Colourfull Creations has released an update for Maxi Bidder, bringing it to version 1.84. Maxi Bidder is a utility designed for automated eBay bidding. The update features a message bug fix and other enhancements. According to Colourfull Creations: Colourfull Creations releases Maxi Bidder update for Macintosh OS X and Macintosh OS 9. Colourfull Creations updates…
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TMO Reports - Merrill Analyst: iPod A $1 Billion Biz; No "One-Hit Wonder"
The iPod portable music player could effectively be a US$1 billion business for Apple Computer by the end of this year and US$1.6 billion by September of 2006, according to the predictions of Merrill Lynch analyst Steven Milunovich. He further predicted the iPod is not a "one-hit wonder," and that Apple will see some Windows…
BusinessWeek Posts A Report Card For Apple's Education Sales
S pring Break nears for many schools around the country, and parents everywhere will be getting reports cards. Though the reports are the bane of the schoolbus crowd, they are needed to gauge how well a child is doing in his or her academic endeavors. The same can also be true for companies, and BusinessWeek…
Associated Press: iLife '04 Worth Twice The Price
With all of the hoopla over the iPod mini recently, it is easy to overlook some of Apple’s other equally cool offerings that were announced during MacWorld in San Francisco this past January (like iLife ’04). Those of you who’ve bought iLife ’04 already know about the many improvements in iPhoto, iMovie, and iDVD, and…
Analysts To Microsoft: Think More Like Apple
How many of you know about Window XP’s Remote Desktop feature, or use Windows Messenger? Being that you are an Apple audience, your ignorance of these features is understandable (note that 1/3 of our visitors are on Windows machines), but that shouldn’t be the case if you happen to run a PC with Windows XP.…
TMO Reports - Flat-Panel Display Sales Overtake CRTs; Prices Falling Fast
Thin, stylish LCD flat-panel computer displays will surpass the sales of bulky cathode-ray tube (CRT) monitors for the first time in the US later this year, according to researcher DisplaySearch. Sales of liquid crystal displays (LCDs) are expected to reach US$21 billion this year and projections are that prices will slowly fall on all size…
TMO Reports - Eminem Lawyers To Apple: "This Was Deliberate Copyright Infringement"
Lawyers representing rap superstar Eminem and the publisher of his music have accused Apple Computer of knowingly using one of his songs in a 2003 iTunes television commercial, even after the company and its advertising agency confirmed it did not have permission to do so. As a result, Apple is being sued along with three…
Apple Has 80% Of South Africa's Graphics Market
AllAfrican.com has an interesting report on Apple’s efforts to gain market share in South Africa. The media outlet says while Apple’s market share in the struggling economy of South Africa is at 2%, the company owns some 80% of the graphic design industry. From AllAfrica.com: Ten years after re-entering the South African market, Apple still…
(Barely) Faster Portable G4s From Moto, But G5s Could be Close
C|Net is reporting that Motorola has introduced slightly faster G4 processors that should run cool enough for a laptop. This could allow Apple to release faster PowerBooks, but the processors clock in at only 1.42 GHz, 70 MHz faster than the 1.33 GHz processors currently offered in Apple’s top of the line 17″ PowerBook, and…
Apple Retailer Lawsuit Makes Bay Area TV News
Elite Computers shut its doors last April, a victim, according to the company, of Apple’s unfair treatment to its resellers. A lawsuit from Elite’s Thomas Armes and MacAdam’s Tom Santos followed soon, with both retailers claiming that Apple was systematically and unfairly putting them out of business in order to make way for the company’s…
iPod mini Meets Lines Of Anxious Fans At Apple Store
A h, Spring: It comes a bit earlier in Florida; warm sunshine with Winteris echo still in the breeze, naked trees slowly dressing themselves in their Summer gowns of green, birds and bees busy living up to the stories we tell of them. Ah, Spring: When the pollen count is so high that breathing becomes…
Mercury News: Napster Losing Money & Top Executives
If you’re looking to download music, legally at least, your choices have never been better; the number of such services seemed to expand almost daily. It could be, however, that the salad days of iTunes Music Store wannabes, or at least one fairly prominent wannabe, are numbered. The San Jose Mercury News is reporting that…
Columnist Attacks iTunes As "Bad," Extols WMA As "Good"
Jason Cross is cross, if you’ll pardon the rather obvious joke, at Apple’s iTunes/iPod business model. Mr. Cross is a writer for ExtremeTech, a technology magazine, and he has penned a condemnation of iTunes/iPod based on Apple’s business model for the platform. Mr. Cross’s basic premise is that though iTunes is very good software, and…
iTMS/Pepsi Giveaway Hacked. Well, Not Really
The secret is the angle. Iive found it to be 25 degrees, but thatis really no use when youire out in the field. Just tilt it until it seems about that, and look up towards it (hold it above your head). With luck, you should be able to see under the cap. […] Itis easiest…
Apple Ships iPod Mini, Claims 100,000 Pre-Orders
Apple announced this morning that the iPod mini has shipped. Apple first announced the iPod mini at January’s Macworld San Francisco, and since that time the company says that it has received more than 100,000 pre-orders for the unit. The iPod mini has been somewhat controversial, with some criticizing it’s US$249 price tag for a…
Are All Microsoft Networks Bad For Your Computing Health?
