The Android Plan: Why Google Will Mimic Microsoft To Conquer Apple
Google's plan solves many of Android's biggest issues, including the major lack of consistency across the platform. until this point, Google used to work with one manufacturer at a time on a product, and subsequently release the software to other smartphone makers selling third-party devices. By working with many manufacturers at once, Google can exert [...]
Apple Macs Could Be Spreading Windows Malware
Prominent security firm Sophos has discovered that approximately one out of every five Mac computers is infected with Windows malware. and while such infections pose little threat to the Macs themselves, they could spread to Windows computers. The report is the result of Sophos’ work in analyzing the contents of about 100,000 Apple Macintosh computers, [...]
Artists bottle the scent of a freshly unwrapped Apple laptop
MELBOURNE, Australia – most people love the scent of fresh apples … but what about a freshly unwrapped Apple? Artists in Melbourne, Australia are incorporating the scent of an Apple MacBook Pro laptop into an upcoming exhibit titled “Greatest Hits,” All Things Digital reported Tuesday. According to Macworld, “The scent created with Air Aroma … [...]
Children’s author to be MacIntosh Users’ guest
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Bugs & Fixes: Opening (very) old AppleWorks and Word documents
If you are a former AppleWorks user, you probably know that AppleWorks no longer launches in OS X 10.7 Lion. This is because AppleWorks requires Rosetta and Lion no longer supports Rosetta.The simplest solution is to get Apple’s iWork apps (Pages, Numbers, and Keynote). with these apps, you can open most word processing documents, spreadsheets, [...]
Apple's Mac Pro users clamor for hardware upgrade
Ardent users are clamoring for quick upgrades to Apple‘s Mac Pro, while an unstable hardware timetable for the high-end desktop has raised concerns about the company’s commitment to professional users.The Mac Pro was last upgraded in July 2010, when Apple announced models with up to 12 processing cores based on Intel’s Xeon server chips. Mac [...]
How to check for and disable Java in OS X
There’s some concern over the use of Java in OS X following a recent finding that Flashback malware variants are now taking advantage of currently unpatched vulnerabilities in the Java runtime.Even though this malware development should not affect the majority ofMac users running OS X 10.7 or later since Apple no longer includes Java with [...]
Apple chief meets officials in China
Apple‘s new chief executive Tim Cook has held talks with officials in China, the US tech giant said Tuesday, the workshop of its products but where its operations have faced difficulties. Apple’s new chief executive Tim Cook, pictured on March 7, has held talks with officials in China, the US tech giant said Tuesday, the [...]
Skullcandy Stock Spikes On Heels Of Annual Report
Item 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. our actual results may differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including, without limitation, those set forth in “Risk Factors,” “Special [...]
Samsung raises design bar with Series 9 laptop (just don’t call it an ‘ultrabook’)
(Credit:CNET/Sarah Tew)One of last year’s most head-turning laptops, the Samsung Series 9, is back, with an even slimmer, sleeker look. Just one year ago, atCES 2011, the term “ultrabook” was never uttered. Instead, we saw a handful of very thin Windows laptops looking to duplicate the aesthetic and commercial appeal of Apple‘s MacBook Air, but [...]
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