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) Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 30th Dec 2005 14:52 UTC
"There can be no doubt that 2005 was a stellar year for Apple. From record-breaking quarterly financial reports and the release of Mac OS X Tiger to the announced transition of the Macintosh to the Intel platform and new iPods, Apple fired on all cylinders throughout much of the year, creating unprecedented demand for many of its products." Update: Here are photos of the cooling system for the Quad-core PowerMac-- one of those could counteract global warming. Seriously. . More>> - (
) New Gadgets
With a pair of iMuffs, you can pick up the pace on your morning walk. Designed to fit snuggly over your head, the headset provides a wireless Bluetooth connection to your Apple iPod, allowing you to listen to music without getting tangled in earphone wires. The headset features easy-to-reach controls that let you pause the music, skip tracks and adjust the volume while you're on the move. It also comes with a built-in microphone, so you can talk wirelessly via a Bluetooth cell phone. Available in black or white, the MB210 model with an included Bluetooth adapter is $180. . More>> - (
) Monitoring Web Traffic Is Big Business
The Web site Apple.com attracted nearly 16 million American visitors last month. Some of them got there by typing in the address directly; others used a search engine, linking to company's site via nearly 25,000 different keywords, including "iTunes," "iPod" and "iPhone."So says Compete, a company based in Boston that tracks Internet traffic. How does it know? It has installed its software in the computers of 100,000 Americans -- with their permission -- allowing the company to track their every movement on the Internet. It gets additional, anonymous data on about 2 million American Web users from Internet service providers.
That is a lot of people, but a far cry from the total U.S. Internet population -- more than 200 million, according to some estimates. Like other monitors of Internet traffic, including Nielsen Online, Hitwise and ComScore, Compete extrapolates total Web audience figures from such samples, in a system similar to the panel-based research that is used to measure television audiences. More>>