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5:25 PM - An Underdog Worth Rooting For: Sandvox
The Slacker's Guide: Chris Barylick shows us Sandvox, a new WYSIWYG HTML editor that is going to have to compete with Apple's iWeb, but Chris says Sandvox is worth rooting for. »
5:10 PM - 16 Days Without My Mac!?!
Computing with Bifocals: As I am writing this I have been without my computer for 16 days. That is s.i.x.t.e.e.n. days. One six. Days. Without my computer... »
4:50 PM - Report: Microsoft Mulls Making Its iPod Competitor, but With Games by Bryan Chaffin: Microsoft is contemplating making its own digital media device to directly compete with Apple's iPod, according to a report from BusinessWeek. TMO covered this on Thursday, but today's coverage includes a Spin that looks at what Microsoft might be missing.
TMO Spin: The real reason Microsoft would consider making its own digital media device is because its third party partners have so far failed to do it right. Microsoft has provided the platform, and Windows Media licensees have made all manner of devices that then sit on store shelves. »
4:10 PM - Will Intel Switch Lead to Rise in OS X Exploits? by Staff: While Apple's official position is that Mac OS X will be business as usual when run on Intel processors, security experts interviewed by eWeek's Paul F. Roberts suggest that the shift could actually make the operating system less secure. »
4:00 PM - Review - iPod nano leather flip case by Misha Sakellaropoulo: One of the nicest and most affordable leather cases for your iPod nano. »
3:20 PM - Why Apple Wasn't a 2006 Stock Pick by Staff: The Motley Fool's Alyce Lomax used her latest column this week to explain why she didn't include Apple in her top stock picks for 2006. »
2:00 PM - Propellerhead Discusses Plans for Intel Support by Staff: Propellerhead Software told its customers this week that while it has yet to release Universal Binaries of its software, it is "still fully committed to the Mac OS platform," according to an article at MacCentral. »
1:45 PM - Symantec Issues Universal Binary For Norton AntiVirus by Staff: Symantec this week issued version 10.1 of Norton AntiVirus, enabling the software to run on Intel Macs. The company recommended that users run LiveUpdate within NAV 10.0 to download and install the update. »
1:10 PM - Mac Gaming News - Otto Matic 3.0 Updated with Intel Support by Staff: Pangea Software released Otto Matic 3.0 with Universal Binary Support on Friday. »
12:45 PM - iPodObserver - Amazon May Offer Streaming Feature Films by Staff: Amazon.com is apparently mulling a plan in which it would offer online streaming of feature films from at least two major studios, Frank Barnako reported for MarketWatch. »
10:30 AM - Chronos Updates Product Line for Intel Macs by Staff: In what's turning out to be "Universal Binary Friday" at TMO, Chronos announced that its entire product line now runs natively on PowerPC and Intel-based Macs. »
10:10 AM - NewsFire Now Universal Binary by Staff: The RSS news reader, NewsFire, was updated to version 1.3 on Thursday, adding Universal Binary (UB) support as well as several other new features. »
9:25 AM - PhoneValet Gets Remote Control, More by Staff: Parliant Corp. announced the immediate availability of PhoneValet 3.1 on Thursday. »
9:05 AM - Bug Reporter Ready for Intel by Staff: BugReporter 1.0.3 joins the growing list of Universal Binary (UB) applications capable of running natively on PowerPC and Intel-based Macs on Friday. »
8:40 AM - iPodObserver - Pod2Go Supports Intel Macs by Staff: Kainjow's Pod2Go 1.6.2, the Mac OS X utility for syncing news and other information to an iPod, has been updated as a Universal Binary application, letting it run natively on PowerPC and Intel-based Macs. »
8:30 AM - TMO Reports - The Future of Mac Apps: Universal Binary
by Jeff Gamet: Just like Apple's transition from Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X required new versions of the applications we use every day, the transition to Intel-based Macs is forcing developers to update their code once again. »
8:15 AM - Calendar X, MoosePad X Go Universal by Staff: WunderMoosen announced the immediate availability of Universal Binary versions of Calendar X and MoosePad X on Thursday.. »
7:50 AM - AppleCare for Displays by Staff: Purchase an Apple Display independently of your Mac? No problem. Now you can buy AppleCare for your display, too. »
7:30 AM - TMO Quick Tip - Use Windows Fonts On Your Mac by Jeff Gamet: If you work in a cross-platform office, and have to open documents that were created on a Windows PC, in Microsoft Word for example, they don't always look the way you expect, and that's probably because you don't have the right fonts. Luckily, you use a Mac, and it knows how to use Windows TrueType fonts, so you can view that cantankerous Word file they way your Windows using colleague intended it to look. »
12:00 AM - Pixadex Gets Universal Binary Update by Staff: The icon organization tool Pixadex has been updated to version 2.0.2, which is a Universal Binary that enables the software to run natively on Intel Macs. »

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