The iPod Camera Connector provides a fast, easy way to transfer images from your digital camera to your iPod photo…
Month: March 2005
Using Apple PowerBook’s motion sensor feature as an input device
An anonymous reader has posted on Slashdot…
Report: Luxpro ‘Super shuffle’ knock-off of Apple iPod shuffle a publicity stunt
Jack Campbell from DVForge just emailed us with some very interesting details about that Super Shuffle MP3 player Apple was up in arms…
DecoDock for Apple iPod shuffle to ship in April, now available for preorder
Pressure Drop presents the “‘DecoDock,’ the first stylish dock designed to complement and enhance the iPod shuffle….
Symantec warns about Mac OS X security threat
Security vendor Symantec is warning that Apple’s OS X operating system is increasingly becoming a target for hackers and malware authors…
So who’s really delaying the Motorola iTunes phone anyway?
While all parties agree that music + cell phones = huge money, putting the elements together to everyone’s satisfaction seems fraught…
Apple takes chunk of Korean music player market
Apple has increased its stake in the Korean MP3 market with its new flash-memory music player, the iPod Shuffle. From virtually nothing…
X-Plane flight simulator for Mac OS X 8.10 Beta now available
X-Plane is a powerful flight simulator with a realistic flight models. Welcome to the world of props, jets, single and multi-engine airplanes…
Apple’s $500 Mac mini may cause Windows PC homes to become Macintosh homes
She was cute, no doubt about it. But the world is full of cute. I have been faithful so long that I wasn’t about to be swayed by good looks…
Apple retail store coming to Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas area
Apple Computer, Inc. currently has four Apple retail stores in Texas…
Washington Post: Sony’s new PSP a ‘multimedia dud’ – no competition for Apple’s iPod
Sony has often won big by thinking small. Portable gizmos such as the Walkman, the Discman and the Handicam helped make this company…
Apple’s mythical two-button mouse
If AppleInsider’s reports are to be believed, it appears as though Apple, after nearly more than 20 years of preaching the finer points…
Apple offers special deals on Apple Certified Power Mac G5, PowerBook, iBook, iMac G5, and more
Apple is offering deals on Apple Certified products. Apple Certified Products are pre-owned Apple products that undergo Apple’s stringent refurbishment…
Apple iPod forces radio stations to (gasp!) stop playing the same handful of songs over and over
The Web site of radio station KCJK-FM, known as 105.1 Jack FM, features a picture of an iPod and the taunt: ‘Guess you won’t be needing this thing…
Apple could grow global Mac market share to 5% in 2005; Morgan Stanley ups AAPL price target to $60
Morgan Stanley drastically raised estimates on Apple Computer and introduced a $60 price target, noting that a survey made by the research…
New Microsoft Longhorn chief was former Pepto-Bismol brand manager
Microsoft has a new star hire to head up its Longhorn project, Mike Sievert. And he brings a deeper and richer personal experience…
Apple’s Mac OS X is virus-free
Here’s a piece of news you may not know: There are currently no viruses or malware that specifically target Mac OS X lurking ‘in the wild,’ ready…
Mossberg: Apple’s iTunes Music Store vs. Napster To Go
Napster To Go offers users a completely different model for buying and playing music, a model that Apple can’t match today…
Morgan Stanley: Apple’s ‘iPod Halo Effect’ is ‘roughly double what the market expects’
Apple Computer has been upgraded to “overweight” by Morgan Stanley, which believes the conversion rate to Mac computers within…
Harvard students increasingly switching to Apple Macs
An excited Claire S. Le Goues ’06 purchased the 12-inch, aluminum Macintosh (Mac) Powerbook computer using funds from her summer job…
‘PyMusique’ lets users buy songs without DRM from Apple’s iTunes Music Store
Jon Johansen has been working on what he calls PyMusique, the ‘fair’ interface to the iTunes Music Store…
Apple releases Keynote 2.0.1 and Pages 1.0.1
Apple today released Keynote 2.0.1 which addresses isolated issues that may have affected reliability…
