Microsoft: XP vs. Vista Is the Same as Apples vs. Oranges
Microsoft has found the perfect cure for the now traditional Windows Vista vs. Windows XP smackdowns.
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14.5.2008 MS: Nobody Wants to Pay $500 for Apples Logo These Days
Steve Ballmer, the head of Microsoft Corp., has made a rather radical prediction: sales of Apple computers were about to drop since the biggest thing Macintosh systems provide is the Apple logotype on them.
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26.3.2009 Apples carpet-bomb Safari flaw can wreak havoc on Windows
A researcher has created a proof-of-concept site that graphically demonstrates the risk Windows users face when using Apple's Safari browser.
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10.6.2008Apple branded apples
It's been known for years that the iPhone is extremely popular in Japan. However, one very avid Apple fan, decided to show his love for the iPhone
and Apple in a different way. An owner of a Fuji apple orchard printed up custom stickers of iPhones and the Apple logo. He then put the stickers on
his Fuji apples while they were still young and on the trees. A month later after the apples had matured, he removed the stickers. As you can see
the lack of sun reaching the apple cause them to keep the stickers original design. News source: Weird Asia News News source: Blog!NOBON
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04.12.2008Microsoft Bumps Skydrive to 5gb
Microsoft has increased storage on
Windows Live Skydrive to 5GB, up by a multiple of five
from its previous limit of 1GB (the 1GB having doubled the original 500mb in October).
Erick compared Skydrive to Gmail in an apples and
oranges comparison last time; my Gmail account sits at 6.4gb today so Skydrive is still behind, having said that I’m not sure how many (average)
people would use Gmail for online storage, so the comparison doesn’t make a lot of sense.
The more notable point is that Microsoft
continues to grow its online storage offering when Google simply hasn’t launched the fabled Platypus online storage solution despite years of
speculation and rumors. This is one space where Microsoft has the upper hand, and a 4gb storage jump will further increase the appeal of the
product.
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22.02.2008Jaman to release first commercial AppleTV hack
Jaman,
which sells high definition
movie downloads rental and
to-own has announced that it
will soon be releasing a
plug-in for the AppleTV.
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02.07.2007Google CEO steps down from Apple board
Apple on Monday announced that Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, is resigning from Apples board of directors. Schmidt has been on Apples board since
2006.
In a tersely worded statement issued by the company on Monday morning, Apple CEO Steve Jobs noted Schmidts departure, while
lauding Schmidts contribution on Apples board.
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03.08.2009Apple's notebook market share climbs to 17.6 percent
While Apple may be focusing a lot of its attention on the iPhone lately, consumers are clearly still interested in the companys computer offerings.
Data from one market research firm shows Apples notebook business broke 17 percent while another research firm said Apple has moved into third place
among computer makers.
According to NPD, Apples retail notebook market share for June 2007 was 17.6 percent, a 2.2 percent
increase over the same period last year when Apple posted a 15.4 percent market share.
As good as the notebooks are doing, Apples
overall standing among computer makers is up too.
According to data from research firm IDC, Apples continued rise in computer
sales puts it in third place overall among all computer makers. This is the first time since 1996 that Apple finds itself this high on the list of top
selling manufacturers.
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22.08.2007iPhone: Forget downloading, think sideloading
By now, nearly every feature
of Apples forthcoming iPhone
has been dissected and
debated, from its keyboardless
touchscreen to future plans
for third-party software
applications. The phones music
player, based on Apples hugely
successful iPod, is catching
some flak because consumers
cant access the iTunes store
from their phones: Instead of
buying music over the air,
theyll need to purchase tunes
using a computer, then synch
the music on their iPhones,
also known as sideloading.
But Apples
sideloading gambit has the
support of an unlikely
booster: Nokia (NOK) board
member Daniel Hesse, who
recently told The Browser
that, for transferring music
and multimedia files to mobile
phones, sideloading will be
absolutely crucial. Hesse,
who ran AT&T (T) Wireless
Services in the late 1990s,
added: I think no matter how
fast the wireless networks get
here, the computer is always
faster.
Hesse, who
says he sideloads content to
his Nokia smart phone, says he
likes sideloading content: He
can download music purchases
faster using his wired
broadband connection, and he
likes using his computer to
manage his playlists...
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15.06.2007What CIOs want in Apples next-generation smartphone
Though Apple continues to be coy regarding business-minded tweaks to the next iPhone, slated for unveiling next week, enterprise users have plans of
their own: They want the iPhoneeven if the IT departments still a bit weary.
In light of the expected release of Apples
second-generation iPhone at the companys Worldwide Developers Conference next week in San Francisco, we asked a group of CIOs and IT directors about
the features that they most want to see in the new device to help make the smartphone more enterprise friendly.
