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…
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The Mac Observer: The Apple Trader - Demand A Recount Of Those PC Crashes, Apple Is The People's Choice!
Demand A Recount Of Those PC Crashes, Apple Is The People’s Choice! November 22nd, 2000 Last week news broke that Apple is going to open a 6,500 sq. ft. retail outlet in Palo Alto California, probably as a prototype for a chain of Apple Stores across the country. Everyone views this as a good thing,…
In The Pre-Holiday Drift on Wall Street Apple's Stock Can't Find Traction
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…
Our corporate masters are here
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…
It Is That Time Of Year Again: Holiday Lights Updated
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…
The Mac Observer: On The Flip Side - Choices VS. Standards: What Do We Want?
Choices VS. Standards: What Do We Want? November 14th, 2000 If there is a meaningful issue in computing, it is the concept of standards. Many people consider them sacred, many do not care about their implementation. For new users, it is probably better to learn how to do things uniformly in all areas of the…
Mega Minesweeper Updated
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…
The Wait Is Over, Netscape 6.0 Available
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…
The Election Standoff and HP's Poor Q4 Results Sink Tech Stocks
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…
November 9th, 2000
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…
Apple Stock Watch - Tech Stock Rally Sends Apple's Stock Higher by 8.8%
The Nasdaq resumed the tech stock rally that began on Halloween helped by news that technology-driven productivity in the US economy remained strong in the third quarter. Apple’s stock was the best performer in the computer hardware sector as it continues to rally for the fourth consecutive day. The overall tone of the stock markets…
Computing With Bifocals - Date & Time & Other Helpful Hints
Date & Time & Other Helpful Hints November 1st, 2000 In response to a reader request I am going to address some more fairly basic things about making your Mac work for you. Date and Time The end of daylight savings time means changing the time on your Mac unless you have automatically set it…
Treats for Everyone As Investors Say Good Night to October
Investor optimism was palpable as October, the most dread month of the year for the stock markets, came to an end and the historically best time of the year to own stocks began. The word from the floor of the NYSE is that fund managers are rolling up their sleeves and putting money back to…
Volatile Week Ends on a High Note, But Apple's Stock Languishes
The much weaker than expected gross domestic product in the third quarter means the stock markets wonit have to worry about the Feds raising interest rates again in November. Meanwhile, as the great earnings and growth at JDS Uniphase (JDSU) sink into investorsi collective consciousness, the recent panic selling in the optical networking stocks seems…
Al Gore: I never said I invented the Internet
Or so we were told he claimed. Now he is in a cover story interview on Rolling Stone magazine (I thought this mag was about rock and roll?), and he says he never said so. Here is a quote from the interview: Did you imagine back then that thereid one day be a consumer use…
Minesweeper Clone Updated
Norbyte (formerly Addiction Interactive) has released Manic Minefields 1.4.2, a new version of their popular shareware game. The unregistered version lets you play 2 of the 10 different minefields. ABOUT MANIC MINEFIELDS: Manic Minefields is not just another minesweeper clone. Itis a minesweeper on steroids! Itis really 10 different minesweeper games in one, as it…
The Dow Rallies, but the Nasdaq Rolls Over and Apple Declines
The talk among traders is that last weekis rally must have been too much to hold for many tech stocks. Meanwhile, investors are trading in sympathy with every negative earnings announcement. Perhaps more important are the accumulating signs of economic slowdown, which have many observers forecasting that the Nasdaq will be stuck in a trading…
Apple Starts To Tackle Sales, Reshapes European Sales Team
Apple has wasted little time in tackling their worldwide sales problems. After announcing an earnings warning, the resignation of their Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales, and earnings that actually fell slightly below their own warnings, the company has moved quickly to reshape their sales team. Apple has announced a new European sales team that…
Alternative HTML Editor Updated
OPTIMA SYSTEM, Stockholm, Sweden – October 18, 2000 – Today Optima System released version 3.0.1 of PageSpinner, the Web authoring package for Mac OS. Version 3.0.1 improves the HTML Checker and the HTML Form support, updates examples and documentation, and provides bug fixes. All PageSpinner 3.0 users are recommended to update to this version. Changes…
Bulls Regain Control in Stock Markets As Apple Disappoints
Investors may not care for the slowing growth at Apple, but itis going to be difficult for Wall Street to punish the stock price much more. Fred Anderson, Appleis CFO, reported that Apple has $4 billion in cash and $800 million in investments, which means the companyis cash and investments, with the debt subtracted, is…
The Mac Observer: On The Flip Side - Microsoft, A People's Company?
Microsoft, A People’s Company? October 17th, 2000 According to Dictionary.com, one of the definitions of "people" is this: The mass of ordinary persons; the populace. Used with the: those who fear and distrust the people, and wish to draw all powers from them into the hands of the higher classes (Thomas Jefferson). I chose this…
Enhance Any Monitor's Resolution
Griffin Technology has released a utility for enhancing the resolution on any current monitor, Super Res. Super Res is a set of software drivers that can improve monitor resolution beyond the standard settings. According to Griffin: Griffin Technology, Inc. today annouced they have released Super Res, a free universal video resolution enabler for the Mac.…
Hillman's Holistic Hold On Apple's Hangups
Iive got a major advantage these days as a writer. Iim not running about holding my head and yelling "Why didnit I see this one coming?" Of course, thereis a simple reason for that. A number of weeks back, I proposed that our little friend the Cube was not going to meet the projections, and…
Appeals Court Sets Rigid Deadlines for the Microsoft Trial
A Microsoft spokesperson fawned, "We believe this is a fair and reasonable schedule, and we look forward to making our appellate argument to the court. We are very confident of our case and believe this District Court judgment will be reversed due to a number of factual, legal and procedural errors committed during this process."…