I read this morning that Apple is now the No. 3 PC maker in the U.S. with it’s sites set on Dell and HP. This seems pretty impressive to me given how huge Dell has been historically. Reminds me of the days when Apple had only a fraction of 1% of the market in terms of users as well as PC sales.
It’s been a long time coming…and I know this isn’t exactly breaking news for anyone following Mac/Apple related news topics, but I had to comment. I can’t believe how long it’s taken for Psystar to get slapped by Apple for stepping on Apple’s hardware toes. The interesting thing is, based on what I’m reading, this doesn’t appear to be as much about the EULA (End User Licensing Agreement) breach, as about trademark and copyright infringement. Here’s a link to the initial source we found the news at:
The Gray Blog - “Apple Goes After Clone Maker Psystar”
Personally, I like the idea of Mac clones. Although I wasn’t a big fan of the clones in the late 80’s, now that we’re on Intel processors, the hardware options become a lot more interesting. This could end up being a huge boost for the Apple OS and it’s market penetration if they open up licensing at some point. I’m certainly not saying I don’t like Apple hardware, it rocks. But I always cringe a bit at the cost of their more robust systems. Course “cringe a bit” doesn’t prevent me from actually ponying up the bucks to buy a high end system.
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For those of you who have been running into the annoying warning that the last beta release of Remote Desktop Connection for Mac has expired, Microsoft decided to bless us with an updated release yesterday. You can download it here. The new release promises to last until the first official release. The site was down at times yesterday but seems to have been available throughout the day today.
The title of this post says it all. Apple had introduced a 2GB iPod Shuffle this morning for $69 and reduced the price of the 1GB version to $49. As my favorite little MP3 player, I will be heading our to my Apple store to grab one of these, since I happened to have left mine in a pocket for the wash 
My workouts will be filled with music once again!
I can see this one being quite interesting and useful. Spaces could provide some very interesting features to the Apple TV and Front Row. Read the full story at MacNN.
MacNN | The Macintosh News Network wrote:
Patent hints at Spaces in Front Row, Apple TV
Apple has filed for a patent that could retrofit its Spaces feature for use with Front Row and Apple TV. The application, filed on January 7th, is the second patent revealed on February 7th relating to a potential future feature set for Apple TV. One block diagram shows an example of an architecture for generation and use of spaces in a display…
Apple has released the Take 2 update for the Apple TV today without much fanfare. This has been eagerly anticipated since it’s mention at MacWorld. You can update your AppleTV through the device itself. Please leave comments and thoughts on your experience with the new software below!
Apple has announced the release of Aperture 2. This comes as an unexpected suprise to the TweakOSX team. Aperture is our favorite photo management software and is extremely powerful and easy to use for photo correction. The release adds over 100 new features, many which we have been hoping would appear in Aperture. Too many to list here, they include Highlight Recovery, Definition, Vibrancy, and Vignette image tools, a new UI, 50 new tutorials, and many more. To find out whats new, check out the new features page at apple. If you purchased recently (between Jan. 1, 2008 and Mar. 14, 2008), there is a small upgrade fee of $9.95, for everyone else, the price now stands at $199, thanks Apple!
Big news today from News Gator. Our all time favorite RSS reader for the Mac, NetNewsWire, is now free. If you have not tried out NetNewsWire in the past due to its cost, now is your chance. This is, in our opinion, one of the must have Mac applications. Download it today! Oh and did we mention, you now get the News Gator Online account which syncs with NetNewsWire for free as well.
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