Alien Skin Software today announced Eye Candy 5: Impact. A set of 10 plug-in filters for Adobe Photoshop and other compatible…
Month: July 2005
Fortune: podcasting is a celebration of power of the Internet
One of my first illicit thrills was staying up past bedtime and tuning the AM radio to a station broadcasting only at night from hundreds…
Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.2 to be ‘comprehensive update’ with some ‘new features’
In the last week Apple has seeded developers with new builds of Mac OS X 10.4.2, Xcode Tools 2.2, Java 1.4.2…
Apple iTunes Music Store shows explicit porn-style album artwork without warning
Apparantly, iTunes Music Store album artwork is not being carefully looked at before being posted…
Apple leads all computer makers with most web traffic; visits up 26-percent in May
Visits to six of the top 10 online computer hardware manufacturers’ sites increased by double digits in May, according to Nielsen/NetRatings…
Apple Specialists expect new Intel-based Macs to bring more business users to Mac platform
A network of Apple Specialist dealers meeting in Boston at the Macworld Conference and Expo this week are eager to help new Macintosh…
Texas students to receive 400 iBooks when school starts
Secondary students at Highland Park Independent School District will get some high-tech school supplies this fall in the form of notebook computers…
Harman Kardon introduces ‘Drive+Play’ car audio solution for Apple iPod
Harman Kardon today unveiled the Harman Kardon Drive + Play, an integrated iPod docking system specifically designed for automotive use…
Newer Tech offers Apple iPod mini replacement battery with 50-percent greater capacity
Newer Technology, Inc., has immediately available a high-capacity replacement battery for Apple Computer’s iPod mini that provides…
TrustedReviews: IBM’s new G5 processors are ‘too little, too late’
Announced yesterday (a gargantuan five months after AMD and Intel) and a month after Apple announced it had officially kicked IBM to the curb…
Piper Jaffray expects Apple to ship 35 milllion iPods by end of 2005
Research firm Piper Jaffray today stated that guidance for the September quarter will be the critical component of Apple’s…
Apple releases iSync 2.1 for Mac OS X Tiger
Apple today released iSync 2.1 which works on all Macintosh computers with Mac OS X Tiger version 10.4 or later…
TinkerTool 3.5 freeware released with Apple’s Mac OS X Tiger-specific features
TinkerTool 3.5 has been released for Mac OS X. TinkerTool is an application that gives you access to additional preference settings Apple…
Apple to webcast earnings results conference call on July 13
Apple has officially announced FY 05 Third Quarter Results Conference Call via press release this morning. Schedule to take place on…
Doctors say London bombing victim’s hearing ‘saved by his Apple iPod earphones’
Tad Grglewiecz, a 52-year old civil engineer from Cricklewood, North London survived the recent London terrorist bombings…
Microsoft employees squeamish about ‘podcast’ term, try using ‘blogcast’ instead
One of the bigger trends on the Internet right now is ‘podcasting,’ in which someone can subscribe to amateur and professional audio programs…
Hearing Loss News: iPods can damage your ears
Jeff Hurst, 24, and Gianni Lee, 19, love their music so much they listen to it on their iPods for hours – maybe too many hours…
Motorola to unveil Apple iTunes mobile phone during UK’s V Festival
Motorola is to unveil the first fruits of its partnership with Apple next month with the launch of its iTunes mobile phone at the V Festival of music…
Cobb County iBook saga: allegations that school leaders pressured employees to pick Apple
The Cobb County school board says its attorneys will look into an allegation that school leaders pressured employees to pick Apple Computer…
Entire Japanese subway cars wrapped in Apple iPod goodness
Our good friends in Japan have emailed us some fantastic pictures of a subway train ‘dressed up’ for an iPod campaign…
Ars Technica: Why Apple really went Intel; ‘Macintosh is Apple’s past, iPod is Apple’s future’
Apple’s mercurial and high-handed relationship with its chip suppliers was what caused Apple’s switch from IBM to Intel processors…
College students refuse to buy a single song from Napster
