Posts Tagged ‘Apple’

Even Apple has been playing down the changes in Snow Leopard, calling them "enhancements and refinements" and asking only $29 for the update (it's free on new Macs). But after seeing OS X evolve so rapidly over the past eight years, buyers walking into Apple's stores may expect something dramatic from this update. If so, they're bound for disappointment. The most important ... Full story

Citing sources from Asia, the Piper Jaffray analyst who has been on top of the rumored Apple tablet device has issued a report with even more details on what could be becoming Apple's worst-kept secret. Senior Analyst Gene Munster has written extensively about the tablet device, which some bloggers have taken to calling the "iPad." In his latest report, issued to clients ... Full story

If Apple doesn't introduce a tablet computer soon, we'll all be sorely disappointed. With all the ongoing speculation about the alleged iPod-on-steroids, I feel like the device is already here. Today's scuttlebutt from Apple Insider has the Big Tablet arriving early next year, a prediction that matches one two months ago by Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster. ... Full story

When Google first launched its Chrome Web browser, many of us immediately saw Chrome as Google’s extension of an operating system. Now, that prophecy is fulfilled with news of Google’s plans to open-source the Chrome OS code later this year with view to have it available in the second half of 2010. But immediately, this raises fundamental questions about what, exactly, defines an operating system, ... Full story

Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner may have done "cartwheels down the hallway" when Apple called him to complain about the Redmond, Wash.-based company's "Laptop Hunters" campaign. But he must have cartwheeled past Microsoft's legal department because, as Advertising Age reports, the company has quietly altered its ad campaign in an apparent response to Apple's complaints. The "Laptop Hunters" campaign, you may recall, features ... Full story

Internet News Remember last week when Microsoft was so ecstatic about Apple's complaints over the laptop hunter ads? Well, the software maker may have been overjoyed that it finally agitated its rival, but Redmond has quietly complied with Apple's complaints, according to AdvertisingAge. The Mac maker's beef was the fact that Microsoft's laptop hunter campaign kept saying Macbooks carried a price tag ... Full story