DEVONtechnologies updates DEVONthink to version 1.7.3. The new version is optimised for Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther" (but still runs on Mac OS X 10.2), comes with new features, improvements and fixes. When running on Mac OS X 10.3 ("Panther"), DEVONthink Personal Edition now features a "Special characters" command to open the character palette and…
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Who?s Got Game? Not Game Programmers For The Mac
I im the Mac user who likes to play sports games. Yes, Iim THE ONE! Iim the guy who spent hours playing Virtua Soccer on the Mac at the London Macworld Expo back in 1996, excited that sports games would soon be coming to the Mac. Iim the guy that used to keep win and…
How About A 20" Display With Your iMac? Apple Cranks Up The iMac
Apple has taken the unusual step of introducing what has heretofore been considered a pro display to its consumer line of iMacs. The company has rolled out a new 20" iMac that will be added to the 15" and 17" models already for sale. The new unit comes configured exactly like the 17" model with…
The Back Page - Apple Laptop Program Costs School Board Members Their Jobs
In September, we covered a one-on-one laptop deal in Stillwater, MN. That deal would put iBooks in the hands of every junior high school student and teacher in the town. In October, the deal was restructured to cover but one of the two local junior high schools, and was sealed. On Tuesday of this week,…
Big Mac Passes 10 TFlops, #3 Ranking Not Expected To Change
V irginia Techis “Big Mac” Power Mac G5 cluster has secured its place as the third fastest supercomputer in the world. According to the latest preliminary numbers from the Top 500 Supercomputer Sites, Big Mac is hitting 10.28 TFlop/s on the LINPACK benchmark, giving it a 19 percent performance lead over the forth place supercomputer.…
Intel Processor Could Run OS X & Windows Side By Side
L ast week, we pointed you to a C|Net article in which Intelis CEO, Craig Barrett, said that while OS X could run on an Intel processor, Apple just doesnit seem interested to have it happen. In a new article from PC World titled, "Intel CPU Could Run Macs," Mr. Barrett points out that Intelis…
G4 iBooks Are Here, Starting At US$1,099
[1:15 PM CDT] G4 iBooks Are Here, Starting At US$1,099 by Bryan Chaffin The wait is over; Apple has dropped the G3 from its product line; the G4 iBook is here. Apple announced three new models of iBook, 800 MHz, 933 MHz, and 1 GHz, all based on Motorola’s G4 processor. Called the iBooks G4,…
Steve Wozniak Speaks On Mac Passions & Mac Viruses
Y esterday, we reported that Steve Wozniak was to speak at a Rochester, NY college. The Democrat and Chronicle, the same paper that tipped us off in the first place, covered the event in an article titled “Macs called virtually virus-proof.” That title comes from comments from Mr. Wozniak, who was talking about the relative…
Boost Your 17" And 15" iMac Memory To 2 GB
Trans Intl. has announced new upgrade modules for Apple 17″ and 15″ iMac Flat Panel G4’s. The modules, when installed, provide up to 2 GB of DDR 333 memory. The modules operate at 133Mhz with a data rate of 333Mbps. According to Trans Intl Today Trans Intl. announced the availability of a 2 Gigabyte (GB)…
The Devil's Advocate: iMac Designs Do's & Don'ts: Don't Mix Pyramids and Snakes
What do you get when you combine Apple’s Pyramid iMac and it’s Snake iMac? Why you get this mess: Images from Apple’s design patent The Pyramid Snake iMac–no, it’s not a joke. On August 31, 2004, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USTPO) issued United States Patent Number D495,332 to Apple Computer, Inc. for…
IDG Moves Macworld Back To Boston, Apple Says "No Thanks"
Remember the nonsense earlier this year heading into Macworld New York? IDG World Expos announced the show was moving back to Boston in 2004, and Apple then announced it would not be going. In fact, said Apple at the time, we may not even go to the 2003 New York show. IDG responded with a…
Ars Technica Offers Comprehensive Mac Browser Smackdown
Ars Technica has published a comprehensive Mac browser smackdown, as the site put it. The piece is very solid review and breakdown of the nine browsers available for Mac OS X, including a look at performance, rendering accuracy, and overall user-experience. From the review: For the first year to year-and-a-half of OS X’s existence, one…
MacPlay Developing Hearts Of Iron For Mac Gamers
MacPlay, a subsidiary of United Developers, LLC, announced today that Mac gamers will soon have the opportunity to shape the course of mid-20th century history with Hearts of Iron, the next release in their exclusive distribution agreement with British publisher Virtual Programming. Spanning the years 1936-1946, Hearts of Iron offers epic gameplay on a global…
The Back Page - iMac Turns 5 Today: Looking Back At Launch, Effect Of iMac
It was five years ago today, on a Saturday, when Apple was reborn. Few of us realized what the iMac was going to do for Apple, to the industry, or the impact it would have on industrial design throughout the consumer products world, but it was five years ago today that Apple released the Bondi…
Trikke: Have Fun Away From Your Mac, Watch The Videos In QuickTime
CKQUOTE> Warning:Viewing the info and QuickTime movies on the site referenced in this article may cause a sudden deficit in your checking account. This isnit exactly computer related, but I found this device and the videos so cool that I felt obligated to tell you about it. Some of you may have seen the commercials…
Just A Thought - Can iChat AV & iSight Make Developers See?
