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"Back To My Mac" Catches a Thief
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robipilot writes "Mac stolen, Mac comes online, owner connects using 'Back to My Mac,' owner takes picture of culprit, and voila, criminal caught. OK, it wasn't quite that simple, but here's an interesting story of using some built-in technology on the Mac to recover a stolen laptop."<p><a href="http://entertainment.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/11/0133232&from=rss"><img src="http://apple.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/05/11/0133232"></a></p><p><a href="http://entertainment.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/11/0133232&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotApple?a=v6uTyy"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotApple?i=v6uTyy" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotApple/~4/287851899" height="1" width="1"/>kdawson2008-05-11T03:45:00+00:00humordon't-mess-with-an-apple-grrrlentertainment306306,298,219,149,52,30,24http://entertainment.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/11/0133232&from=rssTheorizing a Big Apple Push Into Gaming
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Ian Lamont writes "Terrence Russell has outlined an interesting theory about what industry Apple intends to break into next. He points to games. Forget Pippin II, or an iMac gaming rig — he thinks the mobile realm is where Apple will make a big product push. It's not the first bit of speculation about Apple's renewed interest in gaming, but Russell's theory may have more legs, considering Apple's invitation to develop games on the iPhone SDK, its strong mobile product line, and a Apple trademark extension filed three months ago."<p><a href="http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/08/1811216&from=rss"><img src="http://apple.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/05/08/1811216"></a></p><p><a href="http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/08/1811216&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotApple?a=k097LM"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotApple?i=k097LM" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotApple/~4/286274367" height="1" width="1"/>timothy2008-05-08T18:39:00+00:00macbookremember-nanosaur-fondlyapple364364,357,302,250,57,30,23http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/08/1811216&from=rssiMac Turns 10
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UnknowingFool writes "Ten years ago, Apple announced the original iMac. In some ways it was Apple returning to its roots with an all-in-one design, but in other ways it was a departure from the normal. Certainly it didn't look like any other computer. Apple dropped SCSI, their proprietary connectors, and the floppy drive. Instead Apple used USB for all peripherals including the ergonomically uncomfortable hockey puck mouse. At the time, both the lack of a floppy and the inclusion of USB were much criticized. In hindsight, these moves are now considered forward thinking."<p><a href="http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/08/1535257&from=rss"><img src="http://apple.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/05/08/1535257"></a></p><p><a href="http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/08/1535257&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotApple?a=v1J79l"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotApple?i=v1J79l" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotApple/~4/286186367" height="1" width="1"/>timothy2008-05-08T16:20:00+00:00imacnifty-designapple176176,175,156,122,26,14,9http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/08/1535257&from=rssThe Mac In the Gray Flannel Suit
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oDDmON oUT points us to a BusinessWeek story about the increasing use of Apple products in the corporate sector. Many companies are finding that their employees are pushing for the transition more than Apple itself. Quoting: "While thousands of other companies scratch and claw for the tiniest sliver of the corporate computing market, Apple treats this vast market with utter indifference. After a series of failed offensives by the company in the 1980s and 1990s, Chief Executive Steve Jobs decided to focus squarely on consumers and education customers when he returned to Apple in 1997. As a result, the company doesn't have ranks of corporate salespeople or armies of repairmen waiting to respond every time a hard drive fails. He believes it's difficult for any company, including his, to be effective at satisfying both corporate buyers and consumers."<p><a href="http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/04/1453208&from=rss"><img src="http://apple.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/05/04/1453208"></a></p><p><a href="http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/04/1453208&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotApple?a=Cdp5f8"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotApple?i=Cdp5f8" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotApple/~4/283376359" height="1" width="1"/>Soulskill2008-05-04T16:14:00+00:00businessapple-of-my-eye-tapple392392,391,350,293,73,39,28http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/04/1453208&from=rssJava SE 6 For Mac OS X
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wchatam writes "After a long delay, Apple has finally released a version of Java 6 for OS X. 64-bit Intel Macs are starting to see this pushed out via Software Update, but there has not been an announcement for when 32-bit Intel and PowerPC Mac users will get their versions."<p><a href="http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/03/1929212&from=rss"><img src="http://apple.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/05/03/1929212"></a></p><p><a href="http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/03/1929212&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotApple?a=iFm8Ex"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotApple?i=iFm8Ex" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotApple/~4/282924360" height="1" width="1"/>timothy2008-05-03T20:11:00+00:00javahot-x-rated-javadevelopers132132,125,106,83,15,7,4http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/03/1929212&from=rssMacbook Air Internal EVDO Broadband Card Mod
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Sastira writes "Jordan Bunnell has successfully modded his Macbook Air to use an internal EVDO Broadband card. In order to make everything fit, he had to sacrifice the WiFi and bluetooth cards, but considering the portable nature of the laptop, it is a small price to pay for being truly wireless." (You'll need to scroll down past the sketchy-looking top section of that page.) Sastira also links to this InsanelyMac forum thread on the mod.<p><a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/29/1550232&from=rss"><img src="http://apple.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/04/29/1550232"></a></p><p><a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/29/1550232&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotApple?a=RDjDCZ"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotApple?i=RDjDCZ" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotApple/~4/280197857" height="1" width="1"/>timothy2008-04-29T16:42:00+00:00wirelessevdo-wants-to-be-freehardware6868,65,48,35,5,2,1http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/29/1550232&from=rssOQO Hacker Claims World's Smallest OS X Machine
