Shares of Apple dropped Tuesday on concern of Sony’s new MP3 players and increased competition from subscription services from Napster and others. The stock was down $2.22, or more than 5 percent, to $40.53.
Read MoreFollowing a survey of 30 Apple Stores and 20 Apple resellers, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster said that demand for Apple’s main products remains strong. “Our checks have left us more confident that demand for Apple’s key products (most notably iMac, Powerbook, Mac mini and various versions of the iPod) continue to be ahead of expectations (exception is Power Mac),” Munster said in a research note.
Read MoreSony has announced nine new flash-based MP3 players to compete with Apple’s iPod shuffle. “The lineup includes a set of cigarette lighter-sized models, a bit more expensive than the iPod Shuffle but with a much longer advertised battery life–50 hours of playback time with a rechargeable battery compared to Apple’s 12 hours. And unlike the Shuffle, the Sony players have bright, 3-line screens to display song information. A 512MB model costs $130 and a 1GB model costs $180.
Read MoreTuesday, March 8, 2005
24U Software has updated 24U SimpleHelp Plug-In, the leading interactive
help plug-in for FileMaker Pro. The new version 3.1 increases efficiency
for complex solution developers by implementing global help tags and
virtual layouts. It also improves stability on Windows.
What is new in the version 3.1?
– Global tags (active on all layouts) can be created
– Named virtual layouts simplify configuration switching (i.e.
Apple has announced the winners of its Dashboard Widget Contest. The two winners were Alco Blom for Send SMS, and Michael Robinette for WikityWidget. “Send SMS provides the ability to send a message on the spur of the moment to someone without having to launch the Address Book application. Send SMS combines the instantly available Tiger Dashboard with Short Message Service, or SMS… WikityWidget is a personal notepad with automatic linking.
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