A couple of years ago, we heard of an Australian geneticist using his iPod to carry around the entire human genome. According to an article at Forbes, Apple’s presence in the realm of genetic research is by no means limited to genetic information being carted around on MP3 players. For example, Princeton’s Lewis-Sigler Institute for…
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Chinese Company Copies Power Mac G4 Design
W hen the iMac was introduced, Apple found that a few companies from Japan and the US thought they could copy Appleis industrial design. One company, Future Power, went so far as to claim that people had a right to industrial design. Future Poweris General Manager, Bill Voecks, said in response to an Apple lawsuit…
TMO Panther Desktop Contest Winners & 22 Desktop Images!
N ow that the holidays are behind us, and the 12-story TMO Christmas Tree and the 20-gallon eggnog encrusted punch bowl have been boxed up and stored in the attic of TMO Towers, we can announce the winners of the TMO Desktop Picture Contest! (The next contest should be to guess how many frickin boxes…
26 More Pics From The Floor
O ne of our most popular features during a Macworld show is the picture galleries. People who canit make the show like to see what they are missing, and we appreciate the clamor for more pics. Accordingly, we are offering up our third picture gallery taken from the floor. This time out we have some…
Digital Networks Proud Of Its Rio Being Panned By Steve Jobs (W/Pics & Corrected)
[Editor’s Note: As originally reported, this story said that the Rio referred to in this story was priced at US$149. While true, the flip side is that it isn’t the same Rio referred to by Steve Jobs in his Macworld keynote. Steve Jobs was comparing the iPod Mini to a 256 MB version of this…
39 More Pics From The Show Floor
O ne of our most popular features during a Macworld show is the picture galleries. People who canit make the show like to see what they are missing, and we appreciate the clamor for more pics. Accordingly, we are offering up the first picture gallery taken from the floor. Todayis pics come from Wednesdayis show…
Apple Has Sold Over 2 Million iPods, Introduces New Colorful iPod Mini
The iPod phenomenon continues to roll on, with Steve Jobs today announcing that Apple has sold over 2 million iPods since its debut, having sold 730,000 iPods in the December quarter alone. In addition, 10GB iPod has been moved up to 15GB for the same US$299 price point, and Apple has introduced a new 4…
Apple Introduces Final Cut Express 2
Apple today introduced the second major version of Final Cut Express, a “prosumer” video editing application based on it’s bigger brother, Final Cut Pro. The new version delivers RT Extreme features for real-time compositing, an updated interface, real-time color correction and more. From the press release: Apple� today introduced Final Cut� Express 2, the next…
Lawsuit Campaigns Get Ink From Reuters Article
A pple is getting some bad publicity in the form of consumer complaints about the iPod and the dual-USB iBooks. Reuters has published a story that has been picked up by many news outlets about campaigns to start class-action lawsuits against Apple for problems that some are saying is widespread. Neither campaign is new, but…
Ex-Apple Engineers Reduce Tech-Support Call Waiting
While the Holiday Season will be full of fond memories and happy gift giving, this year may also introduce many to the darker side of technology; Technical telephone support. As many of you will be getting new gadgets this year, getting those gadgets to work properly may require longs waits for tech-support with your phone…
SilverNetworks Updates Spy With Bug Fixes And More
SilverNetworks today released a significant update to itis remote screen capture tool, Spy. Spy allows you to run a small server on your Mac, that when accessed by any normal Web browser, allows people to see your screen, as well as information about your Macintosh. But it doesnit stop there – they can look at…
IT Business: Apple Canada Ready For IT Business
Apple has made some impressive strides in marketing its products to IT shops here in the States, many companies suffering from shrinking budgets and bad karma from Microsoft are finding Apple’s offerings to be good for what ails them. That’s fine, but Apple doesn’t only exist in the US marketplace. What of our northern neighbors?…
MDG Computer Services Shipping Web Server And WS4D/eCommercce Version 4.0
