"Appletopia: Media Technology and the Religious Imagination of Steve Jobs" is a forthcoming book is expected to arrive on bookshelves (digital or otherwise) this week. The tome looks to bring with it a new level of over-the-top descriptions of computer-human interface, technological innovation and Apple's place in the tech market.
According to an Apple technical note posted on Wednesday, the automatic Software Update software that pushes updates to the masses may not display the EFI and SMC firmware updates released earlier this week.
The PowerPC alliance Thursday responded to online reports of a bug in its new PowerPC 750 processor. The companies said that while the high-performance chip occasionally displayed a floating-point anomaly during tests, the issue will not occur in real-world operations.
Like the Japanese car in the Dearborn auto plant parking lot, Macs and iPhones must create problems for switchers working at Apple competitors as well as companies with a PC-or-die IT policy.
For those of us unable to attend the recent Macworld Expo in San Francisco and attend the many fine sessions, IDG World Expos on Tuesday made available online a number of videos from the program. The "Macworld Encore" videos include some from the MacIT and PowerTools conferences.
A recent Apple technote details the correct MagSafe adapters for various flavors of MacBooks. While most look alike, some have different power ratings.
Redmond pushes security fixes for users of the older Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac, while owners of the recently released Office 2008 receive a large dose of stability fixes (more like instability fixes) and security patches.
Despite Apple's recent spate of Airport updates, complaints on discussion boards keep climbing over long-standing problems with MacBooks and MacBook Pros holding their WiFi connection. While the WiFi technology chain is complex and problems can be transient, Apple is taking a quality-assurance beating on this issue.
The Mac parts and servicing site iFixit late Thursday posted its teardown of the MacBook Air. The look inside Apple's super thin notebook is revealing but shows that only upgrade Rambos will want to crack this puppy.
Is there a method behind the madness of the Windows experience and the elegance of the Macintosh? One reason can be seen with just one look at the human interface principles found on Apple's and Microsoft's developer sites.
