Author Biography
Along with being a contributing editor to TidBITS since its inception in 1990, Mark works at Cornell Information Technologies at Cornell University, where he is part of the Advanced Technology & Architecture division. He is also a part-owner of Public Communications, a consulting and Web design company based in Ithaca, NY, and a jack-of-all-trades and board member of WVBR.
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iPhone Gets Short End of SlingPlayer Stick
Nearly a year after we got to see a working proof-of-concept app, Apple has finally let SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone and iPod touch into the App Store. The long-awaited handheld app from Sling Media allows Slingbox owners to enjoy whatever's on their television, but only via Wi-Fi, not on cellular networks such as AT&T's 3G network.Read more...
Apple Quietly Improves Low-End MacBook
Without fanfare, Apple has improved the specs of the white MacBook, the low-end $999 white polycarbonate laptop that remains in the product lineup alongside its shinier aluminum cousin. Most notably, the low-end laptop now features Nvidia GeForce 9400M graphics, a dramatic upgrade from the Intel integrated graphics of earlier models.Read more...
Big Discounts on Macs at Best Buy This Week
Why wait for Black Friday, the notorious day-after-Thanksgiving retail bonanza in the U.S.? Retailer Best Buy is offering Apple computers at discounts ranging from $50-150 through Wednesday.Read more...
Best Buy to Sell iPhone in United States
Retail chain Best Buy will become the first retailer besides Apple Stores and AT&T Wireless stores to offer the iPhone in the United States. The phones will go on sale on 07-Sep-08 at almost 1,000 Best Buy locations.Read more...
Microsoft Office 2008 and 2004 Receive Updates
Microsoft has released updates for Office 2004 and Office 2008, providing bug fixes and other improvements, as well as important patches for vulnerabilities in the software. Meantime, the company is offering a discount price on Office 2008 when purchased with a Mac, through 08-Sep-08.Read more...
Apple Stores Ready for 3G Onslaught
Apple and AT&T will both start selling the iPhone 3G at 8am local time at their respective U.S. retail stores, and Apple has provided a list of what to bring with you. Mark also warns of a scam that can see buyers of used iPhones paying twice.Read more...
AT&T Waking Up Early Friday for iPhone Sales
If you were dreading camping out all day next Friday for an iPhone 3G, you may or may not be glad to hear AT&T will start selling the highly anticipated phone at 8am at each store's local time. Meantime, don't get confused: a no-contract iPhone is not an unlocked iPhone.Read more...
Making Macs Shine in a Windows Environment
This month's IT Architecture Forum, which Mark hosts as part of his job at Cornell, was a roundtable about supporting Macs in a Windows-heavy world. Check out the video and links to some useful tools.Read more...
Latest iMacs Offer Faster CPUs and Nvidia Graphics Option
Apple has refreshed the consumer desktop iMac line with faster Intel Core 2 Duo processors and availability of a high-end Nvidia graphics card.Read more...
AT&T Offers iPhone for Enterprise
Ever since the iPhone's arrival last June, corporate users have been champing at the bit for an opportunity to activate Apple's communications marvel on an enterprise plan; iPhones could only be activated by individuals. Finally, this week, AT&T announced enterprise data plans available to government, education, and business accounts.Read more...
When Is a Warranty Not a Warranty?
When you're buying a hardware add-on for your Mac, features and price are key factors, but what about warranty? If your accessory fails, will the manufacturer replace it? We explore what consumers need to know about the differences from one manufacturer's warranty to the next - looking not just at the number of years you're covered, but the number of days, or weeks, you might have to wait for service.Read more...
Bare Bones Software's BBEdit 9.2 -- A burly upgrade with newSleep command, LassoScript support, plus enhancements to Projects
and core features like Find and Multi-File Search windows,
editing in browsers, and text completion. <http://barebones.com/>
Black Friday Office 2008 Deal Too Good to Miss
Black Friday means crazy deals at brick-and-mortar consumer retail stores, and at the Apple Store online and retail locations, but today, it also means a mind-boggling offer from Microsoft: buy Office 2004 for Mac today only, and you'll get a $100 rebate and a free copy of Office 2008 when it ships.Read more...
German Court Forces Unlocked iPhone
That didn't take long. The T-Mobile wireless division of Deutsche Telekom has announced they'll offer an unlocked iPhone in Germany to comply with a court injunction, but freedom won't be cheap.Read more...
Gmail's New IMAP Support a Boon to Mac and iPhone Users
Last week, Google announced Gmail now supports IMAP connections, making their free Web-based mail client even more useful for Mac users and iPhone users on the go.Read more...
FileMaker Pro Has Known Glitches under Leopard
As Leopard rolls out around the world, we're hearing more and more about what third-party applications work, or don't, in the new Mac OS X. FileMaker, Inc. has posted an article in their knowledge base about known problems with FileMaker 9.Read more...
Boot Camp Beta on the Chopping Block
The public beta Boot Camp software that lets users run Windows natively on their Intel Macs carries a user license that expires when Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard becomes available, still, as far as we know, scheduled for later this month. Does the software itself contain an expiration date that will make users' Windows partitions stop working? Here's what we know and what you can do about it.Read more...
Apple Board Member Al Gore Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
While we don't usually talk about politicians or Nobel Prize announcements, today we're following Apple's lead and covering this morning's announcement that former U.S. vice president and Apple board member Al Gore is sharing this year's Nobel Peace Prize.Read more...
AT&T Runaround for Early iPhone Adopters
While many early iPhone purchasers are pleased with Apple's offer of a $100 Apple Store credit for those who purchased the initially pricey gizmo early on, and some are thrilled with the 14-day price protection policy that provided a $200 refund to those who bought in the two weeks immediately before this month's price drop, we hear that some iPhone customers who bought at an AT&T Wireless store have gotten the runaround when attempting to settle up.Read more...
Call Me 'Two Finger' Mark
I've been using a Mac for 20 years, and a mouse for even longer. Clicking is second nature to me. For the last 13 years, I've been using trackpads, on laptops and even as external devicesRead more...
Fetch Softworks: With Fetch 5.5, FTP and SFTP are simplerthan ever. Use it on Mac OS X to upload, download, mirror,
and manage your Web site, images, videos, and data sets.
Download your free trial version! <http://fetchsoftworks.com/>