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Apple sued by The Beatles over iPod, ITMS highlights the case that Apple Computers, Inc. is being sued by Apple Corps (The Beatles parent company) over breach of contract. "Apparently when Apple Computer first started, The Beatles sued them for the use of the corporate name. In addition to a ...

Apple poised to release new products: Apple has scheduled a new product announcement for next Tuesday. And the world holds its breath. Munster added that it is possible that Apple could release new iPods at the event. But he thinks it is less likely that Apple will release a larger, ...

Apple Computer History Weblog : Who Killed Apple Computer?: An interesting post from an ex-marketing director at Apple. He lambasts the company that everyone holds to believe is the symbol of everything right and good in the computer industry. "I did it. I killed Apple Computer. Of course you helped ...

A Kuwaiti blogger stopped by his local Apple store the other day and snapped some photos. These are not your typical Apple Store photos however, the shiny aluminum and translucent plastic of today is replaced by worthless software and multi colored Apple logos. It's like they left work one day ...

The Apple Deathknell Counter shows that Apple Computer has been declared dead or dying 27 times in various major publications since 1995. And there are still articles almost weekly, especially following new product announcements, complaining about how Apple does business. But can you argue with a computer company whose 3-year-old ...

Rumor site AppleInsider got hit with a lawsuit Wednesday, in the wake of two articles leaking information on what is to be released in the Macworld Expo next week. The suit, filed Tuesday in the Superior Court of Santa Clara County, Calif., aims to identify who is leaking the information ...

Apple to sell Macs at Best Buy: I wonder how this will affect the plans for the Apple Stores around the country? Will they only sell in Best Buy markets where they don't have a retail presence? "The Cupertino, Calif.-based computer maker plans next month to launch a pilot program ...

News & Info About Apple's Retail Stores: This guy really likes Apple stores. Did you ever stand in front of an Apple retail store all night? I have...and it's an interesting experience. This Web site is devoted to those who camp in front of (ifo) Apple's stores, and to Macintosh ...

Special Report: Apple's Strategic Shift: Whether they knew it or not, the development of the iPod signalled Apple's move toward consumer products and will allow them to rely less on computer sales alone. This is an excellent series of articles about how Apple is reinventing itself and why the Windows ...

'Cool Hunters' Like Apple's Shine "During the summer, Apple became one of the coolest companies in America. At least that's what youth marketing experts who follow the tastes of teenagers say. Thanks to the iPod, the iTunes Music Store and the PowerMac G5, Apple is one of the hottest companies ...

Apple Earmarks New Cat Names "According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Apple registered four new trademarks in early July: Cougar, Lynx, Leopard and Tiger. All four were filed under the 'computer operating system software' category."

Apple - Mighty Mouse: Apple announces a multi-button mouse. Gosh, what an advance. In the beginning, there was one button. Then there were two. Then there were clickable scroll wheels and programmable toggles and solid-state slides. But nobody made a mouse as easy to use as your Mac. Until now. ...

The odd trip of a mysterious recor: Here's an interesting story about how 11 MP3s of unreleased Fiona Apple tracks somehow got on the Internet and subsequently resurrected her career. Last year, Apple and the multitalented producer Jon Brion came up with a wonderfully complex construction of Brion's vision and ...

This weekend Apple opened six new 'mini' stores around the country. They are much smaller than a normal Apple Store and they allow Apple to enter more markets without the high initial start up costs associated with larger stores. Once again the design is impeccable. The stores have clear white ...

Apple to pay $100M to Creative in settlement: It's interesting that Apple is settling a case on IP. Apple said it will pay $100 million for a license to use Creative's patented technology in its iPod music player, settling all legal disputes between the two companies. Jobs made this statement ...

Beyond the obvious author Andrew Day has compiled an extensive collection of vintage Apple TV ads. Amazingly, this guy doesn't even own a Mac. Fire up your bittorrent clients and take a step back in time. Via The Unofficial Apple Weblog.

According to an article on ThinkSecret, Apple Computer has assembled an Enterprise Sales Group that will focus on selling the Xserve and Xserve RAID to big-time IT management groups. The Xserve and matching RAID box have been catching on in IT circles, what with the combination of slick hardware and ...

Microsoft, Apple Sign 5-Year Software Pact: Some interesting news out of MacWorld. Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, said in an interview Tuesday that the company won't sell or support Windows itself, but also hasn't done anything to preclude people from loading Windows onto the machines ...

1984 Apple Newsweek Advertising Insert: And this guy scanned the whole thing. In the Fall of 1984 Apple published a 16-page (with fold-out) advertising insert in Newsweek magazine. For many, this was the first "up-close" experience with a Macintosh -- detailing the radical features of this new computer.

