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Mon, 20 May 2013 07:15:41 +1200 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_283_polar.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_283_polar.html Poles shifting — Polar council extended — Humanity primed to survive mass extinction — When you'll die — Computer controlled rifle is deadly accurate — House to keep you fit — Fake skin is more sensitive than real skin — Archaeologists may have discovered the mysterious lost city of gold, Ciudad Blanca — Minoans were Europeans, not Egyptians Fri, 17 May 2013 07:21:16 +1200 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/app_store_hit_50_billion.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/app_store_hit_50_billion.html App Store hit 50 billion — Tim Cook in tax hearing — Apple releases Flash Storage Firmware Update 1.0 for mid 2012 MacBook Air — iTunes 11.0.3 — San Francisco flagship Apple Store to move — Pixelmator success — New Grey Lynn Sessions for Mac training Thu, 16 May 2013 07:29:21 +1200 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/imovie_update.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/imovie_update.html iMovie update — QuickTime Player Pro 7 — Steam can be a space hog — Paper vs digital Wed, 15 May 2013 07:16:14 +1200 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/iwork_team_boost.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/iwork_team_boost.html iWork team gets a boost — Alternatives for Photoshop — Google adds 10GB to services — Daft Punk streams new album Tue, 14 May 2013 07:28:25 +1200 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/ram_ramifications.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/ram_ramifications.html What does adding more RAM actually do? Update for Thunderbolt — Microsoft Office Update — Apple reluctant to build Metro iTunes — Trippy Steve and Steve comic Mon, 13 May 2013 07:40:22 +1200 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_282_mars_martians.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_282_mars_martians.html People actually want to go there despite strange features — Solar-powered plane — Flying car — Nature nurture — Ancient words in common — Why music moves us — The massive human circle Fri, 10 May 2013 07:23:59 +1200 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/time_capsule.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/time_capsule.html Time Capsule — Pixelmator 2.2 — Wargame: European Escalation — Intego and Mac security — It's 5-tip Friday Thu, 09 May 2013 07:20:07 +1200 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/office_mac_update.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/office_mac_update.html Microsoft Office for Mac updated — Google Now coming to Mac? Social Media and your Mac — Free app 'unarchives' — Alternatives to Adobe CS — Apple's product photographer Wed, 08 May 2013 07:30:12 +1200 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/docks.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/docks.html Belkin Thunderbolt Dock reviewed — Targus Docking Station — Viber can now be used on Macs — Mac mini as a media centre Tue, 07 May 2013 07:22:37 +1200 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/adobe_in_the_cloud.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/adobe_in_the_cloud.html Photoshop into the cloud — InDesign and Illustrator, too — Beta plugin removes blur — Sims 4 for Mac — Apple into Fortune 500's top ten — Huge crowd greets new Berlin Apple Store Mon, 06 May 2013 07:40:32 +1200 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_281_building_with_light.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_281_building_with_light.html Building with light — An insect's compound eye inspires digital camera — Surgeon's mask enhances abilities — Predictive medicine — New wool shirts don't need ironing, or much cleaning — World's smallest movie — Pancreatic cancer test devised by 15-year-old — Robots find ancient golden orbs Fri, 03 May 2013 07:25:55 +1200 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/flash_imacs_acorn.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/flash_imacs_acorn.html Extra Flash storage options for iMacs added — Image Editor Acorn faster, redesigned and cheap for a limited time — Morphing, animation — New Grey Lynn Sessions Thu, 02 May 2013 07:22:15 +1200 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/cook_jobs_prototyper_instacast.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/cook_jobs_prototyper_instacast.html Tim Cook to headline All Thing D conference — Jobs built the computer that the worldwide web was invented on — Mac iOS app prototyper — Instacast for Mac beta Wed, 01 May 2013 07:23:16 +1200 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/apple_s_debt_sale.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/apple_s_debt_sale.html Apple's debt sale — Rich Russian loads up on Apple shares — Laser-cut MacBook Pro lids — Finally, a Thunderbolt Dock — Apple betters its best — Spotdox lets you access Mac folders from iDevices — Grid racing game Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:21:37 +1200 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/apple_doing_pretty_well.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/apple_doing_pretty_well.html Apple doing pretty well, actually — What will Apple announce at WWDC? — Apple hitting the road with new Tech Talks — VPN changes changed — People paying big bucks for coffee with Tim Cook Sat, 27 Apr 2013 07:43:23 +1200 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_280_hot_at_core.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_280_hot_at_core.html Earth's core as hot as the sun — Robots evolve walking — Armchair assembles itself — Smart, hot sand — Plane flies around San Francisco powered by the sun — Building yourself 'second natures' — Computer improves cancer prediction — Radioactive bacteria in medicinal use Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:46:56 +1200 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/best_windows_laptop_a_mac.