Thursday, August 17, 2006
News
Apple Maintains Massive Lead In Music Player Market
Apple continued to dominate the US digital music player market in the second quarter with a 75.6 per cent marketshare, according to the NPD Group.
Jobs' Implication In Apple Options Scandal Still Unclear
While some Wall Street analysts have suggested Apple chief executive Steve Jobs is likely to be cleared of any wrongdoing when it comes to the company's backdated stock option grants, analysts at Merrill Lynch are taking a more cautious approach.
Leopard First Looks: 64-Bit Support
Developers of data-intensive apps will appreciate full native 64-bit support.
Opinion
WWDC Wrap-Up
Let's face it, WWDC is expensive and we engineers aren't really used to being treated like cattle. I feel more like a chump for having shelled out $1400 of company money so that I can be bossed around by overweight rent-a-cops.
Regarding The Hardware Announcements At WWDC 2006
Computers Crash
Put it this way, if you were a pilot, would you fly a plane if the manufacturer said it can't crash?
Review
Mac Pro Completes Apple's Intel Lineup
Prfoessional Intel-based towers provide great performance — with the right software.
Sidetrack
Ever since the iPod with video came out, why should I ever believe Steve "we-do-not-do-video-ipods" Jobs anymore?
So, yay, there will be an iPod with Wi-Fi.
:-)
