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Apple has won a decisive victory over Pystar, the clone computer maker which sells Mac OS X preloaded on non-Apple hardware. The summary judgement won by Apple ruled that Pystar had violated copyright laws and violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). It sounds like the road is ending for Pystar. It sounds like this should be the obvious outcome, but I think many of us are simply shocked at Pystar’s vigorous attacks against Apple and wondered if they did indeed have a case worth fighting.

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I know I’m a little late talking about iPhoto ‘09. But I just got my iLife ‘09 box last week, installed it into my MacBook, and played with iPhoto ‘09 for the first time after having read so much about its features. iPhoto is really about the only application I use in the iLife suite. At some time I will probably try to put iMovie, iDVD and iWeb to good use. There’d be lesser use of GarageBand for me though.

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Of course we already know that Apple’s Mac hardware has enjoyed steady growth in the market share of desktop and notebook computers. But it is always a pleasant surprise to see it featured in TV programmes, movies, and other mass media. A colleague pointed out something interesting. The web configuration interface of our new Cisco Wireless LAN Controller features a Mac in the splash screen welcome page.

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The cat is out of the bag. The latest version of Apple’s Mac OS X operating system, code named Snow Leopard, will be launched in September. Current Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) users can upgrade to Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) for just US$29. That seems like a very reasonable upgrade price to pay.

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There are many nice things about the Mac. Some of them are definitely the envy of PC. Sometimes the PC cannot resist the temptation to copy. But you know what? Sometimes the copy is so duh. Here’s something I just came across: Multi-Touch gestures for the PC. Yes, Multi-Touch is now no longer exclusive to the MacBooks and iPhones.

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The Apple Store has just reopened with three new Macs: the new Mac Mini, the new iMac and the new Mac Pro. Actually there are more new things: the new Time Capsule and the new Airport Express. They’re not all ready for immediate shipping in Singapore, but soon enough in just a couple of days (or a little longer, depending on what product you’re looking for).

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Nowadays, Apple picking up awards from a “PC” magazine isn’t very surprising anymore. This time, Apple has once again swept up all the awards from PC Magazine’s 21st Annual Reader Survey in all the categories of Desktop and Notebook computers. This is in the September 2008 issue of PC Magazine, which I don’t normally read but happened to chance upon a copy in my workplace yesterday.

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This is the start of “Week 1″. It is the second week of school at NUS because the semester started with “Week 0″. Yes, how very much like computer people to start counting from zero. Week 1 is where orientation is over and classes officially start. Week 0 at NUS wasn’t overly crowded. Today, I’m seeing congestion everywhere.

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The new school year at NUS has started. Many people are buying new computers. Some of them will be buying Macs, particularly since they have gotten quite popular in the last few years. Now, how do you get it working in NUS? Most official help resources are going to focus just on Windows XP or Windows Vista. So here you are, my concise guide to getting a couple of basic things setup to work in NUS.

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I’m not a new comer to the Mac. I’ve been using an oldish PowerBook G4 for the last 2 odd years. But just switching from that PowerBook to the new MacBook has been so fascinating that I’ve been wondering why didn’t I get the MacBook any earlier. I’ve been doing new things with the MacBook that I’ve never tried before with the older PowerBook, and along the way I’m discovering how many more cool things that I’ve been missing out previously. Even simple things like email using Mac OS X’s Mail application has made the mundane daily routine more productive and interesting.

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