Some Time Machine users are noticing that their backups are not including new files. While the backups run every hour, and no apparent problems seem to occur during the backup process, when users check the backups for recent created files, the items are not there.
HTC’s Android-based Dream phone may not support push-based work mail or ship as soon as expected, according to a reported first-hand account of the device by IBB Consulting senior principal Moe Tanabian. The veteran claims that the device only supports push e-mail through Google’s own Gmail service and that support for Microsoft’s Exchange service isn’t known, potentially hurting its usefulness for business similar to what was encountered with the original iPhone firmware.
Interestingly, Apple has pulled the push notification service in this release “for further development.” The capability was announced at Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference Keynote in response to requests for background process support for third party iPhone applications. Applications that deal with messaging such as AIM or Facebook would likely stand to gain the most from the SDK enhancement. Apple has promised a September delivery of the functionality.
During the second quarter of 2008, Apple reportedly spend $450,000 on lobbying within the federal government, under a broad spectrum of interests in energy conservation, education, and intellectual property rights. Forbes writes that a disclosure form which Apple filed July 21st shows Apple dividing the aforementioned figure among patent reform…
Six short months ago David Alison bought a little white MacBook as a complimentary machine to his menagerie of Windows and Linux machines. Little did he know what the impact of that purchase would have on his approach to computers. In today’s blog post David reviews what’s transpired since buying that first Mac.
Apple has posted a page to remember the soul artist Isaac Hayes days after his death last week. We’ll miss you, Shaft.
Some applications install their own Preference Panes in System Preferences, which means that over time you can end up with a cluttered mess full of extra Preference Panes you no longer need. You can go digging through your Library folders to find and remove the ones you don’t want any more, or you can…
Apple’s famous iMac turns 10 years old today, marking an important milestone. The computer — which first began shipping on August 15th, 1998 — helped usher in the modern Mac era, distancing Apple from an era of Performas and Quadras. It was also the first major new product from the company following the return of co-founder Steve Jobs, and brok…
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