Iomega Acquires Asimware, CD-RW Software

Iomega Corporation today announced that it has acquired the software product line of Asimware Innovations Inc., a Canadian developer of CD-RW software technology, as an investment in Iomegais rapidly growing software solutions business.”Weire pleased to announce this acquisition, which builds additional core competencies in software needed for the next stage of growth at Iomega,” said…

Hardware Mixed, But Apple Closes Over 19

Oracle had big impact on other software stocks, and the Nasdaq opened up lower across the board. Microsoft, IBM, and Adobe both closed lower, as did most other software stocks. Akamai also too a heavy hit as a company that depends heavily on sales from corporate revenue. SAP and Manuguistics made announcements that reaffirmed their…

Apple Removed DVD From The iMac For A Reason

Apple is pushing its "digital hub" concept and showing us slides of the Mac in the center, acting as a hub or middle ware, for digital media devices like MP3 players, DV cameras and DVD players. The Mac has several current software products that link different devices together through the Mac hardware (USB/FireWire) like iMovie…

Alan Greenspan & The Hand Of God Send Stocks (& Apple) Tumbling

The big news for the financial world was Fed Chairman Alan Greenspanis testimony to the House Financial Services Committee in the Testimony Formerly Known As Humphrey-Hawkins. The markets have gone up and down on a roller coaster ride as popular opinion swayed first one way, and then the other on whether or not the Fed…

Techs Tank, Apple Down

Then the backwash hit as the logic loop danced back around to the idea that the economy wasnit responding well to the Fedis most recent actions to stimulate the economy. Throughout it all, there was continued talk about the news that Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan was changing his testimony in advance of tomorrowis Humphrey-Hawkinsi testimony…

The Zip Disk Is Dead, Long Live The Zip Disk!

It seemed like only yesterday when SyQuest was the king of removable media. In those days graphic artists and other people who worked with large files relied on their SyQuest 44 MB or 88 MB cartridges to move their files between their studios and printer shop. It was a love & hate relationship with SyQuestis…

IBM Announces The PowerPC 750CXe...Again

IBM today announced its highest performing embedded PowerPC® processor – the PowerPC 750CXe. While the PowerPC 750CXe is used as a stand-alone high-performance microprocessor in consumer-based desktop computers, it is also being used increasingly as an embedded processor in a broad range of networking and imaging applications. The new PowerPC microprocessor will be available in…

Microsoft/Fed Spark Late Rally, AAPL Up

That rally was sparked in part by news that Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan would be changing his testimony to the House of Representatives later this week. That testimony, which used to be called the Humphrey-Hawkins testimony and is now known as the "testimony which used to be called the Humphrey-Hawkins testimony" usually mirrors the testimony…

Markets Shrug Off Tokyo Announcements

Sun Microsytems issued lowered guidance for the current quarter in an after hours conference call. After hours trading was halted. The company said that growth will come in between 10-13%, while the Street had been expecting 3rd quarter growth to come in at 30%. Look for this to have a negative impact on hardware stocks,…

Adobe Wants Your Video Creations

Its that time of year again-time for a new Adobe Dynamic Media Reel. Each year the Dynamic Media Team puts together a reel of user work to be shown throughout the world at tradeshows, seminars and industry events (it even shows in the Adobe SJ Lobby). This is a chance to showcase your work. We…

Poor PC Sales In January Hit Techs & Apple Hard

The Dow actually traded on the plus side for most of the morning, then dabbled back and forth in midday trading, only to start a 68 point slide that ended only when the dayis session closed. Tech stocks were hit the hardest today and the Nasdaq spent the entire day in negative territory. At one…

Apple Ships 733 MHz PowerMacs With SuperDrives, Right On Time!

Apple® today announced it has begun shipping its new 733 MHz Power Mac™ G4 with the SuperDrive, a combination CD-RW/DVD-R drive that can read and write CDs as well as DVDs that can be played in consumer DVD players. Apple unveiled the SuperDrive at MACWORLD Expo in San Francisco last month. The Power Mac G4…

Tech Stocks Rally, Apple Closes Above 20

After the bell, Dell posted earnings of 18 cents a share that were a penny short of Street estimates, but within the 18 cent to 19 cent range offered by the company in recent guidance. The company also announced they would be cutting some 1,700 jobs. HP, on the other hand, met lowered expectations in…

Marathon Mod "Return to Marathon" Released

Imagine yourself awaking alone in a small unknown ship flying across the cold and dark universe far from Earth in the middle of nowhere A few kilometers nearby, floating in outer space, a huge dead abandoned ship: the U.E.S.C.Marathon, where more than 180 years ago all your battles began You can find more information on…

id Software Releases Quake 3 Team Arena Free Map Pack

The maps are Japanese Castles, Schadenfreude TA, Crossed Paths, and An Iteration of TA Hell. Here is a quote from Paulis .plan. id has just released a map pack containing four team-style maps approved for use with id Softwareis Quake III: Team Arena™ computer game. Their creators are some of the most talented mapmakers in…

Apple Announces WWDC Plans For 2001 (Leather OS X Jackets For First 1500 Registrants!)

At WWDC 2001, you will receive the very latest information on Mac OS X and other important Apple technologies. Whatis more, you will get it directly from Apple engineers and technology experts in more than 100 in-depth technical sessions and hands-on labs. —————————————- EARLY REGISTRATION BONUS —————————————- To celebrate Mac OS X and this momentous…