Dell’s moves to lower prices, hire more understandable customer service reps and stop product fires…
Month: September 2006
Flaming LAX laptop was a Lenovo ThinkPad
A burning laptop that frightened passengers at Los Angeles International Airport over the weekend was a ThinkPad…
Microsoft’s Zune insanity
There’s an old saying that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again…
Computeractive review: Apple iMac 24-inch Intel Core 2 Duo (5 out of 5 stars)
Apple’s iMac 24-inch Intel Core 2 Duo-powered desktop computer is a no-holds-barred…
The Microsoft Zune 1.0 dud
Last week, Microsoft officially announced details of its new Zune consumer brand…
JVC debuts four new audio products ‘Made for iPod’
A new line of JVC home and portable audio products offers easy integration of Apple iPod digital audio players…
Apple Support docs address some iTunes 7 issues
Apple has begun publishing tech support documents to address some reported bugs in iTunes 7…
CNET Editor’s Choice: Apple fifth-gen updated iPod – ‘best, most attractive iPod to date’
At Apple’s September 12 media event, Steve Jobs jumped right into introducing an updated…
Nike+iPod Sport Kit runners log over 1 million miles in 10 weeks
Over 1 million miles — equivalent to circling the world more than 40 times — have been logged by Nike+ runners…
Agenda Setters poll of tech’s 50 most influential individuals 2005 recap: Apple CEO Steve Jobs
As the countdown begins to silicon.com’s seventh annual Agenda Setters…
Apple Computer gets perfect score for gay-friendliness
The latest evidence that corporate America is becoming more gay-friendly comes in the form of a new report…
Disney’s remarkable 1st week iTunes movies sales should have studios clambering aboard Apple train
At a Goldman Sachs investor conference yesterday, Disney CEO Robert Iger reported that Disney sold 125,000 movie downloads…
Microsoft to subsidize Zune $150-200 per unit? 30GB Zune for $99?
Mike Evangelist, writer of the excellent blog Writer’s Block Live, had an interesting comment…
Microsoft to subsidize Zune $150-200 per unit? 30GB Zune for $99?
Mike Evangelist, writer of the excellent blog Writer’s Block Live, had an interesting comment…
Apple iPod nano teardown shows Apple’s growing efficiency at production cost management
The Apple iPod family of digital media players keeps growing in sophistication and popularity…
ViewSonic debuts first display line with integrated iPod dock
ViewSonic Corp., at the 2006 Apple Expo in Paris, showcased the world’s first “Made for iPod” desktop…
Apple releases Mac firmware updates
Apple has released a variety of firmware updates…
Sony copies Apple Macbook with shockingly derivative VAIO N10
Sony has rolled out its latest Core Duo-based consumer-friendly notebook…
Engadget announces Microsoft Zune giveaway
Routinely lambasted here and by many others for Microsoft’s choice of brown plastic…
Opinion: Engadget’s Microsoft Zune lovefest culminates in Zune giveaway
Routinely lambasted here and by many others for Microsoft’s…
Disney CEO Iger: Apple’s ‘iTV’ has ‘small hard drive on it’
During the same Goldman Sachs conference during which he announced first-week sales…
Apple to celebrate grand openings of three US retail stores (MD, NE, RI) this Saturday
Apple will hold grand opening celebrations for their three newest retail stores…
TechWeb: Mac OS X a very secure OS, but not magically secure
Mac OS X is, out of the box, a very secure OS. It is, however, not magically secure…
Report: Apple iTunes 7 update coming soon
The consensus amongst most early iTunes 7.0 adopters is that the software release…
Disney sells 125,000 movie downloads via Apple’s iTunes Store in first week
Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Robert Iger said on Tuesday the company sold 125,000 movie downloads…
Apple lowers prices on select Certified Refurbished iPods, iPod nanos, iPod minis
The Apple Store has reduced its pricing on select certified refurbished iPods…
Sony, Gracenote sound alarm over Microsoft flaw; Macintosh unaffected
Sony and digital music database provider Gracenote said on Monday customers…
European post production pros favor Apple by wide margin
Apple Computer had one of the busier booths at last week’s IBC content creation…
Report: Apple iPod owners buy more music
Digital music sales in the UK have achieved 50 per cent of the singles market…
Apple’s iPod Hi-Fi second only to Bose in revenue share
Ever since Apple released the iPod Hi-Fi speaker system at the end of February…
Fortune: Amazon Unbox movie service ‘unfun,’ a horror show, two thumbs down
Amazon.com’s Unbox is a horror show. The Unbox service appears not so much to have been introduced…
Toshiba recalls 340,000 Sony-made laptop batteries
Toshiba has offered to exchange 340,000 laptop batteries after it emerged they could unexpectedly…
Microsoft to launch YouTube rival
Microsoft is aiming to capitalise on the user-generated video phenomenon by launching…
RUMOR: Apple to update MacBook, MacBook Pro to Core 2 Duo in time for holidays
Apple Computer plans to update both its MacBook and MacBook Pro lines…
Cisco exec: Windows Vista is scary, many businesses are nervous
Bob Gleichauf, the chief technology officer in Cisco Systems’ security technology group…
Wal-Mart leaks Microsoft Zune price
In what appears to be a serious mistake by retail giant Wal-Mart…
Marware debuts Sportsuit Sensor+ for iPod nano: Nike+iPod wireless sensor holder for non-Nike shoes
Marware has debuted their “Sportsuit Sensor+ for iPod nano” which is designed to complement…
Beleaguered Napster hires UBS to evaluate possible company sale
Napster Inc., the online-music pioneer that remade itself as a retailer after bankruptcy…
What are Apple and Google up to?
Some of the loudest buzzing at Apple’s Sept. 12 event, where Apple unveiled its new home video strategy…
Intel, UC Santa Barbara develop world’s first hybrid silicon laser
Researchers from Intel Corporation and the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) have built the world’s first…
Would-be iPod+iTunes rivals strive to imitate Apple’s success
After years of watching Apple Computer Inc.’s success in digital music, rivals are ripping a page from the company’s playbook…
Report: Apple Mac’s OS share stays flat
Even with the buzz surrounding Apple Computer Inc.’s move to Intel processors…
