Archived Links for March 2006

3.24	Apple Matters	Apple to Split into Apple Computer & Apple Electronics, Chris Seibold: I am about to propose that a major player in the computer market split apart, and amazingly enough, it isn’t Microsoft, it is Apple.
3.24	Low End Mac	System 7.6.1 Is Perfect for Many Older Macs, John Martorana: As I’ve alluded to in previous columns, things like personal taste, simplicity, efficiency, and, lest we forget, frugality are big parts of why someone decides to keep an old Mac running.
3.24	Macworld	Russian Web site offered eBay account info for $5, ames Niccolai, IDG News Service: EBay Inc. helped to shut down a Russian Web site this week that was offering to sell stolen customer account information for as little as US $5 each.
3.23	Macworld	Is installing XP on an Intel Mac worth the effort?, Rob Griffiths: If you’re thinking about trying this on your own Intel-based Mac, you should know that Really Bad Things are possible.
3.23	MacNN	Apple searches for iPhone suppliers, MacNN Staff: Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster last week indicated a 75 percent chance of the iPhone debut in the next 12 months.
3.23	MacNN	Apple makes Intel think different, MacNN Staff: Apple’s transition to the Intel- architecture has not only resulted in faster, more power-efficient Macs, but is also making Intel think different, according to an Intel representative.
3.23	Macworld UK	Sony takes MiniDisc to Mac, Macworld Staff: Sony plans to introduce Mac support for its new MiniDisc Walkman for the first time.
3.22	CNET	Battle of the 30-inch monitors: Apple Cinema Display vs. Dell UltraSharp 3007WFP, Lara Luepke: Apple wins battle of 30-inch displays.
3.22	Apple Matters	Five Biggest Apple Mistakes, Chris Seibold: How did the world’s biggest computer maker go from a market maker to a verifiable has been? They made some mistakes, some really big ones.
3.21	Gearlog	Windows XP on Macs: Tested, Benchmarked, Sascha Segan: Apple makes a fast Windows PC.
3.20	Consumer Reports	iPod Hi-Fi is disappointing, Consumer Reports Staff: NOT SO HI-FI Apple’s new Hi- Fi, $349, does not sound as good as some older competitors. And it weighs much more, a drawback if you want to use the Hi-Fi portably.
3.20	MacNN	iPhone may affect Motorola sales, MacNN Staff: Any Apple-branded mobile phone device could affect Motorola’s outlook, although it has parterned with Apple on iTunes.
3.20	E-Commerce News	iPod alert drives speculation, Macworld Staff: New speculation begins in the fast- paced world of Apple product releases.
3.19	Times Online	How Apple ate the world, Times Online Staff: Apple Computer is 30 years old on April 1. What follows, before you turn the page, is not for geeks, it’s for aesthetes.
3.17	Macworld	Yes, the iMac does Windows, Jason Snell: Yesterday was a milestone day for the Mac. A pair of enterprising hackers got Windows XP to boot on an Intel-based Mac, and won almost $14,000 for their troubles.
3.17	New Ratings	Apple Computer - overweight, Morgan Stanley: Analysts at Morgan Stanley maintain their overweight rating on Apple Computer Inc (AAPL.NAS). The target price is set to $90.
3.15	Apple Matters	10.5 Acres Means Apple Is Planning on Going Huge, Chris Seibold: Apple Matters speculates that Apple has some very big plans. Most recently, they purchased two very large data centers and have been snatching up office space in Cupertino.
3.14	Apple Matters	Mac mini: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Apple Store, Chris Howard: The dust is settling, the zomboids who never intended to buy a Mac mini in the first place, and yet had the audacity to say the graphics on the new Intel based mini are crap, have had their say and returned to their dual-core G5s or Yonahs.
3.13	Low End Mac	Copyright Bullies May Win Some Battles but Must Lose Their War, Charles Moore: Moore examines the simmering issue of intellectual property rights in a digital age of MP3s, CD- burners, and software cracks. Traditional copyright laws, he observes, simply don’t work anymore.