Business motivation: Kottke explains what I've always felt about Apple and what I've tried to get across with my endless Honda vs. Audi analogies. Apple is basically a luxury computer and software company, akin to Gucci, Bang & Olufsen, and Calphalon in their respective industries. They aim to produce well-designed ...

From the 'Let it Die' Department: A couple of Apple hackers have modded up their Apple ]['s so that they can run web browsers (yes, you read that right). Oliver Schmidt and Glenn Jones have made a working prototype Apple ][ port of Contiki that works with Glenn's self-built Apple ...

ThinkSecret has what they claim are photos of the machine being shipped by Apple for Apple Developer Connection members; the Apple Development Platform ADP2,1. The machine's case is similar to the G5, but the cooling fans inside are arranged differently, and in place of the standard G5 processor it has ...

Digital Hubris: Apple's Tablet Computer Might Finally Be That Link Between Your PC and TV "Real computers have keyboards," Steve has said a zillion times, and he'll mean it right up to the moment he changes his mind. That moment appears to be coming soon. Quanta, the Taiwanese company that ...

spl's soapbox apple powermac G5: Apparently Apple cooked the G5 test results. Bummer. More from Extreme Tech. "...it appears that Apple actually modified the CPU registers to enable an optimized special-case scenario, and one that is not indicative of real-world performance. Lionbridge's notes regarding the malloc library also indicate ...

Alex Salkever of Business Week has written an open letter to Apple's Steve Jobs in a recent column that provides some interesting perspectives on where Apple should go next in terms of its computer business. Most of his points are awfully hard to argue with. You've been to Target, right? ...

Apple profit rises 48 pct, helped by iPod sales: This is significant. I guess I can't taunt Mac users with "single digit market share" anymore, at least in the notebook market. Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's chief financial officer, said in an interview that the company had a "fantastic quarter," adding that ...

www.apple-history.com: For those obsessed with the land of the half-eaten fruit, this site claims to have been online since 1996. It has page after page of information cross-referenced by date, family, and processor.

Ruby on Rails will ship with OS X 10.5 (Leopard): Rails will be preinstalled on the next version of the Apple OS. It's finally official: Ruby on Rails will ship with the next version of OS X. Both server and client (on the developer DVD). We've been working with Apple ...

And this time it's more preposterous than ever. According to him, now that Apple is using Intel processors they will complete the transformation and totally drop OS X, replacing the OS in Apple machines with Windows. Yeah, right. Like the market needs yet another Windows machine. The last thing Apple ...

It's almost time to buy AAPL again. Apple Computer on Friday declared a two-for-one stock split, its first since June of 2000 and only the third in its 25-year history as a publicly traded company. Apple shares, which have surged more than four-fold in the past 17 months, climbed nearly ...

Report: Apples will soon have Intel inside: I saw this float around for a while last week. Waiting for confirmation. I wonder if new Macs will have the "Intel Inside" sticker on them. That'd be cool. Apple CEO Steve Jobs is expected to announce Monday morning that Apple will discontinue ...

Apple gets a lot of good press (well deserved good press) for the slick design of the Apple Stores and the Genius Bars at each of the stores. But try as they might, the geniuses that man the Genius Bars aren't always as well informed as they ought to be ...

Wired News: Apple Cube: Alive and Selling: The Apple Cube may be dead, but true to form, Mac addicts have formed a cult around it and are keeping it alive. "Kemplar, an online computer boutique that sells sleek sub-notebooks, fancy cell phones and other trendy devices, has just started selling ...

Apple Computer released a "performance update" for OS X Jaguar on September 23, then promptly kicked that puppy off its support site the following day. Many who had downloaded & installed the update complained of networking glitches on certain machines. Others found things to like with the update, such as ...

Apple's Knowledge Navigator revisited: Jon Udell points us to an interesting promotional video produced by Apple in (apparently) the late 80s touting the futuristic technology of the "Knowledge Navigator." Jon links to a copy of the video and talks a little about where it went right and wrong in the ...

At yesterday's meeting of Apple's board of directors, Dr. Eric Schmidt, chief executive officer of Google, was elected to the board. Link. Schmidt joins the uber-elite crew of Bill Campbell, Chairman and former CEO of Intuit Corp., Millard Drexler, Chairman and CEO of J. Crew, Albert Gore Jr., Former Vice ...

Apple introduces dual-boot software Seems Apple wasn't too worried about folks hacking their new Intel Macs to boot windows. They've been working on a solution themselves and it appears to be much more polished than anything a guy who never sees the sun could ever hope to create. Apple today ...

Apple introduced today the new AirPort Express wireless doodad. The AirPort Express (can I call it the APE for short?) is a little white wall-wart-sized brick that can be used for several things, most notably streaming your iTunes music -- mp3, CD, or Internet Radio -- wirelessly from your Mac ...

