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The last two weeks of the year are upon us, and this week’s look back at Apple’s history finds a couple of esoteric moments, as well as the one of the most pivotal moments in Apple’s corporate life. First, we’ll start with the esoteric: It was this week in 1994 that Kaleida Labs shipped Media…

Steven Milunovich of Merrill Lynch reiterated his “Buy” rating on Apple’s stock Thursday, as well as his US$78 per share 12 month target price. In a research note to his clients obtained by The Mac Observer, Mr. Milunovich offered a variety of anecdotal notes that indicate that Apple’s current quarter continues to go well, and…

Apple Computer has filed suit against three individuals it alledges posted illegal test versions of its next version of Mac OS X, code-named “Tiger”, it was reported Tuesday. The Reuters news agency reported (link attribution: MacMinute) the three unidenitifed men, members of Apple Developer Connection, posted copies of the operating system on the Internet on…

Taped to my desk at work, there use to be a copy of an ad I found somewhere a long time ago. The ad claimed that Linux was 33% geekier than Windows; it had charts and graphs that showed that Linux was, indeed, 33% geekier. That ad isn’t there anymore, I moved to a different…

Taped to my desk at work, there use to be a copy of an ad I found somewhere a long time ago. The ad claimed that Linux was 33% geekier than Windows; it had charts and graphs that showed that Linux was, indeed, 33% geekier. That ad isn’t there anymore, I moved to a different…

A California Superior Court has granted a request by Apple Computer to serve subpoenas on three Mac rumor Web sites seeking information on who leaked facts about an un-announced audio hardware product code named “Asteroid” or “Q97”, court documents obtained Monday by The Mac Observer showed. Apple’s seven-page civil complaint, filed with the Santa Clara…

You can find more information on many of the entries below in Owen Linzmayer’s excellent Apple Confidential 2.0. The other entries can be found in TMO’s archives, and we link to articles whenever we can.1981: December 12-18 1980: Underwriters Morgan Stanley and Hambrecht & Quist take Apple Computer public in the largest IPO since Ford…

While I will be the first to admit to jumping on the High-Definition bandwagon recently, it has occurred to me that the term HD is becoming a rampant buzzword that is being thrown around like a magic term to describe the Holy Grail of digital cinema and television. Granted, HD does look spectacular, and using…

The California Tree Fruit Agreement, the entity responsible for marketing California produce, will begin a new promotion using Apple’s iTunes Music Store. Buyers of California produce, including nectarines, plums, and peaches, will earn free iTMS downloads. The Sacremento Bee reports, “The number of songs to be given away — they usually cost 99 cents –…

The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, the flagship news program for PBS, has broadcast a story examining Apple. The show, which was first aired Friday, December 10th, looks at all the usual suspects for Apple’s current prospects, including the company’s success with the iTunes Music Store and iPod, as well as Apple’s market share in…

American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu has initiated coverage of Apple Computer (AAPL) with a ‘buy’ recommendation, and a 12-month target of US$78 per share. The firm cited Apple’s growing iPod success and the oft-mentioned iPod ‘Halo Effect’ that could boost Mac sales as reasons for optimism. “We believe (Apple) is well-positioned to capitalize on…

It wasn’t much of a protest, but it did turn heads. The San Jose Mercury News reports Monday a recent weekend impromptu protest by an unidentified Apple employee’s husband who demonstrated his furstration about the overtime hours he said his wife was required to work at Apple. Michael Gough drove his car around the Apple…

We live in a high-tech, high speed world where everything is abbreviated to accommodate our constantly shrinking attention spans. News is segmented in sound bites lasting only so many seconds, the rides at Disney, while fun, last barely a New York minute, and movie makers often opt for more bang in less time, rather than…

This week is another interesting week in Apple history, as we have the opening of the retail store that single-handedly capitalized Apple’s founding, the sale of Pixar to Steve Jobs, the first executive briefing on Star Trek, and a shootout between NeXT and Be at 12 Infinite Loop. That’s a lot of action for one…

I recently completed a short film as Director of Photography using the Panasonic DVX100A with the intention of blowing up the image to 35mm film for festival releases, and thought I might impart some insight into the recommended settings for such transfers. The short film, titled Oh My God, has recently been selected in the…

Convenience isn’t really my middle name, but it should have been. I love for things to be convenient, and I love convenient things. It’s not uncommon for me to spend half a day tinkering with a macro or script or utility or whatever, hoping to make some repetitive task just a wee bit easier and…