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Thurrott: ‘Nothing on Windows approaches the quality of Apple’s iLife ‘06’

Every year, Apple issues a new iLife upgrade, and every year, I stare in wonder at my Mac's monitor, noting the improvements... [Full Story]

Thurrott: ‘I highly recommend Apple’s new Intel-based iMac’

I've been using a new Intel-based Apple iMac since last week. I had been curious to see how the machine would compare to... [Full Story]

Windows PC users infected with worm face loss of all Microsoft, Adobe files; Mac users unaffected

A fast-spreading e-mail worm is raising alarms because its sole purpose is to obliterate the everyday working documents... [Full Story]

Boston Herald: Apple’s iWork ‘06 upgrades ‘really sweet’

With all the fuss over new hardware at the latest Apple Macworld in San Francisco earlier this month, it’s no surprise that software... [Full Story]

Attempting to protect Windows PCs from viruses, worms while Mac users surf the Net with impunity

How safe is your computer? You may not know it, but here's a group of malicious, devious people out there who get their kicks wreaking... [Full Story]

Google: no interest in Napster, no plans to develop music store at this time

Napster Inc. shares ballooned as much as 50% Tuesday after a report said Google Inc. might buy the online music service pioneer, but... [Full Story]

Motorola and Cingular launch new SLVR L7 iTunes phone

Cingular has debuted the Motorola SLVR L7 iTunes mobile phone for US$199... [Full Story]

Analyst sees new Apple iBooks by April, ‘media hub’ product, 1GB iPod nano, iPhone within a year

Analysts for UBS Investment Research this week emphasized confidence in Apple's long term strategy and updated their predictions on forthcoming products... [Full Story]

Apple’s iTunes Music Store grabs leadership of German online music market

Apple has broken its customary reticence to reveal its German sales figures through the service. The company now claims the iTunes Music Store... [Full Story]

Personal Computer World: Apple iLife ‘06 ‘a must have for any Mac user’

Bundled with new Macs and sold separately for £55 (US$79), Apple iLife '06 is a one-stop shop for home multimedia projects. Aimed specifically at... [Full Story]

Tech writer: ‘virus-and-spyware-prone Windows isn’t the way to go - get a Mac’

Big things are happening in personal computers this winter. On the Macintosh side, Apple Computer has begun its momentous rollout of Macs... [Full Story]

Wharton School of Business: Apple makes digital rights management (DRM) work with iPod+iTunes

Big media players are accustomed to watching the ratings for the most popular music, video and book content. But perhaps they should pay more attention... [Full Story]

MaxConnect allows for third hard drive in Apple Power Mac G5

MaxUpgrades announces MaxConnect, ATA/IDE hard disk drive mounting kit, that enables a third hard disk drive to be installed without a PCI host Controller... [Full Story]

Google considering Napster acquisition

Internet giant Google is considering an extensive alliance with Napster, which could include an outright acquisition, as it plots its move into... [Full Story]

Apple Store Garden State Plaza grand opening celebration this Saturday, February 4

To celebrate the Grand Opening of their newest retail store, Apple Store Garden State Plaza in Paramus, New Jersey, Apple is featuring a week of special events... [Full Story]

Advertisers scramble to aim commericals at Apple’s video-capable iPod users

"Since Apple Computer Inc.'s video iPod made its debut less than four months ago, users have been able to download their favorite TV shows free from ads... [Full Story]

Step-by step instructions for booting Windows XP on an Apple Intel-based Mac

"Ramblings of a Computer Guru" blog has posted step-by-stp instructions for booting Windows XP on a... [Full Story]

eWeek: Intel transition a ‘security non-issue’ for Apple Mac

OS vulnerabilities are a result of OS characteristics, and the CPU they run on is pretty much irrelevant... [Full Story]

Apple Computer shares rise over 4-percent in heavy NASDAQ trading

Shares of Apple Computer (AAPL) rose $2.97, or 4.12% to hit $75.00 on heavy volume of 48,975,113 shares... [Full Story]

