A few weeks ago I rented and watched the movie, The Hunted. I had no preconceptions about the movie, I hadn’t read any reviews and I hadn’t heard anyone’s comments. I’d seen the previews and it looked like something I thought might be entertaining. As I watched the closing credits scroll by I notice that…
Apple Begins Delivery Of 5,205 iBooks To Illinois Elementary Schools
T hereis lots of education news for Apple of late. The company scored a major super computer contract that will use 1,100 Power Mac G5s clustered together, and that deal was the subject of a BusinessWeek column this morning. We also reported this morning on two different Alaska school districts that have made major iBook…
Boost Your 17" And 15" iMac Memory To 2 GB
Trans Intl. has announced new upgrade modules for Apple 17″ and 15″ iMac Flat Panel G4’s. The modules, when installed, provide up to 2 GB of DDR 333 memory. The modules operate at 133Mhz with a data rate of 333Mbps. According to Trans Intl Today Trans Intl. announced the availability of a 2 Gigabyte (GB)…
Apple Releases 20 GB, 40 GB iPods, "10,000 Songs In Your Pocket"
In a surprise move, Apple bumped the mid-range and high-end iPod models, just four months after the last revision to the product line. The company has replaced the 15 GB and 30 GB iPods with 20 GB and 40 GB units, respectively. Pricing for the new units remains the same as the previous units (US$399…
Think Tanks: What A Blast!
E very so often something comes along that changes the very foundation of your belief system; you become essentially a new person, with new ideas and a new perspective on life. Think Tanks from GarageGames is not one of those somethings, but it is a bona fide hoot to play anyway. We wonder where Brave…
IBM Pushes Mainstream Linux Acceptance With New Television Ad
Sunday, September 7th during an NFL broadcast on the Fox network, IBMis commitment to Linux will be taken a step further. While some of IBMis previous commercials have referred to Linux, the commercial shown during the football broadcast will be the first one specifically focusing on Linux itself. From the Web site of IBMis “The…
The Devil's Advocate: iMac Designs Do's & Don'ts: Don't Mix Pyramids and Snakes
What do you get when you combine Apple’s Pyramid iMac and it’s Snake iMac? Why you get this mess: Images from Apple’s design patent The Pyramid Snake iMac–no, it’s not a joke. On August 31, 2004, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USTPO) issued United States Patent Number D495,332 to Apple Computer, Inc. for…
BusinessWeek: The Time Is Now For Windows Version Of iTMS
Alex Salkever of BusinessWeek says that Apple’s best window of opportunity (pun ours, and mostly intended) for the Windows version of the iTunes Music Store (iTMS) is now, this Fall. In the latest Byte of the Apple column, Mr. Salkever says that if Apple wants to capture the hearts, minds, and dollars of college music…
Fred Anderson Speaks: Education & Consumer Market Share Gains, More Government Sales, & Much More
Fred Anderson spoke today at the 2003 Technology Conference, hosted by Citigroup and Smith Barney. The audience was comprised of analysts, and the presentation was Webcast through Veracast in order to comply with SEC regulations regarding disclosure of information to investors. During the presentation, Mr. Anderson covered a variety of issues, including new information not…
Intrigue Technologies Announces Harmony Remote SST-659
Intrigue Technologies Inc., creators of Smart State Technology, and makers of the Harmony Remote models SST-748 and SST-768, are pleased to introduce their newest “Family-Friendly Remote”, the SST-659. The new Harmony SST-659 is the culmination of customer feedback, design refinement and user group studies.� The resulting product includes some notable feature inclusions like Activity buttons,…
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Apple Hot Deals Update For CDW
A pple has updated the Hot Deals page for CDW 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 features several Mac retailers and special offers that one can only get, at least in…
Freeverse Now Shipping Burning Monkey Solitaire 3
Burning Monkey Solitaire 3 is now shipping to retail and available for purchase from the Freeverse Online Store. This is an all-new game with 16 monkeys, 26 games, over 200 megs of insane solitaire action, internet high scores, songs, jokes and, of course, flaming arrows. The game is also chock-full of easter eggs, the first…