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/best_windows_laptop_a_mac.html Best Windows laptop: a Mac — WWDC tickets sold out in three minutes — Apple spaceship gets bikes — MacPhun bundle for US$19.99 — Ten improvements Macworld wants in the next OS X — XCOM: Enemy Unknown for the Mac — Easy Mac website customisation — Twitter finally gets Retina support Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:55:52 +1200 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/wwdc_2013_announced_for_june_10.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/wwdc_2013_announced_for_june_10.html WWDC 2013 announced — Student tickets for WWDC — A decade of iTunes — Apple trying to tame Wall Street — Scapple is a note-taking tool — Getting rid of stuff on Macs — Import into Aperture like a pro Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:26:15 +1200 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/wall_street_bonkers.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/wall_street_bonkers.html Wall Street 'bonkers' — New Apple Store in Melbourne — iTunes dominates — iTunes 'Download Later' — Basics of typography — iCloud outages — name your price' bundle — Sync Lightroom across Dropbox Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:23:39 +1200 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/apple_chinese_earthquake_efforts.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/apple_chinese_earthquake_efforts.html Apple donates to Chinese earthquake efforts — Logitech gaming devices now support Macs — Microsoft CFO quits — Mac energy saving techniques — Mac apps shows Retina resolutions — Mac anatomy software Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:15:52 +1200 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_279_dark_matter_mine.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_279_dark_matter_mine.html Dark Matter mine — Earth's shadow biosphere — Hyundai demonstrates flying car — Way better battery — Medical breakthroughs — Brain connectogram — Why the latest Bird Flu is freaking scientists out Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:29:42 +1200 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/blur_reduction.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/blur_reduction.html Jony Ive, top 100 influencer — Photoshop's new blur reduction tool — Popup Window — Yet another bundle — Wunderlist Pro for Mac, iOS and the web — YouTube discovery app — Mac tab app Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:20:27 +1200 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/apple_updates_galore.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/apple_updates_galore.html Apple updates galore Java for OS X 2013-002 — Safari 6.0.4/5.1.9 — Aperture 3.4.4 — iPhoto — printers — Little Inferno — Some Apple TVs have problems — Apple Support Centre — Funny or Die's Steve Jobs movie for free Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:00:00 +1200 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/apple_talent_lightroom_beta.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/apple_talent_lightroom_beta.html Apple talent jumping ship — Free Lightroom Beta — Trader guilty of Apple stock fraud — Apple, Florida, Melbourne Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:35:08 +1200 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/steve_jobs_widow.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/steve_jobs_widow.html Steve Jobs' widow — Apple top ... in exec pay — Checking your Mac's warranty status — Free photo editor if you are fast — Grand Theft Audio — League of Legends for Mac — How to set up a VPN on Mac Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:18:05 +1200 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_278_green_blob_in_space.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_278_green_blob_in_space.html Massive Green Blob in Space — Alien code in our DNA — Hawking says to get off-planet — Slowdown in climate change may be brief — Earth-saving factories in containers — Red meat and heart disease — Flesh eating, cancer-fighting superglue — Flywheels for power — Reputation to be your currency — Chocolate that's even better for you Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:46:38 +1200 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/china_pc_crisis.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/china_pc_crisis.html Apple China Crisis — Next Microsoft Office for Mac — PC shipments have plummeted 13.9% — App for ears, music Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:28:32 +1200 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/sim_city_spaceship.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/sim_city_spaceship.html Sim City for Mac June 11 — Apple Spaceship designers to revamp Apple Stores — Apple's status page for online services — Pathways Into Darkness recreated for Mac — New Macs to get faster WiFi Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:58:46 +1200 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/that_new_mac_pro.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/that_new_mac_pro.html That new Mac Pro — Next-gen Thunderbolt — Watermarker for Mac photos — Penney kicks out Ron Johnson Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:47:11 +1200 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/online_steve_jobs_memorial.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/online_steve_jobs_memorial.html Online Steve Jobs memorial — Phlo is a quick search engine — No more support for Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 — Crud killer — Borderlands 2 for Mac gets multiplayer Mon, 08 Apr 2013 07:02:39 +1200 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_277_dark_matter.