- Mac developers betting hard on LeopardPosted by David Morgenstern in The Apple Core on Jan 21, 2008 11:18 PM Subscribe Alerts

- One of the nascent trends at the recent Macworld Expo was the arrival of Leopard-only applications. Despite the ballyhooed success of the Leopard rollout, selling your software to a subset...[Read the rest]
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- Time Capsule = cash grab?
- Time Capsule is one of Apple's featured new product announcements at last week's Macworld Expo in San Francisco. Time Capsule is basically an Airport Extreme WiFi base station (US$179)... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Jan 21, 2008 5:00 AM
- Whatever happened to: the iPhone's planned two-pane Inbox?
- On his personal blog, Engadget chief Ryan Block illustrates his recollection that a year ago at Macworld 2007, one Mr. Jobs showed the then unreleased iPhone as containing a... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on: Jan 19, 2008 9:42 PM
- MacBook Air: thinnest but not lightest (Updated 2x)
- When Steve Jobs introduced the world to the new MacBook Air here on Tuesday he accurately referred to it as "the world's thinnest notebook." While that statement is true, it... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Jan 18, 2008 12:16 PM
- Don't believe the low bit-rate 'HD' lie
- Update 6:00PM - Here’s what fake HD video looks like. Last week at CES, Comcast announced their "HD" video on demand download service over its future DOCSIS 3.0 that allows... [Read the rest]
- Posted by George Ou in Real World IT on: Jan 18, 2008 3:57 AM
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- Dragon speech recognition comes to the Mac
- The big brand in text-to-speech technology will be native on the Macintosh this quarter, according to MacSpeech, the company that landed the licensing deal. It's yet another hurdle overcome for... [Read the rest]
- Posted by David Morgenstern in The Apple Core on: Jan 17, 2008 4:56 PM
- What is the demographic for the MacBook Air?
- I just had an interesting IM exchange with someone who asked me: What is the demographic for the MacBook Air? My response: Rich executives, basically I don't consider myself a... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Jan 17, 2008 1:54 PM
- Mouse inventor sighted at Macworld Expo
- One of the legends of Silicon Valley and a hero to many early Macintosh users is the inventor and techno-philosopher Douglas Engelbart. He invented the computer mouse back in 1967... [Read the rest]
- Posted by David Morgenstern in The Apple Core on: Jan 17, 2008 12:13 PM
- Yes, the MacBook Air is light. But so what-Dell XPS is a better deal on price
- Review after review is underscoring how the new MacBook Air, debuted at Macworld this week, is so light and convenient at just three pounds. That fact cannot be denied.... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on: Jan 17, 2008 5:41 AM
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- Why does the MacBook Air make so many so dumb?
- Believe it, Apple's new ultralight notebook is perfect technology. It's an elite product, something that seems appears to drive populist Mac fans crazy. But this notebook will be Apple's next... [Read the rest]
- Posted by David Morgenstern in The Apple Core on: Jan 16, 2008 11:40 PM
- iTunes movie rentals vs. Netflix: It's Apples (Jobs variety) and oranges
- Apple makes a big plunge into the movie rental business and almost instinctively folks dust off the "Netflix is screwed" line. However, you may want to hold off on that... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jan 16, 2008 1:16 PM
- Apple's Time Capsule delivers seamless backups for Macs
- If you’re a Mac user who wants to maximize Apple’s Time Machine software, good news from Macworld. Apple has unveiled a new router/backup device called Time Capsule that works seamlessly... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Rik Fairlie in SOHO Networking on: Jan 16, 2008 9:05 AM
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- Mac Air and the cost of flash
- Apple offers a flash drive on their new MacBook Air. And it ain't cheap. Should road warriors bite? $999 Replacing the standard 80 GB hard drive with the 64 GB... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Robin Harris in Storage Bits on: Jan 16, 2008 6:07 AM
- 11 Comments
- Why DIDN'T the MacBook Air get the new 45nm CPU?
- Intel launched their brand new 45nm mobile dual-core processors last week with 60% smaller packaging size. Yesterday Apple announced their Über-sleek MacBook Air ultra-slim notebook which also uses a specially... [Read the rest]
- Posted by George Ou in Real World IT on: Jan 16, 2008 3:36 AM
- 87 Comments
- Time Capsule works with PCs too
- Steve Jobs announced a device called the "Time Capsule" at Macworld 2008 today but several important facts were lost in the frenzy. At first glance it looks like yet another... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Ed Burnette in Dev Connection on: Jan 16, 2008 12:01 AM
- 19 Comments
- Nothing new for Ed Tech at Macworld?
