Arrr, mateys, mark Sunday, Sept. 19, on your calendar. Tis International Talk Like a Pirate Day (ITLAPD). Though not exactly government sanctioned, it was launched in 1996 by John Baur (Ol’ Chumbucket) and Mark Summers (Cap’n Slappy) — pictured — who proclaimed Sept. 19 each year as the day when everyone in the world should talk like a pirate.
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Well, who would have thought iPad would cut into laptops sales. … read that: PC laptop sales. Mac laptops, unaffected. Sort of like viruses and worms, PCs are suffering while the Mac is unaffected.
While there might be a slight dip in the steep growth curve for Mac laptops, they are still selling very well despite the recession. One only has to use an iPad a while to swear off a desktop computer or PC laptop for a lot of applications.
Read MoreJNSoftware has updated Dialectic (http://www.jonn8.com/dialectic/), a telephony tool for the Mac, to version 1.7. Among the new features are 64-bit compatibility, integration with Exchange, CardDAV, & LDAP accounts, and new or improved support for many devices and services including Aastra IP phones, MagicJack, and more.
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Several U.S. tech companies — including Apple, Google, Intel, Adobe, Intuit and Walt Disney’s Pixar unit — are in advanced talks with the Justice Department to avoid a court battle over whether they colluded to hold down wages by agreeing not to poach each other’s employees, reports the “Wall Street Journal” (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703440604575496182527552678.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews), quoting “people familiar with the matter.”
Read MoreThe iPad officially went on sale in China Friday morning and hundreds of people lined up at Apple stores to be the first to get the tablet device. “Silicon Alley Insider” (http://www.businessinsider.com/china-ipad-lines-2010-9) says that “unlike in the other countries, Chinese consumers had to tough it out through a big rain storm to get their tablet at Apple’s Beijing store.”
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