Whatis that? You werenit there? Or, if you were, you were the guy at the very end of the line who had to wait for 3 hours to get in, and you couldnit even hear the cheer when the gate went up? Never fear, because we bring you another great movie from Observer André Benassi…

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Observer André Benassi (or Retro as we call him the TMO Forums), an engineer from Minneapolis, attended this weekendis opening of the Apple Store in The Mall of America with Rodney O. Lain and Randy Hanson and offers the following images from the store opening. This series includes the first three people in line, some…

Iid swallow my class envy and spend a few hours with the "cheese eaters," shocking my digestive system by imbibing "adult beverages" that didnit, for once, come from bottles with screw-off caps commonly sold in six packs for a buck-ninety-five. Couple this with suffering hours of listening to people with way too much disposable income…

Intel is reportedly about to initiate a price war against AMD that sent shudders through the chip sector today. Dan Niles of Lehman Brothers issued a report this morning saying that Intel would be making a move to recapture lost market share from AMD this Fall. From a Reuters report: For those who thought the…

For example, Observer “mambamac” alerted us to a link at The Register containing hilarious QuickTime footage of M$ CEO Steve Ballmer doing an ugly imitation of “Thade” from Tim Burtonis “Planet of the Apes.” After viewing this, you will agree that no Micro$oft devotee should ever again utter a single disparaging word against the Mac…

The show started off with the MACWORLD Expo keynote by Steve Jobs, and included footage of Mr. Jobs, the new PowerMac G4s, OS X 10.1, iDVD2, and more. Interviews with people waiting for the keynote, and from attendees after the keynote, followed. From there, the showis hosts gave us a our of the QuickSilver PowerMac…

What: Adobe will present the latest information about their extensive line of products at the August meeting of the Houston Area Apple Users Group.When: Saturday, August 18, 2001, 9 AM – 4PM, the Main Presentation begins at 11:00AM.Where: Rice University Campus, Duncan Hall, McMurtry Auditorium. See https://dacnet.rice.edu/maps/space/, then select “Duncan Hall” for directions. The primary…

Kaidan Incorporated announced today panoramic tripod head support for Nikonis popular Coolpix 880 digital camera and Nikonis latest high-end prosumer digital camera, the Nikon Coolpix 995. With the introduction of the Kaidan KiWi 995, KiWi 880 and corresponding upgrade kits, content creation professionals, web developers and photographers can create immersive imaging content with a variety…

Sure, the increased speed of the new 867MHz G4s could make a slight difference. But there goes Jobs again, saying something that is simply not true: 867 MHz G4s are not "available now" as he exhorted to the adoring crowd, resulting in considerable ooo-ing and ahhhh-ing. A quick phone call to the Apple Store reveals…

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 distant planets, or create your own landscapes all in a fractal of a minute.”Full…

Appleis stock squeaked out a 2 cent gain or 0.10% to close at 19.98 on volume of 7.8 million shares. All totaled AAPL delivered its worst MWNY week performance in memory, falling over 22% since Tuesday. In the Mac media, pundits are bitterly arguing whether the Mac faithful expect too much from Mac World Expositions…

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Mac game industry-heavyweight Macsoft is enjoying the release of its country-building simulation Tropico as well as the announcement that the company will publish Duke Nukem Forever. Tropico, which shipped last Wednesday, puts you in control of a small “remote Carribean island. (No, we did not say Cuba, thank you very much.) Playing the role of…

Chaotic Software just released MP3 Rage 3.6 to add support for ID3v2.4 tags, improve renaming for cross-platform use, and improve usage on Mac OS X.MP3 Rage 3.6 change history:Added support for ID3v2.4 tags.Add support stripping diacritics and removing non-standard characters when renaming files.Added support for live window resizing on Mac OS X.MP3 Rage is the…

Mr. Jobs followed that up by asking the reporter "Do you know who the biggest supporter of the Mac is at Microsoft? Itis Bill Gates." Observer Call: We missed part of the CNNfn article. If you saw more of it and can add details about the interview, please post it in the comments.

Imat ion today announced several products to help people manage parts of their increasingly digital lifestyle. While Apple has positioned products such as the iBook as a ?digital hub? to manage their digital devices and data, the iBook is only a start. Although capable, sometimes the iBook needs a little help. This is where the…