Turns out the Macarazzi rumormongers were right: Apple Computer today announced a new lineup of G5 computers, all sporting dual processors. The $2999 top of the line machine has a pair of 2.5Ghz G5 processors, but also needs liquid-cooling. Liquid cooling is by no means new, but this is the ...

Digging for Googleholes - Google may be our new god, but it's not omnipotent.: Interesting look at some problems with Google. "Search for 'apple' on Google, and you have to troll through a couple pages of results before you get anything not directly related to Apple Computer and it's ...

When you re browsing the network in Leopard, this is what the icons for Windows machines look like.

On my drive to lunch today I flipped the radio over to Rush Limbaugh, just as the Big Loveable Fuzzball was going off on a rant about his brand spanking new 30' Cinema Display (probably attached to a liquid-cooled dual 2.5GHz G5 no less! I guess that's one of the ...

This is a big win for Sony: The Sony Corp. and Panasonic led Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) welcomed Apple Computer Inc. to its board of directors on Thursday. The Blu-ray Disc format now seems more certain of being accepted as the future standard for storing High Definition movies, photos and ...

Apple just announced a new wireless keyboard and mouse that use Bluetooth technology. They use adaptive frequency hopping to avoid interference with other like devices. "A robust 128-bit over-the-air encryption keeps sensitive information safe as it is being typed." $69 a piece, and the mouse still lacks a second button ...

Apple should have used Intel chips, Sculley says Apple Computer Inc. should have adopted the Intel Corp. architecture when it had the chance, former chief John Sculley said Tuesday. [ ] In the late-1980s, when Apple was using Motorola Inc. 68000 series chips and considering its next step, Intel co-founder Andy ...

Cars are the most expensive iPod accessories: On the one hand, I was going to complain that all of this vehicle integration is for the iPod only, which means that users of other players are getting unfairly left out...but I suppose Apple users have been complaining about that same thing ...

Television Advertising Complaints Reports: A few months back, some people took Apple to task over the speed claims of the new G5 saying the tests were rigged in Apple's favor. Well, the U.K.'s Independent Television Commission just banned the G5 ads from airing in the U.K. over the same point ...

Cisco sues Apple over iPhone trademark: I think Cisco has a pretty strong claim here. The iPhone name was first trademarked in 1996 by InfoGear, a maker of Internet appliances. Cisco acquired InfoGear, and the trademark, in 2000. Cisco sells iPhones designed to place calls over an Internet connection, not ...

The New York Times has an article (registration required) on what the iPod is doing to escalate "New Yorkers' continuing campaign to ignore, snub and look through one another." The immense storage capacity of iPod and its imitators offers at least the opportunity for total, uninterrupted isolation from one's surroundings ...

First-Gen Zune Getting All The New Features: This is How You Treat Your Customers: Wow, Microsoft is getting some good press over this. And Apple for perhaps the first time in history looks really bad by comparison. The first generation 30GB Zune—which 1.2 million of you already purchased—is ...

Apple Computer has a limited-time deal going on; order a new Mac mini from the Apple Store online before Halloween and you can try it out for 30 days. If you don't like it, call them up & ship it back on Apple's dime for a full refund. ...

Sounds like Apple may be having some difficulty with the high-end G5 machines, and has revised shipping estimates to the end of September. The 1.6GHz units are apparently being shipped readily, but the 1.8 and dual 2GHz models (with the faster frontside bus) are only rarely being seen in showrooms ...

Creative says it has patent covering iPod technology: Creative has been awarded what appears to be a stunningly stupid patent which it will likely use to sue Apple for infringement. Creative said the patent covers the way music tracks are selected on a device using a hierarchy of three or ...

From the "It Was Only A Matter Of Time" department, some guy John Kiel Patterson of Louisiana is suing Apple because he says the iPod he bought is a hazard to his hearing. Patterson does not know if the device has damaged his hearing, said his attorney, Steve ...

Sowing the Apple Seeds of Love: Because we all know how well Apple has done with clones of its hardware. At a high-tech expo stuffed with an overabundance of company announcements, PC maker Hewlett-Packard stole the show yesterday when it announced it will resell a version of Apple Computer's iPod ...

I'm generally a PC guy, but this is really cool: "You walked into a room bearing a laptop running Jaguar (the latest version of the OS X operating system) with a wireless networking (Wi-Fi) card, and you could instantly see the iTunes music files of everyone else in the room ...

Apparently, there were some who were less than thrilled with Apple at the Macworld Expo; environmentalist protesters stationed themselves outside the Moscone Center with a pile of old Macs, promoting "a nationwide campaign to protest what they say are Apple's irresponsible environmental practices, particularly what they claim is the company's ...

I told you that this would happen. UK developer Starbrite Solutions has a $20 software offering called pBop that may remind you more than a little of Apple's iPod. While imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, pBop flattered the iPod too much as far as Apple's legal department ...

