In 1997, Apple and Microsoft signed an agreement: Apple would make Internet Explorer the default Web browser on all new Macs, and Microsoft would continue their support for Office and other key applications. Additionally, Apple would drop a long-standing patent lawsuit, and Microsoft would buy $150 million in Apple shares. That agreement is set to…
SmarterChild: AIM-bot With Answers
I f youire an instant messenger junkie, youill probably get a kick out of ActiveBuddy, Inc.is SmarterChild. SmarterChild is an iinteractive agenti – an interface to a search engine, weather reports, cinema times and more – that understands your plain English requests, and delivers them right there in your chat window. All you need to…
Will Microsoft Abandon The Mac Platform? No Way!
For one thing, the MBU makes money for Microsoft. It makes a lot of money for the company. Microsoft likes to make money, and Microsoft is perpetually on a quest to increase its revenues. The companyis shareholders like for Microsoft to make money, too. Those shareholders might well question a move from the company that…
Mac Vs. PC Site, iPhoto, More On Tonight's Your Mac Life
It’s Wednesday, and that means it’s time for another broadcast of Your Mac Life. Your Mac Life is a QuickTime Streaming broadcast about the Mac industry in the style of a traditional radio talk show. This week’s show features John Droz of the Mac Vs. PC Web site, as well as John Santoro, Apple’s iPhoto…
Pomp And Economic Circumstance
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) ended the day at 10381.73, up 173.06 in a broad-based rally sparked by investor interest in highly cyclical stocks. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index closed at 1767.07, up 24.50 on the day. Softness in software stocks limited the Nasdaqis gains. Weive heard the reports from various government agencies, Bush…
Time Tracking App Release From Malus
Malus Software released today Sambucus 2.0.0, the multi-task time-management application for the Macintosh. This new version is a major rewrite of version 1, integrating many user requests. Sambucus is a time-tracking application that is flexible and easy to use. It is aimed at freelancers, small buisnesses or anyone else who might have the need to…
Apple Claims To "Lead The Industry" In DVD Burning
Apple has released a press release designed to get a bit of free PR concerning its DVD-R products. In a release titled "Apple Leads the Industry in DVD Burning," the company is announcing that it has shipped more than 500,000 SuperDrive equipped iMacs and PowerMacs. More importantly, the company has also shipped more than 2…
Apple & Panasonic Announce FireWire In Professional Tape Decks, Support For 24 FPS Mini-DV Camcorder
Apple and Panasonic have jointly announced two important announcements at NAB for the Mac platform as a DV editing platform. First up is built in FireWire in two of Panasonic’s professional tape decks, the DVCPRO50 and DVCPRO HD. Panasonic also announced the AG-DVX100 24P mini-DV camcorder, which the company is touting as the first mini-DV…
Big Blues
The markets were sent into a tail-spin this morning by a profit warning from IBM. It was the first profit warning from Big Blue in over a decade. The global computer giant announced that quarterly revenue would be down over $1 billion from previous forecasts to about $18.6 billion and net earnings would be off…
Apple Prunes 375 Jobs, 50 More To Go
There are fewer sales and support folks at Apple these days, according to a C/NET article, which states that Apple cut 375 of those positions in the quarter ending in December of 2001. The C/NET article, by Ian Fired, titled Apple pares a small number of jobs, says: The cuts, which are the latest in…
Default Folder Maintenance Update Released
St. Clair Software has released version 1.1 of Default Folder X, its new utility for improving Open and Save dialogs in Mac OS X. This update offers numerous enhancements and fixes, including improved performance, better compatibility, and a number of new options. Delays that sometimes occurred in file dialogs have been eliminated, keyboard navigation is…
TMO Short Take: Ozzy Osbourne, I. T. Job Security & The ?Ease of Use? Myth
Since I been in show business and got some money, I bought a house. First house I ever had, and those [expletive delete] can kill ya. Everything be $500 when [repairmen and salesmen] come to your house: "What you want is $500." I said, "I ainit even told you what I…" "I donit give a…
IRC 101: What Is It & How Do I Use It?
