Category: Apple Day

Apple today introduced the new Mac Pro with eight processor cores and a new system architecture…

For over an hour now, Apple’s online store has been displaying…

Starting at just $2,999, the new Xserve has up to two Quad-Core 3.0 GHz Intel Xeon processors for 8-core performance, a new server architecture, faster front side buses, faster memory, up to 3TB of internal storage and two PCI Express 2.0 expansion slots for greater performance and flexibility. “With the latest Intel processors and no client access licenses, Xserve offers unbeatable server performance and value for under $3,000,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing.

On the verge of signing a large order for PCs, the superintendent of Carterville City Schools quickly put down his pen when Technology Coordinator Sheryl McDonald demonstrated how an iMac could run both Mac and Windows applications. “Our superintendent just about lost it; he was so excited by the capabilities of Boot Camp. We saw that we could have the best of both worlds,” McDonald says. In no time, CCS cancelled its PC purchase plans and ordered a flock of iMac computers.

FileMaker today announced the immediate availability of Bento, its stylish personal database. With an iTunes-inspired interface, Bento offers you an easy way to organize—in one convenient place—all your contacts, calendars, projects, events, media, and other data. Affordably priced at just $49 ($99 for a five-license family pack), Bento runs on Mac computers running Leopard.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs is getting exactly what he asked for nearly a year ago…

Bill Gates outlined his vision of the future in the Microsoft chairman’s final CES keynote Sunday night. And Christopher Breen thinks that vision has a shelf life of exactly 10 days—about the same time between now and when Steve Jobs takes the stage for Macworld Expo.

The newly unveiled chips mark a refresh to the fourth-generation (Santa Rosa) Centrino laptop platform and should begin to appear in new laptops next week, although there’s no definitive word if that includes Apple hardware.

Gadgetbox writer Dan Moren has been dispatched to the Consumer Electronics Show to bring the latest on the world of gadget news. Today: a GPS unit that talks back, a TV with double vision, and a monitor that you may have trouble wrapping your head around.

InfoWorld has released the winners of their 2008 Technology of the Year Awards and the award for Best Notebook Computer goes, of course, to Apple’s MacBook Pro…

InfoWorld has released the winners of their 2008 Technology of the Year Awards and the award for Best Operating System goes, of course, to Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard…

Automator includes dozens of built-in variables, such as dates, times, and system information. With looping, you can repeat actions or groups of actions a set number of times.

Avon Products CEO Andrea Jung will become Apple’s eighth member of its board of directors…

When the market limped into the weekend after a dreary start to the new year…

Search Wikia, the widely awaited search engine from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, is slated to make its official debut on Monday, with the bet that an open-source, community-driven effort can disrupt and reshape this Google-dominated market.