Month: January 2008

The group’s latest album, “In Rainbows,” which was the subject of an experiment earlier this year…

Can you make money investing in Apple stock the day before a Macworld keynote and selling a day or two later? What if you did it every year before and after Macworld?

For December as a whole, Apple Inc.’s machines accounted for 7.3% of all systems that browsed the 40,000 sites monitored by Net Applications Inc., up significantly from 6.8% during November. At the beginning of 2007, Net Applications pegged Mac OS X’s share at 5.7%, putting the one-year growth rate at about 28%.

In this week’s troika of gadgetry for your viewing pleasure, we’ve got a new underwater camera, a handy (literally) measuring device, and a way to keep tabs on people… who probably don’t want you keeping tabs on them.

In 2008, look for Apple to make nice with its label partners by offering a bit more with each download…

Macrumors is reporting that the rumored ultraportable Macbook we’re hoping for at Macworld 08 is to have Multitouch trackpad and external optical. The optical makes sense, and is welcome.

The latest version of Microsoft’s e-mail, task, and calendar manager feels smoother and more elegant than previous editions, without sacrificing the power to which Entourage users have become accustomed. Tom Negrino shares his first impressions of Entourage 2008.

On New Year’s Eve iCab released version 4.0 if its Web browser…

Avery Dennison plans to introduce DesignPro, new label and card design software to work with its line of stationery, at Macworld Expo.

After taking stock of the hottest Internet and technology stories of the year, Michael Krey (Investor’s Business Daily) puts the release of iPhone at the top of the list. “The iPhone marked Apple’s first smart phone, and the cell phone industry will never be the same. Apple’s product doubles as an iPod digital music and video player.” iPhone, Krey concludes, ushers in “an era of more user-friendly handheld gadgets.”

2007 was by all accounts an outstanding year for Steve Jobs and his beloved Apple Inc. But 2008 can shape up to be even better…

Before we begin a new year of Mac 911 questions and answers, I follow up on a few questions from last year.

Consider it a battle less for hearts and minds than for thumbs and ears…

Hitachi Ltd, Japan’s biggest electronics conglomerate, plans to exit the business of making small hard disk drives…

The iPod version of this classic side-scrolling game is a picture-perfect recreation of the original. But despite the developer’s best efforts, the control system for Sonic just isn’t suited for the iPod’s interface.