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Why there's no Mac tablet this quarter

The Mac blogosphere wants a tablet Mac for this quarter's "product transition." Here's why they won't get it. Good news: the Internet isn't making us stupid Apple's CFO mentioned a product transition driving gross margins down. Most commentators don't seem know what gross margin means, and...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Margin, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Tablet, Product Transition, Mac Blogosphere, Bits, Slab, Sales Strategy, Desktops, Notebooks, Research & Development, Sales Force Management, Sales, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Business Operations, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-07-30

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The Apple-Palm cat-and-mouse game: How long can it last? [poll]

I'm usually the last one to suggest that lawyers get involved in business disputes, largely because the only ones who win are the lawyers. I can't help but wonder if it's time for Apple's legal team to step in and ask a judge to bring to an end - once...

Tags: Game, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Palm Pre, Software Upgrade, Digital Music, Digital Media, Enterprise Software, Software, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-05

Regretful upgrade: Snow Leopard incompatibilities

I just saw a Mac commercial that said to use Macs because they don't have headaches and just work. But this article says it is causing headaches... so who am I to believe?Yeah, and Vista was SOOO smooth.....I don't even own Mac's and think this is silly. ...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Snow Leopard, Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-01

Company sues for defamation over tweet

Company sues for defamation over tweetIn cases like it shouldn't stay 'between you and them'Because it is usually a systemic problem when things like this come up. I would like to believe that companies 'do the right thing', however I have had enough experience TO THE BLEEPING CONTRARY that I...

Tags: defamation, tweet

Discussion threads 2009-07-28

No surprise: Apple beats for Q3; Jobs "thrilled" over iPhone sales, app store downloads

Apple once again beat Wall Street's estimates - highlighting the 5.2 million iPhones it sold during the third quarter - pushing shares up in after-hours trading. The company said today that its third quarter net income was $1.23 billion, or $1.35 per share, on sales of $8.34...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Job, Apple Macintosh, Apple iPod, Quarter, Apple Inc., Sales Strategy, Smart Phones, Sales, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-21

Windows 7: Good enough to pay for?

I finally installed the Windows 7 release candidate that the folks from Microsoft were kind enough to pass on a couple weeks ago at the Intel Classmate Ecosystem Summit. I could have installed it on my Mac, but I already have Vista running with Boot Camp with a fair...

Tags: Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-06-27

Apple tablet: too little, too late?

The blogosphere is abuzz about about the prospect of an Apple tablet coming in 2010. According to a note written by Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster via Silicon Alley Insider Apple is developing a tablet-based computer that will be positioned between the iPhone/iPod touch and its...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Silicon Alley Insider, Tablets, Notebooks, Sales Strategy, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Sales, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-05-21

WWDC: Don't count Jobs out yet

Although my colleague here at The Apple Core David Morgenstern blogged that Steve Jobs won't be giving the keynote address at WWDC 2009, don't count him out just yet. Apple announced that senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing Phil Schiller will be...

Tags: Job, Apple Inc., Public Relations, Apple Mac OS, Blogging, Desktops, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Hardware, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-05-13

Gartner: Apple's U.S. market share slips in Q1 2009

Gartner: Apple's U.S. market share slips in Q1 2009Nobody can afford them. Worse,some people in the "blogosphere" or whatever claim workers are paid too much for their jobs. (only because corporations continue to drive down worker wages while increasing executive wages... and perks... and have no repercussions if...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Apple Products, Apple Inc., Apple U.S., Q1 2009, Gartner Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-04-16

Apple WWDC dates released; Will Steve Jobs be there?

Apple has released its dates for its annual worldwide developer's conference, slated for June 8-12 in San Francisco. Of course, the blogosphere is already buzzing about the conference as the forum to introduce a new iPhone and new Mac operating system, called Snow Leopard. ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Steve Jobs, WWDC, Apple Inc., Blogging, Workforce Management, Operating Systems, Internet, Human Resources, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-03-26

Updating the Windows 7 release schedule

Updating the Windows 7 release scheduleAre they ..."Microsoft has been doing an admirable job of suppressing leaks about its Windows 7 release plans. But someone in Redmond needs to do a better job of teaching its own employees when not to hit the Publish button on web pages."Are they looking...