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_277_dark_matter.html Dark Matter — Avatar with attitude — Ice melts, oceans warm — Artificial plants could power homes — Can soil become an energy source? Neanderthal bone trove Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:33:32 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/mac_malware_creator_outed.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/mac_malware_creator_outed.html Mac malware creator outed — Adobe granting sneak peek at pro video apps to broadcasters conference — Apple, Google and the Australian taxman — Goodbye WebKit — Sonnet Thunderbolt Dock — Fuji X100S Thu, 04 Apr 2013 07:24:01 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/isteve.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/isteve.html iSteve — Amazon Cloud Drive app — iTunes results missing from Google searches — Macworld's guide to converting audio files into digital — Lightroom updated for Fujifilm X100s camera Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:27:45 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/apple_37.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/apple_37.html Apple 37 — Apple financials — Reeder now free — Macworld rescheduled — Pricing on the Mac App Store Mon, 01 Apr 2013 22:52:30 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/easter_eggs.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/easter_eggs.html Easter Eggs — Kim Jong-un has an iMac — Apple apparently to promote Final Cut X — A Mac game — Developers have the pip with iCloud Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:48:24 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_276_new_supernova_type.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_276_new_supernova_type.html New type of Supernova — Quickest journey to International Space Station — Hand-cranked camera — East German village a blueprint for green energy — Modified microbe could turn carbon emissions into fuel — Pacific bird species die-off — Enhancing brain flexibility could dislodge addiction — Brain scans predict criminal behaviour Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:32:19 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/20_minutes_for_you.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/20_minutes_for_you.html MacBook Pro Retina? Here's 20 minutes — Apple's site now 8th most popular — Drifter will also now be a Mac game — Apple could buy Cyprus — Samsung, court, machinations — TextWrangler is powerful and free Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:38:02 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/mac_apps_free_and_cheap.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/mac_apps_free_and_cheap.html MacUpdate freebie — Nik heavily discounts its photo filters — Chinese communists still hating on Apple — Meanwhile, Chinese capitalists — Kaleidoscope — Quicksilver Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:19:03 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/tremendous_tech_innovator.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/tremendous_tech_innovator.html Google's Schmidt: Apple tremendous tech innovator — Apple's data centers now powered 100% renewably — Apple fixes Spam Hole — Apple buys WiFiSLAM — Mac app Dunno — Book of Mac hacks — Jobs manga — Picture Collage Maker for Mac Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:04:25 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_275_de-extinction.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_275_de-extinction.html Asteroid on it's way, so pray — Unfinished Chilean observatory already discovering — Phaser made from sound — Katrina surges to become the norm — Graphene came from mucking about in Manchester — 17-year-old built an algae biofuel lab under her bed — Complete remission from cancer after gene-modded cells — Long distance drivers safer on coffee — Neanderthal gene sequenced from a toe Fri, 22 Mar 2013 07:27:34 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/os_x_update_fixes_pixelmator_bug.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/os_x_update_fixes_pixelmator_bug.html OS X update fixes Pixelmator bug — Bioshock Infinite game — NetNewsWire to pick up where Google Reader leaves off — New Mac Trojan — Shine adds lighting effects to photos — Anatomy of Mail Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:21:06 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/adobe_guy_defects_to_apple.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/adobe_guy_defects_to_apple.html Adobe guy defects to Apple — OS 10.8.3 needs a firmware update to some SSDs to work — WWDC alert service — New software for Apple TV — Apple warranties under the EU gun — Chinese attack on Apple backfires — The diet of Grewal — Graphics card really kicks along a Mac Pro Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:28:14 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/steve_jobs_in_bubble_wrap.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/steve_jobs_in_bubble_wrap.html Steve Jobs portrait in bubble wrap — iMac sales rebound — Evernote mastership — PDFPen 6 powerful, and cheaper for a limited time — Why you should use Mountain Lion Spaces Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:14:16 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/os_x_mountain_lion_10_8_3.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/os_x_mountain_lion_10_8_3.html OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.3 — MacBook Pro Retina SMC Update v1.1 — Class action suit for Retina displays — Civ expansion simultaneous with PC — Mac space game virtually Endless Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:21:53 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_274_weird_planets.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_274_weird_planets.html The comet Pan-Starrs — Weird planets — Space message teleportation — Mars could hold life — Arctic going green — Scans show what we're thinking about — Super microservers — Los Angeles in 2013, 1988 style — New teeth from scratch — Ancient Egyptian blue pigment has very modern uses Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:00:22 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/cook_ordered_to_testify.