Apparently Apple isn't just taking people to court, they're also being sued by an unhappy iTMS customer. It seems Thomas Slattery is being "forced" to buy an iPod if he wants to use the songs he purchased from the iTunes Music Store. Last I checked you could listen to any ...

I'm writing this from the second floor of the Apple store on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago. We spent the day with the guys from 37 Signals at The Building of Basecamp Workshop. I'm on a little iMac, and I have to admit it's impressive...the store, I mean. Everything is ...

Mark Pilgrim's list of Ubuntu essentials for ex-Mac users: Kottke says Apple should be scared of this. Joe has used Ubuntu and claims that it's borderline amazing. [...] Mark Pilgrim recently switched to Ubuntu Linux after becoming fed up with proprietary Mac file-formats and the increasing use of DRM technologies ...

Apple Computer posted it's fourth quarter earnings results today, and it was chock full of good news: For the quarter, the Company posted a net profit of $106 million, or $.26 per diluted share. These results compare to a net profit of $44 million, or $.12 per diluted share, in ...

At last, a good use for that crappy (pardon the pun) SE or Classic cluttering up your closet. (But for heaven's sake, don't even think of doing this to a working machine!)

inessential.com: Weblog: What should Apple do?: There's a bit of a controversy brewing in Macland about the WWDC conference and the Konfabulator knockoff Apple introduced called Dashboard. The theory is that Apple saw a great third-party app that people loved, and decided it needed to be part of the OS ...

Once again with the iPod, Apple Computer led the way, proved there to be a viable market for something not done before, and now the others are coming out with their own versions. Dell just released its Dell DJ in 15 and 20GB versions, right along with a rip-off of ...

Apple has started shipping its brand-spankin new iMac G5 computers. Some geek out there has taken delivery of one and apparently tore the thing apart before he even booted it up, and he even took pictures. As is usual for Apple these days, the arrangement of the innards is about ...

Apple Surpasses Dell's Market Value Nine years after Michael Dell said he'd shut down Apple and give the money to the shareholders, Apple has passed Dell in market value, at $72,132,428,843 compared to Dell's $71,970,702,760.

Apple has put a new spin on their logo as part of the upcoming 'Panther' release of OSX. "It is not clear whether Apple will adopt the new silver logo for product design, marketing and packaging, or simply restrict it to the new software. Whatever Apple decides to do, the ...

Apple Computer introduced today a G5 tower with a single 1.8GHz processor in it, which adds a new lower rung on the G5 lineup. Priced at $1,500, it's aimed directly at those who need a bit more power and more expansion possibilities than the G5 eMac or G5 iMac, but ...

According to a New York Post article, Ronald McDonald is stealing Pepsi's thunder. Less than a month after Pepsi announced a blockbuster deal to give away 100 million downloads from Apple's iTunes music service to its customers, ... McDonald's plans to give away up to 1 billion songs in a ...

Microsoft confirms plan to take on Apple's iPod: Sell your Apple stock now. Microsoft Corp. said Friday it plans to release a new music and entertainment player and accompanying software under the "Zune" brand this year, in a belated attempt to challenge the dominance of Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod player. ...

Here's a job posting for anyone who has gripes about the Mac OS user interface, the skills to do something about it, and the onions to actually land the job. Apple's Mac OS X User Interface Group is seeking a senior visual interface designer to conceive, design and develop future ...

Apple Computer is looking to hire developers to put together a new screen reader app that will add the ultimate usability option for blind folks. We are looking for a Software developer responsible for the design, implementation and testing of a Screen Reader application on Mac OS X that needs ...

Unswitch?: Tim Bray is getting upset with Apple's new commitment to secrecy and litigation. He's talking about "unswitching." My big gripe with Apple, of course, is their cult of hermetic secrecy. We at Sun and our esteemed competitors up in Redmond are engaged in a grand experiment: what happens when ...

Survey finds Apple users have sense of superiority no wait, hear us out: Vindication is sweet. [ ] Apple users are more liberal, less modest, and more assured of their own superiority than the population at large. And this so-called survey says Apple users have high indexes for low modesty, ...

Apple launches Windows version of iTunes service "Apple Computer Inc. launched the long-awaited Windows-compatible version of its iTunes online music service Thursday, promising a wider library of songs and new features to maintain its lead in an increasingly competitive market. 'This isn't some baby version of iTunes. It's the whole ...

Engadget and Anandtech note a wonderful example of the idea that products are worth what you tell people they're worth: [...] Dell's 2005fpw and Apple's 20-inch Cinema Display use the exact same LG.Philips LCD (literally, it's part# LM201W01). Of course, that 100%+ price differential can be a bit hard to ...

