"Can Apple Reinvigorate The Ringtone Market?" mocoNews 6:28 AM
"Bruce Sewell to Join Apple as General Counsel & SVP: Apple® today announced that Bruce Sewell, formerly senior vice president and general counsel of Intel Corporation, will join Apple as the company's General Counsel and senior vice president, Legal and Government Affairs, reporting to Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Daniel Cooperman, who has served in these roles at Apple for the past two years, will be retiring at the end of September." Apple 8:28 AM
"Bruce Sewell to Join Apple as General Counsel & SVP" PRNewswire-FirstCall 8:30 AM
"HP MediaSmart home servers get cozier with Macs: New EX490 and EX495 work with remote desktop for Mac, Apple's Time Machine" Computerworld 8:17 AM
"Apple applies stealth Aperture Snow Leopard 'tax'" 9 to 5 Mac 7:20 AM
"iPhone's Safari leads on sexy smarts: Most people would agree that Apple's mobile Safari browser is one of the iPhone's great strengths." PC World 8:24 AM
"MonoTouch drops .NET into Apple's walled app garden: Novell has launched a new SDK for the iPhone that will allow developers to build native iPhone applications with .NET. It uses ahead-of-time compilation to avoid Apple's rules against embedded runtimes." Ars Technica 9:44 AM
"Google Chrome after a year: Sporting a new stable release" Official Google Blog 1:47 PM
"Google Chrome 3 narrows speed gap with Safari" Electronista 1:46 PM
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
"Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard): Fix for making aliases in list view" Betalogue 9:44 AM
"Snow Leopard discussion includes problems affecting Adobe applications, Contextual Menu changes, lots of compatibility notes, Apple Remote, Software Update changes ('bom' files), font-related glitches, Preview and more." MacInTouch 11:48 AM
"Remove preferences and update dyld cache to potentially clear Rosetta problems" CNET Reviews 11:51 AM
"iTunes 9: Hangs causing user frustration" CNET Reviews 3:14 PM
"iPhoto '08 videos not displaying in Snow Leopard?" CNET Reviews 11:51 AM
"Fixing 'Copy Address' in Mail on 10.6" Mac Daddy World 10:07 AM
"Mac OS X Server v10.6: Microsoft Outlook clients may not be able to send mail" Apple Support 6:49 PM
"Mac OS X Server v10.5 or later: How to limit the amount of tasks an Xgrid Agent takes" Apple Support 6:49 PM
"Deleting files from the iTunes library and your computer" Apple Support 3:15 PM
"iTunes 9: Understanding iTunes Media Organization" Apple Support 3:14 PM
"iTunes 9: About the Mini Player" Apple Support 1:49 PM
Reviews/How-To/Tips
"Snow Leopard: Installation and Some Early Impressions" eXtensions 7:14 PM
"ITunes steps up in the world: Apple's iTunes is one of the most-used programs around, but that doesn't mean it's the most beloved. I, and many other users, have had a love-hate relationship with it." Houston Chronicle 7:34 AM
"Camtasia for Mac: Screen recording and editing in one application" Macworld 8:29 AM
"Stream audio from any application with Airfoil" Macworld 8:53 AM
"Universal Audio: The best audio plug-ins for the Mac" The Loop 6:25 PM
"Notational Velocity: Managing 'Data' Instead of 'Documents'" Smoking Apples 12:07 PM
"Are Tiger to Snow Leopard Upgraders Violating the User License?" The Tech Night Owl 6:26 AM
Press Releases
"Blackmagic Design Announces DeckLink Studio 2" DV 7:24 PM
"BlackBerry Desktop Manager for Mac to be released September 25th?" The Boy Genius Report 7:22 PM
"PandaWare TimeCache Macintosh Time and Expense Billing Application Updated to Version 8.0.4" PandaWare 4:27 PM
