Saturday, October 30, 2004
News
Google Plans Desktop Search Tool For Apple PCs
"We intend to do it."
Apple Secures iPod Design Patent
Apple has successfully secured a design patent for its ubiquitous iPod digital music player.
iPod Photo: Attributes And Accessories
Over the next few months, you can expect to see many new accesories as vendors revise their product lines to fit the new [thicker] iPod Photo.
iTunes Ireland Sees 'Pot Of Gold'?
It appears Apple originally planned to open for busines in Ireland this Tuesday. These plans, however, were stymied at the last minute by a disagreement with the Irish Music Rights Organization.
iPod Photo Manifests Audio Defect
It has the same audio defect widely reported in the fourth-generation iPod shortly after its release.
Opinion
You Broke It. Who Fixes It?
Apple's service sounds promising if you're at all technically inclined. But anyone who's tried to talk a parent or grandparent through the steps of tweaking settings in their e-mail client or — gasp! — scan for and rid a system of spyware and viruses can tell you that over-the-phone consultations can be horrible torture for those on both ends of the line.
Today Music, Tomorrow Our Lives
Could the iPod and similar devices be the start of something bigger in the area of personal data storage?
Review
New To iTunes
Lost among all the new iPod Photo hoopla are a couple of new iTunes features that I find extremely helpful.
Sidetrack
Wintel
Concerns Over Windows Cashpoints
Cash machine networks could soon be more susceptible to computer viruses, a security firm has warned.
