As bargain hunters prepare for Henrico County’s $50 laptop sale, some county residents say they should have first dibs on picking the Apples…
Month: July 2005
Portal Player CEO drops hints of next-gen Apple iPods?
As expected buoyant iPod sales drove prosperity for Apple’s music player chip partner, Portal Player. The company released its second quarter results…
Apple joins Intel at Carnegie Mellon
Computer technology giants Intel Corp. and Apple Computer Inc. are setting up housekeeping together — as neighbors — on Carnegie Mellon University’s…
Dvorak: Mac OS X is already better than Windows, Vista may be end of line for Microsoft’s dominance
As readers know, Microsoft has announced the name of its new operating system, which was followed by a collective yawn from the computing community…
Apple enhances Mac mini with double the memory across the line
Apple today announced enhancements to its Mac mini line, the most affordable and compact Mac ever, with 512MB of memory standard…
Apple unveils faster iBooks: 1.42GHz G4, 512MB RAM, Sudden Motion Sensor, scrolling TrackPad
Apple today enhanced its affordable iBook G4 line for consumers and education customers with faster Power PC G4 processors…
Motorola, Microsoft unveil RAZR-thin Windows smartphone, Apple iTunes phone deal still unclear
Motorola unveiled a slim smartphone with a qwerty keyboard and Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 5.0 at its analyst conference on Monday night…
Apple releases GarageBand 2.0.2 Update
Apple today released GarageBand 2.0.2 Update via Software Update which addresses issues…
Apple continues to grow worldwide Macintosh market share
Piper Jaffray today in a research note maintained the firm’s “outperform” rating and $52 target price on Apple Computer. In the note…
PC Magazine’s Louderback inexplicably writes of Apple iPod shuffle’s ‘sticky DRM issues’
PC Magazine’s Jim Louderback looks at “discount MP3 players.” Of Apple’s The iPod shuffle, Louderback explains…
Henrico County Public Schools to sell Apple 12-inch iBooks for $50 each on August 9th
Henrico County Public Schools has announced that 1,000 used Apple 12-inch iBooks with 320MB RAM will be on sale for $50 each on…
Video iPod? Does The Wall Street Journal have a ‘Deep Throat’ inside Apple Computer?
The personal computing world has been abuzz over the past week with claims Apple Computer is planning to follow up its phenomenally…
Apple’s pending Intel switch not hurting PowerPC-based Mac sales
If you are wondering whether Apple’s switch to Intel will put buyers off, the evidence at the moment seems to be: no. Here’s a simple way…
Microsoft’s version of Earth deletes Apple Computer headquarters
Two readers recently emailed The Register to tell them that MSN’s Virtual Earth promotes a world free of the menace of Apple Computer…
Fast Company: Apple’s iPod is doomed
The iPod is doomed. Not this month, not this year, and maybe not the next. But soon enough, Apple will lose its hold on the marketplace…
Yahoo buys Konfabulator, to make application free
Hoping to pave a new path to its popular Web site, Yahoo Inc. has acquired Konfabulator, a tiny software maker that provides a computer…
The Observer: Apple iPod ‘latest manifestation of explosion in potential for illicit reproduction’
The iPod is just the latest manifestation of an explosion in the potential for illicit reproduction. When iPods were launched three years ago…
Photos of Apple Store Eastview grand opening posted online [updated]
The brand new Eastview Apple Store opened today in Victor, NY, to much excitement. The lines formed early as eager fans waited…
Cringely: Apple’s soon-to-come ‘iVideo’ movie download service very important to Intel
We’re replacing our computers for the wrong reasons, and I can only conclude that the PC industry, itself, is dying. The end is coming…
Microsoft’s Windows ‘Vista’ promises similar features to Apple’s already-shipping Mac OS X
The new name of Microsoft’s next-generation computer operating system — Windows Vista — may not have the vibe of Xbox, its game console…
Apple’s Mac OS X making inroads in the business community
Apple Computer’s UNIX-based Mac OS X operating system is making inroads in the business community, according to a report…
