I was browsing through the Science Podcasts on iTunes today when I came across one entitled…
Month: November 2005
Apple Computer shares approach $60 mark, hit new all-time high in morning trading
Shares of Apple Computer, Inc. (AAPL) this morning surged to $59.83, up $2.33 or 4.05% on heavy volume…
SpongeBob SquarePants Movie game coming to Apple Macintosh
Aspyr Media, Inc. announced today they will publish The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie game for Macintosh, with an anticipated release in November 2005…
Apple iPod sales could accelerate ‘Halo Effect’ increasing Mac’s share of computer market
Apple will have sold more than 37m iPods by the end of the year, putting it in a position where it really can start enjoying the much-vaunted halo effect…
Guba Usenet search engine preps video porn for Apple iPod
It may not be quite what Steve Jobs had in mind, but an online search engine called Guba is set to offer vast amounts of pornography and other video files…
Apple promotion rewards UCSB students for flaunting Apple gear
With the launch of Apple Computer’s new promotional campaign, students and faculty can win several prizes this month by showing off their Apple gear…
How the music distribution picture shapes up for 2006
New music services from Sprint in North America and mmO2 in the U.K. seem to be saddled with bizarre price points, and pressure from Apple’s iTunes…
Microsoft announces Dead.com, er, Live.com Web-based services
Microsoft introduced on Tuesday two new advertising-supported Web services, Windows Live and Office Live, as a direct response to the formidable…
Music industry alarmed as online digital music sales level off
Digital music sales in the U.S., the world’s biggest market, have hardly budged in the past five months. They almost tripled to 6.6 million downloads…
Will anyone pay $2.50 per over-the-air song from Sprint Nextel?
Sprint Nextel became the first of the Big Three wireless carriers in the United States to offer over-the-air music downloading…
Analyst: Apple could ship over 37 million iPod units by end of 2005
Piper Jaffray Senior Analyst Gene Munster maintained an ‘outperform’ rating and $60 price target on Apple Computer as sales increase and lead time decreases…
Computer columnist: anti-virus software purely optional for Apple Macs, not so for Windows
If you own a Windows PC, you need to have a current anti-virus product installed and running. There’s no longer a debate about it…
iLounge.com releases Holiday Buyers’ Guide for free download and awards ‘Best of 2005’
iPod nano? Video? Apple Computer’s just-released iPods and accessories are sure to be 2005’s most popular gifts. Today, leading iPod resource…
Mac enthusiast Web site offers Front Row, Photo Booth to all Mac users
With the announcement in early September of the iPod video and new iMac, Apple Computer gave users two new applications: Front Row and Photo Booth…
Report: Sony copy-protected CDs may hide Windows rootkit vulnerability
A security analyst alleged Monday that playing a Sony copy-protected CD on his PC actually installed a rootkit into his computer…
Census figures explain why Apple avoids Gulf Coast states
Is there some correlation between Apple’s retail store locations and figures released in Oct. 2005 on Internet use and computer ownership?
Cornell Student Assembly to vote on funding Mac- and iPod-incompatible Napster for another year
The Napster campus representatives held Napster Night yesterday evening in the Carl E. Becker House dining hall. The event was designed to promote…
Newer Technology releases Intelligent Battery Charger/Conditioners for Apple iBook and PowerBook
Adding to the firm’s successful line of innovative performance accessories for Apple Macintosh laptops…
Analyst: ‘Apple laying groundwork for next frontier in home entertainment’
Analysts who follow Apple Computer Inc. say it is no surprise the company has already sold 1 million videos through its new iTunes Music Store service…
Apple CEO Steve Jobs asks author: ‘Are you a nut case?’
Did computer geek Steve Jobs have a system meltdown? On Friday, the svengali-like CEO of Apple Computer and Pixar Animated Studios…
Apple growing faster with more innovative products, better support than ‘one-trick pony’ Dell
Projected sales and earnings shortfalls are the latest signs that Dell’s heady days of outpacing its rivals are ending…
Apple iPod demand outpacing supply?
Apple’s new players are hot sellers, judging from the more than 1 million video downloads so far…
