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/09/11/12/buy.could.help.company.compete.with.skype/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/gizmo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Google on Thursday officially confirmed its acquisition of the VoIP company Gizmo5. Unnamed sources leaked the information earlier this week, including the alleged $30 million price tag. The startup initially had been eyed by Skype, however the deal never materialized.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/12/buy.could.help.company.compete.with.skype/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/23/apple.wants.pas.technology/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0804/pasemi.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple's recent acquisition of PA Semiconductor appears to revolve around the latter company's intellectual properties and expertise, not its current products as was initially believed. AppleInsider reveals that Apple is more concerned with PA's technologies and engineers, since the semiconductor manufacturer has in the past created a dual-core 64-bit chip which only uses 15 watts of power to opera... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/23/apple.wants.pas.technology/ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/09/slingcatcher.delayed/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0804/slingcatcher-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Sling's long-awaited Sling Catcher is suffering from a delay that will most likely push its release to late 2008. The delay was discovered by Engadget reader "Christopher", who was a prospective customer of Sling's, noting that the vice president of sales Gregg Wilkes sent him an email informing him that the device was not up to the company's high standards. Wilkes also cited that the company's re... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/09/slingcatcher.delayed/ Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/25/64.bit.data.acquisition/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0802/vvi_080225_signal.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />VVI has updated its data acquisition and strip chart application, DAQ Plot to version 10.5.1. Te new release adds 64-bit capabilities, making it the first 64-bit capable app of its kind available for Mac OS X. The app is traditionally used in medical device, pharmaceutics and other important health and engineering projects. The new release also uses the latest hardware-accelerated graphics techniq... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/25/64.bit.data.acquisition/ Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/15/yahoo.sued.by.shareholders/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0802/yahoomessenger.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft's attempted acquisition of Yahoo! has gotten a bit more contentious. Bloomberg reports that a group of Yahoo shareholders have jointly filed a lawsuit against the search company for rejecting the $45 billion offer from Microsoft. Michigan's Wayne County Employees' Retirement System, which owns a relatively small 13,000 block of shares of Yahoo claims in the suit that the company failed t... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/15/yahoo.sued.by.shareholders/ Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:45:00 GMT