A pple CEO Steve Jobs was on the short list for CBS Marketwatchis CEO of the Year, though he lost out in the end to Legg Mason CEO Raymond Mason. The financial publication has published a look at Mr. Jobs successes at both Apple and Pixar during the last year, with the emphasis being on…
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Apple Developer Connection Posts Dashboard Tutorial
T he Apple Developer Connection has posted a detailed tutorial for making Dashboard Widgets. The tutorial comes a couple of days after Apple announced a contest that will give a free iPod to a developer who makes the best Widget. Dashboard is one of the flagship features of Mac OS X 10.4, Tiger, which is…
Apple Hot Deals Updates For MacWarehouse, MacMall
A pple has updated the Hot Deals page for CDW|MacWarehouse and MacMall at the Macintosh Product Guide. The Mac Product Guide is a list of Mac compatible hardware and software products on the market. The Hot Deals section of the Product Guide features several Mac retailers and special offers that one can only get, at…
Financial Times Talks iPod, Too
The Financial Times is the latest mainstream news outlet to publish something about Apple’s iPod. The London newspaper took a broad look at the market Apple dominates in an article called "Kids happy to get an Apple in their stocking." The article doesn’t break any ground in the news department, but is a continuation of…
Apple Hot Deals Update For MacWarehouse
A pple has updated the Hot Deals page for MacWarehouse at the Macintosh Product Guide. The Mac Product Guide is a list of Mac compatible hardware and software products on the market. The Hot Deals section of the Product Guide features several Mac retailers and special offers that one can only get, at least in…
Apple's Stock Closes Over 61; Sets New 4-Year High
After Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster surprised the investing community on Monday by raising Apple’s target price from US$52 a share to $100 per share, the markets reacted by shoving Apple’s stock up more than 11%. In very heavy volume of 45.9 million shares trading hands, AAPL closed Monday at 61.35, higher by 6.18 (+11.20%),…
Apple to be Delisted by Tokyo Stock Exchange
Bloomberg reported late on Wednesday that Apple’s stock will be removed from the Tokyo Stock Exchange on December 25th of this year. Trading at the exchange for AAPL has averaged a mere 1,340 shares per day in 2004, a tiny fraction of the 7.74 million shares per day that trade on the NASDAQ, the US…
Stephen King: "I'm Thankful for iTunes"
S tephen King says that he is thankful for iTunes. The world-famous author listed iTunes among the many things he is thankful for in a column for Entertainment Weekly (EW). After mentioning his thankfulness for Tom Waitsi newest album, Real Gone (US$9.99 – iTunes) Mr. King said simply: “Come to think of it, Iim thankful…
Apple Hot Deals Update For O'Reilly, Ramjet
A pple has updated the Hot Deals page for OiReilly and Ramjet at the Macintosh Product Guide. The Mac Product Guide is a list of Mac compatible hardware and software products on the market. The Hot Deals section of the Product Guide features several Mac retailers and special offers that one can only get, at…
Apple Hot Deals Update For MacZone
A pple has updated the Hot Deals page for MacZone at the Macintosh Product Guide. The Mac Product Guide is a list of Mac compatible hardware and software products on the market. The Hot Deals section of the Product Guide features several Mac retailers and special offers that one can only get, at least in…
Another 52-Week High: Apple Closes At $52.19
A fter hitting a 52-week high on Wednesday, shares in Apple Computer (AAPL) closed Thursday at yet another new 52-week high of US$52.19, a gain of $1.89 (+3.76%). The stock traded on heavy volume of 15.4 million shares trading hands. Appleis current market value climbed to $20.43 billion, and its price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) stands at…
First on TMO - Apple Introduces iPod Socks (W/Photo)
Apple’s new iPod Sock (Click the thumbnail for larger image.) SAN JOSE, Calif — During Thursday’s U2 event in the California Theater, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced Apple’s first iPod accessory, the iPod Sock. The socks come five to a package, with one each in green, purple, orange, pink, and blue. Packaged just like normal…
TMO Reports - Apple Announces iPod Photo; U2-Customized iPod (UPDATE)
