Apple Computer’s next-generation operating system, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, is now complete…
Month: March 2005
LUXPRO alters iPod shuffle look-alike music player, renames it ‘Super Tangent’
LuxPro appears to be moving ahead with its iPod shuffle look-alike digital music player, despite resistance from Apple and the Mac community…
iTunes Custom Cards are big hits for Apple Computer
Hot new music didn’t provide the only buzz at the South by Southwest Music Conference in Austin, Texas, last week…
Piper Jaffray: Apple improves product availability, holds ‘a significant computer market presence’
Piper Jaffray said the product availability for Apple Computer is improving based on shorter lead times on Apple.com, particularly…
Apple’s iMac G5 wins Business 2.0 Bottom Line Design Award
Business 2.0 has announced the award winners in The First Annual Bottom Line Design Awards…
Sony looks to copy Apple’s iTunes model for movies
Michael Arrieta, senior vice president of Sony Pictures, said at a US Digital Hollywood conference that it wanted to copy the iTunes…
Apple’s Mac OS X ‘Tiger’ vs. Microsoft’s Windows ‘Longhorn’
After years of relative quiet, both Microsoft and Apple are frenetically working on major new upgrades to the base software that run the personal computers…
Programmers embrace Apple’s Mac platform – again
All the best hackers I know are gradually switching to Macs. My friend Robert said his whole research group at MIT recently bought themselves…
Apple posts ‘Pro’ tips for Mac OS X Desktop Printer and Finder Sidebar Printing
Apple has been posting some nice little tips regarding printing with Mac OS X Panther on the “Pro” section of their website based…
RUMOR: Apple preps new versions of iMac G5, eMac, iBook for debuts beginning in April
Beginning next month, Apple Computer will introduce new versions of all of its consumer Macintosh hardware offerings…
Hewlett-Packard adds ‘iPod dock holder’ to latest Media Center desktop
The first computer with a built-in spot for an iPod is on its way–and it’s not a Mac…
Mossberg: Apple’s iPhoto bests Google’s Picasa
Two of the best photo organizers have just been updated, and I have been testing them on my collection of more than 10,000 digital photos…
What’s the point of continuing the ‘Apple iPod by HP’ deal?
Hewlett-Packard’s new chief executive, Mark Hurd, has been described as an execution whiz with a track record of growing and turning around…
VersaCAD 2005 now shipping for Mac OS X
Archway Systems, Inc. (Archway), developer and marketer of design software solutions including VersaCAD computer-aided design…
Symantec details flaws in its antivirus software
Symantec has reported glitches in its antivirus software that could allow hackers to launch denial-of-service attacks on computers running…
RUMOR: New 3GHz PowerMac G5s and PowerBook HD coming at NAB in mid-April
One detailed tipster claims that new PowerMacs will be announced at the upcoming National Association of Broadcasters conference…
Joke of the month: Gartner warns of Mac OS X ‘spyware infestation’ potential
Research firm Gartner has issued a warning to companies using Mac OS to guard against malicious code attacks and spyware…
Hewlett-Packard mimics Apple color schemes on new Pavilion desktop PCs
Hewlett-Packard is making over its Pavilion PCs to better blend in outside the den. The computer giant on Tuesday unveiled a silver-and-white design…
RUMOR: Apple preps Mac OS X 10.3.9 for imminent release
Sources tell AppleInsider that the release of Mac OS X 10.3.9, a maintenance update to Apple’s Mac OS X 10.3 Panther operating system…
New Mac OS X ‘Tiger’ operating system could really juice Apple’s stock
If you’re looking for a well known tech stock that’s been able to stand out this year, the pickings are slim. There’s Apple, which has surged 32 percent…
Hilton unveils alarm clock with iPod plug-in; launches online contest with Apple iTunes prizes
Ever get frustrated with the clock in a hotel room or worry about sleeping past the alarm in the morning? Starting this month, travelers who stay…
If Mac OS X viruses increased 2000 percent, there’d still be zero Mac OS X viruses
