Mac users will be happy to hear that Apple has recently pushed out an update for OS X bringing the software to version 10.6.2.

There aren’t many exciting features included with this update but it does fix a plethora of bugs and the like making your computer more secure.

Now what are you doing still reading this, go download it.

Full change log after the break.

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Tags: 10.6.2, Apple, Desktop PCs, Laptops, mac, Mobile Software, OS X, Update

We thought that Barnes and Noble’s eBook reader, the Nook, will hit Amazon hard but we were in for quite a surprise. Amazon intends to make sure that both PC and Mac users will be able to buy all the eBooks they want without actually having to order the Kindle. Or the Nook! We heard about PC support for Amazon eBooks earlier this week and now we hear that Amazon has big plans for Mac owners. A Kindle App for Mac is currently being developed but we have no idea when Amazon will release it.

via fastcompany

Tags: Amazon, application, barnes noble, Kindle, mac, Mobile News, Mobile Software, nook, pc

Windows 7 has just hit store shelves but if you’re looking to run the software on a Mac you’re out of luck as Boot Camp does not officially support it.

Luckily Apple has told us that official support for Windows 7 using Boot Camp is coming before the end of the year when an update for the software will be pushed out.

But wait, if you have a Mac, that means you hate Windows, right?

via macrumors

Tags: Apple, boot camp, mac, microsoft, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Windows 7

Call it whatever you want, recession, economic crisis but it still affects people. Almost everyone is suffering except for Apple. The Cupertino-based company has posted its fiscal Q4 2009 earnings report and the numbers are quite impressive. Apple has brought in $1.67 billion in net profit and $9.87 billion in revenue.

Last year Apple only managed to bring in $1.14 billion in profit but in fiscal Q4 2009 the gross margin went up all the way to 36.6%.

46% of the quarter’s revenue comes from international sales while Mac sales went up 17% compared to last year. Apple sold 8% less iPods, probably because so many people already own one, while iPhone sales went up 7% compared to last year for a total of 7.4 million units.

Apple has also stated that it has a “new lineup for the holiday season and some really great new products in the pipeline for 2010.” Anyone ready to guess what 2010 will bring?

via Apple

Tags: Apple, Apple, Fiscal results, iPhone, ipod, mac, Mobile News

Despite the fact we’re well into 2009 already, Microsoft has just decided to launch 2008 software for Macs out there. In case you were waiting for Microsoft Office 2008 Business Edition for your Mac then we have some pretty good news. Microsoft has announced it and it will start shipping sometime next year. That’s right, you’ll get this “2008” software solution sometime in 2010. Sounds weird? Well it’s all real! Pre-ordering for Office 2008 will start on August 18 and you’ll have to pay $399.95 for fresh copy of Business Edition. If you happen to be upgrading then the pre-order will cost you just $239.95.

via Microsoft

Tags: 2008, Business Edition, mac, microsoft, microsoft, Mobile News, office, pre-order, software

We’ve been hearing about this handset for a long time but it seems RIM has finally decided its time to let the BlackBerry Curve 8520 out of the bag.

This phone will officially feature a 320 x 240 resolution display, 2MP camera with video capture, WiFi, a track pad in place of the iconic track ball and the ability to sync up with Macs right out of the box. This is probably thanks to the Mac version of BlackBerry Desktop Manager that we heard about not too long ago.

Better yet, RIM has also us know that those rumors of the 8520 coming to T-Mobile were true as the phone will officially drop on said carrier August 5th for $129.99.

via Engadget

Tags: 2mp camera, 8520, blackberry curve, blackberry desktop manager, Cell Phones, Gemini, mac, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Research In Motion, software, T-Mobile, track pad, Uncategorized, WiFi

It’s time for Apple to report its earnings for its fiscal third quarter of the year which ended on June 27 so go grab the pop corn since this one is pretty interesting. LG has had a record quarter and so did Apple. In fact this fiscal third quarter is the best non-holiday quarter of the company. The company sold 5.2 million iPhones which is a 626% growth from last year. It also sold 10.2 million iPods and 2.6 million Macs. That totals to $1.23 billion in profits and $8.34 billion in sales.

Steve Jobs had this to say about the whole quarter:

We’re making our most innovative products ever and our customers are responding. We’re thrilled to have sold over 5.2 million iPhones during the quarter and users have downloaded more than 1.5 billion applications from our App Store in its first year.

Did you buy anything from Apple lately?

Tags: Apple, Apple, iPhone, ipod, mac, Report Financial

Verbatim have released a new keyboard with incorporated speakers and two new wireless mice. The Verbatim TuneBoard keyboard has iTunes control keys, switchable backlighting and bass boost, in addition to providing headphone and microphone connections and a built-in microphone. The Verbatim Bluetooth Notebook Laser Mouse connects to a computer thru Bluetooth while the Verbatim Desktop Wireless Laser Mouse, uses a non-standard 2.4GHz connection so it requires a USB dongle.

