The big event is finally here – QuickTime Live is next week! The event of the year for the QuickTime community opens next Tuesday, February 12 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Right now the team is polishing up the exhibits, running through the demois, testing all the equipment and getting ready…
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iOrganizer Update From Channel 8
Channel 8 Software is proud to announce the release of iOrganizer 2.5.1, the latest version of the easy-to-use organizational application for the Macintosh and Mac OS X. iOrganizer includes an address book, a bookmark list, an event calendar, and a download list. iOrganizer 2.5.1 is a maintanence update that includes a few minor improvements over…
Short Take: ZDNet?s David Coursey -- Apple Shill
ZDNet’s David Coursey, 2/4/02 When we were younger, my sister and I fought all of the time, so much so that, whenever she did something nice for me, I automatically blurted, “What do you want? Why are you being nice to me?” I have the same initial reaction to ZDNet Editor David Coursey — take…
iPodlounge Announces International iPod Gallery
iPodlounge is announcing the release of an international iPod photo gallery. iPodlounge readers are encouraged to send in pictures of their iPods in front of interesting landmarks. One reader will be eligible for a set of Bose QuietComfort Acoustic Noise Canceling headset! According to iPodlounge: To celebrate the iPod and the diversity of iPodlounge readers…
Apple Will Be Awarded A Grammy Along With Moog
The awards will be presented on Feb. 26 at a ceremony a day before the 44th Annual GRAMMY Awards. Recipients of the Technical GRAMMY Award are determined by the vote of the members of the Recording Academyis Producers & Engineers Wing, a group of 5,000 pro-audio professionals dedicated to developing new technologies, recording and mastering…
Is That Why Steve Jobs Doesn't Reply To My Email? Or My Phone Calls? Or My Visits To His Home?
Youive probably heard that Apple released a computer the day before yesterday that finally broke the 1 Ghz barrier. At the bottom of the article, there were a couple of reader responses that basically said that Apple once again “toasts” the Pentium. I cringed when I read that, because I doubt that it is true…
Short Take: Whore Or Prostitute? Mac Web Can Sell Its Soul & Stay True, Too
Walt Simonson is a whore. I, however, am a courtesan. John Byrne, comics artist/writer and Mac user
Own It All, Apple, Please: Homepage, iPhoto, Netscape 6, & The Problems
How about the iTools Homepage, that place where you can send your Aunt Lulu to see the latest pictures of her sweet little niece she likes to call iSugar Booger;i do you like that too? I do, because it is one place thatis easy to find. Even if I change ISPs like I change underwear…
Tough Choice: TiBook Versus iBook
Many Mac owners can spit out the general specs of the TiBook and the iBook , and, if your mind does not feel as if someone tossed it into a blender and punched iliquefyi, you might be able to make that decision. Apple hasnit helped matters much because both laptops offer a boatload of bang…
Computing With Bifocals - How I Got Burned Out Trying To Burn A CD
How I Got Burned Out Trying To Burn A CD January 23rd, 2002 It was supposed to be easy. One of my daughters has a self produced CD and I wanted to make a copy of it for a friend. It should have been easy. My new iMac came with CD burning capabilities built right…
Short Take: Jef Raskin, If You're So Smart, How Come You're Not Rich?
If youire so smart, how come youire not rich? Title of an episode of "Batman: The Animated Series" In Sundayis BusinessWeekis Online special report dedicated to Apple Computer, there is an interview with Jef Raskin, undeniably the true father of the Macintosh. The Cliff Notesi version of the interview is this: Raskin doesnit like much…
Time And Billing App From Be-Accountable
beAccountable SE v2.1 Creative Services Management Software Now Available Five years in the making and developed specifically for creatives, beAccountable is now available in a low cost Special Edition for single-user installations. The software helps graphic designers, marketing and communications companies, advertising and PR agencies easily track each of their projects so they can "be…
TMO Interviews David Pogue
David Pogue is columnist for the New York Times, a best-selling Mac author and has recently published Mac OS X: The Missing Manual. TMO: I feel that OS X is pretty simple to use, so I was astounded at how big a book OS X: The Missing Manual is. Whatis up with that? David Pogue:…
Shawn King Exits 'Mac Show Live,' Stage Left, Plans New Mac Show
In a press-released statement on Sunday, Mac Show Productions, the group behind the popular Internet radio show, announced that King has resigned from his position as host of the premiere internet show dedicated to all things Macintosh. His resignation is effective immediately; show founder as well as host, Kingis reasons for resigning were cited as…
CompactFlash/IDE Controller For Apple II
A s if a Lisa Web server wasnit enough retro fun for the hardcore legacy users among us, this article on Slashdot now reveals a happily functioning prototype CompactFlash/IDE controller for the Apple ][. This project enables the adventurous Apple ][ owner to access a whopping 64MB of storage using either a Sandisk CompactFlash card…
Apple Defies PC Industry, Turns In US$38 Million Profit
Apple has turned in its fiscal 1st quarter (Q1) results, for the quarter ending in December 2001. The company turned in an outstanding quarter considering the economy and the damage done to the high-tech industry by the terrorist attacks of September 11th. The company turned in a profit of US$38 million, including US$23 million in…
Jobs Says TV Is Not In The Cards For Macs
Apple’s Steve Jobs says that TV is not in the future of the Mac. In a Reuters New Service report, Steve Jobs hints at what’s in store for the Mac, and the television is not in the cards. "Do we think that PCs and televisions are going to merge? No. The next great age of…
QuickTome Movie Player From FEELORIUM
FEELORIUM has released Full Screen Player 1.0 today. Full Screen Player is a full screen QuickTime movie player. Full Screen Player is very 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…
QuickTime Mixer Update Fron VIDVOX
VIDVOX a company dedicated to multimedia research, development and services, is proud to announce the major update of its flagship product, VDMX 2 QuickTime Mixer for Macintosh. VDMX 2 is a robust software-based video mixer optimized for realtime control and mixing of any audio visual material. VDMX 2 can seamlessly mix live video with disk-based…
Cool On Cool & Wanting More
The first impression, they say, is everything, and the new iMac makes one helluva first impression, at least, from afar. With the possible exception of the Cube, the new iMac is simply the best looking computer I have ever seen. It probably borrows a lot design cues from the Cube , though you couldnit tell…
Of Mice And Hype
Dr. Benderfritz found that the mice in the control group continued to cavort and play, while the mice in the study group went on to become emanate scientists or really great waffle chefs. While Dr. Benderfritz may have found a link between Steve Jobsi keynotes and tasty waffles, he has not uncovered what affects the…
Still More Microsoft Security Holes
The security problems affect SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 7.0 and are related to the way these two versions of the product create and display text messages after a query is submitted, the company said in a security bulletin. Microsoft labeled the risk from the first flaw as “moderate” and from the second flaw…
More Language Support for AppleWorks 6
This update is intended for users of AppleWorks on Mac OS X 10.1. If you are using an earlier version of Mac OS X, Apple recommends that you first upgrade your OS to 10.1 before using this updater. If you already have AppleWorks 6.1.2 and you are not running Mac OS X then you do…