Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Best Buy to expand Mac sales in 2007

Best Buy to expand Mac sales in 2007
Such a move would result in a pretty decently-sized increase in additional sales for Apple, according to the predictions of Morgan Stanley analyst Rebecca Runkle last June. Not to mention additional sales for Best Buy, who can count on selling those ever-so-helpful protection plans and other electronic equipment along with those shiny new Macs.

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Geek to Live: Complete, free Mac backup

Geek to Live: Complete, free Mac backup
Despite what Apple wants you to think, your Mac isn't invincible. You already know how to automatically back up your hard drive in Windows. Today we're going to cover three important approaches to Mac backup using completely free tools: versioned data backup, system cloning and off-site backup.

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Is iTunes changing the way 20-somethings watch TV?

Is iTunes changing the way 20-somethings watch TV?
So why are these shows huge hits on iTunes at $1.99 an episode when many of these shows can
’t attract viewers for FREE on broadcast TV? Simple. Younger viewers, college students, largely, are finding iTunes’ “On-Demand” style of television viewing fits their hectic schedule better than appointment TV

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A Guide to What Gets Installed by Google Desktop Mac

A Guide to What Gets Installed by Google Desktop Mac
Google Desktop is a slick, easy-to-use piece of software, but it lacks anything like the Show Files feature of Apple
’s installer. There’s no way to tell what files it’s going to install, or where. This matters with Google Desktop, because there are a lot of files, and they’re installed into some interesting — if not suspicious — locations.

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Apple releases cheaper Apple Cinema Displays

Apple releases cheaper Apple Cinema Displays
What seems to have gone unnoticed in the mayhem surrounding the new 8 Core Mac Pros is that Apple has dropped the price of its Cinema Displays, which are now $1799, $899 and $599 respectively.

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Hands on with the new Google Desktop for Mac

Hands on with the new Google Desktop for Mac
Almost two and a half years after the debut of Google Desktop for Windows, the Google team has unveiled a beta version for the Mac. We took it for a drive before the general release.

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8 CORE Mac Pro OFFICIALLY announced by Apple!!

8 CORE Mac Pro OFFICIALLY announced by Apple!!
8-core or quad-core Mac Pro workstation
Meet the latest addition to the Mac Pro family: The world
’s first 3.0GHz, 8-core Intel Xeon-based Mac Pro. Consider the bar officially raised.

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Apple stokes iPhone anticipation with e-mail teaser

Apple stokes iPhone anticipation with e-mail teaser
Apple Inc.'s eagerly sought iPhone device remains on track to launch this June, according to an email sent out by the company to mobile customers who signed up to received more information on the device.

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Google Desktop for the Mac 1.0

Google Desktop for the Mac 1.0
What's Google Desktop, you ask? It is an application from Google, which indexes the contents of your hard drive (including applications, most files, PDFs, as well as web histories from Safari, Firefox, and Camino) and makes it searchable a la Spotlight. Our PC using friends have had this application for awhile, and it is nice to see that Google has

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