Archive for August 24th, 2006
“Dell is pulling out of the digital music player business, apparently conceding that it cannot compete with Apple a year after introducing the DJ Ditty MP3 device as an affordable alternative to the iPod Shuffle. Last September Dell launched the $99 flash-memory based Ditty, which is about the size of a pack of gum, weighs 1.29 ounces and can hold some 200 songs with 512 MB of storage. It has a display and an FM tuner, which the Shuffle, at the same price, lacks…” (Read full article here)
August 24th, 2006
“Apple said today it has agreed to pay rival Creative Technology $100 million (£53 million) to settle all outstanding patent litigation between the two companies. The agreement, which settles five pending lawsuits, allows Apple to use Creative’s technology in its iPod, the world’s best selling digital music player…” (Read full article here)
August 24th, 2006
“eMachine’s founder—and number two Gateway shareholder—Lap Shun “John” Hui has made an unsolicited offer of $450 million for computer maker Gateway’s retail operations. Hui sold budget PC maker eMachines to Gateway back in 2004 for $290 million; Hui current owns Joui International, which develops office products…” (Read full article here)
August 24th, 2006
“Apple has announced a voluntary recall of 1.8 million lithium-ion batteries, the latest casualty of the Sony battery fiasco. The affected notebooks include certain models of the iBook G4 series as well as the PowerBook G4 series, the company said. About 1.1 million laptops sold within the U.S. are affected, with an additional 700,000 units sold abroad. Apple’s decision follows a similar recall by Dell, which had shipped Sony battery cells inside of its own laptops. Dell recalled 4.1 million batteries on August 14, the largest consumer product recall in U.S. history..,” (Read full article here)
August 24th, 2006
“Microsoft revealed today that no 32-bit versions of Windows Vista will be able to play back “next generation high definition protected content” (translation – studio-released BluRay and HD-DVD movies). By far the majority of PCs use 32-bit processors, because despite AMD’s efforts to push 64-bit CPUs into the marketplace early, Intel’s first widely-promoted 64-bit CPU is the just-released Core 2 Duo. PC users will now have to choose between a PC that can play high definition content (64 bit) versus one that can potentially run older devices that only have unsigned drivers available (32 bit)…” (Read full article here)
August 24th, 2006
“Online piracy is not solely responsible for dwindling sales of recorded music, says a report. Media analysts Screen Digest said broader cultural trends and the debut of DVD had left many consumers with much less to spend on their music collections. But the boom in sales of music through online portals will help to offset the decline in sales, said the report…” (Read full article here)
August 24th, 2006
“Dell is pulling out of the digital music player business, apparently conceding that it cannot compete with Apple a year after introducing the DJ Ditty MP3 device as an affordable alternative to the iPod Shuffle. Last September Dell launched the $99 flash-memory based Ditty, which is about the size of a pack of gum, weighs 1.29 ounces and can hold some 200 songs with 512 MB of storage. It has a display and an FM tuner, which the Shuffle, at the same price, lacks…” (Read full article here)
