W ould you pay extra to have Beckis name on your iPod? How about Madonna? Tony Hawk? Thanks to some eagle-eyed members of the TMO forums, that question has relevance today. On Appleis iPod promo site, the company has listed three new signature iPods, from Beck, Madonna, and Tony Hawk. Those Web pages: Click on…
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Intel Microscope Plug-In Update Features QuickTime Movie Support
Microscope 1.1 is a Mac OS X freeware application written specifically for the Intel Play and Digital Blue QX3/QX3+ USB Computer Microscope. Microscope 1.1 allows you to capture images as jpeg or tiff, create time-lapse QuickTime movies, and add a text comment and/or time stamp to the image or movie. Version 1.1 adds a .5…
FlashGO! Media Reader/Writer Packs A Lot Of Punch In Small Package
Introduction One of the great features of todayis portable devices (such as your authoris recently acquired Palm i705) is that many of them support memory expansion via one of several media card formats. This opens up the possibility of being able to transfer data between the device and your Mac. But the variety of media…
System Support Now Shipping Stock Calculator 1.0 For Online Traders
System Support Products, Inc. announces the availability of Stock Calculator for Apple Mac OS X. Stock Calculator is a stock trade profit/loss and share price calculator application. Stock Calculator is designed to be the perfect assistant for anyone doing online stock trading. Besides total cash outlay and profit/loss calculations, Stock Calculator is ideal for performing…
Apple Puts Pressure On Australian Telco To Change Name
November 30th saw a News.com.au article regarding one Green Communications, formerly Apple Communications, and its recent legal wranglings with Apple Computer over the use of the name. According to the article, the company formerly known as Apple Communications — a telecommunications company set up to rival Orange — was ordered to pay $100,000 AUD to…
Maine's iBook Program Gets Good Press
Governor Angus King, Maine’s idealistic leader who proposed to give every Maine middle schooler an Apple laptop, must be feeling pretty good these days. Since implementing his plan to give Maine’s economic future a boost by investing in education through the copious use of technology in the form of iBooks, many of the people who…
Microsoft Eyes New Server Licensing Scheme, Apple's Remains Most Beneficial
One of the largest selling points of Xserve is that Apple, unlike Microsoft’s server offerings, does not charge a premium license fee for user-server usage. That policy has no doubt worried Microsoft to no end, especially since many of Microsoft’s customers are revolting over license fees. C|Net is reporting that Microsoft is about to change…
A Closer Look At Iceland's "Switch" Campaign
Many Observers would be excused for thinking that France, Germany or the U.K would have been a better choice for a Switch campaign, but this doesnit take into account Icelandis special position in the Mac universe. It also doesnit take into account Icelandis culture, and the dedication of an Apple reseller, because technically, these are…
Larry Ellison Bought 70,000 Shares Of AAPL Shortly After Resigning From Apple's Board
L arry Ellison resigned from Appleis board of directors in late September, but he exercised options for some 70,000 shares of the company two months later, according to a report from Reuters. The options were earned during Mr. Ellisonis 5-year tour as one of Appleis Directors. Larry Ellisonis day job is being CEO of Oracle,…
Microsoft Appoints Former Microsoft Employee For Antitrust Settlement Oversight Board. Seriously.
Imagine, if you will, a world where criminals go unpunished for their actions. Now, imagine if law-breakers could choose the people who were assigned to watch over their actions in the future. For those with little imagination, you don’t have to imagine, because we have an example right here in the US. In the Microsoft…
Apple European Exec Named To Online Bank's Board
Another Apple executive has been tapped to sit on a board of director. Pascal Cagni, Apple’s Vice President and General Manager Europe, Middle East and Africa, has been named to the board of Egg, a European online banking firm that has been aggressively expanding its operations throughout Europe. The firm cited Mr. Cagni’s work with…
X2 & Eva Too: Love, Comedy & Action
< I>Every week, Vern Seward takes a look at Appleis latest offerings at the QuickTime Trailer site, letting your know whatis new. Many of you are too young to remember the 70s, but during that time there was a boat load of movies made that featured Black actors. These "Blaxploitation" movies were geared to give…
Apple To Open Apple Store In Microsoft's Back Yard
The Seattle Times is confirming what our friends at MacNN reported yesterday, that Apple is opening up a retail Apple Store in Big Redmond’s back yard. According to the Seattle Times, Apple is opening up an Apple Store in the Seattle area, specifically in the Bellevue Square mall in Puget Sound, Washington. MacNN broke the…
Ireland's Royal College Of Surgeons Buys 305 iBooks For Incoming Students
E agle eyed Observer Stephen Vaughn (iGrouch in the TMO forums) noticed a story in the Irish Times this weekend about Apple. According to a one picture mention, with no accompanying story, the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, Ireland is using Macs for its incoming class of first-year students. The deal is worth €520,000…
Apple I Resurrected: Would You Buy An Apple I Replica For US$200?
