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Apple's iTunes music store now has added episodes and season pass for Season 10 of Stargate SG-1 and Season 3 of Stargate Atlantis.

Touting Fox as the number one network for young adults and teens, Apple has added the Fox shows 24, Prison Break, Unan1mous, and Stacked to the iTunes Store, as well as first seasons of so-called "classic" shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, and Lost in Space. Apple negotiations with Fox were reported last December.

Analysts have begun to speculate on what "fun" products may be introduced by Apple its forthcoming special event in Cupertino on February 28th. Analyst Shaw Wu of American Technology Research believes that Apple will announce a new wide-screen consumer notebook and an entry-level Mac mini, both of which will include a remote control and Front Row software, saying "we believe Apple will take the opportunity to round out its Intel Mac portfolio 6 - 9 months ahead of plan." Wu also expects the much anticipated native versions of Apple's Pro applications--Universal Binary versions of Aperture, Final Cut Pro, and Motion,...

Macworld.co.uk reports on Needham & Co analyst comments about what they expect from Apple in the coming months. While some of the information appears speculative, the analyst claims that a video iPod will indeed arrive soon: According to our sources, the screen on the video iPod will occupy the entire front of the current iPod with a touch-activated scroll wheel. Assuming the same form factor as the current iPod, this move will increase the size of the screen three-fold. This corresponds to recent rumors that a touch-screen iPod is in the works. This technology would also tie in recently revealed...

In addition to its new iPod nano on Tuesday, Apple revealed the company has sold over 12 million videos on the iTunes Music Store. To further spur sales, Apple and Showtime announced a deal that brings television programming from the premium cable’s network to the iTunes Music Store. “When we first introduced video we didn’t know what would happen,” Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of worldwide product marketing for iPod, told Macworld. “What we were pleased to find out is that people were very interested in buying videos.” The addition of Showtime to the iTunes Music Store gives Apple more...

According to a post at BetaNews.com, CBS programming will be coming soon to iTunes. "CBS Digital Media president Larry Kramer confirmed the news in an interview with financial site MarketWatch. The plans to offer shows on iTunes is part of a larger initiative aimed at attracting new viewers by providing access to the network's programming in a variety of formats." For now, CBS is looking to sell episodes of "Survivor" on its own for $1.99 per show, and only on a rental type of system where downloaded material would expire 24 hours after ordering. This is different from Apple's pay...

Apple has added frameworks for a number of new shows from different networks on the iTunes Music Store. At the time of this posting, most of listings did not have shows available for download, but the following pages have appeared in iTunes: The N - South of Nowhere (Season 1) SOAPnet - Soapography (Season 1) Nickelodeon - SpongeBob SquarePants (Season 1), Dora the Explorer (Season 1), Zoey 101 MTV - Beavis and Butt-Head, Laguna Beach, Wonder Showzen, Gauntlet 2, My Super Sweet 16 (Season 1-2), Jackass, Punk'd (Season 1-3) Comedy Central - South Park (Season 1-2), Drawn Together (Season 1-2),...

TimesOnline reports on talks of a Disney buyout of Pixar... but also curiously mentions rumors of a wireless iPod: Apple is also understood to be working on the next generation of iPods, which would have the ability to connect wirelessly to the internet. There has long been rumors/speculation on Bluetooth enabled iPods to wireless connect to Speakers/Headphones, however the concept of a true wireless Internet iPod has not been frequently discussed. We made one previous mention of it in September 2003. At that time, an author was discussing the concept of "Everywhere Internet Audio": Imagine, if you will, an iPod...

Appleinsider notes that Apple has filed for trademarks for two new phrases with the Hong Kong Trademark office. These include: iPod Hi-Fi - filed on September 20, 2005. Trademark description mirrored here iPod Boombox - filed June 13, 2005. Trademark description is mirrored here. Both products are classified in broad categories of computers, hardware, peripherals, etc... Appleinsider had previously claimed that an iPod Boombox and other iPod companion products were due from Apple at Macworld San Francisco. While the date may not have been accurate, these trademarks suggest these products are under consideration by Apple.

A company that makes video display products for military and industrial uses is setting its sights on a new market -- the iPod. Bellevue-based eMagin Corp. has developed a wearable headset system that plugs into Apple Computer's portable media device and displays video from it in front of one eye, using optical technology designed to give the picture a higher resolution and make it appear larger than on the iPod's screen. The system, dubbed the EyeBud 800, is another entry in the booming ecosystem of accessories and complementary products that has emerged around Apple's portable music player. But this isn't...

