http://www.appleinsider.com/ AppleInsider has been the leading source of insider news and rumors on Apple Computer since 1997. en-us Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:17:43 -0500 http://images.appleinsider.com/images/toolbar_logo_textAI.gif http://www.appleinsider.com/ http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/04/microsoft_changes_its_story_concedes_death_of_zune_hardware/ Less than a day after Microsoft denied that its Zune lineup of portable media players was being discontinued, the company has decided to confirm that its Zune players have in fact received the ax. ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/04/microsoft_changes_its_story_concedes_death_of_zune_hardware/ Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:53:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/04/microsoft_board_criticizes_ceo_steve_ballmer_for_weakened_smartphones_windows/ After conducting an annual performance review of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, the software giant's Board of Directors took him to task for poor sales of its Windows Phone 7 operating system, dampened ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/04/microsoft_board_criticizes_ceo_steve_ballmer_for_weakened_smartphones_windows/ Tue, 04 Oct 2011 06:20:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/03/microsoft_axes_zune_hardware_to_focus_on_software_and_services/ Microsoft temporarily removed references to all Zune hardware from the official Zune website Monday, an apparent error that was initially viewed as the final nail in the coffin for the media player th... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/03/microsoft_axes_zune_hardware_to_focus_on_software_and_services/ Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:56:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/03/09/microsoft_rim_plan_services_to_compete_with_apples_itunes/ Two of Apple's chief rivals are working on their own separate services to compete with iTunes, as Research in Motion has partnered with 7digital for its PlayBook tablet, and Microsoft is cooking up a ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/03/09/microsoft_rim_plan_services_to_compete_with_apples_itunes/ Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:55:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/08/briefly_itunes_movie_store_still_on_top_fake_iphones_ipods_worth_millions_seized_jobs_jackling_mansion_nearing_demolition/ Sales figures for 2010 show that Apple's iTunes Movie Store remained on top with 64.5 percent market share among competing Internet video services in the US. Also, more than $10 million worth of count... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/08/briefly_itunes_movie_store_still_on_top_fake_iphones_ipods_worth_millions_seized_jobs_jackling_mansion_nearing_demolition/ Tue, 08 Feb 2011 06:30:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/10/29/apples_ios_pushes_microsoft_to_dial_down_silverlight_for_html5/ While Apple's success with its mobile iOS platform is credited with invoking the proliferation of HTML5 video at the expense of Adobe's Flash, it's also causing a major shift in strategy for Microsoft... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/10/29/apples_ios_pushes_microsoft_to_dial_down_silverlight_for_html5/ Fri, 29 Oct 2010 22:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/10/18/apples_steve_jobs_slams_google_rim_and_rival_tablet_makers_on_conference_call/ In a surprise appearance during the company's quarterly earnings call, Apple's chief executive Steve Jobs hailed the success of the iPhone and Pod while painting a bleak outlook for RIM's Blackberry s... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/10/18/apples_steve_jobs_slams_google_rim_and_rival_tablet_makers_on_conference_call/ Mon, 18 Oct 2010 21:10:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/10/13/microsoft_exec_says_zune_software_coming_to_the_mac/ In an effort not to discourage Mac users from adopting one of its new Windows Phone 7 handsets, Microsoft will reportedly deploy later this a year the first version of its Zune media software targeted... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/10/13/microsoft_exec_says_zune_software_coming_to_the_mac/ Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/06/18/inside_apples_ios_4_new_feature_parity_with_snow_leopard/ Apple's iOS 4 features the biggest foundational leap for developers since the company first opened up iPhone OS 2.0 to development, now catching up to the core features of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/06/18/inside_apples_ios_4_new_feature_parity_with_snow_leopard/ Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/05/25/apples_success_forces_microsoft_to_shake_up_phone_media_teams/ In the face of success from Apple and Google in the portable device market, Microsoft is expected to announce "major organizational changes" in the company's Entertainment and Devices Division, respon... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/05/25/apples_success_forces_microsoft_to_shake_up_phone_media_teams/ Tue, 25 May 2010 13:15:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/09/21/like_apple_microsoft_rumored_to_be_creating_tablet/ Just as they compete in numerous other markets, Microsoft and Apple could be going head to head with new touchscreen tablet devices in the near future, if a new rumor proves true. ZDNet's Mary-Jo F... