The HyperTransport Consortium, of which Apple is a member, today announced a major new release of the HyperTransport Technology I/O Link Specification. “The HyperTransport Release 2.0 Specification introduces three more powerful bus speeds and mapping to PCI Express, an emerging I/O interconnect architecture,” reads the press release.
Read MoreUnova today announced the resolution of a patent dispute with Apple regarding patents held by both companies. Unova sued Apple and other computer makers in May 2002, claiming infringement of a patented invention to monitor use and recharging of laptop batteries. In January 2003, Apple filed a lawsuit against Unova for using technology protected by six Apple patents without permission.
Read MorePanic’s Steven Frank has posted his “recipe” for a night of karaoke fun: “Use a copy of Unison to access alt.binaries.sounds.midi and download some MIDI files of popular songs to the Mac. Import the MIDI songs into GarageBand using Dent du Midi, or by converting them to AIFF using QuickTime’s exporter. Plug in microphone.
Read MoreInterbrand has once again named Google as Global Brand of the Year, notes Trevor Datson for Reuters. In addition, Apple claimed the number two spot for the second year in a row. “The Brandchannel poll attracted responses from 4,010 people in 85 countries,” notes the story.
Read MoreApple captured 3.2 percent of the U.S. market share in 2003, down from 3.5 percent a year ago, according to research firm IDC. The company shipped 1.675 million Macs in 2003, compared with 1.679 units in 2002. Apple’s worldwide market share remained under 2 percent in 2003. The companies ahead of Apple were: Dell (16.319 million – 30.9%), HP (10.851 million – 20.6%), IBM (2.748 million – 5.2% ), and Gateway (1.987 million – 3.8%).
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