Archives for January 2005

January, 31st January 2005

• University of Illinois Launches 640 Xserve Turing Cluster

  The University of Illinois has implemented a 640-node Xserve G5 cluster called the Turing Cluster. The cluster uses 640 dual…

• Piper Jaffray: New Apple Products in High Demand, Low Supply

  Demand is high and stock is low of the Mac mini and iPod shuffle with Apple retail stores expecting limited…

• Guest PC Adds New x86 Emulation Option for Mac Users

  Lismore Software Systems announced Tuesday the release of a new x86 emulation option for the Mac, Guest PC that allows…

• BeLight Offers Free Valentine’s Images for Mail Factory

  BeLight Software released Tuesday a free set of St. Valentine's Day images for Mail Factory, the company's envelope and mailing…

• RedLightRunner Adds New Apple Logo Merchandise

  The folks at RedLightRunner announced Tuesday that they have added some 80 new Apple logo merchandise, including pens, rainbow logo…

• OWC Offers New RoadTrip! FM Transmitter, 300GB FireWire Drive

  The low-cost RoadTrip! FM transmitter now broadcasts at 87.9MHz; OWC introduces a 300GB drive and cuts the price of its…

• Salon Says The Mac is Back, Hallelujah!

  According to Salon magazine, the Mac is back. Writer Farhad Manjoo said that the iPod phenomenon, the security and spyware…

• Canon PowerShot A520 Goes Smaller, Lighter

  Canon USA announced Tuesday the four megapixel PowerShot A520 compact digital camera that replaces the PowerShot A85

• Alias Offers Maya Bundle Packs

  Alias announced Tuesday a number of limited-time productivity packs and bundles to coincide with Monday's release of Maya version 6.5

• Skype Releases Version 1.0 With Conference Calling

  Skype announced Tuesday the availability of its version 1.0 Internet voice calling software for Mac with conference calling for up…

• Dr. Mac Direct Brings Mac Support To Your Desktop

  TMO's own Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus announced the launch of Dr. Mac Direct on Monday. The service offers Mac users…

• Mac vs. PC System Shootouts Updated with New PowerBooks

  Charles Gaba has updated the Mac vs. PC System Shootouts Web site with new shootouts for the new PowerBooks Apple…

• San Fran Mac Dealer MACadam Shuttering Doors

  San Francisco Apple reseller MACadam has been forced to close its doors after 16 years of operation, saying it was…

• Wal-Mart Selling iPod mini in "Select Stores", Company Tells TMO

  U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart is selling Apple Computer's iPod mini in "select stores," the company confirmed Monday to The Mac…

• Aspyr Ships New Mac Game Packs

  Medal of Honor Allied Assault War Chest and The Sims Party Pack combine the original game with expansion packs for…

• Apple Expenses Tiger’s $19.3M R&D Costs, SEC Filing Reveals (UPDATE)

  Apple expensed $19.3 million in the last two fiscal quarters on "Tiger" research and development costs, the company revealed Tuesday…

January, 30th January 2005

• MCE Announces 8x Portable FireWire Dual-Layer SuperDrive

  MCE Technologies will begin shipping its new Lucid M8X Portable FireWire Dual-Layer DVD?RW drive Tuesday.

• CBS News Looks At Apple’s Macworld Offerings

  CBS News has added yet more coverage to Apple's Macworld San Francisco announcements. Dan Dubno wrote a glowing review of…

• The Plasticsmith Debuts Mac mini Accessories

  Put your Mac mini on a pedastal or in a vertical case, or give it a shelf to put a…

• Sony Reshuffles Company Again To Offer More Compelling Products

  A third electronics division should help Sony product better music players and other gadgets, the company says

• Taking Another Look at the "iPod Economy"

  An interesting and substantial article by CNET takes a look at the "iPod economy" -- companies that make accessories and…

• FileMaker Pro 7 Captures the "Most" Acclaim in 2004

  The company says its software won more awards than any other database product in 2004

• Apple’s Software Sales Are Growing

  The San Francisco Chronicle reported Monday that software is the fastest growing segment of Apple's business. In fiscal 2004 (ending…

• Apple Offers Free Screen Saver to .Mac Members

  A Freefall screen saver and 30 percent off the Freefall Satellite Simulator are the latest goodies for .Mac members.

