Posts Tagged ‘time’
5 Ways to Bet on Ireland
If fortune favors the brave, is this the time to take a bet on Ireland? Brett Arends lists five ways to do it. Read the rest of this entry »
The Week in Business Tweets: BP 24/7
All spill news, all the time, plus AOL founder Steve Case on the Bebo deal. Read the rest of this entry »
Kiplinger Letter April 23, 2010 (The Kiplinger Letter)
Dear Client: Ready to give up investing in U.S. stocks? It wouldn't be surprising, after the dismal returns of the past decade...a miserable 0% on the S&P 500, including dividends. Read the rest of this entry »
Laptop or Desktop: Which Would You Find It Harder Surviving Without?
The title of a recent Mac Night Owl column by Gene Steinberg grabbed me as a question that might have been more relevant 10 years ago. “Can You Survive Without a Desktop Mac?” Gene queries rhetorically. From my perspective, and I think that of many others these days, the operative would more aptly be, “can you survive without a laptop Mac?” After all, the New York Times first reported that laptop sales exceeded desktops in May 2003, Apple notebook sales surpassed its desktops sold in July 2005, have done so consistently since April 2006, and now represent roughly three-quarters of Mac systems sold, although from time to time desktops gain back some ground, such as with the hot-selling new iMacs. Read the rest of this entry »
Focusing on Backup, Some Econ Technology Programs Now Free
The good folks at Econ Technologies recently began offering some of its software for free, in order to allow it the time to focus on its flagship products. Earlier this week, Portraits & Prints, ImageCaster, and DayChaser specifically, went from paid software to freeware Read the rest of this entry »
Firmware Update Could Maybe Resolve One of iMac’s Problems, At Least
If you’re having problems with your new 27-inch iMac, you’ll be interested to know that Apple released a fix via Software Update for the machines that’s said to resolve screen flicker issues. Now your expensive new purchase will only disappoint you in two or three other ways. Many users are also reporting issues with cracked screens and yellow tinting on the displays, with a gradient from cool to warm as you move from top to bottom down the monitor. Read the rest of this entry »
Rumor Has It: WWDC 2010 Set for June 28-July 2
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is as inevitable as the changing of the seasons, but that doesn’t stop me from getting excited when we get word of a firm date for the event. The Moscone Center’s booking schedule today reveals a block between June 28 and July 2 reserved for a “Corporate Event.” The timing fits perfectly with Apple’s traditional schedule for the event, which always falls somewhere in late June/early July Read the rest of this entry »
Apple Delays iMac Shipments, Says Sorry
Back in November we reported on the news that some of Apple’s new 27-inch iMacs were turning up with shattered screens and dodgy “flashing” displays. At the time, the most plausible explanation for the physical damage was that the packaging designed to protect the machines during transit was insufficient. Read the rest of this entry »
MacUpdate Winter Bundle: $450 Worth of Mac Apps for $50
If you’re looking for a gift to buy yourself this holiday season (or someone else, I suppose, though I never find that people much like software gifts), the MacUpdate Holiday Bundle has just arrived and is well worth considering. Like MacHeist and many other software bundles, MacUpdate’s offers a heaping helping of software at a bargain basement price Read the rest of this entry »
Rumor Has It: iTunes LP Authoring and Submission Coming to iDVD
When Apple revealed its documents and templates detailing the process of creating iTunes LP and Extras for small studios and indie artists to take advantage of, it also noted that for the time being, submission would be manual, but that automated electronic submission was on its way. A new report suggests the vehicle of delivery for that submission could be none other than Apple’s own iDVD media authoring program, part of the iLife suite. The new ability would be part of a major update to the program, which in turn would be one of a series of updates planned across the iLife catalog for the 2010 version of the software bundle Read the rest of this entry »