“Whether producing a 30-second spot, the nightly news or a major motion picture, Final Cut Studio is the choice of editors around the world,” Rob Schoeben, Appleis vice president of Applications Product Marketing, said in a statement. “With the introduction of Final Cut Server, collaboration just got a whole lot easier for millions of editors,…
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Apple to NYC's Green Logo: No No No
Apple Inc. is not at all sanguine about New York City’s efforts to go green, at least when it comes to the logo the city is trying to trademark. Cupertino, CA-based Apple Inc. has filed a challenge against a federal trademark registration effort by GreeNYC, saying the logo (see below) the nonprofit is trying to…
Podcast - Apple Weekly Report #118: iPhone Enterprise & SDK Special Report
Direct Link: MP3 Version Apple showed off its iPhone SDK this week, and made it clear that its handheld is destined for the enterprise market. The company also landed at the top of Fortune’s most admired companies list, shareholders told Apple they want more control over executive pay, Facebook is considering a move into iTunes…
AAPL Shareholders Pass Exec Pay Measure Request
The measure is little more than a request, and is effectively non-binding. It follows more direct efforts from some activist shareholders in the past to limit or otherwise give shareholders more direct say in the way the company pays its top execs. In response to the vote, Apple CEO Steve Jobs told shareholders on hand…
Podcast - Apple Weekly Report #116: Microsoft's Brave New World, and Requiem to HD DVD
Direct Link: MP3 Version Microsoft is trying to show its kinder, gentler side to developers, Toshiba bailed on its HD DVD format, and Apple introduced Xsan 2 while dropping the Xserve RAID from its product lineup. Also, Apple dropped iPod shuffle pricing and doubleTwist launched its media sharing and DRM-stripping software. The Apple Weekly Report…
CNN Money Makes Much Ado About MacBook Air Batteries
"A business user would find that completely unacceptable," longtime Apple analyst Roger Kay told the media outlet. "Most of the people I know who travel a lot carry multiple batteries." He also acknowledged, though, that the Air, "is a great design statement. Itis very elegant." Apple has stressed from the beginning that it was design…
Podcast - Apple Weekly Report #115 2008-02-11: iPhone and iPod touch Updates, Yahoo Snubs Microsoft
Direct Link: MP3 Version Apple released new iPhone and iPod touch models, the iPhone is going strong in the smart phone market, and yet another company is going after the company for patent infringement. Yahoo had a tough week, and Apple dropped out of NAB. The Apple Weekly Report will be included in TMO’s main…
Podcast - Apple Weekly Report #114 2008-02-04: Mega-Mergers, iPhone Security, & Pacemakers
Direct Link: MP3 Version Audible.com agreed to an Amazon buy out while Microsoft made a bid for Yahoo in an effort to hold off search giant Google. U.S. courts added another two years to Microsoft’s antitrust follow up, iPods turned out to be safer for heart patients than previously thought, and a new iPhone security…
PowerCast and WildCharge Demonstrate Wireless Power at CES
Wireless power transmission allows devices to receive a charge for either direct operation or to recharge internal batteries. Imagine your desk without power cords for your computer, iPhone, speakers, and even your electric pencil sharpener, should you have one, getting power without YAP (yet another plug). If that appeals to you, youill understand the change…
Podcast - Apple Weekly Report 2008-01-05 #111: Apple's Monopoly, and Down with HD DVD
Direct Link: MP3 Version Apple was hit with an antitrust lawsuit for its iPod and music sales tactics, Mac market share took a jump in December, and the iPhone and iPod touch had trouble telling time on New Year’s eve. In the entertainment world, Sony finally saw the value in DRM-free music, Warner dealt a…
Podcast - Apple Weekly Report: Apple & Burst Make Nice, QuickTime Security, Steve Jobs Rules the Business World
Direct Link: MP3 Version Apple and Burst managed to settle their differences over patents, and it only cost Apple $10 million. The iPhone invaded France, Google made a move for the 700MHz wireless spectrum, a QuickTime security flaw reared its ugly head, and it turns out Steve Jobs is the most powerful business person in…
Podcast - Apple Weekly Report: Mac Update Extravaganza, Lawsuit Shuffle, & Semanticus Metamorphosis!
