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Four New Colors for Apple's iPod Shuffle

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), which dominates the market for digital music players, said it begins selling its entry level iPod in four additional colors today, touting the player as a fashion accessory.

Apple Earnings Up 78 percent, Beating Estimates

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Spurred by another quarter of strong Mac and iPod sales, Apple Inc. reported on Wednesday earnings were up for its first fiscal quarter, far surpassing Wall Street expectations. The company reported $1 billion in profit, up 78 percent from the same quarter last year.
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Zune: Hurts Microsoft and Partners more than Apple

Yesterday, Microsoft announced pricing and release dates for its anticipated Zune portable media player. Once thought to be the greatest threat to Apple's dominant iPod lines, some experts now contend that the device will do more damage to Microsoft partners instead.
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Illegal Music Outweighs iTunes Purchases: Report

Apple Computer revamped its online media store, iTunes, last week, adding over 75 movies from four major Hollywood studios. However, a recent study indicates that the large following of iPod users, only a fraction obtain media from iTunes.
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Analysts: New Apple iPod Nano Delivers More For Less

Market research firm, iSupply announced results of a tear-down of the new iPod - a processes where the firm takes apart the new product to discover what components and systems Apple used. The firm found that Apple has lowered costs without sacrificing functionality.
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Toshiba to buy patents from Micron for $288 mln

Toshiba Corp. said on Friday it would buy certain chip-related patents from Micron Technology Inc. and secure licences for all the patents held by Micron unit Lexar Media Inc. for $288 million, ending lawsuits between the Japanese electronics maker and Lexar.
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Microsoft Hopes Wireless Zune Beats iPod

Microsoft Corp. unveiled on Thursday its new Zune portable media player, hoping its ability to share music wirelessly can win over consumers despite its late entry five years after Apple's market-dominating iPod.
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Apple's iTunes to start selling movies

Apple Computer Inc. said on Tuesday its iTunes online music store would begin selling movies from Disney, Pixar, and Touchstone as the company makes its most aggressive move yet into the digital home.
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Apple to Create Multi-Function Handheld Device

The U.S Patent and Trademark Office posted a patent yesterday detailing plans for Apple Computer to create a multi-function handled device, putting to rest the rumor of an Apple designed portable phone for some experts.
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Apple Solves Creative Differences

Apple computer paid $100 million last week to settle a lawsuit where Creative Technology claimed that Apple's iPod music player infringed on Creative's patents.

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