With a 50% improvement in battery life to 12 hours (attributed to better power conservation, not a heavier battery), an iPod mini-like click wheel…
Month: July 2004
RUMOR: Apple 4G iPod’s hard drives get larger while prices gets smaller
Independent sources in contact with MacDailyNews agree on the specs and prices of the new 4G Apple iPod line to be formally announced on Monday…
New 4G iPod photo surfaces on Newsweek cover; hits newstands Monday
Apple has scored the soon-to-be-released cover of the July 26, 2004 issue of Newsweek. The cover image has been…
RUMOR: New Apple 4G iPods coming on Monday
Apple will announce new models of its standard ‘white’ iPods on Monday…
IDC: Apple’s Macintosh market share at 3.7 percent for Q2 2004
According to a report for IDC, Apple was the 5th largest personal computer maker in the USA for the second quarter…
Malaysia grants affirmative action to open source software
All Government technology procurement will now have a preference for open source software (OSS), under the…
More evidence that Mac users are smarter than Windows users
Are Mac users smarter than PC users? I doubt it’s possible to get a definitive answer, but as long as you don’t take any…
New Windows Bagle virus variants spread; Macintosh unaffected
Antivirus software companies began warning e-mail users this week that the persistent Bagle virus has re-emerged in a new version…
iPod and iTunes fans migrating from Windows to Macintosh
Music could prove to be Apple Computer Inc.’s saving grace, as it indirectly puts the company back on track as a credible…
Apple delays Airport Express shipments for some customers
At least three MacDailyNews readers report receiving this email yesterday or today…
Out-tuning Apple’s iTunes Music Store? OD2 to unveil million-song library later this year
Online music service OD2 has said it is adding nearly one million new tracks to become the biggest internet music service in the world…
PC Magazine review: Apple 40GB iPod ‘the cream of the crop’ at premium price
The Apple iPod is the player against which all other players are compared – and rightly so. The design was startlingly original…
eBay starts market test of ‘Digital Music Downloads’ category
Online auction giant eBay Inc. will allow some customers to buy and sell digital music files as part of a pilot program…
Analyst: Apple iPod ‘Trojan horse that’s beginning to fuel migration of Windows users to Mac platfor
Shares of Apple Computer jumped 11% to $32.93 Thursday after the computer maker reported surging…
Apple making headway in attracting new customers to Mac platform
For most of July, investors have been searching for reasons why Apple Computer couldn’t maintain its hot earnings streak…
Apple’s ‘iPod Halo Effect’ materializes, restarting growth in core Mac units
Yesterday, Apple Computer, Inc. announced that, “Mac-based sales grew 19%, prompting at least two analysts to raise their…
Analyst on Apple: ‘It’s going to be an iPod Christmas’
Analysts and Apple executives credited the iPod
IBM G5 manufacturing issues ‘will be over by the end of the quarter’
Apple executives also disclosed yesterday that problems in IBM’s manufacturing of the G5 microprocessor…
Apple shares surge; up 12.58% in heavy early trading
With share volume of 10,872,003 already today, Apple (AAPL) shares rose 12.58%, up $3.72 today on reports of better than expected online music and iPod sales…
Analysts up Apple recommendations on big profit increase news
Apple Computer this morning was upped to ‘outperform’ at Bear Stearns…
Apple CFO says 3.7 million iPod units sold since introduction
Apple Computer Inc. posted stronger-than-expected third-quarter profit and revenues Wednesday on heavy sales…
The Motley Fool: Apple’s iPod helping sell Macs to ‘the Microsoft masses’
Isn’t it really just a matter of time before Apple Computer renames itself Apple Entertainment? Earlier this week…
RUMOR: New 4G ‘slim’ iPods in a variety of colors to debut in August
Apple will announce new iPod models in August, reliable sources have confirmed to Think Secret. The new models will be smaller…
Apple beats Street, up on strong earnings in heavy trading
In after hours trading, “among heavily traded issues, Apple Computer was up 2.9 percent after it reported earnings and sales that beat…
Live Apple Q3 2004 earnings conference call coverage
Apple Computer today is expected to report a per-share profit of 15 cents for its third quarter according to analysts polled by…
Apple reports Q3 2004 results of $2.014 billion, net profit triples
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2004 third quarter ended June 26, 2004. For the quarter…
Windows XP Service Pack 2 is no answer, Mac OS X for Intel could be
Two and a half years after promising a secure Windows, Microsoft is within a month – maybe – of releasing Windows XP Service Pack 2…
President Bush, candidate Kerry both use Apple PowerBooks
In Time Magazine’s July 19 issue, on page 31, John Kerry is seen using an Apple PowerBook (15″ TiBook, it looks like)…
Tech columnist loves Mac OS X, but perpetuates ‘Mac upgradability’ myth
An old e-mail friend and antagonist, with whom I have held many genial debates over the years, writes with another provocation…
Apple ships new AirPort Express with AirTunes with over 80,000 pre-orders
Apple today announced it has begun shipping AirPort Express, the world’s first 802.11g mobile base station that…
Dvorak: Microsoft should shutter the company
Bill Gates is reported to have told more than a few people, when asked how long he intends to run Microsoft…
Report says cause of new iMac delay is G5 heat in new form factor issue
Heat related issues are said to be at the root of Apple’s latest iMac blunder, which has left the computer maker…
UK military: no ban on Apple iPods, reports to the contrary are rubbish
The Ministry of Defence has denied reports that it has banned Apple’s iPod due to fears it could be used to steal…
RUMOR: Apple eMac line nearly sold out with none in the pipeline
“Apple has also sold out of e-Macs. None are in the pipeline,” MacDailyNews learned today…
Microsoft exec predicts one billion Windows users by 2010
There are 600 million Windows PCs today, according to Microsoft. But by 2010, there will be more than 1 billion of them…
Office Depot becomes Apple Authorized Reseller
Office Depot, Inc. founded in 1986, and one of the world’s largest sellers of office products and an industry leader…
Apple close to signing indie labels to ‘Euro’ iTunes Music Stores
Apple Computer Inc. is on the verge of agreeing a deal with independent record labels that will allow its iTunes…
BusinessWeek writer seems confused about iMac’s target audience
Apple Computer Inc. is known for its remarkable ability to wow the world with its hot new products…
Apple CEO Steve Jobs phones 100 millionth song winner at 12:45 am
Apple Computer Inc. has sold 100 million songs on its iTunes Music Store, solidifying its position as the leading legal music download site…
CNN/Money: ‘dark days lie ahead’ for Apple, Jobs should appoint ‘co-CEO’
By all accounts, it’s been a great first half of the year for Apple. Its stock price has been cresting along near its 52-week high…
Angelina Jolie gets large Tiger tattoo
Actress Angelina Jolie has been photographed getting a tattoo of a tiger from Thai tattoo artist Sompong Kanphai…
Shocker: iPods can hold corporate data too
Companies beware: Critical corporate data might be dancing out of the office with workers who bring their iPods to work…
