W ant to convince your employer to buy you a TiBook? I, like many Mac users, am frustrated with having to use Windows based personal computers in the workplace. At home I have the new flat panel iMac with the SuperDrive and an iMac DV 400SE. My "work" computer is a Windows laptop that causes…
TMO Reports - Apple's iChat Meets Mixed Reaction From Mac Users
During last week’s World Wide Developer Conference, Apple introduced the next major revision of Mac OS X, code named Jaguar. One of the features of the new OS is an Instant Messaging application called iChat, which Apple said would be built into Jaguar. iChat is based on AOL’s AIM network, and allows iChat users to…
The Back Page - AOL: The Next Mac Cloner?
There have been all sorts of interesting developments going on between our favorite computer company and our least favorite online service. Apple and AOL seem to be getting cozy of late, with iChat using the AIM network, a recent ad for Mac OS X aimed at Unix users featuring a Netscape icon in the Dock,…
AOL Drops IE From AOL For Mac OS X, Replacing It With Netscape
J ust when you thought the browser wars were over, AOL has thrown a new twist into it. ZDNet is reporting that the company has dropped Internet Explorer from its latest beta release of AOL for OS X. In its place, the company is using its own Netscape browser. Netscape was bought by AOL in…
MacPlay To Release Bejeweled And Alchemy For Mac Gamers
MacPlay, a subsidiary of United Developers, announced today that it will publish the Mac versions of PopCap’s wildly popular puzzle games, Bejeweled and Alchemy. The mind-bending and immersive games will ship as a bundle to retail in early June, pre-orders are available. Bejeweled and Alchemy have been enjoyed by millions of online players, and soon…
Apple Updates Hot Deals Page
A pple has updated its J&R Computing Hot Deals page at the Macintosh Product Guide. The Mac Product Guide is a list of Mac compatible hardware and software products one the market. The Hot Deals section of the Product guide feature several Mac retailers and special offers that one can only get, at least in…
Computing With Bifocals - Burning Files To CD, The Bifocals Way
Burning Files To CD, The Bifocals Way May 15th, 2002 More About Burning CDs I recently wrote a column about burning music CDs. This time I want to address burning other files to a CD (in other words, not a music CD). I had all kinds of problems when I first started trying to do…
Apple Announces Dual Processor Rackmount Servers
Apple has released its first rackmounted servers ever. The company has released a new series of G4-based servers called Xserve at an event in Cupertino today. Hinted at during last week’s World Wide Developer Conference by Steve Jobs, the new servers come in a 1U enclosure (meaning it takes up one space in a rack),…
AAPL Up As Market Sustains Early Tech Sector Gains
Despite last Wednesdayis large gains, the major market indexes finished on Friday at levels below last Mondayis open. Concerns about the spotty nature of economic growth and the pace at which reported growth is working its way to corporate bottom lines continues to keep many investors on the sidelines. The market sustained its early Monday…
DEVONtech Releases Freeware ServicePack 1 Tool Kit
DEVONtechnologies introduces ServicePack 1, consisting of three top-rated freeware tools: AntiWordService 1.0, CalcService 2.6 and WordService 2.3. AntiWordService 1.0, introduced on the 11th of May, 2002, enables all well-behaved Cocoa applications able to read plain text, for example TextEdit or DEVONthink Personal Edition, to open Microsoft Word documents. The actual conversion is done by the…
TMO Short Take: BMW Shows You How Cars Would Be If Microsoft Made Them
L ast week, a friend showed me his new car that came equipped with a state-of-the-art GPS console, complete with color-rich LCD display and buttons galore. Gadget hound that I am, I went thereafter to read up on other vehicles that are offering similar convergences between auto and PC. I ran across a review of…
Macs In Schools - CUE Spring 2002 Conference: Mac Magic in Anaheim (With Pics)
The Spring CUE (Computer Using Educators) 2002 Conference was held at the Anaheim Convention Center May 9-11. The Convention Center sits adjacent to Disneyland, between a colorful mix of 50s era motels and eateries and modern-day strip malls, hotels and restaurants that surround the popular theme park. If the Magic Kingdom really is "The Happiest…
Apple Asks For Your Help In Redesigning Support Site