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/cook_ordered_to_testify.html Cook ordered to testify in eBook case — iMacs with wall mounts — Alfred 2 — Speedy Net analyses your network — Bye bye Snapseed, Google Reader Thu, 14 Mar 2013 07:22:52 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/apple_stock_buyback_possible.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/apple_stock_buyback_possible.html Apple stock buyback possible — An end to Adobe boxes — Apple Store late working policies stopped in France — New Dropbox for Mac Wed, 13 Mar 2013 07:25:01 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/macbook_pro_retina_best_battery_life.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/macbook_pro_retina_best_battery_life.html MacBook Pro with Retina has best battery life — ProTools updated — MacUpdate has another bundle — Disk utilities other than Disk Utility — Preview of new Pixelmator features Tue, 12 Mar 2013 07:26:55 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/mac_geek.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/mac_geek.html How to think like a Mac geek — Google celebrates the Hitchhiker's Guide — Deaf students in a Mac store — Skateboard made from a Mac Pro — MacBook Pro Retina fan issue — Another App bundle Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:34:53 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_273_snowball_earth_hypothesis.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_273_snowball_earth_hypothesis.html Life on Earth from ice — China’s farmscrapers will generate their own food — Jovian moon has an ocean — Did the Milky Way devour other galaxies? Flores Hobbit a dwarf species — New kind of bacteria in deep, frozen lake — Writing DNA on laptops — Boosting mouse intelligence — Satellite to detect earthquakes from space — Bees like coffee too Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:18:30 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/apple_suppliers_hit_99_compliance.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/apple_suppliers_hit_99_compliance.html Apple suppliers hit 99% compliance — Wall Street is nuts — Ihnatko moves to Android, but Linux guy moves to Mac — Mac Pro-mo — Dear Apple, start treating multi-country iTunes users like first-class citizens Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:20:10 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/imac_ship_times_better_again.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/imac_ship_times_better_again.html iMac ship times better again — Homebrew Computer Club — Spirit Walkers: Curse of the Cypress Witch for Mac — Logitech Rechargeable Trackpad review — Apple meeting with streaming guy — Low cost Education iMac Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:00:19 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/analysts_and_wads_of_cash.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/analysts_and_wads_of_cash.html How an analyst lost big on wild Apple predictions — Buffet poses no surprises — Inside the Lightning — Another new version of (grrr) Java — Steve Jobs' prank call to Starbucks — Matt Groening of The Simpsons once made Apple posters — Nikon Coolpix M — Clean My Mac Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:19:17 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/apple_wins_some_loses_some.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/apple_wins_some_loses_some.html Judge Koh reduces damages in Apple vs Samsung case by US$450 million — But Greenlight drops suit — How to use iTunes 11's Up Next feature — Apple blacklists older versions of Flash — iMac ships times have become three days in the US — Mac Pro could emerge smaller — Secrets of the Lightning connector Sun, 03 Mar 2013 18:52:28 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_272_accidental_science.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_272_accidental_science.html Scientific accident could change the world — Ultimate building blocks of life have been found in interstellar space — Americans not the best study subjects — Algorithms get to work on human society — The new sciences — Broadband for farmers — NASA has found a free particle — Stylish in times of disaster accelerator floating in space — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:59:32 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/cook_on_this_cook_on_that.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/cook_on_this_cook_on_that.html No stock split — Ron Johnson transforming Penney — Apple pays out on patents — EA wants to combine gaming platforms — iTunes in the Cloud hits more lands — Apple most admired — DEVONThink gets sync — The Barely Legal Teen Mail problem — 5 Tip Friday Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:57:53 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/apple_backs_gay_marriage.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/apple_backs_gay_marriage.html Apple files statement backing gay marriage — Apple Store down last night — Apple files statement backing gay marriage — XCOM: Enemy Unknown is coming to Mac — Photo batch editor — Newer Macs may have Mountain Lion reinstall issue Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:51:31 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/mac_sales_bound.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/mac_sales_bound.html Mac sales bound upwards — Apple tops brands in Britain — Apple nicer Tue, 26 Feb 2013 07:28:15 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/benchmarks_legal_moves.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/benchmarks_legal_moves.html New bumped MacBook Pros benchmarked — Apple and Samsung require to judges to sort it out in Australia — Greenlight Capitol scores against Apple — troubleshooting network connections Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:03:57 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_271_cosmic_keplered.