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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1292 technology Apple/Macintosh News en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:10:11 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1292 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/applecomputer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091107/tc_pcworld/updatefixesiphonesyncproblemwithwindows7forsome pcworld/20091107/updatefixesiphonesyncproblemwithwindows7forsome PC World technology Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:10:11 GMT PC World - Gigabyte Technology issued a BIOS update on Friday that fixes a problem for some Windows 7 users who have been unable to sync their iPhones. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/applecomputer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20091107/tc_macworld/applestoreannouncesreserveandpickupprogramfortheholidays macworld/20091107/applestoreannouncesreserveandpickupprogramfortheholidays Macworld.com technology Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:12:00 GMT Macworld.com - For you pre-Thanksgiving shoppers, the Apple retail store on Friday announced a way to get a jump on your holiday list. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/applecomputer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20091106/bs_ibd_ibd/20091106tech ibd/20091106/20091106tech Investor's Business Daily business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:30:24 GMT Investor's Business Daily - U.S. Verizon stores opened their doors at 7 a.m. Friday for the launch of Motorola's Droid handset, which many observers see as a credible threat to the Apple iPhone. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/applecomputer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20091106/tc_macworld/xgesturesupdatedforsnowleopard macworld/20091106/xgesturesupdatedforsnowleopard Macworld.com technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:52:00 GMT Macworld.com - Brian Kendall has released an updated version of xGestures for Snow Leopard, which allows you to drive your Mac with "mouse gestures"—a particular combination of mouse movements that triggers a menu item, keystroke, or AppleScript. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/applecomputer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091106/tc_pcworld/birthofthedroidfanboy pcworld/20091106/birthofthedroidfanboy PC World technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:34:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/applecomputer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091106/tc_pcworld/birthofthedroidfanboy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257473623241-1-0.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=W481XdttRKO7wFWzcK0ipA--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="Motorola's new Droid smart phone sold through Verizon is shown here after it was unboxed at the verizon store in Orem, Utah. The Google powered Droid is being released by Verizon November 6.(AFP/Getty Images/George Frey)" border="0" /></a>PC World - It had to happen eventually. The launch of Motorola's Droid makes room for a new kind of fanboy in the tech world: The Droid fanboy, armed at last with a phone that fits with any anti-iPhone lifestyle.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/applecomputer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091106/tc_pcworld/birthofthedroidfanboy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257473623241-1-0.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=W481XdttRKO7wFWzcK0ipA--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="photo" title="Motorola's new Droid smart phone sold through Verizon is shown here after it was unboxed at the verizon store in Orem, Utah. The Google powered Droid is being released by Verizon November 6.(AFP/Getty Images/George Frey)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (PC World) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/applecomputer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20091106/tc_macworld/macdevelopersbandtogetherforonefingerdiscount macworld/20091106/macdevelopersbandtogetherforonefingerdiscount Macworld.com technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:43:00 GMT Macworld.com - MacHeist threw a curveball this year by offering six Mac apps for free (well, in exchange for your name and email), so other developers got motivated to launch a good ol'-fashioned sale. Running in the same time frame as "MacHeist nano," the One Finger Discount (OFD) features a growing number of Mac developers who are selling their fine wares at 20 percent off. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/applecomputer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/wr_nm/us_france_apple_louvre nm/20091106/us_france_apple_louvre Reuters technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:42:05 GMT Reuters - Computer giant Apple Inc will open its first French store beneath the Louvre museum on Saturday just two weeks after Microsoft opened a theme cafe to promote its Windows 7 software. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/applecomputer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091106/bs_nf/69911 nf/20091106/69911 NewsFactor business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:53:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/applecomputer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091106/bs_nf/69911"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257473623241-1-0.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=W481XdttRKO7wFWzcK0ipA--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="Motorola's new Droid smart phone sold through Verizon is shown here after it was unboxed at the verizon store in Orem, Utah. The Google powered Droid is being released by Verizon November 6.(AFP/Getty Images/George Frey)" border="0" /></a>NewsFactor - With the launch of its new Droid smartphone at Verizon Wireless stores Friday, Motorola finally appears poised to recover from a three-year slide during which its mobile handset shipments fell from 22.5 percent to a 5.4 percent share of the global market, according to iSuppli. Verizon is looking for Droid to help overcome the advantages that AT&T has long enjoyed from its exclusive iPhone deal with Apple.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/applecomputer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091106/bs_nf/69911"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257473623241-1-0.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=W481XdttRKO7wFWzcK0ipA--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="photo" title="Motorola's new Droid smart phone sold through Verizon is shown here after it was unboxed at the verizon store in Orem, Utah. The Google powered Droid is being released by Verizon November 6.(AFP/Getty Images/George Frey)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (NewsFactor) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/applecomputer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20091106/tc_macworld/secretsprefpaneupdatedforsnowleopard macworld/20091106/secretsprefpaneupdatedforsnowleopard Macworld.com technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:37:00 GMT Macworld.com - Blacktree Software has released Secrets 1.0.6, a Snow Leopard-compatible version of their preference pane which exposes hidden features on your Mac. