A Lesbian, formerly employed by Apple Computer as a human resources compensation consultant, has slapped one of the nation’s…
Month: May 2005
‘Grandfather of the Internet’ Farber: ‘but, there are already viruses out there for Apple computers’
In an article about the Sober worm currently making up 5 percent of email, Lisa Pickoff-White reports for United Press International…
Computerworld columnist on Apple’s Mac OS X Tiger: ‘I was completely blown away, truly amazing!’
When Mac OS X 10.4, better known as Tiger, was released three weeks back, I was eager to try it. I had heard about several of the new features…
Tesco to start selling Apple iPods across the UK
Tesco is to start selling iPods as part of its expansion into the lucrative digital goods market, it announced today. The move will put the supermarket…
Cringely: Apple vs. Microsoft, which company will remake the entertainment business?
Even the most powerful industrialists with the biggest bets on a particular version of the future can at most influence where things are going…
Popular Science: ‘Apple’s tiny and affordable Mac mini does it all’
The most amazing thing about Apple’s new Mac Mini isn’t its diminutive size, although you can’t help but be surprised at how small it is…
U.S. CPSC, Apple announce voluntary recall of iBook and PowerBook batteries
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with Apple Computer, today announced a voluntary…
Report: widescreen Apple iBook models to ship in fourth quarter 2005
Apple has recently added Quanta Computer as an OEM supplier of its iBook (formerly only Asustek supplied iBook), with orders for 14.1-inch…
Beleaguered Gateway’s Ted Waitt retires – again
Ted Waitt is leaving the barn…
Blu-ray, HD DVD détente failing so far, talks ‘have essentially resulted in a piece of blank paper’
Efforts by Japanese electronics companies to agree on a common standard for the next-generation DVDs have so far failed, a top industry official said…
Apple releases Mac OS X Server 10.4.1
Apple today released Mac OS X Server 10.4.1 which delivers overall improved reliability for Mac OS X Server v10.4…
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger intro video’s music revealed
After installing Apple’s Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger users are presented with an intro video and Tiger’s intro music…
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier article about Sober virus focuses on ‘Apple G5’ owner’s problems
The latest round of the Sober virus, first discovered a week ago, sends out waves of e-mails to addresses found on PCs already infected…
Apple quietly makes video move, offers music videos via iTunes Music Store
Since last week, you can buy music videos as well as music on Apple’s iTunes Music Store. Yet the company hasn’t announced it…
The Motley Fool: palmOne LifeDrive no threat to Apple iPod
palmOne is billing the new handheld as an alternative to Apple’s iPod, and even as a laptop replacement. Really? Look, I like palmOne…
Apple’s Mac OS X Tiger’s Spotlight search covered in-depth
Spotlight is Apple’s new search utility, included in Mac OS X 10.4 ‘Tiger’ and designed to search for information stored on your computer…
Belkin’s Digital Camera Link vs. Apple’s iPod Camera Connector
The iPod Photo has opened the door for gismos such as Belkin’s Digital Camera Link and Apple’s iPod Camera Connector, which allow…
Pixoria releases Konfabulator 2 for Mac OS X and Windows 2000, XP
Pixoria has released Konfabulator 2, a utility that uses JavaScript and XML to create mini-applications and runs on Mac OS X 10.2 or greater…
Amnesty Widget Browser for Mac OS X Tiger (and Panther!) allows Widgets to run free of Dashboard
Amnesty Widget Browser is a utility that allows Dashboard widgets to live directly on your Desktop via a convenient icon in your system menu bar…
TrustedReviews: After using Mac OS X Tiger ‘going back to Windows XP is something of a joke at best’
The changes that have been made to [Apple’s Mac OS X] 10.4 [Tiger] are certainly sufficient to warrant an upgrade. The speed improvements…
Intel adds FireWire 400 and 800 to latest motherboard
Oxford Semiconductor is to benefit from Intel’s decision to design a Firewire high speed comms interface into its motherboards…
Australia awaits Apple’s iTunes Music Store launch
There may be some relevance for the still musically dark Antipodes in the opening last week of iTunes Music Store in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland…
