Year: 2004

Thailand Government launches cheap Mac project

Posted by | Oct 7, 2004 | |

The Government of Thailand has teamed up with Apple to launch a new project to sell Macs at below market price as part of the “People’s Computer” initiative. “Information and Communications Technology Minister Surapong Suebwonglee said yesterday that the computer would be a Macintosh G4 and it would be sold under the market price,” reports The Nation, an English language newspaper in Bangkok. “An IT source said the model would probably be the eMac G4, which goes for about Bt40,000 in stores.

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OmniWeb 5.1 beta adds latest Apple WebCore, more

Posted by | Oct 7, 2004 | |

The Omni Group today released a beta version of OmniWeb 5.1, the next update to its popular Web browser. OmniWeb 5.1 beta 1 integrates the latest Apple WebCore rendering engine, which offers enhanced standards compliance, performance, and stability. The Omni Group notes that due to the updated WebCore, many Web pages that did not render correctly in OmniWeb 5.0 (but which worked in Safari 1.2.x) will now work in OmniWeb 5.1.

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Apple, others sued over LCD patent

Posted by | Oct 7, 2004 | |

Honeywell said today that it has filed a lawsuit against Apple and 33 other electronics companies claiming infringement of a Honeywell patent for technology that “increases the brightness of images and that reduces the appearance of certain interference effects on a liquid crystal display (LCD).” Honeywell’s lawsuit claims the technology is being used in a variety of consumer electronics products, from notebooks to cell phones. The company’s lawsuit, filed in U.S.

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Apple shares hit four-year high of $40.64

Posted by | Oct 6, 2004 | |

Shares of Apple (AAPL) climbed to above US$40 on Wednesday for the first time in four years. The stock rose $1.27 (3.23 percent) to close at $40.64. Apple will release its fourth quarter financial results for 2004 on Wednesday, Oct. 13, after the markets close. A conference call discussing the earnings will be streamed live via QuickTime. As always, MacMinute will bring you the highlights.

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iPod dominates teenage mindshare, market share

Posted by | Oct 6, 2004 | |

by Larry Angell – Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster said today that based on a survey of 600 teenagers, Apple’s iPod is dominating “mindshare and market share.” Munster said in a research note provided to MacMinute that of all the high school students surveyed, 16 percent currently own an iPod and 24 percent plan to buy an iPod within the next year.

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