BusinessWeek writer: Apple iPod sounds, looks terrific, ‘my advice is to get one of these devices’

BusinessWeek's Stephen Baker thought he'd buy a nice little Apple iPod nano and load its flash memory with four gigs of his favorite songs... [Full Story]

Apple continues to lead 1394 Trade Association in 2006

Representatives from a world-class set of consumer electronics, computer and semiconductor companies will lead the 1394 Trade Association in 2006... [Full Story]

Windows boss Allchin: ‘We have no plans to move Vista to Macintosh hardware’

Retiring Windows boss Jim Allchin talked with The Seattle Times' Brier Dudley about Microsoft's upcoming Windows Vista operating system... [Full Story]

Apple iTunes Store now selling TV shows before network broadcast premiere

Nickelodeon and Comedy Central are putting shows on iTunes before they broadcast on television. Nickelodeon just put a new episode of Zoey 101 called... [Full Story]

Cut the cords: Belkin ‘CableFree USB Hub’ to offer wireless USB four-port hub in spring 2006

Belkin has announced its new CableFree USB Hub, the industry’s first USB Hub that does not require a cable to connect to the computer... [Full Story]

‘Jumping Steve’ iTunes visualizer released: features dancing Apple CEO Steve Jobs

Memention has released "Jumping Steve" which is a free iTunes visualizer with an animated jumping jack of Apple CEO Steve Jobs... [Full Story]

San Francisco Chronicle: GarageBand 3 has by far the most extensive package of podcasting features

Apple has revised its music-creation program, GarageBand, to be more podcast friendly, not only to sell more Macintosh computers... [Full Story]

Apple’s secrets hidden in far-flung trademark offices across the globe

If you want an idea of what's next to come out of Apple Computer's idea factory, you might want to look to Hong Kong. Or maybe Singapore... [Full Story]

Belgium’s Belgacom Skynet Music Club to be folded into Apple’s iTunes Music Store

Launched in 2002, Belgacom Skynet Music Club has grown to be one of Belgium's leading digital music platform via iTunes... [Full Story]

Banc of America cuts Apple Computer target price to $82 from $85

Banc of America Securities reiterated its neutral rating on Apple Computer (AAPL) but lowered its price target to $82 from $85... [Full Story]

Former Apple board member Edgar Woolard Jr. talks about Apple CEO Steve Jobs

Former Apple board member Edgar Woolard Jr. talks about Apple CEO Steve Jobs in an interview with BusinessWeek's Peter Burrows... [Full Story]

Windows chief Allchin: Buy Windows Vista for the security

If new features won't get you to upgrade to Vista, security enhancements should, according to Windows chief Jim Allchin... [Full Story]

Pixar’s Lasseter quickly axes Disney’s ‘Toy Story 3’

John Lasseter, the creative chief of Pixar Animation Studios, has wasted no time asserting who is boss after Pixar's takeover by Walt Disney... [Full Story]

RUMOR: 13-inch widescreen Apple Intel-based iBook (MacBook?) Core Solo due this spring

This spring Apple is expected to roll-out the a new series of iBook consumer laptops built around a 13-inch widescreen display... [Full Story]

Apple adds new ESPN and ABC Sports programming to US iTunes Music Store

Apple's iTunes Music Store has added new programming from ESPN and ABC Sports... [Full Story]

Apple Store Brent Cross grand opening photos

We arrived at around 8.15am to be greeted by a very small turn out, we placed ourselves in the queue at around the 30 position... [Full Story]

Review: Apple’s iWeb software perfect for publishing photos, movies, podcasting, simple blogging

With Apple's new iWeb software, you can create a page, edit its contents later, and then repost the updated page... [Full Story]

Waterproof and drop-resistant OtterBox released for Apple iPod, iPod nano

Otter Products, LLC. has released the OtterBox for Apple's video-capable iPod and OtterBox for iPod nano... [Full Story]