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TechRadar writes "A hacker has turned his OQO ultraportable into the world's smallest Mac running Leopard. 'I will warn you this project is not for the plug and play crowd but definitely do-able,' the hacker, 'TRF' says. Interesting, given the OQO was designed by ex-Apple employees." It might run Mac OS X, but one thing this OQO is not is a Mac.<p><a href="http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/29/1247225&from=rss"><img src="http://apple.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/04/29/1247225"></a></p><p><a href="http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/29/1247225&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotApple?a=Z1kOmo"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotApple?i=Z1kOmo" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotApple/~4/280087432" height="1" width="1"/>timothy2008-04-29T13:19:00+00:00macbookblurry-youtube-always-convinces-meapple202202,199,157,138,18,10,4http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/29/1247225&from=rssFirst Psystar Mac Clones Ship
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An anonymous reader writes "According to Gizmodo, Psystar has begun shipping its Macintosh clones, thus proving that the company is not a hoax. Initial impressions seem to be positive, though Software Update does not work."<p><a href="http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/28/158249&from=rss"><img src="http://apple.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/04/28/158249"></a></p><p><a href="http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/28/158249&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotApple?a=57nLFp"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotApple?i=57nLFp" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotApple/~4/279464677" height="1" width="1"/>CmdrTaco2008-04-28T15:27:00+00:00macosxapple466466,464,406,327,47,29,12http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/28/158249&from=rssMacs Gaining a Bigger Role In Enterprise
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rev_media tips a short article up at InfoWorld giving some numbers on the increasing Mac presence in businesses. "We're seeing more requests outside of creative services to switch to Macs from PCs," notes the operations manager for a global advertising conglomerate. They "now [support] 2,500 Macs across the US — nearly a quarter of all... US PCs." Another straw in the wind: "Security firm Kapersky Labs has already created a Mac version of its anti-virus software for release should Mac growth continue (and the Mac thus [find] itself prey to more hackers)."<p><a href="http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/27/0212208&from=rss"><img src="http://apple.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/04/27/0212208"></a></p><p><a href="http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/27/0212208&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotApple?a=rGZtXx"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotApple?i=rGZtXx" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotApple/~4/278618892" height="1" width="1"/>kdawson2008-04-27T04:22:00+00:00businessi-want-my-os-xapple383383,374,330,250,54,34,22http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/27/0212208&from=rssApple Prepares For the Coming iPod Slump
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Hugh Pickens writes "Companies like AOL have stagnated along with the products that made them successful as a mature market and downward pressure on prices led to a nasty death spiral, but Saul Hansell writes in the NY Times that Apple has used its amazing six-year run with the iPod to nurture other business lines. Even though the number of iPods sold this quarter grew only 1 percent from the same quarter a year ago, Apple should be able to sustain itself with three business lines that will help it withstand a collapse in the MP3-player market: a continuing revenue stream from the iPods that have already been sold because of the iTunes Store, product upgrades to the iPhone and iPod Touch that are so different that they may well appeal to a significant number of iPod users, and perhaps most significantly, sales of the Macintosh which showed an increase of 51 percent by units and 54 percent by dollars."<p><a href="http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/24/157216&from=rss"><img src="http://apple.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/04/24/157216"></a></p><p><a href="http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/24/157216&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotApple?a=iJJvjs"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotApple?i=iJJvjs" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotApple/~4/277035998" height="1" width="1"/>timothy2008-04-24T16:54:00+00:00mediamighty-shall-fallapple340340,331,284,212,72,48,35http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/24/157216&from=rssApple Buys a Chip Company for $278M
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An anonymous reader writes "Apple's just bought a chip company, P.A. Semi that could make chips for iPhones and maybe iPods. Apple wouldn't reveal the exact plans, but Dan Dobberpuhl, lead designer of Alpha's chips, is known for making super efficient processors, like a 64-bit dual core last year that was supposedly about 300% more efficient than the nearest competition, using only 5 to 13 watts at 2GHz. Apple's quarterly results are later today, so we might hear more about the deal. This is something of a blow to ARM, especially with the mobile chip market heating up recently, with forays by Intel and Nvidia adding to competition from established players like VIA."<p><a href="http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/23/1119241&from=rss"><img src="http://apple.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/04/23/1119241"></a></p><p><a href="http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/23/1119241&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotApple?a=y30pIJ"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotApple?i=y30pIJ" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotApple/~4/276146645" height="1" width="1"/>CmdrTaco2008-04-23T12:48:00+00:00applebillions-burning-holes-in-their-pocketsapple322322,320,275,215,50,30,19http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/23/1119241&from=rssAn IM Patent for the iPhone?
