After spending some time away, the Global Mac Games web site is again open for business. Providing a place for gamers to chat, form clans, monitor progress, keep scores, and get the latest gaming news, Global Mac Games is a must for any serious Mac gamer. According to Global Mac Games: One of the Macintosh’s…
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Tech Stocks Bounce and Apple's Stock Soars
PC stocks bounced back after IDC said, "unit volume for the worldwide PC market should climb to 33.4 million in the third quarter, a 18.5 percent jump from the year-ago period, " according to a CBS MarketWatch article. IDCis Bruce Stephen was quoted as saying, "The consumer market will once again propel global PC growth…
The Coming Revolution Of Online Comics. Popimage.com Interviews Mac User Scott McCloud
Mr. McCloudis first nonfiction book Understanding Comics, which is written/drawn in comic book fashion, achieved the very unusual combination of being eminently entertaining, becoming a bestseller in many languages, and becoming a widely used textbook on understanding comics. The book covers so many basic concepts it contains many important ideas that apply to creative subjects…
Default Folder Updated
Default Folder 3.0.7 delivers several compatibility fixes, including an important fix for problems that could cause applications to unexpectedly quit when using Default Folderis Recent Folders menu. St. Clair Software recommends that all existing Default Folder 3.0 users download this free update. Highlights of the changes in Default Folder 3.0.7 include: The Recent Folders menu…
Interview With Macintosh Godfather, Jeff Raskin
If you said you were a user interface specialist, you wouldnit have been understood. And certainly in the computer industry, it was a totally unknown concept: you just didnit worry about that. The idea of building a whole computer system starting with the user interface and working from there was completely alien, at least in…
The Mac Observer: On The Flip Side - The Perfect Dual Platform Computer, A Possibility Or A Pipe Dream?
The Perfect Dual Platform Computer, A Possibility Or A Pipe Dream? September 5th, 2000 Before we start, let me tell you that this week’s column could be nothing more than a wish for a crazy utopia. After all, perfect platform integration is not necessarily an easy thing and Windows is not necessarily everybody’s favorite operating…
But I Digress... - The Hip Factor
The Hip Factor September 15th, 2000 If you read this month’s Macworld, and this month’s MacAddict, you aren’t likely to notice more than the usual distinctions between the two unless you look really closely at the magazines. Sure, Macworld and MacAddict differ wildly as publications, but there’s always been a certain level of Mac advocacy…
FCC Allows Intel/Proxim To Step On AirPort's Toes, Consumers To Lose
Yesterday, Apple and its wireless network partners lost their bid to stop the FCC from allowing an inferior wireless standard from becoming effective competition in the home networking market. In May, "Intel, Motorola, Proxim and other technology firms that support a wireless standard called HomeRF [asked] the FCC to allow them to quadruple the speed…
High Volume Break Out Rally Boosts AAPL
Money that has been sidelined for months is just now beginning to return to market and as before the technology stocks are leading the way higher. Mark Jakob, a former employee of Internet Wire was arrested today for the Emulex (EMLX) hoax that last week crashed the stock intraday until the fraud was revealed. AP…
Window ME Bundles Digital Media Software Whether You Like It or Not
As Microsoftis prepares to release the last version of Windows called Windows Me, for Millennium Edition, the word is out that the new incremental update contains Microsoftis Windows Media Player 7 and Movie Maker, which install automatically, and — get this — can not be removed. Itis a feature! Itis also the equivalent of flipping…
The Dow Shrinks but the Nasdaq and Apple Continue Higher
Apple continued to rally 5/16 to close at 59 1/2 on high volume of 5 million shares for the eighth day in a row. Yesterday, an ON24 audio report said Salomon Smith Barney analyst Richard Gardner, after meeting with Appleis management, reiterated his buy rating on Apple, with a price target of $70 per share.…
OS X and Salomon Smith Barney's Positive Comments Power AAPL
An ON24 audio report said Salomon Smith Barney analyst Richard Gardner, after meeting with Appleis management, reiterated his buy rating on Apple, saying the company is one of his two top picks in the PC industry, the other is Gateway. Gardner said that Appleis growth is 3 times the industry average, second only to Dellis.…
The Mac Observer: The Apple Trader - All Aboard The AAPL Express!
