Archive: 2006 — page 24
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Dvorak Isn’t Crazy
Awhile back, John C. Dvorak wrote a column for PCMagazine Online illustrating his opinions about Apple switching to the Windows Operating System. While this article listed many good and well researched points, many people were dead against the idea, and made sure everyone knew it…
Southlake Town Square Apple Store Opening April 8
Apple has officially announced that the Southlake Town Square store will open this Saturday at 10am. The Texan Store will be giving away 1000 t-shirts to the first through the doors and of course the opening sweepstake is up for winning.
Apple Releases Boot Camp Beta
Apple today quietly released a new technology called Boot Camp, allowing users to install Windows XP in an Intel Mac. Space Maker - to adjust the size of your partitions More and more people are buying and loving Macs. To make this choice simply irresistible…
Bluetooth iPod Soon?
"Apple had a strangely quiet 30th birthday over the weekend, but it hasn’t been staying in and watching Pixar films – according to a UK retailer we’ve been speaking to, it’s been adding the finishing touches to a Bluetooth iPod," Mark Wilson writes for Stuff…
Chilli Peppers Offer Advance Album, Tickets also
Warners and Apple have made the brand new Red Hot Chilli Peppers album, "Stadium Arcadium" exclusively available through iTunes. The album can be pre-ordered for £14.99 ($19.90) and available for download on May 9, but customers will receive "Dani California" the single immediately after they…
13.3-inch Intel iBook Due in June
The Chinese Commercial times is reporting that Asustek Computer has attained a contract from Apple Computer for the upcoming Intel based iBooks. Initial estimates show that Asustek will ship 1.2 million units. Au Optronics, Chi Mei Optoelectronics and LG Phillips have all received orders for…
OS X 10.4.6 Now Available
Available via Software Update: The 10.4.6 Update is recommended for all users and includes general operating system fixes, as well as specific fixes for the following applications and technologies: - login and authentication in a variety of network environments - file access and byte range…
30th Birthday iMac?
An image has emerged on the internet today that appears to be a product listing for a product callled the "iMac 30", the screenshot was supposedly taken just the other day. We'll look into it some more, but it could simply be a photoshop, typo…
Apple faces Writers’ Appeal
Apple will be heading to a Californian court to face an appeal on behalf of bloggers and online journalists who claim that themselves and their sources should be protected. The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) and Apple are scheduled for a hearing on April 20 which…
The Big 3-0 at Regent Street Apple Store
First off if your reading this expecting to see images of a big party at the Regent Street Store then sadly your wrong, but World of Apple did try and bring the birthday spirit to London...
Happy 30th Birthday, 1996 - 2006
Read the first two parts of this series: Part 1 - 1976 - 1986 Part 2 - 1986 - 1996 Apple's board had ousted Gilbert Amelio from his position as Chairman and CEO and was searching for a replacement, the board immediately turned to Steve…
Aperture 1.1 Delayed Until April
In February Apple announced that the Universal version of Aperture would be released in March. Apparently Apple have slipped this release and it is now expected to ship in mid-April, although this is not confirmed by Apple. Apple's page has simply been updated to say…
What’s NeXT for Apple? 1986 to 1996
Read the other parts of this series: Part 1 - 1976 - 1986 Part 3 - 1996 - 2006 Apple Computer was now 10 years old and was dominating the personal computer industry but things were not looking good, Steve Jobs was out of the…
Intel Ultra Low Voltage Core Solo Uncovered
DailyTech is reporting that Gateway have accidentally jumped the gun by offering a new notebook which is powered by a new Intel Ultra Low Voltage Core Solo processor. The new ULV processors clock in at 1.06GHz and 1.2GHz with a 533MHz bus and featuring 2MB…
Apple at 30 - 1976 to 1986
Read the next two parts of this series: Part 2 - 1986 - 1996 Part 3 - 1996 - 2006 Well as you all know 2006 marks the 30th year since Apple Computer was founded and in a mere 3 days it will be the…
Apple V’s Apple - “Even a Moron”
Today it was the turn of Apple Computer to fights its side of the battle, rejecting claims by Apple Corps Ltd. that selling music via the iTunes Music Store was a violation of an agreement made in 1991. Apple Computer lawyer Anthony Grabiner said that…
Universal Final Cut Studio Available
Final Cut Studio 5.1 which is made up of Final Cut Pro 5, Soundtrack Pro, DVD Studio Pro 4 and Motion 2 is now fully Universal allowing it to work natively on both Intel and PPC systems. Final Cut Studio 5.1 costs $1,299 (£899.99). Customers…
Apple Corp Case Begins
Today was the opening day of the court battle between Apple Corps and Apple Computer. Apple Corps made opening arguments in its request for an injunction that would bar the computer manufacturer from using its logo - an apple with a bite taken out -…
iPod Updater 2006-03-23 Released [Updated]
Available in Software Update for around 27.7MB: iPod Updater 2006-03-23 delivers: New iPod Software 1.1.1 for iPod New iPod Software 1.1.1 for iPod nano For all other iPod models, iPod Updater 2006-03-23 contains the same software versions as iPod Updater 2006-01-10. Important: After downloading the…
Apple Quietly Updates 30-inch Cinema Display
Apple today boosted the specs on its 30-inch Cinema Display. The displays brightness was originally 270 cd/m2 and has now been upgraded to 400 cd/m2. The contrast ratio has also been increased from 400:1 to 700:1. We are unable to confirm whether it is a…