Archives: March 2006

Kudos to Apple

Posted by: Peter Burrows on March 29

Kudos to Apple for announcing a volume limit setting in iTunes, with parental controls! I don't know how many days (hours?) of programming time it took to accomplish this. But...

Maxfield Targets the "Turn That Thing Down" Crowd

Posted by: Peter Burrows on March 24

Interesting post from Digital Music News, on a company that's focusing on selling to parents who fear for their kids' hearing from listening to MP3 players: Following Concerns on Hearing,...

It's Time to Dredge Up the Old Licensing Question Again

Posted by: Peter Burrows on March 23

First, the caveats: there's as much chance that Apple will license the MacOS as there is that Steve Jobs will show up to his next keynote wearing a dress instead...

What's The Oldest Song On Your iPod?

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on March 20

This weekend I blew several hours listening -- and downloading -- some of the oldest recorded music in existence. The cause of this was a fascinating piece in The New...

An iPod-less France?

Posted by: Peter Burrows on March 17

I'm no xenophobe. But for all of France's concerns about the corroding influence of US culture over the years, it strikes me as ironic that French lawmakers have gone after...

Hey, Any Mac mini Users Out There?

Posted by: Peter Burrows on March 17

I'm doing an article for the magazine, and could use some help. I'm hoping to hear from anyone that owns a Mac mini--particularly the new Bonjour-equipped, Intel-based models--and are using...

XP on iMac

Posted by: Peter Burrows on March 17

It's offical, at least according to OnMac.net: a way to get Windows XP running on an Intel-based Mac. It ain't exactly elegant, which begs the question of whether Apple should...

If Microsoft Had Made And Marketed The iPod

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on March 15

If you're in need of a good laugh today, a little something has surfaced on Google video showing what might have happened had Microsoft made the first iPod. In a...

Apple Needs to Lead, Not Follow, On Hearing Loss Debate

Posted by: Peter Burrows on March 14

One reason for Apple's loyal following, and its remarkable resurgence in recent years, is that it is more focused on addressing its customers' problems than many other companies. It can...

Pressing Ahead With The Mac Security Topic

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on March 10

Scores of readers have chimed in on yesterday’s column in which I suggest that Apple might find it useful to appoint some kind of “security Czar,” not necessarily because I...

Keep Experimenting, Apple

Posted by: Peter Burrows on March 09

I'm glad to see signs that Apple may be showing more flexibility in its pricing philosophy on the iTunes front. Yesterday, it began selling so-called "Multi-Pass" packages of Comedy Channel's...

More Security Worries for the Mac?

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on March 06

How secure is your Mac? Perhaps less so than most would like to believe. Last month a Swedish Mac enthusiast site set up a Mac Mini as a Web server...

AMD CEO Hector Ruiz Digs Apple, Kinda

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on March 03

Two days ago I had a long conversation with Hector Ruiz, head of chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices and of course the subject of the Apple-Intel relationship came up. I asked...