Apple
New Apple Mac operating system
Windows isn’t the only operating system getting a new version. A new OS called “Snow Leopard” is being released for the Apple Mac. Numerous reviews have appeared and they are summarized by Harry McCracken at Technologizer.
Profile of Steve Jobs
Anathema to some, adored by others, Apple CEO and founder Steve Jobs is always in the news. He has been one of the biggest influences in the tech world but his recent health problems have caused much speculation about his future role. Whatever his future at Apple, Jobs has had a profound influence on personal [...]
Apple still on top of consumer satisfaction survey
Apple continues to be the most highly rated computer manufacturer when it comes to consumer satisfaction, according to the American Customer Satisfaction index. Basically, the ratings show Apple well on top with the major Windows OEMs all bunched together below. I suspect this is as much a commentary on how consumers view Windows as anything [...]
Object and facial recognition for the iPhone
Speaking of different ways to interface with electronics, ZDNet reports that Apple has applied for patents on object and facial recognition:
MacRumors notes that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has published “several dozen” patent applications this morning including an interesting one that covers object and facial recognition, messaging, and voice modulation.
Unwired View took a [...]
QuickTime patch
QuickTime has been patched again, Also iTunes. Details are at this PC World link.
Apple tops in customer satisfaction poll
Various polls of customer satisfaction consistently show Apple at the top of PC manufacturers. The latest results are from Forrester Research Inc.’s Customer Experience Index. Gregg Keizer reports at Computerworld:
Apple Inc. beat rival computer makers such as Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Inc. by wide margins in a recent customer satisfaction survey, an analyst said today.
Of [...]
Microsoft against the world
Microsoft is continuing with its advertising campaign against Apple and there is a lot of commentary about it in the blogosphere. Depending on the personal prejudices of the author, the commentary concludes that the ads are either backfiring against Microsoft or hitting Apple hard enough to hurt.
Actually, like most ads, the Microsoft efforts are not [...]
Is the WIMP interface obsolete?
WIMP stands for windows, icons, menus, pointing device. It is the way computer interfaces have been constructed since the Alto system was first packaged at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. First Apple and then Microsoft adopted WIMP and it is the way we are still doing things nearly four decades later. It is a [...]
QuickTime security update (again)
Once more, security holes require the QuickTime player to be patched. Details at this link.
Anniversary of the Apple Mac
The Macintosh computer is 25 years old and Macworld has an article giving us a little of the history of the Mac:
In 1977, Apple made a splash on the world stage by introducing the Apple II, one of the world’s first personal computers. In the time between the Apple II’s release and IBM’s introduction of [...]
Steve Jobs and Apple
I don’t know if many of the readers of this blog have a Mac but I suspect that quite a few have an iPod or other Apple product. And whether you own an Apple product or not, Apple’s influence is likely present in something that you do have. Windows may dominate the PC desktop but [...]