Apple has sneaked in several small, but significant, announcements overnight…
Month: October 2006
Apple will define the future of the consumer technology industry
Apple is on a path to become…
iPod thieves hit Apple employee store again
iPods are flying off of shelves and out of boxes, but not exactly the way Apple might hope…
How Apple protects Mac OS X from having to run on non-Apple hardware
With the advent of Intel-based Macintosh computers, Apple was faced with a new requirement…
The plight of the Windows sufferer prompts CNET Editor to suggest: Get a Mac
Rafe Needleman has been covering technology and business since 1988…
Woz to judge Mac software contest
My Dream App, a Mac contest in search of the next killer app…
Analyst: Apple’s growth engine firing on all cylinders – with two more to be added in early 2007
Apple’s growth engine, which previously depended almost entirely on the company’s…
Yager: New Apple MacBook Pro is ‘mobile landing pad for Leopard in plenty of time for Macworld Expo’
Woke up this morning and what’d I see?
Apple patent hints at new type of Mac laptop
Apple has been granted a patent for a camera latch by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office…
Apple has proven that vertical integration works better
When Microsoft launches its Zune to compete with Apple’s iPod…
iPhone sign? New Motorola Rokr phone uses Real One media player, not Apples’ iTunes
Motorola’s first generation Rokr phone never met the expectations users had in an iTunes phone…
iPhone sign? New Motorola Rokr phone uses Real One media player, not Apples’ iTunes
Motorola’s first generation Rokr phone never met the expectations users had in an iTunes phone…
Skype for Mac 2.0 released
The final version of Skype for Mac 2.0 has been released bringing video chat support…
‘I’m a PC’ guy John Hodgman: In Apple Mac ads, ‘I’m a legitimate buffoon’
There are really two John Hodgmans. One is well known to viewers of Comedy Central’s…
Sony apologizes for botched batteries, says won’t quit battery business despite massive recalls
Japanese electronics maker Sony Corp. said on Tuesday it has no plan to withdraw…
Apple MacBook Pro notebooks go Intel Core 2 Duo; up to 39-percent faster
Apple today announced that its entire MacBook Pro line of notebooks now includes the new Intel Core 2 Duo…
Sony recalls 340,000 more Sony-botched batteries, includes Sony Vaio laptops
Sony plans to recall 340,000 rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that shipped with notebook…
Apple confirms ‘resolution independence’ and more coming in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Leopard is the sixth major version of Mac OS X and it will be the most advanced…
Optek Music Systems brings Fretlight guitar to Apple Mac
Optek Music Systems, Inc., a leading company dedicated to the development of interactive musical instruments…
Firefox 2.0 released early
The final version of Mozilla Firefox 2.0 was slated for release tomorrow…
Everest climber who dissed Apple iPod while praising Creative MuVo found to have ties with Creative
Neal Mueller has a problem with his iPod: it doesn’t work at the highest point on Earth…
DVD Jon cracks Apple’s FairPlay DRM, looks to license it
Growing up in a small town in southern Norway, Jon Lech Johansen loved to take things apart…
Ellen DeGeneres Show gives away Microsoft Zunes, studio audience goes berserk
Looks like the Ellen DeGeneres show gave away a bunch of Microsoft Zunes…
MarketWatch asks for ‘CEO of the year’ nominations
Who would you nominate for CEO of the Year?
Forbes: iPod killers that didn’t
Steve Jobs is not noted for his modesty. So five years ago it was easy to shrug off his boast…
Apple shares crack $80 with gusto
Shares of Apple Computer, Inc. (AAPL) are up in morning NASDAQ trading…
Forbes: Apple Computer under Steve Jobs does the remarkable again, and again, and again
The best piece of management advice I’ve ever heard came from a boss who said…
Hip music blog Pitchfork rebuffs Microsoft’s attempt to push Zune
In a bid to out-cool Apple, Microsoft approached the ultra-snarky Pitchfork blog…
Get free tickets to this year’s MacExpo in London (October 26-28)
We’ve been lucky enough to have been offered 100 tickets to this year’s MacExpo…
Happy 5th birthday, iPod, you killer! Five reasons the iPod succeeded
When the iPod was announced, few people outside the walls of Apple saw a product that would dominate…
iTWire’s Zaharov-Reutt lectures Mac OS X users on security
My own ‘Virus scare a lesson for Apple’ article on iTWire…
If Apple gets into the cell phone game, we might actually get a well-designed phone
It’s changed the way we talk to each other. It’s turned us into multi-taskers…
Why Apple’s Mac platform fell into crisis
Apple’s recent quarterly earnings report blew past all expectations…
Apple iPod celebrates fifth birthday
Happy Anniversary iPod! Hard as it is to believe, tomorrow marks five years…
Apple 2006 European sales more than 2002, 2003, and 2004 combined
The European business of Apple Computer had sales of $4.1 billion…
Apple’s ‘iPod Halo Effect’ in action
I’ve gone from being an iPod-hater to a full-fledged believer…
17 Apple Mac apps that make switching from Windows easy and worth it
So I made the switch. It’s been a little over a month since I got got my Macbook Pro…
What is Apple doing about MacBooks suffering from ‘Random Shutdown Syndrome?’
Cyberspace has been abuzz in recent weeks with reports of MacBooks that…
iPod virus clash signals Microsoft fear of Apple
The heated interchange between Apple and Microsoft over a Windows virus that shipped with some iPods…
Apple iPod with real Wi-Fi networking? XM satellite radio?
If a patent filing is any indicator, Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs may have nothing to fear…
Apple’s taken iPod+iTunes to an entirely different level; iPhone will be like supertrain
In the longstanding tradition of the Mac, Apple has done an absolutely brilliant job…
Apple MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo model to ship this month?
MacGadget (Germany) is reporting the following…