Apples’ [sic] iPod Minis [sic] started shipping this week, and Apple announced that it has received more than 100,000 preorders…
Month: February 2004
Schedule your Mac activity, fully charge your iPod with iBeeZz 2.0
Fully integrated into Mac OS X System Preferences, iBeeZz permits you to schedule your Mac activity…
Report: iPod chip can play WMA by default; turned off in shipping models
Chip manufacture Portal Player in San Diego US build the embedded PB5502B-C chip in Apple’s iPod…
CBS News: Apple iPod, iPod mini ‘make every other system feel clunky by comparison’
I was totally underwhelmed when Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the iPod mini at the MacWorld Expo in January…
Study: Apple’s Mac OS X is most secure operating system
A detailed analysis of government servers also found Linux to be more susceptible, accounting for 57 percent…
Apple Computer tops all brands in customer service survey
The March issue of Consumer Reports, which came out last week, included a survey of 4,100 consumers…
Money Magazine: locked into Apple for digital music with no regrets so far
Steve Jobs just made me buy another iPod. And that ticks me off. The moment that Apple’s CEO announced the Mini…
InfoWorld: ‘Apple Power Mac G5/Panther combo unrivalled in x86 world’
Companies large and small routinely set their expectations of computer systems according to the capabilities of Intel-based x86…
RUMOR: Sony looking to buy Steve Jobs’ Pixar?
Shares of Pixar jumped more than 5 percent in early trading Thursday as word circulated that Sony Corp. is looking to buy…
Apple iTunes Music Store dominates beleaguered distant number 2 Napster
The original big dog in digital music has turned into a pussycat. Roxio’s reincarnation of Napster as a subscription music service…
PC Magazine: has Apple gotten greedy with iPod mini?
Apple blew away the competition in hard drive
Apple offers .Mac members 10 percent off camcorders at Apple Retail Stores
Apple has informed .Mac members of a new offer…
Apple debuts “Tell a Friend” feature in iTunes Music Store
While browsing the iTunes Music Store, you happen upon a really great song. You buy it and think wouldn’t it…
MacFixIt Report: iPod losing charge if connected to a sleeping Mac
A MacFixIt reader recently sent us a very thorough report on an issue that has occurred across several different iPods…
Baltimore Sun: Microsoft’s miserable record of writing insecure software + monopoly = danger
Critics say that Microsoft operating systems and software are so dominant on the desktop, and so prevalent in the back-end…
U.S. economy in high gear, Apple led computer industry in 2003 with 522% surge in annual profits
Corporate profits came roaring back in 2003. The economy, hesitant and unsure of itself in the first half…
HP considered Napster deal before Apple’s iTunes; Napster ‘is losing money, top executives’
It was a breakthrough deal that would have put the Napster kitty on millions of Hewlett-Packard computers…
iPod’s clean secret: replaceable battery usually lasts years
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Apple number one in Wi-Fi revenues; led industry with Airport intro in mid-1999
Anyone following Apple Computer should be forgiven if they feel that iPod has hogged all the glory lately. The wildly successful…
Associated Press: ‘take a serious look at’ Apple’s ‘smaller, sleeker’ iPod mini
Smaller, sleeker and even more portable than its big brother from Apple Computer Inc., the new iPod mini is a wonderful choice…
Windows NetSky e-mail worm spreading; Macintosh unaffected
Antivirus software companies are warning that a new version of the NetSky e-mail worm is circulating on the Internet…
Intel playing catch-up with AMD, Apple, IBM in 64-bit CPU arena
Intel doesn’t eat crow very often. But when customers tell the company things it doesn’t want to hear, it listens…
Apple Computer now a debt-free company
Apple CEO Steve Jobs today sent out a letter to Apple employees…
Apple adds ‘New Music Tuesdays’ tracks and exclusives to iTunes Music Store
Apple’s “New Music Tuesdays” continue to rock on weekly. Apple has announced new releases to the iTunes Music Store…
RUMOR: Apple working on multimedia digital hub device
Multiple reports indicate a device [coming from Apple Computer] that will allow consumers to wirelessly broadcast…
Apple’s iPod mini pricing ‘a stroke of genius’
Macworld spoke with Apple’s iPod worldwide product marketing manager Danika Cleary as the company prepares…
Windows virus ‘Bagle.B’ spreading; Macintosh unaffected
A variant of the mass-mailing Bagle virus started spreading Tuesday, as U.S. businesses returned from the long weekend…
Apple releases iSync 1.4
iSync lets you manage your contacts, calendars, To Do lists, and Safari bookmarks across multiple Mac OS X computers and devices…
Apple iPod mini big with athletes, women and youth market
Apple Computer said on Tuesday it has received 100,000 orders for its iPod mini digital music player…
San Diego Union-Tribune: ‘inspired, fun’ Apple iPod ‘in a class by itself’
The iPod is in a class by itself. Not only is the device inspired, the software it uses makes it easy to add and update…
EU rejects Microsoft offer to settle antitrust charges focusing on media player software
European Union regulators have rejected as insufficient Microsoft Corp.’s latest offer to settle long-running antitrust…
Apple ships iPod mini; over 100,000 pre-orders already
Apple today announced that iPod mini, the world’s smallest portable music player ever to hold up to 1,000 CD-quality songs…
IDC: Pepsi iTunes promo ‘Apple stands to benefit greatly and carry its momentum forward’
IDC has released initial analysis pertaining to the US Apple/Pepsi link-up, in which lucky soft drink consumers are winning…
British Academy Awards host Stephen Fry on glitch: ‘should have used a Mac, PCs are useless’
It was Peter Jackson’s turn to smile like a particularly satiated cat that had just scoffed all the cream last night…
iPodResQ offers iPod repair and battery replacement service
MacResQ has announced iPodResQ which is a nationwide repair service for Apple iPods. iPodResQ offers iPod…
CNET ‘iPod mini’ review inexplicably calls replaceable battery ‘nonreplaceable’
Although it scarcely seems possible, we think the Apple iPod Mini’s design surpasses even that of its photogenic older sibling…
iPod mini? For 50 bucks more you could get a 15GB iPod!
Apple Computer Inc., hoping to extend the success of its popular iPod digital music players, is expected to begin selling…
Apple San Fran construction site security guard: ‘loyalty among Mac users borders on the bizarre’
Apple’s new store in San Francisco’s swanky Union Square shopping district won’t open for another couple of weeks…
Australian IT: ‘bug-ridden’ Microsoft Windows no match for Apple Mac OS X iron-clad security
Look, one really hates to crow over others’ misfortunes, but there are times when we’re doubly pleased our office…
Experts warn Microsoft Windows ‘Monoculture’ is ‘dangerously pervasive’
Dan Geer lost his job, but gained his audience. The very idea that got the computer security expert fired has sparked serious debate…
Mercury News: Apple iPod mini ‘probably as close to perfection in dimension as possible’
The best portable hard-disk players, no contest, are Apple’s iPod line. The regular iPods are already svelte…
RUMOR: Apple handheld device on the way?
A few months ago, a major publication published a hint that Apple is planning to release a handheld in 2004…
