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Apple is ready to open six new “mini” stores today in a move to further boost its retail presence. The stores somewhat resemble an iPod with white floors and ceilings and stainless steel walls. Taking cues from its own iPod Mini, the stores are 750 sq. ft., which are half the size of its smallest …
“Google is expanding the borders of its search empire into people’s computers.” The net giant has released a preliminary version of a desktop program that will search computer hard drives, as well as the web. “We think of this as the photographic memory of your computer,” said Marissa Mayer, Google’s director of consumer web products. …
“It’s been 12 months since “hell froze over” at Apple Computer.” A year ago this week, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the company’s plans to sell tunes to Windows users. And while the company hasn’t magically converted them all to the Mac view of the world, it has made a pretty nice business for itself. …
“Its TiVo for your radio!”[Via griffintechnology.com] The MethodShop Spin: If you have ever wanted to capture that hot new track from your favorite artist that you just heard on your local am/fm station while driving home, there has become a way. All you need is Griffin Technology‘s new radio Shark. You simply connect the unit …
A quick and easy synapsis of your best friend (iPod), and all of its little icons appearing on the screen. Being a recent owner of an iPod myself, I was up with the technology but unaware of its subtle features. These features, though most are pretty standard, are important for all iPod owners to be …
“Meet the f/x gods who created the most anticipated game of the year.” [Via WIRED News]
This is a first. Anyone can get a short text message engraved on the back of their iPod (unless it gets rejected by Apple). But the days of lame text messages may be over… at least for TiVo junkies. TiVo is offering rewards to existing customers who encourage friends and family members to sign up …
“Toshiba is releasing four new portable digital music devices — one boasting a 60 GB capacity — to rival Apple’s. The Gigabeat F range of players, targeting the Japanese market, includes 10 GB, 20 GB and 60 GB models. Each features touch-sensitive color screens for navigation options such as volume control. All three models use …
“Future DVDs could hold 100 times more information than current discs.” “Imperial College London researchers in the UK are developing a new way of storing data that could lead to discs capable of holding 1,000 gigabytes.” [Via BBC News]
Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group Ltd. became the latest company to enter the digital music market and try to de-throne Apple’s popular iTunes Store. “Virigin Digital includes a digi-music store, screaming radio, portable device management tools, and a subscription service. Said Branson: ‘We worked directly with passionate music fans…and we’ve come up with a digital …
“While Japan is famous for video games and is the second-largest market for Apple’s Macintosh, it is not the land of the rising sun for Mac gamers. Go to any giant Tokyo electronics store, like the eight-story Bic-Camera Yurakucho megamart in the Ginza district, and there are only two Japanese Mac games on the shelf: …
“The Mozilla Foundation’s Firefox Web browser, an open-source alternative to Microsoft’s market-dominating Internet Explorer, has been attracting new users at a breakneck pace. Even before reaching its 1.0 milestone, it has doubled its downloads every four months for the past eight. The last two months alone saw nearly 5 million downloads of software.” [Via News.com] …
“PlaylistMag.com launched this week as a resource for digital music enthusisasts using a Mac or Windows operating systems. Edited by Christopher Breen, a Macworld columnist and author of the popular book Secrets of the iPod, PlaylistMag.com will feature free music downloads, playlists from musicians and celebrities, and a community forum where users can share their …
“T-Mobile is pitching its against the likes of Apple and Creative with a new smart phone specifically (nominally) designed for digital music playback.” [The Register] The MethodShop Spin: With the iPod mini having 10 times the storage, the 20GB iPod having over 312 times the storage, and the 40GB iPod having over 625 times the …
“A device which allows people to listen to internet radio without a PC has been developed by a UK company.”
“Apple Computer Corp. is charging its British iTunes customers 17 percent more per download than its European customers, a consumer watchdog group said on Wednesday. The Consumers’ Association, publisher of consumer magazine Which?, said it has asked the UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to investigate the pricing disparity. If evidence is found of anti-competitive …
“A security flaw in the way many Microsoft applications process JPEG images could allow an attacker to gain control over a computer running the software, Microsoft warned this week.” The MethodShop Spin: Good God, when does it end? This is the reason Macintosh users swear by there beloved machines and accompanying killer-OS. Its seems like …
