Online music stores like Apple’s iTunes have been a boon to fans and the beleaguered music industry, but many of them still have a long way to go…
Month: January 2005
LA Times publishes letters critical of their virus and spyware article that omitted the Mac option
The Los Angeles Times has published two letters in response to their recent article, “No More Internet for Them: Fed up over problems stemming from viruses and spyware…
Mac mini ‘could be Apple’s Trojan horse into the video entertainment world’
Apple’s market share in computers is still small, but there are two reasons to believe its future is bright. The first is the iPod…
Tempest in a teapot: handful of Europeans petition Apple over Mac mini EU pricing
Apple Computer’s ‘most affordable’ Mac–the Mac Mini–has drawn a storm of protest from European shoppers, who are petitioning…
NFL game broadcasts coming to Apple iPods
Starting next week, football fans will have a new way to listen to games: on their iPods. The National Football League on Tuesday…
Washington Times: Apple’s iWork should make Microsoft’s Bill Gates a ‘bit uncomfortable’
The biggest news from Apple Computer last week might not be the $99 IPod Shuffle or the $499 Mac Mini…
‘Apple in the Enterprise’ blog debuts
Sanford Barton has told MacDailyNews that he has started a blog to cover Apple Computer products and services…
Apple’s .Mac services to be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance this Sat. night to Sun. morning
.Mac services will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance from Saturday, Jan. 22nd at 10 p.m. until Sunday, Jan. 23rd at 6 a.m. (PST)…
Another Apple iTunes Pepsi Promotion coming soon?
Another Apple Pepsi Music Promotion is possibly coming soon as we reported based upon an Adweek article back on July 28, 2004…
ExtremeTech writer: Apple Mac mini cheap for a Mac, but you can get a Dell or Gateway for less
Apple has a penchant for building attractive, functional, and relatively easy to use systems. So when the ineffably cute Mac Mini made the scene…
Tech writer Thurrott: ‘Apple and the Mac are back’
At a riotous MacWorld keynote address earlier this week, Apple CEO Steve Jobs contradicted earlier promises and introduced two products…
New York Times: Apple Computer ‘well positioned for the future’
In the weeks leading up to the Macworld Exposition in San Francisco last week, some of the Mac faithful expressed concern that the iPod’s…
Is Apple CEO Steve Jobs thinking about ‘Mac mini TiVo’ possibilities?
If Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs is “thinking about a future role for the quirky computer maker in entertainment beyond digital music…
iRiver CEO on Apple iPod shuffle: ‘It will be very difficult for users to find their favorite songs’
The chief executive of one of the world’s leading manufacturers of digital music players says he is surprised at several of the features of Apple Computer’s iPod Shuffle…
Dismissive Dell CEO not impressed with Apple Mac mini, calls iPod a ‘one-product wonder’ and a ‘fad’
Dell has questioned Apple’s long-term business strategy, dismissing the iPod as a ‘fad’ and a ‘one-product wonder’ and claiming the new Mac mini…
Apple’s Mac lost Australian market share last quarter according to IDC research
Apple’s consumer hit, the iPod music player, has not budged sales of the company’s core Mac computer line, according to analyst IDC…
Olympus plans Super Bowl ad pushing their ‘iPod photo killer’
Apple’s iPod MP3 player was one of the hottest gifts during the past holiday season. Driven by a hip marketing campaign and bolstered by Apple’s Music Store…
Orlando Sentinel writer dumps Windows for Mac and writes ‘God bless Apple’
I bought an Apple [Macintosh]. ‘Wimp,’ said a computer geek at work. I sensed the fear. You see, he makes his living from the Microsoft…
Can Mac mini help Apple win back double-digit market share in the personal computer market?
