Apple, which has had its share of public relations problems this year, said Friday that it is facing several federal lawsuits, including one alleging the company created an illegal monopoly by tying iTunes music and video sales to its market-leading iPod portable players. The case, filed July 21, is over Apple’s use of a copy-protection […]

Apple, a company that has been flying high with a string of successes recently, now looks like it may get bogged down in a controversial stock option mess. According to reports, Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who is one of the most respected and even revered business leaders in the world, received 7.5m stock options in […]

SageTV Media Center, a personal video recording (PVR) and media center software package for Windows and Linux PCs, has added new features that include bringing online video to the TV, support for the global DVB broadcasting standard, the ability to play unencrypted DVD libraries on the TV with SageTV Media Extender, and expanded file support […]

Greenpeace has published its latest Guide to Greener Electronics. The survey found an overall improvement in manufacturing processes, but Apple lags at the bottom. “Most companies now score above average points on the ranking guide, with only five companies failing to score even the average of five points,” said Iza Kruszewska, Greenpeace International toxics campaigner. […]

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), a consortium of technology vendors for promoting short-range wireless networking, has announced a program to make it easier to find products that will let you listen to music wirelessly. The Bluetooth SIG recently launched the Experience Icon Program to guide and help consumers purchase interoperable products implementing Bluetooth wireless […]

Apple today unveiled its new line of MacBook consumer notebooks that now include Intel Core 2 Duo processors. According to Apple, the new MacBooks are up to 25 percent faster than the previous generation and feature a built-in iSight video camera for on-the-go video conferencing, Apple‚Äôs MagSafe Power Adapter that safely disconnects when under strain, […]

The percent of computers accessing the Internet that are running Macintosh OS X is up by 35% since last year, according to figures from Market Share. 5.21% of the computers accessing the Internet were Macs in October, compared to 3.87% a year ago. While these numbers are good news for OS X fans, Macs still […]

Apple’s Steve Jobs has been voted the Greatest Person in Information Technology. To mark its 40 anniversary, UK technology magazine Computer Weekly asked its readers to vote for who they consider the greatest people of the past 40 years of IT. Jobs topped the list, Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the Internet, and Linus Torvalds, creator […]

Sling Media has announced the immediate availability of the SlingPlayer for Mac OS X, a software download for Slingbox customers who wish to view their home TV natively on an Apple Macintosh computer. The Slingbox allows users to watch their cable, satellite, or digital video recorder (DVR) programming from wherever they are, turning any Internet-connected […]

Apple today announced that its entire MacBook Pro line of notebooks now includes the new Intel Core 2 Duo processor, delivering performance that is up to 39 percent faster than the previous generation, according to the company. All MacBook Pro models now offer double the memory and greater storage capacity than the previous generation, as […]