A pple has updated the Hot Deals page for ProMAX and Appleis networks of Apple Specialists retailers at the Macintosh Product Guide. The Mac Product Guide is a list of Mac compatible hardware and software products on the market. The Hot Deals section of the Product guide feature several Mac retailers and special offers that…
metaobjects Releases New App For Booklet Printing
metaobject releases BookLightning, a lightweight imposition program for booklets and simple magazines With BookLightning, you can create booklets for stapling or folding from any PDF file, or even directly from the Mac OS X print panel. It arranges the pages of a PDF files on sheets of paper in such a fashion that they will…
iTunes Music Store Sells One Million Songs In First Week, To Add 3,200 More Songs Tuesday
Apple has made it official. The company has announced that more than one million songs have been purchased online in the new iTunes Music Store. The company also says that half of the 200,000 titles that are available were purchased at least once. Backing up the announcement is statements of support from Roger Ames, chairman…
Drop Drawers Updated With Path Finder Support
Sig Software has released an update for Drop Drawers, bringing it to version 1.6.2. Drop Drawers is a Web development tool designed for interface enhancements that provide floating drawers on monitors. The update features Path Finder support and other enhancements. According to Sig Software: Sig Software is proud to announce the release of Drop Drawers…
MPlayer Plays It All
Q uickTime is pretty slick, especially if you have the Pro version that offers more control and allows you to put together movie clips and photos. The problem with QuickTime Movie Player is that it lacks a nice interface that will allow you to organize your clips or give more than basic information about the…
Microsoft's MSN's Business In The Toilet
M icrosoftis business, at least in the UK division of MSN, is apparently in the toilet. Literally. Keep in mind that there are roughly 1,726 other jokes we could have made, but that one seemed the safest. In any event, WebUser UK is reporting that MSN is preparing to release the iLoo. Now, a "loo"…
Word Processors For The Rest Of Us
M icrosoft. Weill wait until the hisses and boos die down. Itis funny how that one word can elicit such a rainbow of reactions; from unbridled admiration ("I love Microsoft so much that I want to name my first born Billy-Gee!"), to abject disillusionment ("Oh gawd! Is there naught but Word I can use to…
Apple Awarded Patents On Handwriting Recognition & Adaptive Throughput Optimization
T wo Apple patents issued on April 29, 2003. Apple filed for a patent application for a "Methods and apparatus for handwriting recognition" on May 23, 1996 — relatively eons ago. The abstract states: Method and apparatus for handwriting recognition system for ideographies characters and other characters based on subcharacter hidden Markov models. The ideographies…
Apple Updates Hot Deals: Macromedia Offer, Mac Bundle Deals, Software, More
A pple has updated the Hot Deals page for its own Apple Store, MacMall, and CompUSA at the Macintosh Product Guide. The Mac Product Guide is a list of Mac compatible hardware and software products on the market. The Hot Deals section of the Product guide feature several Mac retailers and special offers that one…
Apple Introduces New iPods With 10, 15, or 30GB Of Capacity, USB2, FireWire, And A Docking Station
Apple today introduced a completely revamped line of iPods at a special music-related media event. The new iPod sports a totally redesigned case, capacities of 10, 15 or 30GB, and a docking station with both FireWire and USB2 compatibility. From Apple: Apple today introduced its third generation iPods, which hold up to 7,500 songs in…
Apple Shareholders Vote Against Management On Expensing Options
A quiet revolution took place at yesterday’s Apple shareholder meeting. AAPL shareholders voted for a shareholder initiative that would have Apple counting employee stock options as an expense. Currently, companies are legally allowed to not expense options, something that helped contribute to the boom of the 1990s. Corporations large and small offered their employees compensation…
Interested In QuickTime? "Hang Loose" With Frank Casanova In New WWDC Movie
A pple has posted another QuickTime sales pitch for the upcoming World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC). The WWDC is Appleis annual gathering for Mac developers, and this yearis event effectively has what used to be QuickTime Live! rolled into it. That means that QuickTime gets a much bigger light to shine at the WWDC than…
