UK music lovers are getting frustrated with restrictions placed on digital music tracks once they buy them from online stores…
Month: April 2005
Analyst: tens of millions await Mac OS X Tiger; could be worth $1 billion in revenue for Apple
Tiger, the latest version of Apple Computer’s Mac OS X operating system, debuts Friday. This is hardly news to the Mac faithful, who’ve been alerted…
Apple Computer tops The 2005 Wired 40 list of companies leading tech innovation
They’re masters of technology and innovation. They’re global thinkers driven by strategic vision. They’re The 2005 Wired 40…
Apple Macs are less expensive than Dell PCs
Despite all the urban myths to the contrary, when you actually compare Apples to comparably equipped Dells, the Apples are not only tastier-looking…
Windows czar calls Mac OS X Tiger ‘a peripheral to the iPod’
t’s Steve Jobs’s plan to make this the Week of the Tiger. But Bill Gates and his minions at Microsoft are crying bull—specifically, a Longhorn steer…
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger’s intro video posted online
UNEASYsilence.com has posted Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger’s intro video in two versions…
Tech writer goes ‘gaga over’ Apple’s Pages, ‘blown away by its elegance’
Sooner or later, every computer owner gets the urge to make something slick, be it a family newsletter, a brochure for your kid’s soccer team…
Apple Macs to power world’s first real-time full-color feed from Earth orbit
Senator Grant Chapman, Chairman of the Federal Government’s Industry and Resource Committee announced today that AstroVision…
Gay and lesbian advocacy group asks Microsoft to give back award; some call for switch to Macs
A gay and lesbian advocacy group that gave Microsoft Corp. a civil rights award four years ago has asked the software giant to give it back…
You can switch from Windows to superior Apple Mac and still be compatible with the world
You went ahead and bought that iPod for your daughter’s birthday. You borrowed it while she was at school and got yourself addicted, so you went…
Apple squeezes and Creative’s profit plunges 72-percent
Creative Technology Ltd, the maker of Nomad and Zen MP3 players, said yesterday its quarterly net profit plunged a worse-than-expected 72% due…
PC Magazine review gives Apple PowerBook 15-inch 4 stars out of 5
The Apple PowerBook 15-inch may look exactly like other PowerBooks before it, but this one has some updates that make it even better…
BofA: Apple could launch new iPod product ‘as early as June’
Banc of America Securities expects Apple Computer to launch a new iPod product ‘as early as June’ to help stimulate demand…
Defiant Steve Jobs calls environmentalists’ claims ‘B.S.’
A defiant Steve Jobs lashed out for the first time publicly against activists who claim Apple Computer Inc. has irresponsible environmental policies…
Nearly every segment of the PC food chain needs Longhorn to succeed
More than Bill Gates, more than Steve Ballmer, it’s Microsoft’s Jim Allchin who must convince opinion makers and the all-important…
Apple CEO Steve Jobs a standout on Forbes ‘performance versus pay’ list
Steve Jobs, the chief executive of Apple Computer, is a standout in our analysis of performance versus pay. One year ago, we ranked Jobs at 81…
MacDailyNews readers report receiving Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
A handful of MacDailyNews readers have emailed us to let us know that they have already received their pre-ordered copies of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger…
Apple releases Java Update for Mac OS X 10.3.9
Apple has released Java Update for Mac OS X 10.3.9 which will correct issues affecting some…
Microsoft’s new mantra: ‘It Just Works’ ripped straight from Apple’s ‘Switch’ campaign
Jim Allchin, Microsoft’s group vice president for platforms, looked at my Apple PowerBook and smugly pointed out that the number of copies of Windows…
Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Microsoft’s Longhorn: ‘They are shamelessly copying us’
Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs “didn’t miss a beat when a shareholder asked him if he had any thoughts on Longhorn, the next version…
Mark/Space ships The Missing Sync for Hiptop, enables Sidekick to Sync with Apple’s Mac OS X
Mark/Space, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of The Missing Sync for hiptop, software that synchronizes contacts and calendar…
Time Magazine looks at Apple Computer’s new Mac OS X Tiger
Though they only constitute one out of every 33 computer owners, Mac users have long held a reputation for acting smugly superior to their Windows…
Apple Macs are less expensive, more secure, longer-lasting than Windows PCs
For real long-term security improvements… the right answer is to look at Linux, or any other Unix, on non x86 hardware…
OWC and NewerTech announce high-capacity replacement batteries for 12-inch Apple PowerBooks
Other World Computing (OWC) and Newer Technology, Inc. (NewerTech) are offering the longest lasting batteries available for Apple 12-inch…
Apple’s Mac OS X Tiger operating system is a true 64-bit environment
Mac OS X Tiger is interesting in that it will actually support full 64-bit processing on the PowerPC processors that Apple has been shipping for years…
Viruses don’t have to be a fact of life; there are no viruses on Apple’s Mac OS X – not a single one
After your identity has been stolen, your bank accounts compromised, 53 critical patches and 27 reboots later, when will you decide that you’ve had enough?
