Thursday, 07 August 2008
BETT 2009 runs 14-17 January
Jonny Evans
Expect more Apple than ever at next year's BETT 2009 trade show for educators and ICT pros.
Thursday, 07 August 2008
Macs now support Sony Ericsson mobiles
Jonny Evans
FoneLink is a Mac-like user interface for exchanging files, music, photos and videos between a Mac and Sony Ericsson mobiles.
Thursday, 07 August 2008
Apple management shake-up over MobileMe launch
Gregg Keizer, Computerworld (US)
We take a closer look at the changes being made at Apple in the wake of the MobileMe launch, and ask if this means the end of Apple's famed secrecy, and the start of comprehensive beta-testing for its products?
Wednesday, 06 August 2008
EA boss: EA not in the business of 'crappy' licensed games
Jack Loftus, GamePro
EA chief John Riccitiello: "I think what you're noticing is that in years gone by we haven't had as many great, original intellectual properties. There's a lot more of that this year from EA and I think from here forward."
Wednesday, 06 August 2008
Firefox growth slows, IE holds steady
Gregg Keizer, Computerworld (US)
Firefox accounted for 19.2 per cent of the browsers used to access the 40,000 sites Net Applications monitors for its clients, an increase of just 0.2 percentage points over June.
Wednesday, 06 August 2008
Quark launches extensive online help resource
Jonny Evans
Quark launches extensive selection of online advice and resources for users, the Quark Virtual Knowledge Base.
Wednesday, 06 August 2008
Black Hat denies Apple FileVault talk claim
Jonny Evans
Security researcher Charles Edge's claim that he had planned to discuss a previously disclosed flaw within Apple FileVault denied by Black Hat organisers.
Wednesday, 06 August 2008
Softpress puts iPhone in Freeway
Jonny Evans
Latest software update for Freeway web design software offers many features to improve the performance of websites when viewed on an iPhone.
Tuesday, 05 August 2008
Mac OS X market share growth stumbles
Gregg Keizer, Computerworld (US)
In July, Apple's Mac OS X powered 7.76 per cent of the computers that accessed the 40,000 sites Net Applications monitors
Tuesday, 05 August 2008
Consumer group urges, 'Mac users, dump Safari'
Gregg Keizer, Computerworld (US online)
Focus on phishing, consumer group warns, Mac users must beware of Web-based hoaxes which Safari offers scant protection against
Tuesday, 05 August 2008
iPhone Software 2.0.1 available now
Jonny Evans
iPhone update promises bug fixes and reliability improvements, but Apple has not fully described what the specific fixes are for.
Monday, 04 August 2008
Sun Star Office 9 beta ships for Mac
Jonny Evans
Mac users at last get a native version of Sun's powerful Star Office software suite - available now for free trial and download.
Monday, 04 August 2008
Apple nixes security engineering talk
Robert McMillan
Apple has nixed a security talk by company engineers set for the Black Hat security conference.
Monday, 04 August 2008
Apple servers still vulnerable to DNS poisoning, experts warn
Jonny Evans
"It appears that Apple forgot something. The client libaries on my OSX 10.4.11 system, post patch install, still does not randomize the source port," warns security expert on DNS threat.
Monday, 04 August 2008
Adobe takes Olympic challenge
Jonny Evans
Adobe announces deal with CCTV.com to offer online coverage of the Beijing Olympics to sports fans in China and Macau through a dedicated online channel.
Monday, 04 August 2008
Firewall vendors scramble to fix DNS problem
Robert McMillan
Firewall vendors are scrambling to release a bug in their products that undoes part of a recent critical DNS patch.
Monday, 04 August 2008
Firefox closer to supporting open-source video codec
Jeremy Kirk
Mozilla developers are edging closer to releasing a new version of Firefox that could drive the use of open-source software to encode video files.
Friday, 01 August 2008
Rapid's London storage seminar September
Jonny Evans
Rapid Group is holding a storage seminar featuring speakers from Apple, Quantum and DataDirect Networks.
Friday, 01 August 2008
Apple finally patches dangerous DNS flaw
Jeremy Kirk
Apple has issued a patch for the DNS (Domain Name System) flaw considered one of the most dangerous vulnerabilities to ever affect the Internet.
Thursday, 31 July 2008
Sid Meier’s Pirates! comes to the Mac
Jonny Evans
Feral Legends is a new label of Macintosh games being launched under the Feral brand.