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/09/21/like_apple_microsoft_rumored_to_be_creating_tablet/ Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:25:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/09/15/apple_microsoft_trade_places_selling_ipod_touch_and_zune_hd/ Apple makes its money selling hardware while Microsoft's revenues are from software. Yet in the mobile device war heating up between the iPod touch and the Zune HD, Microsoft is focusing on hardware f... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/09/15/apple_microsoft_trade_places_selling_ipod_touch_and_zune_hd/ Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/09/02/microsoft_discontinues_hard_drives_squircle_from_zune_lineup/ With the impending launch of Microsoft's iPod touch competitor, the Zune HD, the Redmond, Wash., company will discontinue its previous offerings, which included high-capacity hard drive players and th... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/09/02/microsoft_discontinues_hard_drives_squircle_from_zune_lineup/ Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:35:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/14/apple_awash_in_cash_as_microsoft_offers_buckets_to_zune_developers/ As debt-free Apple has accrued a massive $31.1 billion in cash and investments, Microsoft allegedly recently offered one developer "a bucket of money" to write software for the new Zune HD. Apple's... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/14/apple_awash_in_cash_as_microsoft_offers_buckets_to_zune_developers/ Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:50:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/11/zune_hd_price_leak_100_less_than_apple_ipod_touch/ A temporary price listing for Microsoft's upcoming Zune HD showed the device at $290 for its 32GB offering, a cost more than $100 cheaper than the comparable iPod touch model from Apple. The prices... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/11/zune_hd_price_leak_100_less_than_apple_ipod_touch/ Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:05:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/07/24/microsoft_stores_to_mimic_apples_with_guru_bars/ A leaked presentation has exposed Microsoft's tentative plans for its retail stores -- and the high degree to which they'll imitate Apple stores, down to their layouts and even the presence of a dedic... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/07/24/microsoft_stores_to_mimic_apples_with_guru_bars/ Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:20:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/07/23/microsoft_suffers_worst_fiscal_year_ever_while_apple_rises/ Once accustomed to ever-rising profits, Microsoft has been dealt two blows with both its second quarter of losses in a row and its first-ever annual decline, all at the same time as Apple has had its ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/07/23/microsoft_suffers_worst_fiscal_year_ever_while_apple_rises/ Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:10:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/07/19/apple_many_others_in_crosshairs_of_touchpad_lawsuit/ A small firm hoping to strike it rich through legal action has sued Apple, Microsoft, and virtually every other significant company making a media device under claims that they violate a patent for t... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/07/19/apple_many_others_in_crosshairs_of_touchpad_lawsuit/ Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/06/03/sandisk_ceo_concedes_that_apples_ipod_has_won_the_war/ Since the debut of the first iPod in 2001, almost every consumer technology company has tried to create an ìiPod killerî to outsell it. SanDisk is one of those companies with its Sansa line of media p... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/06/03/sandisk_ceo_concedes_that_apples_ipod_has_won_the_war/ Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:25:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/05/28/early_glimpse_at_zune_hd_better_than_ipod_touch/ Just a day after it was introduced, the Zune HD has been demonstrated live and is already generating buzz from at least one major blog that it could provide an experience superior to Apple's iPod touc... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/05/28/early_glimpse_at_zune_hd_better_than_ipod_touch/ Thu, 28 May 2009 22:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/05/26/microsoft_says_zune_hd_is_real_will_get_multi_touch/ After two years of watching iPod sales pass it by, Microsoft has drawn a line in the sand and says it has a new Zune with hardware features to thwart the iPod touch, including a multi-touch display. ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/05/26/microsoft_says_zune_hd_is_real_will_get_multi_touch/ Wed, 27 May 2009 01:45:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/05/12/microsoft_launches_assault_on_apples_ipod_tax/ Microsoft is no longer content with turning up the heat against just Apple's Mac lines and has begun a new marketing campaign that attacks the perceived additional costs of filling an iPod with music ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/05/12/microsoft_launches_assault_on_apples_ipod_tax/ Tue, 12 May 2009 22:30:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/04/10/microsoft_may_clone_ipod_touch_as_zune_hd/ Based entirely upon a leak of abstract new marketing graphics from Microsoft, bloggers have announced a new generation of music players that will apparently do most of what the iPod touch did when it ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/04/10/microsoft_may_clone_ipod_touch_as_zune_hd/ Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/02/11/samsung_readies_first_mobile_processor_with_wireless_usb/ Opening the door to true wireless sync for portable devices, Samsung has taken the wraps from the first handheld-sized processor with built-in support for the Wireless USB standard. Made public on ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/02/11/samsung_readies_first_mobile_processor_with_wireless_usb/ Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:40:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/01/24/microsofts_zune_crashes_as_ipod_sales_grow/ Microsoft's Zune hit the ground even harder in its third holiday quarter. After two years of annual sales that barely reached the million unit mark, the company reported a major new drop in device sal... