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Month: November 2005
Cincinnati NBC affiliate calls Apple iPod ‘potential cyber-smut porn device’
One of the holiday season’s hottest gifts could carry some pretty steamy content that kids might be able to access…
Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer flaw ‘extremely critical, worse than expected’
An unpatched vulnerability on Internet Explorer is so bad that security expert Secunia has had to add a new category of danger…
Apple’s iPod prospers as piracy flourishes
When Apple Computer began selling a new iPod that plays video last month, the mainstream content available from Apple was pretty thin…
Mossberg: ‘Apple iMac G5 the best consumer desktop you can buy this holiday season, period’
When Apple Computer launched its video iPod last month, the hype was so great that another important Apple product…
Analyst: Microsoft should be concerned about Apple’s rumored Mac mini DVR
I’ve been thinking more about Apple introducing a Mac mini with a DVR and the more I think about it, the more interesting…
Switch from Mac to Windows? Once you’ve driven a Corvette, you don’t want to go back to a Cavalier
Back in July, I told you I would be your canary in the coal mine as I ventured into the world of online banking…
Washington Post columnist: As Apple Macs gain popularity, Mac attacks may increase
Over the weekend I found myself stuck in a local mall with hordes of bargain-hunting shoppers…
Rush Limbaugh announces video podcasts for Apple iPod starting December 12th
Starting on December 12th, we’re going to be supporting video iPods with a daily one-minute video podcast of the next day’s morning update…
Citigroup: Intel-based PowerBook in January, Apple target price raised to $71
Apple Computer Inc. could introduce its first laptop computers based on Intel Corp. chips as early as January, which, together with robust sales…
Microsoft pushes for standard connection port for Apple iPod also-rans
Hoping to loosen Apple Computer’s grip on the digital music player market, Microsoft is rallying consumer electronics companies to form a common link…
Fill your new Apple video-capable iPod for free at Veoh; over 3,000 videos now available
Veoh Networks, Inc., the first Internet Television Peercasting Network, today made available more than 3,000 videos…
Intel: no comment on Apple participating in ‘Viiv’ entertainment platform
Looking to boost the number of computers whirring away in living rooms, Intel Corp. on Wednesday unveiled…
New Straits Times: Apple’ new 5th generation iPod makes the competition seem archaic
While the quality gap may have narrowed in the digital audio player world, the iPod is still the best…
Mozilla releases Firefox 1.5
One year after the debut of Firefox 1.0, and more than 100 million downloads later, Mozilla Corp. today released Firefox 1.5, the latest version…
Is Apple working on a DVR or not?
Ever since Apple got all video on us, we’ve been waiting around for the other proverbial shoe to drop…
Music labels, film industry want to use anti-terror laws to stop internet piracy
Illegally downloading music to your gleaming new Christmas iPod could soon be dealt with using the full force of anti-terror laws…
Apple releases Security Update 2005-009 for Mac OS X
Apple today released Security Update 2005-009 via Software Update which delivers a number of security enhancements…
SANS Institute lists Apple’s Mac OS X as ‘major security threat’
When the SANS Institute, a computer-security training organization, released its Top-20 vulnerabilities last week…
Website offers MP3 ‘digital storage locker’ service
Two software developers who have attracted lawsuits from media organisations are behind an online music service launching…
Wal-Mart loses ‘philosophical argument’ with Apple CEO Steve Jobs, gains top-selling iPod
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said its sales on Saturday were slightly weaker than those posted during the post-Thanksgiving ‘Black Friday’ kickoff to the holiday season…
Analyst sees strong sales of Apple iPod shuffle and Aperture software
Apple Computer this month is benefiting from better than expected sales of its lower storage capacity iPod digital music players…
Next-gen DVD format war: Blu-ray vs. HD DVD
Déjà video? Sony and Toshiba have been lining up supporters for their competing high-definition next-generation DVDs…
Macworld Expo Users Conference features Training on Tiger, digital video and photography
IDG World Expo today announced the schedule for the Users Conference and the Hands-on MacLabs at Macworld Conference & Expo…
10 things every new Apple Mac owner should know
I’ve compiled a list of 10 things every first time Mac owner, particularly Mac Mini owner, should know about their new computer…
RUMOR: Apple preps ‘Kaleidoscope’ digital hub ‘TiVo-killer’ for January Macworld Expo debut
Apple’s Mac mini will be reborn as the digital hub centerpiece it was originally conceived to be…
Deutsche Bank reiterates ‘buy’ on Apple, raises target price to $78
Deutsche Bank Securities Analyst Chris Whitmore has reiterated his “buy” rating on Apple Computer, raised estimates for the company, and raised his target price to $78 from $60…
Newer Technology offers incentive for protecting the environment with new battery rebate program
Rebate program rewards environmental responsibility by giving customers $19 for sending in old Apple laptop batteries when they purchase a high-capacity…
miniStack gets new lower pricing
Just in time for the holiday shopping season, NewerTech has cut prices on many models of its miniStack line…
Thurrott: Microsoft’s Windows Vista Beta 1 vs. Apple’s Mac OS X Tiger (Part 2)
In part one of my comparison of Windows Vista Beta 1 and Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, I looked at three key aspects of each system…
Apple releases Broadband Tuner 1.0 for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
Apple has released Broadband Tuner 1.0 which allows you to take full advantage of very high speed Internet connections…
Computerworld: Apple’s new iMac G5 ‘very quiet, minimalist, a wonderful machine’
Ten minutes after the box arrived, I had (all by myself) unpacked and set up the computer, got it going, taken a photo of myself…
Apple shares hit another new all-time high on reports of strong holiday sales
Apple Computer Inc. shares rose to a new all-time high Monday on upbeat comments from several Wall Street analysts after a strong start…
Analysts upbeat about Apple Computer; some caution against overblown iPod forecasts
Wall Street analysts gave investors in Apple an early Christmas present on Monday: a bundle of upbeat reports…
Apple’s Jonathan Ive among the 25 Britons who wield the most influence in America
The American dream has come true for countless British business people who have found fortune by crossing the Atlantic…
Vote now for Marketwatch’s Readers’ Choice CEO of the Year Award (Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs on list)
Marketwatch is asking for your votes in their annual Readers’ Choice CEO of the Year Award…
Apple options in motion as shares hover around $70 per share
Traders saw a pop in option volatility for the first time in weeks as investors took some profits in the broader markets Monday…
Should you go Mac or Windows for your next PC?
Among the things I love (and hate) about this job is the endless scrum among computer users over Mac vs. PC…
Linux user reviews Apple’s Mac mini
In early 2005, Apple was announcing the Mac mini computer. It was the answer to what I was looking for in a computer…
More blood on Apple iPod’s Click Wheel: BenQ withdraws from MP3 player markets
Add BenQ to the list of vanquished “iPod killers” which includes Virgin Electronics, Rio, and Olympus…
Piper Jaffray raises Apple Computer price target from $68 to $79
Piper Jaffray maintained an ‘outperform’ rating on Apple Computer and raised the target price…
‘iTunes for x86’ hack posted online for Mac OS X for x86 users
McMAC has posted “iTunes for x86” online their website. McMac also recently posted…
