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Month: December 2006

Apple Computer #2 on BusinessWeek ‘Tech Hot Growth 50’ list

Tuesday, December 26, 2006 6:45 pm12 Comments

In recent years, with few exceptions, technology companies have appeared…

Discovery Channel to broadcast the ‘Inside Story of Apple iPod’

Tuesday, December 26, 2006 3:39 pm16 Comments

The Discovery Channel plans to broadcast the “Inside Story of the iPod” on…

PC Magazine: Top 5 questions asked by Windows PC to Mac switchers

Tuesday, December 26, 2006 2:44 pm47 Comments

When Apple switched to Intel processors, I switched to a Mac…

Apple opens first large retail store in Taiwan

Tuesday, December 26, 2006 2:20 pm9 Comments

Apple Computer Taiwan opened Taiwan’s first large-scale Apple retail store…

Apple ‘iPhone’ could disrupt mobile service distribution channel

Tuesday, December 26, 2006 10:32 am24 Comments

New hardware isn’t the only way Apple can shake things up in the mobile industry…

The Register’s Ray: Apple ‘iPhone’ will fail

Tuesday, December 26, 2006 10:01 am62 Comments

The hype is reaching fever-pitch, and the odds are still stacked that Apple…

Wired News covers Steve Jobs’ best year ever

Tuesday, December 26, 2006 9:21 am16 Comments

What a blockbuster year Steve Jobs had…

Microsoft Windows Vista proves ‘pushover for Internet hackers’

Tuesday, December 26, 2006 8:57 am42 Comments

The brand spanking-new Windows operating system called Vista…

The Wall Street Journal: Apple’s ‘Get a Mac’ knife cuts deep

Sunday, December 24, 2006 1:59 pm119 Comments

Suzanne Vranica and Brian Steinberg take a look “Best (and worst) ads of ’06” for The Wall Street Journal…

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from MacDailyNews!

Saturday, December 23, 2006 12:00 am103 Comments

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone!

Apple releases iPod shuffle Reset Utility 1.0.1

Friday, December 22, 2006 3:13 pm15 Comments

Apple today released “iPod shuffle Reset Utility 1.0.1 for Mac” which restores…

The Economist makes us laugh: In look & feel and ease of use, Vista out-Macs Apple’s Mac OS X

Friday, December 22, 2006 2:59 pm126 Comments

From the end of January any Windows-based personal computer…

Planned home PC purchases surge, Apple Mac looks primed to benefit

Friday, December 22, 2006 2:38 pm20 Comments

Good news for personal computer makers: Consumers plan to buy a lot of new PCs…

Windows PC user tries Apple Mac for two weeks, finds ‘once you go Mac, you don’t want to go back’

Friday, December 22, 2006 1:59 pm25 Comments

Apple’s “Get a Mac” ads “make for mildly entertaining…

Winterwolves releases Universal Soccer Manager 2 for Apple’s Mac OS X

Friday, December 22, 2006 11:45 am9 Comments

Winterwolves has released Universal Soccer Manager 2…

Apple preps Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.9

Friday, December 22, 2006 11:25 am50 Comments

Apple has begun distributing the first external software compile…

23-story Dubai residental tower inspired by Apple’s iPod

Friday, December 22, 2006 10:31 am26 Comments

Real estate developer Omniyat Properties is planning to launch projects worth…

One Apple iPod just isn’t enough for some music lovers and gadget geeks

Friday, December 22, 2006 10:17 am44 Comments

For music lovers and gadget geeks, Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod portable music player…

