If you’re holding your shares of Microsoft until you can book a 10% capital gain, we have a bit of bad news. You may be waiting a very long time…
Month: March 2005
Google debuts ‘Google X’ with Apple Mac OS X-like Dock
Google Labs has debuted “Google X” which adds an animated Mac OS X-style Dock above Google’s search box…
Faster Apple Power Mac Quad G5s coming? IBM posts information on dual 64-bit core PowerPC970MP
IBM has posted an application note in direct reference to a dual 64-bit core PowerPC970MP and how to use thermal diodes in the chip…
Apple wins iTunes cybersquatter fight; UK domain registrant considers appeal
Apple has won a legal dispute to force a UK firm it accused of cybersquatting to hand over the domain ownership for the iTunes.co.uk web address…
Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs took $1 salary again in 2004
Steve Jobs, chief executive of Apple Computer Inc., was again paid $1 in salary and received no stock options or restricted stock…
OWC offers faster DVD/CD burners
Other World Computing (OWC) now offers faster internal ‘SuperDrive’ DVD and CD burners…
Digital music player sales set to grow 57 percent in 2005
Sales of portable digital music players are set to grow 57 percent this year after more than doubling in 2004, results of a global survey…
Apple Q2 Macintosh shipments expected to outpace personal computer industry
Credit Suisse First Boston raised estimates on Apple Computer after a trip to Taiwan and after completing checks with key component suppliers…
RUMOR: Apple may soon debut two-button mouse
With an oldie, but a goodie, AppleInsider dishes the dirt on Apple’s “jaw-dropping” new two-button mouse…
Apple’s Mac Mini turns commodity computing into fine computing
The conventional way to produce a PC for users with shallow pockets is to start subtracting features from a more expensive model until you reach…
Beatles on alert? Apple reportedly in talks to acquire direct music distributor HipSolve Media
Startup HipSolve Media is currently in talks with several companies who are interested in acquiring the firm, including Apple…
Dr. Mac: ‘In most cases, you can’t have too much RAM’
Every time I review a new Mac I complain that it didn’t come with enough RAM to work properly. While a Mac with 256 megabytes of RAM…
Report: Apple’s Mac OS X 10.4 ‘Tiger’ to be released by April 15
Apple is due to launch the next major release of its flagship operating system, Mac OS X 10.4, aka ‘Tiger,’ by the middle of April…
iPod shuffle rip-off maker Luxpro’s Chairman: patents do not cover appearance
Luxpro displayed its Super Shuffle MP3 player at CeBIT and drew concern from Apple for its similarities with the Apple-made iPod shuffle…
ShuffleShirt.com announces t-shirt line designed specifically for Apple’s iPod shuffle
ShuffleShirt.com has announced the availability of the only t-shirt line made to carry the Apple iPod shuffle…
Napster CEO Gorog: Steve Jobs ‘must be pretty frightened’ of Napster To Go
J.D. Lasica spoke with Napster CEO Chris Gorog for Engadget in an interview published today…
BofA analyst: Mac mini likely to significantly strengthen Apple’s market share
Analyst Keith Bachman of Banc of America Securities maintained his “buy” rating on Apple Computer (AAPL) with his target price of $48…
DOOM 3 for Macintosh begins shipping
Aspyr Media, Inc. announced today that id Software’s critically acclaimed blockbuster hit, DOOM 3 for Macintosh began shipping today…
Does Sony’s new PlayStation Portable (PSP) threaten Apple’s iPod?
Last week, when Sony announced that it was rolling out a line of flash-based portable digital music players, Apple Computer wasn’t exactly…
Motorola’s Apple iTunes phone in trouble?
