In a research note released to clients on Wednesday, Merrill Lynch analyst, Steve Milunovich, said his firm expects Apple to ship 1 million shuffles…
Month: February 2005
Analyst: new iPod additions and changes widens the gap between Apple and its competitors
Apple today revamped its line of iPod music players, adding new versions of its iPod mini and iPod photo units and price reductions…
Apple releases iPod Updater 2005-02-22
Apple Computer today released iPod Updater 2005-02-22 which includes new iPod mini Software 1.3 for iPod mini, new iPod Software 2.3…
Petition to Apple for iPod FireWire support posted online
Gary Reich has posted a petition on Petition Online, “Apple should bring FireWire back to iPods.” The petition reads…
Apple knifing its own FireWire baby by pushing USB 2.0 as iPod’s primary connectivity option
Apple obviously seems to be morphing the iPod family’s connectivity from FireWire-centric to USB-centric. The newest member…
Apple updates ‘iPod photo’ family with new slim 30GB model, debuts new iPod Camera Connector
Apple today updated its iPod photo lineup by introducing a new slim 30GB model, holding up to 7,500 songs, for just $349 and a new 60GB model…
Apple unveils new 6GB iPod mini for $249, 4GB model now priced at just $199
Apple today unveiled the second generation iPod(R) mini lineup with a new 4GB model priced at just $199 and a new 6GB model with 50 percent…
What to do if you have an erratic trackpad issue with one of Apple’s latest PowerBooks
The PowerBook Zone reports on a trackpad issue with Apple’s latest PowerBooks and describes the problem, “at certain points and intervals, the trackpad…
RUMOR: new and updated iPod, iPod mini models coming Wednesday?
One day before Apple is expected to announce new iPod minis, a reliable source has shed light on Apple’s Wednesday announcement…
Apple’s Mac mini might well convince Windows users to switch to Mac OS X
As a long-time [Windows] PC user, I’ve always held a secret suspicion that life might be better with a Mac. There’s no denying…
Apple releases Mac OS X Security Update 2005-002
Apple today released Security Update 2005-002 which delivers a number of security enhancements and is recommended for all Macintosh users…
Apple iTunes Music Store offers exclusive free Moby ‘Hotel’ album sampler
Moby’s 10th album, Hotel, won’t be released till March 22nd, but you can get an exclusive sampler of the album, which includes…
Apple awarded Brandcameo Lifetime Achievement Award for Product Placement
From its seminal 1984 mini-movie ad for the Mac (spoofing Orwell’s 1984) Apple has been prevalent in our entertainment, if not in our actual lives…
Delta Force-Black Hawk Down: Team Sabre for Mac OS X now available for preorder
Aspyr Media, Inc. announced this morning Delta Force-Black Hawk Down: Team Sabre is now live on their Website and available…
Piper Jaffray: Apple iTunes downloads could reach one billion in calendar 2006
Piper Jaffray maintained an ‘outperform’ rating and $100 target price on Apple Computer, saying the company’s…
RUMOR: Apple soon to debut ‘iPod bluetooth’ and other iPod model, price changes
Apple will soon introduce an iPod with Bluetooth wireless capabilities, according Bogdan Nedelcou, an automobile product manager for Motorola…
Dell CEO: Apple can’t just have one product and then say they’re the innovative leader of the world
It’s fitting that 2005 should be the year Dell is named America’s Most Admired Company. The computer maker turns 21 years old in May…
Woz speaks out against Apple’s lawsuit
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has commented on Apple’s ongoing campaign against one student who shared a copy of the developer release…
Costume designer Jennifer Rade wins Costume Designers Guild Award for Apple iPod ‘Dance’ commercial
Costume designer Milena Canonero won contemporary film honors for her work on ‘The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou’ at the seventh annual…
Report: More advanced iPod games on the way
With every iPod model set to adopt a color screen this year, Apple appears ready to expand the music player’s extra capabilities…
Toshiba VP: Apple’s iPod shuffle memory demand so vast, we can in no way meet their needs currently
Toshiba Corp. plans to boost capital spending on semiconductors for the current business year by 13 percent, accelerating plans to expand output…
Aspyr Media ships Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour for Mac
Aspyr Media today began shipping Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour, the first expansion pack for the critically acclaimed…
Apple’s Australian Mac sales surge a massive 49.1 per cent, share jumps from 3 to 4.1 per cent
Apple Computer Australia is on a roll – and not just because of the amazing iPod music player. The company increased its Down Under sales of Macintosh computers…
The Little App Factory releases Netflix Freak 2.0 for Apple’s Mac OS X
The Little App Factory today has released version 2.0 of Netflix Freak, a full-featured Mac OS X application for managing your rental queue…
Safari’s and Firefox’s Pop-Up Blockers broken? [UPDATE]
Just a quick note that we’ve noticed that the latest version of Safari (1.2.4 (v125.12)) sometimes seems to allow pop under ads…
RUMOR: Apple prepping Bluetooth iPod?
