With Longhorn still at least 18 months — if not longer — away from a final release, I decided now was as good a time as ever to try out the Mac OS X operating system…
Month: June 2005
Report: Apple and Motorola launch iTunes mobile phone on Tuesday
Steve Jobs, Apple CEO, and his counterpart, Motorola’s Ed Zander, will launch the iTunes phone on Tuesday. This mobile telephone…
Apple setting stage for Windows PC users to demand Mac OS X for any x86 PC?
There is talk of [Apple] using a ‘trusted platform’ method of having the Intel version of OS X look for a proprietary chip before it will boot…
Apple’s Mac mini, iPod shuffle take Gold in 2005 Industrial Design Excellence Awards
The Apple Mac mini and iPod shuffle has been awarded Gold in the 2005 Industrial Design Excellence Awards from the Industrial Designers of America…
Cingular Wireless considering selling Motorola Apple iTunes mobile phone
Cingular Wireless, the No. 1 U.S. mobile service, is considering selling a Motorola Inc. cell phone that can play music using Apple Computer Inc.’s iTunes music service…
Apple releases WebObjects 5.3 Update for Mac OS X Server 10.4
Apple today released WebObjects 5.3 Update for Mac OS X Server 10.4 which akes it easy to develop and deploy enterprise-level web services…
Apple needs to ‘reinvent’ iPod to continue market dominance
Released in the late 1970s, the Apple II was the original sexy personal computer, the one that started the whole revolution. By the late 1980s, though…
Will Apple CEO Steve Jobs license Mac OS X?
There’s been an awful lot of column inches devoted to Steve Jobs’ announcement that he is going to port the Apple MacOS to Intel…
The good, the bad, and the ugly of Apple’s .Mac service; is it worth the $100?
When looking over Apple’s .Mac service I always come to the same conclusion: ‘Cool features, good implementation but for $100 it’s just not worth it.’
Apple passed 20 million iPods sold milestone in early June
Banc of America Securities expects Apple Computer to meet the consensus estimate for iPod sales of 5.5 million units in the fiscal third quarter ending in June…
Fortune columnist doubts Apple CEO Jobs will let Michael Dell sell OS X anytime soon
Many in the tech world are excited about the possibility that Apple’s Mac OS X might get more popular in the wake of CEO Steve Jobs’ decision to move the software…
CSFB: Apple Computer ‘the big winner’ in May retail PC sales
Credit Suisse First Boston reiterated a ‘market weight’ rating on the PC hardware industry after research firm NPD released May retail and distribution…
Apple’s European iTunes Music Store tops 50 Million Songs in first year
Apple today announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded more than 50 million songs from its European iTunes Music Stores in its first year…
Apple’s online ‘Mac 101’ a great place for new (and old) Mac users
Apple’s online “Mac 101” section of the Apple Support section of Apple.com is a great place to start if you’re…
CodeWeavers to help bring Windows applications to Intel-based Apple Macs
CodeWeavers, Inc., the leading Windows-to-Linux software developer, today announced a major expansion of its software porting capabilities…
Steve Jobs’ Stanford commencement address ‘a remarkable event’
Steve Jobs is by far the most charismatic figure in Silicon Valley, a region big on charisma and ego…
Microsoft Office alternatives for Mac OS X coming soon
Major milestones were recently announced for two Mac OS X-compatible software suites that could provide an alternative to the near-ubiquitous…
Apple Intel-based Macs for developers runs Mac OS X and Windows XP
Apple’s Intel-based Mac development kits have started trickling into developer’s hands…
Raw image files and Apple’s Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
With the release of Mac OS X 10.4 ‘Tiger,’ Apple has added basic support for Raw images to its OS and to the iPhoto digital photo management application…
Mac OS X Leopard to contain ‘Red Box’ for natively running Windows applications?
Could Apple’s decision to move to Intel processors be motivated by something more than IBM’s inability to meet the company’s processor demands?
Geek.com columnist: Apple’s getting out of hardware and evolving into mainly a software company
Should you purchase a Macintosh with a PowerPC microprocessor between now and when the switchover is final?
Would Apple ever switch to Microsoft Windows?
