Month: February 2012
Many users are reporting that they are experiencing some issues with the latest version of Mac OS X. Apple, Inc. rolled out Mac OS X 10.7.3 yesterday and although most users had no issues, there were a good number who are experiencing a CUI Error with the upgrade. Reports are saying that this error is being caused by the Software Update feature of Mac OS X 10.7 and not by the manual download of the upgrade. Our own experience in-house…
Apple Inc (AAPL) is off slightly this morning with the stock moving towards the $456.50 USD per share mark, down from the nearly $457.00 per share marked in last nights after market session. News that Softbank’s net profits fell by 50% third quarter could be weighing on the stock this morning. Softbank is Apple’s primary Japanese partner in the iPhone and iPad. Also there is news that German courts refused to ban two Samsung products yesterday, handing Apple one of…
JotStudio is an application specifically made to the allow precision drawing using Jot by Adonit. The application lets you take note and draw in the application, arranging photos and other media around the drawing. While you can draw badly by hand, having a Jot or JotPro stylus is really your best bet. While initial reviews of the App have been less than stellar, it is still worth the look. Adonit has some issues still to deal with in the App…
A report on the Boy Genius Reports website this morning is showing photos of a purported screenshot from code showing Apple’s next generation iPad. According to the report, the iPad 3 will contain Apple’s A6 Chip and will also be quad core. The new iPad will also be compatible with GSM, CDMA, and LTE networks of all major phone carriers. This would likely include the latest 4G networks as well. Source: BGR
Mac お宝(otakara) is now saying that there are two events scheduled by Apple. The first event which they were saying was for Apple’s iPad 3 announcement apparently has been pushed back to March. The first event supposedly in February is yet unknown. Mac お宝 is saying that the event would be “a Strange Event”. Speculation by some of the posters on the site and others says that the February event might be scheduled to coincide with Steve Jobs birthday which…
Evernote, the application which allows the user to make notes from any media or content, has been updated. Evernote version 3.0.6 has been totally re-vamped for Mac OS X Lion and now includes dull screen editing with multiple windows. Version 3.0.6 includes a number of feature updates and fixes including : Improvements: Redesigned note editor interface Redesigned login/registration window Allow adding and deleting of rows and columns in tables Quick checkbox list creation (hitting enter on a line starting with…
Brutal Deluxe Software has announced the availability of their Fishhead Copier program which allows users to copy software in the GS/OS Environment. Fishhead includes a number of important advancements and features including: * Attribute preservaswtion when copying files * Batch Mode allowing removable devices and consecutive disk copying * Advanced error handling * A complete history log of all copies performed. Fished copies files in 256 byte chunks and it’s primary function is to allow the user to archive a…
Apple Inc, has released the long awaited Mac OS X 10.7.3 Update. The seventh developers seed was released last week with 11D50. That particular seed was figured to be fairly close to release of the product and today, Apple fulfilled that assumption with the release of the formal update. This update , while addressing a number of Microsoft related items including Windows file sharing and MS Word printing issues, the update also focuses on the networking aspects of the operating…
Apple lost a decision last month in Shenzhen Province Court regarding the iPad naming rights in mainland China. The original filer of the name, Proview, apparently still owns the legal rights to the name iPad, in spite of their Taiwan subsidiary having sold the name to a British company, IP Applications. Apple purchased the name from IP Applications in 2010, however, according to Proview, they never transferred the name or the rights to the name. Apple lost a judgement in…
The High Definition version of the popular game Angry Birds has been updated. Version 2.0.2 includes some minor improvements in the performance of the program. This version was produced specifically for the iPad and now comes in English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese , and Spanish. Angry Birds HD is a $4.99 download from the Apple iTunes Store and requires at lead iOS version 3.2. The game can be can be found at: http://itunes.apple.com/jp/app/angry-birds-hd/id364234221?l=en&mt=8
Apple has released an update to the Mac OS X Lion version of the Airport Utility. Version 6.0 is now available for download from the Apple Support website. Also made available for download are the Airport Base Station and Time Capsule Firmware (7.6.1) and the Airport Utility 5.6 for Mac OS X Lion. The 5.6 update includes a fix for an issue with netowrk passwords being stored in the keychain. For more information or to download the Airport Utility, go…
Apple Inc. (AAPL) is one of five companies being named in a lawsuit, claiming they violated antitrust laws by colluding to not recruit employees from the other companies also named in the suit. US district court judge Lucy Koh, declared that the lawsuit can go forward without prejudice. The San Jose California based court judge decided that even if the case was dismissed the plaintiffs could actually we file a new complaint in reference to the current one. The lawsuit…
Apple Inc (AAPL) has been trading between 458 and 459 USD per share in the early morning pre-market trading. At 7:03am EST, the share was at $458.74 or up 2.26 from the close, making yesterdays close of $456.48 USD a share just a mere footnote now as the stock continues its climb towards the $500 a share mark. While there are several minor news items this morning, so far there is nothing to slow down the speed of the climb…