Report shows legal music downloads more than tripled in first half 2005
Legal music downloads in America and much of Europe more than tripled in the first half of 2005, according to a report…
Apple hires Delicious Monster co-founder, user interface designer
Over the next couple weeks there are going to be some major changes in my life. I am moving to down to Cupertino, CA where I will…
Survey reveals 87-percent of U.S. internet users don’t know meaning of term ‘podcast’
Large numbers of internet users do not know the basic definition of some of the hottest new internet innovations and one of the most serious…
iHome iH5 turns Apple iPod into alarm clock radio
iHome’s iH5 clock radio lets you wake up to music from your iPod, an AM/FM radio or buzzer. With its built-in iPod cradle, the iH5 charges…
Apple Computer among top gainers in BusinessWeek’s 2005 Top 100 Global Brands list
eBay, HSBC, Samsung, and Apple are among this year’s top gain-ers in BusinessWeek’s annual ranking of The 100 Top Global Brands…
Using Apple’s Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger’s included fax capabiltes
One of the great features of Mac OS X is the ability to send and receive faxes without the use of special faxing software. Best of all…
RUMOR: Apple prepping new iBooks, Mac mini models; could debut next week
So, we’re still waiting on the iBook revision, and new part numbers in Apple’s databases confirm they’re coming shortly…
Microsoft ‘Longhorn’ to be named ‘Windows Vista’
Today Microsoft Corp. announced that the official name of its next version of the Windows operating system, formerly code-named…
Comprehensive survey names Apple Computer the world’s most innovative company
Boston Consulting Group polled 940 senior executives in 68 countries for their 2005 Top 20 Innovative Companies in the World survey…
Apple’s iTunes Music Store offers erotic podcasts that some are calling ‘porncasts’
Now available for download through iTunes: raunchy sex banter, erotic storytelling sessions and reviews of pornographic Web sites…
Ranchero Software releases NetNewsWire 2.0.1, now supports Atom 1.0 feeds
Ranchero Software today released NetNewsWire 2.0.1, the easy-to-use RSS and Atom newsreader for Mac OS X, adding support…
Report: Radio Shack to carry full line of Apple iPods, may test Mac sales in nearly 7,000 US stores
Apple Computer and RadioShack have entered into a strategic partnership that will deliver Apple’s full line of iPods to the shelves of thousands…
Bloor Research: ‘Apple is going to change the dynamics of the PC market’
In January I published a set of technology predictions for 2005. 6 months on, I am reviewing those predictions…
The Motley Fool: Steve Jobs proves to be ‘pure butane for Apple stock’
The Motley Fool’s Rick Aristotle Munarriz looks at a “fantastic four” of stocks and picks Apple Computer, Inc. (APPL) as one of the four…
Apple leads all computer makers with most web traffic in June
According to Media Matrix, Apple ranked 31st among all web sites and drew 17,055,000 unique US visitors in June 2005…
IDC: Apple Europe unit sales up 48 percent
Apple has exceeded average PC market growth in the European markets in the second quarter 2005…
Nissan vehicles in Japan get Apple iPod connectivity
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., today released a new all-in-one audio visual navigation system created exclusively for Nissan vehicles which enables…
Piper Jafffray: Possible Apple increase of flash-based units in iPod mix may hurt Seagate
Piper Jaffray maintained an ‘outperform’ rating and $27 price target on Seagate Technology after the company’s fiscal fourth-quarter…
Vehicle drives itself (no human driver and no remote control) thanks to Apple’s Mac OS X
“Dora” is the world’s first fully autonomous (no human driver and no remote control) vehicle driven by Apple Computer’s Mac OS X…
Apple gaining back customers in architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry
According to several indices Apple is again growing in the AEC (architecture, engineering and construction) industry…
Thurrott: Apple Macs offer a safer computing experience than Microsoft Windows PCs
Mac sales grew 43 percent in the first quarter of 2005 and 35 percent in the second quarter, much higher than the PC industry average…