• Alias Announces Maya 6.5

  Alias Systems Corp. announced Monday version 6.5 of its 3D animation and special effects package, Maya

• Apple Ups PowerBook to 1.67GHz; Lowers Prices (UPDATE)

  Apple Computer announced faster PowerBook laptops Monday, and reduced prices across the product line by up to $200. All models…

• iPod Helps Apple Edge Out Google For #1 Global Brand

  A survey of branding professionals by Brandchannel released Sunday found that Apple Computer to be the world's #1 brand in…

January, 27th January 2005

• Apple Spotlight Patent Reveals 3-Year Head Start on Microsoft [UPDATED]

  Late on Thursday, TMO reported on a patent granted to Apple that reveals Apple had a multiyear head start on…

• Mac Backer

  Vern Seward asks the burning question: "Honey Cake, the Johnsons are coming over and I want to show them our…

• January 20-31: Mr. Spindler Goes To Cupertino, Pixar Disney Spat

  This week in Apple history, we look back at Michael Spindler's move up in the corporate hierarchy at Apple, the…

• Fancy Footwork with TextEdit

  Nancy Carroll Gravley shows us that TextEdit, the free text editing software that comes with Mac OS X, is more…

• New York Times Calls Genius Bars a "Welcome Anomaly"

  The New York Times published an in-depth article Friday about the Genius Bars in Apple's retail Apple Stores that praised…

• PC Magazine Says iWork May Be Sleeper Hit From Macworld

  In an opinion piece for PC Magazine, editor-in-chief Michael Miller wrote Friday that iWork may turn out to be the…

• Merrill’s Milunovich: Mac mini at Best Buy a "Logical" Step

  Best Buy and Apple teaming up to sell the US$599 Mac mini is a "logical" step that "could accelerate the…

• Best Buy to Sell Mac mini, 512MB shuffle in Stores (UPDATE)

  Apple will begin selling its both models of the Mac mini and the $99 iPod shuffle at Best Buy stores…

• The Sims Party Pack Available for Pre-Order

  Aspyr Media announced Thursday that The Sims Party Pack is available for pre-order through the company's Web site

• Nautilus Ships New DAW Audio Mixer

  Nautilus Master Technology is shipping new devices for audio professionals, the Nautilus Commander stereo mixer

• JVC Develops New Blue-ray/DVD Combo Disc With 33.5 GB Of Storage

  JVC has announced new ROM based media capable of storage rates of 33.5 GB

• 5 Apple Execs Take Home $65.5M in Stock Profits

  With Apple Computer's stock at a five-year high of over $73.00 a share, five company executives cashed in stock options…

January, 26th January 2005

• Apple Posts iMovie 5.0.1 Update

  As pointed out by forum member Spider, Apple has released iMovie 5.0. The update notes say simply, "iMovie HD 5.0.1…

• A Linux User Writes About Embracing the Mac

  ExtremeTech has published the aptly named "A Linux Geek Embraces Mac OS X," a 13 page article by a Linux…

• Apple Developer Connection Posts "Using the .Mac SDK"

  The Apple Developer Connection has published a how-to article for developers to tap into the .Mac SDK

• ZDNet Asks if Mac mini Could Lead to Mini PCs

  ZDNet's John Spooner has asked if Apple's new Mac mini could lead to a wave of similarly tiny computers in…

• Sonos Digital Music System Ships

  Sonos Inc. announced Thursday its digital music storage system -- the Sonos Digital Music System -- is now shipping.

• MCE Lowers 8X SuperDrive PB Upgrade Pricing

  MCE Technologies, LLC announced late Wednesday a price reduction on its 8X DVD-Recordable slot-loading internal SuperDrive upgrades

• NYT: Apple Stores Offering Endangered Face-to-Face Service

  Calling free face-to-face support an "increasingly rare service", New York Times reporter Katie Hafner writes in Thursday's edition of the…

• USA Today: Mac mini Could Make Windows Users Ponder Switching

  Writing for USA Today, personal technology columnist Edward C. Baig said that the Mac mini is inexpensive enough to make…

• AnandTech: Mac mini Removes Biggest Barrier To Switching

  The folks at AnandTech have put together an 18-page review of the Mac mini that includes comparison of the US$499…

• Apple Spotlight Patent Reveals 3-Year Head Start on Microsoft [UPDATED]

  A patent granted to Apple January 25th, 2005 reveals that Apple had a multiyear head start on Microsoft for Spotlight.…

• JVC Ships New DV Based Camera, Builds On Previous Models

  JVC has announced the release of a new family member to its pro DV line of camerasa, the GY-DV5100U