L ast night, a very interesting piece of information was posted on Appleis online Apple Store. On the companyis PowerMac G4 Web page at the Apple Store, the list of specs for the PowerMac G4 was briefly replaced by a list of specs that are far beyond anything currently offered by the Mac maker. The…
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A Real Mac To PC Switcher Ready To Dump The Mac
H eis mad, and heis just not going to take it any more. Dale Tournemille is a Canadian journalist who says he is leaving the Mac platform after 10 years as a "faithful Mac user and firm believer that it was indeed iinsanely great.i" The reason, according to a rant posted at Mssr. Tournemilleis Web…
Mac Developer Directory Adds MacHack & WWDC Search Feature
German company GeBE has added a couple of new features to its Mac Developer Directory for the two big upcoming developer shows, the World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) and MacHack. The Mac Developer Directory is an online directory of Mac developers that is designed to allow companies and other potential customers to more easily find…
Apple Drops PowerBook Prices As Much As US$300
A pple has dropped the price on the 12″ and 15″ PowerBooks by as much as US$300.Price drops are for all four 12″ and 15″ models, making the 12″ product line start at just US$1,599, a US$200 drop. The 15″ line now starts at US$1,999, some US$300 less than yesterdayis price. The 15″ SuperDrive model…
Macrovision Brings SafeDisc Encryption To The Mac Platform
Macrovision Corporation has released SafeDisc for Mac users. SafeDisc is a copy protection utility designed for encrypting CD-ROMs to prevent duplication. The app features anti-hacking measures and digital signature encryption. According to Macrovision: Macrovision Corporation, the world’s leading provider of digital rights management (“DRM”) and copy protection technologies, today announced the availability of SafeDisc® for…
Thoughts On eMacs, iMacs, iBooks, & Education Options
A s the administrator of the System Shootouts, after Appleis flurry of new product introductions in January & February, I was able to take a long-needed break during the past several months. This came to an end a few weeks ago, with the introduction of a significant announcement by Intel (the new "Centrino," a.k.a. "Banias,"…
Drop Drawers Updated With Path Finder Support
Sig Software has released an update for Drop Drawers, bringing it to version 1.6.2. Drop Drawers is a Web development tool designed for interface enhancements that provide floating drawers on monitors. The update features Path Finder support and other enhancements. According to Sig Software: Sig Software is proud to announce the release of Drop Drawers…
Link iTunes, iPhoto To Your TV With TiVo, Remotely Schedule TiVo From Your Mac
TiVo has released the Home Media Option for its Series2 Digital Video recorders. This adds a variety of new features, not the least of which are integration with iTunes and iPhoto to play your songs and show your pictures on your TV. You can also use the new Home Media option to remotely schedule your…
Apple Cans iMac G3 Line - Looking Back On The Mac That Saved Apple
A pple has officially canned the CRT-based iMac G3 product line. The news first broke yesterday that Apple had pulled the iMac from the Apple Store, and mainstream publications such as the Washington Post have since gotten confirmation from Apple that the product has been retired. I covered the initial rollout of the iMac at…
MacHack 18 Tech Session Topics Announced
MacHack has released the technical session topics for this year’s MacHack. MacHack is a marathon developers’ conference designed to bring together loyal Mac enthusiasts and programmers throughout a 72 hour period. The hacking topics for this year range from C++ for Yoots! to Codewarrior. This year’s MacHack begins on runs from June 19th until the…
Image Of Shuttle Columbia Just Before Breakup Taken With Help From 11-Year Old Mac
The recent shuttle disaster has left many of us stunned and wondering exactly what went wrong. As the investigation continues as to how the Columbia loss occurred, one tiny tidbit of information from an unlikely source could help shed some light on what exactly happened. The Associated Press reports that the now famous photo that…
Alexander Wilson Releases Two New Apps For Mac Users
Alexander Wilson Studios today releases AWS Guitar Tuner and IndieToolbar, two freeware programs for the Mac. AWS Guitar Tuner is a simple guitar tuner with standard tuning in acoustic-nylon, acoustic-steel, and electric guitar voices. It is made exclusively for Mac OS X. IndieToolbar is an internet utility that allows users of any Macintosh browser to…
Infogrames Sells MacSoft To Destineer, Peter Tamte Once Again In Charge Of Mac Gaming Publisher
T he popular, and venerable Mac game developer MacSoft has been sold by its parent company, Infogrames, to Destineer, Inc. Destineer will gain all rights to the MacSoft name, future and past MacSoft titles, and the rights to publish Macintosh versions of future Infogrames software titles. The marks the umpteemth time that MacSoft has traded…
TMO Gets Close To The New 12" PowerBook (With Pics)
A pple may have pushed off the delivery of iLife for a week, but it made good on producing the 12" PowerBook on time by making them available last Friday, Jan.24, 2003. TMO stopped by an Apple Store to get a closer look, and these are our first impressions. One thing that may strike you…
Dipping A Big Toe In The Mac Pool? Dive In!
