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Now that the final salvo, which appears in modern business as a payoff, has been “fired”, sources from deep within the bright, sunny, eternally temperate DeAnza blvd. location have informed us that the next MacPro update will bring some changes to the beloved aluminum-clad desktop behemoth. Read the rest of this entry »

Apple forfeits ‘iPhone premium’ as concerns mount over device - MarketWatch

I think this is a very ill thought out piece by MarketWatch. Let me explain. First they admit that the iPhone margins could be as high as 60%, which is a very good thing. If 60% isn’t a “premium” I don’t know what is. Now, let’s talk about this on a deeper level. I want to discuss this in three parts. 1. AT&T exclusivity 2. Limited market access 3. It is all about the upgrade

The exclusive contract with AT&T is great for Apple. It is great for AT&T. It is great for Apple in the short term because it creates this allure for the iPhone. Most people, like me, are locked into a contract, and regardless of how cool the iPhone is, it is not cool enough for me to pay $250 to get out of my contract. Add the $399/$499 for the iPhone, and that is one hell of a dent in the purse for a cell phone. So it is there, in the back of my mind, and everytime I see someone with an iPhone, it might reinforce to me, that hey, when my contract is over, I  might pick up an iPhone.  It is also great for the customer due to the nature of Apple’s relationship with AT&T. Visual voicemail is great, and worth every penny just to avoid “You have…….3…..new messages. TO listen to your messages press 1…… You get the message. This likely can only happen for carrier exclusivity. Read the rest of this entry »

http://www.apple.com/xserve/raid/ now redirects… and http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?family=XserveRAID says that product is unavailable. What gives? Not selling well? Too much commodity? 

I can’t imagine what happened. I was under the impression it was selling at least reasonably well. In this era of digital media, space is turning into a precious commodity, and XServe Raid served the media creation folks well.  We will try to dig up more on this, there was no official announcement from Apple.

Center for Information Technology Policy » Frequently Asked Questions

This is important research, let me tell you why. It validates the previously well understood model of computer security which states, in essence, if you have physical access to a piece of hardware, no security method is 100% secure. So all of those people who feel that they are safe with disk encryption think again. It also validates another model, if you have something someone wants, but it data, DRM secured information etc.. in the long run there is little you are going to be able to do to stop it. What I am curious is this.

Can the contents of RAM be encrypted like swap file information can? This would at least give someone another hurdle to jump, right? I would imagine this would take some on the fly, very fast encryption method. Ideas?

Byte of the Apple The iPhone SDK Will Be Late - BusinessWeek

Hmm. I am not quite sure what to make of this. I have heard no word one way or the other about the SDK. I can speculate , perhaps, that Apple may he holding back on the SDK to allow those who are rumored  to have early access to polish their apps. (I am looking at you Adobe)

Otherwise, it could be that the logistics of setting up the iTMS for distribution of, presumably lots of shareware/freeware.  Oh yeah, there was that little incident of a certain little key being released on the net, could that have caused Apple to rethink the way they handle the signing of their/third party applications?

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What’s New in OS X Leopard - News and Analysis by PC Magazine

The latest update to the Apple OS X “Leopard” operating system makes the strongest case yet for PC users to switch from Windows.

I think that sums it up nicely. Got questions? hit  us up here at macFAQ and we would be happy to help!