Archives for June 2000

June, 29th June 2000

• In Reluctant Defense Of MacNN/AppleInsider

  Bryan Chafifn adds his two cents into the ring regarding the Adobe lawsuit filed against MacNN/AppleInsider after AppleInsider published leaked…

• Printing On PC Networks, DSL On Macs, & Upgrade Advice

  Uh oh! Today's the last day of June, 2000! Do you know what that means? Well do you??? I'll leave…

• Macromedia’s Dreamweaver UltrDev Takes Web Application Development A Step Farthe

  Database capability is the newest must-have feature for Web sites. The problem, until now, was that you had to be…

• Apple Climbs Higher on the Last Day of the Quarter

  The day started as a slow summer Friday ahead of the Fourth of July. Tech stocks drifted higher and the…

June, 28th June 2000

• Working With Windows On Your Mac

  Chris Rogers has a story about trying to work with an old 486 DOS card in his PowerMac 6100. He…

• What Weighs As Much As 17 Elephants & Is Stuffed With 8,192 PowerPC Chips?

  IBM announced it's ready to boot the world's fastest computer. The super computer called the ASCI White will run simulations…

• Terminus Released For Mac, PC, & Linux Simultaneously

  Today, Vatical Entertainment and Vicarious Visions released Terminus for Macintosh, PC, and Linux. Terminus is a space oriented shoot-em-up game.…

• Down Day For Apple, Thanks To Compaq!

  Today didn't start well on Wall Street and then got worse, at least for the so-called "box makers." Salomon Smith…

June, 27th June 2000

• Space: The Final Frontier & How You Can Help

  Nancy Gravley has information on SETI@home including what it is, how it works, and how to join. She also tells…

• Akamai Offers New Service Derived From Existing Data Base

  Akamai Technologies (AKAM) announced Monday that it plans to leverage its growing database of web routes to create another revenue…

• Free DV Tools Released

  EditDV Unplugged, video editing software, and Media Cleaner EZ for QuickTime were released as free downloads by Digital Origin.

• Stock Market Soars, AAPL Climbs Higher

  Ok, kiddies, ready, steady, go! It's off to the races on Wall Street once again after the Fed lowered the…

June, 26th June 2000

• Position Available: Rock Star, Applications Now Being Accepted

  The Idiots offer us a very funny and informative tour of MP3 players and Web sites, including some information on…

• Keychain AutoUnlock Updated

  Chaotic Software has announced an update to Keychain AutoUnlock. It is a mini-utility that automatically unlocks a user's keychain on…

• Grainy Comes Into Focus

  Sapphire Innovations announces Grainy 2, a collection of Grains for the Painter design software. The new collection comes with a…

• Apple Tries To Hold On To Gains, Closes Lower

  Stocks slowly drifted lower today as investors waited for the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to decide the fate of…

June, 25th June 2000

• What’s Really Going On at System Startup? Symbionts Will Tell You

  John F. Braun reviews a great Mac Gadget that helps you manage your extensions, control strips, fonts, and Apple Menu…

• The Deplorable State Of Mac Web Journalism

  Wes George takes to task those writers and Mac sites that have come down on MacNN/AppleInsider in the ongoing debate…

• The Sims Heads Into Final Beta Testing & RUNE For Mac Is Official

  Over the weekend, Westlake Interactive made a big announcement that The Sims, a popular "life building" game where you create…

• Fed Watch Week Begins & Apple Soars

  As we head into two days of Fed meetings to decide the fate of interest rates the Nasdaq toyed with…

June, 22nd June 2000

• Spring Cleaning Tips, G4 Modem Problems, & Shutdown Trouble

  Greetings, everyone. I was hoping to have the answer to rising gas prices for you all today, but as I…

• First Call Revises Forecast For AAPL Higher

  Apple's mean earnings per share estimates rose a penny this week from $0.43 to $0.44 for the current quarter ending…

• New Mac Dedicated Radio Station To Launch

  MacOS Radio has announced that it will launch the first Internet only radio station dedicated to the Mac. The first…

• Microsoft’s The Universal Canvas Universal Rip-Off

  The thrust of Microsoft.Net is to Vulcan mindmeld the operating system to centralized Microsoft servers by making the browser and…

• Apple & The Nasdaq Slide Lower

  Internet stocks led the way down today after a group of analysts warned that Amazon's (AMZN) credit risks are not…

