T here arenit many racing games on the Mac, but Feral Interactive and MacPlay have brought a new one to the table, F1 Championship Season 2000. As the name suggests, this title is a Formula 1 racing game, and it is set up around the real Formula 1 circuit, complete with real tracks, real cars,…
Larry Ellison Bought 70,000 Shares Of AAPL Shortly After Resigning From Apple's Board
L arry Ellison resigned from Appleis board of directors in late September, but he exercised options for some 70,000 shares of the company two months later, according to a report from Reuters. The options were earned during Mr. Ellisonis 5-year tour as one of Appleis Directors. Larry Ellisonis day job is being CEO of Oracle,…
Macromedia Announces Director MX For Mac OS X [Corrected]
[ Correction: We incorrectly reported that Director MX for Windows had been released earlier this year. In actuality, Director MX for Windows is being announced concurrently with Director MX for Mac OS X. The story has been corrected accordingly. – Editor.] Macromedia announced today Director MX for Mac OS X, a major update to their…
Microsoft Appoints Former Microsoft Employee For Antitrust Settlement Oversight Board. Seriously.
Imagine, if you will, a world where criminals go unpunished for their actions. Now, imagine if law-breakers could choose the people who were assigned to watch over their actions in the future. For those with little imagination, you don’t have to imagine, because we have an example right here in the US. In the Microsoft…
Apple European Exec Named To Online Bank's Board
Another Apple executive has been tapped to sit on a board of director. Pascal Cagni, Apple’s Vice President and General Manager Europe, Middle East and Africa, has been named to the board of Egg, a European online banking firm that has been aggressively expanding its operations throughout Europe. The firm cited Mr. Cagni’s work with…
X2 & Eva Too: Love, Comedy & Action
< I>Every week, Vern Seward takes a look at Appleis latest offerings at the QuickTime Trailer site, letting your know whatis new. Many of you are too young to remember the 70s, but during that time there was a boat load of movies made that featured Black actors. These "Blaxploitation" movies were geared to give…
Apple To Open Apple Store In Microsoft's Back Yard
The Seattle Times is confirming what our friends at MacNN reported yesterday, that Apple is opening up a retail Apple Store in Big Redmond’s back yard. According to the Seattle Times, Apple is opening up an Apple Store in the Seattle area, specifically in the Bellevue Square mall in Puget Sound, Washington. MacNN broke the…
Ireland's Royal College Of Surgeons Buys 305 iBooks For Incoming Students
E agle eyed Observer Stephen Vaughn (iGrouch in the TMO forums) noticed a story in the Irish Times this weekend about Apple. According to a one picture mention, with no accompanying story, the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, Ireland is using Macs for its incoming class of first-year students. The deal is worth €520,000…
Scientist Uses iPod To Transport Entire Human Genome
W hen Apple released the iPod, perhaps the company knew that it would become an important scientific vessel. Or perhaps not. Be that as it may, the Sydney Morning Herald has a fascinating report today on how an Australian scientist is using his iPod as just that, a vessel to carry scientific data from Mac…
Apple I Resurrected: Would You Buy An Apple I Replica For US$200?
