Microsoft Prepares Apple GarageBand Competitor
It seems that the ongoing battle between Apple and Microsoft is about to get a bit bigger. According to Microsoft-Watch, Microsoft is preparing a program code named Monaco to go up against GarageBand, a part of Apple's iLife suite.
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9.4.2006 Jobs: Windows is hell
Apple Inc.'s CEO Steve Jobs compared Windows to hell in an on-stage conversation with the Wall Street Journal's personal technology columnist Walt Mossberg at the newspaper's D: All Things Digital conference yesterday.
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1.6.2007 Steve Jobs Goes to Microsoft
Steve Jobs, Apple’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, putting a single foot inside the Redmond campus, Microsoft’s fief, would be nothing short of a sacrilegious move.
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29.11.2007 Jobs: iPhone is winning
Did you think Apple didn’t care that its former hardware guru Jon Rubinstein and a bunch of former Apple employees left the company to help Palm create an iPhone-competitor in the Palm Pre? Think again.
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22.6.2009 Open Letter from Steve Jobs
The August 2006 appearance, one of Jobs' 'weakest'
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In what is one of the most surprising moves from Apple's CEO this year, Steve Jobs has posted an open letter to the Apple Community, admitting health issues had to do with his not attending the Macworld Expo this year.
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6.1.2009 Steve Jobs nearly died and lied about it
I did not intend to offend anyone, and I admit to a bias in favor of Steve Jobs. I thought long and hard before posting. But what if this had happened to Warren Buffett 25 years ago?
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24.6.2009 Study: Vista to Create Jobs, Revenue
A Microsoft-sponsored study says that Windows Vista will generate some $70 billion in revenue and create up to 100,000 jobs in the first year of its release.
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12.12.2006 When Bill Gates met Steve Jobs
Here are some photos and cartoons of Bill Gates met Steve Jobs.
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29.5.2007 Jobs unveils new iMacs, iLife and iWork
Steve Jobs is on stage at Apple’s headquarters introducing the new iMacs. I am sitting in the second row and prohibited from taking photos unless I move to the back row with the professional photographers snapping away with motor drives.
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7.8.2007 Steve Jobs death has been greatly exaggerated
News outlet Bloomberg gave Apple fans and investors a huge scare late yesterday when it accidentally published an incomplete version of Steve Jobs obituary over its wire service.
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28.8.2008 Microsoft set to cut 5,000 jobs
Microsoft announced its second quarter results today and as many had predicted there are some job cuts involved.
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23.1.2009 Steve Jobs officially back at Apple
True to their word, Apple have had CEO Steve Jobs return back to work, at the end of June.
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29.6.2009 Gates and Jobs share stage, friendly banter at D5
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Apple CEO Steve Jobs took the stage at the D5 conference Wednesday night for a rare joint appearance.
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31.5.2007 IDC: 50,000 New Jobs in 2007 in Europe Due to Windows Vista
At a briefing in Brussels, Belgium, Microsoft and International Data Corporation (IDC) announced details of a study into the expected economic impact of Microsoft Windows Vista in six key European markets- Denmark, France, Germany, Poland, Spain and the UK.
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18.9.2006 Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Michael Dell Top List of IT Influencers
Gates was named by 84% of the participants, Jobs by 73%, and Dell by 53% of CompTIA voters.
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7.11.2007Microsoft's GarageBand called
Monaco
Taking a page from Apple's
playbook, Microsoft is
preparing a new application
for creating music in the same
vein as GarageBand for Mac OS
X, according to the Microsoft
Watch newsletter. The program,
code-named Monaco, would be
designed specifically for
Windows Vista and take
advantage of the operating
system's Avalon user
interface...
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10.04.2006Apple iLife '09 launches tomorrow
Apple's iLife '09 creativity suite will be released tomorrow, according to the company. The software package will include updates to the iPhoto,
iMovie, GarageBand, iWeb, and IDVD products made famous for being pre-installed on Macs.
iMovie '09 received the a new Precision Editor
mode, video stabilization, animated travel maps and improved drag and drop functionality. iPhoto '09 now recognizes GPS tags, face detection and face
recognition technologies for improved indexing of photos. GarageBand '09 has added instruction modes with 18 lessons on how to play piano and guitar,
bolstered by the star power of Sara Bareilles, John Fogerty, Norah Jones, and Sting.
All new Macs will come preloaded with iLife '09, and
users can upgrade their previous versions
via download for $79...
