Archives for March 2005

March, 17th March 2005

• Bruce Springsteen on U2 iPod & "The Boss" iPod

  Bruce Springsteen would like to see a red, white and blue iPod The Boss Special Edition, modeled after the black…

• Business 2.0 Recommends Startup Companies Support Mac

  If you want your startup company's new product to be successful, make sure it supports the Mac platform. These words…

• Team[mac] Offers Gaming Servers for Mac Players

  Team[mac] is a new gaming community for Mac users, offering servers hosting Call of Duty and Medal of Honor: Allied…

• Morgan Stanley Upgrades Apple to ‘Overweight’

  Morgan Stanley became the fourth analyst this week to raise its estimates for Apple this quarter. The firm said it…

March, 16th March 2005

• Analyst: Apple to Gain Mac Market Share

  Late on Wednesday, we reported on a Wall Street analyst who said that Apple could grow Mac market share over…

• Apple Updates Keynote & Pages to Improve Reliability

  Apple Computer released an update for iWork's component applications, Keynote and Pages. Both updates address reliability issues for the software

• Google Mum on Google X Disappearance

  Google has pulled the plug on Google X less than a day after the page first went up

• Apple Acknowledges Trackpad Woes on New PowerBooks

  Apple has acknowledged issues with the trackpads on new PowerBook G4 models and has posted a tech note with a…

• GM Outfitting Car Stereos With Line-In Jacks for iPods

  It may not be as slick an iPod-in-car implementation as BMW or Mercedes, but General Motors has decided to take…

• Samsung Debuts 6 New Music Players; Targets Apple’s Dominance

  Samsung unveiled six new portable digital media players Thursday, aimed at cutting into Apple's 70% worldwide market share of music…

• SXSW Music Fesitval: iPod, iTunes, and Free Music

  If you won't be able to make it to this year's South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival, taking place this…

• Goldman Sachs Ups Apple Estimates on iPod Shuffle Sales

  Saying stock in Apple Computer will sell little competition from the likes of Sony any time soon, the investment firm…

• Two Free Sets of GarageBand Loops

  iCompositions and MacJams both announced Thursday that they are giving away a free set of GarageBand loops

• Apple Seeks Royalties for "Made for iPod" Logo

  Apple Computer is asking third party iPod accessory vendors for as much as 10% of their wholesale costs in exchange…

• Boston Herald Gives Mac mini High Marks

  Apple's newest Mac, the Mac mini, has style, grace, and is affordable, according to a review of the product in…

• Ambrosia Software Unleahes GooBall Game

  Ambrosia Software, the company behind such popular shareware games as Apeiron, pop-pop, Bubble Trouble, Deimos Rising, and Escape Velocity, has…

• Apple Shareholder Meeting to be Held April 21st

  Apple Computer will be holding its annual shareholder meeting on April 21st, according to notices that went out to shareholders…

March, 15th March 2005

• Dvorak: Apple Lawsuits are Threat to Free Press

  Apple's lawsuit against Think Secret, and its attempts to subpoena information from AppleInsider and PowerPage, are threats to a free…

• ViewSonic Announces Ultra-Fast Response Time Xtreme LCDs, Rival CRT

  ViewSonic announced its new Xtreme LCD displays Wednesday, which feature an ultra-fast 4ms average video response time across the entire…

• Tracking Issues With Apple’s New PowerBooks

  The troubleshooting gurus at MacFixIt have put together a special report that details the most widespread issues reported with Apple's…

• Iomega Announces New External Hard Drive Lines

  Iomega introduced two new lines of external USB 2.0 hard drives Wednesday, the full-size Silver Series and a new portable…

• Apple Hot Deals Update for MacMall, Sweetwater, Clearance Page

  Apple has updated the Hot Deals page for MacMall and Sweetwater Sound, as well as the "Clearance" page at the…

• Scottish Newspaper Jumps in with Anti-Apple Commentary

  Writing for Scottish newspaper the Scotsman, Stewart Kirkpatrick said Wednesday that Apple's legal efforts are "an insane piece of PR"…

• Nikon Introduces 4.2-Ounce Coolpix S1 Digital Camera

  Nikon USA announced Wednesday the Coolpix S1, a new 3/4-inch thick digital camera with a resolution of five megapixels

• Google X: Google With a Touch of Apple Flair

  While Mac users are no doubt accustomed to searching Google directly from their Web browser's Toolbar, for those times when…