Chatless In Florida I was never really a big fan of iChat, Apple’s instant messenger app. The reason is actually quite simple: It wasn’t enough to bother with. By not enough, I mean that while it could perform the basic functions of any instant messenger, iChat had no clear advantage over AOL’s messenger. Worse, it…
Made On A Mac - Power Mac G4 Instrumental In Production Of Independent Feature Film
With the discussion about Premiere’s departure from the Mac market being all the rage last week, we thought it would be interesting to take a look at a feature film shot with the help of a Mac. The film is called Graduation Day, and TMO’s senior news editor, Mike Washlesky, was the director of -photography.…
Alias Reports 25% Of US Maya Sales Are For Mac, Maya On The G5 Is "Fast"
I f you didnit catch the report earlier this week, Alias|Wavefront is now known as Alias. We sat down with the company to get a closer look at Maya 5, which was announced earlier this year, and to find out how the company is doing in the Mac market. Alias entered the Mac market at…
Macworld CreativePro Photo Gallery I
< /P> Itis another Macworld, sort of, and though the show is a fraction of the size of previous Expos, we still have lots of pics. Todayis images come to you from John F. Braun, and feature some of the cool booths and sights of Macworld CreativePro. Check out the close ups of the Power…
Macworld CreativePro Photo Gallery II
< /P> Itis another Macworld, sort of, and though the show is a fraction of the size of previous Expos, we still have lots of pics. Todayis images come to you from John F. Braun, and feature some of the cool booths and sights of Macworld CreativePro. Check out the pirates at LimeWire. They actually…
Inside Endorphin.com: Mac Made Videos On The Web
I n Pacific Grove, a small town 150 miles south of San Francisco, sits Endorphin Productions Inc.(EPI), producers of high quality videos that have been seen on the History Channel, the Discovery Channel, and more. When most people think of California based industries, they are likely to think of movie production, but what sets EPI…
Apple Hard Disk Update 1 For G4s: Not For Everyone
A pple has released a hard drive firmware update. Hard Drive Update 1.0 is intended to help your drive last longer, though as we discuss in the Spin below, some are reporting problems. This from the Hard Drive Update Read Me file: The Hard Drive Update 1 improves the longevity of some hard drives shipped…
Digit Magazine & MWJ Offer In-Depth Looks At G5
Two pieces on the G5 were published this week that we wanted to draw to your attention. The first is from Digit Magazine, part of the Macworld/IDG publishing stable, and was written by MacCentral’s Jim Dalrymple. That piece is titled "Apple G5: in-depth analysis," and includes information and comments from a variety of sources. In…
MacHack Report - In Anticipation Of The WWDC, From MacHack
Amidst the buzz and hubbub swirling about from the World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC), there is the little-conference-that-could: MacHack. Normally MacHack takes place one month after the WWDC, but a schedule change threw Apple’s developer conference to just a few days after the scrappier affair in Michigan. While the WWDC has taken some of MacHack’s…