I ive got a PC using friend, weill call him Richard, who has been seriously eying Macs for a while now. He reads Mac related news items, checks out Mac-centric Web sites, and asks me questions about different aspects of my Mac using experiences. I keep thinking that any day now Richard is going to…
Avid Releases Symphony For The Mac
Avid Technology. Inc. is now shipping the Symphony 4.7 system for Mac users. Symphony is an editing system designed for professional post production applications. The system features real-time 10-bit DVE and Ultimatte keying color correction. Also with this release are new versions of Media Composer, Film Composer, and Avid Xpress with support for 23.976 frame…
Apple KBase Article - Don't Worry, Your G4 Is Supposed To Be That Loud. Well, Usually. Firmware Upgrade Advised
Apple has added a new article to the Knowledge Base regarding the noise levels of the Power Mac G4. Apple’s Knowledge Base (sometimes referred to as the KBase) is a central location for all of Apple’s support documents and other important information. Users have been complaining about the noise levels of the PowerMac line for…
MWSF 2003 - Apple Introduces 12", 4.6 Pound PowerBook G4
Apple today announced a new 12″ PowerBook G4 that is packed full of features yet it is only 1″ thick and a mere 4.6 pounds. It features a new aluminum alloy enclosure, an 800MHz processor, FireWire 800, and the new 802.11g wireless. From Apple’s press release: Apple� today unveiled the new 12-inch PowerBook� G4 with…
MasterWriter Released For Songwriters From Macworld
Today MasterWriter, Inc. showed for the first time MasterWriter(tm) 1.0 software demonstrating its power for professional songwriters. Written entirely in 4D and running on Mac OS X, MasterWriter is available for demonstration in the 4D Booth. Designed by songwriters for songwriters, MasterWriter is the first program to fully address all of the challenges of writing…
MWSF 2003 - Apple Introduces 17" Aluminum PowerBooks: NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go, Bluetooth, AirPort Extreme" PowerBook G4
Apple has introduced a new 17″ PowerBook, made of what Steve Jobs characterized as aircraft grade aluminum alloy, that we will quickly dub the AlBook. The new unit sports a 17″ widescreen 16:10 display, the same display used in the 17″ iMac, a 1440 x 900 resolution, built-in Bluetooth, built-in AirPort Extreme, a new wireless…
Raising Your Laptop In Style With The iCurve
< SPAN id="font">Introduction As time passes, more and more people look to laptop computers as possible replacements for typical desktop machines. While todayis PowerBooks easily have the power to be such replacements, and are great for on-the-road computing, they can often present several problems in a typical desktop environment. First of all, the keyboard is…
Apple Knowledge Base Article - Using 128 GB Or Larger ATA Hard Drives On Your Mac
Apple has added a new article to the Knowledge Base regarding the use of hard drives over 128GB in size. Apple’s Knowledge Base (sometimes referred to as the KBase) is a central location for all of Apple’s support documents and other important information. Hard drives that are larger than 128GB require an IDE controller with…
Ready For Macworld? Got Your TMO Mac Shirt?
M acworld is just around the corner, three weeks or so, for those keeping score at home. While sitting around the water cooler at the TMO Towers, Fact Checker Thomas Stafford suggested that Macworld might make a good excuse to hawk our line of TMO Mac merchandise again. The editorial staff [In this case, that…
Apple Germany Partners With Vobis Microcomputer To Sell Macs In 30 German PC Stores
T his week, Apple Germany announced that Vobis, a nationwide chain of PC stores, will start selling Apple products in 30 of its stores. Apart from Macs, the selected Vobis stores will also sell a selection of Mac software and peripherals. Vobis will not sell the CD-ROM iBook and the dual 1.0 and 1.25 GHz…