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04.06.2008Bing and Wolfram Alpha team up
Microsoft's Bing search engine is to team up with Wolfram Alpha, the search engine that attempts to answer questions directly rather than
providing links. The move will see Wolfram Alpha provide answers on Bing, which aims to improve it's results in nutrition, health and mathematics.
The partnership with the Wolfram Alpha, the brainchild of British-born physicist Stephen Wolfram, will initially be rolled out in the US only. The
"computational knowledge engine" answers many questions on the fly by retrieving and processing raw data from databases.
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12.11.2009What Microsoft can teach Apple about software updates
Ed Bott: Last summer, I looked at Apples announced plans for its Safari web browser and wondered out loud,
Is Steve Jobs planning a hostile takeover of the Windows desktop? Apples decision last week to begin
aggressively pushing Safari to any Windows user running iTunes (in other words, anyone with an iPod or an iPhone) made this part of my earlier post
look downright prescient...
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25.03.2008AT&T Welcomes Programmers for All Phones Except the iPhone
Im still trying to understand why Apple would go to such extremes to keep people from writing programs that run on the iPhone. Ive been
writing about Apples software update that seems to have deliberately disabled
third-party applications that users have installed.
In particular, Apples explanations dont make sense to me. This is what Steve
Jobs, Apples chief executive, said to
Newsweek in
January:
You dont want your phone to be an open platform, meaning that anyone can write applications for it and potentially gum up the
providers network, says Jobs. You need it to work when you need it to work. Cingular doesnt want to see their West Coast network go down because some
application messed up.
That sounds reasonable until you realize that there are many millions of phones that run operating systems from Palm,
Microsoft and others for which third-party applications are created all the time, and networks dont seem to be crashing as a result.
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02.10.2007Leopard Allegedly Facing Java Problems
Early adopters of Apples newly released OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system may soon have a sour taste in their mouth as reports file in that users are
unable to work with the latest version of the Java programming language. Following the release of OS X Leopard on Friday evening, threads began to
appear in Apples support forum where numerous users reported that code written in Java 1.6 (also known as Java 6) failed to execute. The problem
allegedly lies in an outdated version of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), an application that allows OS X to interpret and run Java code. Java 1.6 was
officially released in December 2006, but Leopard reportedly supports only Java 1.4 due to Apples insistence on developing the JVM themselves, rather
than allow Sun to do it. Apple did not respond to a request for comment.
Users on Apples support forums are, to say the least, a bit miffed
at the development. " This is a show stopper for me, and I will have to revert to 10.4, since my job as a software engineer for Sun requires
Java 6, " wrote one user. " This will likely prevent a lot of people from upgrading. " Users were further angered when many of
the threads about the issue were reportedly deleted from Apples support forum without explanation.
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30.10.2007Updated Safari for Windows improves security
Apple has released Safari Beta
3.0.1 for Windows, an update
to their recently-introduced
Web browser for Windows XP and
Vista. The new version is
http://www.apple.com/safari/do
wnload/>available for download
from Apples Web site or
through the Apple Software
Update application (bundled
with QuickTime or iTunes for
Windows).
Apple CEO
Steve Jobs introduced Safari
for Windows near the end of
his keynote presentation
during this weeks Worldwide
Developers Conference (WWDC)
in San Francisco, Calif. Apple
is releasing Safari for
Windows in the hope of growing
its market share in the
browser market. Some market
research pegs Safari in third
place behind Firefox, with
only the Macintosh market
using it.
Apple
issued an update to the Safari
for Windows public beta today
to fix the security
vulnerabilities that were
reported earlier this week.
Beta testers will receive the
update automatically through
Apples Software Update
application, an Apple
spokesman told Macworld...
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14.06.2007MSN Introduces Online Tools to Help People Make Smarter Health and Lifestyle Decisions
Today, MSN released the beta of My Health Info, a new online service that helps people manage their health information on the Web. My Health Info is a
unique service that offers people a variety of tools and widgets to upload, organize and monitor health information stored in their personal Microsoft
HealthVault accounts. The new service allows people to research medical concerns, read the latest health news, gain guidance from medical experts,
learn about nutrition, and monitor conditions such as high blood pressure or diabetes.
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01.10.2009Lawyer Sues Over iPhones Little White List
Move over hackers, here come the lawyers. A suit claiming that Apples
restrictions on the iPhone
constitute unlawful competition has been filed in the United States District Court in the Northern District of California. The suit, which is seeking
class action status, is the second iBrick-related case. On Friday, a California resident, Timothy Smith, filed a similar case in state court.
(AppleInsider has coverage of both the
federal and
state suits.)
Max Folkenflik, the lawyer in the federal suit, said it turns on the idea that Apple is
illegally bundling AT&T wireless service and Apples own software with the iPhone. Other phones, he argued, are available unlocked for one price, and
linked to a particular carrier for a lower price. But iPhone users dont have that choice.