Apple releases software to let Macs run Windows: Could this be a joke? Apple Computer Inc. on Wednesday rolled out a software patch that enables its Intel-based Macintosh computers to install and run Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP operating system. Apple said that the new software, called "Boot Camp" is available ...

I won t argue (at least not against Deane!) that Apple s hardware is a tad more expensive than your run-o-the-mill WinTel gear Not that there aren t exceptions, but for the most part it s true. And a good example is the newly released 8-core Mac Pro, which starts out with a base ...

According to Stephan, certain features of Tiger's new Dashboard feature allow for the automatic installation of potentially evil widgets. I picked up [Tiger] at launch time from my local Apple store, brought it home, and got inspired to start in on a widget the next day. My flores and coras ...

Could a 30-in. monitor help you do your job faster?: We've discussed this theory before. I don't know if it's true, but I do know that I really want that 30" monitor. Providing employees with 30-in. computer monitors can boost worker productivity at companies where 17-in. or 19-in. monitors are ...

'Is HP the New Apple?': One reporter's impressions of HP's big rollout. "'Is HP the new Apple?' Omar Wasow leaned over and asked me during the company's massive product launch in New York Monday. He is NBC's tech impresario who advises Oprah and directs BlackPlanet.com. I told him I had ...

Apple, Think Secret settle lawsuit: Apple has successfully killed ThinkSecret. Apple and Think Secret have settled their lawsuit, reaching an agreement that results in a positive solution for both sides. As part of the confidential settlement, no sources were revealed and Think Secret will no longer be published. I don t ...

Mac Mini might inspire buyers in mass quantities: Gee, you think? Once Apple gets its manufacturing into gear, the launch of the Mac Mini its first budget computer is expected to pay big dividends for the company, which has been transformed by success of the iPod. Apple has ...

According to a Radar Online article, Justin Long, the guy who played the Mac in Apple's hilarious (but infuriating to some) "Get a Mac" commercials, is done. When the next round of commercials is filmed, John Hodgman will still be the PC guy, but there will be someone else to ...

Apple - Movie Trailers: I know that Apple has always had movie trailers in their Quicktime section, but have they always offered them in Hi Def? I watched one this afternoon and the quality is just breathtaking. They're in the top section, just under the movie posters. (And, as an ...

Yesterday Steve Jobs gave us some new goodies to play with and some things to look forward to. With all the attention paid to movies being available on iTunes and the nearly microscopic shuffle I think a very important business opportunity for Apple was overlooked by the blogosphere. iTunes 7 ...

Apple's iPod rocks car-stereo makers: It looks like Lawyer Milloy was way ahead of his time. Looking to capitalize on the digital music player's sales success over the holidays, auto electronics makers are rushing to develop plug-in adapters that let drivers pick tunes from their iPods using the controls of ...

A Microsoft page advertising security training for IT professionals uses a photo of a 15" Apple PowerBook G4 with the Apple logo Photoshopped out in the header. On the left side of the laptop you can plainly see lined up from back to front the headphone jack, a ...

A Month with a Mac: A Die-Hard PC User's Perspective: This is an exhaustive (15-page) review of OS X by a diehard PC user. In the first few paragraphs he explains that he uses and enjoys PCs, but he'll give the Mac a shot. He spent a month with ...

Remember the iPod Tube Sock? Well somebody at Apple sat up and took notice, and in November Apple will be selling authentic iPod Socks. Pack of 6 in various colors for $29.95. via cnet and MacObserver.

BW Online | Apple's Real Worry Isn't the Loss of IE: Good article on the future of the Mac and how it's tied in with Microsoft. "...far more daunting is the prospect of Microsoft abandoning the Mac version of its popular Office software. That's because Apple hasn't yet shown it ...

Apple has beefed up its .Mac service in several ways, but it's still way too expensive. $99.95 a year for a gigabyte of storage space (combined Mail and iDisk), .Mac Backup software, .Mac Groups, your own Homepage, yadda, yadda, yadda... Who needs it? I guess I'm still hacked that Apple ...

What's on Your Dock?: I know for a fact that Steve Jobs has a link to his Auto Puppy Kicker script on his dock. Let's just leave it at that. "Follow me, ladies and gentlemen, on a journey into the minds of some of your fellow Mac users. We're going ...

Why Apple Makes a One Buttoned Mouse: An argument for why Apple doesn't make a multi-button mouse. I still don't buy it, I guess. Apple's mice drive me nuts. To this end, many developers get lazy, and implement something that can only be accomplished through a right mouse click. By ...

Oh great. Walmart is selling iPods. Just think... Now you can in one easy stop get your oil changed, pick up groceries, the latest DVD release, a low-cost Lindows laptop, a fresh pack of underwear, a 100lb bag of dog food, a Schwinn Stingray bike for your kid's ...

