http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/27/flash.remains.inaccessible/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/silverlightiphone.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft has demonstrated Silverlight video streaming for the iPhone, according to reports. The technology relies on server-side transcoding and HTML 5's video tag, but displays Silverlight content in a native MPEG-2 v8 format recognized by the iPhone's version of QuickTime. "So it's the same IIS smooth streaming content, the same server, the same point of origin, but now I can get that content... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/27/flash.remains.inaccessible/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/27/win.mobile.65.se.in.development/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/windowsmobile651.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft's interim Windows Mobile update could have significant updates designed explicitly for touch, a pair of leaks show. A Microsoft representative seeking anonymity has claimed that previous shots of "6.5.1" are accurate but that it's not necessarily a straight patch. Instead, the larger, bottom-only buttons are meant to provide an alternative interface for capacitive touchscreens; the exi... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/27/win.mobile.65.se.in.development/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/27/acer.expects.more.android.devices/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/acerliquid.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Acer's mobile head Aymar de Lencquesaing said in an interview late Thursday that the company plans to shift its attention more towards Android and reduce its Windows Mobile effort. Although all of the company's 10 smartphones this year save for the Liquid A1 were running Windows Mobile, the executive promised Reuters that 2010 will be "much more balanced" and see significantly more Android phones... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/27/acer.expects.more.android.devices/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/26/acer.sees.win.7.as.modest.help/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/aceraspire3935-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Acer chief Gianfranco Lanci told the press on Thursday that Windows 7 has had a noticeable but small impact on sales. The executive estimates that holiday PC sales should jump about 25 percent versus last year, when the economic crash hurt sales, but that they should only be flat compared to this summer. Much of the forecast was calculated after gauging the feature set early on.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/26/acer.sees.win.7.as.modest.help/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/25/imac.windows.7.timing.help.apple.sales/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/imac27inch-logo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Mac desktops represented nearly half of all desktops sold at US retail shops in October, the NPD Group said in a new study. About 47.7 percent of desktop revenue was from iMacs, Mac minis or Mac Pros, an increase from 45 percent in April and a sharp surge from just 33 percent in October 2008. Mac notebooks also saw a sequential gain from 30 percent in April to 34 percent last month, though this ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/25/imac.windows.7.timing.help.apple.sales/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/25/includes.apps.like.office.for.mac.syncmate/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/office2008biz.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Several companies have begun offering Black Friday software discounts, joining others promoting hardware deals. Microsoft has notably introduced discounts on Office for Mac 2008, cutting the prices of the Home and Student Edition by $20, and the Business Edition Upgrade by $40. The complete Business Edition is temporarily $50 cheaper.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/25/includes.apps.like.office.for.mac.syncmate/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/24/palm.online.sync.fails.for.some.users/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/palmpre-contacts.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Owners of Palm's newer phones have encountered a flaw in its online backup system that has wiped out contacts and calendars. A portion of users note that backups sent to Palm's Profile cloud service from a Pre (and now Pixi) are being corrupted and blank out any synchronized data when the phone has to be reset or restored. Those without a local backup, such as through an app like Missing Sync, h... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/24/palm.online.sync.fails.for.some.users/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/24/microsoft.sets.up.pc.booth.at.saks.5th/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/microsoftsaks.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft made a tentative step into a retail presence on the East coast with a special section at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City. The section replicates a small slice of Microsoft's retail shops in the West and shows notebooks running Windows 7. It will also have staff on hand to answer questions about both the notebooks and the OS.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/24/microsoft.sets.up.pc.booth.at.saks.5th/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/24/datel.sues.microsoft.for.unfair.competition/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/datelintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />UK-based Datel on Monday filed an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft because the software giant made it impossible for Xbox 360 gamers to use third-party memory cards for the gaming console, including Datel's Max Memory cards. Microsoft did this using a firmware update, saying it did so over piracy concerns. Marty Glick, who represents Datel in the lawsuit, maintains Microsoft did this for no oth... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/24/datel.sues.microsoft.for.unfair.competition/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/20/next.windows.again.on.3.year.schedule/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/windows8-roadmap.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft should once again release its next mainstream version of Windows about three years after the last, a roadmap obtained this week reveals. The schedule has the major revision, tentatively titled "Windows 8," launching in 2012 or about three years after Windows 7. It will purportedly keep in step with a rhythm developed by Microsoft that has Microsoft launching major releases four years a... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/20/next.windows.again.on.3.year.schedule/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:40:00 GMT