TechSheep (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
Sam Oliver / AppleInsider: Apple a ‘bright spot’ during lackluster Black Friday kick-off — Although this year’s holiday shopping season is expected to present challenges for many consumer-oriented hardware companies, Apple is already showing signs of bucking the trend with Black Friday Mac sales reported to be better than expected.
TechEnclave (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
... not limited to World of Warcraft, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Company of Heroes. According to Sam Oliver from Apple Insider, users believe the problem lies in a driver or cooling issue, wherein the MacBook is heating up faster than it can be cooled by the internal fans. Some users have mitigated the issue by installing alternative NVIDIA drivers and using a software tool called SMCFancontrol...
CR Blog (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
... One to Watcher, Woof Wan-Bau. Agency: DDB London . Creative Director: Jeremy Craigen. Copywriter: Sam Oliver. Art director: Shishir Patel. Production company: Independent (London). Director: Noam Murro. Producers: Richard Packer (UK) and Jay Veal (USA). Agency producer: Lucy Westmore. Editor: Tim Thornton Allan (Marshall Street Editors). In the interactive category, Sweden’s Great Work lived...
The D'Alesio Blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Yesterday, David Chartier at Ars and Sam Oliver at AppleInsider both publicizedan issue that’s been burning up the support boards for a while now: iTunes video rentals and purchases in HD are flagged forHDCP control, and in cooperation with the new Mini DisplayPort connector on the MacBook and MacBook Pro unibody models, those movies and TV shows are refusing to play back on [...]
The Current Buzz - Tech (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
... of movie companies a veto over hardware designs. Yesterday, our buddy David Chartier at Ars and Sam Oliver at AppleInsider both publicized an issue that’s been burning up the support boards for a while now: iTunes video rentals and purchases in HD are flagged for HDCP control, and in cooperation with the new Mini DisplayPort connector on the MacBook and MacBook Pro unibody models, those...
Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
... of movie companies a veto over hardware designs. Yesterday, our buddy David Chartier at Ars and Sam Oliver at AppleInsider both publicized an issue that's been burning up the support boards for a while now: iTunes video rentals and purchases in HD are flagged for HDCP control, and in cooperation with the new Mini DisplayPort connector on the MacBook and MacBook Pro unibody models, those...
Click World News (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
... of movie companies a veto over hardware designs. Yesterday, our buddy David Chartier at Ars and Sam Oliver at AppleInsider both publicized an issue that's been burning up the support boards for a while now: iTunes video rentals and purchases in HD are flagged for HDCP control, and in cooperation with the new Mini DisplayPort connector on the MacBook and MacBook Pro unibody models, those...
CREATT Interactive Group (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
... of movie companies a veto over hardware designs. Yesterday, our buddy David Chartier at Ars and Sam Oliver at AppleInsider both publicized an issue that’s been burning up the support boards for a while now: iTunes video rentals and purchases in HD are flagged for HDCP control, and in cooperation with the new Mini DisplayPort connector on the MacBook [...] CommentsWrite a commentnick (required)e-mail...
SCI FI Wire (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
... "all hell ... to break loose" in season two, Wise promised. Wise stars opposite Bret Harrison as Sam Oliver, a young man who discovers that his parents sold his soul to you know who before birth. Sam now works for the devil as a bounty hunter, helping to send escaped baddies back to hell. SCI FI Wire spoke to Wise on Nov. 3 in advance of the Nov. 4 release of the Reaper: Season One DVD set....
TechSheep (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
Sam Oliver / AppleInsider: Microsoft parks “I’m a PC” recording booth outside Apple Store — Microsoft Corp., engrossed in multi-million dollar marketing blitz to counter anti-Vista propaganda from rival Apple, Inc., is now using a portion of its budget to fuel guerilla retail tactics near the Mac maker’s stores.