If you are one of the lucky few who owns a vintage Apple I computer that’s in working order, you either have deep pockets or an uncle who recently cleaned out his attic and discovered it. In either case, there are some who are envious of your good fortune, but if you are one of…
AMD Comdex Keynote Devoid Of Apple Connection
W e reported this morning that Leo Laporte of TechTVis ScreenSavers said yesterday that Apple would be involved in todayis Comdex keynote presentation from AMD CEO Hector Ruiz. Apple was nowhere to be seen, however, though the keynote from Mr. Ruiz focused on such topics as turning the computer into the center of peopleis homes,…
IntelliMerge SQL 1.0 Shipping From Intelli Innovations
Intelli Innovations, Inc. today unveiled IntelliMerge SQL, its new specialized database software for electronic business messaging. Using any standard MySQL or OpenBase server as a data source, IntelliMerge SQL can create, preview, deploy, and report on dynamically created e-mail campaigns in a single, integrated software solution. IntelliMerge SQL 1.0 features: Integrated campaign/message editor with plain…
Take A Look Back At Motown And Viet Nam Before The War
< I>Every week, Vern Seward takes a look at Appleis latest offerings at the QuickTime Trailer site, letting your know whatis new. This weekis QuickTime Exclusive movie trailers are few, but a lot of fun. First up is Just Married starring Ashton Kutcher — you may know him for Dude, Whereis My Car? (admit it,…
Iraq's Acceptance, Consumer Spending Help Boost Apple's Stock 4.55%
I raqis official acceptance of the U.N. resolution demanding access for weapons inspectors helped set the markets on fire. Worry exists that Iraq will continue the same delaying games and rites of obfuscation that it engaged in throughout the 1990s, but todayis markets chose to focus on the positive. Added to this was good news…
BusinessWeek Says Apple More Innovative Than [Microsoft]
BusinessWeek has been publishing Byte of the Apple by Charles Haddad for the last two years or so. Because of Mr. Haddad’s columns, many of BusinessWeek’s readers have been exposed to positive coverage of Apple, as well as honest criticisms of the company. Coming at a time when BusinessWeek was not known for its Mac-friendliness,…
QuickTime & Kevin Spacey Help New Writers Through TriggerStreet
C |Net News is reporting some good news for wannabe screenwriters and story tellers. Kevin Spacey and his business partner, Dana Brunetti, have opened a Web site for express purpose of giving movie makers and screen writers outside of Hollywood a means of getting their work seen by peers, and others in the movie-making business.…
Apple Adds "The Apple Glossary" To Online Knowledge Base
In a rather unique attempt to provide users with the end-all be-all guide to computer terms, Apple has posted the Apple glossary to their Knowledge Base. The A-Z document covers a wide range of topics about a wide range of hardware…for a wide range of user level. It seems to try to provide more than…
RUN! The Redmond Invasion Has Just Begun...Again!
I n Eight-Legged Freaks, (Yeah, I watched it. What of it?) Doug E. Doug plays a paranoid renegade radio owner/operator/host of a nameless radio show on which he relates his latest theories on alien abduction and government cover-ups. I thought of that while reading about how the governmentis case against Microsoft and its monopolistic practices…
Esquire Magazine Names Apple's Head Designer Among "Best & Brightest Who Will Revolutionize The World"
Apple’s head industrial designer, Jonathan Ive, has been the recipient of numerous awards since the introduction of the Bondi-Blue iMac. Today, Esquire Magazine has given him a new one. The men’s magazine has included Mr. Ive in a list of what it says are the 43 "Best and Brightest People Who Will Revolutionize the World."…