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26.01.2009Steve Jobs attributes weight loss to hormone imbalance
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs has been suffering from a "hormone imbalance" throughout 2008 but plans to stay on as the company CEO. In a letter
posted by Jobs and addressed to the Apple Community, Jobs confirms he has been suffering from weight loss and ill health for a number of months. Apple
fans are desperately hoping Jobs will make a surprise appearance at this weeks MacWorld expo. Jobs was due to keynote at the expo but Apple announced
this year is their last MacWorld and no Steve Jobs this time around. Last week popular gadget blog Gizmodo, posted an article stating Steve Jobs'
health was declining rapidly.
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05.01.2009Jobs: iTunes Served 2 Billion Songs
Starting off his yearly
keynote at MacWorld 2007 in
San Francisco, Steve Jobs said
"we're going to make
history." Indeed the
company has -- with Jobs
noting nearly half of the new
Macs sold at retail have been
to new Macintosh customers...
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09.01.2007Jobs to duck Macworld keynote, drawing concern
Apple CEO Steve Jobs won't be delivering the keynote at next month's Macworld, a revelation that's sounding off new alarm bells about Jobs' health
and Apple's succession plans...
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18.12.2008Microsoft Readies 'Monaco'
Competitor to Apple'
Some industry watchers have
portrayed Apple Computer's
decision to make Windows
available as a dual-boot on
Intel-based Mac OS X systems
as a big win for Microsoft.
Microsoft doesn't seem to be
taking the move as a sign that
it can call off the dogs,
however.
Microsoft is still pushing
full-steam-ahead with a
music-making program,
code-named "Monaco,"
according to Microsoft
partners who requested
anonymity. Monaco would be
very similar to Apple's
GarageBand application, but
would be optimized to take
advantage of Windows Vista and
the Aero user interface.
GarageBand is
Apple's MacOS application for
amateur musicians. It comes
with 1,000 pre-recorded
sampled loops, and 50 sampled
or synthesised instruments
that can be played using a
MIDI keyboard connected to the
computer, or using an
on-screen keyboard.
Thanks
boytoy
for the heads
up!
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10.04.2006Steve Jobs to make a surprise appearance at WWDC?
According to the Wall Street Journal Steve Jobs may be making a surprise appearance at this year's WWDC on June 8th. This, if you think about it,
makes perfect sense for Jobs to return and announce the new version of the iPhone. Stemming from reports that Jobs had been seen on Apple's
campus and the fact that Steve Wozniak has said himself that Jobs sounds fine all leads up to a triumphant return at the WWDC. The WSJ reiterates
this as well too by saying that "Two people who do business with Apple said senior Apple managers have told them the company is now trying to
coordinate Mr.
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05.06.2009Jobs: iTunes Songs to Stay at
99 Cents
Don't expect the price of
songs on iTunes to rise in the
near future, at least if Steve
Jobs has his way. Calling the
record labels
"greedy," Jobs said
Apple has no plans to up
prices. He mentioned that the
profit margins on digital
music are much higher than
conventional distribution...
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21.09.2005Steve Wozniak: Steve Jobs sounds "healthy, energetic"
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said Steve Jobs sounds "healthy, energetic" a month before he is expected to return to the company, reports The Wall
Street Journal. "Mr. Jobs doesn't sound like he's sick, nor did he seem to be in a health crisis.", he said. Back in January, Steve Jobs
admitted poor health. and took a medical leave of absence. He was also too weak to attend a city council meeting. Steve Jobs health has been the
subject of widespread speculation.
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01.06.2009The economy and technology
We are currently living during extraordinary times; a subprime mortgage mess that has effectively put the entire world economy on hold. Everything
from neighborhood grocery stores to the biggest software makers are feeling the pinch. Chipset makers to hardware provides are not immune either and
are laying off employees left and right to help remain profitable. The past few weeks have been brutal to tech industry employees. Microsoft made a
historic announcement and said that it will be cutting 5,000 jobs, Sony will cut 16,000 jobs, Seagate will axe 800 jobs, Google will remove 100 jobs,
Logitech cuts 500 jobs and the list, unfortunately goes on and on with companies slashing jobs.
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25.01.2009Apple Drops Case Against
Bloggers
Apple Computer has decided not
to continue its case against
two Web sites after being on
the losing end of a California
appeals court decision in May.
Apple had sought to obtain
information on the source of a
leak regarding a
FireWire-based interface for
GarageBand code-named
"Asteroid."..
