Mac - SlashGear

Posts Tagged ‘mac’

Psystar counterclaim approved: will argue Apple ’stretched’ copyright law

By Chris Davies on Monday, Feb 9th 2009 No Comments

gavel The last we heard of the ongoing Apple/Psystar legal battle, the former had succeeded in having the latter’s initial counterclaim thrown out, while Psystar were accusing Apple of not properly copyrighting OS X in the first place. It wasn’t looking too hot for the Mac-clone maker; however much to Apple’s presumed chagrin, a federal judge has now ruled that Psystar may continue to push its freshly-amended countersuit and even hinted that, if the company can prove its allegations, other companies may be free to sell non-Apple hardware running OS X.

Continued »

Apple iLife ‘09 available today

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Jan 27th 2009 No Comments

iLife ‘09, the latest update to Apple’s media editing suite, goes on sale today, January 27th. Announced earlier this month at Apple’s final Macworld keynote, the package includes a new version of iPhoto with the ability to recognise faces and organise your photo collections accordingly, and GarageBand ‘09 with musical instrument training downloads.

ilife 09 shipping 479x190

Continued »

Photoshop Mac Trojan identified in pirate downloads

By Chris Davies on Monday, Jan 26th 2009 No Comments

A second version of the trojan infecting pirated copies of iWork ‘09 has been identified, this time distributed with torrents of Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Mac. OSX.Trojan.iServices.B installs with root privileges and then opens a back-door to the trojan author, leaving the Mac potentially open to remote takeover. The malware was identified by security firm Intego, who believe around 5,000 people have already downloaded the pirated CS4.

Continued »

Apple Mac mini to use NVIDIA Ion claims insider

By Chris Davies on Friday, Jan 16th 2009 No Comments

While Apple’s Macworld keynote last week made no mention of the predicted Mac mini update, that hasn’t stopped the rumors regarding the company’s intent for the compact desktop computer. According to Tom’s Hardware, a NVIDIA partner has confirmed that Apple intend to use NVIDIA’s Ion platform for their new Mac mini, and in fact were the first to receive prototype units. The sources went on to suggest a March launch, coinciding with CeBIT.

nvidia ion 480x356

Continued »

Disney’s Star Guitarist teaches you to play

By Shawn Farner on Monday, Jan 12th 2009 1 Comment

Are you sick of playing “fake guitar” on Rock Band or Guitar Hero? Do you want to serenade the ladies through song, but don’t know how to play guitar? Fear not – Disney’s Star Guitarist might be able to help you out.

Continued »

SlashGear Week in Review – Week 1 2009

By Chris Davies on Sunday, Jan 4th 2009 No Comments

We kicked off the week with a review of HP’s MediaSmart EX487 Home Server, but after that brief dalliance with Microsoft it was Apple that caught most of the headlines. Much of it is rumor, of course, about what will launch at Macworld next week – A new unibody 17-inch MacBook Pro with integrated battery? A new Mac mini? An iPod touch HD tablet? – but the Dev Team gave us something more concrete with the release of yellowsn0w. If you’ve been waiting to unlock your iPhone 3G, now’s your chance.

hp mediasmart server slashgear 20 vn 480x269

Continued »

Rumor : Larger iPod Touch coming in Fall of 2009

By Daniel Lim on Wednesday, Dec 31st 2008 No Comments

rumor touch Rumors have been circulating that Apple is working on the much-speculate Netbook Mac and is possibly to be announced at MacWorld, San Francisco next week. Could it be truth but a wrong product line? News breaks from the Washington Post’s techie blog claiming Apple could look to launch a larger screen-size iPod touch in the fall of 2009.

Continued »

Rumor : New Mac mini to Launch at Macworld 2009 ?

By Daniel Lim on Wednesday, Dec 31st 2008 No Comments

mac mini The year most anticipated Apple event is only a week away, rumors of what one can expect from Apple at this time of the year are heating up all over the map; first the refreshment of the dramatic iMac, then comes the bombshell of chairman Jobs pulling out the MacWorld keynote address and health’s concern. Yeah, never a dull moment with em’ Macs, and here’s another for the coming Macworld. Mac mini is set to unveil at San Francisco next week!

Continued »

BBC iPlayer TV downloads now available on Macs

By Chris Davies on Friday, Dec 19th 2008 No Comments

bbc iplayer mac The BBC has released a new version of their iPlayer software, which allows Mac users to download TV shows from the service and store them for offline viewing for up to thirty days. While this functionality was made available to PC users around eighteen months ago, until now those running OS X could only stream content, which required a relatively speedy (and available) internet connection.

Continued »

Targus creates high-speed solution for new MacBooks lacking a FireWire port

By Staff Editor on Wednesday, Dec 17th 2008 No Comments

Seasoned Mac users have found the lack of a FireWire port on the late MacBook models a bit odd as just about everyone of them have grown very use to it. Targus has created a new product in hopes to take advantage of what they believe to be a new market created by this recent change.

targus creates high speed solution for new macbooks lacking a firewire port slashgear