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Triple witching option expirations and index changes in the Nasdaq 100 added volume and volatility noise to the market signal on Friday, but the message came through loud and clear: The stock markets are bracing for slower growth across the board in 2001 and tax loss selling as this year comes to an end. Next…

And itis not only the Cube thatis priced wrong. I visited Appleis online store and compared its top-of-the-line G4 to a similar model offered by Gateway on its Web site. The 500-megahertz dual-processor G4 with 256 megabytes of memory costs $7,598 from Apple. A 700-MHz Gateway with a single processor boasting the same memory goes…

Apple has joined forces with a cast of high profile computer related companies to form the Internet Streaming Media Alliance. The new non-profit organization aims to establish a set of standards for developing and delivering streaming content over the Internet. Also joining Apple are Cisco Systems, Kasenna, Royal Phillips Electronics, and Sun Microsystems; the usual…

The eagerly-anticipated Public Preview version of QuickTime 5 took the multimedia industry by storm. Now hereis QuickTime 5 Preview 2, incorporating a number of enhancements suggested by thousands of users and a version for Windows. Preview 2 also includes support for media skins (as announced at QuickTime Live!), plus extensive AppleScript support for Mac users.…

Oingo Inc., the leader in meaning-based technology, has launched AdSense, a new application that delivers highly targeted advertisements online by analyzing the meanings of a useris search terms. AdSense accurately matches banner ads against the meanings of search words, effectively quadrupling current market click-through rates. “The effectiveness of online advertising has been a point of…

Recosoft Corporation announces that is has started shipping WebShocker v2.2; a major upgrade to the most popular integrated Web Animation Production Tool for the Macintosh WebShocker v2.2 contains the following new features and enhancements: Fully Compatible with Mac OS X Public Beta (when run under Classic mode) Fully Mac OS 9 Multiple Users compatible Incorporation…

Every day more tech firms warn that theyill miss earnings due to unexpected slow downs in demand. The latest is Micron Electronics, (MUEI) which complained lousy holiday sales will push its forecast of $0.11 per share down to between $0.01 and $0.04 per share. How many ways are there to say new 52-week low? Micron…

Gatewayis stock price was slashed by 10.50 or -35% to 19 dollars in a scene eerily reminiscent of the "speed bump" warning delivered September 28 by Appleis Steve Jobs and Fred Anderson, which precipitated AAPLis fall from grace on Wall Street. Gateway warned it expects 4th quarter operating income of $0.37 per share, way below…

The GNP grew at a modest 2.4% annual rate in the third quarter, slightly lower than the 2.7% rate forecast by economists and much slower than the 5.6% annual rate reported for the second quarter. The Commerce Departmentis price index for personal consumption rose only slightly indicating that inflation remains in check. PC stocks continued…

A new version of iStream has just been released. Our new release fixes some major bugs and should get rid of some nasty problems we have been having with different MacOS Localizations. Version 1.4.2 fixes the registration bug and enhances the playlist function. A Brief Description of iStream Finally, you can stream your MP3s to…

Nevertheless, it was a busy day for the tech stocks. Lucent (LU) said it will subtract $125 million off its previously reported earnings due to an accounting error. The bad news sent the network equipment makeris stock to levels not seen since January of 1998. Meanwhile, Nortel (NT), Lucentis Canadian competitor, promised it will —unlike…

Do you read science fiction? Good for you. Do you read William Gibson? If you donit youire missing out. William Gibson is one of the most influental writers of the past couple of decades, and for good reason. At least a couple of Gibsonis books (notably Count Zero) feature the phenomenon of corporate piracy. Competion…

Holiday Lights is a shareware program that strings rows of Christmas tree bulbs around the edges of the useris screen, with festive music playing in the background. The colorful lights flash on the desktop while the user works, and the program also includes a screen saver with gently falling snow and other seasonal choices. Holiday…

Carrot Software is pleased to announce the latest release of Mega Minesweeper for the Mac OS. MMS is a modern version of minesweeper that supports extreme fields sizes, plug-in based themes and sounds, the ability to save games, and much more. Version 1.6.1 is a minor update that fixes several bugs and adds some new…

Netscape has finally released the new version of their suite of Internet products, Netscape 6.0. Based around the Netscape Navigator browser, Netscape 6.0 promises to offer a lean, powerful browser that maintains compliance with JavaScript and HTML standards. Netscape also hopes that Navigator 6.0 will put Netscape back on the browser map, a market the…

Biotech stocks ($BTK) were off as a group about 8% due to a Barronis article suggesting the sector is in a value "bubble" much like the Internet stocks experienced earlier in the year. It certainly is the only technology sector still left well in the black for the year and may soon become the last…

Best [1:00 PM] TheMacMind – Mac OS X For Idiots: Cocoa, Carbon, and Darwin We have been talking about OS X now for a couple months, and have been talking about “native” OS X apps, and Carbonized apps, and all kinds of other stuff. Forgive us if we got ahead of ourselves, but this article…