Joomla! site syndication http://www.freemactools.com Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:51:44 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.freemactools.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.freemactools.com Joomla! site syndication http://www.freemactools.com/microsoft-wants-to-be-more-like-apple-2 On Wednesday, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer issued a company-wide memo outlining his battle plan for the new fiscal year in which he singled out the Apple experience as a benchmark for future success. Read the full story on Apple Insider (http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/24/microsoft_sets_sights_on_providing_an_apple_like_experience.html). News - Latest Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:42:13 +0100 http://www.freemactools.com/ten-big-new-features-in-mac-os-x-snow-leopard-2 "Apple is marketing the idea of there being “no new features” for Snow Leopard and instead promising an overall improvement in how Mac OS X works under the hood, thanks to a diligent code optimization and refactoring cycle discussed in the previous article. At the same time, there are plenty of significant new features coming in Snow Leopard to look forward to. Here are ten big new features (plus a few minor ones) that you probably haven’t heard much about from anywhere else." News - Latest Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:32:36 +0100 http://www.freemactools.com/mac-trojan-on-the-run-2 SecureMac, a Mac-specific anti-virus vendor, posted an alert last Thursday that its researchers had found a Trojan horse, dubbed "AppleScript.THT," being distributed from a hacker-operated site where discussions of spreading the malware via iChat, Apple's instant messaging and video chat software, were also taking place. Read full details about the alert on the SecureMac Alerts (http://www.securemac.com/applescript-tht-trojan-horse.php) page. News - Latest Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:48:36 +0100 http://www.freemactools.com/apple-tops-consumer-reports-tech-support-survey-2 Computers are one of the most trouble-prone products Consumer Reports tracks in its annual product-reliability surveys. When it came to solving problems, wait time on the phone and the knowledge of support staff, Apple’s tech support received high scores across the board for both laptop and desktop systems in Consumer Reports’ latest survey featured in the June issue. Read the full story at Chatham Journal Weekly (http://www.chathamjournal.com/weekly/living/technology/cr-apple-computer-spport-tops-survey-80621.shtml). News - Latest Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:46:14 +0100 http://www.freemactools.com/itunes-sells-5-billion-songs-surpasses-wal-mart-as-biggest-us-music-seller-2 Apple announced Thursday that customers on its iTunes Store have purchased and downloaded over five billion songs to date. News - Latest Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:39:21 +0100