The first – big surprise – is Steve Jobs. After accepting a technical Grammy award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences last week, he told a reporter from the Wall Street Journal that "If you legally acquire music, you need to have the right to manage it on all other devices that…
TMO Short Take: Open-Source Guru Says, 'When PCs Fall Below $350, Microsoft Will Die, Die, Die!'
CKQUOTE>When the price of a PC falls below $350, Microsoft will no longer be viable. The reason is that if you sell something below that price, you can’t afford to pay the Microsoft tax and still make money. 3/1/2002 ZDNet news, on-line “Dude, Dell just made you go bankrupt!” That ubiquitous character in Dell’s incessant…
Adobe Officially Announces Photoshop 7 For Mac OS X
[1:15 PM CST] Adobe Officially Announces Photoshop 7 For Mac OS X by Staff The long wait is almost over. Adobe has officially announced Photoshop 7 for Mac OS X (and Windows XP, for those who care). Classic Mac OS will also be supported. Beyond compatibility for Apple’s new operating system, the new version of…
Adobe Ships LiveMotion For Mac OS X
After announcing Photoshop 7 and releasing GoLive 6, both for Mac OS X, one might think that Adobe had done enough. One would be wrong, however, to do so. Adobe has also announced LiveMotion 2.0 for Classic and Mac OS X. LiveMotion is Adobe’s Flash and animation development tool, and the new version includes many…
MacSoft Releases Major Patch For Mac Civilization III
Macsoft, an Infogrames, Inc. label, has posted a Civ III patch. This patch tweaks and enhances the already great gameplay youive been enjoying in Sid Meieris Civilization III. The new patch adds features and improvements, including: Stack movement for units of the same type: This means that you can set multiple go-to orders for units…
Default Folder Maintenance Release Fixes Expiration Bug
St. Clair Software has released version 1.0.2 of Default Folder X, its new utility for improving Open and Save dialogs in Mac OS X. This update corrects an error which causes the previous version to expire on February 22, 2002. It also improves compatibility with CopyPaste-X, and fixes a problem which caused Default Folder X…
3D Graphic Support On Mobile Devices With Blender
Not a Numberô (NaN) has presented a technology and production platform for wireless communication and entertainment media, the Blender 3D Media Platform, that enables consumers to view and play 3D media applications, including MMS and games, on GPRS and UMTS mobile devices. The system has already been contracted to leading European UMTS license holders. NaN…
Diagraming App ConceptDraw Updates
Computer Systems Odessa Corp.,today announced the availability of ConceptDraw (Standard and Professional) version 1.7.5. ConceptDraw is a cross-platform flowcharting and diagramming software package for Mac OS, Mac OS X and Windows. ConceptDraw 1.7.5 adds a variety of new and improved features and content to help users to fully utilize the potential of their brain. Enhancements…
Do-It-Yourself Broadband: Wireless for the Rest of Us
Many mobile Mac users, and PC users for that matter, are familiar with being able to wirelessly log on to the Internet from many public locations. Airport terminals, train stations, and even coffee shops now provide wireless Internet access. All you need is a compatible wireless NIC (Network Interface Card) and someplace on the Internet…
QuickTime Movie Player Update From FEELORIUM
FEELORIUM has released Full Screen Player 1.1 today. Full Screen Player is a full screen QuickTime movie player. Full Screen Player is very easy to use. You can use Finder to organize your movie files, for example, make aliases of movies into a folder as a play-list. Then drag and drop movie files or folders…
Mac Sightings - David Bowie's iPod, TiBooks On TV, & Arnold Schwarzenegger
Observer Randy Souther was reading David Bowie’s journal and came across this piece of glowing praise for our favorite little music player. Nope, he’s not a crazed stalker fan – you can read Bowie’s journal at his Web site. On January 10th, two days after his 55th birthday, Bowie writes -I wished and wished and…
David Bowie's iPod, TiBooks On TV, & Arnold Schwarzenegger
O bserver Randy Souther was reading David Bowieis journal and came across this piece of glowing praise for our favorite little music player. Nope, heis not a crazed stalker fan – you can read Bowieis journal at his Web site. On January 10th, two days after his 55th birthday, Bowie writes -I wished and wished…
Apple Lands Major Content Delivery Deal With Sun & Ericsson
