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/09/11/23/flagship.omnia.ii.due.for.vz.in.one.week/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/samsungomniaii-verizon.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Verizon today finally set out a launch for the Samsung Omnia II on its network. As confirmed in a leak, the Windows Mobile 6.5 flagship will reach the carrier's stores on December 2nd and should sell for $200 on contract, though only after a $100 rebate. The new edition also brings support for Visual Voice Mail, VZ Navigator and V CAST media apps.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/23/flagship.omnia.ii.due.for.vz.in.one.week/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/18/internet.explorer.9.still.early/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/ie9-pdc2009.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft on the second day of its Professional Developers Conference by providing an early look at Internet Explorer 9. The new browser is just three weeks into development but is already expected to significantly outperform its predecessor. The new version will take advantage of hardware acceleration from graphics chipsets that support D2D in DirectX to offload many of the visual elements of b... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/18/internet.explorer.9.still.early/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/01/netapplications.shows.mac.firefox.gains/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/snowleopard-reviewsm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />More than a sixth of all Macs are already running Mac OS X Snow Leopard in just over a month of use, new findings from NetApplications show. On September 29th, the one month anniversary of the release, about 18 percent of all Macs tracked by the stats firm were using some version of Snow Leopard, or 0.91 percent of all computers.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/01/netapplications.shows.mac.firefox.gains/ Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/29/ms.competitors.criticize.eu.settlement/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/ielogo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A number of software developers that make competitors to Microsoft's Internet Explorer have complained about the recent settlement with the EU that would allow Microsoft to give users the option to install another web browser. According to a Monday WSJ report (subscription required), the complaints came via a questionnaire EU officials sent out to Microsoft's competition, urging them for comment o... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/29/ms.competitors.criticize.eu.settlement/ Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/10/macs.faster.on.web/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0908/safari4-firstlook.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Despite stereotypes, Macs are typically faster than Windows PCs on the web, according to data from FutureMark. Best known for its 3DMark benchmark suite, the company says that Apple's systems are about 5 to 10 percent faster on average in its Peacekeeper web code test than Windows computers with equivalent hardware. This includes any browser that runs on both platforms, including Apple's own Saf... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/10/macs.faster.on.web/ Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/10/microsoft.update.process/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0903/ie8.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Late last week, software giant Microsoft announced in a US district court that it will change the way the express install works for Internet Explorer 8 with its Windows operating system, as per a Monday report. Microsoft has drawn flak for making IE 8 the default browser despite user's preferences whenever they ran the Windows Update and selected the Express install, with competitors Mozilla and O... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/10/microsoft.update.process/ Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/05/net.app.browser.share.july/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0907/googlechrome.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Internet Explorer's share of the web browser market has dropped to its lowest point in recent memory thanks to inroads from Apple and Google, new stats from Net Applications show. The web tracking firm says Microsoft's browser now has 67.68 percent of the market, lower than a previous low in April. Most of the losses came from both Chrome and Safari, which themselves reached all-time highs of 2.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/05/net.app.browser.share.july/ Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/03/microsoft.drops.win.7.e/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0908/windows7-browserballot.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft this weekend revealed that it would drop plans to launch Windows 7 E for Europe following a change in attitude from the European Commission. The special release, which would have provided Windows without any browser at all, is being scrapped as the Commission has tentatively embraced the company's browser ballot approach to providing a choice of web browsers. These customers should now... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/03/microsoft.drops.win.7.e/ Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/16/opera.unite.eases.sharing/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0906/operafridgeintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Opera on Tuesday unveiled its Opera Unite service that breaks with tradition by allowing users to share files with other computer users via their web browsers and not a third-party server. Ease-of-use is being touted as an advantage of the new software, and Opera expects even devices with modern web browsers, such as smartphones, will also be able to access the files. As Opera Unite services are b... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/16/opera.unite.eases.sharing/ Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/12/eu.say.win.7.e.not.enough/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0906/euflag-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft's decision to pull Internet Explorer from Windows 7 in Europe isn't enough to address EU antitrust complaints about the company's abuse of the market, the European Commission said Friday. The continent's officials now say that Microsoft's proposed solution would actually hurt competition as it would leave the five percent of those buying retail copies of Windows each year with few optio... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/12/eu.say.win.7.e.not.enough/ Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:45:00 GMT