Arnold Kim
Arnold is the Editorial Director of MacRumors and founded the site in February, 2000.
Arnold was also a practicing physician but gave it up in 2008 to focus on this website. He has been writing about Apple for over 20 years, and has been profiled by the New York Times, and interviewed by various news publications about his knowledge of Apple.
He continues to run MacRumors, and provides editorial oversight as well as business direction.
Arnold was also a practicing physician but gave it up in 2008 to focus on this website. He has been writing about Apple for over 20 years, and has been profiled by the New York Times, and interviewed by various news publications about his knowledge of Apple.
He continues to run MacRumors, and provides editorial oversight as well as business direction.
Arnold Kim's Articles
Backup 2.0.2 Released
Apple has released a small update to their Backup software to version 2.0.2.
It is available on the Mac.com homepage as well as Software Update.
The new version adds performance and stability improvements to scheduled backups and is recommended for all Backup 2.0...
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G5 iMac?
Despite the seeming lull in product releases in the past few months, according to sources, Apple has been hard at work on upcoming releases...
Most specifically, sources report that a PowerPC G5 based iMac is in the works and should represent the next iMac revision.
As with many of Apple's revisions, sources are unable to provide a specific timeframe for release, but iMacs are due for a...
Music Prices Going Up? [Updated]
The New York Post claims that the five major record labels have been in negotiations with Apple over pricing as well as other issues surrounding Apple's onling music store (iTunes).
Under the new contracts, the most popular singles could rise to $1.25 according to the Post's sources.
During the iTunes conference call, Steve Jobs addressed the question of album pricing: But in any event, most ...
Jobs and Lasseter - Most Influential in Hollywood
Premiere magazine named Steve Jobs and John Lasseter the most influential people in Hollywood.
Jobs/Lasseter displace Steven Spielberg at the top of the list this year. Spielberg has moved down to #2.
The two get this credit for their roles at Pixar. Steve Jobs is CEO of both Pixar and...
Microsoft's Longhorn
Microsoft's provided a preview of Longhorn at WinHEC 2004. The upcoming operating system revision from Microsoft will feature a new user interface called Avalon which will a more colorful 3d interface, which apparently bears a resemblance to Mac OS X according to the author.
A full beta is not expected until 2005, and the average system requirements are expected to be a 4-6GHz PC with 2GB of ...
Future Mac OS X Features?
Appleinsider claims that upcoming versions of Mac OS X will offer a few new features including MetaData, new Safari revision and security.
Very few details on each of the topics are...
Music Labels Wary of Apple?
According to the Independent, licensing issues may not be the only thing holding back iTunes Europe.
The article claims that the five main record labels are becoming scared of Apple and its success in the digital music arena. One source compares it to the rise of MTV: "The big fear is that Apple will become like an online MTV - where the record labels gave away their content, in the form of...
3.3 Million Songs, 20,000 iMixes
Apple announced that in the first week since the release of iTunes 4.5, users have purchased 3.3 million songs from the iTunes Music Store.
In addition, over 20,000 iMixes have been published by iTunes users. Finally, the week long free song promotion has resulted in over 500,000 free songs downloaded from artists Foo Fighters, Avril Lavigne, Courtney Love, Annie Lennox, Janes Addiction,...
MSN Messenger Version 4.0
Microsoft released a new version of Mac MSN Messenger yesterday.
The newest version of Microsoft's IM client provides improved file sharing, new emoticons, improved alerts, and Office 2004 integration.
Previous reports had originally placed the 4.0 release in...
Sony Connect Launches
Sony launched their music download service today -- "Connect".
The service, however, appears to be built around supporting Sony's own MiniDisc format, which has not seen significant commercial success over the past several years. Sony is expected to introduce high capacity MiniDisc devices later this year.
While songs are similarly priced to the rest of the industry ($.99/song), Sony will ...
Apple Mail Order?
According to a ThinkSecret source, Apple may be considering expanding its direct sales model further.
This move would bring it into direct competition against traditional catalog resellers (MacWarehouse, MacMall) which have historically represented a large portion of the Mac sales market.
At this early stage, it appears that they have simply investigated this plan as a possibility, and it's ...
Mac OS X 10.4 'Tiger' at WWDC
Apple announced today that they would be previewing Mac OS X "Tiger" at the World Wide Developer's conference.
The event, which starts on June 28th and lasts through July 2 will provide a preview for the next major release of Mac OS X, codenamed Tiger.
The name, Tiger, had been previously reported....
iTunes Conference Call Transcript
MacObserver has posted a transcript of the April 28th iTunes Conference Call.
The call marked the 1st anniversary for the iTunes Music Store and was hosted by Steve Jobs.
Jobs provides performance numbers for iTunes first year as a music store. Total number of songs available from iTunes now exceeds 700,000 songs across the 5 major labels and over 450 independent labels. Jobs also covers...
New Apple iPod Ad?
A few anonymous reports hinted at a new iPod ad filmed in New York in the recent past.
Today, the following iPod advertisement (Apple link,Link,Mirror) surfaced on the internet.
The ad appears to be a new Apple advertisement, but reveals no new iPod features as hinted in the Page 2 report.
Update: The new ad has been spotted on a number of television shows tonight.
Update 2: Apple has...
Mac OS X Security Update 2004-05-03
Apple released a new security update for Mac OS X: Security Update 2004-05-03 delivers a number of security enhancements and is recommended for all Macintosh users. This update includes the following components: AFP Server, CoreFoundation, IPSec
It can be found in your Mac OS X Software...
IBM Intros Power5 Server
IBM announced the first in a line of servers powered by the Power5 processor today.
The new server, the eServer i5, is aimed at small and mid-sized businesses. The eServer i5 systems are powered by IBM's next-generation POWER5 microprocessor, the most advanced 64-bit chip in the world. POWER5 features an impressive 276 million transistors per processor, and is manufactured with IBM's...
Apple iPod TV Commercial?
Appleinsider claims that Apple has filmed an iPod TV commercial in New York.
MacRumors has received the same report, but the information can not be verified.
Essentially the report simply stated that there would be a new feature set but no further...
Apple vs. Anti-DRM
Apple appears to have taken an active technological stance against the recent emergence of iTunes Digital Rights Stripping applications. Two such applications have been able to effectively strip the Digital Rights Management from Protected iTunes Songs to allow them to play on unauthorized machines and MP3 players.
While Apple's legal team has been effective in shutting down the sites that...
PowerPC RoadMap from Motorola
Several readers have noted this PowerPC core roadmap announced by Freescale Semiconductor, a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorola.
According to the press release, Freescale detailed newly announced e300, e600 and e700 PowerPC cores. The e600 processor is described as "an enhanced version of the high performance G4 core used i nthe award-winning, high performance MPC74xx family of PowerPC host...
Pepsi-iTunes Promo: 5 Million Songs
Cnet reports that Pepsi and Apple gave away 5 million of the potentially 100 million songs during the Pepsi/iTunes promotion.
The 5 million songs given away were included in the 70 million total songs announced today during the iTunes conference call.
Unredeemed codes can still be used by April 30th,...
