Archives: November 2004
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Microsoft cracks down on counterfeit versions of Windows XP, offers to replace fakes for free
Software pirates’ increasing skill at creating counterfeit versions of Windows XP has prompted Microsoft to introduce a pilot program that offers to…
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Bloomberg columnist: Steve Jobs cost himself about $371 million with ‘bad move’ in Apple stock
Steve Jobs in January 2000 received the largest option grant in history: 20 million shares with a present value that I estimated were…
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Apple’s iPod frenzy continues with happy iPod customers buying matching Apple Mac computers
Investors usually get nervous when a company relies on the sales of one product. The exception is when that product is an Apple iPod…
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Apple up $1.87 in early NASDAQ trading
Shares of Apple Computer (AAPL) are up $1.87, or 3.05%, to $63.14 per share on volume of…
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Report: New Apple iPod users dumping Windows PCs for Apple Macs’
It seems the popularity of the iPod could well be boosting Apple’s financials in unexpected ways. According to a survey of iPod users…
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Holy Halo Effect! Analyst predicts 100 million iPod sales by 2008 – Windows to Mac switchers coming?
A leading Wall Street analyst expects 100 million Windows users to own iPods by 2008. In a 27-page note released to clients, Needham & Co…
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Needham & Co reiterate ‘buy’ on Apple Computer, raise target price from $43 to $62
In a research note published yesterday, analysts at Needham & Co reiterate their ‘buy’ rating on Apple Computer…
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Apple’s Safari increases share of global browser market to 0.91 percent
OneStat.com reports that Mozilla’s browsers have a total global usage share of 7.35 percent. The new Mozilla Firefox…
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Microsoft, Wintel box assemblers ‘playing catch-up with Apple’ with Windows Media Center PCs
‘People are buying these media center equipped PCs, but not using them,’ notes Ted Schadler, principal analyst at Forrester Research…
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Apple releases Bluetooth Firmware Updater 1.2
Apple today released Bluetooth Firmware Updater 1.2 via software Update which provides improvements in the update installation process…
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Overpaid, behind-the-times CEOs name Bill Gates ‘world’s most respected business leader’
Tech firms are among the most respected in business today – and Bill Gates is the leader most bosses look up to, according to new research…
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RUMOR: Apple preps analog to FireWire audio device for GarageBand users
Apple Computer is expected to introduce a new audio interface for GarageBand users in the coming months. The analog [to] FireWire audio device…
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Analyst: iPod ‘should spur sales of iMac, this is just the beginning of a ramp for Apple’
Apple has 92 percent of sales of hard-disk-drive music players, New York-based analyst Darcy Travlos of Caris & Co. wrote in a note to clients today…
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Apple begins selling ‘The Complete U2’ digital box set
Apple today began selling ‘The Complete U2′ digital box set…
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Apple’s UK retail store opening ‘religious in tone’
The second coming has arrived. Don’t believe us? Take a trip to London’s Oxford Circus, look for Hanover Chapel’s Victorian facade and pass…
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Apple Macintosh global developer community grows 250 Percent over past two years
Apple has grown the size of its global developer community by 2 1/2 times over the past two years, with much of the credit going to its switch…
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Analyst: Apple could sell nearly a million Macs this quarter, growth would outpace Wintel PC market
Apple Computer shares soared more than 11 percent Monday as Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster set a $100 price target on the company’s stock…
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Apple closes up 11.20%; hits new four-year high
Shares of Apple Computer, Inc. (AAPL) today close up $6.18, 11.20% on very heavy trading volume of 45,824,733 shares to set a new…
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Apple releases iCal 1.5.4
Apple today released iCal 1.5.4 via Software Update (7.7MB) which includes security enhancements to help protect your computer when importing events with alarms that open files or applications…
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BBC tests Podcast feed
The BBC is testing Podcasting. Users can subscribe to download BBC Radio 4 history show, ‘In Our Time’, whenever a new edition is published…
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Apple engineering, support execs quietly depart Mac maker
Two Apple Computer executives have quietly left the company in recent weeks, including the Macintosh unit’s head of engineering…
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Company launches Windows-only JFK Assassination game via online download
A British company has released a video game recreating the 1963 assassination of President Kennedy…
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Apple shares blast past $60, up more than 14 percent on massive volume in early trading
Apple Computer (AAPL) shares surged more than 14 percent on massive volume in early NASDAQ trading Monday after Piper Jaffray raised its price target…
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Survey: 13% of iPod owners have switched, plan to switch to Mac from Windows within 12 months
Piper Jaffray raised estimates and the price target on Apple Computer (AAPL), citing a “halo effect” from satisfaction from users of Apple’s iPod…
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Mac OS X: Apple’s ‘hidden secret’
The [Mac] Geniuses – tech support staffers clad in black, offering free advice from behind a sleek, barlike counter – were an afterthought…
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