Archives for February 2005

February, 07th February 2005

• AAPL Hits New All-Time High

  Shares are adding about $2 today, trading above $80

February, 06th February 2005

• iPod, iChat Help Radiologists Manage Medical Images

  Searching for a way to sidestep the $100,000-plus price of workstations needed to view high-resolution images that require 3D rendering,…

• Fortune: "How Big Can Apple Get?"

  Apple CEO Steve Jobs' first extended interview since surgery last summer offers a look at how the company has gotten…

• CDW|MacWarehouse Adds New Apple Hot Deals Offers

  Featured products include Sony' DRX-7100UL FireWire DVD+/-RW drive, Lexar's 1GB USB Jumpdrive Pro, and Canon's i990 Photo Printer

• Plextor ConvertX, EyeTV 1.7 Add MPEG-4 Support

  Plextor released Monday Elgato EyeTV 1.7 software for Plextor Corp.'s ConvertX Personal Video Recorder and Elgato's EyeTV 200 for the…

• Adobe Updates Camera Raw Plug-In

  Adobe released Monday an updated Camera Raw plug-in that adds compatibility for six new camera models, including the Canon PowerShot…

• NewsFire 1.0 Debuts as New RSS Newsreader

  Programmer David Watanabe has released NewsFire 1.0, the final release of his RSS-based shareware news reader for Mac OS X

• MyMac.com Launches Scroll Down Books

  Scroll Down Books, announced Monday its first two titles as it enters the growing family of Macintosh electronic publishers

• Chinese-Language Pop Music Now on Apple’s iTMS

  Apple and Universal Music are teaming up to offer Chinese-language pop music tracks via the iTunes Music Store, a Financial…

• Apple-Designed PowerBook Trackpad Spells Concern for Parts Supplier

  Shares of Synaptics slide 12% Monday on a report that Apple's new PowerBook features a custom Apple-designed trackpad and not…

• Pepsi iTunes Super Bowl Ads Bomb in USA TODAY Ad Meter Rankings

  Pepsi's two iTunes Super Bowl XXXIX commercials ranked far down the list of the 55 most popular ads in a…

• New Lighting Book Based On DP Conversations Released

  The Cinematography Mailing List has published a new book for filmmakers from the CML Website

February, 03rd February 2005

• Livetype Tips For First Time Users

  Mike Washlesky offers tips for people new to LiveType, the bundled graphics application that integrates directly with FCP for creating…

• PodBuddy Introduces shuffle Accessory Clips

  PodBuddy announced Friday The Clips, an iPod shuffle mounting accessory kit, that will ship in March

• BW: Apple Stock Past its High Prime

  At a price of above $77, BusinessWeek columnist Robert Barker wonders in his latest online column if stock in Apple…

• SpiderWorks Publishes OS X AppleScript Handbook Re-Write

  SpiderWorks LLC announced Friday the e-book release of Danny Goodman's AppleScript Handbook (Mac OS X Edition)

• View Pepsi’s Second Super Bowl iTunes Commercial HERE!

  Pepsi had released the second of two Pepsi/iTunes commercials for Super Bowl XXXIX. See it first on TMO

February, 02nd February 2005

• iPhoto 5.0.1 Update Posted

  Late on Wednesday, we reported that Apple had updated iPhoto to 5.0.1

• Software Round-up: e2Sync 1.1, MenuCalendarClock Entourage, iPulse 2.1, Aperion X 1.0.1

  Entourage users get a pair of integration boosts while a popular utility and game receive minor updates

• A More Creative Way to Shuffle

  Personalize your iPod shuffle with a custom sticker

• Panic Pauses Software Development For a Second to Release T-Shirts

  Panic, the guys behind such lickably good shareware as Transmit, Unison, and CandyBar, has started offering a line of PanicGoods.

• FireWire Depot Adds G-Technology Drives to Line Up

  FireWire Depot has started selling G-Technology's line of FireWire storage products as well as iPod accessories from Dr. Bott

• Leo Bodnar Posts Instructions on Overclocking a Mac mini

  Leo Bodnar has published a short article showing you how to overclock Apple's new Mac mini. The Mac mini ships…

• MacMod Project Turns Atari 2600 Into a Mac

  Our friends at MyMac.com have posted a video of a project to turn an Atari 2600 into a working Mac…

• Napster Chooses Super Bowl Ad to Start $30m iTunes Fight (UPDATE)

  Napster is planning a $30 million advertising push in the U.S. over the next six months to fight the dominance…

• Blackmagic Hardware Used In "The Aviator" Post Process

  Blackmagic Design has announced that the Blackmagic Decklink HD Pro and HDLink were used in the post production process of…

• Analyst: Demand for Mac mini & iPod shuffle Is Strong

  Demand for the Mac mini and iPod shuffle is outstripping supply, but availability for the iPod shuffle should improve in…

February, 01st February 2005

• Apple Expenses Tiger’s $19.3M R&D Costs, SEC Filing Reveals (UPDATE)

  Late on Tuesday, we published a report about Apple's latest SEC filings. Included in the story is information about how…

• Piper Jaffray: New Apple Products in High Demand, Low Supply

  Late on Tuesday, we reported on some comments that analyst Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray made about Apple's newest products

• University of Illinois Launches 640 Xserve Turing Cluster

  Late on Tuesday, we reported on the Turing Cluster, a 640 Xserve G5 cluster built by the University of Illinois

• iPhoto 5.0.1 Update Posted

  Apple has released iPhoto 5.0.1 via Software Update, although at press time the update is not appearing for all users

• Mac mini Pimps a ‘69 Nova SS

  What's cooler than a 1969 Chevy Nova SS? A 1969 Chevy Nova SS with a Mac mini installed

• Wash. Examiner: Steve Jobs a "Bully" in Suing Think Secret

  Short and sweet, the Washington Examiner blasted Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs Wednesday, saying he was a "bully" for suing…

• PowerBook G5 Ways Off, Possibly 2006

  In updating its PowerBook G4 line Monday, Apple reiterated that a G5-based laptop will not arrive any time soon

• Apple Store Updates "Special Deals" Refurb Section

  The Apple Store has updated its Special Deals section of refurbished Macs with two 12" PowerBook models. Apple has also…

• iPods Take Over Microsoft

  Apple's iPod is infecting every corner of the world including, to Microsoft's dismay, its own corporate campus

• View the Pepsi Super Bowl iTunes Commercial

  Earlier Wednesday, we reported that Pepsi had released a new commercial for Super Bowl XXXIX. We have posted the video…

• Tangelo Puts Blog Software on Your Mac

  Brad Rhine Software released Tuesday a blog tool called Tangelo, a standalone application that runs on your Mac, making managing…

• Pepsi Unveils Super Bowl iTunes Commercials

  U.S. beverage giant PepsiCo Inc. has released one of two Super Bowl commercials for a bottle cap promotion offering Pepsi…

• IDG Cancels ‘Macworld On Tour’ Road Show; Another City Possible

  Tradeshow company IDG World Expo has postponed its "Macworld On Tour" conference in Kissimmee, Fla. and plans on re-scheduling the…

• Aspyr Announces Zoo Tycoon Deluxe (UPDATED)

  Aspyr Media announced Wednesday Zoo Tycoon Deluxe for the Mac and also released an update to Call of Duty.

• Canon To Ship FireStore DV Recorders This Month

  Canon USA will begin shipping in February new video disc recorders from FOCUS Enhancements, the FireStore FS-4 DTE

• Huge Systems Storage Arrays Get Kona Compatibility

  Huge Systems has announced compatibility with the Huge MediaVault U320R Max and U320RX Dual Max RAID storage arrays with the…