Contrary to Piper Jaffray analyst Gen Munsters asserting of a 2010 debut for Apple’s rumored tablet device…
Month: May 2009
Will beleaguered Palm’s attempt to manufacture a ‘Pre shortage’ backfire?
What appears to be a deliberate plan to create an opening day shortage of Palm Pre…
Gruber: Apple’s next-gen iPhone to be significantly faster
“A new computer almost always feels faster than the one it replaces…
‘iPhone 32 GB’ appears on T-Mobile Austria ‘coming soon’ webpage
A 32GB iPhone category was recently added to a T-Mobile website…
Merely two weeks before release, developers continue to await Palm Pre SDK
Palm’s Pre smartphone will be available from Sprint on June 6, but Palm has remained…
CES doubles space in iLounge pavilion to 25,000 sq. ft., launches new apps section
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has announced that the iLounge Pavilion…
Apple explores voice commands for TV remote possibly for next-gen Apple TV, future products
Apple has been considering voice recognition as an option for future TV remotes…
InformationWeek: Apple could find healthy market for $700 touch-screen tablet
If Apple is building a touch-screen tablet as imagined by a recent analyst report…
Twice as many smartphone users have chosen AT&T over any other U.S. carrier
Customers interested in using mobile e-mail, web surfing, and other applications are clamoring for smartphones…
Taiwanese unions protest Apple in campaign accusing supplier Wintek of ‘exploiting workers’
Labor rights groups are stepping up their campaign against a Taiwanese supplier for Apple Computer…
Computerworld offers up 10 AppleScripts to make you love your Mac (even more)
Why, when people were trying to get me to switch from Windows to a Mac, did no one tell me…
Court case reveals ugly infighting at beleaguered Motorola after CFO fired for being ‘the messenger’
It’s a white-collar worker’s nightmare: giving a presentation that gets you fired…
Palm Pre: Microsoft Zune, the sequel
Now we have Zune part 2 coming at us in the form of the Palm Pre…
TheStreet.com’s Moritz: Apple’s ‘iFlop’ tablet ‘shelved’ until 2010 (with video)
TheStreet.com and Scott Moritz are at it again with a video “report” titled…
Apple to re-enter digital camera business they pioneered with next-gen iPod touch camera?
I think Apple might be getting ready to re-enter the digital camera business it pioneered in 1994…
RUMOR: Apple to debut tablet-based Multi-Touch™ device for under $700
With a conventional netbook clearly out of the question, researchers for Piper Jaffray…
‘RussianMac’ offers full lineup of Mac clones – including a netbook – that run Mac OS X Leopard
RussianMac is the latest company to release a Mac clone and test Apple’s resolve…
HP axes 6,000 employees
Computer industry bellwether Hewlett-Packard reported a 3 percent drop in revenue…
Asahi Kasei to supply magnetometer for next-gen Apple iPhone
Apple will tap Japan’s Asahi Kasei to provide hardware support for the ‘magnetometer,’ or digital compass…
Apple offers free ‘Apple Camp’ for kids 8-12 at Apple Retail Stores
This summer, your kid could make a movie, create a photo slideshow, write and record…
Court orders Microsoft to pay Canadian software company i4i $200 million for patent infringement
Microsoft Corp. was ordered by a U.S. court Wednesday to pay Canadian software company i4i Limited Partnership…
Electronic Arts offers hands-on ‘Sims 3’ demo exclusively in Apple Retail Stores
Be the first to experience “The Sims 3” game with a hands-on demo of the all-new…
Unlock Mac OS X apps’ hidden features: Safari, iTunes, iCal, Mail, and more
Most Mac applications have preferences, enabling you to fine-tune certain elements…
Security companies warn of Mac OS X Java vulnerability
Several Mac security companies, Intego and SecureMac, have issued warnings related to an unpatched Java vulnerability…
Apple Mac OS X Snow Leopard videos pulled, more screenshots posted online
With Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard entering the final stretch of development…
Piper Jaffray analyst sees better than expected Mac sales for quarter
NPD has released initial sales figures for the month of April…
Amazon releases improved Kindle app for iPhone and iPod touch (now with landscape mode)
I love the fact that Amazon released an iPhone app to allow me to continue reading…
Report: Blackberry App World apps four times more expensive than Apple iPhone apps
Skyhook Wireless, provider of XPS, the patented hybrid location system, today released a report…
Sprint CEO attempts to concoct Palm Pre ‘frenzy’ by trumpeting ‘shortage’ expectations
One of the simplest ways to create a shortage is to announce that there will be one…
New Zealand’s Telecom Corp. ‘in deep discussion with Apple’ to carry revolutionary iPhone
Telecom Corp. is in negotiations to sell Apple’s iPhone…
Gartner: Apple’s worldwide smartphone market share doubled in Q1 09
Worldwide mobile phone sales totalled 269.1 million units in the first quarter of 2009, a 9.4 percent decrease…
Microsoft wins patent for kidnapping parts of Windows, holding them for ransom
Mafiasoft’s invention restricts usage of software and hardware on a computer…
Aussie Apple Store Doncaster to celebrate grand opening in Doncaster, Victoria on May 23
The Apple Store Doncaster, Australia’s fifth Apple Retail Store, will celebrate its grand opening on Saturday…
Flash! Unity Semiconductor, non‐volatile memory products start-up, exits stealth mode
Unity Semiconductor Corp., a Silicon Valley start‐up that will serve the semiconductor data storage memory market…
Wii! Microsoft files patent application for ‘magic wand’
Newly released patent applications from Microsoft have sparked speculation that it is to unveil…
Apple’s COO Cook and RIM’s half-CEO Balsillie agree: No netbooks
Apple and Research in Motion may disagree on many things, but they are of the same mind…
Apple’s long-term plan for keeping iPhone ‘King of All Smartphones’ and increasing market share
Clearly the iPhone is a phenomenal success, so it begs the question of what Apple will do…
Analyst: Apple could sell Macs in Wal-Mart
Apple could eventually sell some Macs in Wal-Mart stores, which could significantly…
Microsoft’s ‘Laptop Hunters’ campaign starting to change perceptions among 18- to 34-years-olds
Apple may have some of the most interesting online ads we’ve seen in a while, but Microsoft…
Beleaguered Palm to launch ‘Pre’ on June 6th for $300
Palm has stopped teasing us and finally announced a date for the launch of the Pre…
Japan’s Aoyama Gakuin U to give free Apple iPhones to students
Aoyama Gakuin University is phasing out traditional methods of taking attendance…
Stanford University’s iPhone developer podcasts downloaded 1 million times from iTunes U
Interest in iPhone development is hot enough to be setting records in another category…