A new version of system software for Apple Computer’s iPod photo line of digital music players will add a slew of new image transitions…
Month: May 2005
Apple releases QuickTime 7.0.1
Apple has released QuickTime 7.0.1 which includes several important bug fixes, a security enhancement, and improved compatibility…
Intel’s prototype AOpen ‘Pandora’ ripoff of Apple’s Mac mini photos posted online
Taking a second crack at the living room, Intel today showed off a concept PC that closely resembles Apple Computer’s Mac Mini…
Kim Komando outlines litany of steps for trying to protect a Windows PC on the Internet
There’s nothing like cracking open the box of a brand new computer. But don’t be so quick to just connect it all up and hop right on the Internet…
Three more Apple Retail Stores to open this Saturday in Oregon, California, and Tennessee
Apple has announced the Grand Opening Celebrations of three new retail stores…
Apple’s lack of Macintosh advertising is nearly unforgivable
The Macintosh has a lot in common with the Star Wars franchise. Both feature a fantastically loyal fan base, both feature incredible name recognition…
Citrix Systems’ working on ‘GoToMyMac’ remote access software compatible with ‘GoToMyPC’
Citrix Systems’ GoToMyPC remote PC access software division is mulling the launch of an Apple Macintosh version, which could enable users…
Apple quietly burrows into the enterprise with Xserve, Xsan, Mac OS X
Apple is quietly burrowing into the enterprise, buoyed by the Unix base of its still relatively new operating system…
QuarkXPress Automator Actions now available
Automated Workflows has announced the availability of Automator actions for use with QuarkXPress, which can be used to automate time consuming desktop publishing tasks…
Apple’s Mac OS X Tiger ‘is the most advanced operating system on the planet’
Tiger, Apple’s latest operating system (OS 10.4.0, if you’re keeping track) is more evolutionary than revolutionary. That’s not to say…
Faronics releases Deep Freeze 1.8, compatible with Mac OS X Tiger and Panther
Faronics has announced that Deep Freeze Mac OS X Version 1.8 has been officially released. This version is compatible with both Tiger (OS X 10.4) and Panther (OS X 10.3)…
AOpen Mac mini look-alike unveiled; based on Intel Pentium M, runs Windows
A new Wintel prototype that openly apes Apple Computer’s popular Mac mini is due out this week, sources told Wired News, giving Intel…
Boston Globe: ‘iCon’ unauthorized Steve Jobs bio ‘not good enough’
So this is the book that Steve Jobs wanted to ban. Heaven only knows why. Jobs was supposedly so outraged by its contents that he ordered…
Chicago Tribune columnist gets a lot wrong in answer to question about Apple Computer
Andrew Leckey writes for The Chicago Tribune and answers “business” question. For some reason his mess of an answer shows up…
Apple offers special deals on Apple Certified Power Mac G5, PowerBook, iBook, iMac G5 [updated]
Apple Computer is offering deals on Apple Certified products. Apple Certified Products are pre-owned Apple products that undergo Apple’s…
Which Apple Macintosh computer is right for you?
Apple has a full line of computers developed with all levels of users in mind – so which Mac is right for you?
Windows PCs can’t match Apple’s iMac G5 design or run Mac OS X Tiger operating system
Nothing enhances a computer like an oversize display that pulses with color on graphically rich Web pages and also renders text with startling clarity…
Windows PC security company’s switch to Apple Mac causes overwhelming reaction
Winn Schwartau switched his office from PCs to Macintosh computers, a seemingly simple move that created an overwhelming reaction…
The Register’s Tony Smith looks at Mac OS X 10.4 ‘Tiger’ in depth
In his first article looking at Apple’s new Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger in depth, The Register’s Tony Smith looks at Spotlight and Dashboard. Of the latter…
Increasing numbers of Windows PC users switching to Apple Mac for improved stability and security
For Apple, its June quarter has traditionally been a seasonally slower period, where sales tend to fall off just ahead of the educational buying…
Wait over a year for Windows Longhorn to buy a new PC or buy a new Mac with Mac OS X Tiger today?
