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Month: May 2008

Apple and CBS sued for ‘Mighty Mouse’ trademark infringement

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 9:25 am42 Comments

Apple and CBS are being sued for trademark infringement by a competing interface manufacturer…

Associated Press issues retraction: Apple iTunes Store DRM-free is same price as protected tracks

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 8:53 am32 Comments

Damage already done, The Associated Press has issued a retraction…

Welcome to the So-So: Microsoft to test Zune ads

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 6:12 pm77 Comments

Microsoft is planning a pilot program to test ads on Zune Social, the social-networking site…

Report: Apple’s next-gen iPhone headed for joint launch in Japan and Korea

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 4:44 pm32 Comments

Two of Asia’s most sought-after cellphone markets may carry the iPhone at the same time…

StopBadware.org coalition calls on Apple to fix Safari ‘carpet bomb’ issue sooner than later

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 4:16 pm35 Comments

The Google-backed StopBadware.org coalition has called on Apple to rethink its stance on whether the Safari…

RUMOR: Apple to debut next-gen iPhone on June 9 with immediate availability

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 2:21 pm40 Comments

We all suspected it, but now it is confirmed: someone very, very close to the 3G iPhone launch has told me that Apple…

Roku ‘Netflix Player’ box streams old movies and TV shows to your TV

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 1:19 pm68 Comments

Netflix today unveiled a new set-top box to be produced by privately held Roku Inc. that will allow subscribers…

Apple’s blistering Mac sales up 50 percent in April; iPod sales also rise

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 12:32 pm30 Comments

he blistering success of Apple’s personal computer business continues to turn heads, with Mac unit sales growing 50 percent…

T-Mobile to maintain Apple iPhone exclusivity in Germany

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 10:32 am7 Comments

T-Mobile expects to remain the only seller of Apple’s coveted iPhone in Germany…

VistaPerfection released, Windows Vista theme for Apple iPhone

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 10:02 am105 Comments

VistaPerfection 2.0 by Spec-Works is a theme that allows users to “re-skin” their jailbroken Apple iPhones in Microsoft Vista style…

Napster makes it to life support, begins selling DRM-free iPod-compatible MP3s

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 9:12 am38 Comments

Napster Inc. begins selling MP3s Tuesday, a move the online music service hopes will lure iPod users…

Apple to celebrate Grand Opening of Apple Store Brandon (Florida) on May 24

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:42 am6 Comments

Apple will be celebrating the Grand Opening of their latest retail store, Apple Store Brandon…

Airlines queue up to offer Apple iPod music and video integration

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:35 am20 Comments

Airlines are queuing up to offer passengers the ability to play music and video content from their own Apple iPod…

Apple expected to take legal action against ‘Mac-cloner’ Psystar; sues iPod accessory maker Atico

Monday, May 19, 2008 4:42 pm21 Comments

Apple has filed a patent infringement and trademark lawsuit against iPod accessories maker Atico…

Steve Ballmer egged at Hungarian University (with video)

Monday, May 19, 2008 3:18 pm141 Comments

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was egged by a protester during a speech he gave at a Hungarian University…

Microsoft past its prime, destined for decline?

Monday, May 19, 2008 1:58 pm81 Comments

Two successive Microsoft chief executives have long tried, and failed, to refute what we might call the Single-Era Conjecture…

Lux brings fullscreen Multi-Touch UI to Mac OS X

Monday, May 19, 2008 1:33 pm24 Comments

The NUI Group’s “Lux” is a public preview for an open source project which will be available in June…

RUMOR: Apple prepping wireless Multi-Touch keyboard for Apple TV

Monday, May 19, 2008 11:51 am32 Comments

Rumor of an upcoming Apple TV update and the first Apple TV-specific accessory…

NPD: Apple corners premium market; Apple’s market share of PCs over $1,000 hits 66%

Monday, May 19, 2008 10:05 am59 Comments

Two-thirds of PCs costing $1,000 or more sold via retail in the United States are Apple Macs.

Apple looks to expand ringtone selection, introduce ringbacks, music sales over 3G with iPhone 2.0

Monday, May 19, 2008 9:29 am29 Comments

Apple has approached some of the major music labels to try to expand the variety of ringtones and other musical features…

Happy 7th Birthday, Apple Retail Stores!

Monday, May 19, 2008 9:02 am21 Comments

The first two Apple Stores opened in Tysons Corner, Virginia and Glendale, California on May 19, 2001…

Microsoft says it’s back in talks with Yahoo

Sunday, May 18, 2008 7:55 pm35 Comments

In light of developments since the withdrawal of the Microsoft proposal to acquire Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft announced that it is continuing…

Apple iPhone’s China debut right around the corner?

