Mac mini Core Duo

Lost amid the ado of Apple ’s recent - summertime product announcement was a small-scale but pregnant acclivity to the Mac mini demarcation : in addition to drop the humble - end Mac miniskirt Core Solo 1.5GHz and lower the price of the Mac mini Core Duo 1.66GHz model to $ 599 , Apple released a new top - of - the - line $ 799 Mac miniskirt power by a 1....

September 21, 2006 · 8 min · 1500 words · Leslie Moss

Apple updates strengthen wireless security

Apple on Thursday released a Security and AirPort update for Mac OS X that fixes vulnerability constitute in the company ’s wireless gadget driver . Apple said the issue found were the result of an internal audited account of the software system drivers and that no known exploit live for the issues accost in this update . The internal audited account came as a result of claims by a senior research worker at SecureWorks that said he had let on a vulnerability in Apple ’s MacBook radio set software driver that would allow him to take control of the machine ....

September 20, 2006 · 2 min · 398 words · Jamie Chavez

First Look: iTunes Store movies: What you need to know

So much for the iTunes Music Store . Now that Apple ’s iTunes - based department store of digital entertainment take not only music , music videos , myopic films , and TV show , butactual characteristic - distance movies , the companionship has in the end admitted what the rest of us have known for a while — iTunes is n’t just about music any longer . Aside from simplifying the store ’s name , though , Apple ’s announcement that it would be deal motion picture downloads has ramifications for Mac drug user , iPod fans , and couch white potato alike ....

September 20, 2006 · 12 min · 2401 words · Sue Ramos DDS

Game makers up to challenges of creating iPod games

secret plan developer tasked with creating the first full - fledge games for the iPod faced the challenge of developing for a new platform while dealing with Apple ’s desire to keep every detail tight under wraps . But it ’s a challenge the game makers were unable to resist , give the popularity of Apple ’s hand-held music player . “ We opine iPod gaming is a big opportunity , ” order Dave Roberts , CEO of PopCap Games , whose Bejeweled and Zuma are among the nine iPod games available for sale at the iTunes Store ....

September 20, 2006 · 4 min · 849 words · Brianna Anderson

Mac game makers disappointed by iPod shut-out

Many retentive - fourth dimension Mac game developers figure it was inevitable that Apple would one day add together premium games to its iPod medicine player . But when that day finally come earlier this month , many of those same biz developers were left wish they could be a part of it . Of the nine games that made their launching with the iTunes Store , all but two were developed by software maker outside of Apple ....

September 20, 2006 · 6 min · 1096 words · Jenna Petty

Review: Fifth Generation iPod (Late 2006)

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict Of all the announcements Steve Jobs made during a special imperativeness event on September 12 — including anew iPod nano(),the debut of iTunes 7 ( ) and movie downloads , anda new iPod shuffle — an update to thefifth - generation(5 G ) iPod engender the least buzz . Contrary to many hearsay and much speculation leading up to the result , we did n’t see a “ real ” video iPod — one with a big screen and a video - look out - focus excogitation ....

September 20, 2006 · 17 min · 3586 words · Elizabeth Wade

Scroll images in Tiger’s Preview

If you use OS X 10.4 ’s Preview to look at or manipulate image , one affair that may bother you is the ostensible lack of a scrolling creature . In most graphics programme , the scroll shaft is represent by an icon of a bridge player , so you may also hear this look up to as the mitt creature . With the hand dick , you’re able to move about in an image which is larger than that which tally on the screen ....

September 20, 2006 · 3 min · 579 words · James Graham

Analysis: Can Apple’s iTV dominate the living room?

Hewlett Packard ’s endeavor to do it . So is Sony . And Microsoft has made it a major strategical precedency . And yet , for all their endeavour and the resource at their disposal , none of these company have been able to bridge the col between personal computers and home - entertainment systems . So why does Apple think it ’s going to fare any better with its upcoming iTV gadget ?...

September 19, 2006 · 6 min · 1161 words · Jordan Barnett

Apple’s iPod updates: What’s new

Apple has modernise its total iPod bloodline , unveiling young versions of thevideo iPod , iPod nano , andiPod shuffle . have a toilsome time keep up on all the change ? Here ’s a summary of the key changes to all three iPod offerings , admit how they compare to their predecessors . iPod The big news : “ We ’re going to make the iPod more affordable and approachable , ” Apple CEO Steve Jobs said at the iPod ’s September 12 unveiling , and he was n’t kidding ....

September 18, 2006 · 8 min · 1653 words · Allison Schmidt

Drag and drop to Dashboard widgets

If you ’re using OS X 10.4 , here ’s something you may not have realized aboutDashboard : It plunk for drag - and - drop . Many contrivance will accept dropped physical object ; for those who like using drag - and - drop , this is welcome news . drag out text and trope to Dashboard is just about as a simple as dragging them anywhere else — just select the objective or text you wish to drag , click - and - hold up , begin drag on , press F12 to activate Dashboard , and then pilot to the desired widget ’s workplace area and drop the selection ....

September 18, 2006 · 3 min · 581 words · Christopher Ramirez

First Look: iTV: What you need to know

It ’s not every day that Apple gives us a trailer of a piece of hardware that ’s not going to arrive for at least three months , and maybe as longsighted as six . But the tone ending of thenew iTunes Store , let in thesale of full - distance movement movie , would n’t have had as much impingement if Apple did n’t also announce a way to watch those movies on your TV set ....

September 18, 2006 · 12 min · 2510 words · Elizabeth Cooper

Apple looks ahead with iTV

In this very space a week ago , I pen the chase : So now we have Apple ’s response : How ’s about a set - top box that ’s also an AirPort Express - like streaming twist ? basically , that ’s what Apple ’s iTV paradigm is — a sliver of a Mac mini that plugs into your television set set and uses 802.11 wireless networking to pull motion-picture show , music , pic slideshows , and other multimedia from your Mac ....

September 17, 2006 · 5 min · 916 words · Jesse Jacobs

17- and 20-inch iMacs Core 2 Duo

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict Apple hike the processor in its 20 - in iMac to 2.16GHz . And this is n’t just a bare jump in clock speed — the sometime Core Duo check has been replaced with a next - genesis Core 2 Duo that boosts the amount of shared L2 memory cache to 4 MB . Other than the larger screen size of it , faster processor and bigger hard drive , the spec on this exemplar match the 17 - column inch iMac Core 2 Duo/2GHz ....

September 14, 2006 · 9 min · 1890 words · Francisco Durham