"Welcome to Contactizer Pro 3.8, the amazing all-in-one solution for managing, sharing and organizing your personal and business information." Objective Decision 4:26 PM
"MonkeyBread releases the MBS REALbasic plug-ins in version 9.6" MacTech Magazine 3:57 PM
"The MacBU Means Business (Edition)! It's been a while since I have posted on Mac Mojo -- it was actually on the eve of the launch of Office 2008 for Mac. Today's milestone warrants another appearance – an update to the Office 2008 for Mac product line. In a nutshell, we've added 'Office 2008 for Mac Business Edition' and we've simplified our offerings to make it easier for customers to identify the best product for their needs." Mactopia 1:49 PM
"Government Mulls iPhone Approval" Korea Times 12:09 PM
"Apple TV price cut in UK as international discount begins" 9 to 5 Mac 7:22 AM
"UK follows US lead in price cut for Apple TV" Macworld UK 9:28 AM
"Insurers Fight Speech-Impairment Remedy" ["Dismayed by the PC's limitations and clunky design, Ms. Lynn turned to a $300 iPhone 3G from Apple running $150 text-to-speech software. Ms. Lynn, who is 48 and lives in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., said it worked better and let her 'wear her voice' around her neck while snuggling with her 5-year-old son, Aiden, who has Down syndrome."] New York Times [Free Registration Required] 11:44 AM
"Headstick Adventures" [MacSurfer Ed. note: fascinating video of man who uses a headstick to navigate his computer and iPod] YouTube 1:05 PM
"Creative Profiles -iPhone Developers -Mubaloo" Macworld UK 10:14 AM
"Penn & Teller Teach iPhone New Tricks" WSJ Blogs 10:05 AM
"iMac Hamster Cage For Sale On eBay" Gizmodo 4:55 PM
"September 15, 1990: NeXT Station Introduced" AppleMatters 3:30 PM
Publications/Podcasts
"Collective Soul interview" ["We're scared to leave our iPhones too far away from us"] iProng Magazine 8:54 AM
"Taiwanese Suppliers Tap Apple's Supply Chain of Tablet PCs" ["The tablet PC features a 9.6-inch screen, finger-touch function and built-in HSPDA (high speed download packet access) module, and adopts a P.A. SEMI processor chip and long lasting battery pack, selling for between US$799 and US$999."] Taiwan Economic News 6:31 AM
"Apple to launch tablet in February 2010, asserts new report: But one analyst is getting weary of the rumors, even though they 'make sense'" Computerworld 3:24 PM
"Fresh Apple tablet rumors: February launch. $800-$1,000. AT&T, not Verizon" Fortune 7:28 AM
"Mac tablet: Fresh squeezed juice on specs, pricing, delivery" Mac.Blorge 7:26 AM
"Latest volley in Tablet rumors circles February" Insanely Great Mac 8:00 AM
"Taiwan Economic News: 9.6-inch, PA Semi Apple Tablet due in February, cost $800-$1000" 9 to 5 Mac 8:38 AM
"Apple Wins 3G iPhone Design & iPhone Battery Audio Alert Patents" Patently Apple 8:52 AM
"Graft an External PSU to a Defective Time Capsule" HardMac 10:49 AM
Price Trackers/Deals
"13'' MacBook Pro Prices & Current Bundles" MacPrices 8:35 AM
"15'' MacBook Pro Prices & Current Bundles" MacPrices 8:35 AM
"13'' MacBook Air Prices & Current Bundles" MacPrices 8:35 AM
"In The US Apple Store 10 refurbished items were restocked including the MacBook Pro 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo for $1299, 62 were unchanged, and eight were Sold Out." While Supplies Last 7:21 AM
"Why Apple Isn't A 'DS Killer': IPhone and iPod Touch have a ways to go to seriously compete with Nintendo and Sony handheld game consoles." Forbes 9:27 PM
"iTransport: Could iPhone apps change the way we travel?" Slate 9:02 PM
