Apple In Strong Position For iTunes Store Contract Extensions
Apple is in a strong negotiating position to seek further concessions from record companies when it comes time to re-negotiate iTunes Store contracts, according to Reuters.
Apple In Strong Position For iTunes Store Contract Extensions
Apple In Strong Position For iTunes Store Contract Extensions
Apple issued a whopper of a security update Thursday for its Mac OS X. The update contains fixes for 25 security flaws in the operating system. This most recent update marks the fourth Apple has released in 2007. In March, the computer maker released an update to repair 45 security vulnerabilities in the OS.
Apple Issues Fourth Security Update in as Many Months
Apple Issues Fourth Security Update in as Many Months
iTunes is great at organizing and playing your music, but it isn't so hot at managing your album art and lyrics. Kavasoft's Curator fills that gap surprisingly well, and it manages song lyrics, too. Since the application works alongside iTunes, instead of inside iTunes, the interface is free to focus on on album artwork -- a feature that iTunes forsakes.
Curator Eases iTunes Cover Art Management
Curator Eases iTunes Cover Art Management
Appleinsider claims that Target stores will begin carrying Apple's new Apple TV at retail locations by the end of the month.
Target to Carry Apple TVs
Target to Carry Apple TVs
Apple has released Security Update 2007-004 for Mac OS X today.
Apple Releases Security Update 2007-004
Apple Releases Security Update 2007-004
Big-box retailer Target is poised to become just the second third-party retailer to market Apple Inc.'s new Apple TV device at its brick-and-mortar retail stores, AppleInsider has learned.
The bullseye-themed shop will join Best Buy, which agreed ...
Target stores to pick up Apple TV
The bullseye-themed shop will join Best Buy, which agreed ...
Target stores to pick up Apple TV
Apple Inc. on Thursday plugged over two dozen security exploits within the client and server versions of its Mac OS X 10.3 Panther and Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger operating systems that could potentially expose Mac users to a variety of malicious attack...
Apple patch tackles two dozen Mac OS vulnerabilities
Apple patch tackles two dozen Mac OS vulnerabilities
Arstechnica's blog provides some confirmation of earlier reports that Apple's iPhone is going through last-minute quality control and development issues.
More on Apple iPhone Issues
More on Apple iPhone Issues
Apple Inc.'s presence at the National Association of Broadcasters conference this week includes a mind-boggling on-site server demonstration comprised of 130 Xserve components and over 3 miles of fiber optic cable.
In typical Apple fashion, staffe...
High-quality photos of Apple at NAB 2007
In typical Apple fashion, staffe...
High-quality photos of Apple at NAB 2007
MacDailyNews republishes numbers from a preliminary report by Gartner on 1st quarter 2007 PC marketshare results. The numbers reveal an 8.9% worldwide increase in PC shipments, and a 2.6% U.S. increase in PC shipments compared to the same period las...
Gartner: Apple's Q1 2007 Marketshare Up from 2006
Gartner: Apple's Q1 2007 Marketshare Up from 2006
Various sites are reporting on a patent application released today (number 20070085854) entitled System and method for computing a desktop picture. The abstract reads:
Apple Working On Automated Desktop Pictures
Apple Working On Automated Desktop Pictures
An enhancement to the Mac OS X operating system under development by Apple looks to pave the way for active desktop pictures, or desktop backgrounds that can include motion graphics and alter themselves based on user actions or the time of the day.
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Apple developing active desktop feature for Mac OS X
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Apple developing active desktop feature for Mac OS X
The quality of the music stored on one's iPod will depend in part on the system that amplifies the signal from the unit. Now, to create the special rich sound that audiophiles love, manufacturers are selling docking stations for iPods and MP3 players with amplifiers based on an old but resilient technology: vacuum tubes.
iPod Sound Goes Down the Tubes
iPod Sound Goes Down the Tubes
Apple Inc. had little to quarrel about with the latest figures from Gartner, which showed the Mac maker standing firm against a tidal wave of Windows PC sales triggered by Vista. For the first quarter of 2007, Mac unit shipments were up some 30 perce...
Apple's Mac sales rock-steady in Q1 despite Vista launch
Apple's Mac sales rock-steady in Q1 despite Vista launch
Electronista notes that some eagle-eyed French iTunes users have spotted the brief appearance of a new iPod game dubbed iQuiz on the iTunes Store.
New iPod Game 'iQuiz' Coming
New iPod Game 'iQuiz' Coming
On the heels of an announcement by the recording industry that sales of digital albums doubled last year, Apple has kicked off its first album sale on iTunes. Meanwhile, the iPod maker has tipped its hand regarding a new game for its iconic digital m...
iTunes hosts first album sale, new iPod game spotted
iTunes hosts first album sale, new iPod game spotted
When it comes to weird dining experiences, customers at Heston Blumenthal's restaurant, The Fat Duck, in England probably thought that snail porridge was the last word in outlandish eating. However, even his most extraordinary dishes will seem dull and ordinary compared with his latest -- creation seafood served with an iPod.
Don't Eat the iPod
Don't Eat the iPod
Making good on an earlier pact, Cisco Systems and Apple have begun to explore ways in which their respective iPhone devices can work together.
The two firms ended a fiery dispute over the iPhone trademark back in February, avoiding legal proceed...
Apple, Cisco attempt to meld iPhone technologies
The two firms ended a fiery dispute over the iPhone trademark back in February, avoiding legal proceed...
Apple, Cisco attempt to meld iPhone technologies
Released in 2002, Apple's Xserve marked the end of the company's hiatus from the enterprise server market. Five years later, it is clear Apple has not given up on its ambitions to offer an alternative to Linux and Windows-based x86 servers. However, the fight for Apple is far from won.
Apple's Xserve: The Server World's Ugly Duckling
Apple's Xserve: The Server World's Ugly Duckling