Archives: August 2005
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Microsoft plays catch-up to Apple, looks to open branded retail store in NYC
Microsoft Corp. is on the prowl for a store in Times Square. The move would be the software giant’s first big stab at retail and may be an attempt…
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Thurrott: Microsoft’s Windows Vista Beta 1 vs. Apple’s Mac OS X Tiger
After years and years of waiting, we finally have a reasonably stable Windows Vista beta build to work with. Windows Vista Beta 1…
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FileMaker Pro 8 released
FileMaker today announced the immediate availability of FileMaker Pro 8, the newest version of the most-awarded desktop database…
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Creative ships Zen Neeon units packing Windows ‘Wullik’ worm
Looks like somebody turned off the virus scanner at the Creative production plant—it would appear that about 3,700 5GB Zen Neeons…
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Will podcast-editing tools for GarageBand be next for Apple?
Apple Computer’s recent domination of the digital music environment provides a surprising example of the disadvantages of being first to market…
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Nominations open September 1st for Illinois 2006 Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching
Nominations are open September 1 through December 1 for the 2006 Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching…
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MTV excludes Mac users with free ‘Overdrive’ Broadband Video Channel
MTV Overdrive is a free Broadband Video Channel brought to you by MTV.com offering content such as…
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Apple iTunes’ Party Shuffle algorithm revealed: how song ratings affect tracks’ play chances
iTunes’ available song ratings of 1 to 5 stars allow users to quickly find their favorites and help the Party Shuffle feature play more of what they like most…
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Financial Times spits back Apple rivals’ company lines about so-called music format ‘confusion’
The iPod’s dominance in the portable digital music player market has some of Apple Computer’s key competitors singing the blues…
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Apple brings hope to Detroit by funding ambitious new high school
Apple Computer is coming to the rescue of Detroit’s schoolchildren and, in doing so, may finally push Michigan to nuke its failed public…
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PC Magazine: ‘Give us your thoughts on Windows’
PC Magazine is looking for readers to tell them what they think of Windows, past and present, and what they’d like to see in future versions…
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iPod, iTunes, and iTunes Music Store competitors lack Apple’s ‘seamless integration and ease’
Apple iPod competitors are trying to compete by building in features, available to iPod users via third-party add-ons, such as…
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Music lovers make Apple’s iTunes Music Store AAC format the de facto standard for online music
Experts think confusion over [conflicting formats between the major players in digital music] is hampering the conversion from sales…
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs prepares for pivotal fight on digital music prices
Two and a half years after the music business lined up behind the Apple Computer chief executive Steve Jobs and hailed him and his iTunes…
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Apple offers special deals on iPod, iMac G5, PowerBook, iBook, Power Mac G5, Mac mini and more
The Apple Store currently lists products on sale with savings on select new and unopened Apple products. All sale priced Apple products…
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Steve Jobs’ Pixar receives ‘informal request for information’ from SEC
A media report revealed Friday that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Committee launched an informal inquiry into Steve Jobs’ Pixar…
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Freescale Semi to supply Apple Computer with PowerPC processors through 2008
Apple Computer Inc.’s transition to Intel Corp.’s microprocessors may not happen as fast as expected, as the computer maker on Friday…
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Cringely: Biggest threat to Microsoft might not be Google at all, but Apple
What the heck Google is up to is a favorite topic of conversation this week in high tech circles. What’s driving this is a combination…
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FBI Cyber Unit arrests Zotob, Mytob Windows worm makers in Turkey and Morrocco
Two men have been arrested by local authorities in Turkey and Morocco, and charged with creating and distributing the Zotob and Mytob worms…
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Some U.S. library audiobooks don’t work on Apple iPods due to proprietary Microsoft WMA format
It seems you can’t listen to everything on your iPod. The Apple Computer devices account for more than 21 million of the 28 million total…
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Over 200 CG visual effects shots created with Apple Mac OS X for ‘The Cave’
In a breakthrough project, Luma Pictures served as the principal visual effects supplier for The Cave, Lakeshore Entertainment’s…
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Apple Mac OS X backup strategies
Having a backup strategy is essential for every Mac OS X user. When issues arise due to disk corruption, a problematic incremental…
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Apple iPod class action lawsuit settlement approved by judge
A San Mateo County judge on Thursday approved the settlement of a class action suit that will offer relief to as many as 1.3 million iPod owners…
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More blood on Apple iPod’s Click Wheel: Rio is dead
D&M Holdings Inc., today announced it would exit the mass-market portable digital audio player business, currently marketed under…
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Analyst: Apple will sell 7.1 million iPods this quarter
American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu expects Apple will sell 7.1 million iPods in the current quarter…
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