With all of the hoopla over the iPod mini recently, it is easy to overlook some of Apple’s other equally cool offerings that were announced during MacWorld in San Francisco this past January (like iLife ’04). Those of you who’ve bought iLife ’04 already know about the many improvements in iPhoto, iMovie, and iDVD, and…
Analysts To Microsoft: Think More Like Apple
How many of you know about Window XP’s Remote Desktop feature, or use Windows Messenger? Being that you are an Apple audience, your ignorance of these features is understandable (note that 1/3 of our visitors are on Windows machines), but that shouldn’t be the case if you happen to run a PC with Windows XP.…
TMO Reports - Flat-Panel Display Sales Overtake CRTs; Prices Falling Fast
Thin, stylish LCD flat-panel computer displays will surpass the sales of bulky cathode-ray tube (CRT) monitors for the first time in the US later this year, according to researcher DisplaySearch. Sales of liquid crystal displays (LCDs) are expected to reach US$21 billion this year and projections are that prices will slowly fall on all size…
Feature Article - Mac OS X Server Safest, But OS Diversity Key To Stopping Hackers, New Study Reveals
Apple’s Mac OS X Server and Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD)-based, Open Source operating systems are the most secure online server OSes, according to a new study by the British cyber security firm mi2g. The study also advises organizations to use more than one OS as a way to combat hacking and viruses, regardless of the increased…
TMO Reports - Eminem Lawyers To Apple: "This Was Deliberate Copyright Infringement"
Lawyers representing rap superstar Eminem and the publisher of his music have accused Apple Computer of knowingly using one of his songs in a 2003 iTunes television commercial, even after the company and its advertising agency confirmed it did not have permission to do so. As a result, Apple is being sued along with three…
Apple Has 80% Of South Africa's Graphics Market
AllAfrican.com has an interesting report on Apple’s efforts to gain market share in South Africa. The media outlet says while Apple’s market share in the struggling economy of South Africa is at 2%, the company owns some 80% of the graphic design industry. From AllAfrica.com: Ten years after re-entering the South African market, Apple still…
Apple Launches RAM Promo For New Macs
A pple has launched a new promo through the Apple Store Hot Deals page. Itis called, simply enough, More memory for less," and as the name implies, you can get more RAM for less. Apple is offering up to US$700 off the price of RAM upgrades on Power Mac G5s, Xserve G5, iMac, and Power…
(Barely) Faster Portable G4s From Moto, But G5s Could be Close
C|Net is reporting that Motorola has introduced slightly faster G4 processors that should run cool enough for a laptop. This could allow Apple to release faster PowerBooks, but the processors clock in at only 1.42 GHz, 70 MHz faster than the 1.33 GHz processors currently offered in Apple’s top of the line 17″ PowerBook, and…
Apple Retailer Lawsuit Makes Bay Area TV News
Elite Computers shut its doors last April, a victim, according to the company, of Apple’s unfair treatment to its resellers. A lawsuit from Elite’s Thomas Armes and MacAdam’s Tom Santos followed soon, with both retailers claiming that Apple was systematically and unfairly putting them out of business in order to make way for the company’s…
iPod mini Meets Lines Of Anxious Fans At Apple Store
A h, Spring: It comes a bit earlier in Florida; warm sunshine with Winteris echo still in the breeze, naked trees slowly dressing themselves in their Summer gowns of green, birds and bees busy living up to the stories we tell of them. Ah, Spring: When the pollen count is so high that breathing becomes…
Geeks Make Good On Macs
Every Mac user knows the story, or ought to: The Two Steves, Wozniak and Jobs, created and sold computers from their parents’ garage, and worked that humble beginning into an industry defining business. In the process, of course, they become rich and famous. It’s the computer nerd’s version of the American Dream. Stuff like only…
Mercury News: Napster Losing Money & Top Executives
If you’re looking to download music, legally at least, your choices have never been better; the number of such services seemed to expand almost daily. It could be, however, that the salad days of iTunes Music Store wannabes, or at least one fairly prominent wannabe, are numbered. The San Jose Mercury News is reporting that…
