"Two years ago this month, Apple Computer released a small, sleek-looking device it called the iPod. A digital music player, it weighed just 6.5 ounces and held about 1,000 songs. There were small MP3 players around at the time, and there were players that could hold a lot of music. But if the crucial equation is 'largest number of songs' divided by 'smallest physical space,' the iPod seemed untouchable. And yet the initial reaction was mixed: the thing cost $400, so much more... [MacDailyNews]
November 2003 Archives
Apple has opened its first store outside the U.S. The five floor store is located in Ginza, a shopping district in Tokyo. In addition to retail space, it includes an 84-seat theater, a help desk and a classroom. The store employs 140 people. Customers can shop in 10 languages, Japanese, English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Thai, Italian, French and Portuguese. Apple has plans to open a second Japanese location in Osaka next year. [Spymac]
Nielsen/NetRatings reports that Apple.com led all computer hardware e-commerce sites with 4.5 million visitors for the week ended Nov... [MacMinute]
America's Army: Special Forces 2.0 is now available for the Mac, after a PC version was released ear... [MacNN]
If your Windows PC is near the end of its life, I encourage you to take a serious look at Panther (perhaps on an eMac computer) before chaining yourself to anther Windows-based machine. By Sandy McMurray (Globe And Mail via MyAppleMenu) [myapplemenu]
Troubleshooting the Power Mac G5: Power supply noise [MacFixIt]
Those sounds you've been hearing are professional DVD developers popping champagne corks to celebrate the arrival of DVD Studio Pro 2.0, a major upgrade to Apple's high-end DVD-authoring software. [MacCentral]
Stuck without a Superdrive? Tired of dealing with iMovie/iDVD and its mandatory .dv file format? Need to get your DVD done quickly? Then you've come to the right place. Today, I'll show you how to make a quick and simple DVD using ANY DVD burner and ANY Quicktime-supported file format.
Join us for Power User Monday.
Like Pixels? Check out MacDesign [MacMerc]
The House passes antispam legislation that largely mirrors the 'Can Spam' legislation approved by the Senate last month. Lawmakers hope to have final approval before Thanksgiving. [Wired News]
Though some look forward to a slugfest, this rare public appearance will likely be anything but acrimonious [Insanely Great Mac]
OpenOSX today released Gimp 2.0 Preview 1, an update to the company's photo-manipulation software... [MacMinute]
The Burton Amp Pack integrates an iPod control system using SOFTswitch technology, which allows the ... [MacNN]
This is just fucking STUPID. The idiots in LA county government need to be worrying about how the hell they can alleviate the horrid traffic problem, smog, police chases, criminals, gangs, wild fires, druggies and a million other issues other than pissing off some over-sensitive fuckwads that weren't even alive during the slave era. Sometimes you just have to have the balls to tell people to SHUT THE FUCK UP.
SlashChick writes "In an interesting twist on political correctness, LA County has banned the use of the terms 'Master/Slave' (commonly used to denote hard ... [Slashdot]
Looking for some new music? Wanna hear something a bit different? How about some pimped-out R&B from right here in SF... Yeah? Check out Bin Ji Ling. [KALIBER10000]
San Antonio, Texas.-based Bauhaus Software Inc. on Monday announced a "pre-release" version of its Mirage software to Mac OS X users. The Mac OS X pre-release follows the product's October release to Windows users. [MacCentral]
Can't wait to see how long it takes Apple's Legal Department to ass rape this guy...
Frustrated that Apple wants to charge him $255 to replace the dead battery in his 18-month old iPod, one guy has decided to strike back with a guerrilla marketing campaign of his own -- he's been stencilling the words "iPods Unreplaceable Battery Lasts Only 18 Months" on Apple ads all over his town. Check out this video chronicling his efforts. Watch [Via BoingBoing]... [Gizmodo]
Cellular customers who switch carriers Monday may have problems say industry watchers. Wireless companies have spent more time fighting the new rules than preparing systems for a smooth transfer. [Wired News]
Apple's PC market share might be as little as three percent, but the pundits have lately queued up to priase its sense of style and innovation. By Russell Brown (New Zealand Listener via MyAppleMenu) [myapplemenu]
This model lived up to Apple's ease-of-use pitch. It was eerie: Everything just worked, an experience that has eluded me in several years of reviewing desktop PCs. By Bob Massey (Washington Post via MyAppleMenu) [myapplemenu]
Forget about aesthetic preferences or initial hardware costs; life is just easier on the Mac side and will remain so until Microsoft makes overdue repairs to Windows. By Rob Pegoraro (Washington Post via MyAppleMenu) [myapplemenu]
This guy Dell can't be serious. So wait - let me get this straight...Dell spends half a BILLION dollars a year in R&D (similar to Apple as he states), yet Dell as a company owns NOTHING and manufactures NOTHING? EVERYTHING Dell sells is a 3rd party product branded with a Dell logo. They don't actually own anything that is THEIR technolgy to the best of my knowledge. Dell is nothing more than the Costco of the computer world and their only selling point is price. So tell me Mr. Dell, what exactly are you innovating and spending so much money on? It sure can't be on creating usable and stable machines because the last time I checked, Dell's are as useless as tits on a bullfrog. Are you sure you aren't hiding some of those massive losses from dropping your pants on $500 PC's and wrapping it into the "R&D" budget?
