Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Top Stories
.Mac Maintenance Causes iDisk Problems
Apple's .Mac system maintenance this weekend has caused widespread problems with iDisks, according to MacMinute readers and reports on the .Mac discussion boards.
News
Kubrick iPod Mini iBear
Designed to match the now ubiquitous five colors of the iPod mini.
Ancient Macs Make Modern Art
Apple may have quietly killed its easy-to-use programming tool, HyperCard, but it has an afterlife — in art.
Sue Different: Apple Threatens Inside Sites After Leaks
Apple, the king of building buzz, has sued and threatened news sites that spilled product information early. But the sites are fighting back, with pro bono legal help.
Huh? Apple Doubles Price Of Mini RAM, Admits Mistake
Target Pulls Mac Mini From Online Store
Target cited availability concerns as the sole factor that prompted it to remove the product from its store.
Apple Releases New Mac OS X Security Update
The update for 10.3.7 client includes updated versions of ColorSync, libxml2, Mail, PHP, and Safari.
Apple's U2 Silhouette Spot Named 'Smartest Ad Campaign'
The iPod: Apple's Saving Grace
Apple Drops BTO Mac Mini Prices
Apple has quietly cut prices on build-to-order components for its new Mac mini.
Opinion
What If? An Alternative History Of Tech
What if Apple Computer had licensed the Mac OS?
Engadget Investigates: Is It "iPod Shuffles" Or "iPods Shuffle"?
It tooks us a few days of harrassing Apple's PR department, but we were finally able to answer one of hte most burning questions of the past seven days: Is it "iPod shuffles" or "iPods shuffle?"
Creative CEO Sim Wong Hoo Softens Up?
For a company that's supposedly at war, Creative hasn't been drawing much blood lately.
Review
iPodderX Adds To iPod's 'Gotta-Have' Status
Wireless Media Server Without The Mini
For now, my TiBook is serving my entire music collection, plus a ton of photographs... all using hardware and software I already had.
Apple's New Products Are Revolutionary In Their Own Way
How-To: Turn Your Mac Mini Into A Media Center
We'll cover the various aspects you'll need to think about when planning your Mac mini media center system, plus show you how to control your Mac mini headlessly from any computer in your house.
Tiny iPod Shuffle Chock-Full Of Pleasant Surprises
The biggest advantage of the Shuffle over all other RAM-based players is the simple fact that it's an Apple product and relies on iTunes instead of Windows Media Player. It works, period.
Sidetrack
Will We See iMac Colors Again?
Remember the wacky iMac colors, and the polka dots? Apparently, it wasn't really successful, probably because even Mac-heads cannot afford to upgrade their computers just because there's a new color out there.
But now that iPods are really fashion statements, will we see a return of the iMac colors?
:-)
Wintel
Microsoft To Require Windows Piracy Check
Windows XP and 2000 users will have to validate their copy of OS before downloading software.