Geeky Microsoft wants a TV makeover: Apple has always been very strong with product placement, and now Microsoft wants the same thing. "Microsoft is promoting its Windows products on popular TV shows like Fox's '24' and HBO's 'The Wire,' airing this fall, as part of the software company's push to ...

Apple Users Threaten to Sue Over IBook, IPod: Cracks in the unified front of Apple users. ...at least two online petitions have collected hundreds of signatures from potential plaintiffs seeking to file lawsuits over claims of defects in the iBook laptop.

I thought this was interesting... I just wanted to tell you about a hack I experimented on my PC (I didn't really know what to do with it since I bought a Power Mac). It was surprisingly simple: I installed OSX86 and then Darwine. These are both simple operations. Now ...

John Wiley & Sons, publisher of the infamous "For Dummies" tech books, is slated to release an unauthorized biography on Steve Jobs "iCon Steve Jobs : The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business'' and The Steve is not liking it a bit. So in retaliation Apple ...

Media Bias and Technology Reporting: John Dvorak makes a flameworthy point: most all tech writers are Mac users. There's a conspiracy to promote Macs. This is why when Microsoft actually does have a good idea, people look to trash it out of hand. With 90 percent of the mainstream writers ...

BeOS: A nice little summary of the curiosity that was the BeOS, complete with copius screenshots. BeOS was the brainchild of former Apple executive, Jean Louis Gassee, who founded Be inc. in late 1990. BeOS was originally intended to be a continuation of the Jaguar (an early RISC prototype) at ...

Gucci serves up Apple iPod a la mode As part of its spring line, fashion label Gucci is selling a $195 carrying case designed specifically for Apple Computer's popular music player. At that price, the ebony-and-beige, coated-canvas case costs nearly as much as an iPod itself.

$206.01 for a mousepad!? Entertaining piece of reading on an ebay auction for an original Apple Clarus Dogcow Mousepad. Almost as entertaining as Apple Developer Tech Note #31, The Dogcow. Even more Dogcow history can be found at Moof in Mind. Can you say MOOF? I knew you could!

Interview with "Switcher Girl" Ellen Feiss: Does anyone else remember Ellen Feiss? She made the most memorable of the Apple "switcher" ads about five years ago. I loved her ad. It was hysterical. Well, she's in her first year of college now, and she made a movie last year. This ...

If a 23 inch diagonal flat panel monitor just isn't big enough for you, how about strapping four of them together for a panoramic, Grand Canyon-like view? With its ultra-widescreen format, phenomenal image quality, stunning aluminum construction and spectacular high-resolutions, the new Grand Canyon Displays are the ultimate solution for any ...

Think Secret's Nick dePlume Revealed: This is the guy behind ThinkSecret that's getting sued by Apple. Nineteen-year-old Nicholas M. Ciarelli (Harvard class of '08), known on the internet as Nick dePlume, has run the site, thinksecret.com, since age 13. Note to Apple: don't sue him, hire him.

Apple's new dual-core Power Macs. My dream machine has arrived. Too bad I'll have to continue dreaming about it. I piled on the options to a new quad 2.5Ghz Power Mac G5 and I came up with a price of $22,930. The bulk of which is the premium paid for ...

An astute MacInTouch reader pointed out an interesting coincedence... ... on the day that Apple officially announced products using Intel CPU's, Apple's stock price closed the day at $80.86. The coincidence is that the Intel CPU "which gave rise to the x86 architecture" was the 8086. Yeah, that's really geeky, ...

How Does Apple's 'Panther' Stack Up?: Here's a very detailed look at the new Apple OS Panther. It's from Microsoft Watch, of all places, under the guise of comparing Panther to Longhorn, but they don't seem to do any comparison. It's just page after page of information about Panther ...

Apple released iTunes 4.9 this morning. I've extolled the virtues of podcasts in this space before, but this takes it to the next level. Apple has grabbed onto podcasting with both hands and they are intent on making it a part of the entire iPod package. If you've been waiting ...

Internet Explorer consigned to the Trash: There will not be another version of IE for the Mac: "[Microsoft] says that the decision has been made to make way for Apple's own Safari browser. 'Some of the key customer requests for web browsing on the Mac require close development between the ...

Microsoft to stop developing media software for Macs: No Windows Media Player for Macs? Egads! How will you ever survive? Microsoft will stop developing a version of its Windows Media Player for Apple Computer's Macs, and will instead offer free technology that lets people play Windows Media files using Apple's ...

Apple's mean-spirited ad campaign.: Yeah, totally. My problem with these ads begins with the casting. As the Mac character, Justin Long (who was in the forgettable movie Dodgeball and the forgettabler TV show Ed) is just the sort of unshaven, hoodie-wearing, hands-in-pockets hipster we've always imagined when picturing a Mac ...