Michael Dell compares his company's R&D spending with Apple's in an interesting interview with Karen Southwick. [MacInTouch]
"eWEEK Labs' tests show that Longhorn does represent a huge jump from XP, but it is, by conservative estimates, two years from release. And with so many new subsystems, Microsoft will likely require every bit of that time to thoroughly chew all that it's bitten off," Jason Brooks reports for eWeek. "In the meantime, Microsoft's rivals aren't sitting still. Apple Computer Inc.'s Mac OS X, for example, already offers the sort of compositing graphical interface that'll be one... [MacDailyNews]
MacNN reader Raymond Ocampo reports receipt of his MicroMat TechTool Pro 4.01 disk utility for Mac O... [MacNN]
"This year, I decided to ask AnchorDesk readers what kinds of tech-related gifts they'd most like to give or receive this holiday season. If the responses I received are any indication, the hottest computers this year are Media Centers and Macs," David Coursey writes for ZDNet. "Of the two, the Macs come out on top, even for a couple of readers who say they'd be switching from Windows. If you're in the Mac camp, I've got the perfect stocking stuffer for... [MacDailyNews]
"Jon Lech Johansen, better known as DVD Jon for his authorship of the DeCSS decryption software, has turned his attention to Apple's locked music format," O'Grady's PowerPage reports. "While he hasn't decrypted the DRM which Apple uses, he has produced a simple Windows command line utility which will install a DLL which dumps the output of a QuickTime stream to a file. The short C program is called 'QuickTime for Windows AAC memory dumper.'"
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"I'd like to offer my list of the 10 most important personal computers of all time, ranked in order. There are certainly a lot more than 10 important PCs, but space and the venerable precedent set by David Letterman dictate that I limit it," Dwight Silverman reports for The Houston Chronicle. "Of course, there will be grousing with the choices here, and certainly with the order, but that's what makes lists fun. I invite your comments, criticisms and insights. Click... [MacDailyNews]
Verizon SUCKS ASS!
After making a big deal about how they were going to make things easy and not charge any of their subscribers a monthly fee for number portability, Verizon Wireless confirms that in March they're going to start tacking an extra 40 cents onto their customers' monthly bills. Read... [Gizmodo]
Who the hell would go to UF anyway? Go SEMINOLES!!!!!!!
setzman writes "According to this article, the University of Florida has implemented a software program known as ICARUS (Integrated Control Application for ... [Slashdot]
Well, today is the big day -- number portability has finally arrived, though unless you want to spend most of your afternoon on hold, you'll probably want to wait a few days or weeks before making the move to another carrier. Though if you are deciding to make the move, Om Malik and Alan Reiter each have lots of excellent tips and guidelines for switching their weblogs and there is a new site called NumberPortability.com which can help you find a better deal than the one you have now. And while we're thinking about all this, Dan Gillmor of the San Jose Mercury News looks at what portability did for Hong Kong and how it might affect the cellular business here. Read - GigaOm Read - Reiter.weblogger.com Read - NumberPortability.com Read - Dan Gillmor... [Gizmodo]
Adobe has released Acrobat 6.0.1 Standard and Acrobat 6.0.1 Professional... [MacMinute]
Geee.....is this really a shocker? Does ANYONE actually use LiveMotion? Interesting though...Adobe lost the Flash game to Macromedia, but I don't see them implementing measures to ban Macromedia users from using Adobe software. Yet Adobe discontinues their Mac pro video line because Apple is kicking their ass with Final Cut Pro. Fucking whyning cry-babies in corporate America these days...
Adobe has discontinued development of LiveMotion, its Web design tool for creating interactive content in Macromedia Flash (SWF) and QuickTime format... [MacMinute]
Digidesign on Friday announced the release of Pro Tools 6.2.2, which provides support for Apple's Power Mac G5 and Mac OS X 10.3 Panther... [MacMinute]
Apple is now offering an iPod AppleCare Protection Plan for both Mac and Windows users... [MacMinute]
Apple has announced new benefits for .Mac members, just in time to help you create fantastic Holiday movies.
