UBS Investment Research on Tuesday raised its price target on shares of Apple Computer to $86, citing higher than expected video iPod sales and expectations of a rise in Mac sales due to an early release of Intel Macs.
Apple this week informed its channel partners of a new Mac mini accessory that will make it more convenient for users who like to use the miniature computer in more than one location.
NBC Universal and Apple today announced a lineup of new primetime, cable, late-night and classic TV shows, including primetime hits such as \"Law & Order\" and late-night favorites such as sketches from \"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno\" on the iTunes Music Store.
Walt Disney Co.\'s ESPN cable sports network is mulling a deal to distribute some television programs on Apple\'s iTunes music and video service, possibly joining its corporate cousin ABC in a landmark deal, according to Reuters
Apple Computer last week began shipping the first of its new high-end Power Mac G5 Quad systems that include Nvidia\'s GeForce 7800 GT graphics card.
The long-awaited deal for Apple’s sprawling subterranean store in the GM building was recently finalized—but only after landlord Harry Macklowe promised Steve Jobs he could take his big $9 million glass cube with him at the end of the lease, reports New York Magazine.
Despite the lack of a large video library, Apple\'s iTunes video sales have more than doubled since the company announced its 1 millionth video sale, according to one analyst.
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In a presentation to investors last month, Motorola revealed brief details and a photo of the ROKR E2 handset, one of the company\'s upcoming music phones with iTunes integration.
Improvements to Spotlight searches, AirPort, Bluetooth, and RAW camera support are a few enhancements Apple reportedly has planned for an early winter release of Mac OS X 10.4.4 Update, a routine maintenance update to the Mac OS X \"Tiger\" operating system.
Apple on Wednesday evening released iPod Updater 2005-11-17 (37MB), which includes new iPod Software 1.1.3 for the iPod shuffle. Apple said the updater contains the same software versions as iPod Updater 2005-10-12 for all other iPod models.?
IDG World Expo announced today that Apple chief executive Steve Jobs will deliver the opening keynote address for Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco this January.
Apple Computer could introduce its first laptop computers based on Intel chips as early as January, which, together with robust sales of video iPods, should drive earnings higher, Citigroup said on Wednesday.
Despite its absence from all prior distributions, a version of iTunes that can run natively on the first Intel Macs, as well as on current PowerPC Macs, has turned up in a recent developer release of Mac OS X 10.4.3 for Intel.
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Wal-Mart on Tuesday said sales during this year\'s \"Black Friday\" shopping bonanza faired much better than last, due partly to a more desirable selection consumer products like Apple\'s iPod.
Apple today released Broadband Tuner 1.0, a new system utility designed to take full advantage of very high speed Internet connections that have a high latency (5 Mbps or greater). According to the documentation, the installer \"tweaks some system parameters. There is an optional uninstaller that can be used to restore the settings that were in effect at the time just before the system parameters were changed....The installer increases the default values for the size of the TCP send and receive buffers. With larger buffers more data can be in transit at once. A startup configuration file is also updated so that these changes will persist across restarts.\"
Apple Computer this month is benefiting from better than expected sales of its lower storage capacity iPod digital music players and $499 Aperture photography software, according to one Wall Street analyst.
Apple\'s new iPods are a hit early in the holiday shopping season, but the company may not be able to sell as many of the digital music players as some Wall Street analysts have predicted, says research firm PiperJaffray.
Apple on Friday morning launched its annual \"Black Friday\" sale, which includes a $101 savings on iMac G5s and iBook G4s as well as $30 savings on JBL On Stage iPod Speakers (now $120 or $140 with remote) and $20 savings on JBL Creature II Speakers (now $80), which are available in white, red, black, and aluminum.
TiVo representatives this week reiterated a company pledge to release a Mac-compatible version of its popular TiVoToGo software, according to an online report.
Hynix supplying PowerBook memory
In the wake of Apple Computer\'s decision to base its next generation of Macintosh computers on Intel processors, Intel Corp. has created an internal \'Apple group\' comprised of both engineers and sales staff, eWeek is reporting.
Apple Computer\'s iTunes unit sales have surpassed that of major US music retailers Tower Records, Sam Goody and Borders, propelling the iTunes Music Store into the top 10 list of leading music retailers for the first time, according to a report from NPD Group.
Apple on Monday announced that it has reached long-term supply agreements with Hynix, Intel, Micron, Samsung Electronics and Toshiba to secure the supply of NAND flash memory through 2010.
Digital video recorder maker TiVo Inc. plans to announce a feature on Monday that will let subscribers transfer recorded television programming to Apple iPod digital music players or Sony\'s PlayStation portable devices.
Nike today announced that it has appointed Apple chief operating office Tim Cook to the company\'s board of directors.
Apple on Friday released a 4MB Front Row 1.0.1 Update, which delivers \"overall improved reliability and compatibility for browsing music, photos, and videos on your iMac.\"
A second-generation iPod shuffle digital music player from Apple Computer will be noticeably smaller than the existing model and could see an introduction as early as January, says one Wall Street analyst.
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