The tech match made in heaven has prompted a hell of a standoff. Bowing to pressure from its wireless telco customers, Motorola yanked…
J.P. Morgan ups Apple estimates, calls recent concerns over music competitors ‘overdone’
J.P. Morgan lifted March quarter and fiscal-year estimates for Apple Computer, Inc., saying concerns…
Apple moves to stop CeBIT presentation of Luxpro’s ‘Super shuffle’ iPod shuffle rip-off
After Luxpro removed its “Super shuffle” from their CeBIT booth on Friday, the iPod Shuffle rip-off once again appeared on Saturday…
68,736 Microsoft Windows viruses vs. zero for Apple Mac’s OS X
It may or may not surprise you, but there are no OS X viruses (or worms or trojans), partly due to the implementation of OS and its almost-inaccessible…
RUMOR: Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger to arrive in April
Apple will officially announce Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger’s release at an event in early April and will begin shipping the operating system…
Must See QT: New animated RSS feeds in Mac OS X 10.4 ‘Tiger’ video leaked
An anonymous donor was kind, so kind, enough to send us a special sneak preview of how our RSS feed would look in the upcoming…
Microsoft to drop MSN client for Mac OS X
Microsoft announced today on its web site that it plans to drop support for the Mac OS X client for MSN services. The company will stop supporting the Mac client, after May the 31st.
Apple wins key ruling; three people who published trade secrets must reveal sources
Apple Computer won a key ruling in a San Jose courtroom Friday in a case involving some company trade secrets…
Apple offers special sale prices on select iPod, iPod photo, iPod mini, 12-in PowerBook G4 units
The Apple Store currently lists products on sale with savings on select new and unopened Apple products. All sale priced Apple products are covered…
Apple CFO Oppenheimer: Apple now positioned to address the broader market with Macintosh
Having invested a lot on marketing and extending its channels over the last few years, and with the benefit of the iPod halo effect…
Apple’s developer tools hint at dual-core processors and quad Power Macs
Earlier this week, a MacRumors Page 2 article reported that the most recent Apple CHUD Developer tools had made minor UI changes allowing…
Fetch 5.0 beta now available, Fetch Softworks invites beta testers
Fetch Softworks announced this morning that Fetch 5.0, the latest version of the popular file transfer client for Mac, has entered beta testing…
There’s only one man who can save TiVo now: Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs
They say necessity is the mother of all invention, but when it comes to household gadgets, the best devices are most often inspired by…
Steve Jobs’ commitment to great hardware and software design are keys to Apple’s success
Most CEOs are focused on achieving their financial and operational goals, and on executing a strategy. But Apple’s Steve Jobs believes his company’s…
Bear Stearns says Apple has accelerated its pace of innovation, reiterates ‘outperform’ rating
Bear Stearns reiterated an ‘outperform’ rating on Apple Computer (AAPL), saying the company has accelerated its pace of innovation…
Bill O’Reilly giving away 20GB Apple iPod
BillOReilly.com has announced that to mark the launch of the downloadable MP3 version of the Radio Factor…
‘iPod tax’ proposed for online music downloads
Legislators in Wisconsin are mobilizing against a proposal they call the ‘iPod tax,’ in a battle over online music and movies that could soon spread…
Attention Apple Legal Dept: LuxPro debuts blatant ‘iPod shuffle’ rip-off called ‘Super shuffle’
LUXPRO, a Taiwan-based maker of digital audio products, has introduced what can only be described as a blatant rip-off of Apple’s iPod shuffle…
Motorola says iTunes phone unveiling delay not caused by dispute with carriers
Motorola Inc. postponed plans Thursday to unveil a cell phone that can buy and play songs from Apple Computer Inc.’s iTunes download service…
Apple joins Blu-ray Disc Association Board of Directors
The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) today announced that Apple® will become a member of the consortium’s Board of Directors…
Report: Apple to make 512MB RAM the minimum standard in all Macs by June
By mid-year, Apple is likely to include a minimum of 512MB of RAM in each of the Macs it sells, double the amount of standard memory…
Motorola says it’s working on more iTunes phones, some models ‘can store eight hours of music’
Motorola is working on several mobile phones that are compatible with Apple Computers’s iTunes music service, some of which can store eight hours…
Motorola indefinitely postpones Apple iTunes phone unveiling
Motorola Inc. was set to unveil on Thursday its first iTunes phone–a much-anticipated model capable of playing music bought from a popular…