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How safe is your operating system from hackers? Both Mac and PC user face threats, but Apple is betting on the open-source heritage of its UNIX-based operating system to spare Mac OS X Tiger from the never-ending security problems that have plagued Microsoft. Apple’s Tiger operating system update is scheduled to debut Q1 of 2005. This will be the …
Today at the Apple Expo in Paris, Apple introduced its new G5-based iMac with a new form factor that resembles the iPod. In fact, it was designed by the same team that created the iPod. This speaks volumes about the importance of adaptability in innovation. Apple‘s history was built around selling personal computers in volume …
Bye-bye dial up! According to a new survey by Nielsen NetRatings, a majority of U.S. Internet users now have broadband at home. The survey of 50,000 households shows that Internet connected American households are upgrading to broadband speeds at a rapid pace. As of July 2004, 51% of all home Internet users have broadband. Last year, broadband users were only 38%.
Speculation is high over whether Apple will unveil the G5 iMac on Monday at the Apple Expo in Paris. Over 7,000 people are expected to attend the keynote event.
Rap star P. Diddy will attend his post-MTV Video Music Awards party with a personalized HP iPod encrusted with 120 diamonds, coinciding with the release of the HP iPod, which will be given to all guests at the party.
News around both the HP iPod, Hewlett-Packard's version of the iPod digital music player, and a revamped iMac computer was enough to get Wall Street excited.
Intel unveiled their new tri-mode Centrino technology that will enable laptops to access WLANs based on the 802.11a, b, and g wireless specifications. The Intel new chipset dubbed the Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection, also will have new software, which the company claims will simplify the end user experience, and support for the 802.11i security …
Sprint and Apple jointly announced today that Apple's Xserve G5 and QuickTime software have been certified as mobile multimedia delivery platforms for Sprint's new PCS Vision Multimedia Services.
Hewlett-Packard plans to unveil their long-awaited HP-branded iPod among dozens of new gadgets that HP CEO Carly Fiorina hopes will help HP get a foothold in the consumer electronics business and lead their consumer push strategy. Besides the HP iPod, some of the new gadgets include the company’s first digital projector for consumers, televisions, and …
On August 8, 2004, the Dave Matthews Band tour bus was observed dumping human waste on to a tour boat filled with passengers in the Chicago River. Keep reading to learn more about the Dave Matthews Poopgate incident.
A clever Stanford University programmer released a new application called "OurTunes" that allows music to be swapped via Apple Computer's iTunes program.
Real Networks was forced to pull down an online petition demanding Apple open up its FairPlay DRM technology after Apple fans got involved.
Apple‘s trendy iPod digital music player, which has revitalized the company, is giving laptop sales a boost during back-to-school season. Many students, after falling in love with the iPod, are packing for college with new Macintosh computers. What about you? Are you a Mac user or a PC user? Do you own an iPod? Please …
A combination of authorized music services and lawsuits is successfully helping to control illegal file-swapping on campuses, a joint entertainment industry-university group said on Tuesday. In the last year, more than 20 schools have signed up for deeply discounted access to music services such as Napster, MusicNet and RealNetworks’s Rhapsody, the Joint Committee of the …
Will DealMac be able to take on growing mega-sites like Amazon.com? We will just have to wait and see.
Errol Morris, the famous documentary filmmaker who produced Apple's well-known series of ads about discontented PC users who switched to Macs, had a similar idea on how to reach undecided American voters.
Today SayWear announced the first online T-shirt sayings registry and e-commerce site. SayWear enables consumers to register their unique saying and own the one-of-a-kind T-shirt bearing that saying. Users can then purchase that saying on a shirt. According to the site, the first saying purchased by a customer was “Sh!t Happens”. From SayWear’s about page: “It takes …
