The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple Computer’s iTunes Music Store will fall short of its original target of selling 100 million songs by the end of April…
Month: March 2004
Mercury News: Apple soon to unfurl iPod strategy: sell more at little less profit
In the coming months, Apple will begin to unfurl its strategy of making a little less profit on the average iPod…
North Carolina school’s iBook program amazes Superintendent
At the beginning of the school year, 13-year-old Trey Cash didn’t have a computer at home and had to turn in hand-written reports…
Apple releases DVD Studio Pro 2.0.5, Compressor 1.1 Updates
Apple has released DVD Studio Pro 2.0.5 Update which includes critical fixes for placement of the dual layer break point on DVD-9 titles…
Apple releases Mac OS X 10.3.3 Update
The 10.3.3 Update delivers enhanced functionality and improved reliability for Mac OS X v10.3 “Panther” and is recommended…
CNET incorrectly reports Apple missed iTunes 100 million song goal
Apple Computer said Monday that it has sold 50 million songs from its iTunes Music Store — far below its goal…
Virtual ‘iPod’ for Microsoft Windows Pocket PC OS pulled from Web
The makers of the pPod, software that mimics Apple’s iPod digital music player for Pocket PCs, has removed the application…
Wired: Apple iPod mini ‘the perfect iPod,’ competing players can’t hope to compete
The mini is the perfect iPod: sleek, easy to use and easy to carry around. And it plays music — beautiful, beautiful music…
Roxio raises revenue guidance for Napster; projects $5.5 million for fiscal third quarter
Roxio, Inc., parent company of Napster, today announced that it is raising revenue guidance for the fiscal fourth quarter ending…
Power Mac marks 10th anniversary; was top-selling personal computer in 1994
In all the excitement of Apple 20th anniversary, another turning point in Apple’s history has been overlooked…
EU to fine Microsoft ‘hundreds of millions of euros,’ strip Windows Media Player from Windows
Microsoft has broken European Union antitrust law and must face sanctions, according to a draft decision expected to win endorsement…
Apple’s iTunes Music Store milestone: over 50 million songs sold
Apple today announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded over 50 million songs
from Apple’s iTunes Music Store…
Fortune rates nine legit online music services, says Apple iTunes ‘best’
Besides Apple’s store, which controls some 70% of all single-song downloads, there are BuyMusic, eMusic, MusicMatch, MusicNow, RealPlayer…
NBA’s Boston Celtics win six straight after owners give Apple iPods to players
The Celtics won six straight after the team’s owners gave each player an iPod engraved with his…
50,000 new UK homes to get ‘free’ Windows XP Media Center PCs
Wireless networking firm Abrocour is giving away 50,000 home entertainment PC systems in a bid to convert new homes to wireless…
Freeware LED Spectrum Analyser 2.0 for iTunes
LED Spectrum Analyser 2.0 for iTunes is a colorful visualizer for iTunes that emulates a LED Spectrum Analyzer…
Why doesn’t Apple help the indie music movement by recruiting unsigned artists?
The recording industry continues to move toward digital distribution. Yet the Internet has also given unheard musicians…
HP launches HP Music website promoting Apple iTunes and iPod
HP is beginning to put its muscle behind its future online music offering, in which it will sell an own-branded Apple iPod…
Apple’s push for new products fuels 22 percent stock surge
Apple Computer’s newest store in San Francisco has twice run out of the iPod mini music player since opening 12 days ago…
Macromedia releases Dreamweaver MX 2004 7.0.1, 70 percent OS X speed boost claimed
Macromedia has released Dreamweaver MX 2004 7.0.1, a free update that significantly improves performance…
Dvorak: people won’t switch from Windows to Mac because of games
People talk about changing platforms. They promote Mac and Linux as vaguely better than Windows because these operating systems crash less…
MyCokeMusic.com: Europe’s biggest legit music site incompatible with Apple iPod
Coca-Cola’s music download site Mycokemusic.com has said it has become Europe’s biggest legitimate music site, with 10,000 songs sold every week…
Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs took $1 salary again in 2003
Apple Computer Inc. Chief Executive Steven Jobs took a $1 salary in 2003, as he has since 1998, and received $74.75 million…
Starbucks to enter digital music market with HP – will they use Apple iTunes?
A partnership with Hewlett-Packard will see customers ordering songs-to-go with their java. It already has the labels singing a happy tune…
Hewlett-Packard to bring Apple iPods to China’s 1.3 billion consumers
Hewlett-Packard Co expects to become the second or third largest player in China’s booming personal computer…
Army to Bill Gates: cut out the freebies immediately
Microsoft has been mailing free copies of its pricey Office productivity software to government employees, but CNET News.com…
Apple shares set another new 52-week high to close at $27.68
Last Thursday, Apple Computer (AAPL) set a new 52-week high to close up $1.24, or 5.18%, at $25.16 in heavier-than-usual…
Report: Pixar switching to Apple’s Mac OS X on Power Mac G5s
Pixar is switching to Mac OS X and will be using Power Mac G5s for its work, according to a MacNN reader who attended…
Expatriate finds iTunes Music Store songs disappear outside of U.S.
I just received a harsh lesson in DRM and record label-driven policy that may be of interest to those on your lists…
Analyst: Apple iPod ‘akin to a new California oil strike’
t the risk of plunging everyone into the walnut-panelled gloominess of corporate thinking, may we report that Steven Milunovich…
Apple faces French claim for unpaid royalties levy on iPod
A French association representing recorded music rights holders threatened Wednesday to take Apple Computer Inc. to court…
Thurrott gives first impressions of Apple’s iPod mini
I don’t feel a few minutes in a store is enough to qualify me to write a review, per se, I will provide my first impressions…
Apple Computer in trademark dispute with China over Apple logo
Apple Computer Inc has been rejected in a bid to register its trademark logo for a Chinese clothing range, the China Daily…
eMax Software Group finds Windows Media Player ‘to be wholly inadequate’
eMax Net, Inc., a minority owned subsidiary of eMax Corporation, today announced its eMax Software Group division…
7-Eleven offers free iTunes songs via 32-ounce Slurpee, Big Gulp cups
7-Eleven is now officially offering iTunes/Pepsi promo fountain drink cups throughout the United States….
BusinessWeek: Virgin Digital ‘a digital-music challenger to be feared’ by Apple
iPod and iTunes are digital music’s top act, but the hip Richard Branson’s marketing muscle makes him a challenger to be feared…
Apple adds ‘New Music Tuesdays’ tracks and exclusives to iTunes Music Store
Apple’s “New Music Tuesdays” continue to rock on weekly. Apple has announced new releases to the iTunes Music Store, including…
Napster CEO: ‘it would be great’ if Apple iPod supported WMA
In October, after a period of testing with 45,000 beta users, Napster relaunched as a legal download site with a library of 500,000 songs…
FileMaker 7 released with new architecture, enhanced relational database power
FileMaker today announced the immediate availability of FileMaker Pro 7, the most significant new version of FileMaker Pro ever…
Sales of Apple’s iPod mini ‘through the roof’
iPod has exploded. Sales of a miniversion of the popular digital music player by Apple Computer Inc. are through the roof…
iPod has investors jumping on Apple Computer bandwagon
When Steve Jobs, Apple Computer Inc.’s chief executive officer, unveiled iPod mini in January, critics frowned…
Napster CEO: Apple iTunes, iPod ‘consumer-unfriendly experiences’
Gambling on the residual affection for the Napster brand, software company Roxio bought the name as well as PressPlay…