Apple Updates Hot Deals: Cameras, DV Cams, Projectors, & Software
A pple has updated the Hot Deals page for MacWarehouse at the Macintosh Product Guide. The Mac Product Guide is a list of Mac compatible hardware and software products on 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…
Air Traffic Controller: Windows Crashes Turn Flight Plan Delivery Into Manual Affair
I n a column today, I took JetBlue to task for “standardizing” on Windows and Microsoft software. A good many Observers then took me to task, largely telling me to get over myself. Having been doing this as long as I have, such criticism is not in the least unexpected, but when I got a…
The USPTO Issues Three New Patents To Apple
A pple was granted three new patents yesterday by the US Patent and Trademark Office. These patents were all applied between 1999 and 2001, and all are programming patents. The first was for a "System, apparatus and method for spatially sorting image data in a three-dimensional graphics pipeline." Filed: August 20, 1999 Granted: April 22,…
Apple Very Quietly Revs iBooks To 900 MHz
A pple has ever so quietly revved the iBook line to 900 MHz, without so much as a press release making the announcement. Eagle-eyed Observer Stephen Joiner was on the ball, however, and let TMO know about the revision. The new iBooks sport 800 MHz and 900 MHz G3 processors, 32 MB ATI Mobility Radeon…
Default Folder Updated With File List Erasure
While continuing to push the envelope with products like the Eddy Award-winning Default Folder X for Mac OS X, St. Clair Software also realizes that there are still many users running Mac OS 9. With this in mind, St. Clair Software today released version 3.1.5 of Default Folder, their 5-mouse-rated enhancement for Open and Save…
Apple Updates Hot Deals For Business, Sound, & O'Reilly Books
A pple has updated the Hot Deals page for the Apple Store for Business, AudioMIDI, and OiReillyis at the Macintosh Product Guide. The Mac Product Guide is a list of Mac compatible hardware and software products on the market. The Hot Deals section of the Product guide feature several Mac retailers and special offers that…
Computing With Bifocals - Getting Started With Mac OS X
I was shocked recently to realize that OS X has been out more than two years. It sure hasn’t seemed like it has been that long. I stopped to check this out after attending Macworld San Francisco in January. In a number of the sessions I attended, the speakers asked how many audience members had…
The Browser Turns 10 Next Week: C|Net News Offer Historical View
A ppleis hot new Safari now sports tabbed browsing and other cool features, and many a Mac now sports Safari as the default browser. Safari is fast, lean, and is giving more established browsers and real challenge for the hearts and minds of Mac users; something that should bring a slight smile to S. J.is…
Sony To Rev PlayStation 2 Consoles In Japan With DVD+-R/RW
I n the outside-Apple department, we noted that Sony has decided to rev the PlayStation 2, at least in Japan. The consumer electronics giant is adding support for DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, and DVD+RW discs. Apple currently offers DVD-R support in its SuperDrive equipped Macs. The new support for these formats in the PlayStation 2 is…
Maxprog Updates iCash With Quicken Import And More
Maxprog is proud to present a new release of iCash, new version 1.2, available now in English, German, French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish on Maxprog website with several interesting improvements, new features and bug fixes. iCash is a tool intended to control your personal finances, keeping track of incomes, expenses, credits, debts and Banks transactions…
Buying Computers For Fun And Profit
I f you buy computers for a large organization, your job may not be an easy one. It may sound like the ideal occupation for the gadget-freak guy or the woman with the urge to purchase. There is a lot to consider, however, before plunking down the company credit card in the local computer store,…
Apple Plays Down Contract, iPod Issues With Dell & Other Resellers
Following news that retail giant Target Corp. and Dell Computer Corp. have stopped selling the popular iPod portable music player because of contractual disputes with Apple, the iPod maker has announced that those dealers who have refused or have yet to sign a new reseller contract make up a small percentage of Apple’s overall revenue.…
