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At TheOneRing.Net, Xoanon simply exclaimed that the new trailer was available "in GLORIOUS QuickTime," just minutes after it was posted to the official site. Similar reactions echoed around the iNet. It wasnit always this way for The Lord of the Rings trailers and video content, however. The journey to this release exclusively in QuickTime has…

Does all this new and exciting technology make us "better off?" Or are we headed toward greater complexity, increased frustration, and a human burden that will grow in proportion to the gadgets and programs that surround us? We certainly can be better off with information technology. But not the way we are headed. Michael Dertouzos,…

FileMaker has announced the new FileMaker Developer 5.5 will be available October 1st (worldwide English version available worldwide starting today except in North America). FileMaker Developer 5.5 is the essential tool for developers creating powerful custom FileMaker Pro solutions to be used on the Web, across workgroups or as runtime applications. Redesigned as an integrated,…

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In order to extend ConceptDraw line of Productivity Software, Computer Systems Odessa Corp. releases Professional Edition of ConceptDraw – the leading cross-platform diagramming solution for business and technical drawing. Professional Edition is available for Mac OS/Mac OS X and Windows. ConceptDraw Professional was designed to provide IT and technical professionals with comprehensive functionality for creating…

The uDevGame contest has been an ambitious project to garner attention for game development on the Macintosh platform. As the first major Macintosh game programming contest, uDevGame 2001 was founded on three principles: Stimulate the creation of games on the Macintosh by encouraging people to develop new and original games for the platform. Help in…

His biggest concern for Apple is consumer spending, but he said that the release of Mac OS X 10.1 should free up hardware sales that have been waiting for the new OS. He also said that the companyis strong cash position should help offset any uncertainty that might result from a US military campaign. You…

Inside An Empty Apple Store (You Wonit See This Very Often) Waiting In Line For The Store Opening The First 5 Geeks In Line The First 5 Geeks "Posing" M.A.D.D. Friends Donit Let Friends… Waiting To Get In Sheill Be Coming Around The Mountain… Holding Up The Wall Stretching Off To Dillards We Have A…

Not rain, nor snow, nor gloom of night… Well, it did rain off and on while I drove to Tampa from Orlando. While it wasnit night it was gloomy, and I donit think it has snowed in September in Central Florida since the time of the saber tooth tiger. Still, the trek to get to…

I will disclose a secret which I have shared with no one, except my beloved wife, for over thirty years. Og Mandino, The Greatest Salesman in the World

ABC News has just reported that the DFLP, or the Democratic Front For The Liberation of Palestine, has issued a claim of responsibility. Additional reports are coming in as we write that there is fire in the Pentagon, and cameras on ABC News are showing a huge plume of smoke behind the Old Executive Office…

The Star Wars ASCII movie has been moved to its own domain, and is now known as Star Wars Asciimation. If you arenit familiar with it, it is an incredible animated movie that reproduces the first 25 minutes or so of Star Wars, all in ASCII art-based animation. The reason we are excited about finding…

Pictures by Lennert Stock (LS), Rowan Crawford (-Row), Joe Rumsey, Raymond E Brunner, Bob VanderClay, Jussi Hannula, Adam Bender, Philip James Powell and B.D.S. "Don" McConnell (-Don). The pictures work best with a black background and a white foreground, except for some characters which work better vice versa, with a not too fancy font. We…

Oxford got its start in England, making application specific integrated circuits (ASICis) for customers to their specifications. As the company began to build and market its own standard chipsets, USB was all the rage. "USB was coming along at that point, but we could see some issues with USB in that there were lots of…

I then said that writing wasnit easy and it wasnit fun. It was hard and lonely, and the words seldom just flowed. I then said that rewriting is the essence of writing. William Zinsser, On Writing Well

MacNN published a mention of an interview with Michael Dell in TechnologyReview that contained a glaring innacuracy. In the interview, Mr. Dell makes some claims about things his company did before anyone else. The only problem is that in one of those cases someone else did do it first, and that someone was Apple. Wanting…

Mr. Nagel will be helping Palmis transition into two companies, a hardware company and a software company. Mr. Nagelis interests include wireless connectivity and other related technologies. From the Wall Street Journal piece: The hiring of Mr. Nagel, who already is a member of Palmis board, reflects the Santa Clara, Calif., hand-held-computer makeris plans to…

400 new intense custom shapes for Photoshop 6 – super intense zigzag/dynamic shapes – great for web design and layer effects; can be distorted, twisted, effects applied, liquified and more. PC and Mac Demos available. You can find more information for this product at the companyis Web site. Shapes Volume 6 is available for US$25.19.

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"There you are!" "Do I know you?" "No, but there you are!" Dialogue exchange from the movie Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

"The personality of these objects is incredibly important," said Paola Antonelli, the curator of Workspheres, a recent exhibition that included several Apple products. "These objects give more meaning to the desk and the work. They are pleasant companions." We applaud the Museumis taste. Something will be of even more interest to those who regularly follow…

The action was largely seen as a delaying tactic designed to keep legal action from stopping the release of Windows XP. Microsoft is scheduled to release the next iteration of Windows in October, and has aggressively moved up the time period it will allow PC manufacturers to ship the OS into September. The new OS…

iBrotha: Be Incorporated, the creator of the BeIA and BeOS operating systems, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its intellectual property and technology assets to Palm, Inc. The purchase price is $11 million, to be paid in common stock of Palm, which Be currently intends to liquidate as soon as…

SETI@home is a research project from some graduate students at UC Berkeley who are taking data from a radio telescope in Peurto Rico and searching for a signal that might be coming from another planet. The researchers made a breakthrough in what is called distributed processing and broke that data up into 350K chunks that…