http://apple.corante.com/ news + developments: iPod, Mac and more en-us readme@mac.com 2005-12-07T17:11:26-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://apple.corante.com/archives/2005/12/07/more_nbc_shows_coming_to_itunes.php NBC President Jeff Zucker says more NBC shows will soon be available via iTunes.The NBC deal expands Apple's TV offering to 300 episodes of 16 different series and Zucker said that number will expand quickly as NBC Uni fills the... 39816@http://apple.corante.com/ Headlines 2005-12-07T17:11:26-05:00 http://apple.corante.com/archives/2005/12/02/ipod_sales_up_400.php Some iPod sales numbers from Apple's annual 10-k:Apple said that net sales of iPods rose $3.2 billion, or 248 percent, during 2005 compared to 2004. The company said it sold 22.5 million iPods in fiscal 2005, an increase of 409... 39268@http://apple.corante.com/ Recommended Reading 2005-12-02T03:43:39-05:00 http://apple.corante.com/archives/2005/11/25/how_to_improve_itunes.php Download Squad has some good tips to improve iTunes for Windows. The post mentions several useful add-on programs, including iTunesKeys and idleTunes.idleTunes has a host of useful features: - find and insert album artwork into tracks - copy iTunes playlists... 38585@http://apple.corante.com/ Recommended Reading 2005-11-25T13:38:24-05:00 http://apple.corante.com/archives/2005/11/23/ipod_competitors_need_universal_dock.php Tony Smith at the Register suggests that Microsoft is pushing for a universal dock standard to help competitors take on the iPod. Tony's reasoning: if rival MP3 players can use the iPod dock it loses a competitive advantage. If Apple... 38536@http://apple.corante.com/ Recommended Reading 2005-11-23T16:26:42-05:00 http://apple.corante.com/archives/2005/11/18/price_sends_a_signal.php Yes, this is another post about iTunes pricing. This time, the trigger was this post by Joel Spolsky, who notes that prices send a signal to potential buyers. The very act of establishing "premium" songs (or "discount" songs) communicates the... 38169@http://apple.corante.com/ Recommended Reading 2005-11-18T16:47:12-05:00 http://apple.corante.com/archives/2005/11/17/more_public_negotiations.php Forbes: EMI Says Apple's Jobs Will Change ITunes Pricing Today EMI Group boss Alain Levy said at press conference today that he believed Jobs would introduce multiple price points for iTunes music within the next year.The Forbes story doesn't add... 38103@http://apple.corante.com/ Recommended Reading 2005-11-17T11:14:50-05:00 http://apple.corante.com/archives/2005/11/16/inside_the_xbox_360.php It's not an Apple product, but the pre-launch hype for the Xbox 360 is nearly as crazy. With that in mind, here's another gadget autopsy* from AnandTech: inside the Xbox 360. Note the giant external power supply. Yikes. * See... 38076@http://apple.corante.com/ Recommended Reading 2005-11-16T16:20:13-05:00 http://apple.corante.com/archives/2005/11/16/buying_rights_versus_songs.php Has the success of the iPod given Apple too much control of the music business? I'm not sure how many consumers feel that way, but it certainly seems to be a problem for the recording industry. Who will rescue the... 38075@http://apple.corante.com/ Recommended Reading 2005-11-16T16:09:56-05:00 http://apple.corante.com/archives/2005/11/16/inside_the_ibook.php Apple Power Mac towers are relatively easy to upgrade. Just remove the side panel and you have easy access to most of the components inside. iBooks and PowerBooks are entirely different animals. Once you take them apart, they're never quite... 38074@http://apple.corante.com/ Recommended Reading 2005-11-16T15:44:11-05:00 http://apple.corante.com/archives/2005/11/04/will_apple_send_in_the_clones.php Seb Janacek asks: will Apple revive an old idea and license Mac OS X to other PC makers? In a word, no.Speaking at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in June, Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller insisted OS X would run... 37691@http://apple.corante.com/ Recommended Reading 2005-11-04T12:25:09-05:00 http://apple.corante.com/archives/2005/11/02/new_byte_of_the_apple_blog.php Check out BusinessWeek's new Byte of the Apple weblog, co-hosted by Peter Burrows, Arik Hesseldahl and Cliff Edwards. Arik kicks things off with some thoughts about Intel Macs. He says he would be interested in buying a computer that can... 37644@http://apple.corante.com/ Recommended Reading 2005-11-02T14:29:11-05:00 http://apple.corante.com/archives/2005/10/27/locked_in_to_itunes.php The Financial Times says Apple has already won the battle for online music dominance, because so many consumers have made an investment in digital music that only works with iTunes and iPod.Many analysts and pundits claim that Apple will suffer... 37509@http://apple.corante.com/ Recommended Reading 2005-10-27T00:11:13-05:00 http://apple.corante.com/archives/2005/10/26/does_visual_studio_rot_the_mind.php This thoughtful and entertaining rant by Charles Petzold is about programming with your bare hands rather than relying on tools that force you to program in a bad way. Along the way, he writes about the good, the bad, and... 37510@http://apple.corante.com/ Recommended Reading 2005-10-26T23:21:18-05:00 http://apple.corante.com/archives/2005/10/26/apple_to_blame_for_memory_shortage.php Creative Labs U.S. president complains that Apple is responsible for a shortage of flash memory."One of the key challenges we face in our MP3 business is an industry-wide shortage of 1GB flash memory," said Craig McHugh, president of Creative Labs,... 37511@http://apple.corante.com/ Recommended Reading 2005-10-26T12:29:56-05:00 http://apple.corante.com/archives/2005/10/12/why_cornice_said_no.php According to Inc. magazine, Apple wanted Cornice hard drives for the iPod mini, but demanded an exclusive deal. Cornice had existing relationships with RCA and Rio, and refused the exclusive offer. And that was that. Why Cornice Said No, Thanks,... 36992@http://apple.corante.com/ Recommended Reading 2005-10-12T12:52:14-05:00