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After getting used to moving around the new Finder, described in our last installment, we then decided to explore some of the goodies in the Applications folder. We also posted some screenshots in an earlier article, but letis continue our date and meet some new friends. Old Friends We recognized some of the crew right…

Driving Around Before we delve into the Dock, learning how to navigate among your drives is a good place to start. If you double-click on a drive, youill be presented with a window that is definitely not what youire used to under good oli OS 9. What is familiar is the name of the drive…

Todayis entry comes from our own Editor-in-Chief, Bryan Chaffin. Launch CPU Monitor. Move CPU Monitor to the Dock. Get URL for Understanding and Working With The Dock for those who may not know how to add things to the Dock. Add it to Login Items in System Prefs. Open CPU Monitor prefs. Turn on Display…

Version 4.6 of Snak has now been released. Version 4.6 provides support for NAT routers, multiple preference files for the case that multiple people use the program and more precise control of what is spoken, and from what channels. The fully updated server list is read from an external file which can be easily updated…

As we reported yesterday, OS X users wanting to use Eric Peytonis excellent IM application, Fire, have been finding the going difficult. Fire has been updated three times in the days since OS Xis release, and each update has been blocked by AOL, meaning that OS X users have no native AIM client available. While…

Apple probably had good intentions. Prior to delivering Mac OS X 10.0 to the (early adopter) masses on Saturday, a new firmware update was made available some time Friday. It had the promise of better performance with Mac OS X, so many decided to apply the update before their new OS arrived. Potentially a big…

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The highly-regarded Marathon Trilogy by Bungie Software has long held a near and dear place close to the heart of every Mac gamer. With its complicated story and timeless game play, Marathonis laurels are much deserved. Over the course of the six years since Marathon 1 was released, the gameis fans have worked long and…

"Apple and Sears have mutually decided to part ways and will be unwinding their relationship during the remainder of this year," Sears Roebuck spokesman Tom Nicholson said Thursday. Nicholson declined to elaborate. The move comes as Apple is changing its retail strategy, which includes plans to open its own line of stores. An Apple representative…

PowerSchool offers a host of features, and we took the liberty of providing links for your benefit. This system offers some seriously powerful tools for schools, teachers, students, and parents. According to PowerSchoolis Web site: Scheduling/Course Request Manager Integrated Gradebook and Attendance Parental Access via Internet or Phone Transcripts and Report Cards Electronic Daily Bulletins…

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If you donit like my opinion, well, I have several others. Groucho Marx

That brings us back to the Reuters article. Reuters was reporting on how much those options would be worth once they were fully vested, assuming an average of a 5%-10% growth of the stock price per year. We arenit sure about their math, but it is interesting to see Mr. Jobsi compensation still making news…

The following is the introduction Mr. Marquardt wrote on his own site. In the Fall of 1984 Apple published a 16-page (with fold-out) advertising insert in Newsweek magazine. For many, this was the first “up-close” experience with a Macintosh — detailing the radical features of this new computer. The Macintosh was obviously evolving during the…

The Dow, on the other hand, posted its 5th straight day in the black, and, counting todayis 100+ point gain, sits just 600 points or so off of its all-time high. The Blue Chips are the recipients of some of the money fleeing tech. Volume was moderate for both major indexes, though again, most of…

Apple® announced that it will begin airing a new television commercial tonight that features over 20 talented musicians appearing together to demonstrate how Mac® users can pick their favorite tunes from their CD library and create (burn) custom CDs on their Macs. Among the musical talent participating is Barry White, George Clinton, Liz Phair, Steve…

Never believe anything until it has been officially denied. Claud Cockburn

"I have in my hand a list of 205 cases of individuals who appear to beeither card-carrying members, or are certainly loyal to the Open Source Movement." "Are you now, or have you ever been, a user of the Linux operating system?"

"Keep in mind that the PC industry has gone from all of them making money in December, to today — Gatewayis losing money, Appleis losing money, H-Pis losing money," said Bear Stearns analyst Andrew Neff. "You donit think their boards (of directors) are getting a little antsy?" No, Mr. Neff, I donit think that Appleis…

Iomega Corporation today announced that it has acquired the software product line of Asimware Innovations Inc., a Canadian developer of CD-RW software technology, as an investment in Iomegais rapidly growing software solutions business.”Weire pleased to announce this acquisition, which builds additional core competencies in software needed for the next stage of growth at Iomega,” said…

Oracle had big impact on other software stocks, and the Nasdaq opened up lower across the board. Microsoft, IBM, and Adobe both closed lower, as did most other software stocks. Akamai also too a heavy hit as a company that depends heavily on sales from corporate revenue. SAP and Manuguistics made announcements that reaffirmed their…

The big news for the financial world was Fed Chairman Alan Greenspanis testimony to the House Financial Services Committee in the Testimony Formerly Known As Humphrey-Hawkins. The markets have gone up and down on a roller coaster ride as popular opinion swayed first one way, and then the other on whether or not the Fed…

IBM today announced its highest performing embedded PowerPC® processor – the PowerPC 750CXe. While the PowerPC 750CXe is used as a stand-alone high-performance microprocessor in consumer-based desktop computers, it is also being used increasingly as an embedded processor in a broad range of networking and imaging applications. The new PowerPC microprocessor will be available in…

Then the backwash hit as the logic loop danced back around to the idea that the economy wasnit responding well to the Fedis most recent actions to stimulate the economy. Throughout it all, there was continued talk about the news that Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan was changing his testimony in advance of tomorrowis Humphrey-Hawkinsi testimony…