An article from C|Net News.com indicates that Apple's recently-updated iWork "suite" of Pages and Keynote has grabbed 17.4% of the Macintosh office applications market and almost 2.7% of the unit share of office suite sales worldwide, edging out Corel's WordPerfect Office.

BrandChannel has published their latest brand study. The 2006 brand stats place Google slightly ahead of Apple (the two have been trading places for the top spot since 2000). It might not be particularly meaningful, but it's an interesting thing to look at anyway.

An interesting article from Apple Matters takes a comment by Steve Jobs about Microsoft being able to win in the iPod wars if it would release music playing hardware and thinks it through. The result is well thought out and interesting, and probably the first good description of why Apple …

Not that I expect that the folks at Macworld magazine are technical rocket scientists, but this latest piece of "lab" work has me puzzled as to what they're trying to prove and who they're working for. In a series of "tests" performed on the iMac Core Duo and the iMac …

Another Stevenote, another controversy about benchmarks. An commentary by Tom Yager on InfoWorld states that "Apple used multiprocessor benchmarks to skew the performance advantage." I have some issues with this. First, Apple has this time almost completely disclosed the information about their benchmarks, including compilers (IBM optimizing compilers vs. Intel …

Well, we stood in line for 1.5 hours and we are stuck in the overflow seating area for the Stevenote. Click through for details. iPod tuner/remote combo - small and allows you listen to FM on your iPod for $49. premier of new iTunes/iPod ad 14M iPods sold …

Karelia, the folks who brought forth the popular Watson follow-on to Apple's Sherlock, have posted a fairly interesting background piece on the Watson chronology and the lead up to their latest potential run-in with Apple, Sandvox, a web page creation tool that may compete with the as-yet-unannounced iWeb component that …

Recently, we've seen a growing number of cars and home audio systems that are designed to work with Apple's popular iPod. However, I wasn't expecting CES to yield an entry by Wurlitzer for a full-scale CD jukebox that has a pull-out shelf with an iPod docking connector on it.

The Guardian has an interesting article about Steve Jobs' keynote style and preparation. If you're at all interested in the phenomenon that is Steve's keynote, then you should read it.

I can't wait to get my hands on this at the Apple Store. Apple's announced that they've begun shipping Aperture, their new professional photo handling package. I've been waiting to see it in the stores before actually purchasing it, and now they're shipping it, so it shouldn't be long now …

According to a press release by TiVo, they will be supporting the Sony PSP and Apple iPod as delivery mediums for their TivoToGo product in the near future. The release date is first quarter of 2006 and it appears to be a feature that will be made available to all …

Apple's Airport is the best home router out there, according to the PC Magazine Reader's Choice for Home Routers. Of particular note: the Airport's win marks the first time in the survey that a wireless router has won the prize. Also if interest, one amusing comment on why the Airport …

I'm sure you're thinking "Wow! sure took Gaige long enough to write about Wednesday's Apple announcements". You're right... it did. However, Apple definitely is sending the PowerPC out with a bang. (Thanks for the phrasing, Amanda) I have no good excuse, but here's the wrap up: Gone are the Dual-processor …

On the heels of a not-so-well-received quarterly report, [IDC has released its 3Q05 report (and 3Q05 report synopsis) that indicates that Apple's market share in the PC space has risen to 4.3% in the US, putting them firmly in 5th in US shipments, slightly behind Lenovo. The numbers also …

I haven't seen one yet and I haven't even seen the Steve video from yesterday, but having read the news on about 20 sites, read the anti- hype from CNet, and looked over the tech specs and content available, I have some first impressions on the new iPod. I'm getting …

Apple's financial climb upwards is continuing apace, with the company landing a $3.68B revenue quarter. The computer maker also announced (more importantly by my standards) that unit shipments in the Macintosh line are up 48% from the same quarter last year to 1,236,000 units. [CORRECTION below] This …

Don't let the title fool you, this is actually quite amusing. If you've ever seen Top Gear (originally BBC, available in the US via ), you know Clarkson and his dry, sarcastic humor and fine analogies. Well, Mr. Luddite has found the iPod and it's taken over his life. Pretty good …

A report from AppleInsider indicates that Apple developers who are participating in Apple's early access program (Developer Transition Kit) for the Intel-based Macintosh have been pleasantly surprised at both the raw speed of the offering and the speed of PowerPC emulation under Rosetta.

Last night after the market closed, Apple released their F3Q05 numbers, surprising many supporters on the street and possibly quieting some of those concerned that the firms future is in doubt, at least for a quarter or two. I have some details in the rest of the article, and the …

An article from Ars Technica attempts to put a different view on why Apple announced their switch from IBM's PowerPC chip to the Intel brand processors. Whereas the article had some interesting, and probably correct assertions and ideas, I do think that there are some points that are either glossed …