• Motorola Says iTunes Phone Delay Due in Part to Apple

  Motorola did not show any phones designed to work with Apple's iTunes Music Store at CeBIT in Germany, as some…

• Analyst: Apple to Gain Mac Market Share

  The iPod Halo Effect, security problems with Windows, and Apple's ability to use innovation to bring down pricing will lead…

March, 14th March 2005

• Napster CEO Calls Steve Jobs "Frightened"

  Napster CEO Chris Gorog wasn't pulling punches in an interview with Engadget published Monday, saying that Apple CEO Steve Jobs…

• Developer News: Apple Posts Article about OsiriX

  The Apple Developer Connection published an article Tuesday about OsiriX, an Open Source medical imaging technology that's only on Mac…

• itunes.co.uk Owner Ordered to Give Up Domain, Considers Appeal

  The owner of the itunes.co.uk domain is considering an appeal to Britain's High Court after Nominet, the UK Internet registry,…

• Add 8 External eSATA Ports to Power Mac

  Sonnet Technologies announced Tuesday Tempo-X eSATA 8, a PCI card that brings eight external eSATA ports to your Power Mac

• ShuffleShirt Includes Pocket for iPod Shuffle

  ShuffleShirt.com has launched a line of self-titled shirts that offer iPod shuffle owners a handy pocket for carrying their diminutive…

• DLO Now Offering TransPod in Silver and Black

  The car charger+cradle+FM-tuner continues to be available in white as well

• Improve Your AirPort Base Station Range With a Ceiling Mounted Antenna

  The 6 dBi antenna is designed to provide maximum coverage in a room and to floors beneath it

• Apple Discloses 2004 Exec Stock Option Profits; Rubinstein Rakes in $26M

  Apple Computer disclosed Tuesday that three of its top executives took home more than US$49.9 million in profit from exercising…

• Credit Suisse First Boston Raises Apple Forecast

  Stronger than expected iPod shuffle and Mac mini sales will lift Apple's bottom line, but CSFB maintains its Neutral rating…

• Apple ‘iPod Zone’ Blankets London Subway Stop (WITH PHOTOS)

  Thousands of commuters to London's Leicester Square Underground subway station don't know it, but they're now part of the zone.…

• True Crime: Streets of L.A. Ships

  Aspyr Media has started shipping True Crime: Streets of L.A. for $49.99

March, 13th March 2005

• Death Knell #45: Apple Will Dump Macs in Five Years

  Bryan Chaffin offers you Apple Death Knell #45, in which Rob Enderle once again predicts that Apple will either dump…

• New Microsoft Tool Helps Outlook 2001 Users Migrate to Entourage 2004

  Microsoft released Monday a new PST Import Tool for helping Outlook 2001 for Mac users transition to Entourage 2004

• Apple Offers .Mac Members $50-off Intuit QuickBooks: Pro 2005

  The accounting software also features built-in support for backing data up to an iDisk

• TextSoap 4.1 Update Released

  Unmarked Software has released TextSoap 4.1, the latest version of its text processing utility, with increased stability and other customer…

• Chronos Releases SOHO Art Pack with 40,000+ Images

  Chronos announced Monday the release of SOHO Art Pack, a commercial-grade collection of 40,000-plus photos, photo objects, and vector clip…

• StickyBrain 3.4 Adds Clip Art Browser, iPhoto Integration

  Chronos has released an update to StickyBrain, a Mac OS X note manager application, with a clip art browser and…

• Iogear Debuts Pocket Card Media Reader

  Iogear announced Monday a plam-size, USB 2.0 device featuring a MultiMedia Card and Secure Digital Card reader

• Mac OS X Utility Updated for Jaguar Users

  Kristofer Szymanski has released Cocktail 3.5 (Jaguar Edition)

• SkinIt Offers Affordable Vinyl Skins for Mac mini

  SkinIt has released a new 4-piece vinyl skin for Mac mini users who wish to customize their new computer

• MagnaTune Offers TunePlug: Flash Drive Filled with Music

  Magnatune announced Monday that it is now shipping TunePlug, a USB Flash drives pre-loaded with 10 albums of music

• NY Final Cut Group Announces Two Meetings this Week

  The New York City Final Cut Pro user group has announced two meetings scheduled for this week

• Doom 3 for Mac Ships

  Aspyr Media announced Monday the long-awaited released of Doom 3 for the Mac