People are way too paranoid these days. Especially Mac users. They’re going completely insane lately. You’ve got Symantec claiming that…
Apple pushing hard for Korean ‘MP3 player’ market share
Local MP3 player makers anticipate the Korean market will grow to some 3.5 million units this year from 1.8 million last year…
OWC now offers iGuitar; allows use of guitar as Macintosh input device
Other World Computing is adding to its line of audio products by offering the iGuitar from Brian Moore Guitars…
RUMOR: Best Buy to sell Mac mini in retail stores
According to two unconfirmed reports, electronics retailer Best Buy is preparing to sell the Mac mini in stores…
Cobb teachers voice concerns over using Macs for proposed laptop program
Cobb County teachers are concerned that a controversial laptop-computer program will create compatibility problems with the system’s current…
i3 Team launches ‘Intelligent Integrated Interface for your Mac and your car’
The i3 Team has launched an Intelligent Integrated Interface for your Mac and your car…
RUMOR: Apple to launch Australian iTunes Music Store by ‘end of April’
It’s on again. Apple will announce the Australian iTunes Music Store at the end of April. AppleTalk sources have this afternoon confirmed…
Apple building satellite-based content delivery system?
Apple has a huge opportunity to capitalize on the iPod’s success while competing with Napster’s subscription services and the satellite radio industry…
Apple Macs with ‘transparent desktops’ are the latest craze
Mac users have always been focused on aesthetics, and the latest craze to sweep the web merely reinforces that impression…
Tech writer: Firefox browser beats Apple’s Safari on Mac OS X platform
If your Mac is running OS X, you no doubt already know that Apple’s operating system is immune to the Internet ailments that plague Windows…
Will Motorola’s Apple iTunes phone make it to market?
It’s been the great ‘Whodunit’ of two big technology shows: Who put the gag in Motorola’s mouth just as it was going to unveil a new cellphone…
Where is Apple going and how does CEO Steve Jobs intend to get there?
In three years Apple has utterly changed the way people listen to music, and Jobs has become the hero of the very people he was lambasting…
Sony fined $90M, ordered to halt sale of PlayStation in U.S. market
Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) said Monday it has been fined 90 million dollars and ordered to halt sales of its blockbuster PlayStation consoles…
Microsoft and the European Commission agree on name for Windows sans Media Player
Microsoft and the European Commission have agreed the software giant can sell a stripped-down version of its Windows operating system under the name…
Macworld 2005 San Francisco gained 11% attendance increase with nearly 36,000 visitors
IDG World Expo, the leading producer of world-class tradeshows, conferences and events for technology markets, today announced positive…
iTunes UK domain name dispute continues
An internet entrepreneur today launched a legal battle with computer giant Apple to overturn a ruling over the ownership of a website address…
DVForge cancels Mac OS X Virus Prize Contest
DVForge’s Mac OS X Virus Prize 2005 contest had a goal: “To lay to rest, once and for all, the myths surrounding the lack of spreading computer virii…
Mac OS X Virus Prize 2005 offers $25,000 cash prize to person who can create first Mac OS X virus
Today, DVForge, Inc. announced the Mac OS X Virus Prize 2005, where the company is openly challenging all of the computer coders of the world…
The Baltimore Sun: Apple’s Mac mini is ‘a little jewel of a computer’
Over the years I’ve spent many hours tinkering with the little Windows network in our home, and each time I add a PC it gets a little easier…
Thurrott: If Microsoft can secure Windows, why can’t Apple secure iTunes Music Store?
I subscribe to a line of thinking that goes like this: Windows is attacked so often because it controls such a large portion of the market…
USA Today writer: Apple’s iTunes Music Store’s ‘restrictive license’ fosters rampant piracy
There’s a fun little back and forth going on between Apple and a group of programmers. Apple runs the iTunes music service, where you can download…