Archives for October 2005
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Apple Developer Connection Looks At Aspyr’s Intel Transition Efforts
The Apple Developer Connection Web site has published "Aspyr's Universal Binaries Experience: Bringing Games to Intel-based Macs," a new article…
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DiscBlaze 6 Designed With Tiger in Mind
Radical Breeze has released DiscBlaze 6.0, a new version of its CD/DVD burning utility designed with Mac OS X v10.4…
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Apple Germany Gets New Managing Director
Freddie Geier, CEO of Elgato, will be the new Managing Director of Apple's German subsidiary, Elgato announced on Tuesday. He…
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Macworld SF Updates Market Symposium Information
Market Symposiums, the latest addition to Macworld San Francisco, are scheduled for January 13, 2006, running from 10:00 a.m. until…
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Adobe Announces InDesign Server CS2
Adobe announced InDesign Server CS2, a system for automating design workflows, on October 17. InDesign Server CS2 will let third…
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Entertainment Industry Has Mixed Views on iPod
Not everyone in Hollywood is optimistic about the success of Apple's video capable iPod and video download service. Some television…
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IOGEAR Debuts Four Pocket Card Readers
IOGEAR has introduced four new Pocket Card Readers that can be used to transfer files from various types of flash…
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Mac Geek Gab: Back to MP3 - Terminal Trip, Part 1
This week, John and Dave fire up the terminal and walk through some of their favorite utilities, focusing on the…
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Hollywood Unions Want Piece of iTunes Video Pie
Late on Friday, iPodObserver reported that five Hollywood unions are looking for a piece of the iTunes video pie in…
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Time Looks at Apple’s Creative Process; Jobs on Cover
On Sunday, we reported that Time magazine had put Apple CEO Steve Jobs on the cover of the October 24,…
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WSJ: ‘TV Downloads May Undercut ABC Stations’
Apple's release of TV content through the iTunes Music Store "may have helped open a Pandora's box for the media…
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Guy Kawasaki to Speak at MacLive Conference
Guy Kawasaki will be making a rare appearance as the keynote speaker for the first annual MacLive Conference, scheduled for…
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WatchMouse widget Monitors Web Site Availability
WatchMouse Site Monitor is a new widget from WatchMouse that monitors a web site for availability problems. Enter the URL…
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Apple Abandons Samsung Chip Deal
Apple and Samsung are no longer pursuing a potential deal where Samsung would produce memory chips for the iPod, according…
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Apple’s Mac Market Share Climbs to 4.3% in U.S. [Update]
Apple Computer's market share of the U.S. computer market climbed to 4.3% in the September quarter, according to market research…
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Freeverse to Sponsor Mac Game Programming Contest ‘The OMG Cup’
Freeverse Software on Monday concluded its weeklong series of announcements by noting that it will be the principal sponsor of…
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Aspyr Updates The Sims 2
Changes included in the upgrade include bug fixes for problems experienced when using the in-game content browser to connect to…
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BofA Securities Sees Video iPod as ‘Evolutionary, Not Revolutionary’
Banc of America Securities analyst Keith Bachman on Monday looked at the release of the video-capable iPod as "an evolutionary…
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AmTech Upgrades Apple Stock to ‘Buy,’ Ups Target Price to $63
American Technology Research's Shaw Wu, who has had a "Hold" rating on Apple's stock for several months, on Monday upgraded…
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Desert Combat and Wesnoth
Chris Barylick gives us a tour of Battle of Wesnoth, an open source game for Mac, Linux, and Windows. He…
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Nancy’s Guide to iChat (and Adium)
Nancy Carroll Gravley offers a guide to using iChat, directions for using iChat to talk on MSN Messenger, and a…
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System Shootouts Updates with New iMacs, More
Charles Gaba updated his Mac vs. PC System Shootouts Friday. The System Shootouts compare Macintosh systems from Apple to comparably…
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Apple Updates Apple Store Special Deals
Apple has updated its Apple Store Special Deals page with discount prices on refurbished and new, unopened hardware.
