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Huge amounts of MacBook Air may be shipped by Apple in September

Published on: 11th August, 2010

A huge ramp in the production of a new MacBook Air is planned by Apple and suggests significantly more mainstream design, according to Keith Bachman, BMO analyst. Investigating the supply chain, two models have been found enroute in September and would ship in much larger numbers than for the current Air. The researcher did not [...]

Apple’s iPads allegedly used by 23 percent of IT managers

Published on: 22nd July, 2010

About a quarter of the managers working in the IT area are already using the Apple’s iPad, as ITIC claims in a study. At this moment, 23 percent of them have their own iPad and another 18 percent are planning to buy one this year. This does not mean giving iPads to employees, but suggests [...]

Gartner Research shows Mac sales at 24 percent in US, more than industry average

Published on: 22nd July, 2010

A report recently published by Gartner Research says that US Mac sales in the second quarter have reached 24 percent, which means 1.7 million units. This is outpacing the average of the industry. Gartner analysis places the domestic market share of Apple at 9.8 percent, which is higher than the 8.8 percent estimated by IDC.
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Steve Jobs – Most likely no hope for Blu-ray on Apple’s Macs

Published on: 6th July, 2010

Apparently, Steve Jobs left little to no hope that Blu-ray will be available on the Mac in the near future. According to an e-mail response posted by MacRumors, Jobs compared the Blu-ray to the high end audio formats, which allowed the CD; he has also declared that it will soon be beaten by Internet downloadable [...]

Nokia intends to change Ovi Store application rules to resuscitate interest

Published on: 27th June, 2010

Nokia has reformulated some of the rules and software in order to revive developer interest for the Ovi Store. The Finnish company is finally reacting with a long awaited move and now lets individuals, besides companies, to register as Ovi Publishers. It is also possible now for developers to have their applications signed for free, [...]

The first Mac-based 3G/4G USB modem for Sprint

Published on: 25th June, 2010

On June 22, 2010, Sprint has started offering Sierra Wireless’s 3G/4G USB 250U mobile broadband modem. This hybrid modem is Sprint’s first device of this type, which supports Mac OS X and benefits from a 180-degree rotating hinge –this is very practical, as it offers an obstruction-free fit on various models of notebooks, including the [...]

Apple – the only US computer assembler to beat industry average

Published on: 11th June, 2010

Apple has been the only American assembler of computers to beat the average for growth of the industry in the beginning of 2010. With Macs climbing 32.4 percent year-over-year, Apple gained 3.4 percent market share of total computer sales worldwide, which means the seventh place. Hewlett Packard and Dell have grown slower than the 22.7 [...]

Adobe’s Flash and Acrobat to suffer critical security vulnerability

Published on: 9th June, 2010

Adobe has recently posted a warning regarding critical security vulnerability involving both Acrobat and Flash. Susceptibility covers Windows and Mac versions of Flash 10.0 or earlier and all the Acrobat 9 versions. They are all supposed to be used as remote control over users’ computers. The pre-release of Flash 10.1 as well as previous versions [...]

Microsoft’s Live Essentials pack to help Windows versus Mac

Published on: 6th June, 2010

Microsoft has recently claimed the superiority of its media applications by means of its upgraded Windows Live Essentials pack. This one is mainly focused on Photo Gallery and is said to have some advantages compared to iPhoto. Among them, users can build composite images using the best elements of similar images, Facebook integration is tighter [...]

Future Razer peripherals to offer Mac support

Published on: 18th March, 2010

On March 10, 2010, at the Game Developer’s Conference, Razer, the gaming peripherals maker, has announced the launch of drivers which will offer Mac users the possibility to play and enjoy all the company’s upcoming products. Mac drivers will also be backtracked and released for the existing products. In order to validate its statement, Razer [...]

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