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The iPod and the "product transition"

by Mike Schramm (Jul 27th, 2007)

Perhaps the most interesting and mysterious two words heard yesterday during Apple's big conference call were "product transition." The biggest surprise of the call was that Apple was setting its profit guidance much lower than expected, and the two big causes they gave for doing that were "higher ...

Apple files patent for synchronized lyrics display

by Mike Schramm (Jul 20th, 2007)

If there's one music player feature that never seemed to catch on, it's showing off the lyrics of a given song. The record companies quibbled a little bit about cover art, but now even iTunes will provide you with cover art, and yet lyrics are still confined to ad-laden websites trying to hide from ...

Ars: 'Leopard will be late'

by Dan Lurie (Mar 22nd, 2007)

Everyone seems to have that "reliable inside source" feeding them tasty morsels of information about possible release dates for Leopard. For most other rumors, these disparate (and in most cases non-existent) sources would all be saying wildly different things. It gives credence then to both the ...

Ars Technica reviews the new AirPort Extreme Base Station

by David Chartier (Feb 23rd, 2007)

Clint Ecker at Ars Technica has produced a four-page review of Apple's new AirPort Extreme Base Station, digging into every nook and cranny of what's new in both the software and hardware. Ultimately, Clint really likes the revamped base station, giving Apple strong marks for a broad, powerful ...

Questioning the security of a closed FairPlay

by David Chartier (Feb 9th, 2007)

Ken Fisher at Ars Technica thinks something smells fishy about Steve Jobs's claims that licensing a DRM system will lead to its defeat. By comparing the security track records of iTunes's FairPlay and Microsoft's rival and heavily-licensed PlaysForSure, Ken might also have a good point. As history ...

Rogue Amoeba's Paul Kafasis at Infinite Loop

by Mat Lu (Feb 4th, 2007)

According to Paul Kafasis of Rogue Amoeba, about the same time as he sat down with our very own David Chartier for TUAW Podcast #18, he also gave an interesting interview to the good folks over at Ars Tehnica's Infinite Loop. They talk about Rogue Amoeba's focus on audio, the controversy our own ...

Ars Technica reviews font managers for OS X

by Scott McNulty (Dec 28th, 2006)

Ars Technica is known for their extensive reviews, and Dave Girard's review of OS X font management programs is no different. He takes a look at FontAgent Pro, Font Explorer, and Suitcase Fusion. Font Book, OS X's builtin font application, is not included in the review because isn't 'industrial ...

My Dream App voting round 2

by Scott McNulty (Sep 28th, 2006)

The second round of voting is under way over at My Dream App. Vote and let your voice be heard! Plus, when you vote you get a free copy of Mori, Hog Bay Software's document organizer. This round's judges are the cream of the crop of Mac bloggers including John Siracusa of Ars Technica, John Gruber ...

WWDC Bingo

by Scott McNulty (Jul 24th, 2006)

John Siracusa is best known for writing in-depth and incredibly geeky pieces about Apple technology. Who knew that in addition to being a hardcore geek John can be a whimsical geek as well (I consider myself to be an uberwhimsical geek. It is a fact that I have never lost my child like wonder)? ...

Ars reviews Parallels Desktop 1.0

by Scott McNulty (Jul 10th, 2006)

The Intel chips really have ushered in a new Era for Mac users. No longer do you need to keep a crappy Windows box around for those tasks that require that other OS. Boot Camp, as you know, is Apple's utility that turns your Intel Mac into a dual booting dream machine. But who wants to reboot their ...

Ars Technica reviews the MacBook

by Scott McNulty (May 19th, 2006)

Clint Ecker over at Ars Technica has given his new MacBook a through looking over and has written up his findings. Clint had a hard time finding any negative things to say about the MacBook (he points to the integrated graphics card, and the glossy screen as potential downsides). The most ...

Ars on Aperture 1.1.1

by Scott McNulty (May 10th, 2006)

You may recall that Ars Technica's Dave Girard wasn't a fan of Aperture 1.0. His lengthy review lambasted the product for failing to do the one thing that it claimed it was good at (i.e. RAW support). Now that Aperture 1.1 is out Dave takes a look at how Apple did at improving the application. ...

Intel 17" Core Duo iMac reviewed at Ars Technica

by Fabienne Serriere (Jan 17th, 2006)

Until C.K. receives his 20" Core Duo iMac, we can peruse the in-depth review of the 17-inch model over at Ars Technica. They put the new iMac through its paces including both informal and formal benchmarking with Rosetta and without. The author of the article, Eric Bangeman, notes that when you ...