Each mouse has three speed settings, a tilting scroll-wheel allowing for four-way navigation, and, in the case of the desktop mouse, different programmable buttons. Intended to be used with Macs, the keyboard and two mice are available now, through the Apple store as well as other retailers. The TuneBoard retails for $70 while the Bluetooth mouse goes for $40 and the desktop mouse at $30.

Tags: Accessories, bluetooth, desktop, keyboard, laser, mac, notebook, TuneBoard, Verbatim, Wireless Mouse

We all know how Microsoft is doing its best to make us choose PCs over Macs. But Apple is ready for the fight and has one more I’m a Mac commercial. According to the Cupertino-based company there are no PCs ready to offer you fast processors, big screens and work without viruses, crashes or headaches. Will Megan choose a Mac?

Tags: Ad, advertising, Apple, Commercial, mac, microsoft, Mobile News, pc, Portable Devices, video

Apple has released a new version of its famous browser. Safari 4 Beta will come with a new Javascript engine, the Nitro, which is supposed to be 4.2x faster than Safari 3. The browser will come with new features like Top Sites which shows the most visited websites in a wall of previews. It will also have full history search and you can use Cover Flow to browse through the bookmarks. Safari 4 Beta will also bring you Smart Address Field and Smart Search Field. There’s also Full Page Zoom and Tabs on Top. The new browser will work on both Mac and Windows. As for Windows, Safari 4 Beta will bring you a new look which uses Windows standard font rendering and native title bars so that Safari will better integrate into Windows XP or Vista.

Test Safari 4 Beta for yourself until the final version comes out and tell us how it feels like. Will the iPhone get a new mobile browser too?

via Apple

Tags: Apple, Beta, mac, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Safari 4, windows

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The new Mac Mini photo we’ve shown you a few days ago is said to be counterfeited but despite all of that the video here shows a Mac Mini very similar to what we’ve seen in that picture. The Mini case is identical to the current desktop. It has the same aluminum skin, white plastic top and slot-load optical drive. It has 5 USB ports, a Mini DisplayPort, a mini DVI port and a FireWire 800. As for inside features, the new Mini is expected to sport a 2GHz Core 2 Duo with a 1066MHz system bus, 2GB of DDR3 memory and a SATA SuperDrive. Of course we have no official prices and no arrival dates yet. What do you think? Is this the real Mini?

Tags: Apple, desktop, Desktop PCs, mac, Mini, video

It looks like quite a bunch of Mac users have gotten their Macs infected with a Trojan virus. How did that happen? Well they all downloaded an alleged copy of that new iLife 09 via torrent sites. 20,000 Macs have gotten the software which proved to be Trojan called OSX.Trojan.iServices.A. So here’s how the Trojan works:

When installing iWork 09, the iWorkServices package is installed. The installer for the Trojan horse is launched as soon as a user begins the installation of iWork, following the installer’s request of an administrator password. This software is installed as a startup item (in /System/Library/StartupItems/iWorkServices, a location reserved normally for Apple startup items), where it has read-write-execute permissions for root. The malicious software connects to a remote server over the Internet; this means that a malicious user will be alerted that this Trojan horse is installed on different Macs, and will have the ability to connect to them and perform various actions remotely. The Trojan horse may also download additional components to an infected Mac.

Here’s what you have to do to clean your system. Open Terminal and follow these steps:

1. sudo su (enter password)
2. rm -r /System/Library/StartupItems/iWorkServices
3. rm /private/tmp/.iWorkServices
4. rm /usr/bin/iWorkServices
5. rm -r /Library/Receipts/iWorkServices.pkg
6. killall -9 iWorkServices
7. Wipe, reformat and reinstall OS X from your master disc

I don’t have to tell you what we all learned from this, right children?

via macrumors

Tags: iLife 09, mac, Mobile News, software, Trojan

Apple has a new patent for us folks. The Cupertino-based company has been thinking about a system that would automatically adjust the volume of your iPhone or Mac depending on the ambient noise.

You will be able to control the parameters of that volume control and the application will suggest the use of headphones if the current ambiance is too loud for you. We’re not sure when and if this technology will be included but it would certainly be cool to have the volume of your music and your ringtones adjusted depending on your surroundings. What do you think?

via Patent Office

Tags: Apple, Apple, iPhone, Laptops, mac, Mobile News, Mobile Software, patent, ringtones, Volume

Remember those iPhone nano shots we keep seeing here and there? What about those rumored Apple netbooks? Well none of them are coming from Apple. At least not anytime soon! Apple is not interested in manufacturing either of them and it said so during its fiscal report yesterday.

