Archive for July, 2006

Apple’s Mighty Mouse to get Bluetooth

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

DailyTech and Engadget are showing off pictures from an FCC filing by Apple Computer of the new Mighty Mouse. It looks a lot like the old Mighty Mouse, minus the wire. It is being reported that the mouse will use two standard AA batteries and will be compatible with Tiger. However, the current [...]

Skype creators to launch online TV service

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

The founders of peer-to-peer network KaZaA and VoIP phenomenon Skype are working on an online distribution model for network TV programming, according to a recent article in BusinessWeek. The new venture, codenamed “the Venice Project,” is reported to aim really, really high: “The idea is to become a dominant TV distribution company for the Internet [...]

Apple doubles laptop marketshare to 12 percent

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

Apple’s share of the U.S. laptop market seems to be taking off with even more steam than the Mac’s marketshare increase overall, according to a new report by TMO. While news of Apple’s increased marketshare in the United States to a recent high of 4.8 percent just came out last week, it appears [...]

Slim Devices : Squeezebox : Free your music!

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

PAT’S CLAIM TO FAME # 249: I was one of the first reporters to cover Slim Devices’ Squeezebox’ predecessor, SliMP3.

Not much, you may say? Well, that’s just so that you know I’ve been a BIG fan of Slim’s designs from the original, project-board-soldered-on-the-kitchen-table era.

I’m a big fan today, and a happy fan at that, because [...]