The 1394 Trade Association (1394 TA) and Apple have formally announced that the trade group has licensed the "FireWire" name. The 1394 TA is a platform neutral body whose purpose is to promote the development and use of IEEE 1394, FireWire to most Mac users. The 1394 TA is comprised of the many patent holders…
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Investors Take Early Summer Break
The major market indexes moved lower in early Wednesday trading as investors stayed away from stocks. Continued concerns about the prospects of new terror attacks weighed on the mood of the markets. Moodyis downgraded the credit rating of AT&T and pressure remained on other Dow components such as IBM and Home Depot. Concerns About Consumer…
TMO Short Take: 'Beyond The GUI' & The Next Big Thing In Computing, Redux
CKQUOTE> When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. Jonathan Swift, "Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting"
Macrobyte Releases Conversant
After three years of development, Macrobyte Resources is pleased to announce the release of Conversant 1.0b1. Conversant is a flexible Web application development platform, with emphasis on groupware applications such as Intranets, project work groups and collaborative learning environments. It provides exceptional integration of Web, email, and even news-based (NNTP) collaboration. Features of the standard…
Apple, The Knock-off King?
iTunes is made by the same developer who used to make SoundJam for Casady & Greene. Apple now releases iTunes for free, putting a serious crimp in the market for shareware MP3 players like Audion, and other apps. iChat will also be a free AIM chat client from Apple, which threatens the markets for the…
Apple CFO Files To Sell More AAPL Shares
R euters is reporting that Apple CFO Fred Anderson has filed to sell more of his AAPL holdings this week on Monday. Since April 22nd, Apple execs have filed to sell shares of the company on 11 different occasions, counting this latest filing. SEC regulations require executives of publicly held companies to file all stock…
Mandolux Issues Its 2000th Desktop Image
A s the words to the theme to Enterprise tells us: Itis been a long road, getting from there to here… Truer words have never been said about Mandolux, provider of classy desktop pix, and Madolux continues its tradition by offering up its 2000th desktop picture. Mando Gomez, the man behind Mandolux, has this to…
AOL Drops IE From AOL For Mac OS X, Replacing It With Netscape
J ust when you thought the browser wars were over, AOL has thrown a new twist into it. ZDNet is reporting that the company has dropped Internet Explorer from its latest beta release of AOL for OS X. In its place, the company is using its own Netscape browser. Netscape was bought by AOL in…
MacPlay To Release Bejeweled And Alchemy For Mac Gamers
MacPlay, a subsidiary of United Developers, announced today that it will publish the Mac versions of PopCap’s wildly popular puzzle games, Bejeweled and Alchemy. The mind-bending and immersive games will ship as a bundle to retail in early June, pre-orders are available. Bejeweled and Alchemy have been enjoyed by millions of online players, and soon…
Computing With Bifocals - Burning Files To CD, The Bifocals Way
Burning Files To CD, The Bifocals Way May 15th, 2002 More About Burning CDs I recently wrote a column about burning music CDs. This time I want to address burning other files to a CD (in other words, not a music CD). I had all kinds of problems when I first started trying to do…
Apple Announces Dual Processor Rackmount Servers
Apple has released its first rackmounted servers ever. The company has released a new series of G4-based servers called Xserve at an event in Cupertino today. Hinted at during last week’s World Wide Developer Conference by Steve Jobs, the new servers come in a 1U enclosure (meaning it takes up one space in a rack),…
AAPL Up As Market Sustains Early Tech Sector Gains
Despite last Wednesdayis large gains, the major market indexes finished on Friday at levels below last Mondayis open. Concerns about the spotty nature of economic growth and the pace at which reported growth is working its way to corporate bottom lines continues to keep many investors on the sidelines. The market sustained its early Monday…
DEVONtech Releases Freeware ServicePack 1 Tool Kit
DEVONtechnologies introduces ServicePack 1, consisting of three top-rated freeware tools: AntiWordService 1.0, CalcService 2.6 and WordService 2.3. AntiWordService 1.0, introduced on the 11th of May, 2002, enables all well-behaved Cocoa applications able to read plain text, for example TextEdit or DEVONthink Personal Edition, to open Microsoft Word documents. The actual conversion is done by the…
