Eric Slivka
Eric is the Editor-in-Chief of MacRumors and has been writing for the site since 2008.
An avid swimmer and former biophysicist, Eric has been using Apple products for over 35 years and has been interviewed for pieces by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Reuters, BBC, CNBC, and other publications.
Eric's current primary role involves day-to-day oversight of the editorial operations at MacRumors, but he also contributes occasional news and review articles while handling various other duties related to the site's operation.
An avid swimmer and former biophysicist, Eric has been using Apple products for over 35 years and has been interviewed for pieces by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Reuters, BBC, CNBC, and other publications.
Eric's current primary role involves day-to-day oversight of the editorial operations at MacRumors, but he also contributes occasional news and review articles while handling various other duties related to the site's operation.
Eric Slivka's Articles
Wireless Printing Apps for the iPhone
Wireless printing from the iPhone and iPod touch has been a frequent feature request from users, and a few apps intended to meet this need have started appearing in the App Store.
HP iPrint Photo [App Store] supports printing of 4x6-inch photos directly to supported HP inkjet printers. The free application utilizes Bonjour to automatically locate compatible printers on your network.
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New iPhone Ad: 'Read'
Apple has posted a new iPhone ad, 'Read', to their ad gallery. The commercial highlights the diversity of applications available for the iPhone by showing brief snippets of three different apps linked by the common thread of "reading".
- Yelp [App Store]: find restaurants and browse restaurant reviews
- OsiriX [App Store]: physician-oriented application for viewing medical images,...
iLife '09 Now Shipping
Several MacRumors readers are reporting that their orders for iLife '09, which had been announced at MacWorld as scheduled for a late January release, have been shipped.
iLife '09 brings major updates to iPhoto, iMovie and GarageBand, and also offers iDVD and an updated version of iWeb. It is priced at $79 for a single license or $99 for a family pack that permits installation on up to five...
Epocrates Essentials Now Available for iPhone
Epocrates [App Store] has released version 2.0 of their free clinical reference application for the iPhone and iPod touch. The update brings several enhancements to their free offerings and adds compatibility with Epocrates Essentials, their subscription-based premium content.
Epocrates Rx, the free component to the application, offers a drug and formulary reference that includes...
Apple Releases Server Admin Tools 10.5.6
Apple today released Server Admin Tools 10.5.6, which enables remote administration of Mac OS X 10.5.6 Server. Full details on the package contents can be found on Apple's download page and on their corresponding support page. Server Admin Tools 10.5.6 contain remote administration tools, documentation, and utilities that you can install on a computer other than your server. This version is...
Tim Cook's View of the Apple Philosophy
In the Q&A section of yesterday's earnings conference call, the first question unsurprisingly addressed Steve Jobs' leave of absence and how that would affect the way Apple is being run. Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer noted that Jobs remains CEO and that he will continue to be involved in strategic decisions. Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook, who is overseeing Apple's day-to-day...
iWork '09 Torrent Carrying OS X Trojan [Updated]
A security alert posted this morning by antivirus vendor Intego reveals that the company has discovered a new Trojan horse that is being carried by pirated copies of iWork '09 circulating on a number of torrent sites.
The Trojan, which Intego has classified as a "serious" risk and named OSX.Trojan.iServices.A, allows a malicious user to connect to an infected machine and perform various...
Apple Researching Sound Sensors for Automatically Adjusting Audio Output
A new patent application published today reveals that Apple is researching the use of ambient sound sensors to automatically adjust speaker and mobile phone ringer volume based on the device's environment. For instance, a user who adjusts the volume of a mobile phone ring tone for a loud environment may later move to a quieter environment, where the loud ring will be disruptive. Similarly,...
Tim Cook: Apple Will Aggressively Protect iPhone Intellectual Property
One item of particular interest from Apple's earnings conference call yesterday was Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook's comments regarding Apple's intellectual property related to the iPhone. Cook's forceful comments made clear that Apple will vigorously defend the intellectual property that has enabled the iPhone to revolutionize the smartphone industry. We approach this business as a software...
