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Apple drops to No. 5 in laptop sales
Written on 17 Jul, 2009 at 11:45 in Featured, Technology | viewed 1,264 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
According to research firm IDC, Apple has dropped from the No. 4 purveyor of laptops in the U.S. last year to No. 5 this spring. The firm estimates that Apple has shipped 12.5 percent fewer laptops than the same time last year, even as it maintained its 7.6 percent market share. Leapfrogging Apple to take the No. 4 spot is Toshiba, now estimated to be shipping 7.7 percent of all laptops in the U.S., thanks to system such as the Mini NB205 Netbook. IDG estimates that Dell remains No. 1, with 26.3 percent of the market, closely followed by HP, with Acer showing strong year-over-year growth to hit 12.6 percent of the American market. Full Story : Cnet.com….
Apple Unveils Mac OS X Snow Leopard
Written on 10 Jun, 2009 at 12:15 in Featured, Technology | viewed 252 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Apple® today unveiled Mac OS® X Snow Leopard™, an even more powerful and refined version of the world’s most advanced operating system and the foundation for future Mac® innovation. Mac OS X version 10.6 Snow Leopard will be available as an upgrade to Mac OS X version 10.5 Leopard in September 2009 through the Apple Store®, Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. Snow Leopard builds support for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 right into Mac OS X Mail, Address Book and iCal so you can use these applications to send and receive email, create and respond to meeting invitations, and search and manage your contacts with global address lists. Full Story : Apple.com….
Google launches Chrome for Mac, Linux - with a caveat
Written on 6 Jun, 2009 at 16:15 in Featured, Product | viewed 685 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Google late Thursday released developer-only versions of its Chrome browser for Mac and Linux, making good on a nine-month-old promise that it would eventually add those editions to the Windows version that debuted last September. The Mac and Linux versions are rough and unstable, warned Google. Chrome accounted for approximately 1.8 percent of those used last month, according to the most recent data from Web metric company Net Applications, a surge of 27 percent from the month before. Full Story : Macworld.com….
Apple Announces Safari 4
Written on 24 Feb, 2009 at 10:55 in Technology | viewed 292 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Apple today announced the public beta of Safari® 4 web browser. Apple claims that the Nitro engine in Safari 4 runs JavaScript 4.2 times faster than Safari 3. According to Apple the technology which the Safari 4 is built on executes JavaScript up to 30 times faster than Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7. Google released its browser Chrome last year.
Mac Virus reported
Written on 23 Jan, 2009 at 11:37 in Technology | viewed 390 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
The reported Trojan connects to a remote server over the internet and allows a malicious user to perform various tasks on the machine. The Trojan was discovered by anti-virus maker Intego. The firm also said the Trojan is being distributed through P2P (peer to peer) networks, specifically illegally produced copies of Apple’s iWork software may contains the malicious code. Trojan is a virus which is contained inside apparently harmless programming or data in such a way that it can get control, exactly like a “Trojan Horse” in Greek mythology. To protect yourself from the infection,simply don’t download anything from P2P, atleast iWork.
MacBook Pro with 60% extended battery life
Written on 7 Jan, 2009 at 20:11 in Technology | viewed 1,556 views times and users have made 1 comment so far
A new battery technology is revealed by Apple today, which Apple claims would improve 17″ MacBook Pro’s battery life by 60%. The new battery can last up to 8 hours on a charge. Apple uses a chip inside the battery that communicates with each cell to make adjustments to the current for each cell. The battery last three times longer than the industry standard. Apple also makes the recycling of the batteries easier by the take-back program.