All Aboard The AAPL Express! August 28th, 2000 Wall Street woke up last week to discover AAPL is a value play, something Apple investors have known since 1997. A clever analyst recently noticed that Apple’s P/E ratio is about half the industry average while Apple’s revenue growth, even at low-ball estimates, is equal that of…
Things Heating Up For MacOS Radio
MACOS RADIO TO GIVE AWAY CAMERAS: When Sam Levin, CEO of ixla, appears on the MacOS Radio Network (www.macosradio.net/broadcast.html) at 7pm EDST on August 28th, he wonit come empty handed. Sam comes to the show bearing gifts! He will be *GIVING AWAY* two ixla digital cameras during the live show. Donit miss it. SCOTT KELBY…
Microsoft Can't Get A Break; How About A Bottle Of Windows 99?
In a short story about the value of names and the nature of domain names, Upside Today had a blurb that we thought you may be interested in. It seems that beleaguered Microsoft has run into yet another problem, this time in Russia, where a Vodka manufacturer has introduced a new product it calls "Windows…
Canon Introduces Cross Platform Consumer Video Editing Program
Canon has announced its first foray into the nascent Desktop Video market with a cross-platform offering called Canon Video Home Edition. The product is not aimed at the same market as iMovie or iMovie 2 in that in can not perform video capture through FireWire. A Canon spokesperson described the product to The Mac Observer…
Here Comes the Fed! Apple's Stock Climbs Slightly
The stock markets are really dull this time of year and will remain so until September when everyone returns from vacation. Tomorrow when the Fed announces its interest rate decision at 2:15 EDT there could be some unusual volatility due to the low summer volume combined with large hedge fund trades on the news. Appleis…
But I Digress... - The Platform Wars Are A Waste Of Time
The Platform Wars Are A Waste Of Time August 18th, 2000 Each of us has, I imagine, a nemesis. A person that, for good reason (or so we think) draws our venom when we speak, and our disdain when we act. Lord knows that I’ve had more than one in my life. And frankly, I’m…
Nasdaq Sinks But Apple Eeks Higher
Steve Jobs will appear on CNBC this afternoon at 5:45 EST to talk about Pixaris (PIXR) earnings, announced this afternoon at $0.16 per share, better than analystsi forecast of $0.14 per share for the second quarter. Revenues increased to $18.3 million from $13.5 million a year ago. Apple gained 1/4 to 47 3/4 on volume…
Can't We All Just Get Along?
Over the past few years, the Macintosh community of users has been largely responsible for the growth of Macintosh web sites. They have either been fervent readers, or equally fervent contributors to the web sites or message boards that comprise the Macintosh web. Currently, we are troubled by tendencies that have appeared on the Macintosh…
Where are the game programmers?
When a game comes out for the PC, it gets exposure. This drives sales of PCs and related hardware like graphics cards. This kind of exposure helps to sway computer buyers. Remember all those years ago how many people bought Macs just so they could play Sim City 1.0? Today we more often than not…
The Mac Observer: On The Flip Side - Is This Apple Or... NeXT?
Is This Apple Or… NeXT? August 1st, 2000 Sometimes, life is amazing. You see the world reinventing itself and it seems that the past, which we thought dead, comes alive stronger and better than ever to tell us that the ideas we had were probably the right ones. This is exactly what happens in many…
Multiprocessing Makes Sense
This is interesting, because at these feature and price points, it makes sense for many customers to buy the dual-processor machines. The last time Apple offered a dual-processor machine (the Power Mac 9600/200MP in 1997), there were other high-end, single-processor alternatives available at much lower prices with similar features. Furthermore, the fastest Mac at that…
Apparently It Is Easy Bein' Green
During MACWORLDis keynote address, Steve Jobs previewed a series of commercials for the newly released iMacs. The clear audience favorite was the ad for the new Sage colored machine, which was displayed with Kermit the Frog singing “It Ainit Easy Being Green” in the background. Despite the early popularity of the machine, Apple pulled the…