Merrill Lynch’s Michael Hillmeyer has raised his forecast on Apple after “surprisingly strong” third quarter results from the company. “After seeing the quarterly numbers, Hillmeyer now looks for Jobs & Co. to bring in US$6.75 billion in sales in fiscal 2004, vs. a projected $6.14 billion in the year that ends this September — and up 10% from his previous forecast,” reports BusinessWeek.
Read MoreDr. Bott announced today that it is now shipping the naviPod, the first wireless remote control for Apple’s iPod. The naviPod, which was announced in June, consists of a receiver that plugs into the top of the iPod and a 5-button infrared remote control that produces the same functions as the Apple iPod wired remote. It also sports an audio out port and chrome stand. The naviPod sells for US$49.95 and is available for all iPod models, including the latest 3G iPods.
Read MoreMCE said today that it has begun shipping its internal 2x DVD-R/RW+DVD-RAM drive upgrade for all PowerBook G4 models, several weeks ahead of the previously announced release date. The US$349 drive reads and writes to 4.7GB DVD-R media at up to 2x speed and 4.7GB DVD-RW media at 1x speed, and reads and writes to 4.7GB single-sided or 9.4GB double-sided DVD-RAM media at up to 2x speed.
Read MoreCharismac today updated its Emulex Fibre Channel host bus adapter (HBA) driver to support Mac OS X. The new driver supports the Emulex LP 6000, 7000 and 8000 series of Light pulse Fibre channel cards. It is only available as part of FibreShare 2.0, the company’s SAN sharing solution that allows multiple users to access shared storage over high-performance Fibre Channel connections.
Read MoreCanada’s National Post is the latest to sing the praises of Apple’s new iPod. “It’s white, it’s expensive and it’s instantly habit forming. Beck uses it. So do Moby and Madonna. And Ozzie’s boy Jack… It’s a shiny, sleek objet de désir whose users are just one big happily addicted family. No, it’s not cocaine or the Raelian movement: It’s Apple’s iPod, the much-fetishized music player that’s more life-altering than any drug.
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