Any day now, Apple is expected to release a developer’s kit that will allow independent programmers to create new applications…
Month: February 2008
Documentary puts ‘MacHEADS’ under the microscope
What is it about Apple products and the Mac in particular that inspires a fanatical…
Charles Arthur: Why Apple’s secretive approach is so effective
That Apple (Inc, no longer Computer) likes to keep the details or even existence of upcoming product releases…
Microsoft’s big news: promises to expand interoperability, increase openness of key products
Microsoft Corp. today announced a set of broad-reaching changes to its technology and business practices to increase the openness…
HD-DVD death spotlights Microsoft’s weakness
“HD-DVD is dead, and with it dies Microsoft’s aspirations to inject its proprietary software…
Microsoft executives to make ‘significant company announcement’ today (unrelated to Yahoo!)
Details of the announcement will be provided during a press teleconference… Microsoft’s big news: promises to expand interoperability, increase openness of key products – February 21, 2008
Paramount dumps obsolete HD DVD, now backs Blu-ray
All six major Hollywood studios are now in the Blu-ray DVD camp, following Toshiba’s decision…
PC Magazine reviews Apple’s Mac OS X 10.5.2 Leopard: ‘By far the best consumer OS available’
After three months with Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard Version 10.5, I have three main things to say about it…
Linkin Park rocks Apple Soho store with secret show
Linkin Park rocked a crowd of contest winners and industry personnel just after midnight Thursday…
Sony’s Blu-ray won the format war, but faces even tougher battle
Sony Corp. won the home movie DVD format war, but the consumer-electronics giant faces…
Associated Press reviews Apple TV 2.0: latest software update takes Apple TV to whole new level
The latest incarnation of Apple TV, a white box the size of a hardback book that connects to your TV, is an attractive alternative…
Rogue Amoeba releases Airfoil 3.1 with Apple TV 2.0 support
Rogue Amoeba has released Airfoil 3.1. Airfoil is a tool for sending any audio to…
HandBrake 0.9.2 released; includes full support for Apple TV 2.0, iPhone, iPod touch
HandBrake 0.9.2 incorporates many major and exciting changes, including full support for the Apple TV 2.0…
BBC to bring iPlayer to Apple iPhone, iPod touch within weeks
BBC shows have been streamed or downloaded more than 17m times via its iPlayer…
Adobe wants to know when Flash is coming to Apple’s iPhone
Apple Inc. and longtime partner Adobe Systems Inc. are at a flash point over the iPhone…
Lawyer: DVD Jon should expect call from Apple over doubleTwist
A notorious Norwegian hacker known as DVD Jon is preparing for another run-in with the music industry…
MySpace explores online music service
Online social networking site MySpace has been talking with major record labels in an effort…
iSuppli: issues ‘gloomy’ NAND flash outlook, says Apple slashed 2008 NAND order forecast
Citing order reductions and weakness in consumer spending, iSuppli Corp. is cutting…
Lexar Media announces new Crucial 800MHz FBDIMM memory modules for Apple Mac Pro
Lexar Media today announced the immediate availability of Crucial 800MHz fully buffered DIMM (FBDIMM) memory modules…
Is Apple devaluing itself by selling dirt-cheap iPod shuffles?
In the race to be the best, and capture the masses, cool firms often make one crucial mistake…
T3 reviews Apple MacBook Air: ‘True engineering genius’
It’s a show-off’s dream and the shape of things to come…
Piper Jaffray remains bullish on Apple, reiterates ‘buy,’ $250 price target
In a note to clients on Wednesday, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster noted that Apple was able to maintain the price…
FileMaker opens registration for 2008 FileMaker Developer Conference
FileMaker, Inc. today announced that it has opened registration for the 2008 FileMaker Developer Conference…
More blood on Apple iPod’s Click Wheel: Germany’s Maxfield files for bankruptcy
The Düsseldorf consumer electronics manufacturer Maxfield GmbH filed for bankruptcy…
HP’s strong 1Q, outlook may help bolster tech
With a stellar start to its new fiscal year, Hewlett-Packard Co. has given technology investors…
Cringely: Google prepping two ‘gPhones’ slated for release in Sep. 2008 and early 2009
There are two gPhones slated for release with the first coming in September and the second…
Apple to plop Blu-ray drives in Mac Pros by late spring?
Apple has never been one for alliances, coalitions or other formal (or informal) industry-wide groupings…
Apple releases MacBook, MacBook Pro Keyboard Firmware Update 1.0
Apple today released MacBook, MacBook Pro Keyboard Firmware Update 1.0 which addresses…
TheStreet.com chart gazer: Apple’s best days are past
Apple stock has fallen over 77 points since the December high. True believers look… o a mould-breaking company like Apple.
Aspyr ships Neverwinter Nights 2 for Apple Mac next week
Aspyr Media, Inc. announced today that Neverwinter Nights 2 has been declared Gold and will begin shipping…
AT&T offers unlimited plan, includes Apple iPhone
Quickly following a similar move by Verizon, cellular carrier AT&T today said it would introduce an unlimited plan…
Universal dumps obsolete HD DVD, switches to Blu-ray
Universal said today it will drop its support for HD DVD and instead produce its high-definition films on Blu-ray…
Mercury News: There’s never been a better time to switch to Apple Mac
As I look at a newly arrived MacBook Air laptop, it occurs to me there has never been a better time…
RUMOR: Apple books Linkin Park for ‘secret’ NYC event performance
Apple has enlisted the services of popular alternative rock band Linkin Park to perform…
Apple patent app details advanced multi-touch pads for Macs
A new and ambitious patent filing from Apple hints that the Mac maker is working to extend an advanced…
Toshiba officially announces death of HD DVD
Toshiba Corporation today announced that it will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD DVD players and recorders…
DVD Jon launches ‘doubleTwist’ platform to crack Apple iTunes Store tracks
doubleTwist Corporation, “a company devoted to helping consumers liberate their media,” has unveiled its initial product offerings…
Apple discontinues Xserve RAID
Try as we might, after today’s debut of Xsan 2 with third-party RAID storage hardware support, we can no longer find…
BBC to sell shows through Apple’s UK iTunes Store
BBC Worldwide today announced that a selection of programming will now be available…
Apple introduces Xsan 2 with MultiSAN; now supports third-party RAID storage hardware
Apple today introduced Xsan 2, the first major upgrade to its easy to use, high performance, enterprise class Storage Area Network (SAN) file system for Mac OS X…
Apple iPod shuffle now just $49; New 2GB model priced at only $69
Apple today announced that its iPod shuffle, the world’s most wearable music player…
Apple Store currently offline (Update: 8:50am EST: Store back online)
Apple’s online store is currently offline, displaying the familiar message that often…