- Well, sort of. If you were looking for a new entry-level headless desktop, then no. If you were looking for a UMPC-style low cost Macbook, then no. A brilliantly-executed OLPC... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Christopher Dawson in ZDNet Education on: Jan 15, 2008 10:34 PM
- 3 Comments
- New MacBook Air recalls inappropriate relationships
- I missed going to MacWorld but I couldn't miss the MacBook Air announcement. And it stirred memories of prior inappropriate relationships with my ex'es. It also reminded me of the... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Tom Foremski in Tom Foremski: IMHO on: Jan 15, 2008 10:27 PM
- 4 Comments
- MacWorld? Give me a break...
- I'd rather take a nap. And sleep in. Which is what I did... With hundreds of journalists/bloggers plus Apple's PR machinery why bother showing up? I can read/hear/see about it... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Tom Foremski in Tom Foremski: IMHO on: Jan 15, 2008 10:06 PM
- 3 Comments
- New iPhone update will confuse and upset many Gmail users
- For people using POP access in their iPhone, the new update for the device will automatically convert your email to IMAP without you knowing. Why does that matter? Well, if... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Garett Rogers in Googling Google on: Jan 15, 2008 6:39 PM
- 24 Comments
- Have you noticed? Audio and video in new iPhone Guided Tour is way out of sync?
- I may or may not be the first one to notice that the iPhone Guided Tour- posted today to sync up to Apple's Macworld announcement of the 1.13 iPhone... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on: Jan 15, 2008 5:05 PM
- 5 Comments
- MacBook Air cuts the wires (and ports)
- In its quest to become the world's thinnest notebook, MacBook Air had to give up a few things along the way (in addition to a battery door). The MBA is... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Jan 15, 2008 4:14 PM
- The Steve Jobs Apple Revival Show
- It's been a busy day for the Apple tribe. Steve Jobs announced the thinnest notebook in the universe (I'm not sure that's what the universe needs, but he is at... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Dan Farber in Between the Lines on: Jan 15, 2008 3:31 PM
- More on the MacBook Air battery
- One of the highlights of Macworld Expo 2008 for me is the MacBook Air. It's the machine that I've been asking for for about 10 years. After taking a look... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Jan 15, 2008 3:11 PM
- Putting the Touch on iPod users
- I would have thought that after the iPhone price cut fiasco, Apple would have gotten a bit savvier on the customer-friendly front, but given the company's decision to charge $20... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Josh Taylor in The ToyBox on: Jan 15, 2008 3:07 PM
- 5 Comments
- iPod touch - Update time!
- I've decided to throw $19.95 at Apple and see what the January Software Update has to offer. This is a pretty big update for the iPod touch because not only... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Jan 15, 2008 2:59 PM
- 8 Comments
- What's up with the MacBook Air single USB port and where is the flash card reader?
- You have all probably seen the news about the new MacBook Air announced this morning by Steve Jobs and now that the glitz and glamour of the keynote is wearing... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Matthew Miller in The Mobile Gadgeteer on: Jan 15, 2008 2:22 PM
- 29 Comments
- Macworld Expo: Jobs vs. Gates
- Apple CEO Steve Jobs strides across the stage of the Macworld Expo keynote on Tuesday and the computer industry pauses for an hour and holds its collective breath. Again, Apple... [Read the rest]
- Posted by David Morgenstern in The Apple Core on: Jan 15, 2008 1:52 PM
- Apple investors have their say on the Macworld 08 keynote
- Seems like Apple investors were hoping for for more from the Macworld 08 keynote. This graph says it all really: You can't have a product that's going to shake the... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Jan 15, 2008 12:28 PM
- 9 Comments
- Onto Apple's Macworld stumble - $20 iPod touch upgrade
- Now, I think that Apple's Time Capsule and the new MacBook Air products are likely to be very popular with Mac fans, but something that might not go down so... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Jan 15, 2008 12:14 PM
- 38 Comments
- Steve Jobs' performance: The big takeaways
- Apple CEO Steve Jobs gave his latest performance to the faithful and a few items stood out. He was in good form as usual, and his friends from Google, including... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jan 15, 2008 12:08 PM
- MacBook Air - First thoughts
- At Macworld 08 Steve Jobs introduced us to Apple's latest addition to the Mac family - MacBook Air. What's so special about the MacBook Air? It's the world's thinnest, most... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Jan 15, 2008 11:37 AM
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