Google Earth for OS X in the wild
The wildly popular mapping application for the desktop is finally available for Mac OS X. The only catch is that it's not available from Google.
Apple technology keeps gaining respect in the executive suite, with businesses and in the data center. Jason O'Grady and David Morgenstern deliver critical news and penetrating analysis that managers need to succeed.
Jason O'Grady is a journalist and author specializing in mobile technology. He has published six books on Apple and mobile gadgets and his PowerPage blog has been publishing for over 17 years.
David Morgenstern has covered the Mac market and other technology segments for 20 years.
The wildly popular mapping application for the desktop is finally available for Mac OS X. The only catch is that it's not available from Google.
An entry at Folklore.org by Andy Hertzfeld provides an interesting insight into the lengths that the company went to to protect their intellectual property.
It seems logical that the new Intel-based PowerBooks will be the first to ship with three radios: WiFi, BlueTooth and Cellular.
The prognosis isn't so good for FireWire: first it got removed from the iPod, next is the iBook
Yesterday I discussed how a PowerBook could be improved using flash memory technology in place of fixed disks. Today I want to look at ways to improve the display.
Apple should invest R&D resources into eliminating the hard drive from PowerBooks.
Will Apple be able to release professional Intel-based Macs in 2006? Paul Murphy doesn't think so.
You don't have to travel to California or even to a movie theatre to get your fix of Pix. There's a cool exhibition of Pixar art coming to New York's Museum of Modern Art.
Citigroup analyst Richard Gardner speculates that Intel PowerBooks could arrive in January, saying "we are becoming more convinced that Apple will introduce its first Intel-based PowerBook at Macworld San Francisco."
Sources have confirmed that Apple will announce their first Intel Mac in January, presumably at Macworld Expo, and it will be a Mac mini.