Russ Crupnick, president of The NPD Groupis Music and Movies division, said in a statement: “One of the music industryis questions has been when will paid download stores compete head-to-head with free P2P download services. That question has now been answered. iTunes is more popular than nearly any P2P service, and two other paid digital…

Mr. Bachman continued: “On the whole, we believe this is a net positive … as the transition will allow it to provide improved performance, better heat and power management and lower price points, especially for mobile platforms. Further, we have always believed that Appleis value has rested with its software development (for its OS and…

The WSJ reported Monday (subscription required) that Apple “has begun briefing some partners about plans to begin shifting its Macintosh computer line next year to Intel chips, according to industry executives and people familiar with the briefings. Apple has said it expects to announce the move today, these people said.” Apple Chief Executive Officer Steve…

This upgrade also offers MorphGrid, a new primitive type that places a network of handles over a surface and enables designers to push and pull them to shape the terrain without having to import bitmap terrains. Pandromeda also improved the previews of all materials by systematically organizing and displaying them. MojoWorld 3 is available in…

The article also quoted Mr. George as noting: “I donit think those customers have a specific place to go. There is not a clear identity to go in that high-end direction. We are competing for those customers along with companies like HP, Sony, Apple, Alienware and those customers that basically build their own systems.” The…

iEmulator 1.7.6 now provides the ability to access Mac files, folders and volumes directly from the emulated Windows environment, adding tremendous value and making file sharing across platforms extremely simple. Other previous features of iEmulator include the ability to assign up to 1 gigabyte of memory to each emulated PC, instantaneous PC state saving and…

Writing for Technology Review.com, Eric Hellweg believes last Sundayis announcement by Apple CEO Steve Jobs that a new version of iTunes software will debut in the next 60 days with full support to download and play a variety of podcast “will be a signal event for the technology, propelling it from a hobbyistis pursuit to…

Goodman explains that the program will continue for two more years and could expand to all the sixth graders in the district, depending on decisions made by a committee comprised of parents, teachers and administrators. He says that “most teachers saw not only significantly increased class time on computers, but also improvements in attendance. They…

Audible emphasizes compatibility with Appleis iPod on its Web site, and Apple has supported Audible by selling its content on the iTunes Music Store, but Apple CEO Steve Jobs recently announced that iTunes 4.9 will offer features for finding, downloading and managing podcasts. Apple will also freely distribute what it deems are the best podcasts…

Mr. Jobs made his comments during his keynote address at the Wall Street Journalis D Conference Sunday night outside San Diego, Calif. An invited guest, who asked not to be identified, told The Mac Observer of specific topics and quotes from the almost two-hour open conversation, in which Mr. Jobs fielded a range of questions…

Kevin Krewell, editor-in-chief of industry newsletter Microprocessor Report, believes Apple is trying to send a message to IBM that it should be its highest priority when it comes to the Power PC processor. “iThis news came out the week after the E3 games Expo in Los Angeles, where IBM was very much in the center…

Mr. Milunovich also observes that “music videos have been on sale through Appleis iTunes Music Store since last week” and that “the music industry doesnit have an outlet to sell music videos and would likely cooperate with Apple.” However, it should be noted that Apple isnit selling any music videos — theyire only available to…