Apple’s new Mac mini could be about to do for the personal computer market what its iconic iPod has achieved for the music industry…
Apple’s Mac mini a ‘disruptive’ technology that could cause Macs to show up in unexpected places
Apple’s newly released Mac mini “is designed to appeal to computer users who have a screen and keyboard already. Some will be Mac users who are…
Thinking of switching to Mac? Check out Apple’s free ‘Mac OS X Basics’ online movies
Thinking of making the move to Mac OS X? Don’t forget to stop by Apple’s free online “Mac OS X Basics” pages which feature tips, hints…
Thinking of switching to Mac? Check out Apple’s free ‘Mac OS X Basics’ online movies
Thinking of making the move to Mac OS X? Don’t forget to stop by Apple’s free online “Mac OS X Basics” pages which feature tips, hints…
Audio report looks at Apple’s shine with author of ‘The Second Coming of Steve Jobs’
A look at iPods, iMacs, hot stocks, and hot tempers with Fast Company senior writer Alan Deutschman, author of The Second Coming of Steve Jobs…
Michael Dell owes Apple an apology; Apple up 176 percent vs. Dell’s 13 percent in past 12 months
It was no less an expert than Michael Dell who forecast the demise of Apple Computer Inc. In 2001, the chairman and founder…
ThinkSecret’s Nick Ciarelli says he can’t afford to defend himself against Apple lawsuit
The 19-year-old publisher of a Web site facing a lawsuit over an article about a top-secret $499 Apple computer said Friday he can’t afford to defend himself…
Apple VP: Apple received more prerelease orders for iPod shuffle in Japan than for iPod mini debut
Apple hopes to boost its share of Japan’s portable digital music player market to 80 percent from around 50 percent now, Vice President Yoshiaki Sakito…
Forbes writer wonders how long the Apple iPod miracle can last; ‘nothing this good can last forever’
To hear the media tell it, everyone has an iPod, and if they don’t already have one, they’re soon going to get one. But the fact is not everyone does…
Griffin’s new AirClick for Mac and iPod is the remote control you’ve been missing
The Griffin AirClick for iPod and iPod mini lets you hook up your ‘Pod to your sound system…
Griffin’s FireWave brings Surround Sound to FireWire Macs
The Griffin FireWave gives you what you have been missing in your Mac experience – Surround Sound. FireWave has Dolby Digital processors…
Wintel box assemblers simply cannot compete with Apple’s new Mac mini
The mainstream press is raving about this $500 computer that doesn’t actually cost $500. Meanwhile, some market-watchers are rumbling…
RUMOR: HP halts orders for Apple’s iPod music players
Hewlett-Packard, which recently entered into a strategic alliance with Apple to deliver HP-branded versions of the iPod under name ‘iPod+ HP’, has…
Bloomberg columnist welcomes Steve Jobs and Apple Computer ‘back into the game’
Apple Computer Inc.’s history has been one of unfulfilled promise. The company that pioneered the personal computer a quarter-century…
Windows users giving up or curbing their use of the Web; time to get a Mac?
Stephen Seemayer had the first Pong video game system on his block. A decade later, the Echo Park artist was the first in his neighborhood…
With Mac mini Apple CEO Jobs attacks the Achilles heel of Windows dominance: the living room
It’s definitely no rival to entry-level PCs, but Apple’s new Mac mini – combined with the iPod – could be the basis of a perfect Trojan horse strategy…
Classic Restorations first to offer custom Apple Mac Mini auto installations
The new Mac Mini can bring ‘brain power’ to any car, from the carefully restored classics and performance vehicles to the daily driver…
Early anecdotal evidence points to Apple Mac mini success among Windows-only users
The much-anticipated Mac Mini has arrived, and some Windows users who’ve toyed with the idea of a Mac are ready to open their wallets…
Report: Apple PowerBook G5, iBook G5 to ship in 2nd quarter 2005
Foxconn Electronics (the registered trade name of Hon Hai Precision Industry) is the contract manufacturer for Apple’s newly launched…
Apple Computer equips their stealth army with mini recruiting weapons
I am an enlisted member of a stealth army. If you’re reading this, chances are high that you are in this army, too. You know it well…
Kiss of death III averted: Analyst Enderle calls Apple’s Mac mini a ‘crippled product’
The Mac Mini is an appliance PC, it has limited upgrade options and it has an aggressive advertised price… at the entry price of $499…
Mac mini is the future of Apple Computer
When Steve Jobs held a mini Mac on his fingertips Tuesday, what did you see?
InfoWorld: Apple Computer ‘should scare the hell out of any company that has to sell against it’
A year ago, Apple CEO Steve Jobs cut Pixar’s ties with Disney, opting to handle its own marketing and distribution. With that move…
Harvard Student and ThinkSecret owner Nick Ciarelli faces Apple’s legal wrath over product ‘leaks’
In the wake of Apple Computer’s product announcement flurry this week, a Web site popular with Apple enthusiasts has evaluated…
