I t wouldnit be MACWRLD without a Steve Jobs keynote and the Mac communityis incessant commentary. It is in that spirit that we ventured onto the show floor to capture and preserve for posterity your reactions to the new software, new hardware, and all the stuff in Appleis booth. "I really like the 17" screen…
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As Chinese Group Agrees To Self-Censor Web Content, Hackers Provide Workaround
As a group of Chinese Internet professionals has formed, voluntarily pledging to keep Chinese websites free of politically objectionable material, a hacker group has announced that they will be releasing software that permits people in Net-censored countries to share information anonymously. Since March, the Internet Society of China has attracted over 300 signatories to the…
Apple Drops Prices on 5GB and 10GB iPods, Announces 20GB Model
At MACWORLD Expo this morning, Apple updated its iPod lineup by dropping prices on the 5GB and 10GB models and introducing a 20GB model. In addition, the 10GB and 20GB models will ship with a new remote and a new case with belt clip. The iPod is now available for both Macintosh and Windows users.…
The Maine iBook Initiative: A Battle Between Lemmings And Learning
I spent the 2001-2002 academic year as the technology director and technology instructor at a college preparatory school that specializes in the education of gifted and educationally challenged students who do not do well in traditional settings. By definition, a prep school curriculum is tailored to the entrance requirements of competitive colleges and universities. After…
Announcing A New Logo For TMO!
W e are delighted to introduce our new logo, which you can see at the top of this very page. We also have a new navigation menu for your navigating pleasure, including a couple of new features at TMO. There is a link to our DealsOnTheWeb.com site, which has so far been a raging success.…
Smokin'! Apple Officially Posts Xserve Benchmarks
CKQUOTE> Faster than a speeding Dell. More powerful than bulky Sun. Look! In that Rack! Is it a pizza? Is it cyber road-kill? No! Itis Xserve! When Apple first announced its re-entry into the IT server market, it deferred questions about the performance of the new Xserve until independent benchmarking was completed. The results are…
Bears Push NASDAQ To 5-Year Lows
< B>Wednesday Morning Activity The markets opened with continued downward pressure from Tuesdayis drop. Although the markets struggled to stay close to the opening numbers in early trading, by late morning the markets had signaled to investors to expect another down day. Particularly hard hit were the drug and chip sectors of the markets. The…
Apple Lays Off Manufacturing Employees In Laguna Plant
A pple is in the process of laying off some of its manufacturing employees in Luguna, California, near Sacramento. The story was broken on Wednesday afternoon by two Sacramento television stations, KCRA and Channel 10. According to the stories, Apple is laying off up to 7% of its employees at the facility. KCRA reports that…
Tech Rebound Moves Markets Higher
Trading began on Wednesday with an early drop in the major market indexes as investors looked for the recent accounting scandals to work their way through the markets. The intra-day roller coaster effect on trading reemerged following the recent sharp drop in stock prices in light of the WorldCom disaster and rumors of more wide-scale…
Apple Receives Orders For 4000 Xserves, Begins Shipping (Updated)
[Updated: We misplaced a decimal place in our original story. The correct estimate on Xserve sales is included in the story below. Thanks to Observer Tom for alerting us to our error.] Apple has begun shipping its rack mount server solution, the Xserve. Announced in April, the company is also touting orders for 4,000 Xserve…
Is It Time For VUI?
