Is the thought of loading your CD collection onto that little white box called the iPod enough to scare you back to vinyl?
Month: July 2004
Apple.com is number one visited computer hardware site
Apple Computer Inc. led online computer hardware sellers in unique visitors for the week ended July 18…
Fortune’s Lewis: ‘Windows vs. Mac? These days I’d definitely vote for the Mac’
Although your student will insist that nothing less than a top-of-the-line computer will do, basically any new computer will be adequate…
RealNetworks’ iPod hack might have some legal standing
Code-crackers risk fines and prison time when they defeat copy-protection technology, but such draconian rules likely…
Apple starts shipping Dual 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 orders
Less than 24 hours after Apple Computer began informing customers that it would miss the July ship date for its…
Is RealNetworks crashing Apple’s music party?
MacDailyNews’ own SteveJack has posted a new article today in our Opinion section…
Forbes writer: ‘bad vibes aren’t likely to stick to Apple’ over Real’s Harmony mess
Earlier this week Real stunned the digital music scene with the announcement that its software, ‘Harmony,’ would allow its customers…
Mac users shut out of Real’s Harmony hack?
As promised, RealNetworks released a beta version of its Harmony software, which has created a firestorm because…
Don’t hold your breath: 64-bit Windows slips to ‘the first half of 2005’
IT managers shouldn’t hold their breaths waiting for any of the new 64-bit Windows Server or Windows XP versions that Microsoft…
Apple Mac hits no. 2 preferred brand of likely PC buyers in July
In July, the IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism Index rose 8.5% to a six-month high. The index has three components…
The Motley Fool: Real’s Harmony ‘is a slap in the face for Apple’
Harmony is just a slap in the face for Apple. Current iTunes Music Store (iTMS) customers will have no strong incentive to switch stores…
RealNetworks issues statement about Harmony Technology and ‘creating consumer choice’
RealNetworks, Inc. is delighted by initial consumer and music industry support for Harmony. Compatibility, choice…
Apple iPod mini 6GB on the horizon?
Jimmy Hsu andJessie Shen have conducted an interview with vice president and general manager for the…
Windows ‘Zindos’ virus spreads, attacks Microsoft.com; Macintosh unaffected
Security firms are warning that a new virus is on the loose, and its target appears to be Microsoft.com…
Analyst: Apple must not ‘sound anti-consumer’ in the face of Real’s ‘Harmony’
What do you get when one company aligns with another company, against the second company’s will? You get a situation…
New 4G iPods contain secrets not publicized by Apple
Time Magazine’s Wilson Rothman, in naming Apple’s new 4G iPod their “Gadget of the Week,” writes…
Apple ‘stunned’ that Real broke into iPod with ‘Harmony’
Apple today released the following statement regarding RealNetworks “Harmony” technology…
Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs ‘could well hold Cabinet post in a Kerry administration’
With the campaign fundraising season in high swing, Republicans are making a play for corporate support from an industry…
Mobile operators could hinder Motorola’s deal with Apple iTunes
Mobile operators could hinder Motorola’s deal with Apple iTunes and stop other phone manufacturers…
Motorola posts Steve Jobs’ Apple iTunes announcement video
Motorola, Inc.and Apple on Monday announced they are partnering to enable millions of music lovers to transfer their…
4,500 Apple iBooks going to south Florida students
Within a few months, 4,500 Broward students — some as young as 9 — will be on the front lines of a technological revolution…
Wondering about new iMac G5 design? We have an idea…
Margaret Kane writes for CNET News, “The recent confirmation from Apple Computer that it’s planning…
Wondering about new iMac G5 design? We have an idea…
Margaret Kane writes for CNET News, “The recent confirmation from Apple Computer that it’s planning…
Other World Computing offers SuperDrives for nearly any Apple Mac model
Other World Computing (OWC) today announced a full line of CD-R/RW+DVD+/-R/RW SuperDrive upgrades for most…
Mossberg: Sony Walkman ‘laborious, weak, lousy, confusing, stinks’ vs. Apple iPod
The Wall Street Journal’s Walter Mossberg has been testing Sony’s would-be iPod killer, the “Network Walkman NW-HD1,” and comes…
Apple to give Pepsi iTunes promo another try at upcoming Super Bowl?
Five months after BBDO launched the Pepsi iTunes promotion on the Super Bowl, TBWAChiatDay’s Southern California…
Analyst: Apple could become the ‘Microsoft’ of music
Apple will let consumers download songs from its iTunes music service over Motorola cell phones, the company said…
BusinessWeek writer: Apple needs to firmly squelch Real’s Harmony
As of July 27, consumers can go to Real’s Web site and download software, dubbed Harmony, that lets them play songs…
How to turn your iPod into a Universal Infrared Remote Control
Sometimes, you look around at all these gadgets and in a rare moment of inspiration or madness, you look at them all a little different…
Test of Real’s new Harmony Technology works with Apple’s iPod
To test Real’s new Harmony Technology, I downloaded RealPlayer 10.5 Beta, logged onto the RealPlayer Music Store…
Airliner Song to give away iTunes downloads, iPod mini
Song, Delta Air Lines’ low-fare, high-style air service, is celebrating 50 Years of Rock ‘N Roll with an
exclusive offer designed…
NASDAQ Analyst Recommendations chart shows continued positive momentum for Apple Computer
For months and months NASDAQ’s “Analysts Recommendations” (a group of 15-20 analyst firms that fluctuates as coverage…
Apple, Motorola iTunes deal not exclusive, debuts Apple’s licensing of FairPlay DRM
Beginning in the first half of next year, new Motorola mobile phones will be able to fetch songs from Apple Computer’s…
IBM preps for dual-core PowerPC 970MP ‘Antares’ procecessors, Apple reportedly will use
Currently, both IBM’s eServer BladeCenter JS20 and Apple’s line of Power Macintosh G5 desktops come with dual PowerPC 970…
iMovieFest.com gives amateur filmmakers a place to shine
iMovieFest.com, a new Web site community for Mac users, gives creative outlet to amateur filmmakers around the world…
Motorola and Apple to bring iTunes Music Player to Motorola’s next-gen mobile phones
Motorola, Inc. and Apple today announced they are partnering to enable millions of music lovers to transfer their favorite songs…
Aladdin Systems changes name to Allume Systems due to trademark flap
Aladdin Systems, Inc., an IMSI company today announced that it changed its name to Allume Systems, Inc…
RealPlayer Music Store announces iPod harmony
RealNetworks, Inc., the leading creator of digital media services and software, as stated in their press release…
Real cracks Apple’s Fairplay; to sell iPod-compatible songs without Apple’s authorization
RealNetworks has apparently been hard at work reverse-engineering Apple’s proprietary Fairplay Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology…
Is Gates’ Microsoft about to declare war on Apple’s iTunes, iPod?
The music industry is rife with speculation that Microsoft will announce before the end of the year that it is opening…
Apple’s future G5s will pack dual-core processors code-named ‘Antares’
Although Apple has only this year begun shipping G5 Power Macs and Xserves with the PowerPC 970FX processor…
CRN Test Center: Windows XP Service Pack 2 causes ‘mayhem, blue screens’
The real surprise with Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 isn’t potential compatibility issues, but the mayhem…
