Some music labels are in talks with online retailers such as Apple to raise wholesale prices for digital music downloads “in an attempt to capitalize on burgeoning demand for legal online music,” according to the Financial Times. “The moves, which suggest the labels want a bigger slice of the fledgling market’s spoils, has angered Steve Jobs, the Apple Computer chief executive behind the iTunes online music store.”
Read MoreLehman Bros. analyst Harry Blount raised his stock price target for Apple to US$94 from $73 and raised his 2005 earnings and revenue estimates due to evidence that sales of the company’s iPod Shuffle and Mac remain strong, reports CBS Marketwatch. “He reiterated his ‘equal weight’ rating on the stock, however, on the belief that most of the good news is already discounted into the price.
Read MoreDesign Java Swing-based UIs with Apple’s Interface Builder
nib4j is a simple but powerfull Java library that permits the use of Apple’s
Interface Builder to design Swing-based user interfaces. It creates Swing
menus, frames and dialogs from Carbon nib files and provides a complete
separation of UI and application code.
The new version supports the creation of cross-platform UIs with use of
JGoodies Forms.
MACOSX.COM LAUNCHES FREE TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICE
MacOSX.com announces free personal technical support services. The new
free service feature is email based and provides individual attention
by a Macintosh tech. Responses to issues are generally provided in less
than 24 hours.
Support is not limited to the Mac only, but includes anything that runs
on or attaches to a Mac, including connecting to networked devices such
as Windows & Linux systems. Printers, scanners, modems, iPods, and
displays are just a short list of hardware devices supported.
WEB CROSSING, INC. INTRODUCES SITE CROSSING FOR FAST, EASY ONLINE
COLLABORATION SERVICES
— Only Fully Integrated Web/ftp/email with Message Board and Full Complement
of Collaboration Tools; Quickly Build Core Site or Bolt Onto Existing Site —
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., February 28, 2005 — Web Crossing, Inc. today announced
its new Site Crossing service, for the first time offering enterprise-class Web
Crossing power in a consumer- or workgroup-sized package.