Jeff Gamet

Apple and Wal-Mart may be negotiating a deal that would give the big-box retailer a cut of iTunes movie download sales in exchange for selling digital download coupons. According to Variety, the alliance would make movie studios feel more comfortable about adding their libraries to the iTunes Store. So far, only Disney has signed on…

Microsoft’s Zune media player offers similar features to Apple’s iPod, and now will debut with a similar price tag, too. But that may not be enough to draw away iPod users, according to American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu. Mr. Wu comments “To us, the key question is whether Zune priced in-line with a vPod…

The environmental activist group, Greenpeace, released a report on Monday titled Toxic Chemicals In Your Laptop that attempts to list the percentages of toxic chemicals found in several different laptop computer models, including Apple’s MacBook Pro. Greenpeace tested the computers for compliance with The European Union’s RoHS directive – a set of voluntary guidelines that…

Microsoft officially revealed the specifications for its first Zune media player on Thursday. It didn’t, however, reveal the unit’s price, or exactly when it will be on store shelves – only that it will be available “this holiday season.” The first Zune will include a 30GB hard drive, 3-inch color LCD screen, a built-in FM…

If you are using a PowerPC-based Mac, like a PowerBook G4 or a Power Mac G5, you can take advantage of the Classic environment to use older applications that don’t run natively in Mac OS X. Most Mac users, however, aren’t relying on Classic-bound applications nearly as much as they used to. For those that…

Christopher Gee, a former executive at Apple Computer, has been hired as the president of Advanced Battery Technologies, Inc. The company designs and manufactures rechargeable Polymer-Lithium-Ion batteries used in electric vehicles, motorcycles, cell phones, portable computers, and other electronic devices. While working at Apple, Mr. Gee was responsible for several successful business development and enterprise…

Foxconn has dropped the defamation lawsuit it brought against two journalists from the China Business News. According to Forbes, the companies issued a joint statement apologizing to each other “for the disturbances brought to both of them by the lawsuit.” Both Foxconn and the news paper stated that they will work together to help protect…

Hongfujin Precision Industry Co., the division of Foxconn that operates the Longhua factory that manufactures iPods for Apple Computer, has been ordered by the Chinese government to allow its employees to form a trade union. According to Forbes, the union will be affiliated with the government’s All-China Federation of Trade Unions. The Longhua factory has…

Apple has settled the Federal lawsuit brought against it by the man claiming the company stole his design for the iTunes music player. According to the Burlington Free Press, attorneys for both parties negotiated for 15 hours before reaching the undisclosed settlement. David Contois, the owner of Contois Music & Technology, alleged that Apple employees…