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13.07.2006Steve Jobs: One letter can raise shares almost 6%
Just about everyone knows that Steve Jobs is the face and lifeblood of Apple, and while some Apple-lovers claim that this is not the case, investors
think otherwise. Following the last few keynotes and what seemed to be a final blow, investors felt "on ice" about Steve Jobs and the future of the
company, and their money held in stock. Steve Jobs' letter to the public has lightened the hearts of his fans around the world and will allow the
keynote at Macworld 2009 to be free of mourners and speculation about Steve's health. But, what does this all mean?
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06.01.2009Steve Jobs officially back at Apple
True to their word, Apple have had CEO Steve Jobs return back to work, at the end of June. Jobs had been seen around the campus last week, but it
seems he wasn't officially working then; only now, according to CNN, is he properly working again. A spokesman for Apple, Steve Dowling, said,
"Steve Jobs is back to work. He is at Apple a few days a week and working from home the other days. We're glad to have him back," and
wouldn't comment any further. Steve Jobs had left Apple in January due to health concerns, and it seems that two months ago he may even have had a
liver transplant.
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30.06.2009Steve Jobs still involved with Apple, working on tablet
Steve Jobs may be off work at the moment, folks, but that doesn't mean he isn't working. That's right, even after taking a leave of
absence from Apple, co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs is still involved with the major projects that Apple is working on right now. According to
AppleInsider, Jobs played a big part in the recent iPhone OS 3.0 release, and is apparently working on a tablet-size device, bigger than an iPhone but
smaller than a MacBook. Rumors about an Apple tablet have been flying around for ages, even more so lately, but if sources close to Jobs himself say
he's working on it, then there's a good chance that there's something going on.
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12.04.2009Stringer: Apple's Jobs is "Greedy"
Sony's CEO Howard Stringer
had a few choice words for
Apple CEO Steve Jobs last
Thursday, calling Jobs
"greedy" because he
wants a world where only he
makes money, the New York
Post reports...
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20.07.2007Apple's Steve Jobs Calls for End of DRM
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has made
a surprise call for the end of
digital rights management
technology, which is designed
to stop copyrighted music from
being shared illicitly. Jobs
says Apple would sell only
DRM-free music on iTunes if it
could...
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07.02.2007Rumor: Steve Jobs scheduled for surgery on Monday
Valleywag has reported that Apple CEO Steve Jobs scheduled for a surgery at Stanford Hospital on Monday. No further details are known about the type
of medical procedure Jobs was supposed to undergo and there is no comment from Apple's side to Valleywag's enquiries. Jobs is currently on a
6 months medical leave from Apple, but he remains the company's CEO and would remain involved in major strategic decisions of Apple. The company
is being run by Apple COO Tim Cook. Jobs admitted to poor health in a letter to Apple employees recently. Jobs first learned of his pancreatic cancer
in 2003, but did not disclose it publicly until July 2004, when he announced his decision to undergo surgery.
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27.01.2009Steve Jobs back at Apple?
Our Apple-loving pals over at CNBC have confirmed that Steve Jobs, who was away from work due to health complications, is now back working at the
Cupertino company. There's been a few employees who have seen Jobs around the campus, and although there's yet to be an official announcement
by Apple, this is the next best thing. Jobs has been facing health complications recently, and it was even reported that he had had a liver
transplant; he has been sick for a while due to pancreatic cancer, and he stepped down from his position at Apple earlier this year (letting Tim Cook
take the reigns), but he did announce that he'd be back at the end of June.
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23.06.2009iMovie, iDVD, GarageBand
Improved
FROM MACWORLD As part
of its $79 iLife '06 suite,
Apple has updated iMovie with
the ability to export video to
the iPod and create video
podcasts. Animated themes are
also now available for movies,
along with new audio
adjustment tools and real time
effects. iDVD has also been
improved to automate the
creation of DVD movies...
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10.01.2006Jobs' Amazon account exposed, idiot wants to sell details
When you're a celebrity or a high profile citizen, it's not uncommon to be targeted by selfish individuals looking to make a dollar at your
expense. It's possible that Steve Jobs has fallen victim to a phishing scam that may have given access to his Amazon account. CultofMac.com is
reporting that they have been contacted by a phishing artist who managed to get into Steve Jobs' Amazon account by claiming to have "sent Jobs a
phony but official-looking email that tricked him into logging onto a fake Amazon.com website".
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