Would Apple ever switch to Windows? Jobs concluded his [recent WWDC] keynote address by noting that the operating system…
Bare Bones Software releases BBEdit 8.2.2
Bare Bones Software today announced the release and immediate availability of BBEdit 8.2.2, the latest version of the award-winning…
Apple’s understanding of what really counts makes iPod+iTunes impossible to beat
What is it that makes Apple’s double whammy of iPod and iTunes impossible to beat?
Pop-up vulnerability found in IE, IE for Mac, Safari, iCab, Mozilla, Firefox, Camino, other browsers
Several popular Web browsers contain a vulnerability that could be used by cybercriminals to steal personal data, security company…
Apple’s Mac platform more than a ‘basic Unix machine with a polished skin’
Apple always has inspired a following with its unique blend of an operating system running on hardware that is optimized to provide better performance…
The Street: Apple’s Mac customers might choose Windows PCs because of Intel processor switch
The bull case for Apple over the past year has been that booming sales of iPod music players will create a ‘halo effect’ that will lead to higher…
Logitech introduces wireless Bluetooth headphones for Apple iPod
Logitech today introduced the Logitech Wireless Headphones for iPod. People can simply plug in the wireless adapter, set their iPod down…
Nyko’s Movie Player iPod accessory: no initial Mac support, to use Microsoft’s ASF format
Seventy-five movies in the palm of your hand? With the upcoming Movie Player accessory for Dock Connecting iPods, the answer could…
Microchip inventor Jack Kilby dead at 81
Microchip pioneer Jack Kilby, who won the 2000 Nobel Prize for co-inventing the integrated circuits that ushered in the digital age…
FirmTek ships SeriTek/1VE2+2 High-Performance PCI-X SATA Host Adapter for Mac
FirmTek announced today the immediate availability of their newest Serial ATA host adapter: the four-port SeriTek/1VE2+2 featuring…
Apple releases Xsan Update 1.1 for Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.3.9
Apple today released Xsan Update 1.1 which delivers overall improved reliability for Xsan and is required for all systems…
In-Stat: Apple Computer led worldwide portable audio player market with 30.2-percent share in 2004
The exploding market for both hard disk drive and Flash-based portable audio players is expected to reach over 104 million units by 2009…
Mossberg: Apple’s Spotlight search technology ‘speedy,’ no need to periodically index files
The Graphical User Interface has been a success in the mass market since the Apple Macintosh debuted in 1984, and it has dominated computing…
RUMOR: Apple prepping Backup 3 ‘Predator’ – major upgrade for .Mac members
Apple is readying Backup 3, a major upgrade to the backup software included with the company’s .Mac internet services…
Analyst: is this the best tme for Apple to undertake another big transistion?
Even with a recent drop, Apple shares — at 29 times earnings estimates for the current year — still are trading at a premium to its PC rivals…
Mac users a little less ‘smug’ after Apple’s announced plan to switch to Intel processors?
There’s many collective nouns for Mac users, but my favourite is ‘smug.’ Put a dozen Mac owners in a room together and the air will reek of smugness…
Legal music downloaders up to 35-percent; will soon outnumber music thieves
Around 35% of music consumers now download tracks legally via the Internet and the percentage will soon pass the 40% who have pirated…
Apple sued over iTunes software interface; injunction sought to prevent iTunes distribution
Contois Music Technology last week asked a Federal Court to stop the iPod maker from distributing its iTunes jukebox software and is seeking…
Is Apple morphing Mac into the ultimate PC capable of running Mac OS X, Windows, Linux?
Now that the speculation about Apple switching from IBM PowerPC to Intel chips is over, industry buzz about more platform crossover for the Macintosh…
Sony BMG and EMI try to force Apple to ‘open’ iPod with iPod-incompatible CDs
The approximate 300,000 people who’ve picked up a copy of the Backstreet Boys’ ‘Never Gone’ might not know it, but they’re part of a growing skirmish…
Silicon.com’s Apple iPod hit piece should fall on deaf ears
Subtitled, “Apple’s beloved music player plaqued [sic] by poor quality and a damaged brand,” an anonymous piece by silicon.com states…