Computerworld: Apple’s MacBook Pro ‘fast, really fast - looks like a real winner’

Computerworld's Yuval Kossovsky had some real "pick it up and use it" hands-on time with Apple's new MacBook Pro at a special Apple event he attended last week... [Full Story]

Trainz railroad simulator seeking Apple Macintosh beta testers

Auran, the developers of Trainz, a railroad simulator, are seeking beta testers to help them shake the bugs out of a forthcoming Mac version... [Full Story]

Red Apple iPod coming soon?

A bold global charity initiative from U2 icon Bono could see the introduction of a special edition red iPod from Apple... [Full Story]

eWeek article about potential Mac OS X security exploits is fiction, factually wrong

eWeek writer Paul F. Roberts’ piece on the Mac looks like a detailed article on potential security exploits which may be uncovered with the Mac’s switch... [Full Story]

New Apple patents reveal portable tablet device, tablet video game application

On Jan. 26, 2006, the US Patent & Trademark Office revealed a patent titled 'Methods and apparatuses for operating a portable device based on an accelerometer.' [Full Story]

PC Magazine review gives Apple iTunes Music Store 3.5 out of 5 stars

Apple's iTunes is no longer just for tunes. Version 6 of the music manager-cum-store, which debuted last year alongside the fifth-generation iPod... [Full Story]

Consumer Council of Norway files a complaint regarding Apple iTunes Music Store’s terms of service

When you purchase music from iTunes they give themselves the right to single-handedly change your rights at any given later date... [Full Story]

Bear Stearns analyst: ‘Apple is becoming what Sony always wanted to be’

Bear Stearns maintained an 'outperform' rating and $103 price target on Apple Computer, citing numerous growth opportunities... [Full Story]

Analyst: Google may be close to developing Apple iTunes competitor

Bear Stearns maintained an 'outperform' rating on Google and said the Internet search giant may be looking to expand into... [Full Story]

Analyst: What battle for control of digital home?  Apple has already won

Investors think there is a battle raging for control of the digital home. They're wrong -- Apple has already won... [Full Story]

Cringely wouldn’t be surprised to see Apple+Disney+Pixar+others as single huge company in 5 years

Before the Disney-Pixar deal, Steve Jobs had 80 percent of his wealth tied-up in Pixar. That kind of holding is very difficult to sell on the open market... [Full Story]

Thurrott: For any chance of success, Microsoft iPod competitor would have to be perfect

"I can confirm reports that Microsoft has been building potential iPod competitors in-house, and I've discussed this product with various people at the software giant... [Full Story]

Why are so many investors upbeat about Apple?

Why are so many investors upbeat about Apple Computer? There's still the possibility (a good one, in my opinion) that many iPod users will switch to Mac... [Full Story]

Steve Jobs’ arrival at the Magic Kingdom could have more thrills than trip to Disneyland

Apple CEO Steve Jobs will have to navigate a minefield of conflicts as he runs Apple and sits on Disney's board... [Full Story]

Security technologies that have made Mac OS X secure for PowerPC remain same for Intel-based Macs

The recent move by Apple Computer to begin shipping Macintosh computers that use microprocessors from Intel could open the door... [Full Story]

Windows virus threatens 170-year-old Toledo newspaper’s perfect record, Apple Macs save the day

Newspaper editors for a century have called each day's paper 'The Daily Miracle,' in tribute to all the things that have to happen before... [Full Story]

iPod chip-maker PortalPlayer 4Q profit more than doubles on sharply higher sales

PortalPlayer Inc., a maker of chips for digital music players, said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit more than doubled on sharply higher sales... [Full Story]

Microsoft posts solid earnings, but some analysts see stagnant company

Microsoft reported solid earnings on Thursday, but the results won't necessarily help the world's biggest software company shake... [Full Story]