Mac4Ever is reporting that a Motorola product manager in France has ‘accidentally’ confirmed that Apple is going to introduce an iPod…
Fastest Apple G5 Power Macs versus fastest Windows PCs
Bare Feats has posted various test results comparing “CPU Crunching” for…
Mobile PC names Apple PowerBook 100 the “Number One Gadget of All Time”
Whether they’re strapped to our belts, sitting on our desks, or jammed in an overstuffed closet, we absolutely love our gadgets…
Judges disqualify two law firms in class action suit against Apple Computer
A pair of Southern California firms were disqualified from a class action Thursday for a striking conflict of interest: the named plaintiff in the suit…
Napster’s dirty little secret: changing subscription services into downloads is easy
Call it the soft underbelly of the subscription music business model, something none of the major players seems to want to talk about: It’s very easy to turn…
RUMOR: new Apple ‘iPod mini’ due soon to feature color screen, possible 6GB capacity for US$249
Within the next two weeks Apple will announce an updated iPod mini with a color screen and higher capacity hard drive, Think Secret has learned…
Apple says goodbye to ‘Rendezvous,’ hello to ‘Bonjour’
Apple Computer in the coming months will change the name of its Rendezvous networking technology to ‘Bonjour,’ according to company documents…
RUMOR: New 2GHz Apple iMac G5 model due soon
Several tipsters are reporting that, like the iPod mini, iMacs are suddenly reflecting wait times of 7-10 business days for direct orders…
The Joy of Tech: Walter Mossberg on reasons not to switch to the Mac
The Joy of Tech today features…
Apple hit with class action lawsuit
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Apple Computer with two classes, one for Apple resellers and the other for consumers…
Cybersecurity advisor Clarke questions why anybody would buy from Microsoft
Don’t expect Richard Clarke to rely on Microsoft Corp.’s anti-virus or anti-spyware programs to protect his own computer…
Report: Early Microsoft Longhorn beta slips
Looks like the Longhorn client code that Microsoft will likely release at its Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in very late…
Chicago Sun-Times: ‘Apple’s Mac Mini is a device of the most cunningly crafted evil’
The Mac Mini is the first desktop computer that I’ve ever lost inside my sofa. I didn’t have time to set it up on the day it arrived…
Bill Gates: Microsoft’s ‘responsible for the creation of the PC industry’
Microsoft Corp. has for decades been on the cutting-edge of technological innovation. Company co-founder and chairman Bill Gates spoke to…
CNET Executive Editor switches to Mac and he ‘ain’t ever going back’ to Windows
Twenty years after logging on for the first time, I’m logging off – forever. No, I’m not retiring but I am finally through with that soul-stomping repository…
Wacom introduces Cintiq 21UX interactive pen display with 21.3” color-accurate LCD
Wacom Technology Corporation today announced its Cintiq 21UX interactive pen display that allows users to work with a pen directly on a 21.3″ color-accurate LCD…
Survey shows Apple Macs owned by nearly 10 percent of US small and medium-sized businesses
Dell Computer Inc. continues to stretch out its lead over Hewlett-Packard/Compaq for desktop systems among small businesses…
