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Month: August 2006

Google + Apple + Al Gore’s Current TV = ?

Thursday, August 31, 2006 4:43 pm216 Comments

Earlier this week, fellow Fool Rick Munarriz wrote about Google CEO Eric Schmidt…

Apple to hold special media event on September 12th?

Thursday, August 31, 2006 4:12 pm36 Comments

With few details available, the validity of this remains uncertain, but Electronista claims…

Miuro robot turns Apple iPod into boombox-on-wheels

Thursday, August 31, 2006 2:03 pm13 Comments

The new Japanese robot Miuro turns an iPod music player into a dancing boombox-on-wheels…

OWC reduces prices on Apple-Qualified Mac Pro Quad Xeon memory

Thursday, August 31, 2006 1:50 pm8 Comments

Other World Computing (OWC) today announced price reductions and same day availability…

Report: Apple upgrades Mac mini without announcement

Thursday, August 31, 2006 1:28 pm57 Comments

Apple seems to have quietly upgraded the Mac mini models…

CrossOver Mac runs Windows applications on Mac OS X without Microsoft Windows

Thursday, August 31, 2006 1:14 pm57 Comments

CodeWeavers’ CrossOver Mac allows you to install your favorite Windows applications and games on Mac OS X…

PC Magazine debuts biweekly ‘Open Apple’ column penned by ThinkSecret staff

Thursday, August 31, 2006 12:53 pm21 Comments

Today marks the first installment of OpenApple, a column designed to help our readers…

PC box assemblers like Dell and others wish Apple would license Mac OS X

Thursday, August 31, 2006 12:29 pm64 Comments

Apple has a significant opportunity to trump Vista as the desktop OS…

Google CEO on Apple’s board opens up many possibilities, including outdueling Microsoft

Thursday, August 31, 2006 10:30 am42 Comments

When Eric E. Schmidt, Google’s chief executive, was named to Apple Computer’s board this week…

iPod-manufacturer Foxconn cuts damage claim to against journalists to 1 renminbi (US$0.13)

Thursday, August 31, 2006 9:58 am21 Comments

The iPod manufacturer at the heart of a furor over the treatment of workers in China has reduced the damages…

QTFairUse6 strips Apple’s FairPlay DRM off iTunes Music Store files

Thursday, August 31, 2006 9:14 am23 Comments

Remember Hymn? You should, back in the day (like, um, 2004) it allowed…

Wal-Mart not happy with looming threat of Apple iTunes movie downloads

Thursday, August 31, 2006 8:55 am53 Comments

The retail behemoth [Wal-Mart] isn’t happy about the iPod maker’s plans to offer movie downloads…

My switch from Windows XP to Apple Mac OS X

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 10:45 pm57 Comments

Creating a ‘switch’ post is starting to seem a bit cliche. Generally speaking…

TubeSock rips video and audio from YouTube, copies them to your Apple iPod and Mac

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 10:14 pm16 Comments

TubeSock 1.0 from Stinkbot grabs YouTube videos from the web and copies them…

Re: Google CEO elected to Apple Computer’s Board of Directors

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 9:44 pm13 Comments

Re: Google CEO elected to Apple Computer’s Board of Directors

Thurrott: ‘And just like that, Windows Vista rebounds; now it just works’

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 4:04 pm88 Comments

And just like that, Windows Vista rebounds. Years of delays, broken promises…

Dvorak: Does Apple’s board addtion of Google’s Schmidt portend Apple-Sun merger?

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 3:08 pm40 Comments

As soon as Google CEO Eric Schmidt was named to the board of directors at Apple some mild speculation…

NewerTech ships MAXPower G4 single and dual processor upgrades for Apple PowerMac G4

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 2:48 pm12 Comments

NewerTech has begun shipment on a new MAXPower line of Single and Dual Processor…

Michigan middle school students get 350 Apple iBooks

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 2:43 pm18 Comments

Mason Middle School [Erie, Michigan] students won’t be taking out many pens or using much paper…

Analyst: Microsoft’s Zune an ‘underwhelming’ repackaged Toshiba Gigabeat; no threat to Apple iPod

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 1:58 pm38 Comments

Microsoft’s Zune portable music player appears “underwhelming” and could end up being “another classic case of overpromising and underdelivering”

