While doing some research at work I ran across this product and was struck by how similar it appears to the Apple eMate product that proceeded the iBook series. Another hint at the brilliant innovation occurring in the Wintel corner! The Brainium DreamMax
Apple Includes Open Firmware Password App
Mac OS X Install CD:Applications:Utilities When you first run Open Firmware Password, you are presented with a window that says "The Open Firmware password is used to prevent others from starting your computer with a different disk. This makes your computer more secure." WARNING!!!!! The Mac Observer urges caution in using this or any firmware…
QuickTime Media Viewer Updated For Mac OS X 10.1
SearchWare Solutions is proud to announce the latest version of their Mac OS X native version of Pix Lite, their well-received QuickTime-based Media Viewer. Functionally identical to Pix Lite 1.1 for the Classic Mac OS, Pix Lite 1.1.6 for Mac OS X is an easy to use application for viewing various types of QuickTime compatible…
VistaPro For Mac Released
Your friends at MonkeyByte.com have just released a DEMO version of VistaPro for the Macintosh. The world was created in 7 days, VistaPro can do it in 7 seconds.VistaPro is an ultra fast landscape generating program that uses DEMs (Digital Elevation Maps) to turn 2D topographical data, into beautiful 3D terrains. Create scenic fly-throughs, explore…
Lord of the Rings: From QuickTime To Real Media... And Back Again
At TheOneRing.Net, Xoanon simply exclaimed that the new trailer was available "in GLORIOUS QuickTime," just minutes after it was posted to the official site. Similar reactions echoed around the iNet. It wasnit always this way for The Lord of the Rings trailers and video content, however. The journey to this release exclusively in QuickTime has…
Apple Offers Mac OS X 10.1 Developer Tools For Download
Once logged in, click on Download Software, where you will find the latest developer tools for Mac OS X. The description provided on the download page says it best: A disk image (.dmg) of the Developer Tools 10.1 CD. This image contains the Developer meta-package used to install the Developer Tools on top of a…
iKeeper Gets An Update
YENCO.COM is proud to announce the release iKeeper 1.2. The new version features an improved startup process, button bar control integration into the top of windows, a text based file format with automatic conversion of old iKeeper documents, improved automatic save routine, improved automatic text formatting in fields, and an updated shareware registration system. iKeeper…
TMO's List Of Retail Locations That Will Carry The Free Mac OS X 10.1 Upgrade (Updated)
Apple will be releasing the highly anticipated Mac OS X 10.1 update tomorrow, and we have been inundated by questions from people wanting to know where they can get it. The company is releasing the update in two forms: one from the online Apple Store which will be sent to you at a cost of…
Microsoft's .NET & The Advent Of (More) Nuisance Technology
Does all this new and exciting technology make us "better off?" Or are we headed toward greater complexity, increased frustration, and a human burden that will grow in proportion to the gadgets and programs that surround us? We certainly can be better off with information technology. But not the way we are headed. Michael Dertouzos,…
Color Correction App Released For OS X
Today, Lantana™ announced Crackerjack ™ 4.0, a significant upgrade to its award-winning product for PDF print production. Crackerjack is the #1 Acrobat printing product for the graphic arts market. Crackerjack offers convenience and features not available in high-end systems. Crackerjack employs a visually-intuitive user interface to tune all aspects of color print production. The "built-in"…
International FileMaker Developer 5.5 Released Today, US Version To Be Released 10/1
FileMaker has announced the new FileMaker Developer 5.5 will be available October 1st (worldwide English version available worldwide starting today except in North America). FileMaker Developer 5.5 is the essential tool for developers creating powerful custom FileMaker Pro solutions to be used on the Web, across workgroups or as runtime applications. Redesigned as an integrated,…
Time To Vote For The Best Mac Games In uDevGame 2001 Contest
The uDevGame contest has been an ambitious project to garner attention for game development on the Macintosh platform. As the first major Macintosh game programming contest, uDevGame 2001 was founded on three principles: Stimulate the creation of games on the Macintosh by encouraging people to develop new and original games for the platform. Help in…
Diagraming App ConceptDraw Goes Pro
In order to extend ConceptDraw line of Productivity Software, Computer Systems Odessa Corp. releases Professional Edition of ConceptDraw – the leading cross-platform diagramming solution for business and technical drawing. Professional Edition is available for Mac OS/Mac OS X and Windows. ConceptDraw Professional was designed to provide IT and technical professionals with comprehensive functionality for creating…
A.G. Edwards Says Apple Is Least Likely To Be Hurt By Terrorist Attacks
His biggest concern for Apple is consumer spending, but he said that the release of Mac OS X 10.1 should free up hardware sales that have been waiting for the new OS. He also said that the companyis strong cash position should help offset any uncertainty that might result from a US military campaign. You…
Before Opening, Waiting In Line, & Two Hours Later (Image Gallery)
Inside An Empty Apple Store (You Wonit See This Very Often) Waiting In Line For The Store Opening The First 5 Geeks In Line The First 5 Geeks "Posing" M.A.D.D. Friends Donit Let Friends… Waiting To Get In Sheill Be Coming Around The Mountain… Holding Up The Wall Stretching Off To Dillards We Have A…
Tampa Joins The Elite Few
Not rain, nor snow, nor gloom of night… Well, it did rain off and on while I drove to Tampa from Orlando. While it wasnit night it was gloomy, and I donit think it has snowed in September in Central Florida since the time of the saber tooth tiger. Still, the trek to get to…
Five 'Dirty Words That Should Be Banned From Mac Users' Vocabulary
You start telling the truth to people, and people gonna look at you like you was askini to @#&* their momma or somethini. The truth is gonna be funny, but itis gonna scare the @#&* outta folks. Richard Pryor
Terrorist Attacks On World Trade Center & Pentagon
ABC News has just reported that the DFLP, or the Democratic Front For The Liberation of Palestine, has issued a claim of responsibility. Additional reports are coming in as we write that there is fire in the Pentagon, and cameras on ABC News are showing a huge plume of smoke behind the Old Executive Office…
Does Apple's sales force suck?
I will disclose a secret which I have shared with no one, except my beloved wife, for over thirty years. Og Mandino, The Greatest Salesman in the World
Metrowerks Releases CodeWarrior 7.0 For Mac OS & Mac OS X
Today, Metrowerks began shipping CodeWarrior for Mac OS, Version 7.0, development tools. With these tools, developers can build a single application that runs on both Classic Mac OS and Mac OS X architectures. The latest version of CodeWarrior tools provides the power to develop for multiple hosts and multiple targets: Classic Mac OS, Carbon, Native…
Star Wars ASCII Movie Resurfaces!
The Star Wars ASCII movie has been moved to its own domain, and is now known as Star Wars Asciimation. If you arenit familiar with it, it is an incredible animated movie that reproduces the first 25 minutes or so of Star Wars, all in ASCII art-based animation. The reason we are excited about finding…
More Star Wars ASCII Art Than You Can Shake A Lightsaber At
Pictures by Lennert Stock (LS), Rowan Crawford (-Row), Joe Rumsey, Raymond E Brunner, Bob VanderClay, Jussi Hannula, Adam Bender, Philip James Powell and B.D.S. "Don" McConnell (-Don). The pictures work best with a black background and a white foreground, except for some characters which work better vice versa, with a not too fancy font. We…
Inside Oxford Semiconductor & The Oxford 911 FireWire Bridge
Oxford got its start in England, making application specific integrated circuits (ASICis) for customers to their specifications. As the company began to build and market its own standard chipsets, USB was all the rage. "USB was coming along at that point, but we could see some issues with USB in that there were lots of…
