PowerMac G5 with G5Jam+ According to James Wiebe, CEO of WiebeTech, with the recent introduction of a 500GB SATA drive from Hitachi, a PowerMac G5 using G5Jam+ can support a maximum of 3TB (6 x 500 GB) of internal storage, and 2TB (4 x 500GB) of external storage. G5Jam+ ships with a replacement air baffle…
Beyond the Apple Booth: Low-Rent Exhibitors Pleased
S AN FRANCISCO, CA — Those who have attended a Macworld Expo likely recall that pile of little booths way in the back with an odd assortment of exhibitors. These are the Special Interest Pavillions, and they make up the low-rent district of the Macworld show floor. We took some time out to speak with…
Merrill Lynch Sees iPod shuffle, Mac mini As Hot Sellers
I n a research report sent to clients Wednesday, Merrill Lynch analyst Steven Milunovich weighed in on Appleis announcements yesterday and said he believes both the iPod shuffle and Mac mini will be successes for the company. Regarding the iPod shuffle, Milunovich wrote, “We continue to think Apple is building a sustainable consumer electronics franchise…
Cisco Systems Chooses Mac OS X, Xserve, Xserve RAID and Xsan
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Cisco Systems, the world’s largest networking equipment manufacturer, chose Apple’s Mac OS X, Xserve, Xserve RAID, and Xsan networking software for an e-mail archival system. Digital Strata, an Agile-IT development firm in the Enterprise space, implemented the system for Cisco Xsan is a DIY (Do It Yourself) grid software tool for…
Analysts Like Apple Mac mini; See iPod shuffle as MP3 Contender
will help Apple solidify its music player position and gain back small fractions of its market share from Windows-based PCs. Steve Baker, an analyst with NPD feels the Mac mini will not displace inexpensive PCs like those from eMachines and HP, but will gain market share slowly as “an adjunct US$999 notebook.” “Itis not a…
Apple Adds NFL Highlights to iTMS
S AN FRANCISCO, CA — Late on Monday night, Apple added a new feature to the iTunes Music Store called NFL Wild Card Highlights. NFL Wild Card Essentials offer short audio books for this weekis NFL games. Highlights are 2-3 minute audio books of information about recent NFL football games. Each Highlight is priced at…
Mr. iPresident
L ove him or hate him, Apple fans can agree that President George W. Bush at least has good taste in digital music players. The gloved hands dialing in a track on the iPod in the photo below belong to the President, who prepared his “I-pod [sic] during a bicycle ride at a secure location…
First on TMO - Electronic Frontier Foundation To Represent Mac News Sites in Apple Lawsuit
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) announced Monday it will legally represent Mac news sites AppleInsider and PowerPage in its legal battle with Apple Computer over a recent lawsuit filed by the company seeking information on who leaked facts about an un-announced audio hardware product. EFF, a nonprofit group interested in protecting digital rights, said it…
Power Your iPod With Solar Power
S AN FRANCISCO, CA — Better Energy Systems announced Monday Solio, a solar power charging solution for iPods and other portable devices. Consisting of a collapsible array of three solar panels that fits in your pocket, the device connects to your iPod with a cable (see image below). The company said it will be introducing…
Just a Thought - Econo-Mac Revisited
It’s a brand new year; 2005, that means it’s time for a fresh round of speculation about what our good friend and Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, will show off at the San Francisco Macworld Expo. Last May I wrote a piece that examined the likelihood of Apple popping out what I called an Econo-Mac; this…
TMO at CES - From 102 Inches to 2 Inches, CES Showing Off Lots of 'Eye Candy'
LAS VEGAS, NV — Looking for that huge flat panel television? An iPod is just way too big? There’s no other place to find the big to small, the utterly ridiculous to the amazingly miniature, but at the International Consumer Electronics Show, taking place this week in the gambling mecca of the world. Electronics makers…
XM Squelches Combo-iPod Rumors; Leaves Door Open
L AS VEGAS, NV — XM Satellite Radio has had discussions about a combination portable media device and XM receiver with a number of major manufacturers, including Apple, but no formal partnership has been formed and there are no plans for an imminent announcement, the company has told The Mac Observer. XM Director of Product…
Altec Lansing Moves iPod Speakers to Other Music Players [PHOTO ADDED]
L AS VEGAS, NV — Altec Lansing has introduced a new portable speaker system for non-iPod music players based on the companyis original inMotion iPod speaker system. The new unit is called the iM4, and was introduced at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas, NV. The company said that it supports any player from…
Blinkx Desktop Search Engine Mac-bound on Monday
will introduce a version of its desktop-search software for the Macintosh next Monday, the company has announced, beating Apple to market with a similar product, which will be built into the next version of Mac OS X to be released later this year. Blinkx automatically lets users search their hard drive as well as Web…
Apple Ships Xsan Storage Area Network File System
Apple announced Tuesday that it has begun shipping Xsan, the company’s enterprise-class Storage Area Network (SAN) file system. Xsan is a 64-bit cluster file system for Mac OS X that allows users to share storage resources over Fibre Channel. Aimed at both video professionals and IT networks, Xsan supports very high data throughput for multiple…
Apple Hot Deals Update For J&R, Publishing Perfection
A pple has updated the Hot Deals page for J&R and Publishing Perfection 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,…
Recording Industry Sells More Music While Apple Sells More iPods
T he New York Times reported that record sales increased in 2004, the first increase in some three years. The newspaper reported that the recording industry reported sales of some 667 million albums, a 1.6% increase over 2003. The increase sales in music came during a time when the recording industry said that piracy was…
Apple Sues Mac Site For Publishing "Trade Secrets"
A pple has filed suit against Think Secret, the Mac rumor and news site, according to a report by CNet News. Apple sued the site for publishing what it calls trade secrets regarding unannounced products. ThinkSecret has recently published stories about a headless Mac and an Apple productivity suite, neither of which have been announced…
Adobe Releases Acrobat 7
L AS VEGAS, NV — Adobe announced Wednesday the release of Acrobat 7, the companyis PDF creation software family. Version 7 provides users the ability to assemble documents from multiple sources, create intelligent forms, and collaborate on projects inside and outside the firewall. Adobe has three versions of the software, Professional, Standard, and LE. Acrobat…
Apple Upgrades Xserve G5 to 2.3 GHz
Apple announced Tuesday upgraded Xserve G5 systems. One week in advance of Macworld Expo, a venue Apple usually reserves for new product announcements, the company announced an upgraded 2.0 GHz single processor Xserve and a dual 2.3 GHz Xserve. The dual-processor system also sports a faster front side bus, which now runs at 1.15 GHz,…
The Back Page - IBM: The NeXT Mac Cloner?
AudioGoGo.com has published its predictions for 2005, where, as we have seen with other tech media outlets, Apple figured prominently. The magazine had five major predictions concerning Apple, including Apple having a big year for the Mac, Apple losing iPod market share, Apple upgrading the audio quality of the iTunes Music Store, and the Sony…
I.D. Magazine Names Jobs #2 Design Trendsetter
Chief Executive Officer and co-founder Steve Jobs the second most important design trendsetter for 2005. The industrial design magazine asked 800 experts to name their 40 most influential people in design. Mr. Jobs won out over such visionaries as “Gherkin” building architect Norman Foster (#11), renowned architect Frank Gehry (#12), and vacuum cleaner designer James…
iPod Helps Seattle Area Mac Retailers
A ccording to the Seattle Times, iPods have been good for Appleis third party retail stores. The newspaper reported on Monday that a five store chain called The Mac Store saw its business grow in 2004, and the companyis president and CEO, Kevin Anderson, attributed at least some of that growth to the iPod. "The…
