HostICan's Denis Motova gives you hints on solving problems with your Web site.
You can tune into the broadcast Thursday night from 6:00 to 8:00 PM Pacific, 9:00 to 11:00 PM Eastern, at:
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An archive of the show will be available for downloading and listening at your convenience within four hours after the original broadcast.
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