@ a glance : Jobs has hormone imbalance, will remain Apple CEO
Written on 5 Jan, 2009 at 12:05 in @ a glance, Business | viewed 184 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Steve Jobs has a hormone imbalance that’s been causing his dramatic weight loss, the Apple CEO announced Monday. But he’s also undergoing treatment and expects to continue running Apple. Full Story : Macworld……
(Continue reading)Free Crossover Mac Pro all day Today
Written on 28 Oct, 2008 at 9:51 in Technology | viewed 868 views times and users have made 1 comment so far
CrossOver Mac lets you install many popular Windows applications and games on your Intel-based Mac running OS X. Codeweavers, the creator of the software offered a lame duck challenge to George W. Bush, if the president achieved one of six “Lame Duck” goals during end of his 2nd term, codeweavers would make Windows-API enabler & WINE GUI CrossOver application free to customers for one day. Fortunately(or unfortunately) the global economic condition brought the average price per gallon in Minneapolis down to the target $2.79 which is one of the goals of the challenge. As promised Codeweavers offer all of their application free to download today. Due to overwhelming traffic their website is down right now, but you can still get a serial number which can be used for the next 48 hours to activate the applications.
OpenOffice 3.0 Released, for Mac
Written on 20 Oct, 2008 at 10:13 in Product, Technology | viewed 285 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
The OpenOffice.org Community announced earlier this week the release of OpenOffice.org 3.0. OpenOffice is a free office software suite designed as an alternative to Microsoft Office. The OpenOffice.org (OOo) project ranks high among the most popular open source software applications. In the new version users no longer have to rely on the NeoOffice port or use X11 to run OOo on a Mac. Even corporations begin to use Openoffice in their workplaces. To find the major deployments over the world visit here.
Apple Unveils 24-inch LED Cinema Display for MacBook
Written on 17 Oct, 2008 at 8:21 in Product, Technology | viewed 293 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Apple unveiled a LED Cinema Display featuring a stunning 24-inch LED-backlit widescreen display which is designed for the new MacBook® family. The display contains a built-in iSight® video camera, mic and speakers enclosed in aluminum. The new LED Cinema Display will be available in November through the Apple Stores.
BlackBerry to Boost Mac Support
Written on 22 Sep, 2008 at 8:01 in Product, Technology | viewed 222 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
BlackBerry maker RIM plans to release a set of new tools which will address a number of longstanding complaints from Mac users. Currently, some of the important functions offered by BlackBerry Desktop software for Windows is not available for Mac. New Mac tools are expected to be released during the first half of next year.
Mac’s Market Share Continues to Grow
Written on 28 Aug, 2008 at 12:14 in Business, Technology | viewed 251 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Mac’s user base is growing in a rapid phase,thanks to iPod’s popularity. More and more personal users and small business community are moving to Apple’s Mac computers from Windows PC. Analysts believe Mac’s growing popularity is partly due to a “halo effect,” created by Apple’s iPod. Apple had a 10.4 home market share at the end of the first quarter of this year, compared to 7.5 percent for the first quarter of 2007, and 5.4 percent for the first quarter of 2006. Release of Microsoft’s new operating system Windows Vista also helped Mac to furthered its success.
Microsot Resosponds to Mac ad, enlists Seinfeld
Written on 25 Aug, 2008 at 9:40 in Business, Technology | viewed 213 views times and users have made 2 comments so far
The “Get a Mac” campaign may one of the reasons behind Apple’s rising market share in computer industry. Now Microsoft is fighting back with its own ad campaign. Seinfeld will be one of the key celebrity pitchmen in the $300 million ad campaign which is going to be launched soon. The new ad effort is expected to use some variation of the slogan “Windows, Not Walls.” But its doubtful that $300 million is sufficient to reverse the negative public perception of Windows Vista.
Record Setting in Downgrading.
Written on 20 Aug, 2008 at 15:46 in Technology | viewed 118 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Performance and metrics researcher Devil Mountain Software reports that its survey of over 3,000 Vista PCs revealed nearly 35 percent to be running XP. That means one in three PCs with Vista is downgraded to XP. PC makers have been selling Vista license but actually shipping them with XP installed. Customers want XP so vendors are using the loop holes to provide it. But the survey I’m looking for is..how many people chose Mac because of Vista?
First Apple Store in China.
Written on 23 Jul, 2008 at 9:05 in Business | viewed 139 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Apple opened its first store in China. The new store is located in Beijing’s newest Village at Sanlitun. The store carries the same design as Apple’s other retail stores but with a multilingual Genius bar. iPhone is not available in China at this point. This will be their 219th retail store worldwide.