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Submission + - Macs Gaining Ground With Enterprises

Submitted by nandemoari
nandemoari writes: Get a load of this one, PC fans: Computer World reports that more than ever before enterprises are turning to Macs. Yankee Group research firm recently conducted a survey of more than 700 senior IT administrators, and found that nearly 80% of businesses have Macs in-house, almost doubling the percentage from users surveyed two years ago. Read more...
Portables (Apple)

Submission + - iPhone 3G launches, O2 implodes (o2.co.uk)

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moderators_are_w*nke
moderators_are_w*nke writes: "The iPhone 3G has gone on pre-sale in the UK and the O2 website can't take it. Its been unresponsive for the last 15 mins and as far as I can tell nobody can actually place an order. Are you one of those frustrated (but probably not disappointed) by O2s incompetence?"
Privacy

FBI Illegally Tapped Phone Phreaks In 1969 296

Posted by kdawson from the nothing-new-under-the-sun dept.
xmedar writes "In his talks about the history of Apple, Woz has often recounted how the 1971 Esquire article 'Secrets of the Little Blue Box' set him on the road to phone phreaking. Now someone has obtained the FBI file of one of the phreaks, Joe Engressia (who later changed his name to Joybubbles), via Freedom of Information requests. The file reveals that Engressia was illegally wiretapped by the FBI and the phone company back in 1969. J. Edgar Hoover considered the blind college student a national security risk and wrote a memo about him to John Ehrlichman."

Apple Laptop Upgrades Costing 200% More Than Dells 935

Posted by CmdrTaco from the pay-the-apple-tax dept.
An anonymous reader writes "C|net is highlighting the astonishing cost of Apple laptop hardware upgrades, compared to Dell — in some instances, Apple is charging 200% more for upgraded components, such as memory and hard disks. Either there's a serious difference in the quality of components being used, or Apple is quite literally ripping off those who aren't able to upgrade hardware themselves."
Media (Apple)

Apple to Rule the Digital Home by 2013? 223

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the apple-speculation-america's-new-pastime dept.
Stony Stevenson writes to tell us that a new study from Forrester Research is taking a crack at what seems to have become a hobby for so many, predicting Apple's market strategy. Specifically, Forrester is predicting that Apple will become the 'hub of the digital home by 2013.' "Forrester predicts that Apple will offer eight key products and services to connect PCs and digital content to the TV-stereo infrastructure in consumers' homes. A 're-engineered' Apple Store will expand into in-home installation services to deliver what Forrester describes as a 'fully integrated digital experience.'"
Operating Systems

Running Mac OS X On Standard PCs 623

Posted by CmdrTaco from the good-bye-apple-tax dept.
ZDOne writes "ZDNet's reviews team have been tinkering with the various ways of running OS X on standard PCs. They found that with the right hardware components, a standard PC running Mac OS X Leopard is, at first sight, no different from a genuine Apple Mac. Special CPU extensions such as Intel VT-x provide support for software solutions like Parallels Desktop for Mac. Even Adobe Photoshop, which queries a Mac to verify its authenticity, runs fine on a standard PC thanks to EFI emulation. However the article points out that it's a pretty technical proposition to get OS X running on non-Apple hardware, beyond all but the most powerful power users. And then there is the legal question. Don't even think about trying to put OS X on your PC without first purchasing a legitimate copy of Mac OS Leopard."
Microsoft

VBA Will Return To Mac Office 113

Posted by kdawson from the end-of-a-crack-the-whip-chain dept.
An anonymous reader sends a pointer to Erik Schwiebert's blog — he's the design lead of Microsoft's Mac Business Unit — where he announces that Visual Basic will be returning to Mac Office. Not in Office 2008, which started shipping earlier this year. We discussed the announced death of VBA in Mac Office 17 months back. Schwiebert says that the interval to the next version of Mac Office will be shorter than 4 years but isn't able to offer any more detail. The blog post calls for feedback on what features of VBA and Windows interoperability are most important to people.
Businesses

The Mac In the Gray Flannel Suit 392

Posted by Soulskill from the apple-of-my-eye-t dept.
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."
Hardware Hacking

OQO Hacker Claims World's Smallest OS X Machine 202

Posted by timothy from the blurry-youtube-always-convinces-me dept.
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.
Businesses

Macs Gaining a Bigger Role In Enterprise 383

Posted by kdawson from the i-want-my-os-x dept.
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)."
IBM

IBM's Pilot Program For Internal Use of Macs 257

Posted by kdawson from the thinking-different-than-blue dept.
geoffrobinson writes "Roughly Drafted has obtained internal IBM documents detailing the results of a small pilot program for internal use of Macs. Positive and negative results were detailed, but overall most participants were happy with their Mac experience. The pilot will be expanded this year. One advantage cited: less reliance on Windows. So it seems a mix of Macs, PCs, and Linux boxes are in IBM's future. Given the history between IBM and Microsoft, this is quite interesting."
Portables (Apple)

Submission + - iPhone Remote

Submitted by hondo77
hondo77 writes: If you didn't need an iPhone, you do now. Behold iPhone Remote by Google. "Remotely access your Mac through a collection of mini web apps on your phone." It is still a prototype but you can start your drooling now.

Feed Engadget: New iMacs to get MacBook-like keyboards? (engadget.com)

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Filed under: Desktops, Peripherals

It looks like Apple may have one more upgrade in store for its next-gen iMacs than previously expected, as AppleInsider is now reporting that the systems will come bundled with a newly-designed keyboard to match their supposed slim new look. Citing "people familiar with the project," AppleInsider says that the new "super-slim" keyboard will take its inspiration from those used on the latest MacBooks (seen above), which should please some more than others. Nothing more specific than that, unfortunately, although if the rumored August launch date is true, we shouldn't have to wait too much longer to check 'em out first hand.

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