With all of the excitement surrounding Apple’s video-capable iPod, and the iTunes Music Store’s $2 TV-show downloads…
Month: November 2005
Why people are switching from Microsoft’s Windows to Apple’s Mac OS X
Charles Wolf, a financial analyst at Needham & Co. has noticed a measurable surge in purchases of Macs by people who had previously been Windows users…
How to access the files on your Mac from anywhere
I take the ability to access the files on my Mac from anywhere for granted, but it occurs to me that the process…
Apple to hold grand opening celebration for Brea, California Apple Store this Saturday
This Saturday, November 12, Apple Computer will celebrate the grand opening of Apple Store Brea Mall…
JupiterResearch analyst wouldn’t be shocked to see Intel-based Mac debut in January 2006
Based on the availability of Intel hardware and its own software, analysts speculate the Apple-Intel systems could come out as soon as…
EULA be damned! ZDNet tests Apple Mac OS X on x86 on 1.2GHz Pentium M Toshiba notebook
Steve Jobs might not approve, but Apple’s latest operating system can be installed on any x86 hardware…
Windows PC retailers face tough holiday season, meanwhile Apple stores are packed as Mac sales surge
It’s looking like it may be a slow holiday season for PC Plus, an independent retailer in Austin, Texas, that sells Toshiba and Acer computers…
Motorola SLVR mobile phone with Apple iTunes
Brian Modoff of Deutsche Bank maintained a ‘buy’ rating and $26 price target on Motorola following the company’s announcement of four new additions…
Apple patent application designed to prevent Mac OS X from running on non-Apple hardware
Apple Computer, which is in the process of switching to computers based on the omnipresent Intel processor, has filed a patent application describing…
MacDailyNews and iPodDailyNews working on server issues
We are working to iron out issues with our new server setup and we hope you are now beginning to see improvement…
More blood on Apple iPod’s Click Wheel: Olympus halts production of portable digital music players
Japan’s Olympus Corp. said on Wednesday that it planned to shift the focus of its digital camera business away from compact models and sell…
Apple Macs may outlast all American PC brands
We note with both a smirk and a worried frown, that even Dell are struggling in the PC world. But standing tall among the debris…
Cingular slashes Motorola ROKR iTunes phone price
The U.S. mobile operator Cingular has lowered the price of the Motorola ROKR, better known as the iTunes mobile telephone…
Can Microsoft compete without breaking the law?
An upstart Internet company threatens Microsoft and the entire Windows platform. The basis of that threat is the new company’s almost effortless command…
Gates memo to top Microsoft execs warns of ‘very disruptive’ changes coming with ‘services wave’
Aiming to stir up the same kind of momentum as his Internet Tidal Wave memo of a decade earlier, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates…
Heavily updated Camino 1.0 Beta 1 browser released for Mac OS X
Camino 1.0 Beta 1 brings you a heavily updated version of the only native Mac OS X browser
Steve Jobs: Apple iTunes sold 125,000 Pixar videos in 1st month (Pixar Q3 05 conference call)
Pixar’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Steve Jobs, and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Simon Bax, are conducting…
Pixar reports third quarter financial results
Pixar Animation Studios today announced financial results for its fiscal third quarter ended October 1, 2005…
Apple Computer applies for ‘Rosetta’ trademark
Apple Computer has applied for a trademark for Rosetta, the translation technology that will act as a bridge as Apple moves to Intel chips…
NBC, CBS ‘shows on demand for 99 cents’ plans laughable compared to Apple iTunes+iPod
It’s being billed as a competing service, or at least something comparable to what Apple has done with its downloadable…
Motorola unveils RAZR V3i Apple iTunes-capable mobile phone
Motorola has announced the RAZR V3i, a full-featured handset with a sleek design…
Analyst sees Apple facing stiff competition in digital video in 2006
David C. Bailey of Goldman Sachs reiterated an ‘in-line’ rating on Apple Computer, but said the company could face stiff competition…
MacDailyNews and iPodDailyNews working on server issues
We are working to iron out issues with our new server setup and hope to improve both sites’ performance soon…
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 for Mac to ship next week
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 for Mac has hit gold master status…
Xserve, Xserve RAID, Xsan make Apple a player in enterprise computing
In the past few years, Apple has made significant strides toward becoming a player in enterprise computing…
Analyst: Apple’s Mac market share could ‘double within a decade’
Windows PC users are converting to Macintosh computers in growing numbers, thanks in part to the stunning success of…
Grokster shut down to benefit Apple’s iTunes Music Store
Grokster Ltd., a pioneering file-sharing service that allowed users to illegally download copyrighted songs…
Ballmer: ‘Apple, because they went through the valley of the shadow of death, are the darling again’
Microsoft’s chief executive officer recently sat down with CNET News.com for a Q&A session…
Analyst: ‘there are definitely a lot of people joining Apple Mac ecosystem for the first time’
More than 1 million Windows users bought Mac computers for the first time this year…
Beleaguered Creative waves white flag, surrenders self-declared MP3 player war to Apple iPod
MP3 player and sound card maker Creative Technology Ltd. is changing its tune – it now wants to focus on profitability rather than market share…
Apple iPod nano class action expanded; seeking to include purchasers worldwide
On Friday, November 04, consumers from the United Kingdom and Mexico filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple Computer, Inc. in the United States…
Grokster to stop distributing file-sharing service
File-sharing service Grokster Ltd. will stop distributing software that allows users to copy songs without permission…
U.S. Apple Retail Stores on a Google Map
The FreeMacBlog folks have used Google Maps to create a map of all of the Apple Retail Stores in the United States…
NBC Chairman Wright not yet assured of adequate piracy protections for content via some venues
NBC Universal is prepared to offer more programing in new media outlets but is not yet assured of the protections against piracy in some venues…
Woz celebrates 30th anniversary of the Homebrew Computer Club (links to videos)
We have a bunch of videos from the 30th anniversary of the Homebrew Computer Club, where Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and other…
Report: Apple’s Safari browser shows market share gains, Mac OS increases usage share in October
NetApplications, a provider of Web-based applications that measure, monitor and market Web sites for Small to Medium Enterprises…
Needham downgrades Apple from ‘buy’ to ‘hold’ based on valuation
Analyst Charles R. Wolf of Needham & Co has downgraded Apple Computer Inc (AAPL) from “buy” to “hold” this morning…
Disney’s Chicken Little ‘doesn’t come close to the genius of Pixar,’ but grabs top movie spot
The sky wasn’t falling at Disney Monday after Chicken Little posted a strong opening weekend at the box office…
UBS: Apple to unveil Intel-based Mac mini in January; AAPL share price target raised to $74
Benjamin A. Reitzes of UBS Investment Research raised his price target and earnings estimates for Apple Computer and maintained a ‘buy’ rating…
Struggling Dell has lost its mojo while Apple shows rapid growth
Dude, you got Dell Stock? Well, poor you…
Huh? PC World: Mac OS X ‘doesn’t make it particularly easy to change the size of desktop elements’
October was a big month for Apple, as the company rolled out a slew of new hardware and software that included the video iPod…
Analyst estimates over a million Windows to Mac switchers during 2005’s first three quarters
The momentum generated by Apple’s iPod digital music players and related products continues to translate into new Macintosh sales…
