News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
Apple added several new artist lessons to its GarageBand Lesson Store on Wednesday, bringing the total number of lessons available for purchase to 13.
Jim Dalrymple | Apr 29, 2009
Apple is taking support for its MobileMe online service to the next level. The company announced on Monday a new chat service for MobileMe members.
Jim Dalrymple | Apr 28, 2009
Mother's Day is coming up fast and Apple is making preparations to make sure you get your gifts on time.
Jim Dalrymple | Apr 24, 2009
Apple on Wednesday reported a profit of $US1.21 billion for its fiscal second quarter ending March 28, 2009, buoyed by strong iPod and iPhone sales. Mac sales were down three percent for the quarter compared to last year, but sales of the iPod and iPhone were up for the same period.
Jim Dalrymple | Apr 23, 2009
Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit on Monday told Macworld that it will cease supporting Office 2004 on October 13, 2009.
Jim Dalrymple | Apr 21, 2009
Market research firm Forrester on Friday released a report measuring customers' overall satisfaction with computer manufacturers. Apple not only topped the list, it blew away the competition.
Jim Dalrymple | Apr 20, 2009
Shipments of desktop and notebook PCs in the United States were buoyed by the Netbook in the first quarter of 2009, but the overall shipments still fell 7.1 percent over the same period last year. Shipments of Macs remained fairly constant in both market share and shipments, according to a new report from market research firm IDC.
Jim Dalrymple | Apr 17, 2009
SpiderOak on Wednesday introduced a new syncing service for users of multiple cross-platform computers that want to sync documents, photos and other types of media.
Jim Dalrymple | Apr 16, 2009
Microsoft's MacBU on Tuesday posted a trial version of its Office suite of applications for Mac users.
Jim Dalrymple | Apr 15, 2009
In addition to releasing a trial version of Office 2008 earlier on Tuesday, Microsoft released updates for the full versions of Office 2004 and Office 2008.
Jim Dalrymple | Apr 15, 2009
July 7 will be the end of the road for two of .Mac's long time features, HomePage and Groups. But don't worry, you won't lose any info and you can still publish pages to your MobileMe account.
Jim Dalrymple | Apr 13, 2009
Apple overnight updated its 1U rackmount server, Xserve. The new sever is based on Intel's latest Nehalem Xeon Processors, giving the Xserve twice the performance of its predecessor, according to Apple.
Jim Dalrymple | Apr 8, 2009
App Store developers will now be able to reach customers in 13 new countries, according to an announcement on the iPhone Developer Program news page.