Apple, Sun, and Ericsson announced a partnership to deliver wireless media. Apple made the announcement yesterday (Feb. 12, 2002) stating that the partnership was formed to provide wireless media solutions based on standards. Note the gratuitous (but very cool) slam at the proprietary streaming technologies used by some other companies made by Phil Schiller in…
Mac Chatter - The Best & Worst Mac Comments From Around The Web
Our new Mac Chatter series gathers up some of the juiciest, silliest, most outrageous, and most interesting discussion about the Mac industry from around the Web. Raena Armitage scours the forums, message boards, and article comments from some of the most (and least) popular hangouts in the Mac Web and beyond. Please note that we…
Apple Previews QuickTime 6, Releases QuickTime Streaming Server 4
Also in this press release is the release of QuickTime Streaming Server 4. QuickTime Streaming Server 4 allows streaming content in both MPEG-4 and MP3, and the company says it is releasing this product now because it does not require the royalties mentioned above. From Apple: Apple® today previewed QuickTime® 6, featuring full support for…
QuickTime Live! Conference To Begin Next Week
The big event is finally here – QuickTime Live is next week! The event of the year for the QuickTime community opens next Tuesday, February 12 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Right now the team is polishing up the exhibits, running through the demois, testing all the equipment and getting ready…
Apple Pulls An ATI, Announces GeForce4 Titanium For PowerMac G4s, Again
Yesterday, a press release hit the wire services in Apple’s name announcing a new BTO option for Apple’s PowerMac G4 product line, the GeForce4 Titanium. The only problem with this is that NVIDIA hadn’t actually announced the GeForce4 Titanium meaning that Apple accidentally stole NVIDIA’s thunder. You might remember a similar gaff that reportedly angered…
iOrganizer Update From Channel 8
Channel 8 Software is proud to announce the release of iOrganizer 2.5.1, the latest version of the easy-to-use organizational application for the Macintosh and Mac OS X. iOrganizer includes an address book, a bookmark list, an event calendar, and a download list. iOrganizer 2.5.1 is a maintanence update that includes a few minor improvements over…
iPhoto Is Picture Perfect
Several recent article proclaim Apple’s iPhoto to be iCool. iPhoto has been available for a month and already it has received a steady stream of accolades from mainstream press publications. The latest of praise comes from St. Paul, MN’s Pioneer Planet, and columnist, Julio Ojada-Zapata, who thinks iPhoto is the life of the party. Mr.…
David Coursey's First Week Of His "Mac Month" Is Looking Good
A couple of weeks ago, David Coursey announced that he was going to try using Mac OS X as his sole operating system for a month. Though many Mac users raised a howl saying that Mr. Coursey was not going to be open minded, the reality is that Mr. Coursey is having a great time…
Fortune Smiles On New iMac
Fortune’s Peter Lewis likes the new iMac. In a recent article in Fortune, Peter Lewis relays his experiences while test driving the new iMac. Mr. Lewis generally has glowing words for the 20 pound marvel. He says: Apple clearly has learned from its Cube experience. The new iMac is functionally better than the candy-colored, beach-ball-shaped…
Short Take: ZDNet?s David Coursey -- Apple Shill
ZDNet’s David Coursey, 2/4/02 When we were younger, my sister and I fought all of the time, so much so that, whenever she did something nice for me, I automatically blurted, “What do you want? Why are you being nice to me?” I have the same initial reaction to ZDNet Editor David Coursey — take…
iPodlounge Announces International iPod Gallery
iPodlounge is announcing the release of an international iPod photo gallery. iPodlounge readers are encouraged to send in pictures of their iPods in front of interesting landmarks. One reader will be eligible for a set of Bose QuietComfort Acoustic Noise Canceling headset! According to iPodlounge: To celebrate the iPod and the diversity of iPodlounge readers…
Apple Will Be Awarded A Grammy Along With Moog
The awards will be presented on Feb. 26 at a ceremony a day before the 44th Annual GRAMMY Awards. Recipients of the Technical GRAMMY Award are determined by the vote of the members of the Recording Academyis Producers & Engineers Wing, a group of 5,000 pro-audio professionals dedicated to developing new technologies, recording and mastering…
