The PowerPC 976, the first dual-core 97x chip based on the POWER5 architecture, will probably ship in mid-2005…
Month: January 2004
Three-way CPU slugfest: AMD vs Apple vs Intel
AMD, Intel or Apple: it doesn
USA Today columnist: onlne music biz is ‘still broke and Jobs hasn’t fixed it’
Steve Jobs is pretty smug about iTunes, but maybe he’s got it wrong. It’s at least worth exploring, because…
Apple posts pre-launch Pepsi iTunes promo webpage
Apple has posted a pre-launch webpage for its Pepsi iTunes promotion featuring the giveaway of 100 million songs…
Microsoft settles music download patent infringement suit with E-Data; Apple in talks
New York company E-Data said on Tuesday that it has settled a patent infringement suit filed against Microsoft and others…
NPR celebrates 20 years of the Mac
As fans watched the 1984 Super Bowl, a stark commercial directed by Ridley Scott appeared on the screen…
DVD drive required to install Apple’s GarageBand application
Apple resellers are running short of iLife ’04 stocks as eager Mac users race to install the new versions…
Apple VP: ‘music is the No. 1 priority’ for Apple Computer
Apple Computer Inc. has emerged as an increasingly important player in the music industry because…
Apple Store La Encantada (Tuscon) Grand Opening celebration this Saturday
Apple has announced an Apple Store Grand Opening on Saturday, January 24 at 10:00 a.m.(MST) for the new…
MacShirt announces three new tee shirt designs
MacShirt.com has announced the release of three new tee shirt designs…
APC Magazine: ‘Apple has once again lapped Microsoft in the operating system race’
Apple has once again lapped Microsoft in the operating system race. With Windows
MusicMatch CEO: HP, Apple music pact ‘a tactical mistake for HP that will mushroom into a strategic
When purchasing a personal computer, buyers used to grapple with the decision: a Macintosh from Apple Computer…
SideTrack 0.7.6 replacement driver for iBook, PowerBook trackpads released
SideTrack is a replacement driver for the trackpad (touchpad) found on Apple PowerBooks and iBooks….
Coke music site bombs bigtime; launch plagued by ‘technical problems’
A music download site launched by Coca-Cola was shut down for much of its first two days due to problems…
Needham & Co analyst: consumers regard WMA ‘stores and players as inherently inferior’ to Apple’s eq
Needham & Co analyst Charles Wolf has reaffirmed his ‘Buy’ rating on Apple stock, and predicts a price target…
HP should own the killer device of online music not just rebranding Apple’s iPod
Apple’s iPod is the killer device of online music, and HP very well should have owned it. Back in 1999…
New Windows worm spreading ‘hard and fast’ worldwide; Macintosh unaffected
A new Internet worm that spread through Asia, Australia and Europe on Monday is expected to take hold in the United States…
Time Magazine: ‘Apple’s GarageBand puts a full-scale recording studio at your fingertips’
Music, as any teen in a garage band will tell you, should be as simple to make as it is to listen to. That hasn’t always been the case…
Apple releases iCal 1.5.2
Apple has released iCal 1.5.2 which gives you the option of viewing your calendar, event, or To Do information…
Law firm decides to upgrade Macs instead of moving to PCs
The law firm Brookfields has undertaken a $165,000 Apple Mac upgrade as an internal IT audit over-rules a carefully considered move to PCs…
eMachines beats Apple to first 64-bit laptop computer
Everyone imagined Apple Computer would be the first company to offer a 64-bit processor notebook computer…
RUMOR: new 20th anniversary iMac G5, Power Mac G5 coming January 24th
On January 24, Apple will have a press event where it will announce the new Powermac G5’s and a new G5 based 20th anniversary iMac…
Apple must license iPod/iTunes in order to become the dominant platform
A report in today’s Financial Times examines the potential for Apple’s iPod and iTunes to become the dominant platform…
Twenty years ago, Macintosh was born; today nearly everyone uses Mac-like computers
It changed computing as we knew it. Twenty years ago, Apple Computer heaved a sledgehammer into the face of the establishment…
NY Times: with HP iTunes deal, Steve Jobs injects Apple’s QuickTime, Rendezvous into PC world
Leave it to Steven P. Jobs to sell the razors and give away the blades. Common Silicon Valley wisdom has hewed for decades…
Steve Jobs, ‘Supreme Defender of the Macintosh faith’
Now, in an era where bean-counters and marketeers call the shots and most valley CEOs wouldn’t know a floating-point unit…
Early report of ‘secret new Apple computer’ from January 1984
After two years of secrecy, brainstorming and sometimes zany company maneuvering, Apple Computer Inc…
The Washington Post: ‘RealPlayer Music Store is an appalling mess’
In some ways, the new RealPlayer 10 is the worst of all of Real’s releases — after years of complaints…
The Straits Times: Apple’s Macintosh ‘has beaten the PC world to every punch for 20 years’
If you were to read a history on how the personal computer has evolved through the last two decades…
Forbes columnist: Apple planning iPhoto for Windows?
The iPod and its related software and online music store iTunes have clearly been the star of Apple’s universe of late…
Real CEO Glaser: ‘iTunes is only going to be used for playing songs you bought using the iTunes stor
RealNetworks Chair and Chief Executive Officer Rob Glaser sat down with IDG News Service to discuss his…
Universal Exec expects Apple to launch iTunes ‘as soon as the second quarter 2004’
Music industry insiders expect Apple, Napster and other major digital music services to launch in Europe…
WinInfo’s Thurrott on his ‘HP iPod to use WMA’ claim; decries Mac users’ ‘vitriolic’ response
Paul Thurrott of “Paul Thurrot’s WinInfo” has responded to the firestorm that greeted his claim that HP…
iPod Access 3.0 for Mac OS X released
Findley Designs has released iPod Access 3.0 for Mac OS X…
Napster eyes European market; hires first Europe-based executive
Napster, the now-legal music service, has hired its first Europe-based executive as part of a drive to expand…
The Guardian: Apple until now ‘has been the Britain of the technology market’
Apple now finds itself at a pivotal moment. Until now the company has been the Britain of the technology market…
South Africa’s News24: Apple’s iTunes ‘well worth rather hefty 19.2 MB download’
It’s been called ‘the best software jukebox in the world,’ and if you try Apple’s iTunes. I’m sure you’ll see why…
UBS upgrades Apple Computer to ‘buy,’ says ‘today’s weakness is a buying opportunity’
Analyst Ben Reitzes at UBS upgraded Apple Computer (AAPL) to ‘buy’ vs. ‘neutral’ and said today’s weakness…
Mercury News: RealPlayer Music Store ‘second-best’ to Apple’s iTunes Music Store
RealNetworks’ new RealPlayer Music Store gets my vote as the second-best place to legally buy songs online…
Apple releases Soundtrack 1.2 Update
Apple’s newly-released Soundtrack 1.2 Update includes added features, general fixes and performance enhancements…
Microsoft agrees to modify Windows XP ‘feature’ for buying music online
Microsoft Corp. has agreed under pressure to change its Windows software to resolve complaints by the Justice Department…
Credit Suisse First Boston: ‘several years of flawless execution required for Apple to return to pea
Apple Comuter stock was lower as Credit Suisse First Boston detected a “worry” that the computer maker’s…