Bean, a free word processor created by James Hoover, is this week’s Budget Software Pick. Bean is actually a rich text editor rather than a full-fledged word processing powerhouse that ... Read More

The Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has begun its investigation of whether Steve Jobs’ illness was covered up to protect Apple’s stock value. The SEC probe is believed to target ... Read More

Earlier this month, Apple announced it was moving to a DRM-free iTunes music store. As part of the change, Apple will let you upgrade your existing songs to the iTunes ... Read More

Fourth quarter results from AT&T showed that it activated 1.9 million iPhones during the quarter, and saw a net subscriber growth of 2.1 million. Courtesy of Apple Revenues were up 2.4%, a ... Read More

Last Friday, SecureMac released the iRok Services Trojan Removal Tool, a free utility that removes the iServices Trojan recently discovered in pirated versions of iWork ’09. On Monday, a new version ... Read More

According to our friends at Intego, a new variant of the Trojan horse found in the pirated version of iWork ’09 has been found in… wait for it… yup, you ... Read More

This week’s Budget Software Pick is in keeping with the 25-year anniversary of the Macintosh. While not quite as old as the Mac (it was released in early 1986), Moose ... Read More

“On January 24th, Apple Computer will introduce Macintosh. And you’ll see why 1984 won’t be like 1984!” Tuesdays have always had a special meaning for the Apple and Macintosh community. Tuesdays ... Read More

The Trojan horse OSX.Trojan.iServices.A included with some pirated versions of iWork ’09 can be removed with a few commands in the Terminal application. Launch Terminal, located at /Applications/Utilities/Terminal, and then enter ... Read More

It didn’t take long for iWork ‘09 to show up in the various file sharing networks now that Apple has removed the anti-piracy features that were originally part of the ... Read More

Apple kicked The Street to the street today, easily outpacing Wall Street estimates. The company posted $10.17 billion in revenue, a new record for Apple, along with $1.61 billion in ... Read More

Apple finally got around to upgrading the low-end 13” white polycarbonate case MacBook with a new 13” white polycarbonate case MacBook. The cosmetics of the older MacBook’s design haven’t changed ... Read More

Apple today confirmed that the retail boxed version of iWork ’09 no longer requires a serial number to install or use the applications. Apple tends to require serial numbers as ... Read More

Mac aficionados were sure that Apple would introduce new iMacs at the January Macworld Expo. Macworld has come and gone, but Mac aficionados are stubbornly sticking to their belief that ... Read More

Mark Kyrnin, the About Guide to PC Hardware, recently wrote a very nice article describing common pricing scams used at liquidation sales to entice customers to make impulse purchases. Since ... Read More

MainMenu installs a menu item in the menu bar that gives you swift access to many of your Mac’s hidden capabilities, such as running maintenance scripts, rebuilding the Spotlight index, ... Read More

Tom’s Hardware (no, a different Tom) is speculating that the long-expected new Mac Mini will use the Atom-powered NVIDIA ION platform. The new ION Platform is a reference design that ... Read More

Yesterday when reporting on Steve Jobs’ health issues, I found myself in a bit of a quandary. I have to admit I lean toward the ‘private’ side of the public ... Read More

In a letter distributed to Apple employees this afternoon, Steve Jobs announced that he is taking a medical leave of absence, after learning that his health issues are “more complex ... Read More

One of my (and many others’) top predictions for Macworld was an iPhone nano. Apple let us down and failed to deliver this much-anticipated diminutive new iPhone. Courtesy of Apple But all ... Read More

Apple is acknowledging a serious security problem with Safari, originally reported to Apple by Brian Mastenbrook. If you subscribe to RSS feeds and you use Safari with OS X 10.5.x ... Read More

Bento 2 from FileMaker is personal database software that can help you organize your daily life. Although it’s designed for home users, Bento also works well for a home office ... Read More

Apple’s last appearance at a Macworld keynote presentation started on a high note, but quickly went downhill. Not because of any lack of enthusiasm on the part of the crowd, ... Read More

Of course another way of describing my predictions would be 0 for 6. Not a single one of my predictions made an appearance at Macworld this year, my worst showing ... Read More

An Apple spokesperson responded today to an inquiry from the folks at Gizmodo about the procedure and cost for replacing the internal battery in the new 17” MacBook Pro. Courtesy of ... Read More

During a keynote address that Apple says will be its last from a Macworld Conference and Expo, Phil Schiller, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Product Marketing, handled himself with ... Read More

After working with various music studios, Apple took advantage of Macworld to announce that it has reached agreement with the four major music labels to offer DRM-free songs on iTunes. ... Read More

Apple used Macworld to announce the arrival of the 17” MacBook Pro, although the product itself isn’t a surprise. Sporting the same unibody construction as the 15” MacBook Pro, the ... Read More

Phil Schiller introduced iWork ’09 during today’s Macworld keynote address. The package includes Pages ’09, a word processor with an emphasis on page layout; Numbers ’09, a spreadsheet with an ... Read More

After taking the stage for the keynote address, Phil Schiller quickly dove into the topic of new products. Unfortunately, the new product pool is disappointingly shallow. Courtesy of Apple iLife has been ... Read More

Macworld officially opened its doors this morning for registration, but the interesting stuff doesn’t start until tomorrow, beginning with the keynote kick-off by Phillip Schiller, Apple’s Senior Vice President of ... Read More

Early this morning, Apple posted an open letter from Steve Jobs explaining his decision to forgo presenting the keynote address at Macworld. Here is the letter from Steve in its ... Read More

WhatSize is a handy application designed to excel at one simple task: discovering what is taking up so much room on your hard drive(s). WhatSize actually does a few things, ... Read More

If we can judge the accuracy of the description of a potential new Apple product by the amount of activity generated by related rumors, then a Mac Mini announcement at ... Read More

Macworld Expo 2009 is just around the corner. Running from January 5 through 9, the Expo is traditionally a place for companies to make major announcements about new products and ... Read More