Creative Technology shares slide to lowest mark in almost two years
Shares of Creative Technology, whose products compete with Apple Computer’s iPod, fell to their lowest in almost two years on concern demand is slowing…
Apple offers free human being with purchase of Mac OS X Tiger
Only at the Apple Retail Stores. Free human being with purchase…
Apple store to debut in Toronto, Canada this Saturday
The day Canadian Apple dealers have been waiting for with mixed emotions will arrive Saturday. That’s when the first company-owned…
Motorola CEO: Apple iTunes mobile phone on track for July debut, carriers not balking
Motorola Inc. Chief Executive Ed Zander said mobile phone carriers aren’t balking at his company’s plan to sell a phone that doubles as a music player…
PowerSchool announces version 4.2, support for Alternative Education Programs
PowerSchool, a division of Apple and a leader in student information systems (SIS), today announced the availability of PowerSchool Pro version 4.2…
Manually organize dinosaur Windows PCs while Mac users already have the future with Spotlight
I’m a slob in the real world but easily qualify for the Good Housekeeping Seal when it comes to keeping things straight inside my computer…
IBM PowerPC processors will power all three next-gen game consoles from Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft
War breaks out again in the video game business this week as Microsoft Corp. , Sony Corp. and Nintendo Co. all take the wraps…
Four new Apple Retail Store locations revealed in NY, CA, and MA; at least another 20 coming in 2005
Apple is flexing its retail muscles again with four new store locations, confirming that the Retail segment is king around Cupertino…
Mac OS X Tiger compatible ‘accessTunes’ v1.2.1 released; always-on music sharing via iTunes and Web
“accessTunes” allows users to access their music anytime, anywhere. accessTunes starts sharing your iTunes Music Library…
Columnist: ‘PC users have had what Apple Macs offer for years and it all makes me vaguely sad’
I don’t know about you, but I’m about fed up with all the free — and ridiculous — advertising and publicity Apple Computers gets…
Analyst: High-end Apple iPods and Mac mini sales ‘have slowed down considerably’
Thomas Weisel Partners analyst Kevin Hunt told clients that while checks suggested continued strong demand for iMac G5, refreshed…
Rush Limbaugh and Apple Computer working to bring podcasts of radio show to iTunes Music Store
It seems that sometime soon, you’ll be able download podcasts of Rush Limbaugh’s radio show from Apple’s iTunes Music Store…
Analyst: Apple will lose market share to subscription services, fact that iTunes is tied to iPod
According to Strategy Analytics, subscription services will replace downloads as the dominant music online model and cause the success…
Apple among most cited companies in Fast Company’s ‘innovative design’ survey
Fast Company magazine’s new “Fast Track Leadership Survey” reveals that design is a critical competitive and strategic weapon…
Other World Computing reduces price of OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.4-1.5GHz processor upgrade
Other World Computing (OWC) today announced it has reduced the price of its OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.4-1.5GHz processor upgrade…
Network World scribe: I can do everything Mac OS X Tiger does from my Windows 2000 desktop
The big news last week on the PC front, at least according to the general press, was the release of a new version of the Macintosh operating system…
RUMOR: Apple prepping new ad campaign focusing on Macs
According to one unverified report, Apple has completed filming a new series of advertisements promoting the Macintosh platform…
Sony releases PlayStation3 details; to use ‘Cell’ processor with nine processors, due Spring 2006
In a glitzy ceremony held at Sony’s film studios here on Monday, the company released eagerly anticipated details of its upcoming PlayStation 3…
Apple releases Mac OS X Tiger Update 10.4.1, fixes Dashboard widget auto-installation issue
Apple today released Mac OS X Update 10.4.1 (Build 8B15) which delivers overall improved reliability for Mac OS X v10.4 and is recommended…
Apple CEO Steve Jobs to speak at Wall Street Journal’s ‘D3: All Things Digital’ conference next week
Apple CEO Steve Jobs will speak at the Wall Street Journal’s “D: All Things Digital” conference which takes place next week…