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Apple FY 05 Third Quarter Results Conference Call
Is The PC Passing Wintel By?
IBM to Apple: Eat These Chips
IBM Extends PowerPC With Dual-core, Low-power Chips
Azio Enclosure Aims At Macs
Sharp develops 100GB optical disc
Macs With Intel Inside--What's Next?
Tiger, a Cautionary Tale
CompUSA / The Good Guys Megastore - "Appleshop"
Kodak Promises A New Breed Of Digital Camera Chip
The Big Myth About The Intel Transition
The Mac Night Owl: The Mac Hardware Report: Don't Stuff That Drive!
This Week's Tech Night Owl LIVE Update
eWeek: Spyware Spooks Users into Changing Online Habits
Apple FY 05 Third Quarter Results Conference Call
WHAT: Apple FY 05 Third Quarter Results Conference Call
WHERE: Via conference call.
WHEN: Wednesday, July 13, 2005, 2:00 p.m. PDT/5:00 p.m. EDT
REBROADCAST: The conference call will be available as a continuous rebroadcast beginning Wednesday, July 13 at 5:00 p.m. PDT/8:00 p.m. EDT through Wednesday, July 20 at 5:00 p.m. PDT/8:00 p.m. EDT. The dial-in number for the rebroadcast is (719) 457-0820. Please enter confirmation code 7556415.
WEBCAST: Apple will provide live audio streaming of its FY 05 Third Quarter Results Conference Call utilizing Apple’s popular QuickTime® 6, the industry-leading multimedia software for live and on-demand audio and video streaming. The live audio webcast will be accessible through Apple’s web site at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/earningsq305/ Viewers simply need to download a copy of QuickTime 6 in advance from http://www.apple.com/quicktime to listen to the conference call.
Is The PC Passing Wintel By?
TechWeb.com's Alexander Wolfe says:
"Two countervailing trends are converging, in a technological pincer movement that could upend long-standing notions about just what constitutes the standard PC architecture. Since 1992, when Windows 3.1 was released, the dominant platform has been the "Wintel" combo of a Microsoft operating system and an Intel processor.
"Sure, there have been attempts to supplant Intel with alternate architectures, notably Apple's Macintosh, which started life in 1984 using Motorola's 68K processors and 1994 moved to the IBM-Motorola PowerPC. It's safe to say, however, that perceptions about the Mac's market success outpace the reality.....
".....Apple's plan to use the MacOS on Intel hardware—I call it the Mactel architecture—is likely to create a large, messy category consisting not only of Apple-authorized machines but also standard PCs that have been hacked to host MacOS."
For the full commentary, visit:
http://www.techweb.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=165700959
IBM to Apple: Eat These Chips
The Register's Andrew Orlowski says:
"As a parting shot to Apple, a piqued IBM today announced two new lines of its PowerPC 970 processor, better known as the G5. And they're impressive beasts.
"A new, low-power 970FX consumes between 13W and 16W at frequencies of 1.2GHz, 1.4GHz and 1.6GHz. That's more than the 10W that the Freescale MPC7448 found in today's 1.5Ghz PowerBooks consumes, but around half the maximum power consumption of Intel's Pentium M, which powers today's Centrino laptops. IBM is also unveiled the dual-core 970MP codenamed 'Antares', at clock frequencies of 1.4GHz to 2.5GHz. Each core has 1MB of L cache, and one core can be turned off to save power."
For the full report, visit here.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/08/ibm_powerpc/
IBM Extends PowerPC With Dual-core, Low-power Chips
IDG News Service's Tom Krazit reports:
"IBM unveiled two new PowerPC chips Thursday at an event in Tokyo, one month after its primary customer for those chips announced plans to switch to Intel's
"The new PowerPC 970MP is a dual-core version of the PowerPC 970FX, which users of Apple Computer's Power Mac and iMac computers know as the G5 processor. IBM also unveiled a low-power version of the 970FX chip with power consumption statistics that would make it suitable for a notebook.
"IBM had said little publicly about its PowerPC road map during the last several weeks of speculation, then confirmation, that Apple would make the historic switch away from the PowerPC architecture in favor of Intel's x86 architecture starting in 2006. IBM and Apple have had a rocky partnership since IBM became the exclusive supplier of the G5 processors. Manufacturing problems at IBM caused a delay in shipments of the G5 chips last year and power-consumption issues forced Apple to use liquid cooling in a high-end Power Mac and hold back on launching a G5 PowerBook or iBook."
For the full report, visit here.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/07/08/HNibmpower_1.html
Azio Enclosure Aims At Macs
CRN's Marc Spiwak reports:
"Azio recently took the wraps off an external hard-drive enclosure designed especially for Macintosh computer users. Storage solution providers can simply select the size and brand of hard drive and install it in the Azio enclosure. The USB 2.0 interface yields speeds up to 480 Mbps.
"What's unique about the Azio hard-disk enclosure is that it's designed to look like a Mac peripheral; it has a brushed aluminum finish with the choice of a black or white acrylic top. The enclosure blends well with Mac desktops, notebooks and peripherals. The sleek case measures 5 x 1.5 x 8.25 inches. It features a tiny ultraquiet ball-bearing cooling fan and a Kensington lock slot for security purposes."
For the full report, visit here:
http://www.storagepipeline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=165701038
For more information, visit:
http://www.aziocorp.com
Sharp develops 100GB optical disc
The Register's Tony Smith reports:
"Sharp has developed a two-layer optical disc which could boost the capacity of the next-generation Blu-ray format.
