Apple is offering their “Cram. And Jam” education promotion. College students – and K-12 and higher ed faculty…
Month: July 2004
CNET: ‘iPod undermines Microsoft on copy-locked CDs’
When a copy-protected CD hit No. 1 on the U.S. music sales charts last month, it marked a breakthrough for the antipiracy…
Apple’s iTunes Music Store sells 100 millionth song
On July 1, 2004, Apple announced the sale of 95 million songs via their iTunes Music Store and began counting up to 100 million songs…
Apple to broadcast audio webcast of Q3 04 Quarterly Earnings Call on Wednesday
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Microsoft Internet Explorer shows noticeable market share loss
A series of highly publicized security vulnerabilities found in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Web browser may be having an effect…
Apple to take aim at Windows server users with Tiger’s new NT migration tool
Microsoft’s competitors smell blood in the enterprise waters. They are swarming around NT 4.0 like sharks. And Apple is among…
Suspect in AltaVista hacking case is current Microsoft employee
A Kirkland man arrested last week on allegations that he stole proprietary technology from the AltaVista search engine…
Here come Microsoft’s Portable Media Centers, did Apple blow it by limiting iPod to music?
Portable media is about to go to the next level, with Amazon.com today announcing that it’s taking pre-orders for Microsoft’s…
ZDNet: ‘Apple has its worms, too. Why not switch to a Windows PC?’
The conventional wisdom is that most people use PCs because they have to, and Macs are the easier, safer…
Apple’s earnings report on July 14 has attention of tech investors
Tech investors will have their hands full next week as quarterly earnings reports start coming in from Apple Computer…
Apple’s new 30-inch Cinema Display makes one ‘weak at the knees’
Apple’s cinema displays have always made Macintosh fans (and indeed most people with eyes) go weak at the knees…
Don’t fight the Mac OS X Dock – make it work for you
Do you want to use the Dock the way it was meant to be used or do you want to fight it forever?
Turn Apple’s Safari browser into PDF viewer with free ‘PDF Browser Plugin 2’
PDF Browser Plugin turns your web browser into the best PDF viewer available. PDF Browser Plugin displays Quartz compatible…
Watch uncensored Internet Television with iTube! for Mac OS X
East Bay Technologies has released iTube! 1.1 which they call “the largest resource available for viewing Internet…
Cutting-edge ‘transparent desktop’ implemented in Mac OS X, PC version delayed until ‘Longhorn’ rele
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have designed a new system that cleverly blends a video-conference…
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger’s ‘Automator’ feature alone could be worth upgrade price
You may not know a lot about it yet, but trust me — Tiger’s new Automator feature will save you a lot of time…
Report: eMac supply ‘extremely limited’ this month, 15GB iPod heads for extinction
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BusinessWeek writer outlines six (really three) point plan to increase Mac market share
While iPods sizzle, Macs and laptops are sluggish. It doesn’t have to be that way. Here’s how to get that computer market share…
Apple attracting new investors on strength of Jobs’ vision of innovative products
The more than 50 percent rise in Apple Computer Inc.’s stock price this year has mirrored the brisk sales of its market-leading…
LinuxInsider: Apple ‘needs to hop into bed with Sun’
Just recently Steve Jobs has had to apologize to the Apple community for not being able to deliver on last-year’s promise…
Apple blasts Sony on misleading Walkman song capacity claims
Apple Computer Inc., aiming to protect the lead of its iPod digital music player, launched a verbal strike against rival…
Apple releases Xserve RAID Admin Tools 1.3.1
Apple has released Xserve RAID Admin Tools 1.3.1 (5MB) which is the Xserve RAID’s powerful remote management software…
‘Nine Figures’ displays iTunes songs sold tally in Mac OS X menubar
Wonder Warp Software Group has today announced the release of Nine Figures, a simple application which displays…
Windows worms and viruses cost companies average of $2 million per incident
Internet-based business disruptions triggered by worms and viruses are costing companies an average of nearly…
Windows Lovegate worm variant renders computers useless; Macintosh unaffected
The latest variant of the Lovgate worm scans PCs for executable files and then renames them, a tactic used by viruses…
palmOne launches new resource center for Mac enthusiasts
palmOne, Inc. today introduced a resource center for Mac enthusiasts who want to get the most out of their palmOne handhelds…
IT managers loath to switch from flawed Microsoft Internet Explorer
The calls to dump Internet Explorer may be getting louder, but they are falling largely on deaf ears among enterprise users…
San Francisco Chronicle: Sony Walkman vs. Apple iPod
Analysts say Sony poses the biggest challenge yet to the iPod, although they add that Apple should still be up to the…
TuneCircle Music Library Community launches; includes links to Apple’s iTunes Music Store
TuneCircle Inc. today announced the launch of the TuneCircle Music Library Community. TuneCircle’s service allows users…
Financial Times writer: Apple must act soon or lose its lead in digital music market
Some lucky music fan will hit the jackpot very soon. The person who downloads the 100 millionth song from Apple Computer’s iTunes…
Apple sets ‘iPod mini’ international availability for July 24
Apple today announced that iPod mini, the smallest portable music player ever to hold up to 1,000 CD-quality songs…
Ballmer: Microsoft needs to avoid ‘big company ills’ if it wants to beat competitors
Microsoft Corp. needs to avoid ‘big company ills’ if it wants to beat competitors and boost its long-stagnant stock price…
Apple passes 1.5 million songs sold via ‘Euro’ iTunes Music Stores
Apple Computers’ iTunes Music Stores in the United Kingdom, France and Germany have lost little sales momentum…
Windows or Mac? If you had to choose just one, get a Mac
‘I’m getting a computer for my daughter. She keeps using mine and messing it up,’ he said. Pause…
Windows or Mac? If you had to choose just one, get a Mac
‘I’m getting a computer for my daughter. She keeps using mine and messing it up,’ he said. Pause…
Microsoft lags behind Apple’s offerings
As sales of smart devices such as mobile phones, hand-held PCs and MP3 players outstrip PCs, consumers expect…
NASDAQ Analyst Recommendations chart shows continued positive momentum for Apple Computer
For months and months NASDAQ’s “Analysts Recommendations” (a group of 16-18 analyst firms that fluctuates…
Gartner suggests banning Apple iPod from corporate networks
Companies should consider banning portable storage devices such as Apple’s iPod from corporate networks as they can be used…
Legal music services sell songs in a variety of proprietary formats
Legal music services sell songs in a variety of formats. In the age of instantaneous Internet downloads, music fans have more to consider than just the name of the artist…
Copyright bill could threaten Apple iPod’s future
Apple’s sleek digital audio device is one of the most successful tech toys, selling more than 3 million units since…
UCLA Plasma Physics Group to build supercomputing cluster with 256 Apple Xserve G5s
According to officials, UCLA’s Plasma Physics Group recently purchased some 256 Xserve G5s and is in the process of building…
Windows Scob virus collects passwords, financial data; Macintosh unaffected
Hackers sent a chill across the Web last week when they engineered a way to take over Microsoft-designed Web servers…