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_271_cosmic_keplered.html Little planet — Alternative universe will eventually destroy ours — Incredible details about Russia’s Chelyabinsk meteor — Telekinesis tats — Dartmoor trades very old — Teeth weren't McClean — Whales found in US highway — Left brain, right brain: it's political — software program could reconstruct earliest human languages Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:44:50 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/mac_hack_website_safe_to_use.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/mac_hack_website_safe_to_use.html Mac hack website safe to use — Rumours of an iWatch — Weird Apple without Jobs — Ive on design — Baldur's Mac Gate — Civilization V Gold Edition — NSBasic now Mac compatible — Remote presentations with Messages — 5 tip Friday Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:50:53 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/apple_got_hacked.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/apple_got_hacked.html Apple got hacked — Free Wi-Fi in the UK — iTunes update — Classic photo of Jobs with Gates — The story of a stolen Mac and how to safeguard yourself Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:16:25 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/microsoft_hikes_office_prices.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/microsoft_hikes_office_prices.html Microsoft hikes Office prices — Apple makes no real gaming hardware — Storm Raiders, Sky Gamblers — Firefox 19 gets HTML5 PDF viewer — Apple TV launches in India Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:52:24 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/premium_in-ear_speakers_tweaked.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/premium_in-ear_speakers_tweaked.html Apple updates premium in-ear speaker earbuds — Why Apple should build a car — Australian department finally kills old iMac G4s — Macs that died — Apple looking for TV engineers Mon, 18 Feb 2013 07:33:08 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_270_alien_life_beneath_the_ice.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_270_alien_life_beneath_the_ice.html Life discovered beneath Antarctic ice — Massive volcano forming in the Pacific — Map equalises the US by positing 50 equally populous states — Dogs see things from our point of view when it comes to food — Nazi rocket that could hit New York — Biological circuits — Middle East has huge fresh water loss — The genetics of myopia — Better data storage — The perfect beer glass Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:16:20 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/edge_reflow.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/edge_reflow.html Adobe improves responsive Web design with Edge Reflow for Creative Cloud — Configuring Mac network settings — McAfee messes with its Mac security apps Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:31:45 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/apple_cuts_prices_ups_specs_on_macbook_pro.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/apple_cuts_prices_ups_specs_on_macbook_pro.html Apple cuts prices, ups specs on MacBook Pro line — Intego redesigns Mac security products, drops prices — Obama mentions Apple in State of the Nation — Microsoft has released an update to its Office for Mac 2011 software — Opera milestone, and change announced — Apple pays out 8 billion — Radium arrives in Mac App Store — New Mac patch brings Mac-PC multiplayer to Borderlands 2 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:31:06 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/cook_proclaims.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/cook_proclaims.html Apple won't release a lousy product, says Cook. Again — Adobe caves to Australian pricing pressure — Unclutter sweeps your desktop clean — Amazon moves past Apple to top US satisfaction — How to key a shot in Final Cut Pro X — Napkin annotates images Tue, 12 Feb 2013 07:29:24 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/australian_government_acts_on_apple_prices.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/australian_government_acts_on_apple_prices.html Australian government forces Apple answers on pricing — Update Flash to ward off malware — Apple plans on continuing to reward stock holders — Apple has released the Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update version 4.04 — Borderlands 2 half price — EA launches Origin game service for Mac Mon, 11 Feb 2013 07:39:59 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_269_perfect_sphere.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_269_perfect_sphere.html Near perfect spheres test Einstein's theories — Bacterium turns toxic waste into gold — Close encounter — British soldiers get personal drones — Glasses solve colour blindness — Aliens missing — Stem cell research promising for MS — Films can't be written by machines and rude place-names map Fri, 08 Feb 2013 07:24:59 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/lucky_l_pke.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/lucky_l_pke.html Lucky Lüpke wins 10k Euros from Apple — Rabbit Beta aims to revolutionise video chats — Mastering Terminal to change your Dashboard Thu, 07 Feb 2013 07:27:19 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/25_billion_songs.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/25_billion_songs.html 25 billion songs — More evidence for a badly-needed new Pro — New Age app — MultiMarkdown Composer — Apple jobs listing hints at Siri integration for Mac — The Grey Lynn Sessions start tonight Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:30:24 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/new_mac_server_software.