I Invented the iPod! Well, I guess the credit actually goes to Apple on that one, but I did have a vision of the future of music back in the day. The year was 1985, I was a freshman at The University of Texas, and I had just seen the coolest thing ever. A friend…
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Apple Store Adds Portable iPod mini Speakers
A pple has posted an exclusive iPod accessory at the Hot Deals page for the Apple Store. The accessory is Altec Lansingis new inMotion Portable iPod mini Speakers speaker solution for the iPod, and Apple says the product is exclusive to the Apple Store. From Appleis description: Earphones are like toothbrushes. Canit live without iem,…
Apimac Releases Maintenance Update For Clean Text
Often you have to paste some text copied from one document or application into another, and you want the text to get the attributes (such as color, font, dimension and style) of the new document instead of preserving the attributes copied from the old one. Apimac Clean Text eliminates all text formatting, preparing it for…
Apple's iWrite Trademark Application Suggests PDA Device [TMO Scoop]
Following a tip from one of our guest’s comments in John Kheit’s column about new Apple trademark applications for iWork, ProBand, and Pod, we found that Apple filed a trademark application for the IWRITE mark on September 15, 2003. ThinkSecret broke the news, and MacRumors subsequently reported on the iWrite filing back in 2003, with…
iPod Leads Professed "Apple Hater" to Consider iBook
Michael is a self professed Apple Hater, or he was until he got an iPod. HardwareGeeks.com has published a review of the iPod from this one-time hater of all things Apple, and according to his review, the iPod has made Michael look at things in an entirely new light. From the article: I am the…
70,000 People Expected For Apple Expo Paris
M acworld UK is reporting that the organization in charge of this monthis Apple Expo expects some 70,000 people to attend the event in Paris. Apple Expo begins on Tuesday, August 31st, with a keynote from Phil Schiller. The Paris show is the largest Mac trade show in the world outside of Macworld San Francisco,…
Apple Looked To Startup For iPod Interface Help
The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that when it came time to make the iPod work like the iPod, Apple turned to a small startup named Pixo. According to the report, Apple approached the company for help in getting the iPod ready for market. From the article: After weeks of hammering out the business side…
802.11n: The Future Of WiFi
The alphabet soup that is wireless networking will soon get a new addition to its family as talks heat up over the future of 802.11n. Currently scheduled to be ready some time around 2006 or 2007 — although products could appear as early as 2005 — 802.11n will deliver transfer speeds of at least 100Mbps…
Real Aims At Apple With Harmony Launch, Half-Price Promo
RealNetworks Tuesday announced the Freedom of Choice campaign, ushering in iPod compatibility with its music store files by offering songs for 49 cents and most albums for $4.99 “for a limited time.” With its eyes set on iPod owners who have been locked in to the iTunes Music Store, Real also launched a companion web…
Apple Making Inroads Into Film Editing; Avid Remains King
L OS ANGELES, CA — Appleis recent efforts to conquer the digital film editing market have met with substantial success, and the companyis presence at SIGGRAPH 2004 is representative of that success. Ask any professional who has worked in the film or video industries for at least a decade, however, and he or she will…
It (Still) All Comes Down to the "Bible"
L OS ANGELES, CA — Wandering around the Siggraph floor these last couple of days has generated a great deal of envy for this former USC film student. For just a few thousand dollars, you can have at minimum: a prosumer DV camcorder; a baseline Power Mac G5; Appleis Production Suite of editing tools; and…
From The SIGGRAPH Floor - Apple's Motion Goes Head-to-Head With Adobe After Effects
LOS ANGELES, CA — Apple announced Tuesday that its real-time motion-graphics design product Motion is now available to purchase. In addition, the company also introduced what it calls its "Production Suite," an integrated software collection that contains Motion, Final Cut Pro HD, and DVD Studio Pro 3. According to Apple spokespersons on hand at Siggraph,…
Just a Thought - Apple Enterprise, Please!