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Ian Lamont writes "Apple has filed a patent for IM on portable devices, which could mean that it's getting ready to launch an IM client for the iPhone. The filing is titled 'Portable Electronic Device for Instant Messaging', and covers methods for sending, receiving, and viewing ongoing conversations. The proposed GUI is similar to Apple's current interface for SMS. As for why iChat wasn't enabled for the iPhone earlier, there's some interesting background and analysis here, which also includes a discussion of AIM for the iPhone. IM also came up in the discussions last year about the most-wanted features in iPhone 2.0."<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/22/1512245&from=rss"><img src="http://apple.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/04/22/1512245"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/22/1512245&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotApple?a=EHYItn"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotApple?i=EHYItn" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotApple/~4/275499901" height="1" width="1"/>timothy2008-04-22T16:01:00+00:00communicationscould-b-could-btech7171,69,59,39,15,6,4http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/22/1512245&from=rssPayPal Denies It Will Block Safari
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Despite reports that PayPal may drop support for Apple's Safari browser because it lacks anti-phishing features, PayPal now says it ain't so. Though PayPal telegraphed displeasure with Safari last January, they're now unambiguous about their position: "We have absolutely no intention of blocking current versions of any browsers, including Apple's Safari, from our website."<p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/21/2352204&from=rss"><img src="http://apple.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/04/21/2352204"></a></p><p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/21/2352204&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotApple?a=HTSBAA"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotApple?i=HTSBAA" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotApple/~4/275086600" height="1" width="1"/>kdawson2008-04-22T02:18:00+00:00securityphishing-for-applesit9898,92,84,68,31,19,16http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/21/2352204&from=rss3G iPhone Expected in June
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MaineCoasts writes "The Times Online reports that European sellers of the iPhone are braced for 'significant losses' on unsold inventories of first-generation iPhones which must be cleared away for the new 3G versions expected in June. The three European distributors of the iPhone 'sold 330,000 units to the end of December, but industry sources say that European sales of the iPhone were forecast to be between 500,000 and 600,000.'"<p><a href="http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/19/1552206&from=rss"><img src="http://apple.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/04/19/1552206"></a></p><p><a href="http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/19/1552206&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotApple?a=OwZmDD"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotApple?i=OwZmDD" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotApple/~4/273622878" height="1" width="1"/>CmdrTaco2008-04-19T16:50:00+00:00cellphonesno-surprises-heremobile167167,165,133,91,33,15,9http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/19/1552206&from=rss$399 Mac Clone Most Likely a Hoax
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timholman writes "According to Gizmodo, an investigation has shown that the $399 OpenMac is almost certainly vaporware, as is Psystar itself. The company's address has actually changed twice this week, according to its web page, and Psystar is no longer accepting credit card transactions. Too bad for those who may have already ordered an OpenMac."<p><a href="http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/18/1858222&from=rss"><img src="http://apple.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/04/18/1858222"></a></p><p><a href="http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/18/1858222&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotApple?a=hlT2gS"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotApple?i=hlT2gS" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotApple/~4/273139346" height="1" width="1"/>ScuttleMonkey2008-04-18T20:42:00+00:00mactoo-good-to-be-true-usually-isapple233233,227,188,144,60,35,24http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/18/1858222&from=rssSearch SlashdotSearch Slashdot storiesquery
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