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11.10.2007Apple's US Market Share Slips in 1Q 2009
Gartner has released a
href="http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=939015">preliminary report detailing U.S. and worldwide PC
shipments for the first quarter of 2009. The report pegs Apple's U.S. market share in fourth place among vendors at 7.4%, down from
8.0% in the fourth quarter of 2008. More
importantly, the report shows a slight decline in market share over the year-ago quarter, when Apple held 7.5% market share.
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16.04.2009The Futurist: Why Apples Good Products Are Bad For Innovation
Fewrather, no othercompanies stir up the same fools game of me-too as Apple. I feel sort of ridiculous saying it, and perhaps sound like a bit of a
fanboy, but Apple makes products that work in ways most CE products dont. When playing with an iPod or iPhone, its almost easy to take for granted the
fact that most things we buy just arent user-friendly.
A top exec at Research In Motion (that would be the guys who make
BlackBerrys) told me a few months back that about 30 percent of Windows Mobile phones were returnedpresumably because their buyers are so frustrated
with their atrocious battery life/molassis-slow processors/impossible-to-navigate GUI/propensity to freeze. Im not sure how many iPhone buyers are
returning their gadgets in frustration, but Id guess its a statistically insignificant number.
In general, as the cliche goes,
Apple products are known for being simple, pretty, easy-to-use, and fun. And this is exactly why they are bad for progress in the tech world.
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14.09.2007Mac OS X Leopard coming October 26
Apple announced on Tuesday that its next generation operating system,
Mac OS X 10.5
Leopard, will be available on October 26. With over 300 new features Mac OS X Leopard updates almost every component of the operating system.
We think Leopard is the richest OS X release yet, Brian Croll, Apples senior director of Software Product Marketing, told
Macworld. There is one version of Leopard the ultimate version.
A few of the most talked about features in Leopard are the new
desktop that includes a Coverflow view of files; Stacks; Time Machine and Quick Look. A
complete list of the new features is available from Apples Web site.
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16.10.2007Unauthorized iPhone apps market flourishes
Software developer Dylan Schiemann used Steve Jobs own words against him in a presentation on developing third-party software applications for Apples
iPhone.
You can write amazing Web 2.0 and Ajax apps that look and behave exactly like apps on the iPhone, CEO Jobs said at an
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in June in San Francisco.
It depends on your meaning of the word exactly, Schiemann said
Monday at the AjaxWorld 2007 Conference & Expo in nearby Santa Clara.
Jobs says Apple will allow third-party software developers
to write applications to run on an iPhone, but not be installed on it. Instead, the apps can only be delivered through the devices Safari Web browser.
While an endorsement of Ajax from Steve Jobs is welcome, Schiemann and others at the Ajax conference say there are limitations on how their apps can
run on Safari, and there is a vibrant community of developers writing apps to install directly on iPhone, contrary to Apples wishes.
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27.09.2007Researcher: Leopard's Firewall is a Mess
The launch of Apples newest OS, Leopard, has been, to say the least, tinged with negative press, what with reports of bluescreens due to third party
applications and Java incompatibilities. On Friday, Rich Mogull, a security consultant and former Gartner analyst, added more fuel to the fire when he
said "
firewall is a mess " after spending two days digging into the new firewalls capabilities. " Its a step back
from Tigers firewall. I was originally pretty bullish on Leopards security, and I still am on the concepts, but the implementation makes most of its
advances ineffective or unusable. "
The firewall in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard uses a bare-bones interface -- earlier this week, Mogull
called it " so simple as to be nearly useless " -- that offers users three options: allow all incoming connections, block all incoming
connections, and set access for specific services and applications Unfortunately, the implementation seems fraught with problems. " Block all
does seem to block actual connections, " said Mogull, " but any shared ports are detected as open/filtered on a port scan. "
And unless users turn on stealth, some services -- Bonjour, Apples network-device-locating technology, is one -- are seen as open by scans, no matter
what firewall setting is selected. Only by using "Block all" with stealth enabled are shared services actually invisible.
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NBC's Zucker: Apple used us!
NBC Universal chief Jeff Zucker has some sour grapes over Apples continued success with iTunes and wants to make sure the whole world knows it.
According to Zucker, Apple has "destroyed the music business" and must be stopped before it does the same to video. He revealed that the
iPod maker rebuffed NBCs proposals to raise prices on some of its content, and downright refused to give the company a cut of Apples iPod sales. All
of those things combined led to a bitter NBC, which eventually decided to take its ball and go home.
Apple currently prices all TV shows
consistently at $1.99 per episode—a price that many thought was outrageous for what you got when video made its debut on the iTunes Store,
but has since proven to be wildly successful. That wasnt enough for Zucker, though; he explained that NBC "wanted to take one show, it didnt
matter which one it was, and experiment and sell it for $2.99," according to Varietys recounting of the conversation held yesterday at
Syracuse Universitys Newhouse School of Public Communications. "We made that offer for months and they said no."
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