"The 100GB disc uses what the Japanese giant calls a "super-resolution functional film". Sharp came up with such a film for single-layer media last year, but this week's announcement centres on an extension of the technology that provides a sufficient level of transparency to enable multi-layer discs."
For the full report, visit here.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/08/sharp_100gb_blu-ray/
Macs With Intel Inside--What's Next?
PC World's Rebecca Freed says:
"It was a "Hell-has-finally-frozen-over" moment: In early June, Steve Jobs stood before the most devout of the Mac faithful, software developers for the Mac, and told them that Mac hardware will be based on Intel CPUs in the future. Even though rumors of the news had been circulating for a few weeks, the announcement still came as a shock, since Intel is so closely associated with Microsoft.
"It's a testament to Jobs's persuasive abilities that the news was accepted with relative equanimity by many Mac users and developers. Presumably, all those developers are now working to port their programs to the new Mac architecture.
"On the whole, I bought the story too, although I know that it won't all go smoothly. Anyone who owns or is considering buying a Mac has to have questions; these are what I think the answers are."
For the full commentary, visit:
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,121683,00.asp
Tiger, a Cautionary Tale
PC World's Rebecca Freed says:
"Upgrading to Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) hasn't been smooth for everyone, and it didn't go very well for me. After upgrading, my previously fast PowerBook became sluggish when performing undemanding tasks like opening a Finder window, or cutting and pasting in Microsoft Excel.
"I got pretty tired of watching the spinning beach ball that signals "system working" on the Mac. In addition, one of my printers no longer worked......
"I heard from a few knowledgeable folks that the trick is to do a fresh install of Tiger, rather than allowing it to upgrade your old OS.....
"With a clean version of OS X 10.4.1, my PowerBook is back to being pretty quick, and my printer problem is gone...."
For the full commentary, visit:
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,121683,00.asp
CompUSA / The Good Guys Megastore - "Appleshop"
In June 2005 the CompUSA and The Good Guys electronics chains, owned by the same company, created joint "megastores" in 17 locations, with plans to open more during 2005. The stores were created out of 14 The Good Guys stores and 3 CompUSA stores.....
In this case, the megastore has CompUSA-type supplies around the rear and side walls of the store, and more up-scale merchandise in areas and special walled rooms in the center of the building.
One of those rooms is labeled "Appleshop" with a large white-on-black sign near the ceiling--it's the first conjoined use I've seen of the trademarked word "Apple" and any other word.
Inside the space are two walls of Apple merchandise on shelves, and a center island of products. There is a nearby third shelf of Macintosh software, a small endcap of accessories, and iPods in a separate section of the store. The photos below detail how Apple's products are presented.
For the full report, visit here.
http://www.ifoapplestore.com/stores/compusa_gg.html
Kodak Promises A New Breed Of Digital Camera Chip
digitmag.co.uk reports:
"TSMC, the world's largest contract chip maker, agreed to licence image technology from Kodak to use in a manufacturing process aimed at enabling a new breed of high-quality CMOS image sensors, TSMC said Friday.
"Kodak and other companies that design CMOS image sensors, the chips that capture and process images inside digital cameras, will be able to use the new manufacturing technology for their products, TSMC said."
For the full report, visit here.
http://www.digitmag.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=4983
The Big Myth About The Intel Transition
macsimumnews.com's Dennis Sellers says:
"After Apple announced its plans to move the Mac line to Intel chips, Insight 64 analyst Nathan Brookwood said it was a bad idea. He told the San Mercury News that Apple lost market share every time it has made a major transition, such as in the mid-1990s when the company moved from Motorola’s 680x0 line of chips to IBM’s PowerPC chips. Brookwood added that such a move could frustrate some loyal customers of Apple......
"There’s some fallacies in his argument, which the excellent MWJ, the “The Weekly Journal for Serious Macintosh” points out and which I thought I’d share with you (in summary form; you’ll need to read the entire lengthy report for details)."
For the full commentary, visit:
http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/the_big_myth_about_the_intel_transition/
The Mac Night Owl: The Mac Hardware Report: Don't Stuff That Drive!
I've talked about this subject before, on and off, but it became a truly significant factor with Mac OS X, but let me take you back a few days first.
Here's the URL for today's commentary:
http://www.macnightowl.com/index.htm#drive
This Week's Tech Night Owl LIVE Update
Every single day, more and more listeners ask me when we're going to start Podcasting the show. The answer is that the heavy lifting is nearly done, and I hope we'll begin before the end of July, possibly sooner if the tests continue to be successful. Once the setup process is done, you'll be able to subscribe to The Tech Night Owl LIVE Podcasts directly from our site and from iTunes 4.9 soon thereafter. We'll let you know when we're ready to roll.
Here's the URL for this week's update on the show:
http://www.macnightowl.com/newsletters/2005/07/293.htm#update
Note: You can also access our RSS feed, available at:
http://www.macnightowl.com/index.xml
eWeek: Spyware Spooks Users into Changing Online Habits
"More that 90 percent of Internet users in the United States have altered their online behavior significantly to counter the threat of spyware programs, according to a study released by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
The Pew report (PDF file), written by associate director Susannah Fox, highlights the increased awareness of privacy and other threats presented by adware and spyware programs.
Overall, the project's survey found that nine out of 10 of Internet users have made at least one change in their online behavior to avoid unwanted software programs."
Read more at:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,,1834851,00.asp
Charles W. Moore
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