Archives: December 2004
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Anzae/Inzae worm affects all Windows versions after 3.1; Macintosh unaffected
The Anzae/Inzae mass-mailing worm has its own SMTP mail engine and captures addresses from the infected machine. It affects all versions of Windows after 3.1…
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OnyX 1.4.9 freeware utility for Mac OS X now available
Freeware OnyX 1.4.9 is a maintenance, optimization, and personalization utility for Mac OS X. OnyX 1.4.9 works with all Macintosh computers…
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RUMOR: Apple Computer building its own mobile communications carrier ‘AppleMobile’
In a CanalPDA.com exclusive, a top Apple executive confirmed that the company plans to build its own mobile carrier. According to Albert Slope…
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Business 2.0 predictions for 2005 include ‘Apple iPhone’ that doubles as a digital music player
Here we are, nearly midway through the decade, and the tech landscape promises to be more interesting than ever. My predictions for 2005…
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Apple’ prodigious hardware and software design skills may help Motorola create iPod phone
Next year, cell phones will learn how to carry a tune. Picture phones with pretty screens certainly caught the fancy of the mobile phone shopper…
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Apple’s Xserve RAID makes inroads in the storage marketplace
The success of the iPod has garnered most of the plaudits for Apple in the past year. Its digital music player is a must have on most teenagers…
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Unlike Windows users, Mac OS X users surf the Internet without a care in the world
If you take to the World Wide Web, it would be wise to take some precautions. A spy could be watching over your shoulder, tracking your every move….
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Analyst: With growing Mac market share, Apple has to start acting like a grown-up company
Apple Computer, the maker of iPod digital-music players and Macintosh computers, has sued three software developers, contending…
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Report: Taiwan’s Asustek secures order for flash-based Apple iPod music player
Asustek Computer Inc., a leading supplier of 3C (computer, communications, consumer electronics) solutions, has secured an order from…
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Analyst predicts 5GB iPod mini, new ‘iPod flash’ Macworld Expo announcements
Piper Jaffray predicted that Apple Computer will likely increase the capacity of the iPod mini MP3 player to 5 gigabytes from 4 gigabytes…
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Apple Computer to launch Australian iTunes Music Store on January 12?
Early next year, Apple Computer’s Australia division is scheduled to host a press event that may divulge clues as to when the computer…
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Apple’s iPod helps power Amazon to single-day sales record
Amazon.com Inc. on Monday said sales of consumer electronics surpassed book sales for the first time and was its largest sales category…
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Windows iPod+iTunes users switching to Apple Macintosh platform
Tim Hanrahan and Jason Fry write for The Wall Street Journal’s “Real Time Exchange” every Thursday, posting responses from readers to their Real Time column…
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Piper Jaffray analyst reiterates outperform’ rating, $100 price target for Apple Computer
Apple Computer shares rallied 1 percent in pre-open trading. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster reiterated his “outperform” rating…
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Apple, Pixar CEO Steve Jobs named The Sunday Times Business Person of 2004
It is not often that a company boss gets to bathe in the success of a product that is a smash hit with consumers. It is rarer still for that product…
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Multiple unpatched Windows holes crop up; Windows systems compromised within minutes in experiment
A recent ‘honeynet’ experiment showed that “unpatched Windows systems continue to be compromised more quickly, sometimes within minutes…
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HMV, Microsoft to develop Apple iTunes jukebox knockoff and music store knockoff for iPod knockoffs
In a surprise move, HMV says its planned music downloading service will not work with Apple’s popular iPod mP3 device. In fact the high-street…
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New form of musical elitism identified: Apple iPod music snobbery
The iPod is the most popular Christmas gift this year, but it comes with a new type of snobbery: what, exactly, do you play on it?
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If only you had a time machine: Apple Computer – up 193.5 percent – was the superstar stock of 2004
The stock market looks set to chalk up respectable, but not mind-blowing gains for 2004. Investors in index funds should be satisfied…
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Merry Christmas to all (especially to new and returning Mac users)
If you just bought your first computer and it’s a Mac, smart move. Congratulations! If you just bought your first Mac, what took you so long?
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Analysts say Apple ‘has seriously underestimated 20GB iPod demand this Christmas’
“Technophiles in the UK could be bitterly disappointed this Christmas as companies are warning of a possible gadget shortage for British consumers. The most popular ‘must-have’ item this year appears to be Apple computer’s iPod,… Read More
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New York Times’ Pogue: iPod Mini rivals worth a look
According to David Pogue, New York Times technology writer, there are several iPod Mini rivals that are worth a look, “the Mini was an enormous hit…
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FastMac introduces fastest SuperDrive DVD Burner for Apple Macs
FastMac announces availability of the fastest internal slot-loading DVD/CD burner for Apple PowerBook and iBook computers, allowing DVD burning…
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Apple Computer continues to lead all computer brands in website visits
Apple Computer Inc. remains the category leader in attracting unique visitors to its web site, despite a dramatic surge in visits to the Dell…
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Apple Computer applies for patent on technology to help iPods survive being dropped
Apple Computer is eyeing a technology that could make the iPod more likely to survive a fall. The company has applied for a patent…
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