Well, what did we get? We’ll be posting a full wrap-up later with all the juicy details, but click through for the highlights as they become available!

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You may remember our post from a little over a week ago speculating that the Mac App Store may be coming to Macs as soon as January. Well as it turns out, it is! Apple has released an official statement confirming that the Mac App Store will open for business on January 6th. Apple’s official press release is included below, but the main points are as follows:

• Available on January 6th, 2011
• Updates for apps are delivered through the App Store, just like on other iOS devices, making it easy for developers to update, and easy for users to stay up to date.
• The Mac App Store will be for Snow Leopard (Mac OS 10.6) users and up, so if you’re still running Leoapard, its time to upgrade!
• The Mac App Store will be a free download to Mac users.
• Purchased apps can run on all of your personal Macs.
• Developers wil get 70% of the earnings, Apple will get 30%, giving developers plenty of incentive to get their Apps in the store.

I’m interested to see how they’re going to implement the “Purchased apps can run on all of your personal Macs” part, as transferring other things from computer to computer that you buy from the iTunes store (ie. music and movies) has historically been a challenge, but here’s hoping one copy of software will be good on all my computers!

Are you excited for the App Store? Do you prefer downloading software or having a CD or DVD backup just in case something goes wrong?  Let us know!

Source – Apple Press Release

So here’s some cool news if it proves to be true…Mac rumor and news site Appletell has a source who has advised that it looks like the App Store for Macs will be arriving sometime next month. While the source originally identified an early availability date of sometime next week, it turns out that January is looking like more of a realistic timeframe.

While we obviously would love to get our hands on the software as soon as possible, the delay is probably in all of our best interest. First off, its really not good for everyone to get half-finished software, especially when you’re trying something sort of new, like a software storefront for desktop apps. Additionally, the delay could be a factor of wanting more great content with which to launch the store. If Apple’s just waiting an extra month or so in order to have some outstanding apps available for download right away, then we’d say patience here is a virtue, as an app store without any good apps is hardly an app store at all!

Are you excited to see the Mac App Store?  I feel like I may still want hard copies of the software I buy, unless this stuff is really full-proof.  What do you think?

Source – appletell

Mac’s don’t get viruses. Right? Wrong. Not only do Mac’s get the occasional Mac virus (because yes, they do exist.) but you probably don’t even realize that there is a 33% chance your Mac is carrying around Windows viruses as well. This means that while you may not be affected by them, they’re at least taking up some valuable space on your hard drive, and you may be unknowingly sharing those same viruses with your Windows using friends. So how do you protect your Mac? Its a big investment, and you certainly don’t want it wrecked by a virus you could have easily avoided. There’s an easy way, and the best part? It’s free. But not everything that’s free is a good value, so read on to see if Sophos can help protect you! Read the rest of this entry »

We don’t want to brag, but we basically nailed this event (minus some spec details) from start to finish.  From iLife to Mac OS to the new MacBook Air, Apple has updated basically everything we thought they would.  Here’s a list of the major updates, and we’ll be posting with more details throughout the day and this evening.  Read on for the details! Read the rest of this entry »

Don’t forget everyone!  Today (at the following times by time zone: 07:00AM – Hawaii, 10:00AM – Pacific, 11:00AM – Mountain, 12:00PM – Central, 01:00PM – Eastern, 06:00PM – London, 07:00PM – Paris, 09:00PM – Moscow) Apple is holding it’s Back to Mac event.  Several things have been rumored to be featured at the event, including of course a Verizon iPhone.  While we’re pretty sure those aren’t being announced today, here’s what we do expect: Read the rest of this entry »

Tons of people use WordPress, and if you don’t, chances are you’ve heard of it. If you haven’t, WordPress is a site that lets you create your own blog free and easy, right in your browser. It’s incredibly popular due to its flexibility, ease of setup, and overall ease of use. I myself use it to run two of my personal blogs, and the tech site I write for, MakeTechEasier.com, also uses it. Sometimes though, when I’m writing for these sites, I just don’t want to have my browser open, as its often distracting and frankly, sometimes just not the best thing for doing serious work in. This led me to my search for WordPress editors that are native Mac applications, and little did I know, there are some real gems out there, so read on for my impressions! Read the rest of this entry »