Trivia for Fight Club (1999): I found this in the trivia to the IMDb entry on "Fight Club." One of Project Mayhem's acts of vandalism is the destruction of a display of Apple Macintosh computers. The explosion occurs at exactly 84 minutes into the film, an ironic reference to Apple's ...

As long as we're in Mac Mode, check out this visual history of Apple's desktop interfaces, starting with early Lisa prototypes created on the Apple ][ in 1979. Along the way, the loaded up the interface with newfangled gizmos like the "mouse", and "scroll-bars". What's most interesting is that ...

Hardware as art: Microsoft meets Philippe Starck: Since Apple seems to have pulled a Microsoft, we'll balance that out with this story of Microsoft pulling an Apple. No, they're not going to over-price their products in a concerted attempt to achieve and remain at single-digit market share (sorry it ...

Microsoft set to launch iTunes Music Store competitor: Come everyone, pile in. The boat can surely fit one more. Microsoft, hoping to take a bite out of Apple Computer's highly popular online music service, is gearing up to launch its own Web site for selling songs over the Internet. [...] ...

Mac vs. PC: The Truth About TCO: This article about which platform is more expensive to run Mac or PC includes this good point: The Apple theory is that cost savings in support far outweigh the initial higher machine cost, giving Mac a lower TCO. However, noted Kay, ...

Macintouch did a poll this week, asking Mac mini users about their experiences with the machines. Of those responding, a miniscule 3% reported having problems with their minis, compared to 11-12% for the rev. B iMac G5. And according to Consumer Reports, Apple desktops and portables have for years had ...

Ipod Used In Domestic Homicide: This is probably a hoax since I can't find reference to it in any mainsteam media. (Plus, the site is a CNN rip-off.) A Memphis woman was arrested and charged with first-degree murder after she bludgeoned her boyfriend to death with an iPod. [...] Brad ...

Early yesterday morning Apple sold its 1 billionth song through iTunes Music Service. The billionth song ”Speed of Sound” was purchased as part of Coldplay s “X&Y” album by Alex Ostrovsky from West Bloomfield, Michigan and as the grand prize winner he will receive a 20-inch iMac, 10 fifth generation iPods ...

How I PC'd an Apple G5: Mac users will cry over this one, complete with pictures. I got a shiny new Apple G5 for Christmas. I loved the case, but I’m no Mac user. So I....Get a brand new dual processor G5, then...Rip out everything...Cut out the back of the ...

Supply Snag Slows Down Mac Cloner: We wrote a long time ago how this guy was going to get sued into oblivion, but evidently Apple has to make an end-run to get at him they've ordered his motherboard supplier to stop doing business with him. Fraser used Apple-made motherboards ...

sylloge: I am a Windows User: The first two comments here are nice. "I ended up getting an eMachines m5310 (manufacturer's page) instead, putting an end to a 20 year stretch of owning and using Apple's products. It may seem like a funny time to be doing this switch, but ...

How to pick up and carry your iMac G5 In case you couldn't figure this out for yourself Apple provides clear concise instructions. A couple of sad comments here. First, I have to believe that in order for Apple to take the time to write this up, more than one ...

Mac OS Forge: According to this article, this site is endorsed by Apple itself. Mac OS X includes a wide variety of open source software from FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, the GNU Project, and many more projects each its own vibrant developer community. Mac OS Forge is dedicated to supporting the ...

Amid all the hoopla surrounding Apple's new iPhone, another newly introduced Apple-related item hasn't received much press; Axiotron and Other World Computing (OWC) introduced the ModBook, the first tablet Mac portable. It sounds like the ModBook is exactly what the name implies; a Modded MacBook. According to Axiotron, they provide ...

Real Networks announced a couple of days ago that they had 'figured out' Apple's FairPlay DRM technology, and that future versions of RealPlayer would include 'Harmony', a technology to allow songs purchased from Real.com to be played on the iPod. This naturally got Apple's attention, and their lawyers arched their ...

With all of the Macarazzi watching for every little change, Apple seems to have a hard time keeping a lid on new products. This time it's leaked info on a new Power Mac G5. Adding to speculation that the launch of a new machine may be sooner rather than later, ...

Yes, Apple put forth all sorts of fancy new doodads today, but the real story for web geeks is a change to the store I noticed earlier: Go to the Apple.com Store and configure a new computer. The 'Update Price' button is gone. If you change a setting, the price ...

Here's something interesting that just popped up; tuneDial.org is a place where musicians can share their music for free through iTunes and the Music Store interface. The really cool thing is that it totally bypasses Apple's iTunes Music Store and allows artists to create and share playlists of their music ...

Road to Expo: iWork '05, Jam Pack 4 arriving: Think Secret who predicted a monitor-less iMac last week is now talking about Apple's planned Office-killer: iWork. Chatter surrounding iWork then called iWorks, as it was speculated to be the successor to AppleWorks first emerged almost two ...

