ELIZABETH the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, and Defender of the Faith, has bought a nice looking and reassuringly expensive iPod. Article Here  lol okay thats all a bit random but it does just show how a simple MP3 player has made such an effect on the world. If you read the rest of the article you will see that ‘The Inquirer’ do not seem to be very keen on the Queen, at least by the fact that she doesn’t like the way her head is on the currency...

Apple Computer plans to announce Monday that it’s scrapping its partnership with IBM and switching its computers to Intel’s microprocessors, CNET News.com has learned. According to CNET News, Apple will ditch IBM’s line of PowerPC processors in favor of Intel microprocessors. "Apple plans to move lower-end computers such as the Mac Mini to Intel chips in mid-2006 and higher-end models such as the Power Mac in mid-2007," asserts CNET. The announcement is expected to be made this Monday during Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs’ Worldwide Development Conference...

Apple Computer has been granted a patent for an enigmatically titled "Electronic device" Tuesday, May 10th, 2005. Illustrations for the device clearly indicate it to be a tablet-style Macintosh, and patent filings specifically compare it to the "HP Compaq Tablet PC" and several other tablet machines. Obviously this being an Apple product its going to look damn amazing when it is produced. Seems very interesting, there are some very interesting illustrations availaible on the article – as well as a further description; Related Links: MacObserver [ article/illustrations...

“Paul Thurrott has posted a review of Mac OS X ‘Tiger’ on his SuperSite for Windows. He gives it a score of 4 out of 5. Interesting to get a Microsoft Windows journalist’s take on Tiger, especially one as hardcore as Thurrott. In the article, he actually confesses that he has ‘been a Mac fan [his] entire life.’ Interesting, considering some of his criticism of Apple’s work in the past.” Allow me to make a confession that may surprise you. I’ve been a Mac fan my entire life. Back in 1987, when my house burned down after a Christmas tree mishap...

Microsoft’s leafy corporate campus in Redmond, Washington, is beginning to look like the streets of New York, London and just about everywhere else: Wherever you go, white headphones dangle from peoples’ ears. To the growing frustration and annoyance of Microsoft’s management, Apple Computer’s iPod is wildly popular among Microsoft’s workers. To the growing frustration and annoyance of Microsoft’s management, Apple Computer’s iPod is wildly popular among Microsoft’s workers. It is unknown if Bill Gates is the happy owner of an iPod. “About 80...

“BrandChannel readers have picked the top global brands for 2004. Apple is the leader, closely followed by Google. Arab-centric Al-Jazeera ranks fifth in global as well as Europe/Africa ratings. In regionwise ratings, Google tops North America, Ikea tops Europe/Africa, Sony tops Asia-pacific while Mexican cement brand Cemex tops Latin America An interesting fact is that Steve Jobs headed Apple is the top North American brand while his other venture Pixar comes fifth in the same zeitgeist.” Slashdot [ article ] Good for Al Jazeera especially!

Howard Wen has interviewed ‘FutureProof’ of the JHymn project, a DRM removal application for iTunes song files laden, or ‘crippled’ as some say, to prevent filesharing. FutureProof tells us how Apple’s DRM works, how to rip it out using JHymn, how they build on the work of ‘DVD’ Jon Johansen, and how to upgrade to that brand new iShuffle safely. Wow, this must be the first app to remove a DRM, I’m happy to see it’s not Microsoft’s

Apple has quietly lowered the price of some of its build-to-order components on the Mac mini as well as offering a faster version of its optical SuperDrive. The Apple Store is now offering the combination SuperDrive reads DVDs at 8x, writes to DVD-R at 4x, writes DVD+/-R at 4x, writes DVD+RW at 2-4x, reads CDs at 24x, writes to CD-R at 16x, and writes to CD-RW at 8x. Bluetooth/AirPort Extreme upgrade for $100 ($30 drop), while offering the Bluetooth upgrade separately for $50. Apple is also offering 1GB RAM upgrades for $325 ($150 drop) and offering a faster 8x SuperDrive (with both DVD+/-RW functionality)...