A pple is in the process of redesigning the AppleCare Support site, and the company is asking for feedback from Mac users. Apple has put in place four different designs, and wants you to rate them, and offer any feedback on which one you prefer. From Appleis Web site: The AppleCare Support site is undergoing…
Free Speech, Fair Use Both Take Another Blow From US Courts
A US court has handed yet another defeat to free speech and fair use in the US. ZDNet is reporting that U.S. District Judge Ronald Whyte has ruled that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) does not violate free speech. The ruling came in the process of denying a motion to dismiss charges against the…
Apple Execs Continue Selling: Executive VP Files To Sell 310,000 AAPL Shares
A ppleis Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Operations, Timothy Cook, has filed to sell 310,000 shares of his Apple holdings. Mr. Cookis intent to sell, which Dow Jones reported as having been filed to take place on April 25th and 29th, is the second filing Mr. Cook has made recently. The first was…
Microsoft's Education License: All PCs & Macs Must Pay. Red Hat Offers Free Linux & Services To Schools
We first commented on Microsoft’s recent attempt to extract unearned money from school systems two weeks ago, but the folks at The Register UK have delved deep into Microsoft’s actual licensing terms to see what they could find. In a piece titled "Compulsory Windows: for Macs, and people without PCs?," the publication offers some specifics…
Apple Stock Watch - AAPL Soars In Broad Market Rally
A bull stampede took place on Wall Street Wednesday as delighted investors beat back bearish sentiment following better than expected results from Cisco Systems. The networking hardware giant jumped more than twenty percent in early Wednesday trading as the company provided analysts and investors with a favorable earnings report after Tuesday’s market close. Cisco’s strong…
Apple Officially Unveils Mac OS X 10.2, New Features Listed
Apple kicked off the 2002 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) by introducing Mac OS X 10.2 as a preview to developers. The event was launched with a keynote by Apple CEO Steve Jobs, where he told the crowd that OS 9 is dead. According to a News.com report, Mr. Jobs opened up the keynote with a…
Apple: 3000 Mac OS X Apps, 46% Of ADC Are Unix Or Java Coders, 100% Growth In Developer Community
Apple previewed Mac OS X 10.2 today, and as part of this week’s WWDC festivities, the company also touted the fact that there are some 3000 Mac OS X apps. Apple also says that there has been 100% growth in its developer community and that 46% of the members of the Apple Developer Connection (Apple’s…
Default Folder Maintenance Update Released
St. Clair Software has released version1.5 of Default Folder X, its utility for improving Open and Save dialogs in Mac OS X. Chief among the new features in this release is support for Cocoa applications. Default Folder X now enhances the Open and Save dialogs in all Mac OS X-native applications. Version 1.5 also integrates…
Product Announcements At WWDC Fail To Lift Apple
The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished off about 200 points at 9,808.04. The S&P 500 Index ended Monday matching the Dowis two-percent decline to close at 1,052.23. The NASDAQ Composite Index dropped 34.55 to end the day at 1,578.48. On Friday the NASDAQ Composite Index had continued its downward trend on reports of ongoing weakness…
Media Asset Manager Updated With iPhoto Support
Rune Lindman today announced the release of version 5.1 of QPict Media Organizer. What are new features in QPict Media Organizer 5.1? This new version adds iPhoto Import. This lets you use iPhoto for importing from camera and QPict for advanced searches and batch processing. Now also includes advanced Font File Support for index view,…
Adobe Wins Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Macromedia
A dobe announced today that it had won a patent infringement lawsuit against Macromedia. The company received a favorable verdict from a jury trial in which it had accused Macromedia of willfully infringing on Adobeis patents governing reconfigurable tabbed palettes. From Adobe: Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced that it has received a favorable jury verdict…
Mercury News' Dawn C. Chmielewski Adds iMac To Her PC House
PCs and iMacs working together together harmoniously. Well, almost. So believes Dawn C. Chmielewski of the Mercury News, who recently bought a new iMac and and Airport and found things were not as hard as she expected them to be. Ms. Chmielewski says: I set aside a whole Saturday afternoon to set up the new…
