Microsoft is really taking the gloves off this time. ZDNet is reporting that it will spend $500 million…
Month: July 2008
AT&T reports solid Q208 results highlighted by strong wireless growth, Apple iPhone 3G launch
AT&T Inc. today reported solid second-quarter results highlighted by strong wireless growth…
Mossberg takes shopping trip in Apple’s App Store for iPhone and iPod touch
The single best feature in Apple’s second-generation iPhone 3G isn’t the increased speed or the GPS location-finding feature…
Oh-so-innovative Microsoft launches app store for Xbox
Microsoft will let independent developers sell video games for the Xbox 360 console…
Second unauthorized ‘Mac cloner’ offers ‘Mac OS X-ready PCs’
Open Tech Inc. is following in the same vein as [Psystar] and is launching two purportedly ‘open’ PCs…
Apple releases iLife updates (iPhoto 7.1.4, iMovie 7.1.4, iWeb 2.0.4, iLife Support 8.3)
Apple today released various updates to software from the company’s acclaimed iLife ’08 suite…
Apple planning to slash Mac prices in bid to take even more market share from Microsoft Windows PCs?
After nailing its third-quarter earnings last night, Apple left investors with a funny taste…
BusinessWeek: Steve Jobs’ cancer has not returned, says source close to Apple
After the earnings call last night I talked with a source who is close to Apple and who who has…
Apple accelerates its retail efforts in China
Apple Inc. is ramping up its retail strategy in China after years of shying from one of the world’s fastest-growing tech…
Apple to celebrate grand openings of Montreal; Glendale, AZ; Charleston, SC retail stores this week
Apple has slated three new store openings for the end of this week…
CNBC’s Jim Goldman: Steve Jobs ‘health’ issue just gets curiouser and curiouser
Yesterday’s mistake by the Associated Press about Steve Jobs and Apple’s conference call…
UBS: Canada’s Telus, Bell to switch cellphone technology that will be compatible with Apple iPhone
Two cellphone companies – Canada’s second- and third-largest providers, respectively, after Rogers Communications…
Microsoft takes wraps off initial anti-Apple marketing campaign ads for Windows Vista
Microsoft this week offered a window into the first phase of a mega million dollar advertising campaign…
RUMOR: Apple’s secret product is ‘MacBook touch’
Get ready for MacBook touch?!
How to take screenshots with Apple iPhone and iPod touch
MacDailyNews reader “Jon” reminds us that Apple’s new 2.0 firmware for iPhone and iPod touch includes a built-in screenshot capability…
Sandisk: Windows Vista not optimized for solid state drives
SanDisk said Monday that Windows Vista is not optimized for solid state drives…
Despite record earnings, Apple’s guidance and ‘concern’ over CEO health drag down shares
“Apple dropped 10% in pre-open trade after reporting a softer-than-forecast fiscal fourth-quarter earnings outlook…
Apple shares slammed, shed 11-percent following conservative guidance
Stock in Apple (AAPL) dropped 11% to $148.63 following the company’s estimate for fiscal fourth-quarter earnings…
What is Apple’s secret ‘future product transition’ that execs cannot discuss?
During Apple’s thrid quarter 2008 conference call today, Apple Chief Financial Officer, Peter Oppenheimer repeatedly…
Live notes from Apple’s Q308 Conference Call
Live notes from Apple’s conference call discussing Q3 – 2008 financial results…
Apple shares tumble in after-hours trading on conservative guidance
Apple shares tumbled in after hours trading as the company offered guidance…
Apple smashes Street; reports record third quarter results, all-time high Mac sales
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2008 third quarter ended June 28, 2008. The Company posted revenue of…
Virginia Tech deploys new 29-teraflop Mac supercomputing cluster (324 Apple Mac Pros)
Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. today announced that its 40Gb/s InfiniBand technology interconnects the new 29TFlops computer system…
John McCain: Confirmed Mac user, Barack Obama: Confirmed Mac user (and BlackBerry sufferer)
Blogs have been buzzing recently over McCain’s admission that when it comes to the Internet…
Apple goes after the duo behind Psystar: Robert and Rudy Pedraza
A Doral company founded by two South Florida brothers has been sued by technology giant Apple…
Apple seen beating expectations on strong Mac sales
Apple Inc.’s third-quarter results should exceed expectations, helped by strong Mac sales and deferred revenue…
Apple’s App Store brings increased music functionality to iPhone, iPod touch
When it was unveiled in June, Apple’s new iPhone didn’t appear to offer anything new for music fans…
MacRumors’ Arnold Kim profiled in New York Times
For eight years, Arnold Kim has been trading gossip, rumor and facts about Apple, the notoriously secretive computer company…
Health concerns dog Steve Jobs; Apple needs to elucidate succession plan
Concerns about Steve Jobs’ health aren’t going away. Today’s NY Post quotes a ‘Wall Street source’ who says hedge fund managers…
The New York Post dredges up ‘concern’ over Steve Jobs’ health on day of earnings report
Industry concerns about Steve Jobs’ health have not gone away more than a month after the Apple CEO…
Heavy demand outweighs iPhone 3G supply
Apple Inc.’s iPhone 3G supply dropped dramatically over the weekend, as the company’s own inventory tool showed…
Windows 95 lead architect is a Mac switcher, launches first iPhone app
After he left Microsoft, Satoshi Nakajima, the lead architect of Windows 95 and a ‘defining force’ in the creation of…
iPhone Dev Team releases PwnageTool 2.0.1, free unlocking tool for Apple iPhone 3G
The iPhone Dev Team has released PwnageTool 2.0.1 which addresses the following issues…
Apple’s iPhone 3G TV ads hit Italy (with video)
On Monday, a new Apple iPhone 3G TV ad was aired on Italian television channels….
Apple to announce Q308 financial results today
A reminder: Apple will post earnings results for their third quarter 2008 after market close today…
Analyst: RadioShack testing new concept designed to emulate Apple Retail Stores
Shares of electronics retailer RadioShack Corp. climbed Friday after an analyst said the company may soon test…
‘Mac cloner’ Psystar’s headquarters put on the market, ‘priced for quick sale’
If Mac clone maker Psystar manages to survive what’s sure to be an expensive copyright battle with Apple…
AT&T confirms yet another error: no free WiFi for iPhone yet
AT&T has been on-again, off-again a few times with its offer of free WiFi hotspot access to iPhone users…
Beleaguered Motorola accuses Apple iPhone executive of taking trade secrets
Motorola Inc., the largest U.S. mobile-phone maker, has sued a former executive now working for Apple Inc…
Apple Mac’s market share surge is ‘remarkable’
There is much exuberance in the Mac orbit this week over news from market research and analysis firm Gartner Group…
Photos of first Apple Retail Store in China show impressive glass and steel structure
Ahead of the summer Olympics, Apple on Saturday will open the doors to its first retail store in China…
Sony Ericsson to axe 2,000 jobs
Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson has said it will shed 2,000 jobs worldwide over the coming year to cut costs…
