Avid Technology. Inc. is now shipping the Symphony 4.7 system for Mac users. Symphony is an editing system designed for professional post production applications. The system features real-time 10-bit DVE and Ultimatte keying color correction. Also with this release are new versions of Media Composer, Film Composer, and Avid Xpress with support for 23.976 frame…
Fortune Magazine Offers Positive Look At Apple's MWSF 2003 Offerings, Touts Keynote To Business Audience
We are always keen on seeing a bit of positive mainstream press about Apple, and Fortune delivered just such a treat today. The financial and business magazine has published a very positive outlook on Apple’s Macworld San Francisco 2003 product announcements that is fairly gushing with glowing remarks. The author, Brent Schlender, specifically looks at…
Apple Updates Hot Deals For ClubMac, MacConnection
A pple has updated the Hot Deals page for ClubMac and MacConnection 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…
Apple Excommunicates iCommune: iTunes File Swapping Plug-In Violates SDK Terms Of Service According To Company
iCommune, a plug-in for Apple’s iTunes that allows users on a network to browse and share music files, has been shut down by Apple, according to an article on ZDNet UK. James Speth, the developer of iCommune, was ordered by Apple to discontinue offering iCommune for download, alleging that Speth violated the terms of the…
Apple KBase Article - Don't Worry, Your G4 Is Supposed To Be That Loud. Well, Usually. Firmware Upgrade Advised
Apple has added a new article to the Knowledge Base regarding the noise levels of the Power Mac G4. Apple’s Knowledge Base (sometimes referred to as the KBase) is a central location for all of Apple’s support documents and other important information. Users have been complaining about the noise levels of the PowerMac line for…
Third Party Hacks Add Numerous Features To Safari
FullScreenSafari.ape 1.0 is a module to keep Safari from opening cascaded windows, for those of you who would prefer to browse in maximized windows. FullScreenSafari.ape requires Unsanityis Application Enhancer software. Lioness 1.0d1 is a piece of software that lets you change the appearance of the toolbar buttons in Safari. It can also turn the brushed…
Safari Catapults To #2 Browser On TMO With 24% Of Traffic, Internet Explorer & Chimera Take Brun
W eb logs can tell you some amazing things, if you know how to interpret them, and they offer the advantage of not being able to lie. As such, we can get an outstanding glimpse into browser use, or at least a barometer of that use as it pertains to The Mac Observer (TMO). In…
Apple Posts US$8 Million Loss; Aside From Non-Recurring Charges, Company Earns US$11 Million
Today at 2:00 PM PST, Apple held its quarterly conference call (see TMO’s live coverage for more information), where the company announced a net loss of US$8 million dollars or two cents per share. During the same quarter last year, Apple posted a net profit of US$38 million, or eleven cents per share. Apple was…
TMO Exclusive - Apple Switcher Star Survives Helicopter Crash (With Pics)
Apple Switcher Jeremiah Cohick ended Macworld Expo San Francisco 2003 with a bang, literally. Mr. Cohick survived a helicopter crash on Friday afternoon during an aerial tour of San Francisco. The star of one of Apple’s Switch ads — and the nemesis of fellow-Switcher Ellen Feiss according to an interview she gave a college newspaper…
In The Midst Of Economic Downturn, Macworld SF 2003 Attendance Tops 90,000
J ust when there is debate on the efficacy of Macworld Expo as a vehicle for Apple to get the word out on its products, IDG announces record attendance for the event. At the most recent Macworld Expo in San Francisco that was held last week, IDG says that 90,473 people attended the event. We…
Day 4 Macworld Attendance Higher, Vendors Report Higher Macworld Sales
F rom those of us hitting the floor of this yearis Macworld Expo, attendance on the first day of the show was off. Thatis not based on official numbers or comments from IDG World Expos, the Macworld Expo organizers, but rather our own observations, and comments from vendors. What makes this interesting is that attendance…
Shots From The floor Of Massive Tablets, Jaguar Drives, Cool Furniture, More
< /P> John F. Braun offers more pictures from the floor of Macworld Expo San Francisco 2003. Below we have the a huge tablet, some Jaguar themed drives from Maxtor, the very cool iGo iMac desk, and more. Check out our Special Report for Macworld Expo San Francisco 2003 for more image galleries, and other…
Shots From The floor Of Puppies, UFOs, More
