Fifteen months before Dean said he would seek the presidency, however, the former Vermont governor spoke at a conference…
Month: January 2004
Napster Exec: warns ‘stay-off the Apple platform’ to MIDEM international music market delegates
2004 could see war break out between the fledgling host of new legitimate online stores due to launch this year…
Reuters article on online music services’ bubble ignores Apple’s market-leading iTunes Music Store
Music downloads will render the ubiquitous compact disc all but obsolete in the next five years, yet half of all companies…
If Apple Mac has such small market share, why are Macs in so many TV shows and movies?
It seems like you can’t turn on the television without seeing an Apple computer. Apple’s unparalleled product…
Queen Elizabeth to give ‘honorary knighthood’ to Microsoft’s Bill Gates
Bill Gates, the Microsoft founder and the world’s wealthiest man, is to receive an honorary knighthood…
Steve Jobs on iPod/iTunes; says Mac users ‘the best 25 million customers any company ever had’
BusinessWeek’s Peter Burrows spoke with Steve Jobs to discuss Apple’s music success and where it might lead…
Steve Jobs: Apple almost ruined by ‘sales guys’ in mid-90’s
The Mac is 20! Steven Levy writes for Newsweek, “Even now for its 25 million users, the Macintosh is a source of passion…
First Macintosh press release: ‘Apple Introduces Macintosh Advanced Personal Computer’
January 24, 1984–Apple Computer today unveiled its much-anticipated Macintosh computer…
Dell laptop explodes; injures 15-year-old with second degree burns
The teenage daughter of a top foreign affairs department official was being treated in a Pretoria hospital for second degree…
Apple’s European iTunes Music Store held up by red tape
Old-fashioned red tape is delaying the eagerly awaited European launch of Apple Computers’ Internet music…
Apple CEO Steve Jobs says analysts should stop worrying about Mac market share and focus on profits
Steve Jobs says analysts should stop worrying about market share and focus on profits…
Report: First specially-marked Pepsi iTunes promo bottles released
Apple and Pepsi announced on October 16, 2003 that they would be giving away 100 million songs in specially-marked…
Apple introduced Macintosh 20 years ago today; see ‘1984’ ad here
On January 24, 1984, 20 years ago today, Apple announced the Macintosh to their Board of Directors and to the world…
BusinessWeek cover story: Steve Jobs’ Apple could own ‘big chunk of the digital-entertainment market
Just as the Mac revolutionized the computer industry, Apple is once again in the business of changing the world…
PC Magazine: Mac OS X Panther plus 64-bit Power Mac G5 equals ‘combination even PC zealots can’t hel
If there’s one strand of DNA connecting today’s Mac to its progenitor
British politicians get panties in bunch over Apple iPod batteries
Apple has certainly got friends in high places — rather than criticise its iPod battery policy we should…
Apple Macintosh paved the way for PC industry; basically every PC is a Mac or trying to be one
Apple was years ahead of its time. The Mac OS allowed users to operate programs and open folders inside collapsible…
20 years ago Apple taught computers about people – instead of teaching people about computers
On 24 January 1984 Apple launched its Macintosh computer with what is possibly the most famous advert…
Apple’s GarageBand used to create ‘Howard Dean Yeeargh’ song
Jonathan Barlow, a web designer and grad student in St. Louis has created a song using Apple’s GarageBand…
ZDNet Editor disingenuously equates Mac and Windows ‘behavioral problems’
For users who want the slick BMW or Lexus of computers for a slight premium over the more pedestrian models…
Pepsi iTunes Super Bowl ad spoiler; read if you want to know ad’s concept
A new sort of Pepsi Generation will get air time on the Super Bowl: music downloaders. Some 20 teens sued…
PC World: Mac at 20, what has Apple taught – and learned from the PC?
It was insanely great, the computer for the rest of us, and out to change the world. The Apple Macintosh marks…
As Mac turns 20, iPod now more important than Mac for Apple
The iPod has arguably become the product that the Mac was back in the mid 1980s – the icon that defines how…
Apple Confidential 2.0 book released; authors call it the definitive Apple history
With iTunes, iPods, and designer iMacs, Apple Computer is once again revolutionizing the way we live with technology…
NASA announces TetrUSS version 010804 now available for Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
TetrUSS is a suite of computer programs used for fluid dynamics and aerodynamics analysis and design…
CBS invites you to vote for “The Super Bowl’s Greatest Commerials” – Apple’s “1984” in the running
Join host Jim Nantz and the rest of the “NFL Today” team, Boomer Esiason, Dan Marino and Deion Sanders…
OWC introduces Mercury G4/450-533MHz ZIP upgrade
Other World Computing (OWC) today introduced the Mercury G4/450-533 megahertz (MHz) ZIF upgrade…
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac to lack XML features found in Office 2003 for Windows
Microsoft Corp. is readying a new version of Office for Macintosh for release in the first half of 2004 — but it won’t support many of the XML…
Knight Ridder: Macintosh at 20 ‘continues to be a wonder of modern design’
The Mac also was — and continues to be — a wonder of modern design, a machine that invited, rather than…
PowerBook G5? 90nm G5 consumes much less power than 130nm G5
You can see why Apple waited for the 90nm version of the PowerPC 970 before launching a G5-based Xserve…
Apple debuts ‘iTunes Music Store RSS Feed Generator’
Apple is now offering customizable RSS feeds for their iTunes Music Store. These RSS feeds can be can be used…
Maine Governor looks to expand state’s Apple iBook program into high schools
Gov. John Baldacci’s plan to expand the laptop program into high schools raised one major question Wednesday…
ZDNet commentator wonders if Wintel has finally caught up to Macintosh after 20 years
Twenty years ago this week, during the year of Big Brother, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak introduced the Apple Macintosh…
Apple offers .Mac members $30 off Keynote, gives seven themes valued at $100
Apple has posted two additional exclusives for .Mac members. .Mac’ers can save $30 on Apple’s Keynote presentation…
Apple’s iTunes Director of Product Marketing: iTMS success ‘a pleasant surprise’
Digital music has been around for years, but the legitimate online music industry did not attract a critical mass…
Pepsi ad for Apple iTunes giveaway likely to appear in Super Bowl’s first quarter
The Pepsi-Cola Company has purchased a total of three minutes in Super Bowl XXXVIII. Pepsi is set to air Sierra Mist…
Slashdot review: Mac OS X Server 10.3
What is the point of Mac OS X Server? Mac OS X is Unix. I have Apache, bind, sendmail, (and whatever I want) already on here…
BusinessWeek: Look out iPod? iRiver flash-memory players now at top of their class in the U.S.
ReignCom’s iRiver models now account for a fifth of all flash-memory players sold in the U.S., according to market researcher NPD Group Inc…
Business 2.0: A roundup of the next generation of pretenders to the iPod’s throne
In the wake of Hewlett-Packard’s
NASDAQ Analyst Recommendations shows continued positive momentum for Apple Computer
For months and months NASDAQ’s “Analysts Recommendations” (a group of analyst 17 firms) for Apple Computer…
IDC report: Apple exceeded average market growth in Europe in last quarter 2003
Apple exceeded average market growth in Europe last year, according to market analysts IDC. Europe’s PC market grew…
Apple’s iTunes sold 10 times more AAC tracks than WMA-based European rival OD2 in 2003
Apple sold ten times as many tracks in the US as its most established future rival in Europe, OD2, sold…
