Earlier this year, Apple instituted a program that enables accessory makers to put a “Made for iPod” logo on their products, in exchange for royalty payments. Likened to an “iPod tax” by some, the program is now mandatory for companies that want to connect their products to the dock connector on the bottom of the…
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Apple Introduces Pro Photo Editing Tool Aperture [UPDATE]
“Aperture is to professional photography what Final Cut Pro is to filmmaking,” said Rob Schoeben, Appleis vice president of Applications Marketing. “Finally, an innovative post production tool that revolutionizes the pro photo workflow from compare and select to retouching to output.” RAW The RAW image format offers the clearest and most-detailed digital images, and it…
TMO To Go Podcast - Mac Geek Gab: Back to MP3 - Terminal Trip, Part 1
Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For October 18th, 2005 Direct Links: MP3 Version. No Enhanced show (yet!) this week. We’ll be building a separate feed for the enhanced show. More news to come. This week, John and Dave fire up the terminal and walk through some of their favorite utilities, focusing…
BofA Securities Sees Video iPod as 'Evolutionary, Not Revolutionary'
Mr. Bachman took a look at some of the music videos now available for sale on the iTunes Music Store and found them “to have fast download speeds and good clarity.” However, he wrote, “look for breadth of content to be the long-term regulator on adoption trends.” The analyst believes that Apple could increase consumer…
Memorex Debuts Flash Drive With LCD, Mega TravelDrive With More Capacity
Memorex has expanded its line-up of USB 2.0 TravelDrives with the introduction of the flash-based TravelDrive ID, which features a built-in LCD screen that shows its contents as well as how much storage capacity remains. The company also debuted Mega TravelDrives that come in 6GB and 8GB capacities; they use micro drives, similar to the…
The Slacker's Guide - Desert Combat and Wesnoth
Battle for Wesnoth:"I love it when a plan comes together," exclaimed George Peppard, typically through a cigar and ear to ear grin at the end of each episode of "The A-Team". Words to live by, and likely gray matter I’ll never get back, come to think of it. But sometimes a plan does come together,…
IDC Expects MP3 Player Sales to Surge
“Demand for portable MP3 players is booming, as more and more consumers get acquainted with their stylish form factors and digital audio functionality,” said IDC analyst Susan Kevorkian. This is good news for Apple, which already controls 80 percent of the digital music market, expected to be worth US$145.4 billion by 2009. Flash based players,…
Just a Thought - Apple's Seed
Maybe there should be a Palm death knell. If there was one I’d likely be a high contributor, but I wouldn’t like it very much. You see, I really like Palm and the devices they produce; well, some of them anyway. I also believe that the traditional PDA is passed its prime. I’m not the…
Ihnatko - How to Stuff a Wild iPod
As I sit down and write this (about 12:30 EST on Wednesday afternoon, the video iPod is a Maybe. Sure. Okay: definitely there’s a possibility that there’ll be an iPod that can play video, which will be released sometime, today possibly, or maybe sometime next year. Not to worry; by the time I upload…
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 to a vnu network report. Apple’s dominance in the digital media market may have pushed the two companies into an agreement. Microsoft is paying RealNetworks US$761 million that covers both the settlement, and payment for…
Samsung Pleads Guilty to Price Fixing That Forced Apple, Others to Raise Prices
The Justice Department said that the company engaged in the activity from 1999 through 2002, forcing Apple, Compaq, Gateway and other computer makers to raise their prices as a result. Reporter Rex Nutting said that the Justice Department may also charge the Samsung executives involved in the case.
DLO Redesigns TransPod Auto Solution for iPod
DLO announced Wednesday the release of a redesigned TansPod auto solution for the iPod product line (iPod, iPod nano, iPod mini). TransPod includes a multi-frequency FM transmitter, a holder for your iPod, and a charger, all rolled up into one device. The redesign includes new industrial design, automatic intelligent power management, controllable backlit display, programmable…
The Back Page - Bryan's Notes from the "One More Thing..." Media Event
As you probably know by now, Apple told incoming journalists that blogging and live updates from the "One more thing…" media event were VERBOTEN! Why in the world Apple would want us not giving people live updates is beyond me (Think Control), but it was moot anyway, as I had zero cell-phone signal inside the…
First on TMO - Apple's Tim Cook: iPod nano Demand is 'Staggering'
Unsurprisingly, the new iPod nano was an oft-raised topic of discussion during Apple’s Q&A session with financial analysts on Tuesday. Tim Cook, Apple’s Executive Vice-President of Worldwide Sales and Operations, characterized demand for the new MP3 player as “staggering” and noted that the company shipped more than one million nanos in the 17 days from…
TMO To Go Podcast - Mac Geek Gab: Tips for Switchers, Virus Rants, and More!
Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For October 11th, 2005 Direct Links: MP3 Version. No Enhanced show (yet!) this week. We’ll be building a separate feed for the enhanced show. More news to come. John and Dave focus their advice (and that from the listeners!) towards those of you who have switched…
Apple Confirms More iPods to Come for Holidays
“Over a year ago, we set out to create revolutionary updates to our core iPod line-up and last quarter was the final quarter for the older products,” said Mr. Cook. “We think we did rather well with the prior line-up and believe we will do even bet we are the new line-up we have for…
Apple Modifies Google AdWord Policy
As previously reported, the issue stems from Apple requesting that Google prohibit the use of specific AdWords, or keywords, in paid advertisements in Google search results. The end result was that companies selling Mac and iPod related products were hobbled because they had no way of linking their products to a consumeris search. Although “Mac”…
Japan Record Labels Want iPod Tax
Like its American counterpart, the Japanese recording industry wants a share of Apple’s iPod pie. The New York Times reported Monday on efforts by recording trade groups to have a fee assessed to iPods and other digital media devices as recompense for theoretical piracy, and even just as extra money for the privilege of having…
The Slacker's Guide - Glider & Frag Ops
Distractions With Paper It began back in high school. Amid hormones that rarely helped, a steady torrent of shareware games passed around on floppy disks both kept things interesting as well as violated computer lab policy regarding outside software with abandon. Somewhere along the line, a copy of Glider Pro found its way onto one…
Maine Newspaper Examines iBook Program
The program put an iBook into the hands of every 7th and 8th student, along with their teachers, in the state of Maine. Championed by then-governor Angus King, the program was the first such to try and put a computer in the hands of every child across an entire state. Apple has worked with other…
Marketcircle Updates DayLite Mail Integration Module
It also enables users to create tasks, appointments, opportunities and projects for contacts directly from Apple Mail, without needing to access DayLite. Finally, this upgrade offers unexpanded group handling, so that users can send messages to all contacts in Apple Address Book groups whether those groups are expanded or selected or not.
Analysts Raise Apple's Sept., Dec. Estimates on Strength of iPod nano
Mr. Wu has added one million iPods to his original forecast for Appleis September quarter, which ended last week; results will be announced on Oct. 11. He now expects Apple to report sales of eight million iPods, helping Apple reach US$3.9 billion in revenue and $0.43 in EPS (earnings per share). For Appleis 2005 fiscal…
Sims 2 University Expansion Available for Pre-Order
This addition to the popular “people simulator” includes the young adult age group, which enables Sims to head off to college. Collegiate Sims can vie to become the Big Sim on Campus, earn one of 11 types of degrees that open one of four new careers when they return home as adults, join fraternities and…
