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April 14, 2006
Consumers are so distrustful of Microsoft that Apple could double its market share due to defections from the Windows operating system, a report by market analysis firm Forrester Research says.
The remarks come in a report that looks at brand identity and the importance of a company's brand. Read More at MacWorld
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BMW has announced a newly developed interface for the Apple iPod will be available for owners of the new BMW 3 Series Sedans and Sports Wagons as well as the 5, 6, 7 Series and the new M5 Sedan and M6 Coupe.
The new Interface is compatible with SIRIUS satellite radio as well as the recently introduced HD Radio.
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The roll-out of Apple's forthcoming video iPod has been delayed substantially after the company encountered problems with the display and touch-screen interface, Think Secret reports. As late as early February plans were in motion for Apple to deliver the most innovative iPod to date in April, possibly a tie-in with its 30th birthday, sources said. Instead, Apple's birthday came and went without fanfare.
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Internet shoppers accustomed to tax-free purchases from Apple Computer's iTunes Music Store soon may be in for an unpleasant surprise reports CNET
State legislatures and tax officials, eager to find new ways to boost government spending and curb budget shortfalls, are eyeing the burgeoning market for digital downloads as a potentially lucrative source of revenue.
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April 13, 2006
Apple has unveiled the third generation of the Apple’s desktop management software Apple Remote Desktop 3. The software includes Spotlight, Dashboard and Automator. Other new features in Apple Remote Desktop 3 include:
-- System Status Indicators that let administrators quickly check the overall health of multiple systems at a glance;
-- Power Copy files up to 11 times faster than with Apple Remote Desktop 2;
-- Remote Drag and Drop files and folders between local and remote computers;
-- Remote Copy and Paste for simple transfer of text and images between local and remote computers;
-- Persistent Task History and Task Templates to make it easy to save and replicate repetitive tasks;
-- Curtain Mode to hide the desktop of a system while it is being controlled remotely;
-- Application Usage and User History Reports to track software compliance and monitor the use of unauthorized applications;
-- Smart Computer Lists for dynamically managing systems based on specified criteria; and
-- AES 128-bit encryption for secure communications between Apple Remote Desktop 3 and clients.
Apple Remote Desktop 3 is available immediately for a suggested retail price of $299 for managing up to 10 systems and $499 for managing an unlimited number of systems.
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AirmanPika over at osx86project.org was able to install WIndows Vista (beta) on a Mac
His Story
OK I managed to come to the same basic conclusion as some others that Vista was exploding because it didn't like either the way OSX partitioned the drive or that it wasn't the main partition. I haven't looked deeper into it yet. Anyway I went through the basic steps of installing bootcamp, the firmware, etc and then started the install. When you get to the section where it asks where to actually install vista....well here's the main problem...you delete all of them. Even OSX. Yes this isn't a dual boot solution (yet anyway) but it does allow vista to run.
Things I noticed: The drivers CD that apple has you make doesn't work. It starts installing, gets to about where it starts installing various drivers, installs the video ones, and then goes stupid, rolls back the changes, and says it errored out. I haven't tried to extract the MSI that has the driver packages so that I can manually do it yet. Also I installed the ATI Beta vista drivers and even though they install fine I don't get glass and 3d stuff explodes in my face too. I thought I read somewhere that someone did get glass going but I haven't yet.
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Ilounge is reporting that Apple wants to setup in-flight iTunes downloads.
“We’ve had lots of discussions with Apple,” said Thales VP and in-flight systems GM Brad Foreman. “The key is to get them to see the value of hosting iTunes on an aircraft. Is it a big enough market for them to be interested in? I’d try to do it tomorrow if they said yes.” Panasonic Avionics strategic product marketing director David Bruner agreed that “there’s a lot of airline interest” in the idea of hosting iTunes. “Apple is aware of the market,” he said. “It’s a small market for them, but it’s a very visible market.”
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April 8, 2006
Ubergizmo points to a post on Macbidouille that Apple is reportedly opening the door for direct comparisons between Windows XP and Mac OS X, with the whole Apple Boot thing
. A few benchmarks popped and the results are not very favorable to Mac OS: OpenGL is said to be 40% faster on Windows. Another test with Cinebench also revealed that Windows is faster. Of course, the OpenGL test has more to do with the driver (Apple writes it, I think) than the Mac OS, however, users won't care where it's coming from... Expect to more comparisions in the near future.
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April 7, 2006
The Beatles' recording company, Apple Corp., was given an opportunity to object to Apple Comp.'s use of the apple logo in association with the iTunes Music Store reports RegHardware.. Apple Corp at the time chose not to, the iPod maker's advocate claimed yesterday. Apple Corp. received an ITMS demo in January 2003 - four months before the service went live, Anthony Grabiner QC told the English High Court.
Apple Comp. argues that it uses its logo in conjunction with the service but not with the content. It says its logo disappears when users buy a song. It maintains ITMS hasn't infringed the 1991 agreement drawn up between the two companies to govern use of apple iconography because the service fits into the definition of what Apple Comp. can do.
Apple Corp., on the other hand, maintains that ITMS is all about selling recorded music, pure and simple, and that this puts the service within Apple Corp.'s sphere of operation.
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ThinkSecret is reporting that Apple has started manufacturing its new MacBook and should have the laptop in consumer hands in the next 30-60 days, sources report. The MacBook is being built exclusively around a 13.3-inch widescreen display with a 1280x720 WXGA resolution.
The MacBook will feature a Core Solo processor in the low-end model and a Core Duo in the higher-end MacBook.
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