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Trying to find just the right holiday gift for that special tech person in your life can be a real chore, so the crew at The Mac Observer put together a list of some cool ideas to help out. In part 1 of our gift guide, there's some ideas for Mac and iPhone users, digital photography, ...
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In observance of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, The Mac Observer will be taking Thursday and Friday off. We will resume our regular coverage of the Apple world on Monday, November 30, 2009.
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Skymark Research announced Wednesday that it was initiating coverage of Apple Inc., with an initial "Buy" rating on the company's stock. Using a numeric rating system, Skymark's research report, which was obtained by The Mac Observer, rates Apple at 60% for short term indicators, 75% for medium ...
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Despite its busy schedule with Psystar in U.S. District Court in Northern California, Apple still managed to file a motion to dismiss the PC maker's case in Florida on Tuesday.
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Zevrix Solutions announced the immediate availability of File Courier 1.0 on Wednesday. File Courier is file transfer and FTP application for Mac OS X.
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Using the iPhoto 09 Faces features to organize photos based on who is in them is pretty cool, but hasn't been completely trouble-free. Thanks to Apple's recent iPhoto 09 8.1.1 update Faces should be more reliable, but there's a couple extra steps to take if you previously imported photos with ...
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Microsoft announced on Wednesday that its current Chief Financial Officer, Chris Liddell, will be leaving the company at the end of 2009. Peter Klein, the company's current Business Division CFO, will be taking over Mr. Liddell's position.
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On Tuesday, I talked about some of the gotchas regarding LCD HDTVs and how manufacturers fudge or redefine specs to their own advantage. In this installment, I'll discuss the very basics of handling audio in an HDTV system.
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Apple is suing a company called Media Solutions Holdings, alleging the company is infringing on Apple patents in making its own line of power adapters that work with Apple laptops. According to an InformationWeek report, the lawsuit said, "Through various Web sites and otherwise, the Defendants ...
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Dare to be Creative announced the immediate availability of Parachute 1.0 for the Mac on Wednesday. Parachute is a data backup utility for Mac OS X 10.5 and higher that supports automated backups to several types of storage devices and Internet-based storage, too.
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TMO columnist Ted Landau joined Chuck Joiner on the MacNotables podcast to talk about what Apple may have in store for its Mac Pro lineup, and to share some holiday gift ideas.
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Today TMO readers are talking about Apple's iPod touch and whether or not it's enough to keep many Verizon customers from upgrading their old cell phones to smartphones.
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You can buy your milk and a new iPhone at the same time now that the U.K. supermarket chain Tesco will be selling Apple's combination iPod and smartphone. A spokesperson for the retailer confirmed the company plans to start selling the iPhone "in time for Christmas."
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Microsoft teamed up with Saks Fifth Avenue for the upscale New York retailer's annual holiday display. Windows 7 is being used to drive displays showing off the annual Saks children's Christmas book, and holiday tweets, too.
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Apple released Final Cut Server 1.5.1 on Tuesday with fixes that improve overall stability and compatibility-related issues.
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Apple released the iPhoto 8.1.1 update for iPhoto '09 late on Tuesday. The update for the digital photo management application fixed an issue where faces were incorrectly matched.
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Heading into the Thanksgiving holiday, several new games have appeared at the App Store, including Word Burst, Hoggy, Talent Dare: Music, and more.
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Apple has added a new Live Music section to the iTunes Store as a channel for live recording both old and new. The company is offering concert films, classic concert albums, and a special sub-section dedicated to new, recent recordings from concert promoter Live Nation. The new Live section also ...
