News: Intuit to buy Digital Insight for $1.4 billion

In an effort to create more “personalized” online banking, Intuit is to buy online banking services company Digital Insight for $1.4 billion.

News: H&R Block TaxCut coming back to the Mac

After discontinuing its Mac TaxCut software in 2005, H&R Block is bringing its do-it-yourself tax preparation software back to the Mac platform.

Editors’ Notes: Brush up your iPod

Jonathan Seff test drives a service that offers to clean up scratches on your iPod’s screen. The good news: it works. The bad news: the service is temporarily unavailable.

News: Ballmer: Most Vista work came in last two years

Microsoft’s CEO talked about the Vista development process and looked forward to future operating system releases Thursday.

Apple gains control of critical digital download patent

A recent out-of-court settlement between Apple Computer and a Vermont-based inventor has landed Apple the rights to a prestigious software design patent that may allow the company to seek royalties on a broad spectrum of digital downloads.

Michael…

Review: Dimenxian

Dimenxian offers the best of both worlds by combining solid algebra lessons with first person shooter-style action.

News: 4th Dimension 2004.5 fixes more than 100 bugs

4D has released an update to their database and rapid application development platform 4th Dimension with bug fixes, including an important fix for Intel Mac users.

Apple seeks patent on radio-transparent zirconia CE casings

Apple Computer in a new patent filing discloses that it has been experimenting with consumer electronics casing designs comprised of radio-transparent ceramic materials such as zirconia, which would allow wireless signals to pass through the enclosur…

Needham sees Macs capturing 8.3% PC share by 2016

Needham & Co.’s Charles Wolf has joined the ranks of several other Wall Street analysts who recently boosted their outlook on Apple Computer, raising his 12-month price target on the company’s shares to $115.

Following a survey that measured the i…

dvGarage offers Conduit for FCP, Motion

dvGarage today announced that Conduit 1.5, its nodal compositing plug-in, is now available for Apple’s Final Cut Pro 5.1.2 and Motion 2. Conduit 1.5 utilizes Apple’s FXPlug technology to combine high-end nodal compositing with high-performance Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) acceleration, providing Apple Final Cut Pro and Motion 2 users with a power…