I can not get enough of Star Trek. I loved The Next Generation, adored Deep Space 9, and even watched Voyager. Now Enterprise is the center of my Star Trek world. One thing Iive always wanted was to be able to talk to my computer and have it understand me enough to do useful work.…
Apple IPO Advisor, Former NeXT Board Member, Dies Age 44
Dan Case, one of the Venture Capitalists (VC) who helped cause and shape the Internet boom, has died, at age 44. Mr. Case died of brain cancer. Dan Case worked for investment banking firm Hambrecht & Quist (H&Q), and worked with Apple when his company helped Apple with its IPO in 1980. Other early clients…
MacPlay Ships Puzzle Game Bundle: Bejewled & Alchemy
MacPlay, a subsidiary of United Developers, announced today that the Mac versions of PopCap’s wildly popular puzzle games, Bejeweled and Alchemy are shipping. Bejeweled, enjoyed over 17 million times online, is a fast paced gem-matching puzzle that will keep players coming back again and again. Players swap gems on the board to align at least…
Baltimore Sun Spots MHz Myth, Brings P4 Slowness To Light
This just in from our ‘I told you so’ department: Mike Himowitz, a columnist for the Baltimore Sun, was puzzled as to why it seemed that his shiny new Pentium 4 1+Ghz systems running Win2k and XP only ran marginally faster then his older P3 running Windows 98. You see, Mr. Himowitz has a killer…
Is Microsoft Really To Blame For The Sad State Of Security On The Internet?
Mr. Forno is taking issue with Mr. Levyis assessment, or lack of skepticism over Microsoftis Palladium plan. Mr. Forno blames the Redmond Giant for the security fix the Internet is in and sees nothing but trouble if Palladium catches on. He says: Isnit it ironic that the company responsible for nearly every major computer security…
Apple Moves Up On Roller Coaster Trading
The markets opened on Monday with selling on the minds of traders. The major market indexes registered drops of more than one percent by the noon hour as investors fretted over the economy, problems in the Middle East and the continued gloom overhanging the tech sector. On Friday the markets recorded their fifth straight weekly…
iPod/Windows Link Around The Corner
Got a PC and an iPod and you want the two to talk? There are some apps available for the PC that do an OK job of getting song to your iPod, but they are nowhere near the simplicity iTunes provide to Mac users. That may be changing very soon. News.com is reporting that Apple…
QuickTime Movie Player Update From FEELORIUM
FEELORIUM has released Full Screen Player 1.1.4 today. Full Screen Player is a full screen QuickTime movie player. Full Screen Player is easy to use. You can use Finder to organize your movie files, for example, make aliases of movies into a folder as a play-list. Then drag and drop movie files or folders onto…
The Back Page - Keeping The Faith While Apple Executives Sell Their AAPL Holdings
I was a believer. When Apple execs first began selling off stocks at the end of April, I was a believer. "Well heck, I said, "one sell-order doesn’t mean anything." When the selling continued I said, "Look, Apple execs haven’t sold any of their stock in years. It’s about time." Another sell-transaction and I said,…
Apple Falls After Tuesday Warning
Apple opened significantly lower on Wednesday after issuing a revenue and earnings warning following the close of trading on Tuesday. For the quarter Apple expects revenues of $1.4 billion to $1.45 billion versus the previous estimate of $1.6 billion and earnings of $.08 to $.10 per share versus an earlier estimate of $.11. On Wednesday…
DEVONtech Updates Freeware ServicePack 1 Tool Kit
DEVONtechnologies has updated itis ServicePack 1, consisting of three top-rated freeware tools: AntiWordService 1.0.1, CalcService 2.7 and WordService 2.3.1. Thanks to overwhelming support from users from all over the world, the latest version of CalcService now features a French and WordService 2.3.1 an Italian localization as well as improvements in the German and Danish localizations.…
The Back Page - In Memory Of Rodney O. Lain
Rodney O. Lain: the loudest-mouthed S.O.B. to ever set virtual pen to virtual paper. The man had the nerve to write things designed to piss me off, and worse yet, to make me think. I loved him for both of those things, and for many more reasons. Rodney O. Lain passed away this weekend, and…
Apple Moves Up On Education Announcements
Apple jumped higher from the start on news of new products for the education market. After falling to a low of $18.11 in intra-day trading on Friday, Apple rebounded Monday morning on heavy volume, reaching a morning high of $20.63. The markets moved higher in early Monday trading after recording a fourth straight weekly decline…
Analyst: "Apple In Better Position To Gain Share In 2002 Than 2001"
CNN ran a story on Apple’s new "Real People" ad campaign that contained some interesting quotes from an analyst. Apple’s campaign features Windows users who have switched from Windows to the Mac platform and are quite happy about it. Most of the article features the same information that Mac and mainstream publications alike have been…