Tim Cook said:

We are now in over 70 countries with the iPhone and you’re correct, some of them are non-subsidized markets. Examples are, the largest is in terms of size of the market, our sales are clearly materially less in those markets than they are in the subsidized markets with contracts. We are constantly evaluating the best way to play in these markets. We know there’s a huge opportunity here, and we will make adjustments in the future there to play in a better way.

And the iPhone nano is not a viable option as Apple doesn’t want to be the leader in the phone industry but they want to have the best phone. Well I guess the best phone place is taken for now.

Mac netbooks then? Not coming anytime soon from Apple. Tim Cook said:

We’re watching that space, but right now from our point of view, the products in there are principally based on hardware that’s much less powerful than we think customers want, software technology that is not good, cramped keyboards, small displays.

So they have some ideas but they’re not willing to make a netbook yet. Is this what we’re supposed to understand. I mean we’ve seen Sony create an overpriced netbook so we don’t need an Apple overpriced netbook do we?

Tags: Apple, Apple, iPhone, Laptops, mac, Mobile News, Nano, netbook, Other Brands

The new Mac Mini is supposed to arrive soon but it looks like it has already been leaked over. The picture here shows the smallest desktop in the world. First of all is that what I want? The world’s smallest desktop? What about getting a small laptop which also happen to be a really small, tiny desktop?

And what’s up with the lid? What’s cooking inside? Am I to open the Mini at any time I’d want to, you know, just to have a look inside? I imagine this is the first leaked image of the new Mini and we imagine it will be followed by others soon. Apple didn’t say anything about this one yet.

via Macenstein

Tags: Apple, desktop, Desktop PCs, mac, Mini

Apple lovers we have some good news for you this Christmas. Appke is said to be finishing work on that new Mac OS X update. Version 10.5.6 will go through the last planned maintenance and security update for this year.

Some developers were packing version 9G55 and it’s reported that there aren’t any noticeable changes from the previous 9G52 version. Mac OS X 10.5.6 Server was reported to be synced with the client software and now it has the same build number. Are these all signs that show that OS X 10.5.6 will be launched shortly? The client software is just 370MB big while the server update is 100MB bigger than the client’s.

The client update will bring you more than 100 bug fixes and enhancements including MobileMe’s automatic syncing. MobileMe syncing is said to be improved on computers connected to networks with medium or high latency, crappy bandwidth or behind firewalls.

Anxious to see what version 10.5.6 is all about? We’ll let you know when it’s officially available.

via AppleInsider

Tags: 10.5.6, Apple, mac, Mobile News, OS X, software, sofware update

The New Mac Mini Concept from Sait Alanyali on Vimeo.
What you see in this video is designer’s Sait Alanyali version of a new Mac Mini. One of the obvious advantage of this square shape is the I/O ports which are more accessible. But wait, there’s more. The 2.5 inch hard drives are hot swappable. There’s a default one and an empty slot for an extra. But wait, there’s more! The V shape will let air move around the heatsink more freely which means no more hot Minis from now on! And yes, in case you were wondering, there’s even more. The logo is always pointing up as there’s a sensor working for you on that.

So how much does such a baby cost anyway? Apple?

via YankoDesign

Tags: concept, Desktop PCs, mac, Mini, Portable Devices

Well I don’t know if Mac users want to change any of their current keyboards. But just in case they do, Logitech has a new keyboard solution for them: the Logitech diNovo Edge. The keyboard is just 0.87 inch thick and it has the same features of the original diNovo: the PerfectStroke key system, Plexiglas and the aluminum palm rest. It will connect to your Mac wirelessly and the battery will last about three years of intense usage.

Tags: Apple, diNovo Edge, logitech, mac, Mobile News, Portable Devices

Would you have bought a Mac Mini? Would you buy one if Apple reinvented it? Would you buy one if it looked like that? Well why not get a laptop. If a mini desktop looked like that I’d definitely choose an Apple laptop.

Anyhow, we don’t know what’s happening to the Minis from Apple. Sure they kinda look cute and they are highly portable. But they aren’t best sellers. So it’s either that Apple is cutting the whole Mini business or the Cupertino-based company is creating a brand new Mini.

via YankoDesign

Tags: Apple, Desktop PCs, Laptops, mac, Mini, Portable Devices

That’s right peoples! You can get your Firefox Mobile Alpha working already. Well, there are some minor limitations for now. Like we heard a few days ago the Alpha will be first available for the N810 from Nokia. What we didn’t know then but it’s clear now, is that you can install the mobile browser on your PC, Mac or Linux operated computer. Sure it’s not the final thing, and sure we are a long way to go towards the final Firefox Mobile! But why not play with it if some of it is already available.

Tags: Firefox Mobile, Linux, mac, Mobile browser, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Nokia, pc, software