Year: 2010

Mac OS X Server 10.6.5 update is baaaacck

Posted by | Nov 16, 2010 | , |

Apple has re-posted the Mac OS X 10.6.5 update, which it pulled yesterday. Mac OS X 10.6.5 was released last week for both Snow Leopard and Snow Leopard Server users.

Some who installed the update before it disappeared reported issues on the Apple Discussions forums, saying, for example, the update broke Lightweight Directory Access Protocol and Domain Name System functionality, while another said they had a problem with external drives.

The update presumably fixes these issues. It also reportedly fixes a memory aliasing issue in Dovecot’s handling of user names.

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Macs sales on pace for another record breaking quarter

Macs sales on pace for another record breaking quarter

Posted by | Nov 16, 2010 | , |

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster says new retail sales data shows that Mac sales are up 20% year-over-year. In a note to clients — as reported by “AppleInsider” (http://www.appleinsider.com) he says Apple looks to sell between 4.1 million and 4.3 million Macs over the holiday season.

This early data, along with our assumptions for international Mac sales, which are growing faster than domestic Mac sales, and the final 2 months of the quarter, implies (year-over-year) Mac unit growth of 22%-28%, in line with the Street at about 24% year-over-yeargrowth, Munster told clients.

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Greg’s bite: censored by Apple for the NSA?

Greg’s bite: censored by Apple for the NSA?

Posted by | Nov 16, 2010 | , |

imageBy Greg Mills

Since the Islamic attack on the US by Bin Laden’s boys, the burden on the US Government and us as citizens has been increasing dramatically, to protect us from further similar attacks, or worse. This has cost a lot of money for increased security and some lost freedom for us as citizens. I am a veteran of the US Army. I love my country but have serious issues some times with our government.  

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iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for Nov. 15

iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for Nov. 15

Posted by | Nov 15, 2010 | |

Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).

Comcast has unveiled its free Xfinity TV app, which will enable Xfinity TV digital customers to watch TV shows and movies directly on the iPad, either at home or on-the-go in the coming weeks.

Beer Beckmann has announced Jan-Ken-Pon 1.0 for the iPhone. In the US$0.99 rock-paper-scissors game you can battle via Bluetooth and surprise your opponent and more.

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Professor: Apple is company that most endangers the Internet

Professor: Apple is company that most endangers the Internet

Posted by | Nov 15, 2010 | , |

Columbia law professor Tim Wu, the man who coined the term “net neutrality,” says that Apple is the company that most endangers the freedom of the Internet. And he tells the “New York Times” (http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/one-on-one-tim-wu-author-of-the-master-switch/) that he expects that danger to outlive CEO Steve Jobs’ tenure at Apple.

When asked, “do the technology monopolies surrounding the Internet look different than the past?”, Wu had this to say:

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