Monday, March 14, 2005
News
AOL: AIM Conversations Are Safe
America Online on Sunday moved to quell public criticism of the terms of service for its AIM service, insisting the controversial privacy clause does not pertain to user-to-user instant messaging communication.
300 Gig iPod
Why would you need a 300 gig iPod? If you have to ask, you just wouldn't understand, Poindexter.
Paying Tribute To Mac's Daddy
They came from near and far, and they waited in line to get in. Nearly 600 people packed the Bayside Performing Arts Center Sundy for Jef Raskin's memorial.
Apple Confronts LuxPro Over iPod shuffle Imitator
"Our lawyers are in the process of weighing legal options."
Teen Reporter Pays Price For Apple Coverage
Nicholas Ciarelli is an excellent journalist. Too bad.
Opinion
Motorola's iTunes Phone On The Rocks
The tech match made in heaven has prompted a hell of a standoff.
Apple Should Think Different About Blogger Suits
The lawsuits pose an imminent threat to Apple's most precious asset: the company's reputation as a hip underdog, a cool alternative to bigger and blander competitors such as Microsoft, Dell and Hewlett-Packard.
Review
There's More Than 1 Way To Skin An iPod
PowerBooks' Added Little Touches Make Big Difference
Apple has focused on evolutionary improvements, but sometimes the little touches can add up to something big.
Sidetrack
Pippin? Dead. Mac clones? Dead. HP iPods? Probably dead soon. And iTunes phones? Might well be dead too.
Can Apple ever do licensing right?
Don Norman: Apple Shuffle is an excellent compromise among the conflicting requirements of simplicity, elegance, size, battery life, and function... The Apple Shuffle is honest. It doesn't pretend to be other than what it is.
Wintel
Attack of The Anti-iPods
While some of the players mentioned here are good value and others are compact and cool, the anti-iPods still can't match Apple's ease-of-use. But they're getting closer.