Online retailer Amazon.com offered up the results of the 2005 holiday shopping season with the news that three different Apple iPod models owned the three top spots in electronic sales. The iPod nano, video iPod and iPod shuffle all took top honors. Amazon.com reports that more than 108 million items were ordered worldwide during its 11th holiday season. A single-day record was set on December 12, 2005 — 3.6 million items ordered, or 41 items per second. “iPods ruled the holiday season in Electronics, owning the top three spots,” reported Amazon.com in a press release announcing the results. Amazon points...

HBO's CEO today said the network is hoping to make a deal with Apple Computer at some point to deliver programming to the video iPod, according to a report from Reuters. "I'm very excited by the video iPod," said Chris Albrecht. "At some point, I think we would have some arrangement with them." Apple may have to stand in line, however, as Cingular Wireless reportedly has plans to reveal a multiple year exclusive deal with HBO to send video clips of hit television shows, such as the Sopranos, to mobile phone customers.HBO operates multiple premium networks in the United States,...

American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu has said his proprietary checks with industry sources indicate that iTunes video sales from music videos, ABC TV shows, and Pixar short films continue to come in ahead of expectations. Apple is also reportedly planning a major update to its video services that includes possible new partners, set to launch as early as January. Wu said "Apple disclosed that it sold one million videos on October 31st, 2005. We are picking up indications that sales have more than doubled since then and that this strength is attracting attention from other content providers including NBC,...

A company that specializes in rights-management technology for online stores has declared its plans to reverse-engineer the FairPlay encoding system Apple uses on iTunes Music Store purchases. The move by Cupertino-based Navio Systems would essentially break Apple’s Digital Rights Management (DRM) system in order to allow other online music retailers to sell downloads that are both DRM-encoded and iPod-compatible by early 2006. “Typically, we embrace and want to work with the providers of the DRM,” said Ray Schaaf, Navio’s chief operating officer. “With respect to FairPlay, right now Apple doesn’t license that, so we take the view that as RealNetworks...

TiVo, the maker of digital video recorders, plans to announce a new feature on Monday that will let TiVo owners watch recorded television shows on Apple's video iPods and on Sony's handheld PSP game machine. The announcement builds on TiVo's release in February of an update to its video recorders that allows its users to transfer programs to personal computers and DVD's, as well as to portable video players that support Microsoft's mobile video format. When the company releases new software in the first quarter of next year, it will extend that capability to the video iPod, released last month,...

Dell CFO Jim Schneider today said that his company is far behind Apple in the digital music market, adding that "we're obviously not competing very well." Schneider said "Apple has come out with a nice product and I think it's really turned their company around," when responding to analysts' questions regarding Dell's earnings. Dell last week said that third-quarter profit was down 28 percent, as sales to U.S. consumers dropped and business in the United Kingdom brought disappointment to the company, according to a report from Reuters. Dell also issued a sales forecast that reportedly left some analysts wondering if...

Apple recently announced that it had sold more than one million videos on the iTunes Music Store (iTMS) in less than twenty days. Considering the limited video content that’s available—currently there are only five different television shows for sale and just over 2,000 music videos—combined with the limited availability of the new iPod with video capabilities, those seem to be pretty good numbers. By way of comparison, Apple sold one million songs in the first week the iTMS went live, while it took a mere two days for users to subscribe to one million (free) podcasts. Yet by any metric,...

An industry-wide shortage of a key flash memory chips will hit the availability of some models of MP3 player during the upcoming holiday shopping period, the head of Creative Technology Ltd.’s U.S. unit said Wednesday. He partly blames Apple for the shortfall, which he says will impact other MP3 makers. “One of the key challenges we face in our MP3 business is an industry-wide shortage of 1GB flash memory,” said Craig McHugh, president of Creative Labs Inc., in a conference call with financial analysts. “Industry demand for high-capacity flash memory currently outstrips supply and this will impact availability of our...

This is partly a story about a company called Apple Computer. It's also partly a story about a fancy new iPod that plays videos as well as music and that could dramatically change the way people entertain themselves. But it's mostly a story about new things and where they come from, about which there are a few popular misconceptions. Stop and look at Apple for a second, since it's an odd company. It has been around long enough and has a high enough profile that it's easy to forget that. While most high-tech firms focus on one or two sectors,...

Every time Steve Jobs gets on stage to announce products, there’s a flood of information. First, there’s what Jobs says. Then, there’s what the Apple press releases say. And then there’s all the information that Apple doesn’t broadcast right away, but trickles out gradually in interviews and on its Web site. It can be a bit overwhelming. So we’re tackling the most common questions stemming from Apple’s October 12 press event, one product at a time. In other stories, you’ll find answers to your burning questions about new iMacs and iTunes 6. Below, we answer frequently asked questions about the...