Jonathan Ive, the designer of Apple Computer Inc.’s wildly popular iPod music player and iMac computer, on Friday was named
Month: December 2005
Mobilygen debuts first codec chip to support real-time H.264 /AAC iPod-compatible video capture
Mobilygen Inc., a leading provider of low-power H.264 codec ICs for mobile devices, has announced that its MG1264 chip supports…
Apple Power Mac G5 Quad dissected and photographed
Here is the new Quad processor from the PowerMac G5. Note the dual cooling pumps and massive heat exchanger…
iPod fuels Apple shares to record-breaking run
The way to get really rich in US stocks in 2005 was to spot the next fad…
Camino 1.0 beta 2 browser for Mac OS X now available
The Camino Project has released Camino 1.0 beta 2 which delivers a heavily-updated version of the only native Mac OS X browser…
2006 predicted to be ‘The Year of the Mac’
Why do businesses cling to the idea that the Microsoft stack and Outlook/Exchange are essential cornerstones of modern business life?
Intel CEO Ottellini: Apple will bring us innovation, uniqueness, leading design
Sitting in a hotel conference room in early December after speaking at a leadership conference in San Francisco…
Think Different: Intel plans to ‘Leap ahead’ by axing ‘Intel Inside,’ ‘Pentium,’ dropped ‘e’ in logo
Intel’s Chief Marketing Officer Eric B. Kim and CEO Paul S. Otellini are planning a sharp departure for Intel…
Steve Jobs named ‘Radio Person of the Year’
RadioDailyNews.com, “The Daily Voice and Journal of Broadcasting”, has named Steve Jobs as the recipient of the “Radio Person of the Year” award…
Microsoft Windows’ Zero-Day WMF flaw threats widespread; Macintosh unaffected
Microsoft really has improved the security of its code over the last few years. The fact that every now and then a bug like the new WMF bug…
SecureMac from MacScan protects Mac users from nonexistent viruses for only $24.95
Spyware and keystroke loggers have often been thought of as a Windows only problem, but Nicholas Raba…
Sony BMG rootkit settlement may offer free Apple iTunes albums as compensation
Sony BMG has rushed forth to settle a class action lawsuit brought by Girard Gibs and Kamber & Associates in New York…
Mossberg: Apple the only major computer company that focuses on individual users
Big computer makers such as Dell and Hewlett-Packard make and sell ‘consumer’ models…
Five things that will happen with Apple in 2006 – and five others that won’t
Will 2006 match up to 2005 for interest generating Mac news? The notion seems unlikely unless Apple switches to…
iPod Express EasyPay system will continue at Apple Retail Stores
“I spoke with a source at Apple that says that yes, the EasyPay system [seen this holiday season as the iPod Express checkout system] will become…
iPod meat?
Rachel Cambra couldn’t wait to see the look on her 14-year-old son’s face when he opened a very special present on Christmas morning…
BusinessWeek: Will Windows geeks look upon Mac and feel a combination of envy and remorse in 2006?
By the time of my next deadline for this column, Steve Jobs will have already addressed the crowds at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco…
Massachusetts IT chief who championed plan to ditch proprietary Microsoft formats resigns
The US state government official who had been moving Massachusetts away from Microsoft’s digital document formats has resigned…
Pioneer to ship Blu-ray Disc computer drive in first quarter 2006
Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. plans to ship in the first quarter of next year a Blu-ray Disc computer drive…
Maine looks to continue statewide 34,000 Apple iBooks in middle schools program
The Maine Department of Education is making plans to continue the laptop computer program in middle schools beyond…
Mac tips for former Windows users
If you’ve just switched from a Windows PC to a new Apple Macintosh, you might be wondering…
Thurrott: ‘My wife is switching to Apple Mac’
This Christmas, I presented my wife with a new Mac mini… I am, as you might know, one of the more prominent Windows-based writers on the Web…
Free Join Together v3.2 script released for Mac OS X Tiger; joins together selected iTunes tracks
Doug Adams has released Join Together v3.2, a free script that enables users to join the files of selected iTunes tracks together…
Hitslink: Apple Mac OS usage tops 4-percent online
Hitslink, yet another web metrics company, reports that the number of people using Mac OS online topped 4 percent by the end of November…
Apple’s dominant iTunes Music Store saw 50% surge in sales on Christmas Day
Visits to music downloading websites saw a 50 per cent rise on Christmas Day as hundreds of thousands of people began loading songs on to the iPods…
Is Steve Jobs prepping ‘The Cupertino Project’ – Intel-based Macs that will run Windows apps, too?
For as long as I can remember, there has been a battle of operating systems…
The Apple iPod revolution is just beginning
No technology since the VCR is as revolutionary to personal entertainment as the MP3 player…
Sony’s NAND flash deal with Samsung could signal push to take on Apple iPod… again
Sony could be the next growth engine for the red-hot market for flash memory. On Monday, South Korea’s Samsung Electronics disclosed…
RUMOR: Apple to release Mac OS X 10.4.4 (compiled specifically for Intel) on January 10
A reliable source tells LoopRumors that Apple will unveil the next update in the sequence of Mac OS X Tiger releases on January 10, 2006…
PC World: Apple both a ‘winner’ and a ‘loser’ in 2005
PC World’s Dan Tynan provides his “completely unscientific and highly opinionated picks” for the biggest winners and losers of the year in tech…
Baton Rouge woman files sixth iPod nano ‘scratches’ class-action lawsuit; Apple seeks to consolidate
The iPod nano is the subject of a class-action lawsuit in Baton Rouge federal court. Plaintiffs say the gadget…
Report: Apple contracts with Intel for design of next-gen Power Mac motherboard
In a move that may surprise some Apple watchers, reliable sources tell AppleInsider the Mac maker has contracted the design duties for its next-generation Power Mac…
NewerTech miniStack named ‘‘Mac mini Accessory of the Year’ by 123Macmini.com
123Macmini has named Newer Technology Inc.’s miniStack its choice for Mac mini Accessory of the Year…
Apple Computer rejoins Forbes Platinum 400 list for 2005
The Forbes Platinum 400, our list of America’s best big companies, outperformed the S&P 500 over the past 12 months…
Amazon’s top 3 best-selling electronics were all Apple iPod models
Amazon.com Inc. said holiday sales worldwide set a record this year on demand for Apple Computer…
Report: Quanta and Asustek to partner with Apple on new Intel-based iBooks and PowerBooks
Apple computer will adopt Intel processor next year. According to the understanding, the ODM order of new Apple…
Walt Mossberg to appear on ‘The Charlie Rose Show’ today
Walter Mossberg, Personal Technology Columnist for The Wall Street Journal, is scheduled to appear…
Why pay Symantec for flawed ‘security’ app designed to protect Apple Macs from nonexistent threats?
Apple Macintosh users could be making themselves less secure by installing Symantec’s flagship anti-virus application…
Bulls drink the Kool-Aid when it comes to Apple
Rest easy, ye merry investors in Apple Computer. Even after a three-year run that has sent Apple shares heavenward, some bulls believe the company…
Apple to hold Q1 06 Quarterly Earnings Call on January 18
Apple will announce financial results on January 18, 2006 after market close…
‘Home for the holidays’ means ‘fixing Windows PCs’ for some unlucky geeks
For many folks having a family reputation for tech savviness means that going home for the holidays has become the time for…
Enderle: Apple+Intel could be wonderful for those of us that love design and use Windows
One of the things I’m hoping will come out of the Apple-Intel deal is a broad realization that incredible design is once again possible…