Remember Dan Geer? He was part of a group of security experts who published a paper that warned that Microsoft’s overwhelming software dominance is bad for our country, and the computer industry as whole. Mr. Geer, who had been working for @stake Inc., was fired for his efforts, but his push to promote a more…
Mireth Tech Updates ShredIt X With NSA Compliance
Mireth Technology has released version 5.2 of ShredIt X. A privacy utility, ShredIt X is the electronic document shredder for Macintosh OS X computers that securely deletes files, folders and disk free space. Throwing a file in the trash does not remove the file contents from the hard disk – it just removes the file…
Microsoft Finds Time In Its Hectic Schedule To Fix A Six Month Old Vulnerability
It’s been quite a while since we’ve heard our friends in Redmond warn us of a critical flaw in any of its software (over a week, in fact!), so it’s about time. According to an article at ZDNet, Microsoft has issued a patch for Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 that…
February 1-7: The Woz Leaves, Jobs Buys Pixar, Apple Gets A Grammy
Steve Wozniak had a plane crash this week in 1981. The injuries from that accident lead to Mr. Wozniak taking a leave of absence from Apple. Four years later, Mr. Wozniak leaves Apple altogether because he felt the Apple II was getting short shrift because of the new Macintosh. Jump ahead to 1986, and Steve…
TMO Reports - Apple's UK Market Share Surges In Q4 With A Little iPod Help
Apple Computer shipped 25 percent more Macs in the UK in the last quarter of 2003 than the previous year, according to marketing intelligence firm IDC. An analyst for the company believes consumer interest in Apple’s iPod portable music player helped to spotlight its Macintosh PC and benefited sales. For the full year, Apple had…
Could Apple Fend Off Viruses If It Were In Microsoft's Place?
As the MyDoom virus continues making the rounds, surely many Mac users are gloating about the fact that other than a clogged mailbox, the virus is doing them no harm. Many like to point out that virus and worm writers ignore the Mac platform due to the small amount of potential victims, and that if…
Morse Code Transmitter Updated From Black Cat
Version 1.0.1 of Black Cat CW Keyer has been released. Black Cat CW Keyer lets you send morse code from your computer. You can type out the text to be sent(immediately or buffered) as well as create and send from one key macros. You can also send fromtext files. You can control the speed (wpm)…
DEVONtech Updates DEVONthink And DEVONagent
DEVONtechnologies extends the freeform database and information manager DEVONthink and updates DEVONagent, its intelligent search agent and alternative browser. DEVONthink 1.8 allows the creation of Wiki-style links to build cross-references from RTF texts to other documents, images, bookmarks or links. Going just one step further, DEVONthink also allows to make every piece of text a…
Just A Thought - Is Microsoft Losing Its Grip?
If you own a small business then you know personally how tight your profits margins can get, and it never helps when the infrastructure you depend on to do business keeps costing you more and more each year. It’s a classic cycle where you must stay competitive and keep your prices low, which leaves you…