Thursday, February 24, 2005
Top Stories
IDC Likes What It Sees Inside iPod Shuffle
Apple makes a healthy 35 to 40 per cent profit on each player sold, and stands to make even more from iTunes music purchases and expected drops in flash memory pricing.
News
Extras Make iPod More Versatile
The world's favorite digital hip-hugger, though prized by the music-porting crowd, often feels incomplete. That's why there are add-ons. Lots of them.
Silhouette iPod Ads Win Prize For Unseen Costumes
"Only fellow costume designers could appreciate how difficult a job that was."
A Novel Use For iPods
Audio books have shaken off their image as something to listen to when you're ill in bed. Now the MP3 generation is driving a revolution in stories that can be enjoyed on the go.
You Can Use An iPod For Much More Than Music
Is There A Cell Processor In Apple's Future?
Tables Turn In Campus Mac Vs. Windows Feud
With a reinvented, cutting-edge operating system and a cool sleek design, Apple is clawing its way to technological equality on campus.
New iPod Launches Solidify Apple's Position
"Apple clearly holds the leadership position on this market and we believe these changes will widen the gap between Apple and potential competitors that are trying to chip away at iPod market share."
Adobe Versus The World
Does Bruce Chizen know something that other software executives don't?
TiVo Shares Rise On Takeover Speculation
"What we hear on the street is that Apple is interested in [Tivo's] business and that they are a takeout target."
Apple Shames Itself Again Over Security
Critical hole in Mac OS X patched three months late.
Opinion
Apple Enables iPod Addictions
Recent Apple euphoria leaves no room for missteps, and investors should tread carefully.
Don't Get Ripped Off: Go With A Windows PC
Sure, it's easy to rag on Microsoft, with their lack of innovation and buckets of hard, cold cash reserves. But they're the global leader of operating systems and software for a reason: versatility.
Bars Hold iPod Nights For iDrunk DJs
The point is that the iPod is breaking permanent ground, and [Dell CEO] Rollins is either in denial or out of touch.
Farewell To 40GB
Although I do like having options, turning fundamental parts of a product into add-on options isn't what I had in mind.
Apple Knifing Its Own FireWire Baby By Pushing USB 2.0 As iPod's Primary Connectivity Option
Review
Accessories Dress Up Your iPod
Lugaru: The Rabbit's Foot
This is a developer well worth supporting, and Lugaru is a game that is well worth playing.
Sidetrack
I so want the new iPod mini — just because of its 18-hours play-time.
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