In a bid to dethrone Apple Computer as the king of the online music market, Microsoft formally launched its own service…
Month: October 2004
Microsoft warns of 22 new security flaws including Excel flaw that affects Mac OS X
Microsoft published 10 software security advisories on Tuesday, warning Windows users and corporate administrators of 22 new flaws…
MacDailyNews’ live coverage of Apple Q4 2004 earnings conference call
Apple Computer tomorrow is expected to report a per-share profit of 18 cents for its fourth quarter according to analysts polled by…
Apple iPod grabs massive market share, leaves also-rans in the dust
Over the last year, Apple’s share of the music player market has rocketed – with almost seven in ten players…
Microsoft releases Office 2004 for Mac Service Pack 1
The Macintosh Business Unit (Mac BU) at Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Office 2004 for Mac…
Vote for ‘Best Music Download Service’ on 2004 Digital Music Awards site
The Digital Music Awards (DMA) are taking votes for their 2004 Best Music Download Service award…
Virgin unveils ‘iPod mini killer’ and openly chides Apple for not allowing iTunes support
Virgin Digital has announced their own “iPod mini killer,” the weirdly-named…
Apple releases two new iPod ads featuring U2
Apple has posted two new iPod commercials featuring U2’s newly released “Vertigo” track at the iTunes Music Store…
New York Times: ‘switching from Windows to Apple is a revelation’
Not that long ago, Microsoft and Netscape were fighting for control of the computer desktop, a battle that still goes on…
Rumors spread of 60-gigabyte color screen Apple iPod with iPhoto sync
Is Apple Computer Inc. fine-tuning an enhanced iPod with roughly 50 percent more storage and a color screen to display photos?
Apple releases AirPort 4.0.2 for Windows XP SP2
Apple today released AirPort 4.0.2 for Windows which provides compatibility with Windows XP with Service Pack 2….
Apple releases Apple Remote Desktop 2.1 Update
Apple Computer today released Apple Remote Desktop 2.1 Update Admin (16.4MB) and Client (7.1MB)….
Would Bush or Kerry be better for technology?
Back in May, tech leaders such as John Chambers, chief executive officer of Cisco Systems Inc., and Michael Dell…
Is Creative’s Zen Touch the antidote to Apple iPod envy?
Apple Computer’s iPod remains the king of digital music players, but robust pretenders to the throne have begun…
Apple iPod dominates with 82 percent market share in U.S. retail stores in August
After clothes, money and a car, an iPod is what U.S. teenagers want most this holiday season. A survey of 600 high school students…
Potential for more Mac converts fuels surging Apple Computer, Inc.
Piper Jaffray raised estimates and the target price on Apple Computer based on ‘the swarm of recent estimate…
Apple’s decision not to license Mac OS deemed ‘biggest business blunder in the past half-century’
What is the biggest business blunder in the past half-century? That’s easy: Steve Jobs’s decision not to license the Macintosh…
The Washington Post: Apple’s iTunes Music Store unsurpassed by Microsoft’s MSN Music
Microsoft’s MSN Music store shouldn’t surprise anybody. The company with its own operating system…
New York City man eats 13 cockroaches to win Apple iPod
With a short scream mixed with a laugh, 15-year-old Bettie Abney of Nanuet rushed from the cooking demonstration…
A month with an Apple Mac: a die-hard PC user’s perspective
I’ve always been a fan of trying alternate Oses – I was even an OS/2 user (both 2.0 and Warp) for a little while in my early years…
All eyes on Steve Jobs and Apple’s Q4 04 earnings report on October 13
Steve Jobs hasn’t been working full time lately, but chances are he’ll make it to an important conference call this week…
Microsoft apology: iPod owners ‘likely among the most law-abiding consumers of digital music’
How swiftly thought evolves in the wonderful world of Ballmer! First, iPods are full of ‘stolen’ music, next he forgets…
Dual-core PowerPC from freescale to power future Apple PowerBooks?
Was that maybe, just maybe, a chip aimed at a forthcoming PowerBook that Freescale Semiconductor was talking about?
MacSurfShop.com back in business
Back in February, the MacSurfShop.com (then known as MacShirt.com) decided to close its doors. Since that…
Microsoft: The safest way to run Windows is on your Mac
When you run a virtual machine in Virtual PC for Mac, the operating system that is installed on the virtual machine…
Report: Apple Computer may have rights to Apple name for digital music
Apple’s position in its legal dispute with The Beatles’ Apple Corps may be much stronger than suspected…
Apple to offer audio webcast of Q4 04 Quarterly Earnings Call on October 13th
Apple has announced that their conference call webcast discussing 4th Quarter 2004 financial results…
Get your Apple iMac G5 in any color you desire
Color-Ware Inc., established in 2000, is an industry leader in altering the color of existing products. The idea behind…
RUMOR: 60GB iPod to gain color screen, photo-viewing features
After three years of being synonymous with ‘digital music player,’ Apple’s iPod will widen its horizons…
Alabama’s Cahaba Heights students and teachers get Apple iBooks
Cahaba Heights Community School distributed laptop computers to its sixth-graders Thursday in the launch of a pilot program…
PCWorld survey finds Apple’s Retail and Online Stores are the best
We surveyed nearly 3500 readers and shopped 15 stores and sites to find out which ones have the smartest salespeople…
Another Motley Fool Commentator: Apple a ‘classic rule-breaker’ poised for outsized economic gains
Apple is trading at more than 70 times trailing earnings. That’s more than twice the multiple of market leader…
Motley Fool Commentator: Apple’s ‘a rotten, slowing, sub-par nerd-niche operator with a shiny surfac
Apple fans don’t want to hear it. Analysts don’t want to say it. But here it is: Apple’s ready for a mighty big fall…
Why doesn’t Apple show its patented Mac OS X ‘Genie Effect’ in TV ads?
Apple issued patent for interface design effect in Mac OS X. The United States Patent and Trademark Office…
Fortune: New Apple iMac G5 a ‘triumph in both technology and design’
Has apple got a deal for you – a brilliant, 17-inch LCD flat-panel display for $1,299, with a powerful desktop computer thrown in free…
Morgan Stanley raises estimates for Apple Computer, Inc.
Analysts at Morgan Stanley maintain their ‘equal weight’ rating on Apple Computer Inc, while raising their estimates…
Windows users’ security woes spark interest in Apple’s secure Mac OS X
What started as fear and later into rage, is now turning into revenue for Apple Computer. Of course…
Apple breaks $40, hits new 52-week high on expectations of strong sales
Apple Computer shares rose Wednesday, as one analyst raised his price target on the stock and others weighed in on the company’s outlook…
InformationWeek: Apple Mac is better, faster, cheaper
Apple Computer makes cool computers. In the business world, that’s not necessarily a good thing. But when racking up 1,566 Apple Xserves…
Microsoft announces availability of Virtual PC 7 for Mac OS X
Need to view and print Visio drawing and diagramming software files? Track expenses on a custom reporting application that only runs on…
Non-Apple news: Howard Stern signs deal with SIRIUS satellite radio
From time to time we bring you news items that are not Apple-related – unless we’ll be able to get SIRIUS satellite radio on our next generation iPods, that is…
First Albany issues ‘buy’ rating for Apple, raises target to $44
Analysts at First Albany issue a ‘buy’ rating on Apple Computers (AAPL.NAS). The target price has been raised from $35 to $44…
