He is proud to say that he has no idea what his traffic numbers are, other than decent enough that Macworld keeps dropping off bales full of sweet, crunchy alfalfa on his doorstep. He’s a little uncertain where a tech journalism site gets alfalfa, but...

US customers who were unhappy with the antenna performance of the smartphone will have the option of getting either a free bumper case or $15. Owners will have up to 120 days to make a claim, starting from April 30, and will be both e-mailed in advance...

$15 in cash or ( another? CNET quotes co-lead counsel Ira Rothken (also the attorney for Megaupload in its case) saying that he believes the settlement is "fair and reasonable", affecting some 25 million people who will be notified by email and through...

Atari Arcade with iPadIn our review of the Atari's Greatest Hits app, we noted that although it's nice to see old-school games on the iPad, trying to play them without a joystick is extremely difficult. The Atari Arcade ( Macworld rated 2.5 out of 5...

However, even here, there are several significant caveats. First, accessing these style changes requires going through a cumbersome series of steps that most people will never bother to use, even if they manage to figure it out (see Macworld’s review...

Apple’s iPhoto desktop software already offers excellent Facebook integration—and no Twitter integration at all. This is clearly not a technological limitation; Apple could integrate with Facebook if it wanted to. So what’s the hold-up? A Facebook...

Apple later made Lion available on a USB stick. A report at Pocket-Lint.com indicates that the company doesn’t intend to repeat this experiment, and Apple told Macworld the same thing. (Of course, prior to Lion’s launch, Apple was insisting that the...

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There are two versions in the pipeline — a hardcase and a leather case — and if tangled, mangled, or lost headsets are a source of frustration for you, they’re something you’ll want to check out. I had the chance to see the prototypes at Macworld 2012...

Moreover, users who have administrative permission have the option to override Gatekeeper at any time by Control-clicking and affirming their intention to go “off roading.” MacWorld has more information about the way Gatekeeper interacts with the...

Not only was the Times passed over for an interview with Cook, but it also appeared to be studiously ignored by Apple in the prerelease presentation and week long preview of OS X Mountain Lion that the company offered to everyone from Macworld to...

O'Grady is the author of The Nexus One Pocket Guide, The Droid Pocket Guide, The Google Phone Pocket Guide, and The Garmin nuvi Pocket Guide (Peachpit Press), the author of Corporations That Changed the World: Apple Inc. (Greenwood Press), and a...

The new security feature is called Gatekeeper, which exploits an existing Apple OS X capability called File Quarantine that checks applications before they launch for the first time. [For a hands-on view of Gatekeeper, see this post at our sister...

Today’s Mountain Lion announcement introduces an important new security feature, called Gatekeeper, in addition to the “sandboxing” feature that premiered in Lion. I’d like to talk a little bit about it, and why it’s important to all Mac users. Malware...

2007, when it was introduced as part of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. And the company has employed it as a requirement for programs distributed in both the App Store for iOS and the Mac App Store. “We’ve been in the Mac App Store for a while (since the very...

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Lion. Funny aside that makes me wonder about Apple nomenclature: Gatekeeper. In the surprisingly still technology relevant 1995 thriller " The Net ", a program called "Gatekeeper" has a starring role. The security software meant to protect computers...

A year after it rolled out the Mac OS X Lion, Apple again plans to introduce a new version of its desktop operating system. The update—dubbed Mountain Lion—will ship this summer. As with Lion, this latest version of OS X will incorporate many features...

Quad Lock has received rave reviews for its ability to mount on bikes, cars, shopping carts, office walls, kitchen splash backs... almost anywhere... using one simple twist. Most recently, Ward and Peters were invited to showcase their products at...