December 2011

It looks like Steve Jobs has been feeling particularly festive as of late, and although reports of him strolling around LA decked out in a full Santa costume and handing out Ipods as if they were sweets are unconfirmed, what has been confirmed is that Apple will be having a Christmas sale over the holiday season.

With prices being slashed by as much as 15 per cent on selected hardware, it truly will be a Christmas to remember for fans of the brand, and Christmas lists across the country have just got a lot longer.

The news is already starting to spread, with Apple resellers advertising reductions in their stores of up to $100 (£64) off of a Macbook. This is quite a considerable bonus, with such amounts usually not allowed by Apple.

As well as this, Apple Store managers have been given express orders to make sure they match the Black Friday discounts across the country.

Apple fans are an enthusiastic lot, and you will not be at all surprised to hear that a blog exists that follows in detail the retail operations of the computer giant. I imagine posts are going through the roof on the IFO Apple Store blog this week, and it has already revealed that if a shopper brings in an advert of a better offer from a reseller, the store will drop the price to match it.

But before you get too excited, it seems that Ipods and Iphones are not on this particular Christmas list, and the offer will only apply to selected laptop models.

It is all a bit of a change for Apple, who have never previously provided Black Friday discounts. However, desperate times call for desperate measures, and I’m sure they can tempt a few more shoppers into their stores over the next few weeks with such tantalizing treats.

At present Internet ranks high among the most widely-used technology. However, the bad thing is that numerous problems have also arisen as the expansion of the Internet usage. To make clear if the Internet is properly used on a Mac by your kids, spouse and employees, you may consider applying a Keylogger for Mac on your computer.

• Most Internet access is not under restriction. Therefore, more children are visiting dirty websites. They are also susceptible to chatting with bad people over the Internet. Addiction to online and computer games has also gone up.
• Spouses are also finding approaches to breach the marriage by having affair with others online. People tend to misuse the Internet and they conduct illicit affairs and cheat on their partners on account of the Internet.
• Employees are also getting tricky. Seeing as the resources are not limited, employees may waste company time to further their own agendas. Some of them even go far as to steal company secrets and sell them to competitors.

In case all the above situations worry you, you only need to get the Keylogger for Mac.
Parents will be able to survey your children when they go online. No secrets will remain hidden away from you by installing a Keylogger for Mac, in this way parents will provide kids with the protection they need from various threats. Spouses and employees can also be monitored to check what they are doing online. You will have evidence of whatever they do while on the Internet. This is possible only if you rely on Keylogger for Mac.

• Aobo Keylogger for Mac logs almost everything including the websites users visit, the people they talk with online, what they say and the applications they use.
• Along the same lines, Aobo Keylogger for Mac program will take desktop screenshots at preset intervals. The keystrokes that are typed into any application also get recorded.
• Aobo Keylogger for Mac Professional version can even Record Passwords so you can access Facebook accounts or Email addresses of the people you are looking to survey.

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During December and January, The Unofficial Apple Weblog is soliciting your nominations and votes for the best products for Mac, iPhone/iPod touch, and iPad. We'll start with nominations in a category, and then tally your votes for the top-nominated products a few days later. The winner in each category receives the highly-coveted title of TUAW Best of 2011.

Today's category for Best of 2011 nominations is Mac utility apps. This category consists of many different apps if you take a look in the Mac App Store. Twitter is considered a utility, as is Dave Caolo's favorite app Alfred. Do you love Growl? It's also on the list.

DropCopy Pro could be your favorite helper, or maybe Blotter enhances your desktop. There are a ton of utilities out there on the Mac App Store or available from other sources. Just leave a comment below with your nomination for the best Mac utility app of 2011, and if we get enough interest in a specific app, it'll be included in the voting in a few days.

Nominations close at 11:59 PM ET on December 9, 2011.