Friday, June 22, 2007

News: iTunes moves up to third largest music store. Apple's iTunes Store is continuing its rise in popularity as it moves up the list of the most popular places for consumers to purchase music. A recent report from market research firm NPD places iTunes in third place among all music retailers. [Macworld] comment []9:48:31 PM

The coming war over the iPhone. (InfoWorld) - A war is clearly shaping up between gadget-loving users, who want to use Apple's iPhone, and the IT people at work, responsible for company data security. AT&T and Apple believe business and IT professionals will want this phone and use it at work, and the device is expected to be heavily marketed to professionals. However, Gartner analyst Ken Dulaney advises IT executives to avoid Apple's iPhone like the plague and to actively keep it away from their company networks. The reason: The Wi-Fi-enabled iPhone has no firewall, no Exchange or Lotus Notes support, no PBX integration, and no ability to wipe company information from it if it isvlost or stolen. It's a security hazard and a liability. (For more perspective, read iPhone: The Device IT Managers Will Love to Hate.) Who Will Win? Ultimately, the iPhone users will prevail -- as did the PC people, Windows people, PDA people, and others who sneaked all this into large and small companies and forced IT to eventually support them. In the meantime, however, it's going to get ugly, starting with policies banning the device (which will be ignored), followed by software-based blocking of attempts at iPhone connectivity. But when the CEO gets an iPhone -- watch out! All bets are off. [InfoWorld: Top News] comment []9:26:02 PM

News: Apple's Mac market share on the rise. Apple's MacBooks are continuing to show strong growth in the industry as the company's notebook share jumped almost two percent in May, according to market research firm NPD. [Macworld] comment []9:25:47 PM

Image Gallery: IPod teardown. This image gallery accompanies Robert Mitchell's blog, IPod teardown: Study reveals where the parts come from; where the money goes [Computerworld Breaking News] comment []1:10:07 AM

IPhone: The device IT managers will love to hate. The headaches have already begun for IT managers who must grapple with ways to support the iPhone despite worries over e-mail, voice quality and iTunes registration. [Computerworld Breaking News] comment []1:03:38 AM

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