Miglia Now Shipping Alchemy TV Card

Miglia Technology today announced the Alchemy TV card. Featuring a high performance Philips tuner and full QuickTime support, AlchemyTV lets you watch TV in full screen mode and listen to FM radio on your PowerMac. Your favourite TV program can even be recorded to your hard drive in the format of your choice. Features: Captures…

Apple Vs. Dell For 130,000 Michigan School Laptops

I tis Apple vs. Dell. In the beginning, Dell CEO Michael Dell dismissed Apple as having more value to its stockholders by simply selling its assets and giving the money to its shareholders. Lo! And there came the days of response, where Apple CEO Steve Jobs showed a large picture of Michael Dell with a…

Apple Says IBM Doing "A Great Job" In Supplying G5 Chips

T hough last weekis power outage in the North East US and South East Canada shut down manufacturing for two days at the plant where IBM makes Appleis G5 processors, an Apple exec says that things are going well with IBM. The plant in question is the East Fishkill, NY fab, which is one of…

Mac OS X Tip - No Password, No Root, No CD? No Problem.

Say you’ve lost your account password, you don’t have a system CD on hand, and you didn’t enable root. Say you have no other way to log into that machine. Say you need access to the files on that machine right now. Say you’re in deep you-know-what, bucko. Fortunately, there’s a five minute fix –…

Guardian (UK) Profile Apple's Jonathan Ive

Yesterday we reported that Jonathan Ive had been named Designer of the Year by the UK’s Design Museum. Relating to that development, and the £25,000 prize that went with it, The Guardian, a prominent UK newspaper, has published a story about him that is part news article, part profile, and part interview. Mr. Ive is…

NY Times Quotes Apple Exec On Microsoft's Athens PC Prototype

H ave you seen the Microsoft/HP PC prototype that the two companies are calling the Athens PC? Itis been discussed at many Mac Web sites and forums for the past week, including a rousing discussion on Slashdot, and a flame-fest on at least one Windows zealot site. Athens was introduced last week at Microsoftis Winhec…

Microsoft Refuses To Patch NT4 Vulnerability

A nother security vulnerability has been reported with Microsoftis line of server operating systems. While such news is nothing new to long-time Microsoft watchers, the difference between the new issue and past ones lies in the response from Redmond. According to an article published in the Register, Windows XP and 2000 users need to install…

Mainstream Tech Columnist Questions Analysts' Negative Views On Apple

Most Wall Street analysts have been negative on Apple for the last several months, with some issuing negative comments and downgrades on Apple’s stock. Some have even gone so far as to specifically state that the Mac is heading towards obsolescence. This is, of course, why we have put together the Apple Death Knell Counter,…

Apple Posts Tips On How To Troubleshoot Effectively

A pple has added a new article to the Knowledge Base detailing how one would go about tracking down an problem or error while running OS X. Appleis Knowledge Base (sometimes referred to as the KBase) is a central location for all of Appleis support documents and other important information. Anyone who has ever had…

Bill Gates Envisions A Future Where Microsoft Is Innovative In The Digital Decade

D uring the three-day Most Valued Professionals Summit at Microsoft headquarters, Bill Gates expressed his opinion that Microsoft is the "most optimistic company" about innovating new technologies. The summit is a closed to the public event where Microsoft invites 1,300 Microsoft resellers, consultants, and other business partners to participate. Within the Windows world, the event…

MWSF 2003 - Apple Introduces 12", 4.6 Pound PowerBook G4

Apple today announced a new 12″ PowerBook G4 that is packed full of features yet it is only 1″ thick and a mere 4.6 pounds. It features a new aluminum alloy enclosure, an 800MHz processor, FireWire 800, and the new 802.11g wireless. From Apple’s press release: Apple� today unveiled the new 12-inch PowerBook� G4 with…

Lindows Attacks Microsoft's Claim On Windows Trademark

Microsoft’s legal team will ring in the new year with its ongoing complaint against Linux distributor Lindows.com. Lindows has asked for a summary judgment, to be delivered in January, that would invalidate Microsoft’s use of the term Windows as a trademark. That trademark is the basis for the suit from Microsoft that actually launched this…

RUN! The Redmond Invasion Has Just Begun...Again!

I n Eight-Legged Freaks, (Yeah, I watched it. What of it?) Doug E. Doug plays a paranoid renegade radio owner/operator/host of a nameless radio show on which he relates his latest theories on alien abduction and government cover-ups. I thought of that while reading about how the governmentis case against Microsoft and its monopolistic practices…

The Hunted, Treasure Planet, & Pixar's New Movie Trailer

< I>Every week, Vern Seward takes a look at Appleis latest offerings at the QuickTime Trailer site, letting your know whatis new. A good story has a way of hanging around for a very long time. The really good ones always manage to find a way to resurface, sometimes with a new twist, often with…

Apple Adds Canada To Free Jaguar For Teachers Program

Canadian teachers take note: Apple has added Canada to its program to give free copies of Jaguar to teachers. Apple launched such a program in the US earlier this month, and many Observers from other parts of the world have been asking if other countries will be included. Yesterday, Apple Canada’s Web site added a…

Dell iPod News Helps Push Apple To 9-Week High

N ews that Dell will be selling Appleis iPod, and official confirmation from Apple that Target will be doing the same thing, helped propel AAPL to a new 8-week high. According to News.com, Apple will be selling Windows iPods through its online Web site soon, and is already selling the MP3 players through its phone…

Apple Death Knell Counter

The Apple Death Knell Counter (ADKC) is a collection of death pronouncements for Apple throughout the years. Issued by journalists, analysts, pundits, business executives, and the like, there have been innumerable "Apple is dead," "Apple will soon be dead," and "Apple is dead if they don’t do this or that" statements issued by all sorts…

eBay Patent Case Develops, Business Process Disputes At Issue

News.com is reporting on a series of developments in a patent dispute between eBay and MercExchange. At issue are several patents filed by Tom Woolsten, founder of MercExchange, back in 1995 — several months before the creation of eBay. These patents describe "methods of creating and searching online marketplaces and auctions." This case, among others,…

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