Housing plunge: The Fannie fix

Microsoft Updates Live Mesh: Worldwide Availability, Mac and Windows Mobile Clients
readwriteweb.com 10/31/2008 — Today, Microsoft will release a major update for Live Mesh , its consumer oriented cloud storage and synchronization service. Among these updates are more granular permissions for sharing folders, better support for large monitors during remote ...

WD adds FireWire 800 to Mac external hard drive
news.cnet.com 10/31/2008 — (Credit: Western Digital) Back in June, I reviewed Western Digital's My Passport Studio and complained that it doesn't offer a FireWire 800 connection. Other than that, the drive was one of the best compact external hard drives on the market.  ...

Microsoft parks "I'm a PC" recording booth outside Apple Store
appleinsider.com 10/31/2008 — 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.

Electronista | Microsoft airs "I'm a PC" Windows ad
macnn.com 10/31/2008 — Microsoft tonight aired its first second-phase ad and started its more direct campaign to combat the image portrayed by Apple. Shifting significantly from the company's approach of avoiding Windows discussion, the spot begins by playing on Apple's ...

AppleInsider | Microsoft parks "I'm a PC" recording booth outside Apple Store
macnn.com 10/31/2008 — Sam Oliver Published: 12:00 PM EST 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 ...

My Dad, the Switcher: Day 7 — The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

Celebrate Halloween with an OS X Mac-o-Lantern Cushion — Shiny Shiny

Use your Mac to detect supernatural activity this Halloween! — Download Squad

iPO Quick Tip - Halloween On the Go — iPodObserver

iPO iPO Quick Tip - Halloween On the Go — The Mac Observer

Tablet MacBook launched... again — The Register 10/31/2008
And still not by Apple Tablet computing fans fed up with waiting for Apple to release a pen-powered Mac are at long last able to buy one thanks to US-based Mac upgrade specialist Other World Computing.…

Business takes a shine to Apple — Latest from Computerworld 10/31/2008
The Mac's rock-solid operating system. The iPhone's rock-star style. Features and function are helping Apple woo the enterprise.

Microsoft's Mac unit gets new boss — CNET News.com 10/31/2008
Eric Wilfrid will assume leadership of the group that creates Office for Mac, replacing Craig Eisler.

Microsoft replaces Mac Business Unit GM with 12-year veteran — Latest from Computerworld 10/31/2008
Microsoft announced Friday that Eric Wilfrid will take over as the general manager of its Mac Business Unit. Wilfrid replaces Craig Eisler, who has moved to an unspecified position in Microsoft's Entertainment & Devices division after 14 months at the ...

'Modservice' converts old MacBooks into tablets — Latest from Computerworld 10/31/2008
Other World Computing is offering Modservice, a new service that converts the last-generation MacBook into an Axiotron Modbook, a Mac-based tablet computer. Prices start at US$1,299.