The legal battle over name rights between Apple Computer and the Beatles’ Apple Corps may take years to settle, according to Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Jobs told The Times (UK) that the disagreement over the use of the Apple name and the iTunes Music Store is destined to be decided by a judge. “We’re going to have to take it to court to find out who’s right,” Jobs said. “It’s really stupid.
Read MoreNisus Software has released Nisus Thesaurus 1.0.1, a maintenance update to the company’s fast electronic thesaurus that automatically integrates with any Service aware application including Nisus Writer Express, Mail, TextEdit, Safari, and more. Version 1.0.1 fixes an issue with version 1.0, which inadvertently included an expiration date for the software. Nisus Thesaurus is a free download and requires Mac OS X 10.2 or later.
Read MoreFollowing Dell’s announcement that it would enter the digital music business, Apple on Friday released a dismissive statement about the company’s plans: “It appears that Dell is re-branding one of the second-tier music services that will be announced soon, just like they are re-branding Creative’s MP3 player. There is little original here,” Apple’s statement said.
Read MoreTo celebrate the grand opening of the new Apple Store at the University Village Mall in Seattle, Washington, Apple is giving away an iPod for each point the Washington Huskie football team scores today. “After the Huskies vs Stanford football game, head to our grand opening. Why? We’ll be giving away one iPod free for every point the Huskies score in the game. The more points they score, the more chances you have to win.
Read MoreCNET News.com reports that MusicMatch will launch an online music service next week, and will provide a branded version of the technology for the upcoming Dell Music Store. “The service will use the popular MusicMatch Jukebox software and will distribute music in Microsoft’s Windows Media format…
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