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Apple Promotes Tim Cook to COO, Says Rubinstein Will Retire
Apple on Friday announced that Tim Cook, the company's executive vice-president of worldwide sales and operations, is now Chief Operating…
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Take Control of Permissions in Mac OS X Ebook Available
TidBITS announced the immediate availability of "Take Control of Permissions in Mac OS X," the latest title in the Take…
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Memorex Debuts Flash Drive With LCD, Mega TravelDrive With More Capacity
Memorex has introduced the LCD-equipped TravelDrive ID and 6GB and 8GB versions of the Mega TravelDrive.
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IDC Expects MP3 Player Sales to Surge
IDC analysts predict that the MP3 player market will jump from the 26.4 million units shipped in 2004 to almost…
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Freeverse Announces ToySight Gold
Freeverse and Strange Flavour announced ToySight Gold on Friday. The 15 game set includes FlySight, Mars Lander, The Owl and…
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So: It’s A Video iPod. Sweet!
Okey-doke...so it is indeed a video-studly iPod. Inneresting. I don't have mine yet -- and I haven't even had my…
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How to Stuff a Wild iPod
Andy Ihnatko shows us how to stuff a video-capable wild iPod with video (and your Mac, too, while you're at…
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Apple’s Seed
Vern Seward takes a look at where the iPod could go in the future with something he's calling the iPod…
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Samsung Pleads Guilty to Price Fixing That Forced Apple, Others to Raise Prices
Samsung on Thursday pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to fix the prices of the semiconductors used in computers and…
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Apple Updates QuickTime to 7.0.3 w/Bug Fixes & iPod Features
Apple updated QuickTime to version 7.0.3, an update that includes both bug fixes and new features.
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eMac Missing From Retail Channels
Apple quietly pulled the eMac from the consumer channel, and is making it available only through the education channel. The…
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iPod Loses FireWire, Limits Some Users
Apple's new iPod line up supports USB, but not FireWire. For Mac owners that have a USB 2.0 port, it's…
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Analysts Gene Munster, Shaw Wu Issue Upbeat Reactions to New iPod, iMac
American Technology Research's Shaw Wu and Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster on Thursday issued research reports that detail their positive reactions…
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Apple Stock Surges More than 9% [UPDATED]
After crashing in after-hours trading on Tuesday, Apple's stock regained some losses on Wednesday and completely erased them on Thursday.
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UBS Pleased with New Apple Products
UBS Investment Research was pleased with the product announcements Apple made at its "One More Thing..." even on October 12.…
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No Live Coverage of Apple Media Event Permitted [UPDATED]
UPDATE 12:50pm EDT: As it turns out, no live updating will be permitted during the event. We will have a…
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Bryan’s Notes from the "One More Thing…" Media Event
Bryan Chaffin offers his notes from Wednesday's "One more thing..." media event where the new iPod, iMac G5, Front Row,…
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New iMac: Modem Optional
Apple's new iMac lineup now ships without a built-in modem, just like its big brother, the Power Mac G5. Instead,…
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Apple Intros Thinner iMac With Built-In iSight, More
In addition to taking the wraps off the long-awaited video iPod, Apple on Wednesday introduced a thinner iMac that features…
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New from Freeverse: The Best of Original Mac Games
Freeverse announced The Best of Original Mac Games on Tuesday, which should be shipping by the end of October. The…
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Apple Hot Deals Update from ClubMac, Small Dog, and Ramjet
Apple Computer has updated the Hot Deals pages for ClubMac, Small Dog Electronics and Ramjet at the Macintosh Product Guide.…
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Microsoft and RealNetworks Settle Lawsuit, Partner Up
Microsoft settled a lawsuit on Tuesday with RealNetworks, and Apple may have inadvertently played a hand in the deal, according…
