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RSS macs in newsMicrosoft widens its Live Mesh web
News The vision for Live Mesh is broader - envisioning people sharing data among Macs, PCs, and various devices, as well as opening up the possibility for desktop applications to add online components, and web apps to add offline components. [18 Jul 2008]
Sales of Mac Office rocket, says Microsoft
News Senior marketing manager Amanda Lefebvre declined to give all of the credit to Apple, but said of the increased number of Macs, "Of course that's one of the components that is helping us. While Apple's market share gains are cause for consternation... [13 May 2008]
Apple profits up thanks to Mac, iPhone and iPod
News Robert Stimpson, portfolio manager at Oak Associates, which owns Apple shares said: "It looks like the Macs were good, the iPods were flat and the iPhones were OK. Apples sold 2.3 million Macs in the quarter, topping the two million to 2.2 million... [24 Apr 2008]
Apple patches up Safari
News According to Apple, in the first quarter of last year it shipped 2.3 million Macs, representing 44 per cent growth year-on-year. Apple has released another round of security patches for its web browser this week, targeting a vulnerability which... [18 Apr 2008]
BBC plugs iPlayer hack loophole
News ¦ iPlayer: Download version coming to Macs The BBC has issued a fix for a loophole that allowed hackers to download unrestricted content from its iPlayer online TV service. In a statement the BBC said it had released a fix for the "unrestricted... [13 Mar 2008]
BBC iPlayer lands on iPhone
News ¦ iPlayer: Download version coming to Macs The BBC's online on-demand TV service iPlayer is now available to use on Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch. Writing on the BBC blog this morning the BBC's head of digital media technologies, Anthony Rose... [07 Mar 2008]
ISPs' traffic handling in the spotlight
News iPlayer: Download version coming to Macs The high-profile squabble over Comcast's slowdown of BitTorrent file-sharing traffic - and broader questions of network handling by ISPs - is set for public scrutiny at a federal hearing today. [25 Feb 2008]
BBC iPlayer continues to soar with 17 million downloads
News ¦ iPlayer: Download version coming to Macs The download version of iPlayer for Macs is due this year, although no firm date has been made public. The BBC's online on-demand TV service, iPlayer, continues to go from strength to strength, with 17... [20 Feb 2008]
BBC signs up with iTunes
News iPlayer: Download version coming to Macs A range of BBC television programmes are now available for download at Apple's UK iTunes store. BBC iPlayer: all the coverage BBC signs up with iTunes BBC's iPlayer is go diams... [19 Feb 2008]
iPlayer: Download version coming to Macs
News The service has been available in streaming form for Macs and Linux - in addition to Windows XP and Vista - since December last year. BBC stats suggest around 90 per cent of people using the streaming version of iPlayer are running Windows, with... [08 Feb 2008]
First Direct banks on Apple
News Around 10 per cent of the customer base use Macs - a higher proportion than other banks, according to First Direct. First Direct is now offering its online banking services through Apple's Safari web browser, as well as on the recently launched... [24 Jan 2008]
Macs no longer safe from cyberattacks
News We can't say that … Macs are the place to be but it's clear there is a market experiment going on. If Mac users fall for scams that PC users have faced for years, it won't be long before criminal gangs exploit them, say security experts. [23 Jan 2008]
Mac sales set Apple 'on fire'
News Apple estimates 19 per cent of the Macs installed are running Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5, and Leopard generated $170m in revenue for Apple during the first quarter it went on sale, compared with the $100m that Tiger, Mac OS X 10.4, generated for Apple... [23 Jan 2008]
BBC iPlayer gets 3.5 million hits
News The streaming version of iPlayer was launched for Windows, Macs and Linux in December. More than 3.5 million BBC programmes have been watched using the BBC's online on-demand iPlayer TV service during the fortnight after Christmas Day. [15 Jan 2008]
BBC iPlayer gets Christmas bonus
News A streaming version of iPlayer was launched for Windows, Macs and Linux in December. The BBC's iPlayer website saw a 14-fold increase in traffic during the festive period. From 8 December 2007 to 5 January 2008 visits to the site rocketed following... [10 Jan 2008]
