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Campaign Ladies are often aspiring models hired by "Scouts" who prowl Japanis subways and streets looking for attractive women. This is a large industry in Japan, and it is very much an expected part of any trade show. Just like in the States, these folks are hired talent and almost never work for the company…

With those sorts of numbers, one might logically leap to the conclusion that the floor itself would also be packed to the gills with vendors. The interesting truth is that this is not the way it is. MACWORLD Tokyo is approximately 1/3 to 1/4 the physical size of either MACWORLD San Francisco or MACWORLD New…

MonkeyByte.com is proud to announce that we have reached an agreement with Ideas From the Deep (IFD) to have a new and updated version of VistaPro created for the Macintosh Operating system! Version 1.31 of this cutting edge 3D animation tool is receiving a much requested upgrade for the new year and plans are in…

He who lets the world choose his plan of life for him, has no need of any other faculties than the one of imitation. He who chooses his plan for himself, employs all his faculties. John Stuart Mill

*** The Mac Observer is pleased to announce our first drawing for TMO Subscribers. If you are like us, you have tons of Mac and Apple stuff you have collected over the years. You have the way cool 6-colored Apple mug you took from your boss when he wasnit looking. You have the stickers that…

In [writing], my first desire has always been to interest the listener; if I donit interest him, he will soon stop being a listener. But I have never been eager that he should think as I think, but only that he should think. I hope that he will agree with me, but, if he does…

Usually the person will walk away quickly or call the cops, but every once in a while, one will hear me tell my Mac tale. These people who listen to me seldom buy Macs unless the word “Big” is in front of it, and then only if you give them the money to do so,…

The first – big surprise – is Steve Jobs. After accepting a technical Grammy award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences last week, he told a reporter from the Wall Street Journal that "If you legally acquire music, you need to have the right to manage it on all other devices that…

CKQUOTE>When the price of a PC falls below $350, Microsoft will no longer be viable. The reason is that if you sell something below that price, you can’t afford to pay the Microsoft tax and still make money. 3/1/2002 ZDNet news, on-line “Dude, Dell just made you go bankrupt!” That ubiquitous character in Dell’s incessant…

Not a Numberô (NaN) has presented a technology and production platform for wireless communication and entertainment media, the Blender 3D Media Platform, that enables consumers to view and play 3D media applications, including MMS and games, on GPRS and UMTS mobile devices. The system has already been contracted to leading European UMTS license holders. NaN…

Computer Systems Odessa Corp.,today announced the availability of ConceptDraw (Standard and Professional) version 1.7.5. ConceptDraw is a cross-platform flowcharting and diagramming software package for Mac OS, Mac OS X and Windows. ConceptDraw 1.7.5 adds a variety of new and improved features and content to help users to fully utilize the potential of their brain. Enhancements…

FEELORIUM has released Full Screen Player 1.1 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…

O bserver Randy Souther was reading David Bowieis journal and came across this piece of glowing praise for our favorite little music player. Nope, heis not a crazed stalker fan – you can read Bowieis journal at his Web site. On January 10th, two days after his 55th birthday, Bowie writes -I wished and wished…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Walt Simonson is a whore. I, however, am a courtesan. John Byrne, comics artist/writer and Mac user

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…