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The Apple Decade: Where They Succeeded and Others Were Too Lazy to Innovate
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In the decade we have been publishing TechSpot, we have watched Apple resurge from the joke that G3 and G4 machines represented, to the Apple 'Mac vs. PC' debate -- during a time the company had better luck selling MP3 players than computers -- to today's ubiquity of Apple products in all forms of computing devices.
During the past 10 years Apple has systematically attacked and conquered from several fronts. Here's a brief recount of those winning products, and where it applies, the industry incumbents that for one reason or another failed to innovate or at least failed to beat Apple at breaking products to the masses first.
Apple iPad Mini, Retina 13-inch MacBook release imminent, according to rumors
- Apple's last event was entirely dedicated to the iPhone 5, but once that was done and over, rumors quickly turned to an eventual "iPad Mini" release. Citing the usual unnamed sources, several sites have been putting together the pieces of…
Apple details OS X Mountain Lion, optimistic about desktop OS adoption
- Apple was happy to share new details about their upcoming desktop operation system, OS X Mountain Lion, during WWDC 2012. Despite the company's growing focus on mobile, they are claiming a Mac installed base of 66 million users, where 26…
Apple releases OS X 10.7.4, patches plain text password bug
- Apple has released a minor update to OS X Lion that patches a security concern that was brought to the general public’s attention earlier this week. OS X 10.7.4 also includes an updated version of Safari that is said to…
Steve Jobs to unveil Mac OS X Lion, iOS 5, and iCloud next week
- Apple has officially confirmed that CEO Steve Jobs will continue the tradition of presenting the opening keynote address at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2011 on Monday, June 6 at 10:00 AM. Along with a team of Apple executives, he…
Apple to "unveil the future of iOS and Mac OS" at WWDC 2011
- Apple has announced that it will hold its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) from June 6, 2011 to June 10, 2011 at San Francisco's Moscone West. At this year's five-day conference, Apple said it will "unveil the future of iOS…
Apple Mac OS X Lion: A Preview of What's to Come
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By now it's clear Apple has drawn a lot of inspiration from its popular iPhone and iPad devices, making significant changes to OS X and adding features that are focused on simplifying the overall user experience.
Compared to its predecessor, Mac OS X Lion is a more significant release in terms of functionality, user interface and workflow improvements. We've compiled a list with several of the changes and new features disclosed so far. Read on for a quick tour of what's new.
Adobe releases Flash 10.3 beta for Windows, Mac, and Linux
- Adobe has announced a beta release of Flash player 10.3 on Adobe Labs. You can download it directly for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Flash Player 10.3 beta introduces a number of features including enhanced privacy controls, VoIP tools and analytics.
Backdoor Trojan for Windows ported to Mac OS
- A Remote Access Trojan (RAT) for Windows, known as darkComet, has been ported to Mac OS X. The new backdoor Trojan is not yet finished, but it could be indicative of more underground programmers attempting to take advantage of Apple's…
Adobe releases Flash Player 10.2 for Windows, Mac, Linux
- Adobe has released Flash Player 10.2, introducing Stage Video, a new API that delivers high performance video playback across platforms and browsers. The new version also offers everything introduced in the beta, including custom native mouse cursors, multiple monitor full-screen…
Skype 5.0 for Mac loses beta tag, whitespace
- Skype 5 for Mac is now out of beta, which should be a big improvement for those using the last stable Mac version: Skype 2.8. You can download the new version directly now: Skype 5.0.0.7980 for Mac OS X.
Adobe releases Flash 10.2 beta for Windows, Mac, and Linux
- Adobe has announced a beta release of Flash player 10.2 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The new version is available on Adobe Labs.
Sophos: 150,000 Mac users made 50,000 malware reports
- Earlier this month, Sophos declared that Mac users should not ignore malware and released Sophos Anti-Virus Home Edition for Mac for free. After a few weeks, the security company now has a little data to share.
Dish streams TV to Android, iOS, BlackBerry, PC, Mac
- Dish Network has begun offering its subscribers the ability to watch all of their live and recorded television programs on several devices: smartphones, tablets, desktops, and laptops. To do so, subscribers must download the Dish Remote Access application and use…
Apple breaks IPv6 even more with new Mac OS X patch
- While the rest of the Internet is grudgingly moving to IPv6, Apple has actually regressed support with its latest Snow Leopard patch. Cupertino has actually been doing quite well to help the world move to IPv6, so it's rather disappointing…
Kinect can now do multitouch, and Mac OS X
- Florian Echtler and Theo Watson have managed to hook up the Kinect motion controller into two separate software libraries. Echtler used his own libTISCH library to demonstrate multitouch capabilities while Watson ported over libfreenect, the open source Kinect drivers, to…
Sophos: malware on the Mac is real, here's a free antivirus
- Sophos has released a free antivirus product for consumers using Mac OS: Sophos Anti-Virus Home Edition for Mac. Although commercial antivirus products for Macs have been available for some time, Sophos' offer is one of the very few free ones.
New Java trojan attacks Mac OS X and Windows
- A new Trojan horse that not only affects Windows, but Mac OS X as well, has appeared on social networking sites (including Facebook), primarily disguised as a video. When users click an infected link along the lines of "Is this…
Microsoft releases Office for Mac 2011, drops Entourage
- Microsoft has announced the official release of Office for Mac 2011, the latest version of its office productivity suite which dumps Entourage for Outlook and includes integration with the Office Web apps — the browser-based edition of Office that lets…
Apple: all new Macs will ship sans Adobe Flash
- Apple revamped its MacBook Air this week and it was quickly discovered that the new laptop ships without Adobe Flash pre-installed. All previous generations of Macs have shipped with Adobe Flash, but those days are officially over. This wasn't just…
Panda: Mac is less secure than Windows, here's an antivirus
- The number of Mac OS vulnerabilities has quintupled in less than a year. In 2009, 34 vulnerabilities were detected for Mac OS. So far in 2010, this number has risen to 175 vulnerabilities. Furthermore, the platform can also be affected…
Valve announces Dota 2 for PC and Mac, coming in 2011
- Valve has finally taken the wraps off its much-anticipated sequel to the popular WarCraft 3 mod, Defense of the Ancients (DotA). Simply titled Dota 2, the standalone game is headed to the PC and Mac in 2011. Valve is promising…
Apple hosting 'Back to the Mac' event next week
- Apple has just sent out invitations for a Mac-themed event scheduled to take place next week, on October 20. The invitation -- which you can see below – depicts a touchpad-like shape with an Apple logo cut out at the…
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