Sometimes it really is about competition and changing the game. In the business space, victory in the race to be the most green has been awarded to one company, while another -- with Al Gore on the board -- continues to come in last. Ever since Apple launched the iPod, companies have been trying to duplicate its success. HP may just have done it with gaming.
When Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO-for-life, shocked the music industry in February by calling for an end to sales of copy-protected music, the cynics smiled. I was among them. Here was a guy who had made hundreds of millions peddling copy-protected songs and the gadgets that play them. Was this just another case of the master showman blowing smoke to keep critics and regulators at bay?
A new drive swap offered by FastMac is giving hope to Mac owners riding the cutting edge of movie editing and playback, but is leaving many others wondering why Apple hasn't been willing to help of its own accord.
With the flurry of hacks surrounding the Apple TV, including the ability to run a full version of Mac OS X, there's been some concern and unfounded speculation that Apple may be specifically disabling these hacks.
It was only a matter of time before someone developed a proof-of-concept virus aimed at the iPod. Discovered by Kaspersky Lab, the virus is a file that can be launched and run on an iPod. The good news for the majority of iPod users is that Linux must be installed on the iPod for the virus to function; iPods running Linux are a decidedly smaller subset.
Speculation is rising that Apple may have more models of the Apple TV waiting in the wings after it was noted that the way Apple sells the unit on its online store is more typical of a product with multiple models than a single-model product (first n...
Apple has called in a favor from Intel for the latest Mac Pro, drawing on a cutting-edge Xeon. Meanwhile, increasing numbers of 17-inch MacBook Pro owners have complained about swelling batteries, and an iPod has played a special role in saving a so...
Apple on Wednesday rolled out an eight-core option for its Mac Pro family of desktops. The newly available machines can be customized with as many as two quad-core Intel Xeon 5300 series processors running up to 3.0 GHz. It is the first opportunity Mac users have had to get their hands on the combination of an eight-core system loaded with OS X.
Apple has released the long-anticipated 8-core Mac Pro. The update keeps current configurations but adds a top of the line 8-core 3 GHz model for $1498 additional beyond the base 2.66 Quad-core model.
Apple Inc. has developed an enhancement to its Mac OS X Finder user interface that will allow for different-sized icons within the same window as a means of representing their importance, a recent patent application has revealed.
Financial researchers have banked on the iPhone as the driving force behind Apple's near-future growth -- but cautioned that the fourth major platform in the company's lineup could also eat away at the very iPod share that has helped build its recent...
Electronics retailer Best Buy, which announced Wednesday that it will be expanding its Mac pilot program to about 200 stores, is expected to introduce a radically improved store-within-a-store concept at some locations.
Apple has graced the public with another smooth, white, exquisitely designed gadget, this time aiming at making it easier to play iTunes movies and songs on the living room TV set. Too bad, then, that where looks really matter -- in the quality of the video on the TV screen -- the $299 Apple TV comes up very short.
Investment Research firm UBS said Monday it believes Apple's expanding relationship with major US consumer electronics retailers is likely to branch out further, producing positive long term effects on Mac sales.
Apple has been rated worst among major electronics firms for its environmental policies by Greenpeace. In a new survey of 14 major companies, the manufacturer of the Mac, the Powerbook and the iPod was put bottom of the list for its policies on the elimination of toxic substances and recycling.
Apple released the much anticipated quad-core and 8-core Mac Pro models on Wednesday. The new pro-level Macs are available in speeds up to 3.0 GHz. The 8-core model is available with two 3.0 GHz quad-core Intel Xeon 5300 series processors with 8 MB L2 cache per processor, 64-bit data paths and registers and 1.33 GHz 64-bit dual front-side buses.
While unveiling a version of its professional desktop system that sports 8 cores of processing power on Wednesday, Mac maker Apple Inc. also cut prices on its matching array of Cinema Display flat panel monitors.