Darwine version 0.97, still not officially released, is available from the Darwine site, and has been used to create a working Windows compatibility environment…
Month: February 2006
OWC reduces pricing on Neptune FireWire 400 drives
Other World Computing (OWC) today announced price reductions on its complete line of Neptune FireWire solutions…
Oxford Analytica: Apple Macs likely to become increasing popular for home users
Over the past 18 months, Apple Computer has introduced the concept of podcasting on an enormous scale. While in itself this was not a new method for delivering…
New IBM Power chip breaks speed barriers, promises to be twice as fast as Sun, Intel, AMD chips
IBM will unveil a new processor on Tuesday that will be twice as fast as those of competitors such as Sun, Intel and AMD when it appears in 2007…
Apple’s iPod nano, shuffle moves put pressure on Asia chipmakers and also-ran player makers
Shares in Samsung Electronics and other Asian makers of memory chips dipped Wednesday after Apple Computer cut the price of its digital audio players…
Wireless iPod? CSR and PortalPlayer to bring wireless connectivity to personal media players
CSR PLC, a wireless solutions provider and leader in Bluetooth technology, and PortalPlayer, Inc., a leading supplier of semiconductors, firmware and software for personal media players…
Wireless iPod? CSR and PortalPlayer to bring wireless connectivity to personal media players
CSR PLC, a wireless solutions provider and leader in Bluetooth technology, and PortalPlayer, Inc., a leading supplier of semiconductors, firmware and software for personal media players…
BeLight Software to spread Mac users’ Valentine’s Day greetings worldwide on February 14
BeLight Software gives Mac users an opportunity to spread their Valentine’s Day greetings over the world on February, 14…
O’Grady: the end is near for Apple’s iPod shuffle
We can deduce from the 1GB iPod nano announcement that the end is near for the iPod shuffle. There’s just no reason to keep it around…
Free iTMS Estimator 1.1.2 released, iTunes Music Store sales counter estimates contest milestones
iTMS Estimator is a little application for Mac OS X 10.2 or later that shows the current estimated total tracks sold on the iTunes Music Store…
Intel’s Virtualization Technology runs multiple operating systems simultaneously
Intel is expected to declare Tuesday that its Virtualization Technology (VT: technology that increases a computer’s efficiency by letting it run multiple operating systems simultaneously) is mature enough…
AppZapper 1.1 released for Mac OS X Tiger
AppZapper 1.1 allows you to confidently remove virtually any application as easily as it was installed — just drag and drop. AppZapper intelligently finds leftover…
Kahney: Forget Jobs, let’s worship Woz
Two week’s ago I attacked Steve Jobs and made myself the most popular columnist in the Mac universe…
Security consultant: ‘This is almost certainly the year of the OS X exploit’
At the recent ShmooCon hacking conference, one security researcher found out the hard way that such venues can be hostile…
Analyst: Apple has structured their iPod pricing model in a very clever way
In response to Apple’s announcements today of a new 1GB iPod nano for US$149, the lowering of the 512MB iPod shuffle price to $69, and…
Apple Store Irvine Spectrum (California) Grand Opening happens this Saturday
Apple Computer will celebrate their latest Apple Retail Store Grand Opening,featuring a week of exciting events…
Design Mobel introduces world’s first Apple iPod-compatible bed with built-in iPod dock
Design Mobel’s “Pause” bed is crafted from sustainable New Zealand Rimu with aluminum detailing. Optional accessories include…
Mafiasoft: Microsoft to charge $50 per year for security service to protect Windows
A new security service from Microsoft Corp. will charge users $49.95 per year to better protect its Windows operating system from…
Apple’s iPod nano, shuffle moves good news for Apple, consumers; bad news for also-rans
“As a sign of changing times, Apple shares rose this morning on the news of a $149 iPod nano 1GB unit and a new lower price…
Piper Jaffray’s Munster: Recent Apple sell-off provides an opportunity for investors
Piper Jaffray senior research analyst Gene Munster said that the recent sell-off of shares of Apple Computer provides an opportunity to investors…
Writer recants Macs ‘relatively’ immune to viruses, changes it to ‘exempt’ from Windows worries
