Apple options issues unlikely to impact Jobs
A recent pullback in shares of Apple Computer presents a buying opportunity, according to analysts at PiperJaffray, who believe there is a very low likelihood that chief executive Steve Jobs will be affected by the company's ongoing stock-option woes...
Apple options issues unlikely to impact Jobs
Apple options issues unlikely to impact Jobs
Shares of iPod maker Apple Computer fell more than 5 percent Wednesday morning following a report that federal prosecutors are examining potentially falsified stock-option documents to determine whether to file criminal charges.
Apple shares sunk ...
Apple shares fall 5 percent on latest options scare
Apple shares sunk ...
Apple shares fall 5 percent on latest options scare
After nearly two and half years of planning a preparations, Apple Computer this past weekend opened its first Taiwan retail store in the capital city of Taipei.
The iPod maker's first large-scale retail location on the island is located in an area...
Blip: Apple Taiwan opens first retail outfit
The iPod maker's first large-scale retail location on the island is located in an area...
Blip: Apple Taiwan opens first retail outfit
The iPod is now a precocious five-year-old. The click-wheel music player saved Apple Computer's corporate bacon, but has it created the kind of music business and cultural mayhem for which many give it credit? While the iPod and Apple's companion iTunes music store are indeed revolutionary, there's more afoot than just the iPod itself.
iPod: Just a Comma in Music History
iPod: Just a Comma in Music History
After nearly two and half years of planning a preparations, Apple Computer this past weekend opened its first Taiwan retail store in the capital city of Taipei.
The iPod maker's first large-scale retail location on the island is located in an area...
Blip: Apple Taiwan opens first retail outfit
The iPod maker's first large-scale retail location on the island is located in an area...
Blip: Apple Taiwan opens first retail outfit
A new Xeon processor that quietly began shipping from Intel Corp. this month could find its way into a model of Apple Computer's forthcoming 8-core professional desktop systems.
The new 2.0GHz quad-core Clovertown chip has been officially dubbed...
New Clovertown chip an option for Apple's 8-core Mac Pro
The new 2.0GHz quad-core Clovertown chip has been officially dubbed...
New Clovertown chip an option for Apple's 8-core Mac Pro
An impending financial restatement by Apple Computer and uncertainties regarding formal charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission may have driven chief executive Steve Jobs to seek some outside representation.
According to a starkly reveal...
Jobs seeks outside counsel as Apple restatement looms
According to a starkly reveal...
Jobs seeks outside counsel as Apple restatement looms
Is it worth getting an iPod fixed? My 30 GB color iPod bit the dust. I see on Apple's Web site that it charges up to a US$100 diagnostic fee, plus whatever to fix it. I can buy the new 30 GB video iPod for $230, so I'm wondering whether to get this one fixed at all.
Should You Buy a New iPod - or Repair the Old One
Should You Buy a New iPod - or Repair the Old One
I know a lot of you will be spending time with your families and, if you are like me, you may be looking for some things to talk about that aren't religion or politics but just as likely to result in a heated holiday discussion. Since the iPod, Apple's valuation has shot up like a rocket, while Microsoft's stock hasn't moved that much. One discussion could be on that dynamic.
Microsoft's Apple Mistake, Apple's Artificial Image, Open Source Isn't Open
Microsoft's Apple Mistake, Apple's Artificial Image, Open Source Isn't Open
In <i>The Perfect Thing: How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture and Coolness</i>, author Steven Levy unabashedly filters and weighs every detail of the iPod and its history through his own consciousness and set of values with no pretense of detachment or objectivity. Overall, it could make a dandy holiday gift for the iPod devotee on your list.
What Makes the iPod So Cool
What Makes the iPod So Cool
MacNN reports on a recently published patent application for Resolution Independent User Interface Design. Resolution Independence has been described by Apple as a feature for the upcoming version of Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). The reasoning is desc...
Apple Patent for Resolution Independent User Interface
Apple Patent for Resolution Independent User Interface
Nike this week announced that it has managed to sell six times as many Nike+iPod compatible shoes as it has the actual sport kits. Meanwhile, Apple holds a commanding leading on the legal video download market. And, yes, the iSight has mysteriously ...
Briefly: Nike+, iTunes video downloads, iSight
Briefly: Nike+, iTunes video downloads, iSight
Apple Computer has reportedly turned down an offer to incorporated new flash-enhanced hybrid hard drives from Samsung into its Mac computer line, likely proceeding with plans to use technology from Intel Corp. instead.
Like several other PC manufa...
Apple passes on Samsung's hybrid flash technology for Macs
Like several other PC manufa...
Apple passes on Samsung's hybrid flash technology for Macs
Apple Computer is looking to secure exclusive rights to techniques required to produce resolution independent user interfaces, one of the supported features of its forthcoming Mac OS X Leopard operating system.
The Cupertino, Calif.-based Mac make...
Apple seeks patent on resolution independent user interface
The Cupertino, Calif.-based Mac make...
Apple seeks patent on resolution independent user interface
More than 67 million iPods have been sold since 2001. An additional 17 million are expected to be sold by year's end, creating a cottage industry for iPod accessory makers. For every US$3 spent on an iPod, $1 is spent on an accessory, said Steve Baker of the research firm NPD Group. The industry posted $850 million in sales in 2005 and is expected to eclipse $1 billion this year.
iPod Accessories for Holiday Gift Giving
iPod Accessories for Holiday Gift Giving
Consumers are developing a growing need to stay connected to their video and audio media sources, even as they spend more time away from their home entertainment centers.
Apple's iPod, along with TiVo and satellite radio, are all seeing increased usage. Regular weekly usage of the iPod as an alternative media source is up 72.1 percent compared to 2005, according to a study by BIGresearch.
Jump in iPod, TiVo Usage Reflects New Viewing Habits
Apple's iPod, along with TiVo and satellite radio, are all seeing increased usage. Regular weekly usage of the iPod as an alternative media source is up 72.1 percent compared to 2005, according to a study by BIGresearch.
Jump in iPod, TiVo Usage Reflects New Viewing Habits
Apple Computer last month saw more visitors to its website than any other PC manufacturer or computer electronics company, ranking high on a list of the Internet's most trafficked properties.
According to data released this week by comScore Media...
Apple.com visitors up 21 percent this holiday season
According to data released this week by comScore Media...
Apple.com visitors up 21 percent this holiday season
Picking off where the Month of Kernel Bugs left off, security researcher LMH and his team is reportedly set to launch another month-long security-hole finding project, this time targeting only Apple's products. According to the Washington Post, th...
Month Of Apple Bugs: January 2007
Month Of Apple Bugs: January 2007
Apple Computers new Pod shuffle and its attractive $79 price point appear to have stuck a chord with consumers, who are gobbling up the flash memory-based digital music player twice as fast as last year.
According to data from market research firm...
Holiday sales of new iPod shuffle double predecessor
According to data from market research firm...
Holiday sales of new iPod shuffle double predecessor
Thousands of Web sites fill the Internet daily with stories about Apple. Expectations soar. Apple's never announced its rumored cell phone, the so-called iPhone; yet, a Google search of the word iPhone turns up over 11 million results. Sooner or later, the ability of Apple to deliver will get too far out of sync with the mind of the Internet.
Apple Must Get Inside Its Own Decision Cycle
Apple Must Get Inside Its Own Decision Cycle