For the past few years, conventional wisdom has been that the one company the consumer electronics (CE) industry needed to fear most was Microsoft…
Month: October 2005
U.S. federal judge scolds Microsoft over abandoned exclusive music demand
The federal judge overseeing Microsoft Corp.’s business practices scolded the company Wednesday over a proposal to force manufacturers…
Report: Apple relaxes 5G iPod return policy; to include protective cases with future iPod nano units
In an effort to improve both customer satisfaction and the quality of its music players, Apple for a limited time will replace any fifth-generation…
Whither the Apple iPod killers?
When Sony execs crowed a few weeks ago that their latest MP3 players were THE iPod Killers one thing was obvious. They were oblivious to the fact…
Apple set to become huge force in music business; are iTunes users ‘locked in?’
It is a different world in the music industry now – the record companies, old-style CD retailers and everyone else who has ever…
PC Magazine: Apple’s Steve Jobs’ new iPod+iTunes just saved the portable-media-center market
Take Steve Jobs (please!). Even when he comes late to market with a product, he claims he invented it…
Thurrott: Apple iPod ‘the new standard by which all are measured – highly recommended’
For a company that’s known for its bold innovations, Apple Computer has moved slowly and cautiously into the realm of portable digital video…
Why do you own a Mac?
Nearly 22 years ago, like the rest of the world, I first heard of the Mac and, like many, I was immediately smitten…
Sony-BMG deal imminent with Apple’s iTunes Music Store Australia
Music giant Sony-BMG is hopeful it will join Apple’s newly launched Australian iTunes music store and says a deal between the two is imminent…
Chicago Tribune: Apple’s new iPod is a showstopper
In a nation obsessed with having the biggest television possible affixed to a wall, a new device that fits in a palm is now the most discussed video player…
Porn-filtering V-chip for Apple iPod?
There’s a widespread notion that pornographers eagerly jump on new technology long before it goes mainstream, but with Apple Computer’s…
Inside story of why the Motorola ROKR iTunes mobile phone went wrong
What should a music phone offer? The specs aren’t hard to figure out. For starters, it should have clearly marked Pause and Play buttons…
Apple posts tribute to Rosa Parks, 1913-2005
Apple Computer has dedicated the home page of Apple.com to a “Think Different” tribute…
Can Microsoft do anything original? Redmond behemoth issues ‘mysterious’ invite to reporters
A big technology company is inviting reporters to an event in San Francisco next week, saying only that its well-known leader will use the occasion to show…
Can Microsoft do anything original? Redmond behemoth issues ‘mysterious’ invite to reporters
A big technology company is inviting reporters to an event in San Francisco next week, saying only that its well-known leader will use the occasion to show…
PC Magazine: Apple iPod is the best portable music player we’ve seen so far
We know much ink has been spilled over the new iPod—the one that plays video…
Apple passes 600 million iTunes Music Store songs sold milestone
Apple’s biggest competitors in the digital music downloading market are illegal music file-sharing services such as Kazaa and BitTorrent…
Apple iPod: Great Product + Great Marketing = Great Brand
How did iPod make a large fortune? By spending a small one. With an iPod and iTunes ad budget of over $200 million since 2001, Apple has outspent…
Apple’s Front Row hits torrent sites, video showing application running on Mac mini
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) reader, Zeno, wrote in tonight from Switzerland, having just managed to get Front Row…
Pro-Microsoft attorney involved in anti-Apple iPod nano lawsuit
Don’t get me wrong: I’m not a blind Apple follower. I seem to get on their nerves often enough…
Lugz boots ad agency ‘very upset’ about Apple’s iPod+iTunes eminem ad
A dispute over the uniqueness of a popular new commercial for the Apple iPod is again raising the issue of what constitutes originality in advertising…
Apple due for ‘Reverse Osborne Effect’ as users stock up on PowerPC Macs ahead of Intel switch?
Apple’s latest G5 workstation offers two dual core G5 processors at a price point no different from the older units…
Apple’s talent and innovation vs. Microsoft’s hype
Martin Scorsese’s recent Bob Dylan documentary offers a fascinating glimpse of an anti-marketer whose outstanding music won fans anyway…
Quality issues delay Intel’s ‘Montecito’ processor
Intel, the largest computer chip maker, said on Monday that it would postpone volume production of a new Itanium processor…
Why doesn’t Apple ship a 60-day evaluation copy of Mac OS X for Intel on every iPod?
Apple’s iPods ship with virtually nothing on them…
Analyst: Sony BMG’s boycott of Apple’s iTunes Music Store Australia won’t last long
Apple’s new iTunes Music Store Australia offers more than 1 million songs from major and independent record labels as well as…
Coles Myer to carry Apple iTunes Music Store Cards in Australia
Following today’s launch of the Australian version of Apple’s iTunes Music Store, Coles Myer announced their stores will be the over-the-counter destination…
InfoWorld: Nothing can compare to Apple’s new Power Mac G5 Quad – true workstation at desktop price
Uninformed Apple skeptics have trouble seeing most Mac client systems as anything but home or schoolroom computers…
Apple launches iTunes Music Store Australia [UPDATED]
It’s there, in iTunes. See for yourself.
Report: Apple to release Mac OS X 10.4.3 soon
With nearly all of its hardware introductions now out of the way, Apple for the rest of the year will focus on completing a few select software…
NVIDIA brings workstation graphics to Apple Power Mac G5
NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies, today announced that its most advanced professional…
Will iPod nano scratches lawsuit hurt Apple?
Word around the Web is that Jason Tomczak filed a lawsuit alleging that the music players…
Start-up plans new energy-efficient Power processor
P.A. Semi is working on a low-power Power chip. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based start-up this week is set to unveil…
New iMac G5 represents a step forward for Apple
It’s been a little more than a year since Apple introduced the iMac G5. While the update to the iMac unveiled last week…
Study: Apple iPod users among the Internet’s most prolific influencers and advertisers
Consumers who own iPods are significantly more likely to create and spread consumer-generated media (CGM) on the Internet…
Report: If Apple launches iTunes Music Store Australia tomorrow, Sony BMG won’t be included
It’s confirmed: if indeed it is the launch of iTMS Australia tomorrow morning, Sony BMG, with its share of roughly 25 per cent of the world’s music…
Windows XP Media Center Program Manager on Apple’s Front Row
It was a no-brainer for Apple to port it’s iPod application over to Mac operating system and hook it up to a remote control. The interface has been tried…
Apple iPods top sellers via vending machine
Apple Computer Inc.’s hot digital music players may be better associated with the Cupertino, California, company’s hip Apple Stores, but over…
Microsoft apologists and why Apple’s Mac OS X has zero viruses
Apple’s Mac OS X offers inherently better security for several reasons…
Report: Apple to launch iTunes Music Store Australia on October 25
Apple is holding a press conference in Sydney tomorrow, at which it is expected to unveil a long-awaited Australian version of its iTunes…
News & Observer writer dumps Dell with Windows for iMac G5 with Apple’s Mac OS X Tiger
For my new computer, I wanted a 20-inch flat-panel display, 1 gigabyte of memory and a 250 gigabyte hard drive. I also wanted to be able to write to a CD and DVD…
Apple CEO Steve Jobs named to U.S. News & World Report’s list of ‘America’s Best Leaders’
Leadership, as the public tells the pollsters, is in disappointingly short supply. So the 25 people profiled in the following pages are a heartening exception…
