Formac Electronic Inc., a leading manufacturer of performance enhancing peripherals and advanced visualization solutions, today announced…
Month: June 2005
Apple iTunes podcast subscriptions top one million in first two days
Apple today announced that in just two days iTunes customers have subscribed to more than one million Podcasts from the new iTunes Podcast Directory…
Report: existing Motorola handsets talk to Apple’s iTunes 4.9
The first Motorola cell phone built specifically for iTunes may still be a few weeks away, but in the interim iTunes users have discovered…
Rob Glaser photo caption contest now open
We haven’t heard much from bowling aficionado and RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser much since early March when he called Apple…
University of Pittsburgh’s 125-node Apple Xserve G5 Cluster solves human genetics puzzles
Every week in the CBS network’s new hit series Numb3rs, an FBI agent relies on his math genius brother to find patterns and equations…
Musiwave chairman: we’re Apple’s main rival, iPod may be ‘a dead-end strategy’
The iPod shows why Apple Computer is a great company. With elegant hardware and friendly software, Apple’s portable player made a profitable…
Mac Mini Automotive Dock for Apple’s tiny Mac debuts
Mini Dock is a new company out of Japan that makes an automotive docking station for the Mac mini. They are installing the docking station…
IBM exec: we could have made a mobile G5 for Apple PowerBooks
IBM PowerPC chips could cover Apple’s entire product line… and could build PowerPC chips that satisfy the needs of the entire range…
Analyst: whole family of Motorola Apple iTunes phones will be on market by Christmas 2005
Are Apple Computer and Motorola finally getting ready to launch an iTunes cell phone? The phone was set to be announced in March…
Infoworld’s Yager runs hot and cold about Apple’s move to Intel
I have run hot and cold about Apple’s move to Intel. Apple’s got world-class software, tools, and docs. As long as it keeps these assets…
Napster, other Windows Media-based music services ‘chasing a niche opportunity’
Although it is losing money, Napster maintains a debt-free balance sheet with $132 million in cash, or about $3 per share, so the downside risk…
Analysts see no impact on Apple Computer from AMD’s antitrust lawsuit against Intel
Industry analysts are downplaying speculation as to whether AMD’s recently filed lawsuit against Intel will have any effect on Intel’s relations…
Apple Computer shares dip as SigmaTel cuts outlook
Shares of Apple Computer Inc. fell sharply on Wednesday after SigmaTel Inc., a top maker of memory chips used in digital music players…
MacDailyNews Exclusive: Leaked images of Motorola Apple iTunes phone?
MacDailyNews has come into possession of a Motorola presentation that looks to be genuine and includes images…
ABC News posts podcast interview with Apple CEO Steve Jobs
ABC News’ “Shuffle” (brain candy for your iPod) by Jake Tapper has interviewed Apple CEO Steve Jobs and posted…
Comic Life for Mac OS X ‘more fun than a kid with a ferret in church’
Take a bow, Australia. Two of our young citizens, Cris Pearson and Keith Lang, share the honour of winning a coveted Apple Design award…
Apple to release new Mac mini models soon?
A MacBidouille forum member yesterday attempted to order a Mac mini. When checking for the status of his order, he was supplied…
RUMOR: 2GB and 4GB iPod shuffles, 8GB iPod mini coming soon
According to our lead both the 2GB and 4GB shuffles are definitely set for release. As is a new 8GB iPod mini – Apple is allegedly planning…
CSFB: Apple to unveil iPod shuffle, iPod mini units with greater disk space ‘throughout the year’
Credit Suisse First Boston expects Apple Computer to unveil an ‘iPod shuffle capacity and functionality refresh later this summer or early fall.’
Apple cuts iPod prices to grab market share; analyst estimates 35 million iPods shipped by year end
Apple Computer cut prices on its iPod digital music players, added color screens to some models and began supporting downloadable…
Tenon releases iTools 8, Apache web server tools for Apple Mac OS X
Tenon has announced the release of iTools 8, a new version of their web hosting control panel software. iTools, an Apache Dashboard…
Apple iTunes phone image shown by Motorola execs in Beijing?