Apple and Google cozy up to make Microsoft jealous

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 1:20 pm17 Comments

Apple Computer has warmed up a seat on its board of directors for Google CEO Eric Schmidt…

Apple ‘working behind-the-scenes’ to help resolve plight of Chinese ‘iPod sweatshop’ journalists

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 12:48 pm10 Comments

Apple Computer Inc. said Wednesday it was working to resolve a dispute…

SmugMug photo-sharing site uses ‘super reliable’ Apple Xserve RAID units to store over 300TB of data

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 12:22 pm30 Comments

Take a peek inside Silicon Valley’s new Equinix data warehouse as CNET News.com’s Neha Tiwari speaks with Smugmug.com….

Parallels: Apple Mac Pro compatibility coming in matter of days

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 11:47 am13 Comments

Is Parallels Desktop compatible with the new Mac Pro tower? Not yet. The new Mac Pros…

Analyst: current iPod sales tracking below quarterly estimate

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 11:14 am14 Comments

In a research note released to clients on Tuesday, PiperJaffray analyst Gene Munster…

Developers get first pre-release builds of Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 11:01 am20 Comments

Apple Computer on Monday released to developers the first pre-release builds of Mac OS X 10.4.8…

World of Warcraft aficionado flushes Apple iPod down passenger jet toilet, sparks terrorism alert

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 10:40 am15 Comments

A World of Warcraft aficionado travelling from Chicago to Canada earlier this month to hook up…

Creative Tech: we will pursue all MP3 player- and cellphone-makers that infringe on ‘Zen patent’

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 10:22 am23 Comments

Singapore’s Creative Technology Ltd. said Wednesday that some cellphone makers are also using its patented Zen technology…

Why keeping secrets is paramount at Apple

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 9:29 am26 Comments

Apple has long been notoriously secretive about its unreleased products…

Google CEO to help shape Apple’s future

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 8:58 am24 Comments

Eric Schmidt, the chief executive of Google, has joined the board of Apple…

Greenpeace criticizes Apple over toxic waste

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 11:30 pm51 Comments

The environmental track records of Apple Computer and Lenovo Group have been singled out…

Apple asked to intercede on behalf of Chinese ‘iPod sweatshop’ reporters

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 10:13 pm24 Comments

The Reporters Without Borders organization has sent a letter to Apple Computer…

Apple slices $100 off ATI graphics card for Mac Pro

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 10:12 pm12 Comments

Apple Computer has lowered the cost of the ATI X1900XT graphics card…

$399 for Windows Vista Ultimate?!  (Hint: Get a Mac)

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 5:20 pm56 Comments

Seattle online retailer Amazon.com is taking advance orders for the Redmond, Wash., software…

$399 for Windows Vista Ultimate?!  (Hint: Get a Mac)

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 5:20 pmNo Comments

Seattle online retailer Amazon.com is taking advance orders for the Redmond, Wash., software…

Google CEO Dr. Eric Schmidt joins Apple’s Board of Directors

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 4:38 pm97 Comments

Apple today announced that Dr. Eric Schmidt, chief executive officer of Google, was elected…

Microsoft working to update Windows Media DRM cracked by FairUse4WM

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 4:20 pm23 Comments

Microsoft has said it is working to close a breach of its technology that protects music digital files…

Dell Japan President blames Sony for recall of fire hazardous batteries

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 3:42 pm16 Comments

Dell Japan Inc. President Jim Merritt blamed Sony Corp. for flaws in batteries that had to be recalled…

Universal and SpiralFrog’s ‘free’ music will come with many strings attached

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 3:26 pm30 Comments

A new online music company said today that it would make a huge catalog of songs…

Here come the Apple iTunes Music Store wannabes… again

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 2:37 pm23 Comments

Apple Computer’s iTunes may dominate the legitimate market for digital music…

Sony-made battery fire in discontinued Apple notebook computer reported in Japan [UPDATED]

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 1:34 pm44 Comments

Japanese authorities reported Tuesday the first case in Japan of an Apple laptop…

Apple to hold retail store grand opening celebration for third Canadian store

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 1:29 pm23 Comments

Apple Computer will be celebrating the Grand Opening of Apple Store Sherway Gardens…

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