MDG Computer Services, Inc, a leading developer of Web and eCommerce tools for Macintosh announced today that it shipped version 4.0 of Web Server 4D and WS4D/eCommerce, its a single application that includes a full featured Web server, shopping carts, storefronts, credit authorization, virtual domains, and database publishing. Whatis New With Version 4.0? Web Server…
Inside Wal-Mart's Online Music Store & Digital Rights Management
A nalysts viewed Wal-Martis announcement Thursday of its foray into online music distribution as a potential threat to Apple, but it would appear that for the time being the service compares more so with the likes of BuyMusic.com than the iTunes Music Store. The sufficiently titled “WalMart.com – Music Downloads” service offers all songs for…
Blue Mango Shipping New QuickTime Editor
Blue Mango Multimedia, LLC is now shipping Enhanced QuickTime External. Enhanced QuickTime External is a utility designed for expanding the standard QuickTime feature set. The app ships with QuickTime movie editing support and audio level control. According to Blue Mango Multimedia, LLC: Blue Mango Multimedia, LLC today announced the Enhanced QuickTime External, which extends the…
EV Nova Update Zaps Some Bugs
Ambrosia Software, Inc. has released an update for Escape Velocity Nova, bringing it to version 1.0.7. Escape Velocity is a space action/rpg game designed to destroy tedium with laser fire. The update fixes several bugs and improves Panther compatibility. According to Ambrosia Software: EV Nova 1.0.7, for the Mac, has been released. EV Nova is…
Computing With Bifocals - It's All About The MUG, Zoom, & Rechargeable Batteries
Previously in this column, I have made mention of the fact that since my retirement I have joined the local Macintosh User Group (MUG). There is a loose affiliation of user groups across the US and, as far as I know, in other countries as well. These groups meet periodically to share information, fellowship, and…
BusinessWeek Calls Apple Stores Zen-Like
Been Christmas shopping? Even the most war-hardened shopper can tire of fighting the crowds just to save a few pennies on gifts that the intended recipient may not want. Stores like Wal-Mart during the Christmas buying season can easily be compared to midwestern stockyards, where cattle where herded before becoming last night’s dinner. An article…
AstraPix 540: Digital Chimera
A pple bills itself as the supplier of the hub of the Digital Lifestyle. Macs, for many, are at the center of the digitized snippets of the lives their owners lead — from music to pictures to movies and more — but what of the devices that gather all of these isnippetsi? There are digital…
Canadian Consumers Could Pay Dearly For Their Next iPod
The next time you buy a pack of blank CDs or scroll through the playlist on our iPod you’ll think of our northern neighbors after reading this: Canada currently collects a tariff on media that can be used for recording music; cassette tapes, blank CDs, and similar items. The purpose of the tariff is to…
Court Rules SCO Must Show Offending Code
SCO has made quite a name for itself in recent months, not because of technical excellence, but because of its attempts to wrangle licensing fees from anyone using Linux, and possibly other *nix variants such as BSD and its descendants. The company has also made a splash because of its lawsuits against those who’ve refused…
Intelli Innovations Shipping New Portable Barcode Scanner
Intelli Innovations, Inc., developers of innovative hardware and software for Macintosh, today introduced the IntelliScanner Scanabout, a multi-functional addition to its expanding IntelliScanner USB Barcode Reader product line. IntelliScanner Scanabout is a flexible new barcode scanner built for both tethered and portable use. Users can use the product at their desk as a wired reader…
HP To Launch Online Music Store, MP3 Player (With Analysis)
It seems that everyone wants to follow Apple into the space that Apple says can’t make money. Reuters is reporting that HP is going to be the latest me-too company in the music download business, following such runners-up as Roxio, MusicMatch, BuyMusic.com, and Dell Computer. Like Dell, HP is also going to be selling its…
ComputerWorld: Xserve Cluster Crunches Bio-data For Lab
We hear a lot about Apple’s latest desktops and notebooks these days — even ganged PowerMac G5s have been making headlines — but we seldom hear news of the Xserve and how businesses are using them. Here’s a story from ComputerWorld Singapore about a laboratory that has recently installed Xserves. Temasek Life Science Laboratory needed…