TMO Short Take: BMW Shows You How Cars Would Be If Microsoft Made Them
L ast week, a friend showed me his new car that came equipped with a state-of-the-art GPS console, complete with color-rich LCD display and buttons galore. Gadget hound that I am, I went thereafter to read up on other vehicles that are offering similar convergences between auto and PC. I ran across a review of…
Apple Asks For Your Help In Redesigning Support Site
A pple is in the process of redesigning the AppleCare Support site, and the company is asking for feedback from Mac users. Apple has put in place four different designs, and wants you to rate them, and offer any feedback on which one you prefer. From Appleis Web site: The AppleCare Support site is undergoing…
Free Speech, Fair Use Both Take Another Blow From US Courts
A US court has handed yet another defeat to free speech and fair use in the US. ZDNet is reporting that U.S. District Judge Ronald Whyte has ruled that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) does not violate free speech. The ruling came in the process of denying a motion to dismiss charges against the…
Apple Execs Continue Selling: Executive VP Files To Sell 310,000 AAPL Shares
A ppleis Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Operations, Timothy Cook, has filed to sell 310,000 shares of his Apple holdings. Mr. Cookis intent to sell, which Dow Jones reported as having been filed to take place on April 25th and 29th, is the second filing Mr. Cook has made recently. The first was…
Apple Stock Watch - AAPL Soars In Broad Market Rally
A bull stampede took place on Wall Street Wednesday as delighted investors beat back bearish sentiment following better than expected results from Cisco Systems. The networking hardware giant jumped more than twenty percent in early Wednesday trading as the company provided analysts and investors with a favorable earnings report after Tuesday’s market close. Cisco’s strong…
Product Announcements At WWDC Fail To Lift Apple
The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished off about 200 points at 9,808.04. The S&P 500 Index ended Monday matching the Dowis two-percent decline to close at 1,052.23. The NASDAQ Composite Index dropped 34.55 to end the day at 1,578.48. On Friday the NASDAQ Composite Index had continued its downward trend on reports of ongoing weakness…
Adobe Wins Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Macromedia
A dobe announced today that it had won a patent infringement lawsuit against Macromedia. The company received a favorable verdict from a jury trial in which it had accused Macromedia of willfully infringing on Adobeis patents governing reconfigurable tabbed palettes. From Adobe: Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced that it has received a favorable jury verdict…
Apple Introduces Apple Branded DVI - ADC Adapter
Apple has announced a new DVI – ADC (Apple Display Connector) adapter, appropriately called the Apple DVI to ADC Adapter. The adapter was announced with the company’s new TiBook line, which includes a DVI-out connector, but no ADC port. Apple’s own LCD display line uses the proprietary ADC connector, which combines power, USB, and the…
An Upgrade That Has The Right Stuff
YOU ARE GO! today announced A-OK! The Wings of Mercury 3.0 for Mac OS Classic is shipping. A-OK! The Wings of Mercury simulates Americais first spacecraft, Project Mercury. Users can fly orbital missionis like John Glennis historic 1962 flight or suborbital missions, simulating the first two American spaceflights by Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom. A-OK!…
QuickTime Fun With QT Combo Pack
Feelorium has released Feelorium QT Combo today. Feelorium QT Combo includes 4 QuickTime applications: Full Screen Player – Full Screen Movie Player Picture-in-Picture X – Floating Movie Player and Web Cam Viewer Tattoo – Media Skin and Control Buttons Editor Textation – Text Track Editor Feelorium has also updated all applications to their new versions:…
AAPL Up On eMac Announcement
In a surprise move, Apple Computer on Monday introduced the 17″ CRT eMac designed specifically for the education market. The 17″ G4 eMac, which sports an enclosure similar to the original iMac, starts at $999 and will be available in the education market beginning in May. In other Apple announcements, the company released an updated…