Record labels and Microsoft are in discussions about ways that the next generation of the Windows operating system…
Month: September 2004
iMac G5 disassembly photos posted
KODAWARISAN has posted iMac G5 disassembly photos…
Apple vs. Beatles could be solved with fat check and spinning off iTunes from Apple Computer
It seems to me that Apple Computer is doing just fine without any help from the Beatles. McCartney will not join Apple’s board…
CSFB: early interest in the Apple iMac G5 ‘appears robust’
Credit Suisse First Boston said early interest in the Apple Computer iMac G5 ‘appears robust.’ CSFB said customer demand appears strongest…
The Motley Fool writer gives Steve Jobs odds of 3-to-1 to become Disney CEO
It’s been barely a week since Disney CEO Michael Eisner announced that he would be stepping down when his contract…
Mac-only GarageBand’s ‘revolutionary potential a great reason to finally get a computer you will lov
Music is the hottest thing in the digital world today, and Sony and Microsoft are scrambling to catch up to Apple Computer…
Review: Windows XP SP2 ‘remains leaky, profoundly unsafe on the internet’
Our previous article on the security disappointments of SP2 drew considerable criticism because we cited very poor service…
Former Mac writer releases free New Mexico PDF Ebook
Former Applelinks.com senior editor, columnist, and Macintosh commentator John H. Farr, currently writing the…
Apple posts iChat AV Updates
Apple has posted iChat updates for various versions of Mac OS X. A remote iChat participant can send a…
Apple forces removal of iPodDownload plugin for iTunes
After Apple threatened my web hosting company and my site was shut down for more than 1 hour…
AP: Using a ‘Portable Media Center only made me want an iPod Mini and a new laptop instead’
It was a Holy Grail looming on the personal electronics horizon: a pocket-sized device with a workhorse battery…
Bose announces SoundDock digital music system for iPod, iPod mini
Bose has introduced the SoundDock digital music system, designed to deliver a new standard of audio performance…
Report: Nearly 12% of Windows XP sessions require reboot
A Journal du Net article reports that about 8% of Windows sessions require a machine reboot. The relevant quote…
Apple up in early NASDAQ trading, hits new intraday 52-week high
Shares of Apple Computer (AAPL) are up $1.30, or 3.69%, and earlier today hit a new 52-week intraday high of $36.76…
NY Times: Microsoft tried to copy Apple’s iTunes Music Store
On Sept. 2, Microsoft unveiled its iTunes Music Store. That sentence may sound a little strange, but that is…
Wall Street Journal’s Mossberg: ‘The single most effective way to avoid viruses and spyware is to si
If you use a Windows personal computer to access the Internet, your personal files, your privacy and your security are all in jeopardy…
Tech writer Thurrott: ‘If Apple doesn’t change its ways, the company simply won’t survive’
Lately, I’ve written extensively about Apple Computer’s moves in the connected home, and certainly some…
Free ‘iPodDownload’ plugin for iTunes downloads tracks from iPod to iTunes
iPodDownload 1.0 is a free iTunes plugin which allows you to download tracks from your iPod to your iTunes library…
USA Today columinst angry about Windows viruses, adware, spyware
Now I’m really mad. A virus killed my family’s computer. Not just a little cough-cough I’m clogged with spyware…
On-demand audio on the way for Apple’s iPod
In what may prove to be the next big thing for the iPod, weblogger Adam Curry has released the source code…
U.S. Army’s 1,566 64-bit Apple Xserve G5 supercluster can exceed 25 teraflops
When the Hypersonic Missile Technology (HMT) team at COLSA Corporation and the U.S. Army need to model hypersonic…
Apple buys Curvus Pro X for Mac OS X Tiger graphing calculator application
In need of a modern graphing calculator application for its Mac OS X distributions, Apple stopped coding and went…
New York Times’ David Pogue: Apple’s new iMac G5 is a winner
Jonathan Ive, Apple’s chief designer, made the new iMac look so much like his iPod design, it ought to come with white earbuds…
UK’s Office of Fair Trading investigates Apple’s iTunes for ‘anti-competitive practices’
Consumers’ Association has today (15.09.04) written to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to highlight the possible anti-competitive…
Adobe announces Photoshop Elements 3.0 for Macintosh
Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced Adobe
New Apple iMac G5 models hold top three spots in Amazon’s Desktop Computer Top Sellers list
Amazon’s list of their most popular desktop computers shows Apple’s iMac G5 models as the top three best sellers…
Report: Microsoft’s Virtual PC 7 for Mac has features cut, may not run as fast as hoped
Amidst pressure from several avenues, Microsoft was forced to cut features from its new Windows emulation software…
Investment advisor: Apple Computer ‘has the potential to ultimately challenge $55 a share’
Apple Computer is a leader that is extended. The stock has made quite the move this year and is perfuming exceedingly…
Real’s CEO Glaser: ‘Harmony’ hack legal, Mac lovers are very sensitive to Apple criticism, and more
Slashdot has posted 10 questions and answers that they sent to RealNetworks’ CEO Rob Glaser. A few of the Apple-related…
Microsoft’s Longhorn fantasy vs. Apple’s Mac OS X reality
After months of speculation, Microsoft has released XP Service Pack 2 in order to fix problems in its operating system…
OWC and NewerTech announce ultra high-capacity iPod replacement batteries
Newer Technology, Inc. and Other World Computing (OWC) today introduced an ultra high-capacity 2100mAh Apple iPod replacement…
Yahoo to buy MusicMatch
Internet company Yahoo says it will buy privately held music software company Musicmatch for about US$160 million…
The Mozilla Organization posts Firefox 1.0 Preview Release open-source browser for Mac OS X
Firefox 1.0PR is the preview release of the final 1.0 version of the open-source browser from The Mozilla Organization…
University of Chicago recommends all students patch Windows at least once a day
Bob Bartlett, Director, Enterprise Network Services & Security for The University of Chicago has posted the University’s…
Apple releases Power Mac G5 Uniprocessor Firmware Update 5.1.5f1
Apple today released Power Mac G5 Uniprocessor Firmware Update 5.1.5f1 which improves general system reliability…
Apple releases revised Security Update 2004-09-07 version 1.1 for Mac OS X
Apple has released the revised Security Update 2004-09-07 version 1.1 which delivers a number of security enhancements and is recommended…
German Federal Office for Information Security: Internet users should ditch Internet Explorer
Michael Dickopf, spokesman for the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), has told the Berliner Zeitung…
Novell CEO: ‘Microsoft sucked $60 billion out of IT industry that could have used for innovation’
Microsoft has sucked billions of dollars out of the IT industry that could have been spent in more fruitful ways…
Windows XP worm speaks to users as it deletes their files; Macintosh unaffected
A worm that contains an embedded audio message has been bending the ears of Windows users…
Windows-only software makes iTunes Music Store music playable on non-iPod devices
A German company is offering what it claims is a legal method of making iTunes Music Store music playable on devices…
Beleaguered Gateway to ditch consumer electronics to focus on PC box assembly
Gateway’s newest gamble will be to ditch consumer electronics and focus on its original offering, PCs…
Apple’s 17-inch PowerBook G4’s ‘main problem is that nearly everyone else uses PCs’
There’s no doubt that Apple’s latest notebook computer is a joy to look at. The enormous 17in widescreen means…
