Archives for August 2000
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Apple’s Greatest Conundrum
Take a look at the iMac. A long hard look. A couple of years ago, this computer was truly revolutionary,…
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CD-ROMs, G4 OS Support, & Building A Gaming Network
Good day, everyone! This week's column deals with a few issues -- we tackle setting up network gaming between two…
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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…
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DeCSS Ruling Sends Chilling Message On Free Speech & Fundamental Concepts Of The Internet
Last week, a hacker named Eric Corely lost an important case to a coalition of eight giant motion picture studios…
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TechWorks Cuts Prices On USB & FireWire Hard Drives
If you have been holding off on buying some extra storage for that bursting-at-the-seams MP3 collection, wait no longer. TechWorks…
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Sonnet Drops Prices On PB 1400 Upgrade Cards
Sonnet Technologies has announced a price cut on upgrade cards for Apple's PowerBook 1400 series. The Crescendo G3 card allows…
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Ambrosia’s "Ares" Updated, Contruction Utility To Be Included
Ambrosia Software has released a new public beta version of their space exploration and conquest game, Ares. Ares is a…
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Media 100 Continues Buying Spree With ICE Acquisition
Consolidation on the video editing industry continues apace with the announcement that Media 100 would be acquiring "key technology assets…
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New Mac Only Auction Site Launched
A new Mac only auction site, MacBid.com, opened its virtual doors this week. Those looking to pick up hard to…
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A Better Finder Rename Is Available
PublicSpace has released a new version of their contextual menu plug-in, A Better Finder Rename. Version 3.2 allows users to…
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Handy System Utility Updated
Vincent Jalby has released the new version of his system customization and control utility, MacOS Items Manager. Version 2.0 allows…
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September 1st, 2000
After a couple days away, the Best & Worst is back with two articles focusing on the two hottest topics…
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Apple Stock Watch: AAPL Soars as the OS X Buzz Spreads
The slow-motion rallies on the Dow and the Nasdaq continued today even ahead of the long weekend. But most impressive…
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How To Buy A New Mac, Part II
In the first part of this article, we talked about how to buy a new Mac by knowing your needs,…
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Aladdin Releases Intellinews 3.0
Aladdin Systems has released an update to Intellinews, bringing the desktop news browser to version 3.0. The new version adds…
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"The Ultimate Photoshop 6.0 Guide" Released, For Free
Ben Willmore has announced a free Photoshop 6.0 guide on the Internet. Mr. Willmore was an alpha tester for the…
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Newton Fans: New Company Launched For Newton & Mac Shareware Titles
We received a note from Andrew Fujimura of Five Dollar Software, a new group working on making Mac and Newton…
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Window ME Bundles Digital Media Software Whether You Like It or Not
Even if the Justice Department's antitrust suit against Microsoft doesn't ultimately break the software giant into smaller business units, surely…
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Pre-Seybold Excitement Could Not Boost Apple’s Ranking
Apple Computer has dropped again in the latest PC Data Top 10 computer rankings. After spending much of the summer…
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Mac Gamer’s Ledge To Be Bought By Macgamer.com
In a surprise move, long time Mac gaming powerhouse Mac Gamer's Ledge has announced they are being purchased by Hexoft…
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NVIDIA & 3dfx Wage Legal Battle, Frackas Could Give Apple Pause Before Striking New BTO Options
Earlier this week, graphic accelerator powerhouse NVIDIA filed suit against rival 3dfx over patent infringement claims. NVIDIA contends that 3dfx…
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FastTrack Speeds To A New Version
AEC Software has updated their powerful project-manger software, FastTrack Schedule, to version 7. The new version will add a host…
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Illustrator Plug-ins Receive Upgrade
CValley has announced that their set of Adobe Illustrator plug-ins, FILTERiT, will be compatible with version 9 of Illustrator as…
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SoundJam Adds Ability To Stream Internet Broadcasts
Casady & Greene has announced that their wildly popular, full-featured MP3 player and encoder, SoundJam MP, to version 2.5.1. Among…
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Get Spring Cleaning, In Time For Fall
Aladdin has extended their sale on the Mac disk cleaning and optimization tool, Spring Cleaning. Spring Cleaning 3.5 is a…
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High Volume Break Out Rally Boosts AAPL
Day by day, the stock markets inched forward through out the month of August, mostly on the backs of nervous…
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This Week’s Turgid Episode: Stowaway!
The Idiots tell us all about Diablo II, Deus Ex, and The Sims, but there's one problem. It seems that…
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Computers? Who Cares About Computers?
Michael Munger had an epiphany during a two month period where he did not have his own computer. It seems…
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How To Buy A New Mac, Part I
Buying a computer is more than difficult. It is an art in itself. If you want to make sure that…
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Another Tool Available For OS X
Tenon Intersystems has announced the availability of Java ServerPages for Mac OS X Server. Tennon also announced that iTools, a…
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Worker Bee Will Buzz No More
C-Net News reported last night that Apple has identified one of its own employees as the pseudonymous worker bee who…
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Steve Wozniak Autographed Apple ][ On eBay: Proceeds To Benefit High School
Observer Thomas Schroeder alerted us to a cool auction on eBay of a Steve Wozniak autographed Apple ][. According to…
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Steve Wozniak To Keynote AppleVention 2000
The AppleSiders of Cincinnati announced that Steve Wozniak, Apple Computer's co-founder, will speak at AppleVention 2000. This event will take…
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Developers: Mac Software Installer Maker Enters Beta Testing
Public Access Software announced that MacInstall 1.1b1 is now available. The new Mac software installer is made specifically for the…
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Group Logic Demonstrates ExtremeZ-IP 2.0
roup Logic will be demonstrating version 2.0 of their file and print server at Seybold this week, ExtremeZ-IP. ExtremeZ-IP is…
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VST Ships 120 GB FireWire RAID Solution
SmartDisk Personal Storage Systems, formerly VST Technologies, has announced that it is now shipping its 120GB VST FireWire-based RAID array…
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OS X Beta Release Date Announced
It appears that the seemingly never ending wait for OS X is actually drawing to an end. During his keynote…
