Adobe has released updated versions of Adobe Flash Player, Adobe AIR, Adobe Acrobat, and Acrobat Reader. All of the updates address a critical security issue that could cause the applications ... Read More

Apple today launched a larger capacity version of Time Capsule. The new model offers 2 TB of storage, while the existing 1 TB model has had its price reduced. Courtesy of ... Read More

When a Mac fails to start up normally, one of the common troubleshooting practices is to verify and repair the startup drive. A startup drive that is experiencing problems is ... Read More

According to the Financial Times, Apple is working with the four major labels to create an interactive booklet for music lovers to download with albums they purchase from the iTunes ... Read More

Verizon has been testing its new LTE (Long Term Evolution) network, capable of data rates up to 60 Mbps, in preparation for a launch sometime in late 2010. Recently, however, ... Read More

If you remember back a few days, Microsoft’s Chief Operating Officer, Kevin Turner, was doing cartwheels down the Microsoft corridors over the effectiveness of the company’s PC value services ads. ... Read More

Starting your Mac couldn’t be simpler. Press the power key and, depending on how you have your user accounts set up, you end up either at a login prompt or ... Read More

The Mac and OS X are well known for a stability that is the envy of certain other operating systems. Much of the stability is believed to be the result ... Read More

Apple today announced the results for its fiscal third quarter, which ended June 27, 2009. The company posted revenues of $8.34 billion, resulting in a net quarterly profit of $1.23 ... Read More

Microsoft today released Service Pack 2 for Office 2008 for Mac. The update is said to improve stability and add a little extra ‘oomph’ to performance. Microsoft product screen shot(s) reprinted ... Read More

Freeway Express is a web design application built around a desktop publishing metaphor. Instead of forcing you to learn HTML, CSS, and all the other acronyms and intricacies of web ... Read More

Apple will announce its Q3 financial results during a conference call scheduled for Tuesday, July 21, 2009. Q3 covers sales from March 28 to June 26. During this time frame, ... Read More

Currently only two Apple products use antiglare displays: the 30-inch Cinema Display and the 17-inch MacBook Pro (available as an option). But there was a time when antiglare screens were ... Read More

Light Crafts has released Aurora for Mac. The company is celebrating the release of this photo editing software with a 24-hour giveaway. From now until 9:15 am ET on July ... Read More

We have previously discussed the possibility of Apple producing a tablet-like Mac; I’ve called this rumored product a Media Pad. Now the folks at InfoTimes claim that Apple will release ... Read More

Apple celebrated the one year anniversary of the App Store by announcing an amazing milestone: 1.5 billion files have been downloaded from the store since it went live last year. If ... Read More

Many Mac utilities are provided as preference panes that are installed and accessed through the System Preferences function in OS X. Third-party preference panes display in System Preferences under the ... Read More

XMenu adds up to six new menu items to the Apple menu bar. These new menu items contain five defined categories (Applications, Developer, Home, Documents, Snippets) and one free-form category ... Read More

I haven’t had a drive failure or data issue in quite a while (knock on wood), but I sometimes field questions from About: Macs readers who are looking for pointers ... Read More

Intuit has once again announced a delay in the release of Quicken Financial Life, the next generation of the product formerly known as Quicken for Mac. © Intuit In 2007, Intuit said ... Read More

Apple has released Safari 4.0.2 for Tiger, Leopard, and Windows. This latest version of the browser addresses two security issues found in the underlying WebKit framework. Safari CVE-2009-1724: Corrects a weakness that ... Read More

An Eject CD/DVD menu item in your Mac’s menu bar is a handy way to quickly eject or insert a CD or DVD. The menu bar provides access to its ... Read More

According to Bloomberg, the SEC (Security and Exchange Commission) is investigating whether Apple or Steve Jobs made misleading disclosures in January of 2009. The SEC is interested in the events ... Read More

Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray reports that the fastest 13-inch MacBook Pro and the entry-level 15-inch MacBook Pro are the two most popular models in the MacBook Pro line. He ... Read More

It’s been speculated, here and elsewhere, that Apple will eventually add video recording capabilities to the iPhone and iPod touch. We have already seen this feature on the new iPhone ... Read More

EarthDesk replaces your desktop image with a dynamically updated projection of the earth. EarthDesk projections show not only the day/night terminus line as it moves across the earth, but also ... Read More

One of the most often asked questions for any application is, “Is there a shortcut for doing x?” With Safari 4 the answer is: Probably. But you don’t have to spend ... Read More

SemiAccurate, a site devoted to technology news and rumors, is reporting that Apple and NVIDIA are about to part ways. While SemiAccurate offers no source for its information, not even ... Read More

Greenpeace can’t decide whether to praise Apple or continue its PR tactic of attacking the company, so it’s doing both. Greenpeace recently released its 12th Guide to Greener Electronics, using ... Read More