Tag: apple
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Apple takes the pi** out of Vista' incessant security warnings!
UPDATE: This video has been taken down from YouTube, There is a version of it on the Mac site here (.mov) and there are two similar ads on this page on the Apple site.
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Steve jobs throws the cat among the pigeons!
I have written about DRM many times previously and what an evil, anti-consumer, scum-sucking device it is. Many of the comments on these posts disagreed with my position. I really began to doubt my thinking on DRM though when Bill Gates, speaking about DRM seemed to agree with me!: People should just buy a cd…
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Beatles tracks to be made available for sale online finally?
The Toronto Sun is reporting that the entire Beatles back catalogue may be released through iTunes in the coming months with the first songs being made available as soon as next month- wohoo! This follows on from a deal having been struck between the Beatle’s Apple company and Apple Computers over naming and sales of…
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Keychain saves my life (and my passwords)!
Keychain is a fabulous application which comes as standard on every Mac. It is the program which stores all your passwords for you. For me, it has proven to be a lifesaver time and time again. I have more passwords for more sites than I have hairs on my head (not that that’d be very…
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Apple claims trademark infringement on 'Podcast'
Apple has yet again sent in the lawyers – this seems to be a favourite tactic of theirs which is increasingly giving them a bad name (and I am a Mac fan!). This time, Apple have gone after a company called Podcast Ready for their use of the word Podcast and myPodder (their product name).…
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New Mac Pro Launches
The new Mac Pro was launched yesterday at the Apple World Wide Developer Conference. 64 bit Quad Xeon – up to 3ghz and 16gb RAM! Wow!
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Plus ça change
According to CNet, it appears that the French have backed down on passing legislation which would have forced Apple to open its DRM if it wanted to continue selling music online in France. The background to this is that all the music which Apple sells online through its iTunes stores has Apple DRM software applied…
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GarageBand 3.0.2 update – are they watching me?
Apple announced an update to GarageBand 3.0.2 – this update: addresses issues with video handling, podcast exporting, and importing QuickTime markers. It also addresses a number of other minor issues. This is amazingly co-incidental timing. I run a podcast for IT@Cork and this morning, when I was trying to edit one particular podcast which I…