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The WSJ reported Monday (subscription required) that Apple “has begun briefing some partners about plans to begin shifting its Macintosh computer line next year to Intel chips, according to industry executives and people familiar with the briefings. Apple has said it expects to announce the move today, these people said.” Apple Chief Executive Officer Steve…

The article also quoted Mr. George as noting: “I donit think those customers have a specific place to go. There is not a clear identity to go in that high-end direction. We are competing for those customers along with companies like HP, Sony, Apple, Alienware and those customers that basically build their own systems.” The…

iEmulator 1.7.6 now provides the ability to access Mac files, folders and volumes directly from the emulated Windows environment, adding tremendous value and making file sharing across platforms extremely simple. Other previous features of iEmulator include the ability to assign up to 1 gigabyte of memory to each emulated PC, instantaneous PC state saving and…

Writing for Technology Review.com, Eric Hellweg believes last Sundayis announcement by Apple CEO Steve Jobs that a new version of iTunes software will debut in the next 60 days with full support to download and play a variety of podcast “will be a signal event for the technology, propelling it from a hobbyistis pursuit to…

Goodman explains that the program will continue for two more years and could expand to all the sixth graders in the district, depending on decisions made by a committee comprised of parents, teachers and administrators. He says that “most teachers saw not only significantly increased class time on computers, but also improvements in attendance. They…

Audible emphasizes compatibility with Appleis iPod on its Web site, and Apple has supported Audible by selling its content on the iTunes Music Store, but Apple CEO Steve Jobs recently announced that iTunes 4.9 will offer features for finding, downloading and managing podcasts. Apple will also freely distribute what it deems are the best podcasts…

Kevin Krewell, editor-in-chief of industry newsletter Microprocessor Report, believes Apple is trying to send a message to IBM that it should be its highest priority when it comes to the Power PC processor. “iThis news came out the week after the E3 games Expo in Los Angeles, where IBM was very much in the center…

Mr. Jobs made his comments during his keynote address at the Wall Street Journalis D Conference Sunday night outside San Diego, Calif. An invited guest, who asked not to be identified, told The Mac Observer of specific topics and quotes from the almost two-hour open conversation, in which Mr. Jobs fielded a range of questions…

Mr. Milunovich also observes that “music videos have been on sale through Appleis iTunes Music Store since last week” and that “the music industry doesnit have an outlet to sell music videos and would likely cooperate with Apple.” However, it should be noted that Apple isnit selling any music videos — theyire only available to…

“It has full 64-bit support, and as a direct challenge to data centre managers who might dismiss using Xserve, and OS X in mixed environments, the Server variant includes support for Access Control Lists (ACLs) and native file permissions of Microsoft Windows XP, and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory environments.” He then relates other…

The report by CNET News.com says Apple has openly discussed abandoning the KHTML code base, or “tree,” in favor of Appleis version, called WebCore. In an e-mail dated May 5, Apple engineer Maciej Stachowiak admitted the company would be willing to port WebCore to work with the K Desktop Environment, which is an interface for…

The article quotes Gates as saying that heid “bet on the mobile phone for sure” as the mobile device that will eventually emerge as the best for listening to music. The article also notes that Microsoft is working hard to get its Windows Mobile smart phone software into devices manufactured by nearly 70 companies, a…

S omeoneis idea of a joke or a leaked image of the real thing? The Mobile Gazette is reporting details and a photo of what many believe is the yet-to-be-announced Motorola cellular phone with built-in iTunes capability. The mobile enthusiast site reports the phone will probably be called the Motorola E790, “a handset based on…

At issue is the announcement of a beta subscription music service from Internet giant Yahoo!, which the company introduced Wednesday morning. The service is being launched with a yearly subscription fee of US$59.98 that allows people to rent as much music as they want, and take it with them on any digital media device that…

The new disc has a capacity of 45 gigabytes (GB), Toshiba said. The additional storage capacity came by adding an additional 15GB data layer for a total of three layers. The company said the new disc had enough capacity to hold 12 hours of high-definition movies. The competing dual-layer Blu-ray standard currently holds 50GB. The…

The latest and greatest feature is the ability to not only store video files, but play them in the thumbnail window, normally used to display album covers, as well as a separate QuickTime window (see screen shot below). Users can default to always watching a video “in the main window,” “a separate window,” or “full…