A Microsoft insider took a major chance by spilling an internal Microsoft document containing…
Month: January 2008
Car review veers off track into ode to Apple iPhone: ‘Why doesn’t Apple make a car?’
Apple’s iPhone sits in the pantheon of great inventions alongside the wheel, fire and…
Clarion debuts direct Apple iPod audio control via USB in 2008 mobile products
Clarion Corporation of America, a leading manufacturer of mobile electronics, has introduced…
Apple posts new ‘Get a Mac’ ad: ‘Referee’ (with video)
Apple today posted the company’s latest ad in their “Get a Mac” campaign…
iCool? Whirlpool offers refrigerator with Apple iPod dock
The kitchen is increasingly known as the “family nerve center,” where dinner is cooked, friends and family gather, kids do homework and parents pay bills…
Sony BMG to sell DRM-free MP3 albums via physical gift cards
Sony BMG Music Entertainment, the world’s second largest music company…
Report: Apple nearing iTunes video rental deals with Warner Bros, Paramount, Lionsgate
Steve Jobs is starting to win over the film industry…
Carl Howe leaves Blackfriars’ Marketing for Yankee Group
Yankee Group today announced that research industry veteran and Blackfriars’ Marketing cofounder Carl D. Howe…
Napster dumps Microsoft’s Windows Media format to sell DRM-free MP3s
Napster Inc said on Monday it would start selling downloads in the MP3 format…
Avon CEO Andrea Jung joins Apple’s Board of Directors
Apple today announced that Andrea Jung, chairman and chief executive officer of Avon Products, was elected to…
JVC debuts LCD TVs, audio systems with Apple iPod Docks
JVC Americas Corp. on Sunday said it would offer a new series of LCD televisions with built-in docks for the popular iPod…
Microsoft’s Bill Gates’ 2008 CES Keynote recap
In his 2008 CES keynote presentation tonight, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates described three things that he thinks will dominate…
An Apple TV with a Blu-ray player?
Apple could make a move that could well be a game changer…
NY Times’ Joe Nocera blasts Apple customer service with unsubstantiated claim
In the New York Times today, Joe Nocera recounts his sob story about losing a Sony PlayStation3…
Beleaguered Napster hikes Music subscription prices by 30%
Beleaguered Napster has increased the subscription fees for its digital music service by about 30%…
Buh-bye! Walking-dead HD DVD cancels CES appearance after Warner goes Blu-ray exclusively
The fuzzy future of high-definition DVD came into sharper focus Friday after Warner Bros. said it would release movies…
Intel leads broad tech losses
A downgrade for Intel Corp., along with broad-market worries about weak growth in U.S. employment…
Andy Ihnatko predicts new Apple iDevice in 2008
Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times technology and computer columnist, makes an interesting prediction…
Warner Bros. dumps HD DVD; to release its films exclusively on Blu-ray
Time Warner’s Warner Bros. studio Friday said it would exclusively release high-definition DVDs…
AP: Don’t bet on Bill Gates’ keynote predictions
For the 10th time, Bill Gates will inaugurate the International Consumer Electronics Show…
MacUser reviews FileMaker’s Bento: Exemplary Mac OS X Leopard data organizer
Despite the gap left by AppleWorks, neither iWork nor Office provides a database component…
Apple settles patent lawsuit with Intertainer
Apple Inc. settled a patent suit with online movie distributor Intertainer Inc. of Santa Monica…
SecureMac releases free Mac OS X trojan removal utility
SecureMac has released a free utility called DNSChanger Removal Tool…
Tech stocks join broad market decline on U.S. unemployment rate rise
Technology joined in a broad-market decline in early trading Friday that was spurred on by the U.S. unemployment rate…
Thank Jobs: Lone major holdout Sony BMG to finally sell DRM-free music
In a move that would mark the end of a digital music era, Sony BMG Music Entertainment…
PC box assemblers try to mimic Apple hardware designs, but have no answers for Mac OS X, iLife, etc.
PC makers have begun a radical overhaul of their machines’ appearance…
Orange sells over 70,000 Apple iPhones in France in first month
France Telecom SA’s Orange wireless unit sold more than 70,000 Apple iPhones…
Intel’s newest chips offer intriguing hints about what Apple’s Steve Jobs will announce on Jan. 15th
The rumors about what Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs might unveil in his keynote speech…
ABC News hack: Apple probably can’t keep on going, pulling still more rabbits out of Steve Jobs’ hat
Apple has enjoyed one of the most spectacular and innovative runs in U.S. business history…
InfoWorld’s Yager: Microsoft will headline Macworld Expo 2008 (and Apple will debut 3G iPhone)
I go to trade shows with a mission based on my view of what matters, which oft times yet entirely by chance fails…
VoIP on your Apple iPod touch for $49.99 (plus a little soldering)
Want VoIP for your Apple iPod touch?
Antitrust lawsuit accuses Apple of online music monopoly, refusing to support Windows Media Audio
An antitrust lawsuit filed against Apple on Dec. 31 charges the company with maintaining an illegal monopoly…
Ars Technica’s first look: Microsoft Office for Mac 2008
Microsoft’s Mac Business Unit (MBU) has been hard at work on the first new Office for Mac release in four years…
Needham initiates coverage of Apple Inc. with ‘buy’ rating on surging Mac, iPhone sales
Needham & Co initiated Apple Inc with a ‘buy’ rating and a $235 price target, and said with the surging sales of the Macintosh and the iPhone…
Analyst Wu: Apple soon to ship Macs with Blu-ray drives
In a report issued to clients early Thursday morning, American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu…
RUMOR: Jay-Z to launch record label with Apple
This one’s been floating around like a hot air balloon, but we’ve just about confirmed it…
Apple looks to patent chameleonic keyboard with OLED key faces
An Apple patent application for “Dynamically Controlled Keyboard” published today describes a chameleonic keyboard…
New Apple docking patent app shows portable sliding into side of display, iMac
An Apple patent application published today shows an Apple portable…
Netflix CEO scoffs: We won’t lose any sleep if Apple debuts iTunes movie rentals
DVD-by-mail service Netflix Inc. will begin delivering movies and other programming directly…
Photo of Apple’s rumored subnotebook Mac?
Is this the first pre-Macworld Expo leaked image of Apple’s rumored ultra-thin subportable?
Steve Jobs gets his way: Radiohead makes Apple iTunes Store debut via ‘In Rainbows’ DRM-free singles
The group’s latest album, “In Rainbows,” which was the subject of an experiment earlier this year…
Look for digital album packaging to improve in 2008
In 2008, look for Apple to make nice with its label partners by offering a bit more with each download…