Sunday, May 18, 2008 7:42 pm14 Comments

Over the last few weeks Apple has been signing international iPhone distribution deals at an astounding pace…

Chicago Tribune: Apple’s iPhone rivals can’t compete

Sunday, May 18, 2008 7:34 pm34 Comments

It has been nearly a year since Apple Inc. launched the elegant and easy-to-use iPhone…

Apple’s fast-growing global retail empire built on stellar customer service

Sunday, May 18, 2008 7:19 pm17 Comments

Apple has seen the future, and it is about customer service…

And they wanted to block Safari: PayPal’s EV SSL page and its vaunted green URL vulnerable to attack

Saturday, May 17, 2008 9:49 am33 Comments

A serious scripting error has been discovered on PayPal that could enable attackers to create convincing spoof pages that steal users’ authentication credentials…

Apple’s massive iPhone 2.0 rollout: 42 countries, 575 million potential customers – and counting

Friday, May 16, 2008 5:45 pm39 Comments

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster summarized the flood of recent iPhone deals in a note to clients on Friday…

RIM co-CEO Lazaridis: BlackBerry Bold three years in the making, design not mimicking Apple iPhone

Friday, May 16, 2008 4:19 pm69 Comments

BlackBerry maker RIM this week hosted the Wireless Enterprise Symposium in Orlando, Fla…

Windows to Mac switcher dispels myths

Friday, May 16, 2008 1:33 pm44 Comments

There are lots of reasons that people don’t want to switch from Windows to Macintosh…

Report: Apple iPhone in Canada coming in June with Rogers’ $7 per month data plan

Friday, May 16, 2008 12:54 pm21 Comments

The Canadian iPhone is set to be launched in June and will potentially have the least expensive data plan of any carrier…

Thurrott: Long lines at Apple Store Grand Openings make me uneasy

Friday, May 16, 2008 11:12 am101 Comments

My mother in law actually called me yesterday to find out if I was going to the opening of the Boston Apple Store…

Along with Red Sox players, crowds storm grand opening of Boston’s new Apple Store

Friday, May 16, 2008 10:12 am31 Comments

There was Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek chatting nonchalantly with a couple of Apple guys…

Report: Taiwan flat-panel makers get orders for new Apple MacBook due Q308

Friday, May 16, 2008 9:51 am12 Comments

AU Optronics Corp. and Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp., Taiwan’s top two flat-panel makers by revenue, have obtained…

Apple wins two coveted Black Pencils in 2008 D&AD design awards (now has most of any company)

Friday, May 16, 2008 9:38 am13 Comments

The creative industry’s most elusive prize, the Black Pencil, was presented to 6 creative teams at the D&AD Awards Ceremony in London last night…

Report: Apple to please missile makers with long-term support of PA Semi’s existing PowerPC chips

Friday, May 16, 2008 9:18 am51 Comments

Apple will indeed support PA Semi’s line of PowerPC-based processors…

Google releases App Engine Launcher for Mac OS X

Friday, May 16, 2008 8:57 am8 Comments

On the Google Mac Team, one of our passions is keeping the Mac a first-class citizen for Google products and services…

Orange to bring Apple iPhone to Europe, Middle East, Caribbean and Africa

Friday, May 16, 2008 8:38 am21 Comments

Orange today announced a new agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone to Orange customers later this year in…

Microsoft: Windows Mobile will grab 40% market share in 2012

Thursday, May 15, 2008 4:49 pm86 Comments

Microsoft expects sales of its Windows Mobile platform products will account for 40% of the global smartphone market…

Lines form ahead of Apple Store Boylston Street grand opening

Thursday, May 15, 2008 4:10 pm15 Comments

Lines have begun to form for the grand opening (today, 6pm EDT) of Apple’s newest and largest U.S. Apple Retail Store…

Apple patent application details iPhone server

Thursday, May 15, 2008 3:38 pm23 Comments

Apple Inc.’s iPhone can already playback video, browse the Internet, and place phone calls, but a new filing by the handset maker suggests…

Feral Interactive to ship Eidos’ Battlestations: Midway for Mac on June 27th

Thursday, May 15, 2008 2:44 pm10 Comments

Feral Interactive today announced Friday, June 27th as the release date for “Battlestations: Midway,” Eidos’ top-rated action strategy game for the Mac…

What’s coming from Apple at WWDC?

Thursday, May 15, 2008 2:19 pm39 Comments

WWDC is drawing near, and its time for our almost traditional heap of speculation and wishful thinking…

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