June, 21st June 2000

• Odds, Ends, & Important Stuff

  Nancy has several small items to take care of including more tips on deleting locked files, information on an update…

• How To Make A RAM Disk

  Brandon Dreznor has some basics on one of the best ways to speed up the performance of your Mac, making…

• Apple Offers iMac DV Camera Bundle In Advance Of MACWORLD

  Apple has announced a special promotion featuring an iMac and a Canon ZR10 digital video camcorder. The theme for the…

• Mac Music Helps You Rock With New VST Plug-ins

  Mac Music has made available 2 new audio plug-ins from Bam de Jong from SmartElectronix. Cyanid Variable and SupaPhaser Extreme…

• OS X Like File Viewing Available Now

  Greg Landweber has announced Greg's Browser 2.7. It lets you navigate your way through the files on your hard disk,…

• Profit Taking Dominates, Brings AAPL Down

  After climbing 1,000 points in 30 days, the Nasdaq rested. Next Tuesday and Wednesday is the all important Federal Open…

June, 20th June 2000

• Bungie: See Ya, Wouldn’t Want To Be Ya

  The Idiots talk about Bungie's assimiliation by Microsoft with some mixed metaphors and a botched attempt by Gary to hang…

• Judge Jackson Sends Microsoft Appeal Straight To Supreme Court

  US District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson stayed his ruling in the Microsoft antitrust case yesterday. Judge Jackson also certified the…

• Apple Makes Top Ten Stock Picks In New Janus Strategic Value Fund

  Investors have been waiting since February when the Janus Strategic Value Fund was first rolled out as the latest hot…

• Apple’s Stock Split Pushes Price Higher

  If your wondering why the price of Apple's stock is trading so low nowadays, think again. Apple's stock split 2…

• AAPL Breaks Out On 1st Day Of Split Adjusted Trading

  What an exciting day for Apple's shareholders. The stock, after a surging Monday and Tuesday ahead of today's stock split,…

June, 19th June 2000

• iAm Tired Of The iStuff

  Michael Munger looks at the phenomenon that is the iCraze, the practice of a company naming all its products iSomething

• Game News: Bungie FAQ Sets Microsoft Record Straight

  Bungie Software, the developers of the popular Marathon series, and the successful crossplatform titles Myth: The Fallen Lords, and Myth2:…

• Today Is The Last Day To Trade Before Apple’s Stock Split

  Apple has been preparing to give to shareholders of record one additional share for every share they own. Tomorrow morning…

• HP’s Reentry To Mac Scanner Market Marries Form & Function

  Hewlett-Packard's relationship with Apple has recently been re-cemented with HP's introduction of an ambitious new series of scanners and printers…

• STOCK SPLIT ALERT: Apple Opens Tomorrow At $50 5/8

  Apple's stock is attempting a comeback! So much for the theory that stock splits don't help stock prices. Apple's 2…

June, 18th June 2000

• Want To Run Your Old Apple ][ Warez? Get Catakig!

  John F. Braun reviews another great Mac Gadget called Catakig. That snazzy sounding utility turns your modern PowerPC Mac into…

• Investing On Faith

  Wes George talks about the way the markets are looking at Apple and the reality of what Apple must be…

• Despite Bungie News, Apple Climbs 5 7/16

  Stocks rallied Monday after last week's lackluster performance. Fiber optic and semiconductor stocks led the Nasdaq higher, while Intel's gain…

June, 15th June 2000

• Mix-n-Match AirPort Networks, Video Cards, & SCSI Drives

  Today's column is certainly fun-filled! We talk about upgrading an older Mac (with migration in mind), sharing a cable-modem connection…

• Yamaha Ships Mac Compatible Internal IDE 8X CD-RW

  Yamaha Corporation is shipping the CRW8824EZ internal E-IDE (ATAPI) model ReWritable CD recorder. The unit ships with Mac compatibility and…

• Want To Work For Apple?

  Apple is holding a Career Open House event soon. The Career Open House's purpose is to make wannabe Apple employees…

• MACWORLD Expo Preregistration Deadline On June 19

  The preregistration deadline for the MACWORLD Expo in New York is June 19 and it gets closer every day! The…

• Vote For The Name Of A New Application!

  OneApp Software will release a new text cleaning product for the Mac soon. The company is offering the online community…

• Got Pandas? Freeware Calendar Updated

  Pando Systems has announced a new version to their PandoCalendar for Mac desktops. Version 5.5.1 fixes a bug with Kaleidoscope…