General Motors to add iPod-compatible radios to vehicles starting this year
Music lovers will find it easier to take their favorite tunes on the road thanks to a new family of radios that will debut on the Chevy HHR and other GM vehicles…
Apple has reinvigorated the operating system battle with Microsoft
Apple is the prospector, the trailblazer. Microsoft is the Borg. Apple’s technology tends to work extremely well and is intuitive. Microsoft’s…
Business 2.0: Windows-only developers are missing the Mac opportunity
The startup buzz is back in the Valley, [but] many of the new startups in the convergence space — such as Grouper, Mercora, Orb Networks…
PC Pro: Apple’s Mac mini offers ‘lovely touches that Microsoft can’t match’
Apple Computer Inc is on a massive roll, surfing the wave of the iPod with considerable finesse. On the back of its newly supercharged…
Apple shares up over 4-percent in mid-afternoon NASDAQ trading
Apple Computer, Inc. (AAPL) today neared the $43 mark and at last check was $42.87 per share, up $1.69, or 4.1%, on relatively heavy…
Goldman Sachs raises Apple estimates, expects sale of 1.8 million iPod shuffles this quarter
Goldman Sachs said it doubled its estimate for the number of Apple Computer (AAPL) iPod shuffle portable digital music players sold…
The Motley Fool: Steve Jobs’ Pixar doesn’t need Disney
Since Sunday’s announcement that the next Disney CEO will be the internally promoted Robert Iger, lots of news stories have come out advising…
New Panasonic ‘iTunes-compatible’ music players introduced
Japan’s Matsushita [Panasonic brand] has introduced an iTunes-compatible digital music player with an expandable storage capacity…
Blatant rip-off of Apple’s iPod mini surfaces out of China
Orient Expert Technology’s (OET) web page shows an interesting music player, which they call, ahem…
Apple’s Mac mini ‘a true desktop beauty’ packed with software that amazes
When word leaked out last year that Apple designers were hard at work on a sub-$1,000 computer, diehard Mac enthusiasts were quick…
Samsung determined to oust Apple to become number one in iPod market by 2007
Samsung Electronics is determined to emerge as the world’s largest portable audio jukebox supplier, outstripping the present No. 1 vendor Apple Computer…
‘Google X’ goes missing
Earlier today, we reported that Google Labs had debuted “Google X” which added an animated Mac OS X-style Dock above Google’s…
RUMOR: Apple plans ‘major announcement’ on April 1st anniversary
According to numerous reports, Apple has recently provided its developers with Mac OS X 10.4 ‘Tiger’ build 8A414. The 2.29 GB seed…
RUMOR: Apple could roll out up to a dozen pro applications at mid-April NAB convention
Apple is preparing more software announcements for next month’s National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Conference than originally anticipated…
With proper care you can expect hundreds of iPod battery recharges
I have learned that there are Apple customers who are not feeling so cheerful about the “little guy” company. And these folks are attacking…
Dvorak weighs in on Apple vs. ‘rumor website’ lawsuits
In a recent hissy-fit, Apple Computer got bent out of shape after revelations about a future product appeared on three different websites…
Setting up Apple’s Mail for sending and receiving Google’s Gmail
Google Inc. opened up its Gmail Web mail service to a wider scope of users on Monday by randomly offering, for the first time…
Motorola exec: Apple iTunes phone debut delayed by Steve Jobs; phones will launch in 2005
Motorola Inc. did not show upcoming phones designed to work with Apple Computer Inc.’s iTunes digital music service at a recent tech show…
Analyst: Apple’s Macintosh to gain market share
Piper Jaffray expects Apple Computer’s Macintosh platform to gain share in the personal computer market over the next two to three years…
How to run a Mac OS X PowerBook or iBook; no shut downs, restarts, or quitting applications
As I flip open my PowerBook, whether it’s at the beginning of a presentation, plane flight, or just about anywhere, people invariably ask me about it…