If you are one of the lucky few who owns a vintage Apple I computer that’s in working order, you either have deep pockets or an uncle who recently cleaned out his attic and discovered it. In either case, there are some who are envious of your good fortune, but if you are one of…
IntelliMerge SQL 1.0 Shipping From Intelli Innovations
Intelli Innovations, Inc. today unveiled IntelliMerge SQL, its new specialized database software for electronic business messaging. Using any standard MySQL or OpenBase server as a data source, IntelliMerge SQL can create, preview, deploy, and report on dynamically created e-mail campaigns in a single, integrated software solution. IntelliMerge SQL 1.0 features: Integrated campaign/message editor with plain…
AMD Comdex Keynote Devoid Of Apple Connection
W e reported this morning that Leo Laporte of TechTVis ScreenSavers said yesterday that Apple would be involved in todayis Comdex keynote presentation from AMD CEO Hector Ruiz. Apple was nowhere to be seen, however, though the keynote from Mr. Ruiz focused on such topics as turning the computer into the center of peopleis homes,…
Apple Releases Keychain First Aid To Fix Several Keychain Bugs
Y ou like Jaguaris updated Mail app but find that, for some reason, you are constantly being asked to unlock it or enter your e-mail password? Perhaps you notice that Keychain is prompting you for access to your instant messaging app a bit too often? You understand that security is a good thing, but wonder…
Axeoth Awaits: Heroes Of Might And Magic IV Released For Mac
The 3DO Company has released a Mac version of "Heroes of Might and Magic IV". "Heroes of Might and Magic" is a fantasy game set in the fictional world of Axeoth, pitting players against the evil King Gavin Magnus. The Mac version features multiple screen support and six campaigns. According to The 3DO Company: The…
Take A Look Back At Motown And Viet Nam Before The War
< I>Every week, Vern Seward takes a look at Appleis latest offerings at the QuickTime Trailer site, letting your know whatis new. This weekis QuickTime Exclusive movie trailers are few, but a lot of fun. First up is Just Married starring Ashton Kutcher — you may know him for Dude, Whereis My Car? (admit it,…
Apple's Windows LAN Manager On Why He Switched, & Why His iMac Is On eBay
"Mac OS X gets out of your way, while Windows wants to be in your face." So said Aaron Adams, Windows LAN manager and the star of one of Apple’s Switch TV ads. When we heard that Mr. Adams was selling his iMac on eBay (link corrected), we wanted to find out why. That answer…
Iraq's Acceptance, Consumer Spending Help Boost Apple's Stock 4.55%
I raqis official acceptance of the U.N. resolution demanding access for weapons inspectors helped set the markets on fire. Worry exists that Iraq will continue the same delaying games and rites of obfuscation that it engaged in throughout the 1990s, but todayis markets chose to focus on the positive. Added to this was good news…
BusinessWeek Says Apple More Innovative Than [Microsoft]
BusinessWeek has been publishing Byte of the Apple by Charles Haddad for the last two years or so. Because of Mr. Haddad’s columns, many of BusinessWeek’s readers have been exposed to positive coverage of Apple, as well as honest criticisms of the company. Coming at a time when BusinessWeek was not known for its Mac-friendliness,…
Turning On Journaling In The Desktop Version Of Mac OS X 10.2.2
A s we reported Monday, Apple released an update to Mac OS X to version 10.2.2. Among other things, the update brings a journaling file system to the Mac. From an Apple technology PDF: Mac OS X Server version 10.2.2 provides a robust new journaling feature for the Mac OS Extended (HFS+) file system that…
QuickTime & Kevin Spacey Help New Writers Through TriggerStreet
C |Net News is reporting some good news for wannabe screenwriters and story tellers. Kevin Spacey and his business partner, Dana Brunetti, have opened a Web site for express purpose of giving movie makers and screen writers outside of Hollywood a means of getting their work seen by peers, and others in the movie-making business.…
Apple Officially Commits To Macworld SF, Still Vague On Macworld NY 2003
In the much publicized spat between Apple and IDG World Expos over the move of the East Coast show from New York City to Boston in 2004, there have been several developments: IDG announced the move to Boston, Apple announced it would not attend the Boston show and may not attend the 2003 New York…
Apple Adds "The Apple Glossary" To Online Knowledge Base
In a rather unique attempt to provide users with the end-all be-all guide to computer terms, Apple has posted the Apple glossary to their Knowledge Base. The A-Z document covers a wide range of topics about a wide range of hardware…for a wide range of user level. It seems to try to provide more than…
RUN! The Redmond Invasion Has Just Begun...Again!
I n Eight-Legged Freaks, (Yeah, I watched it. What of it?) Doug E. Doug plays a paranoid renegade radio owner/operator/host of a nameless radio show on which he relates his latest theories on alien abduction and government cover-ups. I thought of that while reading about how the governmentis case against Microsoft and its monopolistic practices…
Apple Upgrades PowerBook G4 Line To 1 GHz, SuperDrives, Radeon 9000 Mobility, Lower Prices
As many Observers expected, Apple today revved both the PowerBook G4 and iBook product lines (see also our full coverage of the iBook updates). Apple’s new PowerBook G4 line packs some very powerful new features, including faster processors at 867 MHz and 1 GHz, a SuperDrive (CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R) on the high end model,…
