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
Steve Jobs on Music, Movies, Apple
Rolling Stone interviews Steve Jobs who offers his thoughts on the Record Industry, and Apple's position.
The interviewer covers topics from iTunes Windows, iPods and the Record Industry... and also asks the often speculated question: "Do you see an iTunes Movie Store?"
Jobs replies: "We don't think that's what people want. A movie takes forever to download -- there's no instant...
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Apple's Mindshare Gaining?
MacWorld.co.uk reports on a small survey conducted by InsightExpress, an online Market Research firm.
While details of the actual survey are not provided, Apple scored a respectable 4th place (14%) amongst "the favourite brand" amongst "Americans looking to buy a new PC." HP (31%), Gateway (24%), and Dell (19%) held the first three spots.
Of interest, 65% of those surveyed responded...
Coke to Launch Music Service
Guardian Unlimited reports that Coke will be launching its own music download service in the UK.
The site, MyCokeMusic.com, will launch in January next year offering a catalogue of over 250,000 new and recent hits from more than 8,500 artists with all four major record labels represented.
As previously reported, Pepsi and Apple are teamed up to give away 100 Million iTunes Music...
Guitar Center - an Apple Reseller
As followup to a previous rumor... Guitar Center has indeed become an Apple Authorized Reseller, and has started offering Apple products in their stores.
According to Prosound News (print edition):
"Beginning with Guitar Center's new flagship store in New York City, recording professionals in music, post production and other pro sectors will have a one-stop shop for purchasing...
iTunes Producer and Indies - Growing Pains?
According to reports, Apple finally released their "iTunes Producer" tool to independent record labels back in Mid-November.
This Apple tool was released to "Indie" record labels who had signed a contract with Apple in order to allow them to encode and transmit their music to Apple for inclusion into the iTunes Music Store. Apple initially hinted at this tool during their meeting with...
Pixar going 2D?
Ain't it Cool News reports that Pixar is starting their own 2D Animation...
Apple Supply Production Delays?
MacBidouille claims that Apple resellers will not receive more Apple products until February. The official reason is due to the holidays, but MacBidouille speculates that it fits with new product introductions in...
QuarkXPress 6.1 Almost Here?
CreativeMac noted in November that Quark was planning on introducing QuarkXpress 6.1 in the "near future". The update is said to have Panther support, performance enhancements, better Excel integration and font tools.
MacBidouille notes translates an account of 6.1 being demoed by Quark in Belgium. The report notes additional features, bug fixes, Panther compatibility and QuarkDDS....
New Powerbooks on Tuesday - Part 2?
Last week there were last minute claims that PowerBooks would see revisions on Tuesday. Tuesday came and went without any new releases... which seemed to effectively bury that rumor.
But, again, there are again new hints that PowerBooks may see speed bumps this Tuesday... with suggestions of speeds toping out at 1.42GHz 17" PowerBooks with 1.33 GHz 15" PowerBooks. Is this the same old...
Mac OS X 10.3.2 7D18 (Server and Client) Seeded
Apple has seeded Mac OS X 10.3.2 7D18 Server and Client to developers, following in the footsteps of 7D15 and 7D12.
Mac OS X Client is reported to have improvements in Core OS, Graphics, Imaging, USB, Printing, International Text, Core Services, Cocoa Framework and Applescript.
Mac OS X Server is reported to have improvements in Kerberos support, Server Admin and Workgroup Manager...
New Apple Retail Stores Locations?
Richard Bleicher consolidated this list of upcoming Apple Retail Store locations based on current Apple job listings:
Aventura-Aventura, FL, USA
Bethesda-Montgomery Mall-R084, MD, USA
Charlotte-Southpark, NC, USA
Mission Viejo-Mission Viejo, CA, USA
San Francisco-One Stockton, CA, USA
Tucson-La Encantada, AZ, USA ...
Mac Cleaner to Halt Development?
Appleinsider claims that due to major corporate restructuring at Discreet, the company may not continue with its Cleaner Video Application -- which was undergoing new version development before layoffs hit the Mac Cleaner Development team
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Mac OS X: Security Update 2003-12-05
Apple has posted a security update (2003-12-05) in your software update:
Security Update 2003-12-05 updates Safari to prevent unauthorized access to a user's cookies.
This plugs a security vulnerability that was revealed in late November....
10.3.2 File Changes
This page lists all the files that are changed in the Mac OS X 10.3.2...
More 90nm PowerPC G5 Details?
Appleinsider claims to have more details about the 90nm PowerPC 970.
The new chip is being referred to as the PowerPC 970FX - which is said to provide lower power consumption as well as previously referenced PowerTune technology.
Appleinsider also resolves previous contradictory reports by reporting that the updated PowerMac subsystems (533 DDR II, 1.5GHz Bus) and the January 2004...
Apple to Revamp Software Update?
ThinkSecret revives rumors that Apple will open up software update to certain developers to allow 3rd party software updates to be delivered through Apple's Mac OS X Software Update Control Panel.
This feature was first rumored in Jan 2003, but has not made its way into Mac OS X...
2.6GHz PowerMac G5s at MacWorld SF 2004?
Appleinsider claims that IBM is currently producing 90nm G5s in volume at speeds of 2GHz, 2.2GHz, 2.4GHz and 2.6GHz.
Apple is expected to announce these new G5 processors in speed bumped PowerMacs at the January MacWorld Expo according to one source at Appleinsider.
This would be consistent with previous rumors and whispers that the low-end PowerMac would become a single 2.0GHz...
Bill Gates v. Steve Jobs on BBC2
BBCNews is broadcasting a Bill Gates vs. Steve Jobs edition of their "The World's Most Powerful" television series.
The series "examines some of the most powerful celebrities in the world. It traces their stardom back to its roots and plots their path to fame. Financial guru, Alvin Hall weighs up their celebrity and influence and answers the question: Who is the World's Most Powerful?"
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Microsoft's FAT File System Patent?
As noted on Slashdot, Microsoft is starting to charge licensing fees for the FAT file system that they hold Patents on.
The two licenses described are for solid state media manufacturers and consumer devices -- such as portable digital audio players.
As Apple's iPod uses the FAT32 format for Windows support... but it's entirely unclear the effect of this licensing program will have on ...
Virgin Entertainment Group Music Service in 2004
Virgin Entertainment Group is launching its own online music service in early...
