http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/ 2007-11-27T13:39:03-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2007/11/so_wheres_the_d.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple So it's been over seven months since EMI announced it would start selling its music without anti-piracy "digital rights management" software. On that same day, April 2, Apple announced it would sell the DRM-less tracks, at higher bit rates for... Digital Music peter_burrows 2007-11-27T13:39:03-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2007/11/want_an_unlocke.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple Ya gotta love those European courts. T-Mobile said today it will sell the iPhone in Germany without a contract in order to comply with an injunction issued by a court hearing a lawsuit brought by rival Vodafone. If you want... iPhone arik_hesseldahl 2007-11-21T11:35:58-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2007/11/life_imitates_a.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple For all of you getting on a plane later today, I share the following iPhone anecdote. Perhaps you've seen seen this latest Apple advertising campaign for the iPhone, the one with real iPhone owners talking about how they've found... iPhone arik_hesseldahl 2007-11-21T09:05:22-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2007/11/latest_realplay.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple I've been playing with RealPlayer 11 on my Mac for a few days, and I like what I see. (Get it here.) It comes with a fancy new download feature that lets grab videos of pretty much any time from... Video arik_hesseldahl 2007-11-15T11:19:09-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2007/11/true_story.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple An old friend came to visit today. I'm not going to give his or her name, but this person used to work at Microsoft, and was somewhat senior. Before leaving, however, he/she decided to take advantage of a discount that... Apple and Microsoft arik_hesseldahl 2007-11-13T17:33:39-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2007/11/does_the_world.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple Listed in no particular order... Microsoft Windows Mobile Research In Motion Blackberry OS Symbian Mobile Linux in its various flavors OS X Palm OS Tell me again why we need Google's Android OS?... iPhone arik_hesseldahl 2007-11-06T11:22:54-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2007/11/apple_adobe_umm.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple Brandon Watts over at OSWeekly has a suggestion: Apple should acquire Adobe. It's a fair idea that even made the front page of Slashdot, fair that is, until you start running the numbers. Apple has $15.4 billion in cash, and... Stock and Financials arik_hesseldahl 2007-11-02T17:29:14-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2007/11/the_new_trojan.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple I've received at least two pitches from security software companies trying to get publicity traction off the disclosure of the latest social engineering Trojan for the Mac. I chose the terminology "social engineering," for a reason. This Trojan can infect... Security arik_hesseldahl 2007-11-01T17:57:22-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2007/11/greenpeace_resp.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple After last weeks column on Greenpeace and its repeated calling out of Apple regarding toxic chemicals inside its computers and the iPhone I got a phone call from Rick Hind, legislative director at Greenpeace's Washington office. We talked for awhile,... Miscellaneous arik_hesseldahl 2007-11-01T12:16:00-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2007/10/now_why_didnt_i.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple Chris Anderson, editor at Wired and author of "The Long Tail" has a pretty good idea: Public humiliation of PR people who don't do their homework. Those who don't do their homework and pitch him irrelevant story ideas are banned... Miscellaneous arik_hesseldahl 2007-10-31T09:13:16-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2007/10/loving_leopard.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple I installed Leopard this weekend. So far, it rocks. Word today from Apple is that it moved 2 million copies of the new operating system over the weekend.... Leopard arik_hesseldahl 2007-10-30T09:24:38-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2007/10/so_paul_otellin.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple Paul Otellini, CEO of Intel was in our offices here in New York on Monday. I would have been in on the meeting, but was busy listening to Apple's earnings conference call and so couldn't make it. My colleague Steve... MacIntel arik_hesseldahl 2007-10-24T12:26:13-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2007/10/igod_cover_up_f.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple The American Society of Magazine Editors today unveiled the finalists in its Best Cover contest, and one of them features -- you guessed it -- Apple CEO Steve Jobs. I don't know how many magazine covers he's been on in... Miscellaneous arik_hesseldahl 2007-10-22T19:33:59-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2007/10/le_googlephone.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple There is no Googlephone. So insists Valleywag's Owen Thomas. His source is a Foxconn exec who was overheard talking to a Google VP. Instead the Googlephone served as a useful fiction to scare its rivals, not the least of which... Miscellaneous arik_hesseldahl 2007-10-22T14:11:56-05:00 http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2007/10/guest_post_a_to.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_byteoftheapple I have a guest-post here from my colleague Rachael King, who's reacting to the news that Greenpeace is calling out Apple over the iPhone saying the device contains hazardous chemicals. That news led to a legal action by the Center... iPhone arik_hesseldahl 2007-10-17T17:48:05-05:00