Apple Posts Aperture Update 1.5.6, Leopard Compatible

Apple posted an Aperture Update, 1.5.6, on Friday. The updated is recommened for all users and supports Leopard.

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Four new features in Leopard

Josh Lowensohn takes a look at four new features in Mac OS X Leopard that you may enjoy.

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Greenpeace Loves to Pick On Apple

Apple's high profile with the save-the-whales crowd makes it a convenient target. Here's how the computer maker could call off the dogs once and for all

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Apple trying to beef up film content

It is the first time a feature film will make its commercial debut on Apple's digital download service, but only the latest deal aimed at winning attention for the iTunes movie category.

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Mac mini dead [again]?

If it's truly dead, then perhaps nano rumors are...

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notMac released, notReady for first-time Mac users.

The notMac challenge to create a free replacement to .Mac has concluded with Ben Spink claiming the $8622 prize. notMac, now available for download, is a free replacement for Apple's expensive .Mac solution that provides. notMac similar functionality and is easy enough for a first-time Mac user to install and integrate.

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The next Apple TV should be a Mac Mini

I remember the first time I saw the Apple TV. My first thought was Apple has done it again. This was a deal changer. Then I got to play with the device in the real world. I came to another conclusion. Apple TV wasn’t ready for primetime. The first issue was HD content. Realizing download speeds in the United States lag far behind many countries; all I saw overnight or all day downloads. Plus clogging of my own home network for hours. Even with a peer to peer network I just saw hours of download.
Next issue was the lack of a DVR option. I find the inability to record a television program to be major issue. The lack a DVR option is a very strange choice when you considerer Apple make computers. Any computer can be made into a media center with a few item purchased from http://www.elgato.com . Which leads me to a Mac Mini TV. The Mac Mini is the perfect TV platform for an Apple media center.
You have size, speed, and storage. The first day the device hit the market the web was a buzz about mods for the device. I sure Apple wasn’t happy about all the mods but it showed the many possibility of the system.
By building in HDMI, software for recording / media management (itunes and other sources) and build in airport extreme base station. A Mac Mini TV would be a true deal changer. It would be a simple, plug in play solution for a media center. Hopefully the next generation of Apple TV will be a Mac Mini

Apple Gets the Culture Code -- in Seattle it Just Rains

The phrase, "Designed by Apple in California," is born from an understanding of The Culture Code, according to Joel Spolsky at his Website. On the other hand, Microsoft's "Hello from Seattle" falls flat.

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Valve wanted cool million

What's a little extortion between friends?

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Halo maker hints at return to Mac roots

The chances of Halo coming to the Mac rose considerably over the weekend as Microsoft confirmed that it is parting company with the game's developer, Bungie.

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Tube Media off the air - South Florida Business Journal:

Fort Lauderdale-based Tube Music Network was the creation of MTV and VH1 co-founder Les Garland. It aired on enough digital broadcast channels and cable channels to reach 71 percent of the U.S. population, but ratings in this new medium were hard to measure and adverting was scant

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Gates: New Zune and New Strategies Against Apple

Microsoft's Bill Gates has ambitious plans to take music customers away from Apple, according to the New York Times on Thursday. This is despite the fact that the Zune music player has just a few percent of the music player market and subscription music hasn't been a huge success.

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What if DRM went away?

Brian Cooley imagines a world without digital rights management.

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Mac Gaming News - Bungie May Be Leaving Microsoft

Erstwhile Mac game developer Bungie may be leaving Microsoft, according to reports on the Internet. The story was first reported on Monday by blogger 8bitjoystick on his Seattle Post-Intelligencer blog), and was then confirmed by GameInformer.com. According to the reports, Bungie effectively bought itself back from Microsoft, and will be free to pu

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iPhone, iTunes, Wi-Fi, and Starbucks

Rich DeMuro checks out the Now Playing service on an iPhone.

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Top 5: Biggest tech fanboys

CNET counts down the most insane, passionate, die-hard tech fans out there.

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Viacom Chief States They're Sticking With DRM

Content creators and their digital distributors must unite against piracy by installing more "safeguards," Viacom's CEO said Tuesday

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HD, rentals, P2P coming to Apple TV?

One market research magazine is predicting that the Apple TV will ultimately be a long-term success, despite expected sales of just over 100,000 in 2007. A writer for Seeking Alpha notes that unlike most of Apple's products, except the iPhone, revenue for the Apple TV is being deferred over two years to accomodate software

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