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/new_mac_server_software.html New version of OS X Server — Mac Museum display — iBank app — Breakout Books showcases indies Tue, 05 Feb 2013 07:34:24 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/bad_news_for_european_mac_users.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/bad_news_for_european_mac_users.html Mac Pro fails new European safety rule — More bad news for European Mac users — Latest Java leaves some Mac users out, then a fix — On OmniFocus 2 — iWeb replacement – Sonnet adds USB 3 support to xMac Mon, 04 Feb 2013 07:32:56 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_268_magnetic_transistors.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_268_magnetic_transistors.html Magnetic reprogrammable transistors — Ice Station Walker — NASA's solar sailor — 3D printers could be building Moon houses out of lunar dust — City heat can affect temperatures 1800kms away — Light Field Photography going 3D — create your own pulp magazine covers with the Pulp-O-Mizer Fri, 01 Feb 2013 07:21:36 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/apple_tv_refresh_imminent.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/apple_tv_refresh_imminent.html Apple updates for old batteries — New Apple TV spotted, imminent — Parallels offers Microsoft SCCM consoles, and benchmarks — Watermaker for OS X — Blu-ray drives for Mac — Wunderlist Thu, 31 Jan 2013 07:23:27 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/mac_created_man.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/mac_created_man.html Mac created Man — Microsoft's new release and Mac users — Update to Office 2011 for Mac Wed, 30 Jan 2013 07:28:37 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/shanghai_r_d_centre.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/shanghai_r_d_centre.html Shanghai R&D centre — Apple R&D spend spiked at the end of 2012 — Apple TV update — Apple drops out of trust tree — Xcode 4.6 — Frostbite might be ported to OS X Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:29:22 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/apple_s_actual_financials.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/apple_s_actual_financials.html Apple has announced its Q1 2013 earnings — Ranking the analysts — Apple Supplier Responsibility Report — Tiny Lego Mac — Jobs' movie — Take Control of iTunes Mon, 28 Jan 2013 07:45:20 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_267_life_under_mars.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_267_life_under_mars.html Life under Mars — Firefly asteroid ship — Charlemagne's gamma burst — Jelly swimming pool — Cancer breakthrough from DNA — How the recession and tech kill the Middle Class — Vincent Van Gogh reconstructed Fri, 25 Jan 2013 07:36:55 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/apple_s_profit_margin_down.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/apple_s_profit_margin_down.html Apple's profit margin down, shares take hit — iCloud user base passes 250 million — Kutcher's jOBS movie April 19th — Buyers' guide to displays Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:25:11 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/job_s_widow_launches_help_site.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/job_s_widow_launches_help_site.html Jobs' widow launches site to assist immigrant kids — Chinese New Year sale — 15 years of Apple's home page — AMD making Apple hires — Apple moving back into Indonesia — Logitech going more Apple Wed, 23 Jan 2013 07:18:18 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/21_5-inch_imac_ship_times_slip.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/21_5-inch_imac_ship_times_slip.html 21.5-inch iMac ship times slip — Limiting kids online time most elegantly — Kutcher gets Macworld session Tue, 22 Jan 2013 07:29:41 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/happy_birthday_apple_lisa_apple_iie.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/happy_birthday_apple_lisa_apple_iie.html Happy birthday, Apple Lisa and the Apple IIe — iMac G4 gets Ivy Bridge — Low cost Mac photo apps — Wargame European Escalation — Al Gore buys into Apple Mon, 21 Jan 2013 07:48:08 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_266_global_warning.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_266_global_warning.html Globe warmer — Blame soot — Belgium to build artificial energy storage island — Body into battery — Leadership Gene — Tiny pill swallowed by firefighters changes work — Base-12 counting — Rare ground-level photo of Hiroshima bombing found — Interactive map of ancient Rome — Viking brewhouses Fri, 18 Jan 2013 07:23:45 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/new_software.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/new_software.html Free OmniFocus 1 — OS X 10.8.3 — Photo app has iOS equivalent — All about printers and Macs — Most analysts still bullish on Apple stocks — Kaleidoscope identifies changes Thu, 17 Jan 2013 07:27:52 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/more_on_the_imac_27.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/more_on_the_imac_27.html More tests of the 27-inch iMac — Borderlands 2 — Macworld — Apple considering further moves in China — Better Lightroom performance — Eight Mac apps bundled for free — Slovoed dictionaries add many features Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:42:40 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/back_to_school_promo.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/back_to_school_promo.html Apple's NZ Back to School Promotion — Thunderbolt displays — Apple gets trackpad patent — Which Apple device would you give up if you had to? Egil Moen Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:22:36 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/cheaper_27_imac_is_faster.