SAN FRANCISCO — Steven P. Jobs, Apple’s chief executive, took several big gambles Tuesday, betting that he could repeat his success in selling digital music by persuading Hollywood to allow Apple to rent digital movies, while at the same time returning to his original Macintosh roots with an elegant — but limited — ultralight computer called the MacBook Air.
Here is the next big thing from Apple - iBlade
By Kevin McLaughlin for CMP Channel
Apple in February plans to release a software development kit that will allow third party developers to write their own applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch. In a Wednesday post on Apple’s “Hot News” weblog, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said the SDK will allow developers to take advantage of Apple’s powerful mobile platform and create “hundreds of new applications” for iPhone users.
“We are working on an advanced system which will offer developers broad access to natively program the iPhone’s amazing software platform while at the same time protecting users from malicious programs,” Jobs wrote.
Jobs said the problem of malware on mobile devices is a serious one that Apple is going to great lengths to address in the SDK. “As our phones become more powerful, these malicious programs will become more dangerous. And since the iPhone is the most advanced phone ever, it will be a highly visible target,” he wrote.
The move comes after several third party iPhone hacks, some of which allow third party applications to run, others that untether the device from Cingular, the exclusive carrier for the iPhone in the U.S.
Several high profile iPhone security vulnerabilities have been uncovered since the popular mobile device was released in June. Earlier this week, security researcher HD Moore posted exploit code online that takes advantage of a flaw in the iPhone that he says Apple hasn’t fixed in any of the four firmware updates it has released for the device.
Today I was invited by Fwendz Diner owner Chris Cubos on a seminar about Adobe Flex and Adobe Acrobat. Excited, I brought along some of my officemates to the seminar so that they are exposed to the new technologies Adobe has to offer.
Adobe Acrobat and MacOSX Leopard
When I reached the venue, Chris introduced me to Mr. Ted Padova, an expert on Adobe Acrobat who also writes an ebook about Acrobat. Sir Ted showed us the wonders of new Mac OSX Leopard operating system before moving on to Adobe Acrobat.
Sir Ted Padova showing us Adobe InDesign CS3
The MacOSX Leopard
Adobe Flex
After Sir Ted’s presentation, Chris Cubos then demonstrated to us on how to make an Rich web application using Adobe Flex then showed us some websites that uses web application developed by Adobe Flex.
Chris Cubos on Adobe Flex and Adobe AIR
Sample Rich Web Application using Adobe Flex
by Peter Rojas
So, you wanna make your ugly Windows XP interface look like Mac OS X, huh? It’s really not all that difficult to do, and with a little luck, you’ll be able to convince all but the most die-hard Mac users that you run an Apple computer. First, here’s a list of the programs you’ll need:
- StyleXP or WindowBlinds (skins the Graphical User Interface of your operating system)
- ObjectBar (the white Finder bar on the top of Macs; has File, Edit, View, etc. on it.)
- ObjectDock, YzDock (discontinued), or MobyDock (The dock on the bottom of a Mac that contains icons and shortcuts to programs)
- Trillian (chat program that can be skinned to resemble iChat)
- YzToolbar (skins the toolbar icons in your Windows windows)
- YzShadow (puts a lovely drop shadow under your windows á la Mac OS X)
- Rainlendar (popular skinable desktop calendar)
- Rainmeter (skinnable desktop system statistics)
- Samurize (like Konfabulator for the Mac; can display just about anything, such as clocks, uptime, and the weather)
- iTunes for Windows (self-explanatory)
- Icons (The pretty little pictures on your desktop that point you somewhere. There are millions out there, but try the link provided for over a 1,000 lifted from Mac OS X 10.3 aka Panther)
by: Mike Elgan
Don’t look now, but the role of the industry’s biggest bully is increasingly played by Apple, not Microsoft.
Ten years ago, Microsoft was the company everyone loved to hate.
The most vociferous Microsoft haters slammed the company for being a greedy industry bully that used its monopolistic, clunky, copycat operating system to force software on users and coerce partners into unfair licensing deals.
Don’t look now, but the role of the industry’s biggest bully is increasingly played by Apple, not Microsoft. Here’s a look at how Apple has shoved Microsoft aside as the company with the worst reputation as a monopolist, copycat and a bully.
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