So you’ve got friends who’ve invited you to chat with them in IRC, but what is IRC? Neglected by many after the advent of AOL’s Instant Messenger service and its spin-offs, IRC is a gigantic and diverse chat community where people with common interests can chat on any topic imaginable. Once you learn the basics,…
Apple Buys FireWire Developer Zayante, & What It Means [Corrected]
[Editor’s Note: We originally reported USB 2.0, 1394a, and 1394b throughput incorrectly, as pointed out by Observers "algr" and Matt in the comments below. The article has been corrected with the proper figures.] Apple has announced a new acquisition today, the purchase of Zayante. Zayante is the developer of low-level FireWire technologies, including controlling software…
Maya Price Drops Go Into Effect Today
Alias|Wavefront(tm), an SGI company, announced that a lower standard list price of its highly popular Maya(r) 3D animation software comes into effect today. Maya Complete(tm), formerly priced at $7,500 will now sell for $1,999* and Maya Unlimited(tm), which formerly sold for $16,000 will be priced at $6,999*. The repricing marks the companyis decision to position…
Apple Store (Online) Adds "90 Days, Same As Cash" Terms
With three months same-as-cash and interest rates as low as 9.99%, now is a great time to get the Apple products you need. In most cases you will get a decision on your loan application within 30 seconds. Apple Instant Loans up to $25,000 are available to qualified customers with a choice of four repayment…
Search Google Service Menu Item Now Available
A simple background service to allow you to select text in (nearly) any application and press “Shift-Apple-G” to launch a Google search for that text. This release is context aware. When you select text from Project Builder, a browser opens up searching developer.apple.com instead of Google. You can define your own contexts (application-grain) and choose…
High Tech: Low Volume
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 10,198.29, off about 1.1% on the day. The Nasdaq Composite dropped to 1,784.35 and the Nasdaq 100 Index fell to 1,394.21. Both Nasdaq indicators mirrored the Dowis 1.1% decline. The tech market continues to suffer from low investor interest and concerns that recovery in the technology sectors will…
On The Flip Side - Apple Should Not Change Its Advertising Approach
Apple Should Not Change Its Advertising Approach April 2nd, 2002 If you believe that Apple needs to conquer a part of the PC market to expand its share of the computer market, allow me to say this: forget about it. For several different reasons, this is highly improbable. There are people who criticize Apple’s advertising…
MacMerc How-To: Avoiding CD 'Copy Protected' CDs On A Mac
If you’ve legally purchased a copy of a CD, only to find that it’s unplayable on your computer, car stereo or portable CD player, chances are you’ve fallen victim to the RIAA’s latest ‘anti-piracy’ measures. These are CDs that are especially designed to screw up if you try to play them on a computer, preventing…
Microsoft Releases IntelliMouse Drivers For OS X
M icrosoft has released its long-awaited input device driver for OS X, bringing the IntelliPoint software to version 2.1.0. The new release allows Mac OS X users to take advantage of all the buttons on Microsoftis popular mice. The driver supports: IntelliMouse Explorer IntelliMouse Optical Wheel Mouse Optical Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer Optical Trackball Trackball Explorer…
Note To Developers: Apple Posts Session Grids For WWDC
Join thousands of developers in San Jose May 6-10 at Appleis Worldwide Developers Conference where youill learn about the future of Mac OS X, Appleis new Unix-based operating system. Immerse yourself in Apple technologies during this information-packed, five day event. Discuss issues, share ideas, and solve problems with Apple engineers and your peers in a…
Need A Rush In QuickTime? Endorphin.com
Endorphin.com is a new site which features news and happenings in Californiais Monterey, Carmel, and Big Sur region. Whatis great about this site is the copious use of QuickTime video. We donit mean those dinky, grainy, washed out videos you sometimes see at other sites. No siree. Weire talking about big, gorgeous, colorful videos, with…
Maine iBook Purchase Signed Into Law, US$25 Million Program Puts iBooks Into Schools Across The Stat
King is predicting that in four years laptops will continue because it will be that successful. "Iim so confident that this will prove itself to be powerful and important that it will be very difficult to not fund it in the future." The annual cost of $7 million is cheap, he said, considering itis less…
