Set PDFs to auto-scale in Preview

Well, *I* didn't know about this.I've long been frustrated with Preview.app's tendency to show PDFs at unpredictable scales, usually zoomed in way too much. Well, I finally checked the preferences and under the PDF tab, you can set PDFs to auto-scale. So hopefully there'll be no more need to click the Zoom Out several times before a page becomes readable.[robg adds: Yes, it's a Preferences hint. However, I asked a few folks about it, and none had known this setting was there, so I chose to run it...]

published on Friday, the 16. June 2006, macosxhints

Reuters: Microsoft readying Apple iPod rival

Microsoft Corp. is laying the groundwork to compete against Apple Computer's iPod digital entertainment device and iTunes service, sources familiar with the plans told Reuters on Friday. The world's largest software maker reportedly held licensi...

published on Friday, the 16. June 2006, appleinsider

Apple Set to Take Bigger Bite of the Market

Windows PC users cite plenty of reasons for not wanting to own a Mac. One of the biggest has historically been the inability to run Windows applications many of them needed for business on an Apple computer. However, that and other reasons are becoming less valid, and evidence is mounting that a potentially tectonic shift in Apple's place in the PC market could be coming in the next few years.

published on Friday, the 16. June 2006, macnewsworld

Heat, Whine, and Now Yellow MacBooks

unPlugged-2.0 writes "It appears that Apple's woes with the new MacBook line continue as there have been reports on the forum that the finish on the new MacBook is flaking off or turning yellow. An article on Daily Tech summarizes this report saying: 'Some users have reported the palm rest area, touchpad and mousepad of their new white MacBooks has begun to discolor.' It goes on to say that 'some users on the Apple support forums are reporting moderate to severe discoloration near the palm rest and other locations of their new white MacBooks. At least one user has posted images of the problem to Flickr.' Is this a case of just dirty hands or could it be another problem in Apple's new Intel saga?"

published on Friday, the 16. June 2006, apple-slashdot

Bill Gates Transition/Retirement

The web is buzzing with the news, announced by Microsoft today, that Microsoft founder Bill Gates will cease to have a day-to-day role in the company after July 2008, with a "smooth and orderly transition" between now and then. Gates, ...

published on Thursday, the 15. June 2006, macrumors

ITC Could Speed Resolution of Apple, Creative Dispute

Creative Technology, a Singapore-based company that sells digital music players under the names "Zen" and "Nomad," has announced that the International Trade Commission will investigate its complaints that Apple's iPod product line infringes on patents it has secured for its own products.

published on Thursday, the 15. June 2006, macnewsworld

Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates to step down

Microsoft Corp. on Thursday announced a two-year transition process that will ultimately end with the departure of chairman Bill Gates, who founded the company along with Paul Allen back in 1975. The world's largest software maker said that effec...

published on Thursday, the 15. June 2006, appleinsider

Apple Planning Ultra-Portable?

UBS Investment Research analyst Benjamin Reitzes claims that according to his "proprietary checks", Apple is working on an ultra-portable PC to be delivered by Macworld San Francisco 2007. According to Reitzes, the ultra-portables woul...

published on Thursday, the 15. June 2006, macrumors

iPod Faces Patent Probe

twofish writes "The long running patent spat between Apple and the struggling Creative Technology took another turn today. Creative is claiming that the US International Trade Commission (ITC) has now launched a probe into the possibility that the iPod infringes on Creative's patents. Creative has asked the ITC to issue an order stopping Apple from marketing, selling or importing iPods into the US."

published on Thursday, the 15. June 2006, apple-slashdot

RIAA Taking Artists Gold, Platinum With Ring Tones

Rapper Rick Ross' ring tone is now a bling tone. Ross received a plaque bearing a golden cell phone Wednesday when music industry officials honored 128 songs as the first batch of gold and platinum ring tones. Just like vinyl, tapes and CDs, the sounds of ringing cell phones will now translate into awards for sales of 500,000, 1 million and beyond.

published on Thursday, the 15. June 2006, macnewsworld