Columnist Attacks iTunes As "Bad," Extols WMA As "Good"
Jason Cross is cross, if you’ll pardon the rather obvious joke, at Apple’s iTunes/iPod business model. Mr. Cross is a writer for ExtremeTech, a technology magazine, and he has penned a condemnation of iTunes/iPod based on Apple’s business model for the platform. Mr. Cross’s basic premise is that though iTunes is very good software, and…
iTMS Prepaid Cards Available At Target [Updated]
[ Update: TMO staff stopped by a local Target store to check out the new cards, and found an endcap display with brochures for iPod and iPod mini, the $15 iTMS cards, and a nice selection of iPod accessories. (No iTunes branded CD-Rs, though.) We also found that there were no iPods or iPod minis…
iTMS/Pepsi Giveaway Hacked. Well, Not Really
The secret is the angle. Iive found it to be 25 degrees, but thatis really no use when youire out in the field. Just tilt it until it seems about that, and look up towards it (hold it above your head). With luck, you should be able to see under the cap. […] Itis easiest…
Apple Ships iPod Mini, Claims 100,000 Pre-Orders
Apple announced this morning that the iPod mini has shipped. Apple first announced the iPod mini at January’s Macworld San Francisco, and since that time the company says that it has received more than 100,000 pre-orders for the unit. The iPod mini has been somewhat controversial, with some criticizing it’s US$249 price tag for a…
Are All Microsoft Networks Bad For Your Computing Health?
Remember Dan Geer? He was part of a group of security experts who published a paper that warned that Microsoft’s overwhelming software dominance is bad for our country, and the computer industry as whole. Mr. Geer, who had been working for @stake Inc., was fired for his efforts, but his push to promote a more…
Apple Store For Business Offers Projector Deal
A pple has updated the Hot Deals page for Sweetwater, J&R, and the Apple Store for Business at the Macintosh Product Guide. The Mac Product Guide is a list of Mac compatible hardware and software products on the market. The Hot Deals section of the Product Guide features several Mac retailers and special offers that…
Mac-To-Go: See The Mac Installed In A Tatra
Talk to any Mac fan about Mac market share — including, it seems, Steve Jobs– and you’ll likely hear a comparison between Macs and BMWs, or Macs and Mercedes, or Macs and Porches. What about Macs and Tatras? Tatras? Yep, Americans who’ve spent some time in Europe may recognize the name. Tatra is a car…
Apple Hot Deals Update: Bass Tutorial, Software, Cameras, More
A pple has updated the Hot Deals page for ClubMac and J&R at the Macintosh Product Guide. The Mac Product Guide is a list of Mac compatible hardware and software products on the market. The Hot Deals section of the Product Guide features several Mac retailers and special offers that one can only get, at…
MacMall To Sell Off G5s From Virginia Tech's G5 Supercomputer
Ever since Virginia Tech announced that it would be replacing all of the dual processor 2.0GHz G5 computers in its cluster with new G5 Xserves, some have been wondering what would become of the chunks of the famous cluster. Well, wonder no more. The folks at MacMall will be selling off the refurbished machines for…
Mireth Tech Updates ShredIt X With NSA Compliance
Mireth Technology has released version 5.2 of ShredIt X. A privacy utility, ShredIt X is the electronic document shredder for Macintosh OS X computers that securely deletes files, folders and disk free space. Throwing a file in the trash does not remove the file contents from the hard disk – it just removes the file…
BusinessWeek: Free The iMac, And The Sales Will Follow
Alex Salkever of BusinessWeek says it’s time for the iMac to become the Cube. Actually, he never mentions the word "Cube," but Mr. Salkever says that Apple needs to separate the iMac and its monitor — making it into a small, headless Mac — in order to rejuvenate lagging iMac sales. This is, of course,…
Microsoft Finds Time In Its Hectic Schedule To Fix A Six Month Old Vulnerability
It’s been quite a while since we’ve heard our friends in Redmond warn us of a critical flaw in any of its software (over a week, in fact!), so it’s about time. According to an article at ZDNet, Microsoft has issued a patch for Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 that…