"New iPod Nano Fulfills Its Mission, Mostly" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 4:18 PM
"The other iPhone lie: VPN policy support" InfoWorld 4:18 PM
"Apple seeks to halt Psystar's legal case in Florida, alleges that it lied about running Snow Leopard on Psystar hardware" Edible Apple 3:57 PM
"It's an iPhone World -- We Just Live In It" Mac|Life 1:51 PM
"'Updated' 8GB iPod touch has lower price, not better gaming: Those considering the iPod touch for gaming might want to steer clear of the not-so-new 8GB model, which is just last year's model with a lower price. The best gaming performance will come from OpenGL ES 2.0-capable hardware, which is only included in the pricier 32GB and 64GB models." Ars Technica 1:49 PM
"Maybe Apple's Onto Something with the FM Radio" DaniWeb 11:22 AM
"Gaming on the iPhone Stinks!" IT Management 11:03 AM
"Apple FAIL: Stupid iPod Nano Camera Placement!" MethodShop 10:52 AM
"How Do You Like Them Apples?" ["If Japan was so biased against American products, how could Apple's line of iPods jump ahead of Sony in sales in July of 2005 immediately following the company's launch of the Japanese iTunes store?"] The Escapist 10:50 AM
"Google FastFlip Is Especially Useless On The iPhone" The Business Insider 10:49 AM
"The Apple Tablet Strikes Back" Mobility Site 8:39 AM
"Apple and Gaming: Today's Reality and Tomorrow's Dream" Low End Mac 8:36 AM
"Another new chief counsel at Apple" BusinessWeek 10:48 AM
"Apple's New Top Lawyer Has Antitrust Experience: He May Need It" The Business Insider 8:32 AM
"The Logitech V450 Nano Blows Away Apple's Mighty Mouse" Secret Weapons Lab 8:16 AM
"Mac storage: The case for making the move to SSD" Mac.Blorge 7:26 AM
"Why Apple Needs To Make A 'Special' Mac Netbook" Mac360 7:19 AM
Non-Apple
"Mario, and Why the Wii Will Still Reign" Technologizer 3:25 PM
"BeOS comes back to life as Haiku: The late and lamented BeOS appears to be rising like a phoenix from the ashes in the shape of an operating system called Haiku." TG Daily 8:33 AM
"What, if anything, is stopping you from leaving your iPod for the Zune?" CrunchGear 4:33 PM
"ZuneHD May Have More Features Than the iPod, But Are They the Right Ones?" GigaOM 4:19 PM
"Microsoft Zune HD: No Reason To Live/It is hard to think of a valid reason for Microsoft's new Zune HD media player to exist. Not that it isn't feature, spec and price competitive with Apple's iPod, it's just that being competitive isn't enough." PC World 3:23 PM
"Zune HD officially launches today with app strategy as scattered as ever" Edible Apple 1:34 PM
"Microsoft ships latest iPod roadkill (software not included): Microsoft, the Norman Bates of digital media players. Bury that thing already, it stinks." MacDailyNews 1:09 PM
"Bose SoundDock 10 weighs in with $599 of iPod amplification" Engadget 1:47 PM
"New Scosche iPod Nano case with extendable arm" Geek 11:51 AM
"Action RPG Torchlight headed to Mac OS X" OS X Reality 11:34 AM
"Army of Darkness, Now There's An App For That" iPhone Savior 10:14 AM
"Inlet's Spinnaker the de facto Standard for Preparing Digital Media Content for Apple iPhone: Broadcasters, Entertainment Enterprises, and Sports Organizations Rely on Inlet to Power Live and On-Demand iPhone Content" Business Wire 10:13 AM
"Wizzard Media Sees Promising App Sales Growth Through Podcast Marketing" Business Wire 10:13 AM
"Apple presents free Mark Newton photography web seminar" Macworld UK 9:27 AM
"Dexter The Game for iPhone available now" Macworld 8:29 AM
"Logitech intros Portable Lapdesk N315" Macworld 8:29 AM
"Meridian to Follow Up 'Alive 4-Ever' with 'Against the Fire!'" Touch Arcade 4:55 PM