Napster has put a new twist on the notion of being a loss leader. It has actually managed to sell more songs for rival online music services…
Apple offers slew of Apple Certified iPod models available at up to 53% off original retail price
Apple Computer is offering deals on Apple Certified products. Apple Certified Products are pre-owned Apple products…
Thurrott on spyware: ‘we should have paid more attention to those Apple Switcher ads after all’
Internet users are finally starting to succumb to the devastating effects of this malicious new brand of malware and are altering their online…
Lawsuit to halt Cobb County’s 63,000 Apple iBooks for education plan goes to court today
A judge today will be asked to halt Cobb County’s new [Apple iBook] laptop computer program, because opponents think it is a waste of taxpayer money…
Apple switch to Intel-based Macs raises many questions
It was a ‘Hell-has-finally-frozen-over’ moment: In early June, Steve Jobs stood before the most devout of the Mac faithful, software developers…
The Economist: Apple’s embrace of podcasting ‘could have significant consequences’
Until recently, podcasting tended to be almost exclusively for the young, geeky or both. Last week, however, that changed…
New G5 processors are ‘impressive beasts,’ may be Apple’s last PowerPC processors
Yesterday, IBM announced two new lines of its PowerPC 970 processor, better known as the G5, and they’re…
Apple updates Mac OS X Tiger’s DVD Player with ‘DVD Playback Update 4.6.1’ release
Apple today released DVD Playback Update 4.6.1 addresses a disc validation issue some users may encounter when attempting to play…
Forbes: Apple Computer planning to become a phone company?
Apple Computer Chief Executive Steve Jobs has a reputation for thinking different. But now he might be planning a move for Apple that will leave…
Analysts expect Apple to post $3.33 billion in revenue for Q3-2005 on July 13
Apple, which posts third-quarter results on July 13, is expected to earn 31 cents a share on $3.33 billion in revenue, according to analysts…
Dr. Bott goes along for ride as Apple soars with iPod
In 1999, Eric Prentice was selling Macintosh computer accessories from a Southwest Portland basement with 6-foot ceilings. Today, he heads a company with…
IBM introduces dual-core PowerPC G5 chips up to 2.5GHz, could be used in Apple Power Mac G5
Presenting at the Power Everywhere Forum 2005 in Japan, IBM today formally introduced a dual-core version of its PowerPC 970 (G5) processor…
Sleazy Microsoft sells out anti-spyware Windows users, downgrades Claria Gator to ‘ignore’
Microsoft’s Windows AntiSpyware application is no longer flagging adware products from Claria Corp. as a threat to PC users…
PC Magazine awards Apple’s FileMaker Pro 7 ‘Editor’s Choice – top desktop database software’
PC Magazine selected FileMaker Pro 7 to receive its “Editor’s Choice” award as the top desktop database software in the June 7, 2005 issue…
E.U. looks to create single European rights system for online music
In a bid to boost the region’s lagging online music business, the European Commission Thursday proposed a single Europe-wide copyright…
Merrill Lynch: Mac sales ‘appear robust,’ expects futher evidence of ‘iPod Halo Effect’
Merrill Lynch said that based on channel checks…
BofA raises Apple earnings estimates, forecasts 5.4 million iPods, 28-percent Mac growth for quarter
Banc of America Securities reiterated a ‘buy’ rating and adjusted estimates on Apple Computer. Banc of America raised Apple’s earnings-per-share estimates…
Apple Computer’s London retail store closed due to London bomb attacks
In response to London’s traumatic bomb attacks this morning, Apple has closed its Regent Street Apple retail store for the day…
Study shows battered Windows PC users scared to go online; Mac users surf freely
Internet users worried about spyware and adware are shunning specific Web sites, avoiding file-sharing networks, even switching browsers…
Newer Technology’s new ‘miniStack’ adds capacity and ports
Other World Computing (OWC) and Newer Technology, Inc. (NewerTech) are offering a new hard drive that fits perfectly under or over…
Report: No special event from Apple this week
It’s no longer expected that Apple on Thursday will host a special event to introduce new music-related products…