Direct Link: MP3 Version Apple’s lawsuit standing was mixed this week: One case against the company was dismissed, but two more were filed. Mac OS X is selling well in Japan and the iPhone is selling well in the U.K., most everything with an Apple logo on it was updated, Google unleashed Android, and Apple’s…
BusinessWeek: iMac Undisputed Desktop Champ
In a four and a half-star review, BusinessWeek reviewer Cliff Edwards called Apple’s current line of iMacs the “undisputed champ, even as rivals Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, and Sony step up their offerings.” He cited Apple’s hardware design, peripherals, set-up ease, Mac OS X Leopard, and iLife as reasons that make the iMac a “star.” “It’s been…
AAPL Drops Another 5.75% (-$10.09)
Appleis losses have taken place in the midst of a broader tech selloff, a sector where the company has led gains during the past 18 months of trading. The tech selloff itself has been one of the major victims of a stock downturn triggered by the subprime mortgage crisis. *In the interest of full disclosure,…
Flyback: Time Machine for Linux, Mostly
Some members of the Open Source community have taken such a shine to Time Machine, they have been working on bringing the feature to Linux, even while some Mac users are complaining about problems with the technology. Dubbed Flyback, the project has been working on developing an rsync-based GUI solution for Linux with Time Machine…
Apple Tech Docs Address Time Machine Problems
Apple Inc. has released new support documents addressing issues that some Leopard users are encountering with Time Machine, Leopard’s new backup technology. The first document addresses an issue where Time Machine stops backing up “after about 10 GB or more of data” has been backed up, while the second looks at users whose past backups…
Podcast - Apple Weekly Report: Leopard Sales, NBC's Take on Music Pricing, Mac Security, and Ted Landau in the Context Machine
Direct Link: MP3 Version Mac OS X 10.5 sales are off to a good start, the MacBook was quietly upgraded, NBC is sure Apple is behind a music pricing crisis, and a new trojan horse for Mac OS X appeared. This week, TMO columnist and renowned author Ted Landau joins Jeff and Bryan for some…
Piper Jaffray: Apple Gets $18 Per Month Per iPhone
Silicon Alley Insider reported that Mr. Munster arrived at his new estimates based on Appleis quarterly conference call with analysts on Monday. He took the $118 million in revenue recorded by Apple during the September quarter and the approximately 1.15 million iPhones that have been activated through AT&T since the end of the July quarter…
Apple Pulls Boot Camp Beta Downloads
Boot Camp allows Mac users to create a Windows partition on their Intel Macs. Users can then choose to boot up their Macs into Windows instead of Mac OS X, with Boot Camp controlling that process. The beta license technically expired September 30, 2007, though partitions created with the Boot Camp beta still work. Pulling…
Podcast - Apple Weekly Report: Greenpeace's Toxic iPhone, More Lawsuits, and the Leopard Countdown Begins [UPDATE]
Direct Link: MP3 Version [Update: We have corrected the audio syncing issue and uploaded a new file. – Editor] Even though Apple’s iPhone complies with European hazardous chemical regulations, Greenpeace thinks it’s still a toxic handful, and now a California group is ready to sue the Cupertino company over the findings. Apple CEO Steve Jobs…
Podcast - Apple Weekly Report: Apple Takes It on the Chin with Customers, Interview w/Chris Breen
Direct Link: MP3 Version Apple is facing criticism over some of its update and product control tactics, Verizon hopes to knock the iPhone down a notch with its Voyager phone, Time Warner wants a piece of the music download pie, and the iPhone lawsuits keep coming in. This week in the context machine, a special…
Bungie May Be Leaving Microsoft
Adding fuel to the fire is the fact that neither Microsoft nor Bungie are confirming nor denying the story. While that obviously means the story has not been confirmed officially, with the importance of the Halo franchise to Microsoftis Xboxis platform, many observers have noted it is the kind of report Big Redmond would want…
Chris Breen Fears Return of "Arrogant" Apple
The column notes that Apple is now the darling of Wall Street, and has had a string of successes in the marketplace. Corporate arrogance, however, could bring that to a close. "Regardless of what Apple does in the real world — release great hardware, offer up the finest operating system computerdom has seen, make incredible…