Linspire's lawyers (formerly Lindows) apparently need work after their losing battle with Microsoft. Now they're testing Apple's resolve by announcing LPhoto and LSongs. Two applications that bear more than a little resemblence to iPhoto and iTunes. Apple may be smaller than Microsoft, but it doesn't take too much research to ...

Apple - Education - iTunes U: This is the audio version of OpenCourseWare, I suppose. Apple has gotten a bunch of high-end schools to contribute lectures to iTunes, which are available for download, and appear to be free (I didn t find any with prices attached, at any rate). iTunes U ...

Automakers trick out rides with iPods: It will be interesting to see how competition plays out here. I could see Apple getting dominant in this market, and making it hard for anyone else to compete. In the latest boost to its dominance of portable music players, Apple Computer Inc. has ...

PayPal and Apple have announced that you can now use your Paypal account to purchase music on the iTunes music store. Now, when you sign up for a new, free iTunes account and pay with PayPal in the iTunes Music Store, you'll make your online music experience better than ever. ...

Apple says could move to Intel, but happy with IBM: Good thing Jobs made this call, or I might be able to run OS X on a $400 white box machine. Horrors. The latest version of the Mac OS X operating system could easily run on Intel chips, but Apple ...

Terra Soft Solutions have recently announced the sale of 260 Apple xServe units to Lockheed Martin for use in sonar imaging by the Navy. They'll be running a variant of Yellow Dog Linux instead of OS X. "This combination provides a solution twice as dense, less power consumptive, and higher ...

A NewsFactor article has lots of good things to say about Apple's new G5 machines. "According to results on industry standard benchmark tests, the G5 is not only faster than comparable machines, but quite a bit faster." And it looks like the tech writers might finally be understanding what many ...

Thinking Different, Saving Money: Apple finally beat someone on price. Of course, you need to buy 1,100 dual processor G5 with a healthy education discount, but the more you buy, the more you save. "Lockhart estimates the hardware cost $5.2 million, a reasonable price, he said, for a supercomputer that ...

Freedom, OS X Networking Freedom Software: Is this really what we ve been reduced to? Freedom is an application that disables wireless and ethernet networking on an Apple computer for up to three hours at a time. Freedom will free you from the distractions of the internet, allowing you time to ...

You can stop speculating. Apple has added two new iPods to their line up. The U2 Special Edition and the iPod Photo. The U2 version is black with a red dial and will feature the signatures of the band members engraved on the back. The iPod Photo will support iPhoto ...

Apple has sold its 100 millionth song from the iTunes Store. Kevin Britten of Hays, Kansas downloaded Somersault (Dangermouse remix) by Zero7; the 100 millionth song purchased from the iTunes music store. He will receive a 17-inch PowerBook, a 40GB iPod, and a gift certificate for 10,000 iTunes songs to ...

Someone recently tried selling on eBay a song that they downloaded from iTunes Music Service, and was promptly shut down. So, the question that arises is, when you purchase a song from a service such as IMS, what is it that you're actually buying? And are your rights of ownership ...

Though he claims it's not in direct response to Apple's annexing of his territory, Arlo Rose is set to release a Windows version of Konfabulator shortly. Rose, who once worked at Apple and now heads up a small company called Pixoria, said the new version will be available Monday. "We're ...

Unhappy Customers Slam FreeiPods.com; Owners Blame Apple: Perhaps we spoke too soon? A Web site that gives away free iPod Mini's to customers who participate in promotional offers is being criticized by its customers for failing to get them their promised portable music player and inundating them with additional spam ...

It seems that there's always some consternation in the web design community regarding the styling of form elements. Usability studies and user observation has taught them that they shouldn't be applying styles to form controls; if you change the look of the control, it's less recognizable for novice users who ...

Teen sued by Apple gains legal help: This is good news, because I think everyone deserves good representation and I love a legal soap opera. A lawyer specializing in freedom of speech and the Internet said Wednesday he will defend free of charge a 19-year-old publisher of a Web site ...

Apple - iMac G5: Well, as much as I dislike the all-in-one computer concept, I imagine that one of these new iMacs will become the household computer in a couple of months. Apple squarely plugged the hole in their product line that I mentioned a few months ago, and these ...

Your 99c belong to the RIAA - Steve Jobs: Huh, go figure. I'm surprised by this because I understand that there's no iPod download for Windows. Given this, how is iTunes for Windows supposed to help them sell iPods? "At an Apple financial analyst conference on Wednesday CEO Steve Jobs ...

Why is it Catfight Thursday you ask? Well, for one, Apple's taking swipes at Microsoft's new MSN Music Service: "It's biggest problem may be that its downloaded songs can not play on the iPod," said Eddie Cue, Apple's vice presi