Apple is No. 3 PC maker in U.S., No. 6 worldwide

"Apple is No. 3 PC maker in U.S., No. 6 worldwide Dueling reports Wednesday from the two leading PC survey firms — Gartner and IDC — confirm what the crowds at the Apple (AAPL) stores have been telling us: The Mac had a great second quarter. According...

7 Phones That Push The iPhone To The Background

"Apple has caused a panic, with competitors scrambling to crank out Web-friendly, widescreen phones. But like the iPod, the harder rivals try to blunt Apple's strengths, the worse they look in comparison. In 2001, Apple started out with just a thin slice of the market for...

Come on & Touch Me, Baby! Teen Creates Home made Touch Screen

"Teen creates multi-touch computer screen May 30th, 2008 @ 10:15pm An Orem, Utah, teenager's science project has caught the eye of Apple engineers. The student built a multi-touch screen, on his...

Defiant Psystar back selling Leopard computers

"Psystar is back online selling "white box" Macs with a few subtle changes, and one employee has already played the monopoly card.As you might recall, Psystar's Web site was overwhelmed Monday after it was found to be selling cheap computers with Mac OS X Leopard...

Some Leopard upgraders see 'blue screen of death'

"A significant number of Mac owners upgrading to Leopard on Friday reported that after installing the new operating system, their machines locked up, showing only an interminable -- and very Windows-like -- "blue screen of death.""

Microsoft Vista driving "smarter money" to Mac: CIOs

A new report suggests that the complexities of migrating to the new Microsoft Windows operating system will drive the "smart money" to the Apple platform."The cost of upgrading to Windows Vista is forcing more...

Apple Store Bans MySpace

The multimedia capabilities of the Mac have proven a little too easy: people have been coming into Apple Stores solely to surf MySpace and upload media created on demo macs. In response, Apple has blocked access...

IE also affected by US$10,000 QuickTime bug

"The security flaw used to breach a MacBook in a hack-a-Mac competition last week also affects Internet Explorer on Windows PCs, according to TippingPoint. Initially, the flaw was thought to be exploitable only...

Apple of Our Eye: Macs Save Money

"There's been a distinct sea change in the way people think about Apple in the last few weeks. Recently, people have been saying the strangest things about Apple and the Mac. Everything is topsy-turvy. Pundits aren't trotting out the old conventional wisdoms any more. They're...

How to Make Fast Love Last

""I thought my lust life with my beau couldn't get any better than our all-night mattress sessions," says Lisa, a 25-year-old market researcher. "Then, last weekend, we had a tawdry tryst in a friend's bathroom. I never knew five minutes could be so earth-shattering." Sound...

Apple Updates Boot Camp Windows-On-Mac Software

"Apple Computer on Tuesday updated Boot Camp, the in-beta, dual-boot software that lets Intel-powered Macs run Windows XP. Beta 1.1 adds support for the newest Apple desktop machine, the Intel Xeon-based Mac Pro; allows installation of the Windows XP partition on any internal...

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