It’s Wednesday, and that means it’s time for another edition of Your Mac Life. Your Mac Life is a weekly QuickTime Streaming broadcast about the Mac industry in the style of a traditional radio talk show. This week’s show features two different segments on copyrights and free speech issues, and Shawn King, the show’s host,…
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Those Still Living In Pre-OS-X World Need To ?Let It Go,? Cuz All Our Mac Are Belong To Unix
When the change-makers were finished working their magic, the daughters grinned like the little girls they used to be. Once the show began, the mothers, whoid claimed they were fine just the way they were, actually seemed to be preening as they strutted around the stage with their freshly painted faces and temporary finery. Soon…
Computing With Bifocals - iPhoto, The Bifocals Way
iPhoto, The Bifocals Way March 5th, 2002 I have found the perfect reason to really get serious about learning OS X (Operating System X). Before they even returned home from the San Francisco trade show, the TMO staff were raving about iPhoto. iPhoto is a new application, designed by Apple and provided at no cost,…
Mac Chatter - The Best & Worst Mac Forum Posts From Around The Web
The Mac Chatter series gathers up some of the juiciest, silliest, most outrageous, and most interesting discussion about the Mac industry from around the Web. Raena Armitage and Bryan Chaffin scour the forums, message boards, and article comments from some of the most (and least) popular hangouts in the Mac Web and beyond. Please note…
LA Times & Chicago Tribune Report Good Things About New iMac
James Coates of the Chicago Tribune calls the new iMac, “smooth”, and LA Times’ Jim Heid compares the new iMac and a Gateway 500SE in two new mainstream articles that offer some outstanding exposure to Apple. Better yet, both authors like what they see. James Coates gives an in-depth review of the new consumer Mac…
MacSoft Releases Major Patch For Mac Civilization III
Macsoft, an Infogrames, Inc. label, has posted a Civ III patch. This patch tweaks and enhances the already great gameplay youive been enjoying in Sid Meieris Civilization III. The new patch adds features and improvements, including: Stack movement for units of the same type: This means that you can set multiple go-to orders for units…
Mac Chatter - The Best & Worst Mac Comments From Around The Web
Our new Mac Chatter series gathers up some of the juiciest, silliest, most outrageous, and most interesting discussion about the Mac industry from around the Web. Raena Armitage scours the forums, message boards, and article comments from some of the most (and least) popular hangouts in the Mac Web and beyond. Please note that we…
Apple Pulls An ATI, Announces GeForce4 Titanium For PowerMac G4s, Again
Yesterday, a press release hit the wire services in Apple’s name announcing a new BTO option for Apple’s PowerMac G4 product line, the GeForce4 Titanium. The only problem with this is that NVIDIA hadn’t actually announced the GeForce4 Titanium meaning that Apple accidentally stole NVIDIA’s thunder. You might remember a similar gaff that reportedly angered…
iPhoto Is Picture Perfect
Several recent article proclaim Apple’s iPhoto to be iCool. iPhoto has been available for a month and already it has received a steady stream of accolades from mainstream press publications. The latest of praise comes from St. Paul, MN’s Pioneer Planet, and columnist, Julio Ojada-Zapata, who thinks iPhoto is the life of the party. Mr.…
David Coursey's First Week Of His "Mac Month" Is Looking Good
A couple of weeks ago, David Coursey announced that he was going to try using Mac OS X as his sole operating system for a month. Though many Mac users raised a howl saying that Mr. Coursey was not going to be open minded, the reality is that Mr. Coursey is having a great time…
Fortune Smiles On New iMac
Fortune’s Peter Lewis likes the new iMac. In a recent article in Fortune, Peter Lewis relays his experiences while test driving the new iMac. Mr. Lewis generally has glowing words for the 20 pound marvel. He says: Apple clearly has learned from its Cube experience. The new iMac is functionally better than the candy-colored, beach-ball-shaped…
Apple Releases 800, 933, & Dual 1 GHz PowerMacs With GeForce4 MX [UPDATED]
Apple has surprised us all, or at least those not paying attention to the rumor sites, by releasing 4 new PowerMac towers today. The company has released four new PowerMac towers today at the Apple Store. The new units come in 800 MHz, 933 MHz, and two models with dual 1 GHz processors. Much as…
