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
May 18th? G5 Updates?
One unsubstantiated rumor submission claims that PowerMac G5 updates will be seen on May 18th.
Few other hints at PowerMac updates have been...
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Free Weekly iTunes
Amidst the many new features of iTunes 4.5, Apple has also started offering a new free song to be given away every week. The iTunes Music Store features a new free single every week. On Tuesday of course. So if you want to keep current with all the new releases and newly added exclusives be sure to sign up for the free New Music Tuesdays email bulletin. It's a great reminder to download the free...
iMovie 4.0.1
Apple also posted iMovie 4.0.1 updater.
The new version "provides increased performance when working with large projects, such as editing video clips and audio volume. iMovie 4.0.1 provides increased reliability when the application opens, when titles are added to the timeline, and with 3rd party plug-ins that are removed or no longer available to an iMovie project (for example, when you open...
iTunes Conference Call
Apple is hosting a conference call today to mark the 1st anniversary of the iTunes Music Store
The following sites are provided live coverage of the event:
MacCentral
MacMinute
Hilights:
- iTunes now lets you play protected songs on up to 5 computers (not just 3)
- 70% marketshare
- 2.7 million downloads/week
- Can burn a playlist only 7 times (used to be 10)
- Price will remain...
iTunes on Campus
Alongside iTunes 4.5, Apple also appears to be promoting iTunes to educational institutions with iTunes on Campus.
Napster has recently seen some sucess in providing volume licensing to several colleges. Napster's unlimited subscription service allows them to accomplish this -- limiting access to music for the duration of the subscription.
iTunes on Campus does not provide a similar...
iTunes 4.5 Released on iTunes Anniversary
Apple released iTunes 4.5 today.
The newest version of iTunes offers several new features.
- iMix - Share your taste. Publish your playlists
- Party Shuffle
- Printing - Creating Jewel case inserts
- Radio Charts - What's playing around the U.S.
- Movie trailers. Music Videos
- WMA - Convert WMA to AAC
- Apple Lossless - CD Quality Sound. Half the size.
iTunes now has over 700,000 ...
iTunes Announcements?
Appleinsider points to this week as a possible one for Apple to make "several music-related announcements" with hints that Apple has been working on major upgrades to iTunes and the iTunes Music Store.
Steve Jobs will be holding a conference call tomorrow for the Media to update them on the iTunes Music Store at its first anniversary.
A few major items still on Apple's plate, include the HP ...
XBox 2 - 3.5GHz PowerPC?
TheRegister reports on a leaked report from a Chinese forum that claims to detail Xbox 2 specs.
The specs seem to include three-core 3.5GHz CPU. This is presumed to be a PowerPC/IBM design, though it is not specifically reported to be a PowerPC.
Several other sites are referencing the chip as a 976 PowerPC. As far as we can tell, all references of PowerPC 975/976 appear to be the product...
Fairtunes, Playfair, and iTunes
With the first anniversary of Apple's iTunes Music Service approaching, Apple is facing some repeated attempts at hacks opening up the iTunes Music format.
Playfair and QTFairUse both provided rough applications to accomplish the task of stripping iTunes Digital Rights Management. Playfair was originally hosted at Sourceforge, but was reportedly shut down at Apple's request.
Sarovar was...
AirPort Software v3.4.1
In your software update: This software update provides improved AirPort wireless networking software, and is recommended for all users with an AirPort Extreme and AirPort enabled computer or an AirPort Extreme base station.
New AirPort Extreme Features
- Improved antenna output control.
- Enhanced logging from your base station which is compatible with syslog.
- Performance improvements...
iTunes Anniversary Conference Call
According to MacMinute, Steve Jobs will be hosting a conference call on Wednesday, April 28 at 11:30 a.m. ET.
The call marks the one year anniversary of the iTunes Music Store: Apple CEO Steve Jobs will update media and industry analysts on the iTunes Music Store one year after its launch...
Safari compatbility for GMail
MacCentral interviews Google co-founder Sergey Brin who promises Safari support for Google's newest service, Gmail, before it is publicly released.
Gmail is a webmail service which allows users to keep up to 1GB of messages, allowing users to search and organize them.
While the current Beta does not officially support Safari, users have been able log in with some success.
Gmail: Screensho...
iTunes Europe - Starting in June?
According to one source, Apple may finally be bringing iTunes to Europe as early as the middle of June of this year.
The inital launch is reported to be aimed initially at the UK, Germany and France with the "rest of Europe" to be launched soon after... though no timeframe could be specified.
iTunes Europe has seen delays which were previously attributed to licensing issues in...
1000 Songs - Just Right?
A Jupiter Research survey reveals some interesting statistics about consumer interest in portable audio players.
According to their survey, 90% have no more than 1000 songs on their computer, while 77% of consumers would be interested in purchasing a portable music player with a 1000 song capacity.
Top features listed of interest to consumers include rechargable battery, small device size...
Jobs on 'open' iPod
RealNetworks' CEO made news last week when publicly asking for Apple to allow them to license Apple's Digital Rights Management format to use with their online music store. Such a license would allow Real to sell digital music downloads that would be compatible with the Apple iPod.
Cnet reports that Steve Jobs publicly dismissed such cooperation, saying "To be honest, it's just not worth it"...
PowerBook and iBook Developer Notes
Apple has posted detailed developer documentation for the newest PowerBook and iBook revisions.
17" G4 PowerBook
15" G4 PowerBook
12" G4 PowerBook
iBook
Of most interest to consumers is the "New Features" sections which provide detailed information on the new...
iTunes: Apple and Disney Soundtracks
Apple announced today that the catalog of Walt Disney Records, including soundtracks from Disney's animated files are now available exclusively on the iTunes Music Store through September 30th. We are proud to offer a way for customers to easily own the classic and contemporary Disney music they know and love, said David Agnew, executive vice president and general manager of the Buena Vista Music...
90nm Growing Pains
IDG News details the challenges IBM has faced in ramping up 90nm processor production in their East Fishkill plant. The poor yields were cited by Apple as the reason for the shipping delays on the Xserve G5 last quarter.
The rest of the industry has also seen delays in 90nm Production. AMD is expected to reach commercial production of 90nm chips late this year...
Ben and Jerry's iTunes Giveaway
MacCentral reports on a 50,000 iTunes song giveaway from Ben and Jerry's this Tuesday, April 27.
During Ben & Jerry's annual Free Cone Day, the first 50,000 customers to sign up for a sweepstakes for an iPod, iMac, and trip to Ben & Jerry's headquarters will receive a free code for an iTunes Song.
Free Cone Day happens on Tuesday, April 27, 2004 from 12pm-8pm at participating Ben & Jerry's...
Mac OS X 10.3.4 Build 7H41
ThinkSecret reports on the release of Mac OS X 10.3.4 Build 7H41 to developers.
The latest Panther update offers minor changes and...
