Asustek has secured a contract from Apple Computer to make an initial delivery of 1.2 million iBook notebook personal computers, the Commercial Times reported, without citing sources.
A software engineer working on Adobe Photoshop says the company\'s decision not to deliver native Intel Mac support until the next major release of its high-end graphics suite is a result of the enormous task associated with switching to Apple Computer\'s Xcode development environment.
You win some, you lose some — So far Apple Computer is one-for-two when it comes to meeting a self-imposed deadline on updating its Pro software applications to run on its new Intel Macs, as tipsters report the Aperture 1.1 Universal update has slipped by a couple of weeks.
Proving that even the simplest of moves can garner praise, Representative Edward J. Markey, a senior Democrat on the House Energy & Commerce Committee, applauded Apple\'s announcement today in providing a software update for the iPod that gives consumers the option to set a maximum volume level.
Analysts for JP Morgan, who offered its clients a 51-page report on the role of DRM in the portable
Revisiting the famed wireless iPod patent application, a tipster points out that the filing may also hint at a new Apple consumer electronics product: a wireless picture frame. In exhibit 13 of the document, Apple displays an illustration of what appears to be an early design for the iPod Hi-Fi, an iPod docked next to a picture frame and a wireless Bluetooth iPod.
Reacting to the French National Assembly\'s vote today to force Apple to open its closed iPod and iTunes ecosystem, analysts for PiperJaffray said they believe Apple is more likely to drop out of the French market than open up its FairPlay DRM to competitors.
Apple Computer\'s Intel transition appears to be in full force, with the company recently selling the last of its iMac computers with PowerPC processors.
Without explicitly stating so, Apple has taken measures to allow itself room to make changes at the top of its iPod product line this spring, if it chooses to do so.
Descriptions of several features and interfaces not present in shipping versions of Apple Computer\'s Mac OS X operating system have recently turned up in company patent filings, AppleInsider has discovered.
Despite a number of product transitions that are conspiring against Apple Computer during its current (March) quarter, analysts for Citigroup said on Monday they expect new products introduced around the company\'s 30th anniversary in early April to fuel a rebound in the next quarter.
Speaking to developers at its semiannual developer forum on Tuesday, Intel Corp. shed a few new details on its next-generation multi-core desktop processors, which are destine to turn up inside Apple\'s first Intel-based Power Mac systems in the second half of the year.
Presenting at its developer forum on Tuesday, Intel Corp. announced that it will ship three new dual-core processors for servers and workstations in 2006 and also gave developers their first public view of a running quad-core processor designed for dual-processor servers.
Under pressure from smaller rival AMD, Intel Corp. at its twice annual developers conference on Tuesday offered new details of its forthcoming Intel Core microarchitecture, which will form the foundation for its next-generation, multi-core server, desktop and mobile processors due later this year.
Intel Corp., the world\'s leading microprocessor maker and new supplier of chips for Apple\'s Macintosh computer line, will take center stage at its own developer forum this week to talk about its latest technologies, which are expected to include a couple of new dual-core server chips.
Several Apple employees have collectively filed a patent request for a wide touchpad on a noteboook computer, where the palm rest areas of the portable would formed a said touchpad.
Analysts for Merrill Lynch are the latest to express a lack of fanfare over Apple Computer\'s new product introductions and are unconvinced that the company\'s announcements were substantial enough to merit an invitational media event.
Apple Computer may soon unveil a new special edition iPod and some other iPod- and music-related accessories, AppleInsider has gathered.
Only Apple could take a phenomenon as ancient and rudimentary as magnetism and make it seem so profound.
The first Intel-based Apple MacBook Pro professional notebook computers have begun to arrive in the United States, allowing sources and contacts to take a closer look at the system\'s internals.
Component shortages are to blame for delays associated with Apple Computer\'s new line of Intel-based Macintosh computers, AppleInsider has learned.
Apple\'s announcement today that it has dropped the 1.67GHz Intel Core Duo processor from its professional MacBook Pro line — in favor of using faster chips — presents the possibility that the company may now adopt that low-end 1.67GHz dual-core processor for use in its forthcoming consumer iBook notebooks.
Shares of Apple Computer continued their downward spiral on Monday, this time amongst concerns over a new lawsuit charging that the colorful displays on the iPod nano are prone to scratches that render it unreadable.
Wireless iPods could begin to emerge in the second half of 2006, offering iPod users yet another reason to upgrade to new models and possibly paving the way for yet another blockbuster Apple holiday quarter.
Activist and rock singer Bono may soon partner with Apple Computer on a red-colored iPod to help promote a new project aimed at battling AIDS, according to reports.
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