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/applecomputer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20091106/tc_macworld/macheistofferssixmacappsforfree macworld/20091106/macheistofferssixmacappsforfree Macworld.com technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:22:00 GMT Macworld.com - The newest MacHeist bundle is out, at the lowest price ever: free. For the cost of an email address (and not your Twitter account, this time), MacHeist is offering licenses for Hordes of Orcs, Mariner Write, ShoveBox, TinyGrab, Twitterrific, and WriteRoom. Mariner Write won't be included in the bundle until 500,000 downloads are reached—but at this price point, I'm not expecting them to fall short. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/applecomputer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091106/tc_pcworld/a998gbiphone3gstokillthemotoroladroid pcworld/20091106/a998gbiphone3gstokillthemotoroladroid PC World technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:27:00 GMT PC World - AT&T and Apple are preparing a cheaper iPhone 3GS just in time for the holidays to distract from the popularity of the Motorola Droid, according to sources quoted by a BoyGenius report. A cheaper version of the iPhone 3GS would come with only 8GB of storage and $100 off the original price tag, replacing the current $99 8GB iPhone 3G. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/applecomputer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20091106/tc_macworld/interviewwiththeproducersofwarhammeronline macworld/20091106/interviewwiththeproducersofwarhammeronline Macworld.com technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:39:00 GMT Macworld.com - What started out as a tabletop game played in the basements of fantasy lovers has evolved into a rich mythos and a series of best-selling video games. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/applecomputer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091106/tc_pcworld/atamptprofilesspecificcitiesinbidforcoverage pcworld/20091106/atamptprofilesspecificcitiesinbidforcoverage PC World technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:50:23 GMT PC World - AT&T has created different mobile calling models for every major city in America as it tries to improve a network that has come under fire for poor performance as the data-friendly iPhone has proliferated, an executive said Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/applecomputer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20091106/tc_macworld/olympusannouncesep2digitalcamera macworld/20091106/olympusannouncesep2digitalcamera Macworld.com technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:02:00 GMT Macworld.com - Just in time for the holiday shopping season, Olympus has announced the E-P2, the second generation of its Micro Four Thirds camera combining the form factor of a compact point-and-shoot with the interchangeable lenses and high-quality image sensor of an SLR. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/applecomputer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20091106/tc_macworld/googledashboardgivesyouabirdseyeviewofyourcloud macworld/20091106/googledashboardgivesyouabirdseyeviewofyourcloud Macworld.com technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:12:00 GMT Macworld.com - If the size of your Google cloud is starting to look like Act IV of A Perfect Storm, you'll probably be interested in the company's latest feature, Google Dashboard—a one-stop shopping overview of all your Google cloud services, with links to preferences and privacy settings for each. (The Dashboard link is somewhat buried on your account settings page, so you might want to bookmark google.com/dashboard.) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/applecomputer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20091105/tc_macworld/kasperskylabreleasesantivirusapp macworld/20091105/kasperskylabreleasesantivirusapp Macworld.com technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:45:00 GMT Macworld.com - If you want make a Mac user mad, just sidle up and whisper the words, “Mac security software.” Then step back as the incensed sputtering ensues. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/applecomputer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091105/tc_pcworld/worldtechupdatenov52009 pcworld/20091105/worldtechupdatenov52009 PC World technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:20:23 GMT PC World - In this week's World Tech Update, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tours Asia and talks about the future of television, HTC launches the HD2 smartphone that runs Windows Mobile 6.5, Intel gets slapped with an antitrust lawsuit, Motorola's Droid gets ready to go on sale, an iPhone app from Harvard Medical School helps protect you from swine flu and new research enables 3D on a Microsoft Surface computer. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/applecomputer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091105/tc_pcworld/couldstevejobsceoofthedecaderunyourcompany pcworld/20091105/couldstevejobsceoofthedecaderunyourcompany PC World technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:04:00 GMT PC World - Before naming him CEO of the Decade, perhaps Fortune magazine should have asked other successful CEOs: Could Steve Jobs run your company? The question is not meant to diminish Job's success, just put it into perspective. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/applecomputer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091105/tc_pcworld/htcerisvsmotorolasdroidataleoftwodroids pcworld/20091105/htcerisvsmotorolasdroidataleoftwodroids PC World business Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:45:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/applecomputer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091105/tc_pcworld/htcerisvsmotorolasdroidataleoftwodroids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257473623241-1-0.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=W481XdttRKO7wFWzcK0ipA--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="Motorola's new Droid smart phone sold through Verizon is shown here after it was unboxed at the verizon store in Orem, Utah. The Google powered Droid is being released by Verizon November 6.(AFP/Getty Images/George Frey)" border="0" /></a>PC World - Ever since Verizon Wireless used Motorola's Droid to diss the iPhone, it's been nothing short of Droid hysteria in the tech world, and it's only getting crazier with today's reveal of the HTC Droid Eris.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/applecomputer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091105/tc_pcworld/htcerisvsmotorolasdroidataleoftwodroids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257473623241-1-0.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=W481XdttRKO7wFWzcK0ipA--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="photo" title="Motorola's new Droid smart phone sold through Verizon is shown here after it was unboxed at the verizon store in Orem, Utah. The Google powered Droid is being released by Verizon November 6.(AFP/Getty Images/George Frey)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (PC World) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/applecomputer/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20091105/tc_macworld/bluebeatsaysbeatlessongsareitsowncreations macworld/20091105/bluebeatsaysbeatlessongsareitsowncreations Macworld.com technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:25:00 GMT Macworld.com - Recently I wrote about BlueBeat, a Website that was not only selling MP3 downloads of The Beatles (something the Fab Four doesn’t yet allow, although you will be able to buy an apple-shaped USB drive with the remastered catalog soon), but also selling music in general for the cut-rate price of 25 cents a track. Something seemed fishy.