Entries from December 2007
Posted under Apple on December 31st, 2007 by admin
Apple’s .Mac is a service based on a paid yearly subscription of $100. It offers users many different functions, such as calendar and mail syncing, backup, email, online storage, among others. Many users only require one portion of the service, however, and can not justify the yearly cost for things that they feel they have no use for. BusyMac look…
Posted under Apple on December 31st, 2007 by admin
Synium recently unveiled a beta test for Screenium, its new motion screen-capture application, and also issued a beta for iFinance 2, an update to its personal financial management software. Screenium allows users to record their activities with full internal application and external source audio, enabling them to create video-based tutorials and “…
Posted under bug, Apple on December 31st, 2007 by admin
pdclarry writes “Users of the iPhone have noticed that it is showing December 31, 2007, even where it is already the new year. There have been a number of reports confirming the problem: Bug in Clock, Problem with New Year: My Clock — shows wrong year, Worldclock went wrong for “tomorrow” items.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.


Posted under Apple on December 31st, 2007 by admin
Apple Inc. intends to discuss its results for the just-ended fiscal quarter in late January. Also, a video has surfaced of the major changes rumored to accompany the iPhone’s 1.1.3 firmware upgrade.
Apple’s first fiscal quarter results due Jan. 2…
Posted under Site News, Apple on December 31st, 2007 by admin
Airport Extreme Issue
How to Switch to the Mac
Oregon Trail?
Airport Express
Have you jailbroken your iTouch/iPhone?
Posted under Apple on December 31st, 2007 by admin
Skorpiostech has released a public beta of Changes, its new directory comparison and file differencing utility for Mac OS X. Changes is designed to make managing differences between files and folders fast and efficient by leveraging the power of Leopard’s new Core Animation and Quick Look technologies, providing a smooth workflow that handles compl…
Posted under Apple on December 31st, 2007 by admin
Nova media has released a new update for its iSync plug-ins, bringing their version to v5.1. The software adds support for approximately 130 phones to iSync, letting users copy over their iCal and Address Book information to a phone in advance of formal support from Apple. Brands covered by the plug-ins include Motorola, Samsung and Sony Ericsson…
Posted under Apple on December 31st, 2007 by admin
Apple’s Mac OS X operating system — which the company advertises as more secure than Microsoft Windows — is coming under increased scrutiny by security specialists and underground crackers as the platform increases in market share. After repeatedly posting record quarters and announcing a growth rate well ahead of the personal computer industry i…
Posted under Apple on December 31st, 2007 by admin
Music sales during the holidays have dropped by a dramatic extent in 2007, Variety magazine writes. Although a handful of titles such as Josh Groban’s Noel have fared well, the overall number of albums sold has dropped from 105.3 to 83.9 million between 2006 and 2007 for the peak holiday shopping period following US Thanksgiving — a drop of about…
Posted under Apple on December 31st, 2007 by admin
More details of the highly-anticipated iTunes rental service have been leaked, according to Variety. The movie trade magazine cites “studio sources” as saying that Fox and Disney are indeed confirmed as partners, and will make some sort of appearance during the January 14th Macworld keynote by Apple CEO Steve Jobs. The two may also be joined by o…