Is this the iTunes phone? To be honest, we won’t know until we know (and we’re leaning towards this being more of a concept design more…
Apple offers free iPod mini to students and teachers with Mac purchase
Educational customers who buy a Mac through September 24th will get a free iPod mini and a chance to save up to $479 when combined…
How to make advanced podcasts for iTunes Music Store using Apple’s Chapter Tool Beta
What is Podcasting? The word “podcast” is a concatenation of the words iPod and broadcast. The underlying technology used for podcasts…
Beleaguered Creative may have to write off unsold stock as losses loom
Singapore-based Creative Technology Ltd., whose Nomad and Zen digital audio players compete against Apple’s iPod, may have to…
Apple releases iPod Updater, supports iTunes 4.9 podcast features
iPod Updater 2005-06-26 includes new iPod Software 1.2 for iPod with color display, new iPod software 3.1 for iPod with Click Wheel…
Analyst: iTunes 4.9 helps Apple by bringing podcasting to the masses
Apple’s newest version of iTunes, version 4.9… now makes the process of getting a podcast on to an iPod as easy as choosing the podcast…
Apple’s iTunes 4.9 contains many hints of iTunes music phone
The latest version of Apple’s iTunes jukebox software was in circulation only a matter of minutes before Apple enthusiasts began tearing…
Jupiter analysts: New iTunes 4.9 ‘will further cement Apple’s position as king of digital audio’
The new iTunes client is here and the podcasting support is excellent,” Jupiter Research analyst Michael Gartenberg writes in his blog…
Apple lowers price of 1GB iPod shuffle to US$129
Apple has been busy revising their iPod lines and model pricing. The 20GB and 60GB iPods with color screens for Mac or Windows are available immediately…
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences extends membersip invitation to Steve Jobs
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has extended membership invitations to 112 artists and executives who have distinguished…
Apple releases iTunes 4.9 for Mac and Windows with podcasting features
Apple today announced it is taking Podcasting mainstream by building everything users need to discover, subscribe, manage and listen to Podcasts right into iTunes 4.9…
Color displays for all white iPods, Apple merges iPod and iPod photo lines
Apple today announced that the iPod and iPod photo lines are merging, creating a single line of white iPods that all feature color displays…
Microsoft Windows average ‘survival time’ rises to 40 minutes for unprotected PC to become infected
According to the latest data at the SANS Internet Storm Center, the average time it takes for an unprotected PC running Microsoft Windows…
Creative Tech’s reduced outlook drags on Apple, PortalPlayer, SigmaTel
Creative Technology, which makes portable MP3 players, reduced its sales outlook for the fourth quarter today. This news not only hit shares…
Microsoft allies with Toshiba on HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray Disc backers Apple and Sony
In an expansion of their alliance, Microsoft and Toshiba said Monday they plan to develop high-definition DVD players together, cross-license…
Supreme Court rules against P2P file swapping; Piper Jaffray says Apple ‘the primary beneficiary’
The Supreme Court handed movie studios and record labels a sweeping victory against file-swapping, ruling Monday that peer-to-peer…
Creative Tech cuts sales outlook, drags Apple down in early trading
Shares of Apple were down almost 2 percent on Nasdaq where iPod chip supplier PortalPlayer Inc. shares fell almost 4 percent…
RealMoney: Apple’s iPod Halo Effect ‘quite profound,’ Macs taking good market share from Wintel
Apple increasingly looks like it is as good a short-term trade here as it is a long-term investment… pretty much every indicator and check…
Barron’s: Apple shares might be pressured due to wireless phone companies’ push into music
Apple Computer Inc.’s soaring shares might come under pressure if wireless phone companies’ push to turn most cellphones into music players slow the sales growth…
Apple to announce new products on or before July 7?
Apple has informed media outlets to be prepared for major announcements…
Apple’s Mac OS X 10.4.2 Tiger to feature Dashboard Widget Manager
Mac OS X 10.4.2 will aim to improve the user experience of Tiger’s Dashboard by introducing a manager for widgets…
