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The Mac Observer: You'll Get Your Mac News Here From Now On...
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Corsaire Publishes Guide on Hardening OS X Leopard

Tue, 19/08/2008 - 22:00
Corsaire, an organization devoted to securing information systems, has published a white paper on how to harden Mac OS X Leopard. The guide includes security guidelines, monitoring with Common Criteria Tools, managing users, system security settings and more
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iPodObserver - Pacific Crest Sees Big Jump in iPhone Surfing, Rising Apple Cash Flow

Tue, 19/08/2008 - 20:30
Pacific Crest analyst Andy Hargreaves published a note to investors on Tuesday noting the rising importance of the iPhone in Internet access and suggested a potential upside to current estimates
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iPodObserver - Blog: Infineon Drivers May be Cause of iPhone 3G Dropped Calls

Tue, 19/08/2008 - 20:00
In the recent flap over the iPhone 3G dropped calls, AT&T said it's not their problem. Instead, sources have suggested that the problem is Infineon's driver code for their 3G chip, according to Chuq Von Rospach in his blog on Tuesday
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Cooliris 1.8 Adds Safari 3.1 Support

Tue, 19/08/2008 - 18:35
Cooliris Cooliris announced the immediate availability of Cooliris 1.8 on Tuesday. The update for the image and video viewer plug-in for Web browsers added support for Safari 3.1
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PCW: Intel, Dell Innovate for Mobile Users, Windows Sleeps

Tue, 19/08/2008 - 18:15
Dell, Intel and their partners have sidestepped Windows and developed some key technologies for mobile users, according to PCWorld. For example, users can check e-mail without booting Windows on a Dell notebook. This is a disaster for Microsoft
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Psystar Misses Another Deadline to Respond, Given Extension

Tue, 19/08/2008 - 17:30
Psystar has missed another deadline to respond to Apple's complaint, but has been given an extension to August 28th. This is not an unusual event, and extensions for filing are routinely granted
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Dr. Mac: Rants & Raves - Episode #84: When Good iPhones Go Bad...

Tue, 19/08/2008 - 17:00

Let me begin with this: I think the iPhone is the coolest and most useful piece of tech gear I've used in this decade. Nothing has stirred my geeky juices the way the iPhone has since... well, since my first Mac in 1985. And much as I love them, I've seen (and fixed) more than my share of iPhone issues over the past year. But until last Saturday I hadn't lost my temper or my faith even once.


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Apple Intros New Get a Mac Ads

Tue, 19/08/2008 - 15:50
Pizza Box

Apple added three new Get a Mac commercials to its Web site on Tuesday. Like the other ads in the popular series, John Hodgman plays the part of PC and Justin Long takes on the role of Mac. Pizza...
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Hot Forum Topic - Reader Perception: Apple's PR

Tue, 19/08/2008 - 15:15
iPhone 3G launch, MobileMe problems, and more. Today TMO readers are talking about the good and bad in Apple's public relations moves
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Apple Tops PCs in Customer Satisfaction Study

Tue, 19/08/2008 - 14:40
Customer satisfaction with PC makers may be dropping, but Apple's ranking is on the rise. Apple's ranking is climbed about eight percent compared to last year to hit 85 on a scale of 100
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Apple to Open Fort Worth Store on Aug 23

Tue, 19/08/2008 - 14:00
Apple Apple is planning to open its University Park Village retail store in Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday, August 23 at 10:00AM. The University Park Village store will sport the usual amenities including a Genius Bar and One to One shopping, and will mark Apple's 15th location in the state
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Apple's $20 Billion Cash and a 21st Century Mission

Tue, 19/08/2008 - 13:30
Apple is accumulating cash at a staggering rate. Their cash and short term investments amounts to over US$20B. No one outside Apple knows what Apple plans to do with it, and while it's folly to make suggestions about what a large company should do with its money, John Martellaro has an idea about what might just be very smart thing for Apple to do
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iPodObserver - Apple Tosses MobileMe Users 60 Day Credit

Tue, 19/08/2008 - 12:50
MobileMe Apple took another step to acknowledge the issues surrounding MobileMe reliability by extending current subscriber memberships an additional 60 days. The company previously extended memberships 30 days, which means qualifying subscriber renewal dates have been extended 90 days
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iPO Review - DLO Portable Speakers for iPhone

Tue, 19/08/2008 - 11:00
Digital Lifestyle Outfitters' ("DLO" hereafter) Portable Speakers for iPhone is just what the name implies, portable speakers for your iPhone. Yes, portable speaker systems are a dime a dozen these days (actually, they're more like $99 and up but you get the picture) but these speakers offer...
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iPodObserver - Apple Releases iPhone 2.0.2 Update

Mon, 18/08/2008 - 23:15
Apple posted OS X iPhone 2.0.2 software late on Monday. The description of what it actually does includes the stunningly terse phrase "Bug fixes."
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iPodObserver - Bloomberg: iPhone 3G May Be Official in Russia Soon

Mon, 18/08/2008 - 22:05
Apple may be on the verge of signing a deal with OAO VimpelCom, Russia's second largest wireless carrier and with OAO MegaFon, Russia's third largest wireless carrier, according to <em>Blomberg News</em> on Monday
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Apple's MobileMe, SproutCore and Web Apps Bypass Silverlight & Flash

Mon, 18/08/2008 - 20:15
Apple has developed an architecture in MobileMe that could lead to 3rd party Web apps, similar to how iPhone customers utilize iPhone apps, according to Daniel Dilger at Roughly Drafted on Friday. One of the keys is open source technology; the other is the payment service and business relationship...
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iPodObserver - India to Get iPhone 3Gs - on a 2G Network

Mon, 18/08/2008 - 19:30
Customers in India will be invited to invited to buy an Apple iPhone 3G later this week. However, there's some fine print: India only has a 2G network, and 3G isn't coming real soon, according to ITWire on Tuesday (in Australia)
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iPodObserver - The Colbert Report Crushes the Microsoft Zune

Mon, 18/08/2008 - 17:20
Last week, in the process of explaining how the "kill switch" on the Apple iPhone is actually designed to kill the user, Stephen Colbert added that the Microsoft Zune can't hurt anyone. In fact, it can't do anything at all
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Hot Forum Topic - The Mac's Growing Market Share

Mon, 18/08/2008 - 15:30
Today TMO readers are looking at the Mac's growing popularity and are speculating on when Apple will hit the ten percent market share point with its computers
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