iPhoto Is the Apple In Walt Mossberg's Eye
The Wall Street Journal’s, Walter Mossberg, offers a look at iPhoto and Apple’s ‘Digital Hub’ campaign in an in-depth gander at iPhoto, Apple’s new photo management software. Better yet, Mr. Mossberg gives iPhoto the thumbs up in the latest edition of his ‘Personal Technology’ column. Mr. Mossberg had this to say about Apple’s ‘Digital Hub’…
iBrotha - New iMac Isn't Ugly, Compared To Intel's Vision Of The Future PC
New iMac Isn’t Ugly, Compared To Intel’s Vision Of The Future PC January 18th 2002 You tend to respect [Apple Industrial Design VP Jonathan] Ives a lot more when you see these Intel monstrosities, and realize how hard he must work to design attractive computers. Especially considering how much money Intel must throw at designers,…
MWSF - GeForce2 MX Standard On All Mac Platforms
NIVIDIA Corporation has announced the extensive partnership with Apple on the heels of the introduction of the new iMac. NIVIDIA’s GeForce2 MX is now standard across all Mac platforms. The 2D and 3D graphics engine will be the powerhouse behind the iMac’s standard LCD flat screen and other graphics apps. According to NIVIDIA: NVIDIA Corporation…
Personalize Your PowerMac With Some Skinz
AppleSkinz are polycarbonate covers which let you add some pizzazz to your PowerMac G3 or PowerMac G4 computer. They caught our attention during our MacWorld Expo Photo Tour, where weill take a picture of anything that catches our eye. And with the variety of designs that these folks offer, weire sure youill agree that theyill…
The Omni Group Releases New Mac OS X Version Of Oni
Play Oni, the exciting anime-styled action adventure game, on Mac OS X! Today, The Omni Group released Oni for Mac OS X. If you currently own a copy of Oni for Mac OS 9, get this great game up and running on Mac OS X. Omni is dedicated to supporting the Mac OS X platform,…
QuickTime & Office v.X On Tonight's Mac Show
The Featured Guest on The Mac Show this Wednesday will be the Product Manager for Office v. X, Eric Ryan of Microsoftis Macintosh Business Unit. If you have Office questions for Eric, send them to [email protected]. And the show has three copies of Office v. X to be given away! And, this week is the…
Absolutely Fabulous Is Absolutely Mac Happy
Last night on Comedy central the new season premiere episode of Absolutely Fabulous had Edina using an Apple Flat screen display in her kitchen and Bubbles had a Blue Dalmation iMac in the office. Bart Stagner Iim sure you guys already know about this, but Iill tell you about my Mac-sighting anyway. The new Absolutely…
Macs Have A Super-Presence On WB's Smallville
Donit know if you saw this on WBis Smallville, but.. In the Smallville episode with the Coach that could start fires, Lex Luthor uses a Titanium PowerBook and the School newspaper uses iMacs for their publishing. I was surprised at how visible Apple was in that episode. Did Apple pay for Product Placement or was…
Adobe Ships Illustrator 10 For Classic & Mac OS X, Sets 6-Month Target For Rest Of Apps
Adobe Systems Incorporated is now shipping Adobe® Illustrator® 10, its industry-standard vector graphics software. Adobe Illustrator 10 provides cross-media design professionals, Web designers and Web developers with the tools necessary to creatively and efficiently produce and publish their artwork. Now available on Mac OS X and ready for Windows XP, Adobe Illustrator 10 allows users…
MacPlay Bringing FPS "The Operative: No One Lives Forever" To Classic & Mac OS X
MacPlay announced today that it has secured the rights to publish Fox Interactiveis The Operative*: No One Lives Forever*. One of the most critically acclaimed first person shooters, the title will ship in the second quarter of 2002, on the Mac OS X and classic Mac OS platforms. The award-winning game was named "Action Game…
Making Palm Apps On Your Mac: Metrowerks Updates CodeWarrior For Palm OS
Today Metrowerks began shipping CodeWarrior( for Palm OS(r) platform, Version 8.0, development tools, the industry-leading commercial applications toolset for Palm OS(r) platform and Springboard( module developers. CodeWarrior tools provide everything commercial developers need to get their Palm OS applications to market quickly, including: an editor, project manager, C/C++ compiler, linker, emulator and target device interface…