Apple Sued Over iPod-induced Hearing Loss

A class action lawsuit against Apple has been filed in U.S. District Court in San Jose claiming that the iPod is responsible for causing hearing loss in the people that use the music player. According to The Mercury News, the complaint states that iPods are “Inherently defective in design and are not sufficiently adorned with…

Adobe Intel Support: October at the Earliest

In an FAQ that lists Adobeis plans, the company stated that is is committed to supporting Intel-based Macs with most of its existing Mac products, and that it is transitioning its code development to Appleis Xcode so that it can build UB compliant applications. Adobeis document states “Adobe does not plan to re-release current products…

Report: Microsoft Mulls Making Its iPod Competitor, but With Games

covered this on Thursday, but todayis coverage includes a Spin that looks at what Microsoft might be missing.] Microsoft is contemplating making its own digital media device to directly compete with Appleis iPod, according to a report from BusinessWeek. Writing for the magazine, Jay Greene reported that the company is considering its own device as…

MacSoft Fixes Laptop Trackpad Problem in Zoo Tycoon 2

The strategy game lets players manage every aspect of a zoo, including animal exhibits, concessions, employees, and more. You can explore the zoo as a zoo keeper, or a park guest in 3D, and a bonus DVD with features from National Geographicis “Totally Wild” series is also included. Zoo Tycoon 2 is priced at US$39.99.

Disney Buys Pixar for $7.4 Billion; Jobs on Disney Board [Update]

Pixar president Ed Catmull will be the president of the newly formed Pixar and Disney animation studios, and creative mastermind John Lasseter will be the Chief Creative Officer of the animation studios. "Disney and Pixar can now collaborate without the barriers that come from two different companies with two different sets of shareholders," said Steve…

iWork Grabs Number 2 Office Suite Spot

Despite the fact that Apple has been fairly low key about iWork over the past year, it still came in with 17.4 percent of the Mac market, compared to Office for the Macis 82 percent. Microsoft, however, does have the upper hand in this battle, since Office is available for both Mac and Windows platforms,…

Jobs May Become Disney's Largest Share Holder

Steve Jobs is on track to become the single largest individual shareholder in Disney stock if the rumors that the Magic Kingdom will buy Pixar come true. In addition to his duties as Apple’s CEO, Mr. Jobs is also the chairman and CEO of the wildly successful Pixar animation studio. According to the Wall Street…

Band Not So Happy with Apple Ad [Updated]

From the bandis Web site: It has recently come to our attention that Apple Computersi new television commercial for the Intel chip features a shot-for-shot recreation of our video for iSuch Great Heightsi made by the same filmmakers responsible for the original. We did not approve this commercialization and are extremely disappointed with both parties…

Citigroup Cuts Apple Target Price

Citigroup also stated that it does not see any near-term positive or negative catalysts, and feels that Appleis guidance may be conservative. The lower earnings estimate is based on the potential that Apple will not be able to meet consumer demand for the soon to be released Intel-based MacBook Pro. After its debut at Macworld…

Analyst: Dell Could File Anti-Competitive Suit Against Apple

“If Dell wanted to offer one of their boxes running Mac software they could of course just buy the packaged OS. However, if they wanted to purchase OS X on an OEM basis and were turned down, Brookwood believes this could be grounds for the suit.” Mr. Schwartz added that the suit could claim that…

Apple Passes Dell's Market Cap

Apple had a lucky Friday the 13th, wrapping up a successful Macworld Expo week by closing with a higher market cap than Dell. Apple hit US$72.132 billion, topping Dell’s $71.97 billion. As previously reported by TMO, Apple was already in a good position to surpass Dell shortly after announcing the Intel-based iMac and MacBook Pro…

TMO to Go Podcast - Weekly Roundup: Jan 15, 2006

Direct Link: MP3 Version This week: Who knew people other than Apple made cool products? Tune in for an �ber-product-roundup in the wake of the Macworld Expo. Also: DOWN WITH ANALYSTS! The Weekly Roundup will be included in TMO’s main RSS feed, and also in its own feed if you’d like to add it directly…

TMO at Macworld - Apple Specialist Pavilion Features New Products

SAN FRANCISCO — The Apple Specialist Pavilion at Macworld has three companies showing off new products during the show this week: Actoris Software’s Xpress Schedule 1.1, EZQuest’s Thunder Pro external hard drives and Xsilva’s LightSpeed 1.1. The version 1.1 release of staff scheduling tool Xpress Schedule offers the ability to print graphical views of schedules,…

Macworld Expo Keynote Available to All

If you canit get enough of watching Apple CEO Steve Jobs demonstrate iLife i06 for half an hour, Apple has you covered with a stream of todayis keynote presentation. Other highlights include the 3D charts Mr. Jobs featured throughout the presentation (new to Keynote 3, available today as part of iWork i06) and a nifty…

QuickTime 7 Gains iLife '06 Support, iTunes 6.0.2 available

A pple delivered a minor update to QuickTime following the Macworld Expo keynote, adding iLife i06 support to the software. QuickTime 7.0.4 also “delivers numerous bug fixes” and “H.264 performance improvements.” The 49.9MB update is available via Software Update or as a standalone download. iTunes 6.0.2 Apple also updated iTunes Tuesday evening to version 6.0.2,…

Adobe Counters Aperture with Lightroom [UPDATED]

Adobe emphasized Lightroomis Lights-Out mode, which enables users to relegate control panels and tools to the background as they work on an image. In addition, the Identity Plate feature “allows photographers to apply their own branding to the application and its output, so that it becomes their own personal gallery for showcasing work,” the company…

Sony CEO Stringer: Jobs "Smarter" with iPod/iTunes

In an interview for CBSi 60 Minutes, Mr. Stringer said “there is no question that the (Apple) iPod was a wake-up call for Sony. And the answer is that Steve Jobs was smarter at software than we are.” Mr. Stringer admitted Sony has spent too much time worried about its record division and made it…

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