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/cheaper_27_imac_is_faster.html New 27-inch iMac tested — JAVA update addresses issues — MacBook Pro vending machine — China will be Apple's biggest market — German Apple TV users get new service — Apple's new patents Mon, 14 Jan 2013 07:29:43 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_265_geek_art.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_265_geek_art.html Geek Art — Flu epidemic lookin' scary already — Emotions we don't have words for in English — Vestal Virgin styles — Trustworthy faces — Gun that could fire craft into space Fri, 11 Jan 2013 07:38:36 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/steve_jobs_and_hp.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/steve_jobs_and_hp.html Steve Jobs on the side of HP — Apple cuts Thunderbolt cable prices, adds one — Firmware Update for mid 2012 Air — Apple settles Retina Image dispute — Safari 10 years on — Omertà: City of Gangsters Thu, 10 Jan 2013 07:34:19 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/cook_in_china.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/cook_in_china.html Cook in China — Firefox gets Retina support — Thunderbolt and USB 3 cables use light Wed, 09 Jan 2013 07:21:47 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/usb3_vs_thunderbolt.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/usb3_vs_thunderbolt.html USB 3 boost may spell the end of Thunderbolt — Burglars raid Microsoft campus, steal only iPads — Bowie releases birthday album on iTunes — iCloud Tue, 08 Jan 2013 07:28:59 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/fusion_option_for_21_5_inch_imac.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/fusion_option_for_21_5_inch_imac.html Fusion option for 21.5 inch iMac — TUAW Best Mac products of 2012 — Pentax announces new retro camera — USB 3 to get speed boost — Browser add-on shows Exif data online Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:31:04 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_264_internet_assassins.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_264_internet_assassins.html Dad hires in-game assassins to get son — Murder via internet — Delivery drones — Spitfires underground — Humans heating up the place — Why girls do better in school — iPhone says: you smell Fri, 04 Jan 2013 07:20:43 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/gates_bans_apple.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/gates_bans_apple.html Gates bans Apple for Christmas — What people email Ballmer — New wireless standard coming — How to use Parental Controls — Fibre-optic Thunderbolt cables — Notification Center explained — AirPlay for non-AirPlay Macs Tue, 01 Jan 2013 08:37:11 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/millions_more_for_cook.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/millions_more_for_cook.html Cook gets a major pay rise — Apple in 2013 — Rumoured Air and MB Pro processor upgrades — On Apple's plans — Apparently, things are improving in Foxconn factories — And ... Happy New Year Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:31:09 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_263_asteroids_humanity.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_263_asteroids_humanity.html Bright asteroid on the way — The asteroid that buzzed us — Philip Gregory finds three habitable planets — Where you live might be how you die — Killer cars — Pigeon code decoded by acronyms — Virus rebuilds pacemaker — Hi-def Dead Sea Scrolls Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:17:00 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/the_average_mac_user.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/the_average_mac_user.html The average Mac user — Apple falls in customer satisfaction survey — Apple security stronger than ever — rumour of an Apple watch — how high speed broadband will affect you Thu, 27 Dec 2012 09:47:16 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/apple_in_review.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/apple_in_review.html Apple in review — Best of 911 — Apple thwarts sensors in China Fri, 21 Dec 2012 07:28:05 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/cook_third.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/cook_third.html Cook third in Time's person of the year — Digital Annual of Inside History — Apple breaks ground in Austin — Borderlands 2 is now in the Mac App Store, but without Multiplayer — Formula One game — Top software — Synium discount and freebies — Bible software gets huge makeover Thu, 20 Dec 2012 07:27:53 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/holiday_specials.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/holiday_specials.html Tim Cook on shortlist — Apple tracking supply chain workers — Skitch gets some classic features back — Evernote — Disk Doctor on sale — Classic side-scrolling game with a twist — More prices slashed — Macworld's annual tribute to Mac software Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:29:30 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/updates_and_new_apps.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/updates_and_new_apps.html WiFi update — EFI firmware update for 2012 iMac and 13-inch MacBook Pro models — Wunderlist 2 now available for Macs — Pockets for your Mac clutter — Understanding the new views in iTunes 11 — Ultimate Music Bundle Tue, 18 Dec 2012 07:22:05 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/fast_quiet_and_skinny_imac_27-inch.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/fast_quiet_and_skinny_imac_27-inch.html Fast quiet and skinny iMac 27-inch — Apple stock drops — Best Mac Apps of 2012 — Updates — EPIC Wishmaster Adventures free princess in space game — Living Earth HD Mon, 17 Dec 2012 07:40:07 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_262_old_hangis_new_data.