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/01/24/microsofts_zune_crashes_as_ipod_sales_grow/ Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/01/12/ballmer_changes_tune_on_iphone_says_no_zune_phone/ Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer, who once laughed off the iPhone, has now conceded to Apple's edge in the market while hinting at a very different future for his company's Zune players. Bal... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/01/12/ballmer_changes_tune_on_iphone_says_no_zune_phone/ Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/11/19/apple_in_talks_to_offer_drm_free_mp3_tracks_via_itunes/ Apple is in talks with three of the "big four" record labels about offering music tracks through iTunes that would be made available in MP3 AAC format without copy protection measures, a move that cou... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/11/19/apple_in_talks_to_offer_drm_free_mp3_tracks_via_itunes/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/26/ballmer_changes_tune_while_dancing_around_apples_success/ Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer, who's watched his company's PC business come under immense pressure from Apple, used a forum this week to discount the Mac maker's potential for future share g... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/26/ballmer_changes_tune_while_dancing_around_apples_success/ Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:05:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/18/microsoft_may_have_thrown_apple_an_ipod_nano_headache/ Apple is notifying some of its customers this week that it will be unable to meet quoted delivery times for its new 16GB iPod nanos, fueling rumors that the company was forced to make a last minute ch... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/18/microsoft_may_have_thrown_apple_an_ipod_nano_headache/ Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/08/microsoft_to_follow_apples_lead_with_third_gen_zune_players/ Like Apple, Microsoft is expected to announce this month a new family of Zune media players that will introduce some new features while adopting others that have been available on iPods since this tim... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/08/microsoft_to_follow_apples_lead_with_third_gen_zune_players/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/03/microsoft_10k_warns_of_iphone_mac_threats_as_iphone_nears_1_1_share/ A Microsoft filing with the US government reveals a newfound worry that the Windows developer's traditional stance of selling software alone won't work against an increasingly profitable Apple -- a co... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/03/microsoft_10k_warns_of_iphone_mac_threats_as_iphone_nears_1_1_share/ Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:55:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/24/microsoft_sets_sights_on_providing_an_apple_like_experience/ Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer on Wednesday issued a company-wide memo outlining his battle plan for the new fiscal year in which he singled out the Apple experience as a benchmark for future... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/24/microsoft_sets_sights_on_providing_an_apple_like_experience/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/05/07/nbc_prefers_zune_drm_vmware_beta_imacs_10th_birthday/ NBC has persuaded Microsoft to filter out copyrighted material in its Zune jukebox while Apple refuses the same. Also, PA Semi has allegedly been bought out to design a future chip; VMware has releas... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/05/07/nbc_prefers_zune_drm_vmware_beta_imacs_10th_birthday/ Wed, 07 May 2008 23:10:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/04/08/teen_iphone_share_seen_doubling_as_ipod_itunes_flatten/ In the latest round of its semi-annual teen surveys, analyst group Piper Jaffray finds that ownership of Apple's iPhone has doubled in six months and is set to double again, though cooling iPod and iT... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/04/08/teen_iphone_share_seen_doubling_as_ipod_itunes_flatten/ Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:30:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/12/12/overly_cautious_microsoft_spurs_first_ever_zune_shortage/ Microsoft's cautious and surprisingly non-aggressive approach to the digital media player market has somehow resulted in a shortage of the company's new 80GB Zune player this holiday shopping season, ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/12/12/overly_cautious_microsoft_spurs_first_ever_zune_shortage/ Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/10/01/report_zune_sequel_to_break_cover_as_early_as_tuesday/ Sometimes the target of jokes for its initial in-house attempt at a digital media player, Microsoft is poised to announce its first update to the line as soon as this week, if a new report holds true.... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/10/01/report_zune_sequel_to_break_cover_as_early_as_tuesday/ Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:40:00 GMT