The silent minority has finally spoken. Yes, Mac users do know how to make some noise. I wrote last week about my foray into the world of Windows XP…
Dr. Mac Bob Levitus gives ‘highest recommendation’ for Apple iMac 2GHz Core Duo
I’ve been testing a 20-inch Intel-based iMac for a couple of weeks now. Mine came with 1 gigabyte of RAM, upgradable to 2 GB…
Apple shares rise on $149 iPod nano, $69 iPod shuffle, Showtime content news
Shares of Apple Computer (AAPL) rose 1.9% to $68.55 on Instinet volume of 472,015 early Tuesday after the company unveiled…
Apple unveils new 1GB iPod nano for $149; iPod shuffle now starting at just $69
Apple today unveiled a new 1GB iPod nano for just $149, offering the same features as the 2GB and 4GB iPod nano models and holding up to 240 songs or 15,000 photos…
Nine Figures 3 released; tracks iTunes Music Store countdown to 1 billion songs
Twisted Ninja Software has released the third version of their popular iTunes sales tracker, Nine Figures 3. This version tracks iTunes sales…
Apple adds three of CBS’s Showtime TV shows to iTunes Store; Video downloads top 12 million
Apple has added three new series from Showtime to their iTunes Music Store “TV Shows” section…
Apple Store currently offline [Updated 8:45am EST: Store has reopened]
It’s Tuesday (the day when new products most often arrive) and the Apple store is down…
Apple launches iTunes Music Store Billion Songs Coundown; win iMac, 10 iPods, $10,000 iTunes Card
Apple Computer, Inc. has launched their “iTunes Music Store Billion Songs Coundown.”
Intel to debut dual-core 3.4GHz Xeon ‘Tulsa’ chip with ability to run multiple OSes in 2nd half 2006
Intel unwrapped details of their next server chip at the International Solid State Circuits Conference taking place this week…
IDC 2005 top 10 global notebook computer vendors; Apple #9 with 2.171 million units shipped
The global notebook market totaled 65.3 million units in 2005, up 33.5% from the 48.9 million units shipped in 2004…
Many worries and concerns lead to Apple selloff
Even Apple Computer, it seems, can’t defy Newton’s laws forever. Shares of the company traded off as much as 7% Monday and are off some 22% since…
Analyst: Wall Street’s worries of slowing Apple Intel-based Mac demand are ‘absurd’
Wall Street is worried that would-be Mac buyers are waiting until they’re sure there’s enough third-party software available for Apple Computer’s new…
iLoad devices copy music and video to your Apple iPod without a computer
Wingspan has debuted a new website that features “iLoad,” their gadget that transfers CDs to an iPod without using a computer…
Apple patent application for ‘Visual expander’ for touchscreen display revealed
On Feb. 2, the US Patent & Trademark Office revealed an Apple patent titled ‘Visual expander,’ filed originally on…
Rupert Murdoch: ‘Not knocked out by iPod so far; iPod+Disney+NBC is very small-time at the moment’
News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch talked about Apple iTunes and iPod with Newsweek in an interview expected to be published Feb. 13…
Apple Computer shares fall to lowest level in over two months on growth concerns
Shares of Apple Computer Inc. fell to their lowest levels Monday in more than two months, on concern that there is not likely to be much good news surrounding…
Review: Apple 20-inch iMac Core Duo 2.0GHz
Given my experience with a dual-2.0GHz Power Mac G5, I had high hopes for the new iMac Core Duo. The original Power Mac G5’s level of performance…
Group questions wisdom of dumping Macs in favor of HP Windows PCs in Boulder, CO schools
Last November, voters approved Ballot Measure 3A, to provide ongoing funding for computers in the Boulder Valley School District, specifically providing…
Apple Computer shares drop over 5-percent in NASDAQ trading
Shares of Apple Computer, Inc. (AAPL) dropped $3.74, or %5.20%, in morning NASDAQ trading to fall to…
Judge allows antitrust suit against Apple for iPod+iTunes illegal ‘tying’ to proceed
Apple Computer Inc. must face several federal and state antitrust claims arising from the operation of its iTunes online music store…
Dell dumps line of hard drive-based MP3 players, nobody notices for over a month
Dell has dropped its line of hard drive-based MP3 players, but it’s taken more than a month for anyone to notice…
Should Apple buy Palm?
Speculation that Apple plans to buy handheld maker Palm has been revived by a call from two leading Palm investors for the company to be put up for sale…