Exuding smugness, the Mac cult minority believe they have seen the truth
To enter the Apple store in Manhattan is to enter a temple. Beneath its high vault, swish thin young men and women dressed from head to foot in black…
Cobb County school officials intend to move forward with Apple iBook program
Cobb County Commission Chairman Sam Olens’ admonishment to slow down a controversial new laptop computer program disappointed…
Venture capitalist: Steve Jobs boosted R&D spending and transformed the Apple via innovation
Venture capitalist Roger McNamee, a founding partner of the venture firm Integral Capital Partners, thinks that…
Analysts see more retail deals ahead as Apple Computer looks to expand distribution
Apple Computer Inc’s iPod is winning shelf space for Mac computers at retailers like Best Buy Co Inc, and analysts see more deals ahead…
Motorola CEO Zander: Apple iTunes phone due ‘in the next few months’
Motorola, the world’s second-largest mobile phone maker, on Wednesday night confirmed plans to launch a new phone that will play digital music…
RUMOR: Apple’s iTunes Mobile 1.0 to be ready by June
Apple is currently on track to finish up the first version of its iTunes software for mobile phones by June…
Playboy launches iBod-like galleries, video for Sony PSP; similar to 2004 Apple iPod photo offering
Owners of the new PlayStation Portable handheld video game player can now take adult magazine Playboy on the road with them…
Australia’s fastest supercomputer to use Apple Xserves, Xgrid and Mac OS X
Astrovision Australia will build the fastest supercomputer in the country using a high performance computing (HPC) environment comprised…
Whoops! IDC ‘left out a chunk’ of Apple Mac shipments, quietly adds 115,000 Mac units to tally
Apple Computer saw its personal computer shipments jump considerably during the first quarter, as we reported Friday. The numbers got even better this week…
Whoops! IDC ‘left out a chunk’ of Apple Mac shipments, quietly adds 115,000 Mac units to tally
Apple Computer saw its personal computer shipments jump considerably during the first quarter, as we reported Friday. The numbers got even better this week…
Grand opening of Birmingham UK Apple Store Bullring on April 29 coincides with Tiger release
The Apple Store Bullring will open on Friday April 29th at 6.00 pm to coincide with the release of Mac OS X Tiger. Visitors can learn…
Cobb Commission chief urges delay in Apple iBook program, says issue has become too emotional
Cobb County Commission Chairman Sam Olens said Wednesday he would like to see the county’s school board back away from its plan…
Report: Apple paid tech editor to promote Apple products in the media
Corey Greenberg, tech editor for NBC’s ‘Today’ show, appeared last July to praise Apple’s iPod as ‘a great portable musical player . . . the coolest-looking one’
Tech writer Fasoldt recommends waiting ‘for a few months’ before upgrading to Tiger
Apple has a new version of Mac OS X, code-named Tiger, with a lot of new features. Is it time for you to upgrade? I think it’s time to wait…
Apple releases Security Update 2005-004
Apple today released Security Update 2005-004 which delivers a number of security enhancements and is recommended for all Macintosh users…
Apple posts info on Java and Safari issues after updating to Mac OS X 10.3.9
After updating to Mac OS X 10.3.9, some systems may have issues with Java applications and Java-enabled websites when using Safari…