Ovolab today released version 1.4 of Ovolab Phlink, its innovative and award-winning telephony software for the Mac. Ovolab Phlink is a software and hardware product that turns your Mac into a flexible and powerful answering machine and telephone information center. The new version can handle multiple phone lines simultaneously, by simply plugging in multiple Phlink…
IBM To Centralize Desktop Services, Applications, & Data
Back in the 60’s and 70’s, the word ‘computer’ was synonymous with the name ‘IBM’; back then, room-filling centralized servers chugged away supporting hundreds, even thousands of workers who used terminals to get their work done. It wasn’t pretty, but it worked very well, and there was no such thing as a virus or worm…
PlayFair Born Again As Hymn, Back Online
F or those who have been following the battle between PlayFair, the software that will strip Appleis DRM from iTunes Music Store downloads, and Apple, thereis a new development. The story began a few months ago when PlayFair was first released. Apple quickly sent a Cease & Desist to SourceForge.net, the projectis home, demanding that…
TMO Scoop - Mac Office 2004 Ships (W/Screen Shots)
T MOis Devilis Advocate, John Kheit, received notice from the Apple Store yesterday that his copy of Mac Office 2004 had shipped, and it did indeed arrive last night. TMO contacted Microsoft to verify that the product was shipping in wide release, and a spokesperson confirmed that the newest Mac Office was in stores. An…
Apple Hot Deals Update For OWC
A pple has updated the Hot Deals page for Other World Computing (OWC) 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,…
May 1 - 8: Big Blue Becomes Cloner, The iMac is Born!
[Authors Note: Owen and I are still behind in this series, but we are committed to getting caught up by Macworld Boston. Look for a blast of This Week in Apple History installments during the next two weeks. – Bryan] Do the Floppy Shuffle! Ah, remember the good ol’ days of constantly switching out floppy…
TMO Reports - Apple Denies iTMS Price Hike Rumor
Apple Computer is categorically denying a published report that it plans to raise prices on some music tracks on its iTunes Music Store to US$1.25 a song. A story in Friday’s New York Post quoted unnamed sources as saying five major record labels – EMI, Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG), Sony, Universal and Warner – have…
The Back Page - Bryan Chaffin & Rob Enderle Duke It Out In Heads Up Debate
There are times when I really, really enjoy what I do for a living. OK, let’s be honest, I almost always enjoy what I do, but there are times when that enjoyment transcends the every day pleasures. Today, or rather this last week, is one such example. We’ve rolled our new design, we just rolled…
Jon's Phone Tool Updated With Improved Code
Jonathan Nathan has released an update for Jon’s Phone Tool, bringing it to version 1.2. Jon’s Phone Tool is a utility designed for automated phone dialing. The update features improved code and a modified search feature. According to Jonathan Nathan: Jonathan Nathan is pleased to announce that Jon’s Phone Tool v1.2 has been released. Jon’s…
Miglia Shipping New Analog/Digital Video Converter
Miglia Technology, a global technology solution provider that manufactures, markets and supports a range of own and licensed branded products, has today announced that it has launched the latest version of its award winning analogue/digital video converter Directors Cut SCART. Simply connect the Directoris Cut to a VCR with the SCART cable and the FireWire…
Apple Legal Tries Again To Keep PlayFair At Bay
R emember the Open Source application, PlayFair? Itis an application that allows you to make songs purchased from Appleis iTunes Music Store playable on any music player, not just iPods, stripping the DRM out of the song. The application was originally hosted on SourceForge, a US-based Web site dedicated to open source development. The project…
Survey Says: More People Would Rather Surf Than Drink Their Morning Coffee
Y ou arrive at work a few minutes early. You have just enough time to either go get coffee, or check out last nights sports scores on the Net. Thereis not enough time to do both, however. Which do you choose? Well, according to the results of a poll recently released by Websense, most people…
BusinessWeek Says IBM's Chip Problems May Be Over Soon
Sometimes it seems that Apple couldn’t get a break if it paid top dollar for it. Not long ago, Apple’s fortunes, and misfortunes, were tied to the ability of Motorola to produce the CPUs that were the heart of Apple’s computers. Many complained bitterly that Motorola’s inability to produce faster chips in large enough quantities…