My job title says I’m a systems analyst, but in reality, I’m just a point man; when something goes wrong I’m the man everyone points at to blame or to make it right. It’s not as bad as it sounds; I get to play with a variety of systems, plan networks, and develop infrastructures, and…
Immersion, Digital Element Announce Maya 3D Plug-In
MicroScribe digitizing products let users construct detailed computer models by tracing over the contours of a physical object. The new plug-in from Digital Element provides seamless data flow from the MicroScribe system to Maya. “For years Maya users on the PC have had great success with our MicroScribe digitizer, used in the creation of feature…
MOTU Ships MX4 Hybrid Synthesis Virtual Instrument
MX4 – at US$300 – is a new instrument plug-in application that combines several core synthesis techniques in a unified, hybrid synthesis engine. MX4 includes several additional features not previously announced, such as built-in effects, more LFOs, external audio input, a unison multiplier and parameter randomization options for creative programming. MOTU says that built-in chorus…
Alias Buys 3D Developer Kaydara, Mac Products To Continue
< A href="https://www.alias.com">Alias and 3D developer Kaydara announced today an agreement for Kaydara to be acquired by the Maya maker. Kaydarais products include MotionBuilder and FBX for QuickTime, both available for the Mac platform. Kaydara also offers some platform independent technologies. Kaydarais products will be offered under the Alias brand name, and Alias says that…
VA Tech's Improved System X Assembly Complete, Photos Posted
The only thing that could make System X better would be to replace the G5 Power Macs with the latest and greatest G5 based Xserves; doing so would reduce the floor space require to host System X, reduce the power needed to run the supercomputer, and it might possibly allow the newly revitalize Big Mac…
August 1-7: Newton Introduced, Big Brother Bill
This week in Apple history, we have yet more Newton history, for it was this week in 1993 that the first Newton was officially introduced by Apple. The MessagePad was a remarkable piece of computing technology (see the specs below), but ended up being hammered by the press (especially by Gary Trudeau in the popular…
Apple Lays Off 74, Unit Sales Up, Reported Profits Threatened
Apple’s 10-Q SEC filing for the fiscal 3rd quarter of 2004 was released today. The 10-Q filing offers the most comprehensive look at Apple’s financial and operational health available to the public. Included in the filing is the news that Apple laid off 74 employees during the quarter, saw the best Mac unit sales in…
The Back Page - French Virgin Mega Whines About iPod/iTunes/Apple: Let Them Eat Bits
The French arm of Virgin Mega’s online store has filed a complaint against Apple relating to its online music store dominance. According to Virgin Mega, Apple’s refusal to license its DRM scheme, FairPlay, to other online music stores makes it difficult to compete. At issue is the fact that the iPod will only play downloads…
Toshiba 60GB iPod-Ready Drive to Ship by Year's End
The new 60GB, dual platter drive (see photo below) is larger in capacity than its current drives, but no larger in physical size than the 40GB drive currently being used in Apple top-line fourth-generation iPod. It weighs 2.187 ounces and is 2.12 inches wide, 3.09 inches deep, 0.315 inches high. The breakthrough making it possible…
Analyst: Apple's Stock "Riding On Vapors, a Lot of Promise, and Hope"
A n analyst with Wall Street firm Morningstar says that Appleis stock is "riding on vapors, a lot of promise and hope." The comments from analyst Rod Bare come in an article from CNN that looks at how Apple CEO Steve Jobsi cancer surgery might affect the companyis valuation. At issue, of course, is what…
Expert: Jobs Cancer Treatable, Diabetes Possible
The pancreatic cancer Apple and Pixar Animation CEO Steve Jobs is suffering from is rare and treatable, but often leads to diabetes later in life, a cancer expert told The Mac Observer, Sunday. Mr. Jobs told fellow employees Sunday by e-mail that he underwent surgery over the weekend for the removal of a pancreatic, cancerous…
July 25-31: Lisa, Apple Setback in Microsoft Lawsuit
This week in Apple History (July 25-31), the Lisa project officially got under way. The Lisa would be Apple’s first GUI-based computer, but it would take the Mac to get it right. Funny enough, it was this week in1979 that the project started, and it was the same week in 1982 that the project’s team…
