Archives: November 2005

A Mac mini for the living room? Now things are really getting interesting...

Posted by: Peter Burrows on November 29

OK, they've already been pretty interesting in Apple Land. There's the nearly thirty million iPods sold since 2001, the rewriting of the rules for tech retailing, the gains in PC...

Introducing, the iPod Invisa

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on November 23

Somewhere in the last decade or so I stopped watching “Saturday Night Live” regularly. It may have had something to do with finishing grad school, or something with the feeling...

Another Record High, and an Upgrade

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on November 23

I hate to pull out such a trite mid-1990s reference, but Apple Computer’s stock price looks a little like the Energizer Bunny...going and going and going, setting one record high...

Where's Apple's Tivo Outrage?

Posted by: Peter Burrows on November 22

In this case, the principle isn't the thing. The content is.

One of Apple's Less Obvious Strengths

Posted by: Peter Burrows on November 22

Steve Jobs is known as a master of many things, from spotting technology trends to managing innovation to advertising to giving keynote speeches. Now, it may be time to make...

Apple Now Ranks 7th Among Music Retailers

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on November 22

After just a little more than two years of operation Apple's iTunes Music Store has broken into the list of top ten music retailers as of the third quarter, debuting...

Apple's MacIntel Marketing Opportunity

Posted by: Peter Burrows on November 21

I can just see the banners at Macworld: "Finally, it's Apples to Apples."

More On the iTunes Security Vulnerability

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on November 21

I just got a call from source familiar with the investigation into the iTunes security vulnerability I mentioned on Friday. You may remember there was some confusion as to whether...

Cool Things To Do With An iPod

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on November 21

I just couldn’t let the day go buy without pointing out this highly cool use for an iPod Shuffle, which I first found on The Unofficial Apple Weblog. I’ve seen...

Can Apple Truly Tie OS X Down?

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on November 21

Is the Apple computing experience one of software or hardware? It’s an old question that dates back to the platform’s earliest days. And since Apple first announced it was moving...

Reverberations of the iPod Nano Rush

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on November 21

Apple today said it has locked in more long-term supply contracts for flash memory. I’ve watched the situation regarding the iPod nano and the supply for NAND-type flash memory for...

A Mysterious Appeal In The iPod Battery Class Action Settlement

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on November 18

Macworld is reporting today there is an appeal against the settlement in the iPod battery class action case. A notice on the Web site devoted to information about the settlement...

Security Vulnerability in iTunes

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on November 18

How secure is the iTunes software that goes hand-in-hand with the iPod? Apparently there are some issues about which those who use iTunes on Windows should be concerned. Computer security...

Justifying an All-Time High Stock Price

Posted by: Peter Burrows on November 16

Apple's stock hit an all-time high today, thanks mostly, it seems to a Bear Stearns analyst report that suggested the company will sell 14 million iPods in the December quarter....

Knowing When To Go Long

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on November 15

Two weeks ago I pointed out the irony of a certain statement Michael Dell made eight years ago concerning Apple Computer. Asked after a 1997 speech what he'd do if...

Old Records Meet the iPod

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on November 14

For last several days I’ve been listening to this one particular John Lee Hooker album over and over on my iPod. But how I got this album on my iPod...

Future of Video Distribution, One Day Later

Posted by: Peter Burrows on November 07

Well, it is less than a day later and there's big news on the topic I wrote about yesterday: the possibility that the Internet could become many people's primary platform...

What's Your Warranty?

Posted by: Cliff Edwards on November 07

So I went into an Apple store in San Francisco last week to replace an iPod I received in July. Here's the context: It had been sitting in a cradle...

The Future of Video Distribution

Posted by: Peter Burrows on November 07

Apple is winning plenty of headlines these days for its recent roll-out of video offerings via its iTunes Music Store. The company has announced that it sold one million videos...

iPod, Meet the Xbox.....

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on November 04

Microsoft has apparently been talking about how Xbox 360 owners will be able to connect their iPods to the gaming machine and use music as an alternate soundtrack in certain...

How Ripe Is Apple's Stock?

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on November 04

Analyst Steve Fortuna at Prudential Financial thinks Apple's stock has is about as sweet as its going to get. He downgraded the stock today from "overweight" to neutral, citing Apple's...

A Potential Switcher Needs Advice

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on November 03

Next door on our Tech Beat blog, my colleague Rob Hof is mulling a switch to the Mac after years of using Windows. He'd like a little advice from Mac...

Another Nano Lawsuit

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on November 02

In last week's Byte of the Apple column I grumbled about a lawsuit against Apple regarding the iPod nano and its alleged propensity to scratch easily. Looks like another law...

Well that didn't take long

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on November 02

At least one of the moments when I became a confirmed Internet junkie happened in 1993 when I discovered Usenet. If you're not familiar, Usenet is a massive collection of...

And Speaking of Things Michael Dell Said About Apple

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on November 01

And while I'm thinking of Michael Dell, something else he said about Apple - this much more recently - came to mind following Apple's release last week of a new...

What A Difference Eight Years Can Make

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on November 01

Its been eight years since Michael Dell was asked after a speech at a Gartner conference in Orlando what he would do if he were in charge of Apple Computer....