Bill Gates Feels "Very Bad" About PC Virus Problem
In the world of Windows, the landscape seems to seethe with viruses of every type; worms seem to undulate and multiply with ferocious speed, and the wilds teem with script-kiddies and crackers. It can be a harsh and unforgiving world; a world made more complicated by the myriad of patches, plugs, and veritable bailing wire…
IDG Moves Macworld Back To Boston, Apple Says "No Thanks"
Remember the nonsense earlier this year heading into Macworld New York? IDG World Expos announced the show was moving back to Boston in 2004, and Apple then announced it would not be going. In fact, said Apple at the time, we may not even go to the 2003 New York show. IDG responded with a…
Apple Sued For Rendezvous Trademark Infringement
[ Update 1:56 PM CDT: Apple has officially given us a comment of “We donit comment on pending litigation” in response to our questions on this story. – Editor] Apple knowingly stole the Rendezvous name, according to a lawsuit filed against Apple by a company called TIBCO. In a press release today, TIBCO says that…
Ars Technica Offers Comprehensive Mac Browser Smackdown
Ars Technica has published a comprehensive Mac browser smackdown, as the site put it. The piece is very solid review and breakdown of the nine browsers available for Mac OS X, including a look at performance, rendering accuracy, and overall user-experience. From the review: For the first year to year-and-a-half of OS X’s existence, one…
Macromedia Goes Toe-To-Toe With Microsoft With Flash MX Pro 2004
In addition to upgrading Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Flash, Macromedia has announced a pro version of Flash called Flash MX Professional 2004. This product is designed to allow users to create Internet-based applications, including apps that are tied in to back end server functions. This is a new arena for Macromedia, and one that puts them…
The Back Page - HP To Open Store-Within-A-Store & It's Good For Apple
The market is following where Apple trailblazed, once again. In a BusinessWeek story about HP’s recent less-than-stellar quarter, we noticed that HP was going to be opening a store-within-a-store at some general electronics retailers. This is similar to Apple’s store-within-a-store at CompUSA, save that all the products will obviously be HP products. The kicker is…
Treo 270: Handy Handspring & Phone For The Modern Road Warrior
F or the road warrior of the 21st century, having the tools to stay connected is a must. Todayis intrepid traveller must equip him or her self with the basic array of gadgets to stay in touch and get work done: a laptop, cell phone, and a PDA. The latter 2 items have become so…
iTunes Radio: Streaming Music From iTMS With A "Buy Now" Button
< I>She wore a raspberry beret… the kind you find at second hand store… Man, I forgot that one. Oh, donit mind me, Iim just jotting down some of the songs on the radio. I love listening to the radio; all that free music, virtually ad free and interruption free. Itis great to find out…
MacPlay Developing Hearts Of Iron For Mac Gamers
MacPlay, a subsidiary of United Developers, LLC, announced today that Mac gamers will soon have the opportunity to shape the course of mid-20th century history with Hearts of Iron, the next release in their exclusive distribution agreement with British publisher Virtual Programming. Spanning the years 1936-1946, Hearts of Iron offers epic gameplay on a global…
The Rolling Stones Offer Music Downloads, At Last, But Not Yet With iTMS
S teve Jobs canit get no satisfaction, at least not initially. The Rolling Stones, one of the great holdouts in the online music distribution business, have announced an exclusive deal with RealNetworksi Rhapsody service. Rhapsody is Realis subscription service (it requires a monthly subscription fee) that allows for streaming of Rhapsodyis entire online catalog of…
Infoworld Likes G5, Says Xserve More Manageable Than Linux, Cheaper Than Windows
I nfoworld has published a very complimentary pieces on Appleis server offerings, Xserve and Xserve RAID, as well as a separate article on Appleis new Power Mac G5. Infoworld is a print magazine aimed at IT professionals, and has recently begun to feature expanded coverage of Appleis Unix-based Mac OS X offerings. P. J. Connolly…
