Archive: 2006 — page 15
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Apple Japan Exec Steps-Down
Apple confirmed today that Vice President of Marketing Yoshiaki Sakito has stepped down from his position in Japan. The Associated Press claims that Sakito came to an agreement with Apple although further details are unclear. In a contrasting report Nihon Keizai Shimbun says that Sakito…
Apple Execs Revealed to be Involved in Stock Option Irregularities
AppleInsider has exclusively revealed that top Apple execs are involved with the stock option grant irregularities and could be forced to return any funds gained. List of options as well as those involved The 23-page complaint was exclusively revealed to AppleInsider, the complaint which was…
Upcoming iPod nano to Have Aluminium Enclosure?
AppleInsider is reporting that Apple is making efforts to reduce the iPods susceptibility to scratches. According to the report, Apple has been experimenting with aluminium anodised enclosures similar to those of the iPod mini. The upcoming iPod nano has been the centre of much speculation…
Further News on Regent Street Store Renovations
World of Apple has recently reported on the construction work taking place at the Regent Street Apple Store in London, today ifoAppleStore has cleared up some of the confusion that was previously present. New theatre construction behind the current theatre at Regent Street Apple Store…
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard to Lack Virtualisation
Needham and Company analyst Charles Wolf recently spoke with Phil Schiller at the opening of the Fifth Avenue Apple Store. He asked Phil a simple question, ‘will Apple include a virtualization solution in [the next version of Mac OS X] Leopard.’ He said ‘absolutely not…
Apple Logo Pops-up on Playstation 3 Site
Apple logo appears on Sony's PS3 website. This image has been brightened to exagerate the logo. Last night it has been widely reported that an Apple logo appears to have appeared on the Sony PlayStation 3 website. At this point in time it is unknown…
Lawsuits Announced Over Apple Stock Grants
Apple Computer has today announced that two lawsuits have been filed against the company over the awarding of stock grants. Both suits make claims against current and former officers and directors with respect to the company's awarding of stock option grants. Last week, Apple proactively…
The Loop Reveals Custom Branded iTMS
Chicago Radio Chicago radio station The Loop has unveiled a custom branded iTunes Music Store built right into their web page using Adobe Flash. The new type of store-front offers third parties the ability to use affiliate linking but also offers users the ability to…
“Charts” Coming in iWork ‘07
Think Secret is reporting that Apple is building a new application called Charts. The article states that Charts is not a competitor to Microsoft's spreadsheet program, Excel. But is aimed at the needs of home users and small businesses. The article offers few details on…
Apple Introduces $899 iMac for Education [Updated]
Apple today released an iMac priced for education, at $899 the 17-inch iMac features a 1.83GHz Core Duo, as well as 512MB of memory, Combo and 80GB hard drive. The iMac has no been stripped of its iSight and ship with Airport as standard. The…
Apple Files For “MACEXPO”
Apple has recently filed a trademark for the term "MACEXPO". The filing comes as a surprise as the Mac-Expo show is held annually in London. The filing describes the term "MACEXPO" as follows: "Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials, not included in other…
New Look for Mac Pro, and MacBook Pro
Think Secret is reporting that sources have confirmed to them that the upcoming PowerMac, expected to be called the Mac Pro will feature a brand new enclosure. Think Secret claims that the upcoming system will be powered by the Intel Core 2 Duo and come…
Apple Expands Retail MacBook Configurations
Apple has recently expanded its line of MacBook notebooks at its retail stores. The two new configurations push the offerings to five retail configurations. The first addition is a new 2.0GHz white MacBook with 1GB of RAM and 80GB of hard drive storage. The new…
French Copyright Law Passed by French Senate
Many media outlets are reporting that French lawmakers have given final approval to a law which forces companies to open up their digital rights management. "Any artist's work that is legally acquired should be playable on any digital device," Culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres…
Internet Bandwidth Restricts Movie Downloads Says Apple
Apple Director of QuickTime Product Marketing, Frank Casanova has told the press that internet bandwidth limits is "one of the reasons why there's no activity taking place in movie downloads". With a sizeable movie file "you could request a movie from Netflix before this download…
Mac OS X 10.4.7 Intel Re-Release [Updated]
Sources are claiming that Apple has updated its original Mac OS update for Intel based Macs. Although the update has not been changed in Software Update as of yet, Apple did send out a notice to its security email list: "the install package that upgrades…
Boston Apple Store Rendering
Rendering proposed by Apple Boston.com has posted a rendering proposed by Apple.
Apple Probes Stock Option Irregularities
Apple said Thursday that it had begun an internal investigation into irregularities that have been discovered related to issuance of certain stock option grants between 1997 and 2001. A special committee of Apple’s outside directors has hired independent counsel to perform an investigation and the…
iPod Updater 2006-06-28
Apple today complimented the release of iTunes 6.0.5 with iPod Updater 2006-06-28. iPod Updater 2006-06-28 in Software Update iPod Updater 2006-06-28 delivers: New iPod Software 1.1.2 for iPod New iPod Software 1.2 for iPod nano New iPod Software 1.1.4 for iPod shuffle For all other…
iTunes 6.0.5 Released
As expected Apple has released iTunes 6.0.5 via the Software Update Utility. With iTunes 6, you can now preview, buy, and download music videos, short films, and hit TV programs on the iTunes Music Store and sync your music and purchased videos with iPod to…