Tags: Operating systems, OCCAM, Theere, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-03-26

Psystar releases new Mac clone, despite Apple lawsuit

Psystar, apparently still optimistic about its lawsuit with Apple, has announced another Mac clone computer. The company today introduced a $599 Mac clone desktop PC called Open(3). There's been great debate in the blogosphere about whether Apple's control over both software and hardware constitutes monopolistic behavior, despite...

Tags: Lawsuit, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Psystar, Desktops, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-03-18

Apple kills rumor, handles desktop news exactly right

Score one for Apple when it comes to squashing a blogosphere rumor. The rumor mill had just started spinning its wheels with buzz of a March 24 Apple event - presumably to announce a refresh to the Mac desktop line - when the company unexpectedly made the...

Tags: Event, Apple Inc., Macworld, Blogging, Desktops, Internet, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-03-04

I’m sick to death of Windows 7

I’m sick to death of Windows 7Zack, Zack, Zack.....Go lay down with a cold cloth on your head. You'll feel better in just a little while.I am sorry to tell you this, but...... zdnet is not exactly doing anything terribly important. And I imagine if people did not write about...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Obama, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-02-09

Microsoft neuters UAC in Windows 7

Microsoft neuters UAC in Windows 7They'll trot out Mark Russinovich..who, under most circumstances has highly intelligent insights, but who will undoubtably say something idiotic to gloss over this shortcoming in Windows 7 UAC.Anyone else remember the infamous "it's not a security 'boundry'" comment when people were trying to understand Vista...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, UAC, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-01-30

Could Jobs' departure = good news for education?

So Steve Jobs is on "medical leave." The blogosphere and major news outlets are buzzing about implications for the company and ZDNet's Larry Dignan sums it up nicely: In a nutshell, Apple will have almost six months without Jobs at the helm. The thing to watch...

Tags: Education, Job, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Desktops, Terminal Services, Apple Mac OS X, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-01-15

It's OK to be mad at Apple but give Schiller some respect

Lesa Snider King is mad at Apple. There. It's been said. Publicly. And maybe, through the power of the blogosphere, Steve Jobs and company over in Cupertino, will hear her. After all, King is organizing a "silent" protest so that Apple knows that she is unhappy with...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Protest, Apple Inc., Macworld, Lesa Snider King, Philip W. Schiller, Marketing Research, Roi/Tco, Marketing, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-19

Mac mini revision rumored for Macworld Expo

Mac mini revision rumored for Macworld ExpoApple is the #1 pusher of DRM[i]For video output, the Mac Mini will use the DRM-crippled DisplayPort for connectivity[/i]What makes this even more disgusting is Steve Jobs "heartfelt" letter to the industry that all DRM should be banished. Uh huh. Is that why iTMS...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Apple Macintosh, Apple Intel Mac Mini, digital-rights management, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-12-16

Apple removes anti-virus recommendation

On November 21 the blogosphere was abuzz when Apple updated a technical note on its Support Web site that says Apple encourages the widespread use of multiple antivirus utilities so that virus programmers have more than one application to circumvent, thus making the whole virus writing process more difficult....

Tags: Software, Antivirus, Apple Inc., Virus, Viruses And Worms, Cyberthreats, Security, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Apple removes Mac antivirus language from site

Eagle-eyed Elinor Mills, reporter at sister site CNET, has the scoop that Apple has removed the 2007 item from its support site late last night that urged Mac customers to use multiple antivirus utilities. Now, the company says the Mac is safe "out of the box."(What say...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Antivirus, Apple Inc., Desktops, Viruses And Worms, Security, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-12-03