19 May 2006
Apple decides to step up and defend itself
Creative Labs, makers of the Nomad and Zen line of portable MP3 players, decided to sue its biggest MP3 competitor, Apple Computers. The suit that Creative filed claims that Apple infringed on patents over the interface that's used in Apple's iPods. Creative claims that it had designed the easy to use interface over 6 years ago. Many are asking why Creative waited so long if it had the patents 6 years ago.
17 May 2006
Apple Mac back in black!
Apple officially ditches iBook in favour of a slinky new MacBook, that’s also available in panther black. Grrr…
14 May 2006
Softbank and Apple to co-develop iPod phones
Softbank Corp. and Apple Computer Inc. plan to jointly develop cellular phone handsets that have built-in iPod digital music players and can download songs directly from Apple's iTunes Music Store, The Nihon Keizai Shimbun is reporting.
12 May 2006
Wozniak Memoir Cover Revealed, Dig at Jobs in Title?
by 1 otherAmazon has posted what appears to be the final cover to Steve Wozniak's memoir, I, Woz: How I Invented the Personal Computer and Had Fun Along the Way.
Apple offers QuickTime, Front Row, Security updates
Apple said the 49.1MB QuickTime 7.1 update is an important release that delivers numerous bug fixes, support for iLife ’06, and H.264 performance improvements. This update is highly recommended for all QuickTime 7 users.
11 May 2006
New Standard for Opulence in iPod Cases
Owning an iPod in the first place is one of the top ways to conspicuously demonstrate your disposable income level (or at least that of your parents).
Technology Cult: Mac
Want an Intel-based Mac but don't want to pay Apple's prices? A company called Red PCs may have what you're looking for -- if you're willing to face the wrath of Apple's lawyers.
10 May 2006
Technology Cult: iTunes customers are Red Hot angry
A large number of Apple Computer's iTunes customers, who paid in advance for rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers' new album "Stadium Arcadium" in order to receive a Ticketmaster code that would allow them to purchase advance tickets for the bands upcoming tour, did not receive those codes before ticket pre-sales began on Tuesday and are now enraged with the iPod maker.
09 May 2006
Experts Trash Mac Security Warnings
NewsFactor has a story today that puts to the test the claims of a recent white paper (PDF link) from McAfee that warned Mac OS X could be the next Windows.
08 May 2006
Recording of MacBook Pro Whine
For all those who have been wondering exactly what a MacBook Pro whose processor is whining sounds like, wonder no more. Someone has uploaded an audio file of the noise.
07 May 2006
More MacBook News
ThinkSecret has been able to confirm the release of the Apple MacBook for this Tuesday, May 9th. It also looks like they will be thinner than current iBooks and come in White and Black.
05 May 2006
MacBook Next Week?
MacRumors is quoting an unverified anonymous source that Apple may announce the MacBook notebooks as early as May 9.
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