iTunes 4.5 Released, iTMS Updated W/Free Tracks, Limited WMA Support, iMix & More
I n the late hours on Tuesday, the iTunes Music Store began displaying information about new features for both the store and the now-available iTunes 4.5. The store now offers free downloads every week, user iMixes (playlists created by users and uploaded to the store), music videos, movie trailers, and radio charts. The new release…
This Week in Apple History - April 19 - 24: Apple IIc Beats Mac, Mission: Impossible, & 5 iMillion Macs
There are lots of interesting things happening this week in Apple History. For instance, this week in 1984 we bear witness to the slow start of Macintosh when the Apple IIc sells more units in one day than the Mac had in the preceding three months. Perhaps that’s why Apple released it in a celebration…
TMO Reports - Apple Sued Over JPEG Patent; Damages Possibly "Millions"
Videoconferencing company Forgent Networks, Inc. filed suit Thursday against 31 defendants, including Apple Computer, for using its JPEG digital image compression patent without paying a licensing fee. In making the announcement, a company spokesman said damages could end up being in the millions of US dollars for each company. Among the other companies being sued…
iPontificate - iPhoto 101: Scanning an Absurd Number of Old Prints
Recently, I discovered a box full of pictures that I had taken with the 35 mm camera that my mother-in-law gave me and my wife for our wedding gift. There were hundreds of prints going back for thirteen years that we had practically forgotten about since the arrival of our bundle of joy. That’s right,…
Fundamental Flaw Threatens Entire Internet
A fundamental flaw has been discovered in TCP, and the AP is reporting that this flaw could "cripple" the entire Internet. TCP is the protocols that sits underneath all of the other protocols and technologies that makes up the Internet. In effect, it is the technology that controls/allows digital traffic to get to its destination.…
Apple Releases AirPort Management Tools For "Larger" Enterprise-Class Networks
A pple has released a new piece of AirPort software. Called AirPort Management Tools, the new app is designed to help IT people "plan, set up, fine tune, and manage" AirPort networks, especially larger networks. From Apple: About AirPort Management Tools The AirPort Management Utility and AirPort Client Monitor provide powerful tools for planning, setting…
Apple, Matsushita To Develop Low-Cost Video Editing Suite
< A href="https://www.apple.com">Apple Computer and Japanese electronics giant Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. will jointly develop and market a low-cost video-editing system for the television industry, the Japanese company announced Monday. The system is expected to cost less than one-tenth the price of conventional editing systems and is directly targeted at Sony Corp., the worldis leading…
April 11 - 17: Jobs' Demotion, IBM, Pink, Windows Lawsuit, Profit & Loss
[Editor’s Note: Please note that we are behind in publishing this series. This install covers the week of April 11 – 17, but is being published in May. I very much hope to get caught up next week. – Editor] It’s another busy week in Apple history; This week we have Apple cofounder Ron Wayne…
Google's Gmail vs. .Mac
Earlier this month, Google announced a new free e-mail service called Gmail. The service offers a Web interface and a full GB of e-mail storage, which will be needed, because Google will be storing your e-mail for ever, even when you "delete" it. BusinessWeek’s Alex Salkever says that Gmail is rewriting the rules for online…
SGI To Sell Maya Maker Alias, Mac Version To Continue
< A href="https://www.sgi.com/">Silicon Graphics Inc. has agreed to sell its Alias Systems unit, makers of the Maya 3D animation and effects software, to Accel-KKR for US$57.5 million, the companies jointly announced Thursday. Alias President Doug Walker said the sale will be good for the overall future of Alias Systems. “This exciting new partnership enables Alias…
TMO Reports - Apple Exec Says iPod mini Static Issues "Extremely Small"
Despite wide-spread media reports of static or distorted audio problems with Apple’s iPod mini portable digital-music player, an Apple executive said Wednesday the problem is “isolated” and is affecting very few users. During an analyst conference call regarding the company’s second-quarter earnings results, Tim Cook, Apple’s Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Operations, said…
