Category Archives: Apple

Apple released the Mac mini and the iPod shuffle at this morning’s MacWorld Expo keynote address. The Mac mini is available for $500 in an anodized aluminum enclosure housing a 1.25GHz G4 processoor, 40 GB hard drive, 256 MB of RAM, slot-loading Combo Drive, and ATI Radeon 9200 graphics card with dedicated memory. The iPod shuffle is available in 512 MB and 1 GB flavors for $100 and $150 respectively. The music player has no display and doubles as a USB data stick. The new iTunes Autofill feature should be very interesting for loading up the latest podcasts. What is…

Apple has posted a support document to help users pick up and carry their iMac G5. Before moving your computer, make sure all cables and cords are disconnected. Pick up the iMac G5 by grasping both sides of the computer. Carry it to wherever you wish….

Apple announced the new 17″ and 20″ G5 iMac this morning. 1.6GHz or 1.8GHz PowerPC G5, widescreen LCD, and a NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra graphics card. This computer is just what the “it just works” families have been waiting for. I know this computer will make my parents happy and cut down on a lot of office clutter. Add a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse for a complete wireless experience you can tuck in a drawer when not in use. The biggest issue Apple needs to overcome is the price difference over a starter Dell. I priced a Dell…

Jon Lech Johnasen, Mr. DeCSS, discovered Apple’s public key for Airport Express audio streaming. He also released JustePort, a command line utility to stream MPEG-4 Apple Lossless files to an Airport Express. The stream is encrypted with AES and the AES key is encrypted with RSA….

Motorola and Apple announced a partnership to transfer songs from iTunes to a Motorola phone via a USB or Bluetooth connection. Before Steve Jobs made the announcement Ed Zander held up an iPod and a Motorola phone and said “It would be great if we could just figure out a way to bring these two devices together.” The start of something bigger?…

I just sold my Compaq TC1000 Tablet PC and bought a 1.5Ghz 15-inch PowerBook. So far I am satisfied with my purchase. I wanted a computer to hold all of my work. I had a Tablet and a desktop machine and I was never sure which one had the data I needed. A desktop replacement laptop seemed like the perfect response. Size matters. The TC1000 has a 10.4-inch screen. The quality of the screen is a bit cloudy, a result of protecting the surface from pen scratches. I wanted a bigger screen. Choosing an OS. My desktop PC is…

Alex Salkever of Business Week would like to see an iPod IPO. For Apple, the best move right now is to spin out iPod and pocket the cash, because Wall Street’s current euphoria marks the market’s peak. Although Apple would be loath to admit it, digital music players are on the verge of commoditization….

Pepsi drinkers had a one in three chance of winning a free iTunes download, but only 5% of all winners redeemed their winning code, according to News.com….

Just in case your iPod is not sexy enough naked, Gucci has an iPod case for you. (via Cult of Mac)…

Wired author Leander Kahney now has an Apple blog, Cult of Mac available in Wired’s Web space. Should be a good way to promote his new book, The Cult of Mac published by No Starch Press, due in September….