Forum roundup: With rumors of upgrades to Apple products such as iPods and MacBooks, MacNN forum goers discuss the timing of a new MacBook purchase, the number one question seems to be “when to buy?” A Fresh-Faced Recruit to our forums is trying to put together a home made gadget to connect a 5.1 surround sound system to their Mac and has started …
Apple’s online store is currently offering refurbished iPod touch models, with three storage capacities to choose from 8GB (up to 1,750 songs) for $199, 16GB (up to $3,500 songs) for $299, and 32GB (up to 7,000 songs) for $429. Also available are 8GB iPod nanos in silver, blue, green, black and pink for $149 that hold up to 2,000 songs for up to 2…
Apple on Thursday unveiled Security Update 2008-005, offering users protection against several major vulnerabilities, some of which affect many different platforms. The most major problem solved relates to Domain Name spoofing wherein a maliciously crafted website, coming in the form of a trusted website, would be substituted, allowing it to collec…
Apple late on Thursday offered up its fifth security update of 2008 to cover an industry-wide and potentially dangerous exploit of Domain Name System servers for spoofing attacks.
Security Update 2008-005 is available for client versions of Mac OS…
Runners, bikers and swimmers have a new iPhone tool, PaceCalc, allowing them to track distances, times and pace. PaceCalc, by Maverick Software, calculates results using time and distance data to provide pace. Athletes can also put distance and pace to calculate time or pace and time to calculate distance. The software offers live recalculating as …
Analysts at Pingdom have recently compared the value of Apple’s and Microsoft’s stocks and noted that over the last five years Apple has seen its stock value grow exponentially. In comparison to its value in 2003, Apple’s stock has grown by 1384-percent while competitor Microsoft has seen its stock drop by 2.45 percent over the last five years. The…
As expected, Apple on Thursday afternoon provided its vast developer community with the first pre-release builds of Mac OS X 10.5.5, but warned developers not to use the software with Macs that contain integrated graphics chips.
“Do not install on…
Apple could boost its least expensive iPod this fall with a redesign and 4GB of storage, according to one report. Also, Quark has shipped a major overhaul of its long-running publishing software, the iFund is now backing a game developer, and Apple …
TRENDnet today shipped its own take on advanced wireless with the Dual Band Wireless N Gigabit Router. Like recent competition, the new networking device gives users the option of running 802.11n Wi-Fi either on the faster but less compatible 5GHz band or on the more ubiquitous 2.4GHz band. A three-antenna MIMO (Multiple In, Multiple Out) array g…
Social bookmarking site Delicious on Thursday announced it has refined its services greatly, while also adding a new domain name through which the site can be reached, Delicious.com. According to a post on Delicious’ blog, the various refinements have allowed the company to enhance speed, search capability, and overall layout of the site. The domai…