Archives: August 2006

Exclusive: Movie Downloads on iTunes By Mid-September

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on August 31, Categories: iPod and iTunes

Coming soon to a Mac or PC near you: Movies on iTunes. My BusinessWeek colleague Ron Grover has exclusive details about how how Wal-Mart, as the largest seller of DVDs...

Another Google-Apple, Or Rather, Google-Pixar Connection

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on August 31, Categories: Pixar

It just occurred to me that there's yet another Google-Apple connection that I didn't mention in the long list of interconnections between the two companies in today's column. I was...

Financial Claims Against Chinese Reporters Cut

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on August 31, Categories: iPod and iTunes

There's been some movement reported in the case of the two Chinese reporters sued by the company that builds iPods under contract for Apple. IDG News Service is reporting that...

Reporters In Trouble for iPod Factory Reporting

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on August 30, Categories: iPod and iTunes

Just when you thought you'd heard the last of chatter surrouding working conditions at the Chinese factory that makes iPod, here's a new wrinkle: It turns out some of the...

Google CEO Joins Apple's Board

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on August 29, Categories: Apple News

Apple and Google each got a little bit cooler today as Google CEO Eric Schmidt joined Apple's board of directors. Schmidt brings a lot to Apple's board: A long resume...

Does Al Gore have an options problem?

Posted by: Peter Burrows on August 24, Categories: Stock Options

One SEC expert who requested anonymity says: “If there’s a problem at Apple, Gore's globe is going to be warming.” Call it An Inconvenient Truth.

Why Would Apple Ever Want To Buy YouTube?

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on August 23, Categories: iPod and iTunes

How many times have we seen this story play out? Little Web site starts up, turns into a raging success, gets acquired by a big company with huge financial resources,...

Skype, Gizmo or Something Else?

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on August 22, Categories: Byte of the Apple survey

I guess I'm a little late to the whole Internet calling thing. I spent the better part of my weekend tinkering around with Gizmo Project and came away liking it...

Are Apple and RIM Working Together?

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on August 18, Categories: Rumors, Rumors, Rumors

My three favorite technology products are the Mac, the iPod and The Blackberry. Now if only the companies behind all three would get together and make their products work in...

El Jobso Rides Again

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on August 09, Categories: Steve Jobs

So it looks like the Fake Steve Jobs is back. After a very obvious pretender surfaced, the real fake Steve Jobs looks to be back in action here. Today "Steve"...

It's gone....

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on August 09, Categories: Steve Jobs

...what the heck? The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs is suddenly blank, with an entry dated Aug. 7 entitled "RIP" saying only "It's gone....." Would the fake Steve Jobs please...

A Great Mac App Gets Only Better

Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on August 01, Categories: Mac Apps

Every time I think that Audio Hijack Pro can't get any better, the guys at Rogue Amoeba prove me wrong. This app, is, in my opinion, one of the very...