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_262_old_hangis_new_data.html Importance of old hangis to space — Old cheeses — Earth's oldest trees — Australian university to get robo-library — Altered cells fight leukaemia — Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer — Virtual sex in 3D — Solar for every home — Moon duo to crash land — What space travel does to your mind Fri, 14 Dec 2012 07:29:11 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/do_it_yourself_mac_malware.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/do_it_yourself_mac_malware.html Do it yourself Mac malware — Adobe Lightroom gets Retina support — Crossover 12.0 runs Windows apps on Macs without Windows — Batman: Arkham City — Apple patents the startup chime — Migrating from an iMac to a MacBook Pro Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:26:49 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/old_apple_sells_for_fortune.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/old_apple_sells_for_fortune.html Old Apple sells for fortune — Logitech's new Mac keyboard and trackpad — Foxconn's robots — Apple wants more wavelength — iTunes movies in more countries Wed, 12 Dec 2012 07:41:53 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/27-inch_macs_arriving.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/27-inch_macs_arriving.html 27-inch Macs starting to arrive — Photoshop goes Retina — Apple TV? Sure ... Mac Pro for US manufacture — Apple not so happy any more — Mini flickering stopped — Buyers guide to the 2012 Macs Tue, 11 Dec 2012 07:25:12 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/made_in_the_usa.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/made_in_the_usa.html Apple's US assembly — Final Cut, Motion and Compressor updates — Pixelmator bug forces restarts — Apple and Google team up for Kodak patents — iTunes 11 for the change averse — Logitech security works great with Apple — Massive sci-fi game — New 27-inch iMacs may not ship till January Mon, 10 Dec 2012 07:09:34 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_267_einstein_s_dark_matter.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_267_einstein_s_dark_matter.html Einstein may have discovered Dark Matter without realising — Earth is f__ked, says scientist — Where your house sits with global warming — Cyber contact lenses — And they could be powered by fibre-optic solar cells — Mini-robot could be 'almost anything' — Robot swims to Australia — Murder mapped like disease — Aspergers reclassified Fri, 07 Dec 2012 07:27:00 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/cook_in_the_news_bundle_mania.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/cook_in_the_news_bundle_mania.html Tim Cook's media blitz — Apple looking at a Store in The Hague — Bundle Mania has deals galore — 5 Tip Friday and Christmas Special Thu, 06 Dec 2012 07:21:42 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/iwork_updated.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/iwork_updated.html iWork updated to work better with iOS versions and Microsoft Office — iMac 'best ever' — Adobe turns 30 this week — BBEdit gets retina support and more — Apple hiring Texas Instruments workers — How to apply special effects to videos in Final Cut Pro X Wed, 05 Dec 2012 07:21:56 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/mac_users_like_to_upgrade_their_systems.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/mac_users_like_to_upgrade_their_systems.html Mac users like to upgrade the OS — Problems with updating Apple TV — Kutcher as Jobs — More classic Mac games — Steam games on big screens — Apple still working on Logic Pro Tue, 04 Dec 2012 07:27:38 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/new_imac_in_pieces.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/new_imac_in_pieces.html A new Mac, a new teardown — How a reasonable person protects their Mac online — New iTunes — Free update to Flare — Sonnet Technologies — RSS feeds — Superguides sale Mon, 03 Dec 2012 07:31:16 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_266_dna_pictured_flu.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_266_dna_pictured_flu.html Double Helix DNA pictured — Hot planet has ice — Moderate planet loses ice — Finding extraterrestrial life with hairspray — Large Hadron Collider may have created a new type of matter — Weather technique predicting flu trends — Flu vaccine could wipe it out — Human evolution speeding up — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 07:24:55 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/os_x_video_tutorials.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/os_x_video_tutorials.html OS X video tutorials in the Mac App Store — Apple building a third campus — MagBytes, tips and Christmas — HTML 5 shown off in online example Thu, 29 Nov 2012 07:25:24 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/hints_of_retina_photoshop.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/hints_of_retina_photoshop.html Adobe teases Retina Photoshop — Scathing evaluation of Apple's iCloud — There's a story on how Migration Assistant doesn't work any more, too — Pocket for Mac gets update with better Twitter, Facebook and Evernote support — Watch every Apple TV ad in a single YouTube playlist Mon, 26 Nov 2012 07:33:03 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_265_eyes_water.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_265_eyes_water.html Microsoft patent serves stats to the eye — Braille on your eyeball — Dutch cold case finally solved — App makes paper into a keyboard — Mystery sea bloop — Wave cloak — Bottle makes its own water — Mars once had water warm enough to sustain life Mon, 19 Nov 2012 07:28:32 +1300 http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_264_planets_to_genes.html http://www.mac-nz.com/mac_news/futurology_264_planets_to_genes.html Planet Marie Celeste — Wireless throughput improved by 700% — Grasshoppers adapting to human noise — Artificial self-healing skin can feel touch — Greenhouse gases affecting satellite trajectories — Downs Syndrome cells — New gene discovery underlines human evolution — Study of women denied abortions