"GDC Austin: 'From AAA to Indie – Tiger Style and the Making of Spider'" Touch Arcade 4:19 PM
"Data East is Back: 'Magical Drop Touch' Available, 'Cobra Command' Coming" Touch Arcade 7:34 AM
"'Wild Wild Train' Free for Limited Time" Touch Arcade 7:34 AM
"The Fax is Reinvented With Mobile Phax for the iPhone From Mitek Systems" PRNewswire-FirstCall 7:33 AM
"TUNEWEAR Releases New Collection of Cases for the 5th Generation iPod nano" TUNEWEAR 7:25 AM
"International Sales Key to iPhone app success" prMac 8:36 AM
"Car Care 1.30 released - Find that great gas station's coffee" prMac 7:24 AM
"iPhone gaming revolution begins: first 3GS with stunning graphics" prMac 7:24 AM
"Dell will pay $4M to settle NY consumer case: Computer maker Dell Inc. will pay $4 million in restitution and penalties more than a year after a New York court found the company engaged in false and deceptive advertising of its promotional credit financing and warranties." Associated Press 4:19 PM
"Windows 7 Cuts Costs 20%, Microsoft Claims: New operating system is more stable and energy efficient than predecessors, according to software maker." InformationWeek 9:35 AM
"Windows 7 is reduced to rainbows and unicorns: Microsoft's new ad offers convincing evidence that the software giant has no shame left." Los Angeles Times [Free Registration Required] 8:21 AM
"Will TCO Claims Kickstart Windows 7 Adoption? Microsoft uses the old 'think of all the money you'll save' marketing pitch." InternetNews 9:24 AM
"Microsoft: Word legal foe paints cockeyed tale/Redmond rebuts claims that it met with i4i only to steal its XML technology; Microsoft wants a new trial, at minimum, calling the verdict a 'miscarriage of justice'" Computerworld 9:24 AM
"Will government gig put Google ahead of Microsoft in cloud race?" Computerworld 6:49 PM
"Silverlight Is Still Racing Flash: Microsoft Closes Technology Gap With Adobe, but Bid to Win Customers Lags" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:27 AM
"Microsoft's Zune HD is no iPod killer: The software giant goes back to its roots with its new multi-platform HD portable media player. But its strategy may not have put iPod in its cross hairs -- yet." CNNMoney 1:46 PM
"Zune HD Marks Microsoft's Latest Frontal Assault on Apple" eWeek 1:48 PM
"Microsoft hopes to turn it around with Zune HD" CNET News 9:43 AM
"Microsoft Zune Team Launches Latest Exercise in Futility" AllThingsD 1:48 PM
"iPod challenger? Microsoft Introduces Zune HD" Fortune 8:07 AM
"Third time for Zune could be charming: Microsoft's third and perhaps best Zune effort goes on sale today, taking on the new generation of camera and app-equipped Apple iPods with a relatively pure music and video player." Seattle Times 9:15 AM
"Microsoft launches new Zune to rival Apple iPod" Reuters 7:27 AM
"Talking Tech With Microsoft's Stephen Elop" WSJ Blogs 10:56 AM
"Microsoft harries XP-loving biz customers on to Windows 7" Channel Register 9:20 AM
"Google and Microsoft bombard Brussels over ad tracking" The Register 9:20 AM
"Windows 7 Install May Take an Hour or a Day: Luckily, most install times are less trying for users, Microsoft deployment blog says." InternetNews 9:24 AM
"Who needs a supercomputer when an Xbox will do?" TG Daily 8:32 AM
"Intel: $1.4B EU monopoly fine based on mistakes" Associated Press 9:08 AM
"Intel asks court to dismiss EU antitrust case: The chipmaker says the EU regulator erred in its $1.45 billion antitrust ruling" IDG News Service 1:48 PM
"Intel: EC failed to meet 'standard of proof' for $1.45 billion fine" ZDNet Blogs 11:24 AM
