A pple has announced a significant milestone in the media platform wars. The company says that QuickTime 6 downloads have topped the 250 million mark, a first for Appleis multimedia platform. Officially released in July of 2002, QuickTime is at the heart of not only music and movie playback on the Mac, it is the…
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The Back Page - L.A. Times Criticizes Steve Jobs' Salary
2nd verse, Same as the first! – Herman’s Hermits The L.A. Times has taken its turn to rip on Steve Jobs’ compensations. This is getting so common place, I almost made this one my trademarked "blah blah blah" articles. I didn’t, though, so if you don’t care to read about yet another article using selective…
June 1 - 6: Capps Leaves Apple For Microsoft, eMac Goes Public
[Authors Note: Owen and I are still behind in this series, but are working hard to catch up – Bryan] Every road is built with little steps; we’re certain there’s some sort of old phrase along those lines, but the point is that it was this week in 1969 that Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs…
BusinessWeek Suggest That Apple Make iPod Friends
Apple’s iPod, iPod mini, iTunes, and iTunes Music Store have, by nearly every measure, been tremendous hits. iPods have become the de-facto standard of portable music players, and no one has yet to match the combination of iTunes and iTunes Music Store. An editorial by Peter Burrows and Tom Lowry, appearing in BusinessWeek Online, examines…
Toshiba America Won't Confirm New Mini 60GB Drive & Apple's Use
< A href="https://toshiba.com/tai-new/">Toshiba America, Inc. said Wednesday it has no official comment about an announcement by its Asian division that it will manufacture a 1.8-inch hard drive with a 60GB capacity, and that Apple Computer will be using it, possibly in a yet-to-be announced iPod product. A story by IDG News Service Wednesday, reports that…
Just a Thought - Benchmarks: Not Just For Geeks Anymore
So, I was thinking about doing the OS X 10.3.4 update when it occurred to me that it is entirely possible that the update could make my already slow 450mhz G4 Cube run even slower. "But how do I test such things," I asked myself. "Dude, benchmarks," was my reply, and I slapped my forehead…
Maxprog Shipping eMail Extractor Version 2.0
Maxprog is proud to present a new release of eMail Extractor, new version 2.0, available now at Maxprog website with several interesting improvements, new features and bug fixes. Recover your customers e-mail addresses from your mailbox or contact files with eMail Extractor, our professional e-mail extraction software that extracts e-mail addresses from HTML and text…
This Week in Apple History - May 16 - 22: Apple III & AppleLink introduced, iPod Division Created
[Authors Note: Owen and I are still behind in this series, but are working hard to catch up – Bryan] This week in Apple history, we look back at one of the few product failures in Apple’s past, the Apple III. It was this week in 1980 that the Apple III was introduced to much…
Just a Thought - iMovie Film Wows The Crowd At Sundance Film Festival
Once we relied solely on words to tell our tales; we chronicled our lives in journals for review and reflection. Sometimes, when we feel a story must be told, we again use words to tell it, forming a book that represents an aspect of our lives. These stories can be horrific, funny, sad, but usually…
Apple Forms New iPod Division, Organizes Macintosh Division
Apple has formed a new division within the company dedicated to the iPod. Reuters is reporting that the new division will be headed by Jon Rubinstein, former Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering for Apple, while Timothy Cook, former Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Operations, will head the Macintosh division. From Reuters: Jon…
DEVONtech Shipping PhotoStickies 5.0
DEVONtechnologies releases the final version 5.0 of its webcam and picture viewer PhotoStickies 5.0 final. PhotoStickies 5.0 adds the possibility to ask a central server for new cams, to post new cams to the server and to save images in various file formats. PhotoStickies 5.0 is also integrated with DEVONnote, comes with an improved user…
Apple Scores iTunes Bundling Deal For Chinese Market
A pple announced today a new bundling agreement for iTunes in the Chinese market. The company inked a deal with Chinese PC vendor Founder that will place iTunes on every PC that Founder sells in China. The deal doesnit specifically include the iTunes Music Store, as that service has yet to be launched outside the…
iOrganize Updated With Auto Backup Support
iOrganize 5.4, a new version of the popular organization tool for MacOS X, has just been released. 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. Thanks to a clean and familiar user interface, iOrganize…
The Back Page - Apple Death Knell #40, Enderle vs. Chaffin Finale
You knew it was coming: Rob Enderle has let ring his 5th Apple Death Knell in just the last few years. Today’s entry in the Apple Death Knell Counter comes in part 5 in the heads up debate between Mr. Enderle and myself in MacNewsWorld’s Death Match. This cements Mr. Enderle’s lead in the Apple…
World Domination, Phase 3: TMO's New Forum Design!
F irst there was the new layout for TMO, then the new, advanced comment system. Prepare yourselves for the next stage of our plans for world domination, a stage we like to call “Phase 3.” Thatis right, thereis a brand new design for the forums to make it match the fancy new layout for the…
The Back Page - Bryan Chaffin vs. Rob Enderle, Rounds 3 & 4: What Is Apple?
Over the last few days, you have been treated to a heads up debate between noted Apple Death Kneller Rob Enderle and myself. Hosted by our friends at MacNewsWorld.com, Mr. Enderle and I answered three questions from MacNewsWorld, and then had the chance to rebut those answers. Today I wanted to point you to Rounds…
Phlink Updated With Multiple Line Support
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…
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…
