Apple clears current executives in stock option probe

An probe into stock choice irregularities by Apple has crystallize its current executive team of any wrongdoing , although CEO Steve Jobs was incur to be mindful or recommended favorable Cary Grant dates , the company said in its regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission . base on the finding of the independent investigation , Apple will take an additional non - cash charge of $ 84 million , after revenue enhancement ....

December 28, 2006 · 2 min · 340 words · Mary Wall

Review: iMovie ’08

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict With the release of iMovie ’ 08 , Apple has redefine its consumer video recording program ’s military mission and methodology . With the popularity of wideband cyberspace access , and particularly the YouTube video sharing entanglement site , iMovie is now focus on helping masses promptly and easily capture , view , organise , and edit movies all in one place , and then readily share them online in a miscellany of formats ....

December 28, 2006 · 13 min · 2654 words · Robin Randolph

The best of the best of 2006

As Apple continues to proliferate in the computer market , the amount of top - notch product and software for Mac users is ever increase . The come list is a digest of what we atMacworldandPlaylistconsider to be 2006 ’s best of the good — products and software that we deem suitable of a rare five - out - of - five rating . Macworld favorites RocBit 2BCompany : RocsecurePrice as rated : $ 230...

December 28, 2006 · 6 min · 1215 words · Kimberly Ware

2006 in review: The year’s most popular stories

What was on the mind of Mac users during the past 12 months ? Here are the most extremely - traffic news report posted at Macworld.com in 2006 . Top 10 account 1 . Macworld Expo live keynote coverage Our blow - by - blow insurance coverage of Steve Jobs ’ keynote to kick off the 2006 Macworld Expo in January included iLife and iWork update as well as the debut of Intel - ground Macs ....

December 27, 2006 · 4 min · 754 words · Andrew Reyes

2006: The year’s biggest Mac stories

Apple may be at the center of the Mac existence , but the it was n’t the only caller making wave in 2006 . Here are some of the year ’s top Mac stories involving other ironware and software Almighty . A Parallels world As Apple began to roll out Intel - establish Macs , the interrogative sentence on many Mac exploiter ’ sass seemed to be , “ Does this think of I could hunt other operating systems — including Windows — on my Mac if I want ?...

December 27, 2006 · 6 min · 1271 words · Jacob Anderson

Airport takes off

Thanks to Apple ’s AirPort technology , every Mac is subject of wireless networking . In 2007 , that technology is going to get a substantial speed boost . Next-gen Wi-Fi The current generation of Wi - Fi technology — bonk as AirPort Extreme to Mac exploiter , and 802.11 g to everyone else — appear in 2003 , and it ’s showing its age . The applied science standard group IEEE has been work on a new wireless networking standard , 802....

December 27, 2006 · 3 min · 453 words · Laura Blair

YouTube response to Japan complaints ‘not satisfactory’

A mathematical group of Japanese content producers that ask YouTube to act on the heavy amount of copyrighted textile on the democratic site say a response receive from the company was unsatisfactory . The grouping , which includes all of Japan ’s major TV broadcasters and several associations that stage copyright holder , complained to YouTube in early December and made several postulation regarding the direction ailment from rightfulness holders are handled and the style users are warned and penalise for upload copyright material ....

December 27, 2006 · 3 min · 467 words · Kimberly Griffin

17-inch MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo/2.33 GHz

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict Like its 15 - inch counterparts , the 17 - inch MacBook Pro pay back a processor bump ( up to 2.33GHz from 2.16GHz ) as well as a new processor entirely . The Intel Core Duo makes way for the Intel Core 2 Duo , a next - generation microprocessor chip promising better performance with the same battery animation . The amount of shared L2 hoard has doubled , as has the installed storage — the 17 - inch MacBook Pro ship with 2 GB of RAM ....

December 26, 2006 · 6 min · 1146 words · Bradley Jackson

The Mac Pro and Photoshop CS3

Last calendar month , in the first part of my three - part report ( parts two and three ) on the new Mac Pro , I reported on Photoshop ’s carrying into action in Rosetta — both subjectively and objectively ( on page three ) via a test of the Liquify filter . I ’ve used this same tryout on other political machine — both Windows XP and Macs — so it ’s become my personal benchmark ....

December 26, 2006 · 2 min · 381 words · Joel Santiago

2006: The year in Apple

It was clear as early as June 2005 what the biggest news show for Apple would be in 2006 — that was the month when Steve Jobs annunciate Apple was jettison the PowerPC chip for fresh processors supplied by Intel . And while the Intel transition obviously eclipse Apple ’s maneuverings this twelvemonth , it was n’t the only word to come out of Cupertino . Intel ( finally ) inside...

December 25, 2006 · 7 min · 1283 words · Courtney Hall

iPhone, iTV, and household names

What ’s in a name ? When a product does n’t really have one , a whole lot . The retiring few weeks I ’ve had numerous conversations about two forthcoming Apple products — one that ’s been announced , another that ’s the subject of intense surmisal . aboveboard , I do n’t think the names that have been kick around about for these two product are even close to their truthful identities ....

December 25, 2006 · 6 min · 1150 words · Aaron Hill

YouTube generation needs more broadband

engineering industry experts meeting in Silicon Valley recently said broadband cyberspace access in the U.S. needs to improve for the “ YouTube generation ” to really flourish . “ We need genuine broadband , ” enunciate Walter Mossberg , a product reviewer and engineering editorialist at theWall Street Journal , one of a dialog box of tech industry observers comment at a forum at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View , Calif....

December 25, 2006 · 3 min · 492 words · James Oliver

Skype aims to meet more business needs

Skype will continue to propose at the business securities industry , adding functions for specific business need , executives said this hebdomad at the company ’s evolution centre in Tallinn , Estonia . The company ’s most recent 3.0 version of its software for Windows allows arrangement administrators to configure and command Skype use across an endeavor and Skype will build on that . ( Skype for Mac 2.0 came out in the fall ; abeta of version 2....

December 21, 2006 · 4 min · 755 words · Amanda Li