Apple Reports Record $1.61 Billion Profit for Q1 2009
Apple today announced financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2009. Apple posted record revenue of $10.17 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.61 billion, or $1.78 per diluted share, compared to revenue of $9.6 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.58 billion, or $1.76 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 34.7 percent, equal to the year-ago quarter, and...
Apple Releases QuickTime 7.6
Apple today released QuickTime 7.6, which includes a number of performance, compatibility, and security updates. According to the support document for the release, the update includes the following changes: Video:
- Improves single-pass H.264 encoding quality
- Increases the playback reliability of Motion JPEG media
Audio:
- Improves AAC encoding fidelity
- Audio tracks from MPEG video...
Apple Quietly Updates Entry-Level White MacBook
Engadget reports that Apple has quietly updated the entry-level white MacBook, adopting several of the components used in the base aluminum unibody MacBook model. Engadget speculates that the upgrade serves to prepare the last member of Apple's notebook line for the addition of OpenCL in their upcoming OS X Snow Leopard. Updated specs include:
- Processor moved to 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo with...
Apple's Q1 2009 Earnings Predictions
Apple will release their earnings for the first quarter of the 2009 fiscal year Wednesday afternoon. A number of reports circulating over the past couple of days lend some insight into what we might be able to expect.
AppleInsider discusses a report from Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, who predicts based on data from research firm NPD that Apple sold between 2.45 million and 2.55 million ...
No Serial Number Required for iWork '09 Retail Box
Apple recently posted a support document revealing that retail boxes of the new iWork '09 suite do not require users to input serial numbers to activate the product. Users who download the iWork '09 30-day trial from Apple's site, however, will still have to input serial numbers upon purchasing the full version online in order to unlock the applications.
The lack of a serial number is not...
Ustream Now Available for iPhone
Ustream Viewing Application [App Store], which enables iPhone and iPod touch users to view live video streaming from Ustream.tv is now available in the App Store. The free app provides access to both live and recorded video, as well as an integrated chat function for supported broadcasts.
Streaming video is available only over Wi-Fi and not 3G or EDGE connections. Video links can be easily...
Apple to Release Q1 2009 Financial Results on January 21st
Apple has posted a media alert announcing details for the January 21st release of their financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009. The results will cover sales from September 28th through December 27th, 2008, and will be released at the close of trading (4:00 PM Eastern / 1:00 PM Pacific) on Wednesday. Apple's conference call discussing the results will follow at 2:00 PM Pacific ...
15" MacBook Air Under Development?
Taiwanese blog Apple.pro reports (Google translation) that Apple is developing larger versions of the MacBook Air, speculating that a 15" version could be in the works. The report provides little information other than that the new MacBook Air would be based on new ultra-low voltage Core 2 processors from Intel, but they promise that more information will be forthcoming in the second half of...
App Store Hits 15,000 Apps, 500 Million Downloads
A banner on Apple's front page proclaims that the App Store has surpassed 15,000 available applications and 500 million downloads. The milestones come just over six months after the App Store's debut.
Apple last reported on December 5th, 2008 that they had surpassed 10,000 available applications and 300 million downloads, and the latest numbers demonstrate a significant acceleration in...
Intel Atom-Based Mac Mini Due in March?
Tom's Hardware reports that the expected Mac mini refresh will be coming in March and will be based on NVIDIA's new Ion platform utilizing Intel's dual-core 1.6 GHz Atom 330 processor. The Ion platform, announced in mid-December, also utilizes the GeForce 9400M integrated graphics found in the current MacBooks and MacBook Pros. An Nvidia partner confirmed to us that Apple was the first to receive ...
iStat for iPhone Coming Soon [Now Available]
TUAW profiles the upcoming iStat iPhone application from Bjango, part of the team that released the original iStat applications for OS X under the iSlayer name. iStat not only displays basic system and network information for your iPhone or iPod touch, but it can also communicate with desktops and laptops running the free iStat Server application to allow users to monitor system stats remotely. Th...