Apple’s strategy is beyond the grasp of most industry analysts

Friday, December 22, 2006 10:10 am19 Comments

Apple’s strategy for a new set of consumer electronics devices…

Kill two Windows servers with one Apple Xserve

Friday, December 22, 2006 9:06 am16 Comments

At its core, Xserve is a two-socket Core microarchitecture Xeon…

VMware updates Fusion Beta, releases public beta

Friday, December 22, 2006 8:55 am22 Comments

The new VMware desktop product for the Mac, codenamed Fusion…

Parallels releases Parallels Desktop for Mac beta 2

Thursday, December 21, 2006 5:16 pm31 Comments

Parallels today released Parallels Desktop for Mac beta 2…

Cingular patent application hints at Apple deal

Thursday, December 21, 2006 4:35 pm15 Comments

An interesting patent application from Cingular has surfaced today…

RUMOR: Second leaked Apple ‘iPhone’ image shows chameleonic trackpad

Thursday, December 21, 2006 4:06 pm58 Comments

Vincent Nguyen (of SlashPhone and SlashGear fame), who earlier posted what may be a leaked photo…

Catalysts that make Apple Computer shares a ‘Buy’

Thursday, December 21, 2006 2:00 pm7 Comments

This post is going to be an Apple Fiesta…

RUMOR: Apple ‘iPhone’ photo leaked?

Thursday, December 21, 2006 1:39 pm60 Comments

The Web site “aMobileME” has posted what it claims may…

Computerworld: Enterprise decision-makers should consider migrating to Mac OS X and Apple hardware

Thursday, December 21, 2006 11:22 am48 Comments

Looking back, 2006 has been a great year for Apple…

Apple looks to use Intel’s Robson tech instead of Samsung’s hybrid flash technology for Macs

Thursday, December 21, 2006 10:15 am20 Comments

Apple Computer has reportedly turned down an offer to incorporate new…

Apple patent application published: ‘Resolution Independent User Interface Design’

Thursday, December 21, 2006 9:37 am24 Comments

Two US patent applications assigned to Apple Computer, Inc. have been published…

‘docXConverter’ converts Microsoft Office 2007 ‘docx’ files

Thursday, December 21, 2006 9:01 am21 Comments

Panergy Software has released “docXConverter” which promises to convert .docx files…

Record labels sue Russian music Web site AllofMP3.com

Thursday, December 21, 2006 8:45 am24 Comments

Several major record labels sued the operator of the Russian music website…

Nike+iPod Sport Kit runners log over 3 million miles in first 5 months

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 5:20 pm22 Comments

Nike, Inc. today reported financial results for the second quarter ended…

Cringely: Why Apple will one day stop making iPods, Microsoft’s Zune decoy, and more

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 4:39 pm60 Comments

Mac Greer interviews tech guru Bob Cringely, employee No. 12 at Apple…

Apple iTunes Store offers Hodgman’s ‘The Areas of My Expertise’ for free

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 3:30 pm23 Comments

Apple’s iTunes Store is offering the audiobook version of John Hodgman’s…

Apple’s iTunes Store sells 90% of paid video downloads

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 1:50 pm20 Comments

First, some good news for the developing video-download market…

Screen shots of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard latest build

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:00 pm36 Comments

A first-hand evaluation of the latest Mac OS X 10.5 build provided to developers…

Apple sees 33.8 million unique Web visitors in November

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 11:48 am13 Comments

comScore Media Metrix today released its monthly analysis of U.S. consumer activity…

Holiday sales of Apple’s 2G iPod shuffle double predecessor

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 11:27 am15 Comments

Apple Computer’s new Pod shuffle and its attractive $79 price point…

12-year-old girl gets porn-laden Microsoft Zune

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 10:55 am85 Comments

A couple on the south side of Chicago gave their 12-year-old daughter…

Will It Blend? – Apple iPod

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 10:24 am29 Comments

One too many requests for this one finally pushed us over the edge…

Microsoft: The Redmond Copying Machine

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 10:13 am56 Comments

My recent video, which tweaked Microsoft for crowing about its…

Sony settles ‘rootkit CD’ privacy lawsuits

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 9:49 am9 Comments

Sony BMG Music Entertainment will pay $1.5 million and kick in thousands…

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