SAN JOSE, Calif — As anticipated, Apple Computer announced Tuesday the iPod Photo with a 2-inch color screen and the ability to output digital photos to a television. The new handheld device will come in a 40 gigabyte (GB) and 60GB model, at US$499 and $599, respectively. iPod Photo, (photo below) holds up to 25,000…
QuickBooks Pro 2005 For Mac Ships
< A href="http://www.intuit.com/">Intuit has announced a new version of QuickBooks for the Mac, QuickBooks Pro 2005. QuickBooks is Intuitis very popular accounting solution, and the new version includes many improvements and enhancements. Intuit also stressed that QuickBooks Pro 2005 can share data more easily with Windows users of QuickBooks. The company stressed what it calls…
The Back Page - Error-Ridden Article On MP3 Player Market Is Just Wrong
Electronic News has published an error ridden article that attempts to look at the burgeoning music player market. A hodgepodge of facts, fallacies, strange interpretations, and other mistakes, the piece is not an attack on Apple, by any means, but just a pad piece of journalism. Since it’s out there, I felt a bit of…
Jef Raskin: "Little Difference Between Using a Mac and Windows"
Jef Raskin is as rascally today as he was more than 20 years ago when he fought to get his idea for a new computer through Apple’s management. That computer was the Macintosh, if not the Macintosh that was eventually brought to market, for Steve Jobs took over Mr. Raskin’s project, and effectively pushed him…
iPod Chip Maker Not Seeing Much Halo Effect
BusinessWeek’s Alex Salkever has turned his attention this week to one of Apple’s suppliers, PortalPlayer. The company supplies the chip that powers both the iPod and the iPod mini. With Apple’s massive iPod success, one could be excused for thinking PortalPlayer, a fabless chip maker, might be doing well, making its impending IPO attractive. According…
Apple Hot Deals Update For J&R
A pple has updated the Hot Deals page for J&R at the Macintosh Product Guide. The Mac Product Guide is a list of Mac compatible hardware and software products on the market. The Hot Deals section of the Product Guide features several Mac retailers and special offers that one can only get, at least in…
Apple Sells 150 Millionth iTMS Download; 4 Million Per Week [UPDATED]
Apple announced Thursday that it had sold the 150 millionth download through the iTunes Music Store (iTMS) since its launch in April of 2003. The company also says that customers are now downloading some four million songs per week, putting the company on track to sell 200 million songs per year. “Crossing 150 million downloads…
Fortune Recommends iMac G5, Disses Windows Security
Fortune magazine’s Peter Lewis is the latest to talk up Apple’s new iMac G5. In a review titled “Apple All-In-One Is One For Almost All,” Mr. Lewis offers the now-familiar praise for the iMac G5’s design, looks, display, speed, etc. He also criticizes the 64 MB video card Apple included in the unit as “paltry,”…
TMO Reports - G5 Supply Delays Still Affecting iMac, Power Mac Sales
Consumers wanting G5-based Macs may have to wait a while as supplies of G5 processors from IBM continue to fall behind demand. In a conference call with Wall Street analysts, Apple said Wednesday that inventories were getting better, but that it didn’t expect supply to meet demand until sometime this quarter. Apple sold 229,000 iMacs…
Microsoft Issues Security Warning & Update For Mac Office
Microsoft has issued a critical security warning, as well as accompanying updates, for Mac Office v.X and Mac Office 2001. The most recent version of Mac Office (Office 2004) is not affected. The security flaw is specifically found in Excel, and could allow someone to execute code that would allow them to gain complete control…
HP Sells 121,000 iPods (UPDATED)
HP introduced the Apple iPod by HP in late August, making for approximately one month of real sales, making the results impressive as HP ramped up its distribution during that time. While declining to comment on the details of HPis rollout, Tim Cook, Executive Vice President – Worldwide Sales and Operations, noted that another benefit…
First Albany Rates AAPL a 'Buy'; Raises Target to US$44 (UPDATED)
First Albany Capital has issued a ‘Buy’ rating for Apple’s stock, raising its target from US$35 to $44, saying the company is likely to report its fiscal fourth quarter earnings per share one cent ahead of the industry concensus of 18 cents. Analyst Joel Wagonfeld told clients in a report obtained by The Mac Observer,…