When Microsoft chairman Bill Gates touts his company’s next Windows operating system, code named “Longhorn,” he can barely contain…
Undocumented Boolean NOT, OR, AND syntaxes for Mac OS X Tiger’s Spotlight search
There is Boolean search in Spotlight. Ipse dixit has a couple of articles that discuss undocumented Boolean searches in Apple’s Mac OS X Tiger’s Spotlight…
Goldman Sachs reiterates ‘in-line’ rating for Apple, says ‘business remains healthy’
Goldman Sachs reiterated an ‘in-line’ rating on Apple Computer, saying the company’s business remains healthy…
Report: Apple preps 2GB and 4GB versions of iPod shuffle for June, August releases
Samsung Electronics and Toshiba are aggressively planning to ramp up their output of 8Gbit NAND flash chips, as Apple Computer plans to roll out…
Will future Apple Macs and iPods be able to rewire themselves on the fly for different jobs?
Even by the standards of the Lone Star State, the claim by two Texas researchers — Douglas C. Burger and Stephen W. Keckler…
Apple iPod combined with Sirius Satellite Radio would be a music revolution
The iPod is the best player for digital music. And satellite radio kicks butt in terms of content. Put the two together and what do you get?
IBM shows off Cell-based blade server board prototype
IBM Corp. has revealed a prototype blade server board featuring the Cell microprocessor jointly developed with the Sony Group and Toshiba Corp…
The Register’s Andrew Orlowski reviews Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
While the third update to Mac OS X, Panther, was an essential upgrade for Mac users, the fourth has presented Apple’s marketeers with something…
Anticipation, rumors build ahead of Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ June 6 WWDC keynote
Apple CEO Steve Jobs will kick off Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with his keynote presentation on Monday, June 6, 2005…
MacWay’s ‘minipartner’ for Apple Mac mini external hard disk and port extender now available
MacWay has announced today the immediate availability of its minipartner, an external hard disk and port extender with backup button…
Fortune: PC makers realize Mac OS X is superior to Windows, they’re wooing Steve Jobs for licenses
Apple recaptured consumers’ attention with its hip iPod. Jobs may be thinking that the company can win over even more converts if Macs were powered with Intel chips…
Shoebox 1.2 lets you use Mac OS X Tiger’s Spotlight to search your photos by content
KavaSoft, creator of iTunes Catalog and iConquer, announces Shoebox 1.2, a Mac OS X application for organizing digital photos by content…
Is Intel CEO Otellini really suggesting Mac for security over Wintel PC?
New Intel CEO Paul Otellini has flashed a level of marketing savvy unseen with his predecessor by making the unusual suggestion…
The Motley Fool’s Munarriz picks Apple Computer one of ‘four stocks to retire on’
I donned my thinking cap and challenged my inner stockpicker to come up with a handful of stocks that I would feel comfortable holding…
Piper raises Apple estimates on Mac sales strength; estimates 5.5 million iPods shipped this quarter
Piper Jaffray maintained an ‘outperform’ rating and $52 target price on Apple Computer, saying it expects the fiscal third quarter to be up slightly…
Gartner raises personal computer shipment forecast to 202.1 million units for 2005
Technology research firm Gartner Inc. raised Thursday its 2005 worldwide personal-computer shipment forecast to more than 200 million units…
iRiver spokeman: iPod’s 92 percent market share due to competitors’ neglect of niche
The iPod, of course, is not the only portable digital-music player around. Gary Byrd, a spokesman for competitor iRiver, argues one reason the iPod…
Is Microsoft finally about to crumble?
The negative feelings about Microsoft and within Microsoft have many people thinking that this is the moment in time where the giant will finally crumble…
Steve Jobs and Apple Computer designer Jonathan Ive take home coveted D&AD design awards
Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Apple’s head of industrial design Jonathan Ive were in London last night to collect coveted design awards from Design and Art Direction (D&AD)…
Apple releases Keynote 2.0.2, Pages 1.0.2 Updates
Apple today released Keynote 2.0.2 Update which can be downloaded and installed using Software Update…
Sirius Satellite Radio CEO Karmazin discusses Sirius-enabled Apple iPod
Sirius Satellite Radio Chief Executive Mel Karmazin met with shareholders today and the subject of a Sirius-enabled Apple iPod was raised…
ABC News and NBC News announce plans to offer podcasts
ABC News and NBC News announced plans Tuesday (May 24) to offer podcasts, the rapidly growing mobile technology…