"Intel argues EU didn't make the case for 'exclusionary' anti-competitive conduct" BetaNews 1:50 PM
"Intel sets out case against record EU fine" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 9:09 AM
"Intel Grabs 81% Of CPU Revenue: The company's share of the global microprocessor market hit a four-year high in 2Q, as the PC market took another step toward recovery" InformationWeek 4:24 PM
"Intel Shake-Up Sets Race for Next Chief: Intel Corp. unveiled a broad management shake-up that sets up a three-horse race to be the future chief executive of the computer-chip giant, with sales chief Sean Maloney viewed as the front-runner." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:27 AM
"Former Intel exec joins Apple as general counsel" MarketWatch 9:08 AM
"How Intel turned failure into success" ZDNet UK 9:11 AM
"IBM SOCs it to 'em with high performance chip" TG Daily 10:52 AM
"Intel details future low-power Xeon chips for communication and storage" DigiTimes 9:43 AM
"Intel CPU domination reaches four-year high in 2Q09, says iSuppli" DigiTimes 9:43 AM
"HP shows off new ultra-thin PCs, stylish netbook" Reuters 8:08 AM
"HP Gets Apple Envy With 13- and 15-Inch Laptops" PC World 7:27 AM
"HP busts out fall PC lineup" The Register 8:24 AM
"HP debuts aluminum notebooks - at a price" TG Daily 8:33 AM
"Oracle CEO Shows Database With Sun Hardware" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:53 PM
"Oracle, Sun Show Off Super-Fast, Flash-based OLTP Server" eWeek 6:49 PM
"Oracle, Sun To Announce Joint Hardware Product: Larry Ellison, Oracle CEO, is slated to unveil 'the world's first OLTP database machine with Sun FlashFire technology' on Tuesday." InformationWeek 9:35 AM
"Oracle's Gift to Growth Investors" The Motley Fool 12:07 PM
"Harnessing the Multicore Mania" PC Magazine 8:17 AM
"PC showdown: Netbook threat heats up" Fortune 11:22 AM
"Sergey Brin: Use of Google Apps could shape tech policy [video] ZDNet Blogs 7:27 PM
"Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Palm, Sprint Nextel, Apple, Research In Motion and Nokia" Business Wire 10:13 AM
Industry News
"Tech Stocks: Tech stocks rise early on broad sector gains" MarketWatch 9:05 AM
"Stocks in tug of war: A better-than-expected retail sales report provides encouragement, but investors remain cautious." CNNMoney 10:11 AM
"Stocks Up Slightly After Data, Earnings" TheStreet 12:08 PM
"Stocks in narrow range in early trading: Stocks were trading in a narrow range in early morning trading Tuesday as investors were weighing mixed signals on the economy." Seattle Times 9:14 AM
"Stocks rise on retail sales: A better-than-expected report on consumer spending lifts market in the early going, but gains are modest." CNNMoney 9:05 AM
"Stocks Balky after Data, Earnings" TheStreet 9:38 AM
"Stocks poised for early pop: U.S. futures rally on better-than-expected retail sales report and producer prices index before the markets open." CNNMoney 8:07 AM
"What's in store for stocks: Instead of trying to guess, here's a simple math equation that you can trust." CNNMoney 9:04 AM
"Asia Markets: Steel market poised for losses as China output hits record/Coming off this year's highs, steel-maker shares in Asia are unlikely to revisit their peak levels from 2007 anytime soon, with steel output in China at a record pace and prices for the metal on the decline, analysts said." MarketWatch 9:29 AM
"Europe Markets: European shares higher after U.S. retail sales data/Air France-KLM upgraded at Merrill Lynch; ING Group declines" MarketWatch 9:29 AM
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