The Digital Music Revolution continued in earnest in 2005, with an ongoing influx of new and refined online music offerings…
Month: December 2005
Microsoft, MTV target Apple’s iTunes Music Store leftovers
Despite years of trying, Microsoft’s digital music strategy has played second fiddle to Apple. Devices from such partners as…
NBC President Zucker says ‘many more NBC TV shows’ coming to Apple iTunes in ‘next couple of weeks’
NBC Universal Television Group President Jeff Zucker spoke with Broadcasting & Cable’s Ben Grossman…
iVideoBlast.com offer classic TV and movies for Apple’s video-capable iPod
iVideoBlast.com has launched its video content service which delivers classic TV shows, cartoons, and movies for Apple’s video-capable iPod…
Microsoft Vista: long-delayed and pared-down
In 1975, Frederick Brooks published ‘The Mythical Man-Month.’ It had no right to succeed. The book detailed Brooks’ experience…
Apple settles final lawsuit against Mac OS X Tiger prerelease leaker
Apple Computer has settled with the last of three men it said leaked prerelease versions of Mac OS X Tiger…
Bill Gates named ‘World’s Most Admired CEO 2005’ -but he isn’t a CEO; Apple, Pixar CEO Steve Jobs #2
Microsoft’s Bill Gates has been named the world’s most admired chief executive…
Microsoft-MTV ‘URGE’ may interest antitrust regulators; Anti-iTunes labels Sony, Warner back ‘URGE’
In a move that may interest regulators worldwide (such as in Europe and Korea) who are considering Microsoft’s potentially anti-competitive practice…
Thurrott: ‘Mac users have it good’ – Digital photo and video software better on Mac than Windows
Digital photos are fun and easy to acquire and share, but one thing most people don’t realize is that, to be as good looking as possible…
MP3 player makers struggle vainly to compete with Apple’s iPod+iTunes juggernaut
“In various dark rooms around the world former experts in human behaviour are holding ice packs to their brows…
BofA cuts Apple rating to ‘neutral’ from ‘buy’ based on valuation, Apple shares drop over 4-percent
After running up more than 30% over the past six weeks, Apple Computer Inc. shares took a sharp U-turn…
Should Apple switch Mac OS X from Mach to Linux kernel?
We live in a three OS, two hardware platform world, but that’s going to start changing in 2006…
Intel’s Napa chip bound for Apple PowerBook, iBook?
“Intel announced Tuesday that its new line of chips will be built into more than 230 new laptop computers coming in 2006…
Intel’s Yonah demo shows TiVo-like features buoying rumors of Apple Mac mini digital hub with DVR
Intel is not only prepping its next-generation chips for laptops, but also for PC-based home media centers…
New Jersey college student newspaper adviser ousted for using Apple Macs
Despite impassioned pleas from her supporters, the Ocean County College board of trustees voted unanimously Monday not to reappoint…
Bear Stearns downgrades AAPL based on valuation
Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL) has been downgraded to “peer perform” from “outperform” by Bear Stearns…
The Mac Store invades Microsoft home turf
Oregon-based retailer Computer Stores NW, owners of the regional chain called “The Mac Store,” will open a new retail store just 3 miles…
Consumer Reports does their readership a disservice, says viruses target Apple Macs
More home and entertainment software is available for Windows computers than for Macs. Apple’s computers, however, have attractions of their own…
MTV-Microsoft URGE music service not targeting iPod, iTunes users; Real CEO PlayedForSure?
Today, MTV Networks and Microsoft Corp. today announced they have collaborated on the design and development of MTV Networks’ new digital music service…
MTV and Microsoft team up for new digital music service ‘URGE’
MTV Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. and Microsoft Corp. today announced they have collaborated on the design and development of MTV Networks’ new digital music service…
Newsday writer: ‘Apple iSight is the natural choice for Mac cultists’
A Web cam is the most fun you can have with a computer for less than…
HD DVD launch delayed
“Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp. said Tuesday copy protection issues would delay the Japan launch of the first players supporting its HD DVD format…
Piper Jaffray: MP3 player makers cannot compete with Apple iPod
Piper Jaffray research analyst Gene Munster maintained an ‘outperform’ rating and $79 price target on Apple Computer…
CompAmerica announces ‘AX5’ free ‘Windows-like’ operating system
CompAmerica has announced a free operating system option for its PCs that it claims “bears a reasonable resemblance” to Microsoft Windows XP…
Apple’s discontinued iPod mini remains a hot holiday gift despite rising prices
Some consumers haven’t been so quick to move away from one of last year’s hot gifts: the iPod mini.
Sims 2 University for Mac goes gold
Aspyr Media, Inc. announced this morning Sims 2 University for Mac, the first expansion pack to EA’s popular The Sims 2…
Confused report: Apple may unveil Intel-based Macs ‘six months earlier than planned’
Apple Computer Inc. may introduce Macintosh personal computers with Intel Corp. chips in January…
How Apple Computer is different and why CEOs of other companies should take note
Apple’s success can be boiled down to five simple rules that apply not just to Apple but to other companies as well…
RUMOR: Apple prepping ‘iPod companion’ digital products including ‘iPod boombox’ for Macworld Expo
Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod division is preparing to extend its reach into the consumer electronics market with the release of several iPod-related…
How Apple’s Steve Jobs can own digital video
When Apple released the iPod in October 2001 and launched the iTunes Store a year and a half later, only the company’s most fervent fans…
More blood on Apple iPod’s Click Wheel: Thomson gives up on MP3 player, CE markets
Apple has driven yet another iPod competitor to the wall, this time French company, Thomson…
comScore: iPod tops search list in U.S. during 2005 holiday shopping season
This holiday season, Apple’s iPod is the most popular item based upon terms used while searching the Web for gifts…
iPod underwear? iBoxer features pocket for Apple iPod
Is that an iPod in your pocket?
iPod underwear? iBoxer features pocket for Apple iPod
Is that an iPod in your pocket?
UPI: Apple gets it right with iPod+iTunes video
I have to admit that I’ve never been a fan of Apple’s iPod — for reasons too numerous to mention in this story…
Napster CEO Gorog: Apple iPod is a ‘villain’
Once again, Apple’s iPod is expected to be the hottest gift of the holiday season. That should be great news for the recording industry, right?
Playboy’s ‘bodcasts’ for Apple iPod are PG-only with no nudity – for now
Playboy, which has a massive, profitable Internet business, is offering what it describes as free ‘bodcasts’ with…
CSFB ups Apple target price to $82, Apple hits new all-time high in intraday trading
Shares of Apple Computer, Inc. (AAPL) hit a new all-time high in intraday NASDAQ trading…
Apple prepping Mac mini DVR, online entertainment portal for Macworld Expo January release?
Speculation has been rampant on the Internet that Apple will introduce a new version of its Mac mini, Apple’s little $500 multimedia computer…
RUMOR: Apple to debut Intel-based iBook with 13.3-inch widescreen soon
Apple appears on track to deliver an Intel-based iBook early next year, sources report, and in doing so will replace its long-standing…
Apple CEO Steve Jobs lands on BusinessWeek cover; Jobs, iPod nano named among ‘Best of 2005’
Once again landing on the BusinessWeek cover, Apple’s Steve Jobs has been named among the Best Business Leaders of 2005 by BusinessWeek…
Should you get a Mac or a Windows PC for your kids’ personal computer?
As a parent, I think that the two biggest questions are: how child-safe is the operating system, and how likely are the systems to get infected or messed up…