< /P> John F. Braun offers more pictures from the floor of Macworld Expo San Francisco 2003. Below we have the UFO base for G4 iMacs, as well an image of the Puppy, a fingerprint ID device for the Mac. Check out our Special Report for Macworld Expo San Francisco for more image galleries, and…
MWSF 2003 - Apple Introduces 12", 4.6 Pound PowerBook G4
Apple today announced a new 12″ PowerBook G4 that is packed full of features yet it is only 1″ thick and a mere 4.6 pounds. It features a new aluminum alloy enclosure, an 800MHz processor, FireWire 800, and the new 802.11g wireless. From Apple’s press release: Apple� today unveiled the new 12-inch PowerBook� G4 with…
MasterWriter Released For Songwriters From Macworld
Today MasterWriter, Inc. showed for the first time MasterWriter(tm) 1.0 software demonstrating its power for professional songwriters. Written entirely in 4D and running on Mac OS X, MasterWriter is available for demonstration in the 4D Booth. Designed by songwriters for songwriters, MasterWriter is the first program to fully address all of the challenges of writing…
MWSF 2003 - The Best MWSF 2003 Keynote Pics You Will See
width=”50%”> Itis time we posted our keynote pics, and once again we are proud to bring you images from our own Daniel Miller. Heis known as Photodan in the TMO forums, for obvious reasons, and we think these are easily the best images you will see from the keynote. These images were shot before, during,…
MWSF 2003 - Apple Introduces 17" Aluminum PowerBooks: NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go, Bluetooth, AirPort Extreme" PowerBook G4
Apple has introduced a new 17″ PowerBook, made of what Steve Jobs characterized as aircraft grade aluminum alloy, that we will quickly dub the AlBook. The new unit sports a 17″ widescreen 16:10 display, the same display used in the 17″ iMac, a 1440 x 900 resolution, built-in Bluetooth, built-in AirPort Extreme, a new wireless…
Apple Announces Final Cut Express: Mid-Range Professional Video Editing For US$299
Apple? today introduced Final Cut? Express, a new product based on Apple?s award-winning Final Cut Pro? and optimized for the DV format. Final Cut Express is aggressively priced at $299 (US) allowing small business users, educators, students and advanced hobbyists to edit video like professional video editors. Final Cut Express includes all the key features…
Apple Announces Keynote Presentation App
Apple? today unveiled Keynote, a new generation of presentation software that brings the ability to create stunning, professional-quality presentations to everyone. Featuring Appleis legendary ease of use, Keynote includes professionally designed themes, amazing typography, pro-quality image resizing, animated charts and tables that can be created in seconds, and cinematic-quality transitions. Available immediately for $99 (US),…
Apimac Updates Secret Folder With faster Launching
Apimac is pleased to announce Apimac Secret Folder 2.4.2, the latest release of its shareware application that lets you hide a folder and its contents, for both Mac OS X and Mac Classic. This new build is a maintenance release that mainly introduces some code optimizations, making Apimac Secret Folder to launch faster and to…
Snowmint Updates Budget With QIF Importing
Snowmint Creative Solutions LLC, a publisher of personal productivity software solutions, announced today the release of Budget version 3.3 for MacOS X. This release adds many new features such as QIF file import, a long term planner, currency conversion, a redesigned Preferences window, and a new localization for British English. Various bug fixes were also…
Lindows Attacks Microsoft's Claim On Windows Trademark
Microsoft’s legal team will ring in the new year with its ongoing complaint against Linux distributor Lindows.com. Lindows has asked for a summary judgment, to be delivered in January, that would invalidate Microsoft’s use of the term Windows as a trademark. That trademark is the basis for the suit from Microsoft that actually launched this…
Raising Your Laptop In Style With The iCurve
< SPAN id="font">Introduction As time passes, more and more people look to laptop computers as possible replacements for typical desktop machines. While todayis PowerBooks easily have the power to be such replacements, and are great for on-the-road computing, they can often present several problems in a typical desktop environment. First of all, the keyboard is…
iOrganize Update with Improved Import/Export
iOrganize, a powerful yet easy to use notepad, was updated to version 4.4. iOrganize is the perfect application to store all the notes, ideas, text extracts, web links… you find while working daily, but without knowing exactly what to do with them. This new version features a brand new preference dialog, much improved export and…