Going Digital with iMovie and iDVD
Learn how to create movies with this new training course produced by Apple. It covers everything you need to know including shooting your movie, editing it, getting it online, and sharing it with friends and family.
Free Sound Effects from Skywalker Sound
These sound effects will spice up any movie, and they're available exclusively to .Mac members via the new Members Only folder of your iDisk.
Free Soundtracks from Freeplay
Now you can add professional music to your movies with these soundtracks. Encoded in AAC format, and available in your Members Only folder.
For more details, visit the .Mac homepage. [dotmac.info]
Get a load of the newest craze among the iPod carrying crowd. This is incredible: Wired.
If you can model a 3 dimensional beauty queen...make sure you don't miss out on this one!!! Check out the Miss Digital World competition.
If you are considering which FireWire Web cam to buy for use with iChat, Macworld has an article comparing the iSight, the iBot Standard, the Pyro 1394 WebCam, and the Fire-i. The verdict: iSight is hard to beat... [Mac Net Journal]
Time Magazine has named Apple PowerMac G5 with OS 10.3 "Panther" their "Gadget of the Week.""I've said it before, but it's never been more true: Macs and Windows PCs can live in the same house, on the same home network, sharing the same files and even the same hardware, like printers, digital cameras and more. Mac OS 10.3, dubbed 'Panther,' does tons of things that previous versions of OS X couldn't do, and I'll try to mention some. But first, here's how the... [MacDailyNews]
"Apple's chief financial officer Fred Anderson pressed home the innovation at the heart of Apple's strategy during a speech at Lehman Brothers Semiconductor and Computer conference yesterday," Macworld UK reports. "Anderson explained: 'Many who experience buying songs from iTunes will go on and buy an iPod and maybe they will buy a Mac when they think about buying a second or third computer for the home.' The company is emerging from the IT slump with new products for... [MacDailyNews]
Guitar.com has announced that in conjunction with Apple Computer, D'Addario Strings and Pat Methany, it is offering the "Great Apple Giveaway."... [MacMinute]
QuickTime 6 now has the ability to play back MPEG-2 content via the QuickTime 6 MPEG-2 Playback Component. It is available as an add-on to QuickTime 6 for $19.99 in the Apple Store online. (MacDailyNews via MyAppleMenu) [myapplemenu]
One enterprising Mac user has Posted a Web site explaining how he converted his Power Mac G4 Cube into what he calls the "G4 CubeQuarium." [MacCentral]
This is so ridiculous that I say the government should step in and bitch slap this company and their fucking crackhead CEO. When is enough enough?
SCO Sues To Block Novell-SuSE Deal, Threatens BSD, Likens Linux Users To Drug Users [The Mac Observer]
"There are geeks and then there's Bill Joy - 49-year-old software god, hero programmer, cofounder of Sun Microsystems and, until he quit in September, its chief scientist. Beginning in 1976, he spent zillions of hours in front of a keyboard, coding the now-ubiquitous Berkeley strain of the Unix operating system; then he godfathered Sun's Java programming language and helped design servers that were the Internet's heaviest artillery. In the early 1990s, he kept his job but bolted... [MacDailyNews]
Mac news roundup: Apple CEO Steve Jobs is among the 2003 Scientific American 50 List of winners, tak... [MacNN]
JetBlue Airways is offering free Wi-Fi to folks hanging out in its departure gates in Terminal 6 in New York's JFK Airport: The airline also offers the free Wi-Fi in its hub, the LA/Long Beach airport. If more airlines start doing this, it will be interesting to watch what happens to the companies that are already offering fee-based services in airports. That seems to be a big business, with hotspot providers signing exclusive deals with airports. I wonder what sort of rights airlines have to build Wi-Fi networks in the gates they often use. Glenn has heard from some folks in the industry that airports are starting to assert rights to spectrum that they previously left alone, or encoding these rights in new contracts as airline leases expire.... [802.11b Networking News]
In his recent book entitled Illustrator CS for Dummies, Ted Alspach, the product manager for Illustration Products at Adobe wrote "As of 2003, Windows systems have taken a decisive lead over Macs when it comes to performance," and recommended to readers that "If you're thinking of purchasing a new system, and speed and responsiveness is important (or at least more important than the feel of the OS), I suggest getting a zippy PC over a (comparably) sluggish Mac." Adobe... [Spymac]
PC Magazine, a Ziff Davis Media publication, announced today the winners of its 20th annual Awards for Technical Excellence. The awards recognize products or technologies that have advanced the state of the art; and will have a significant impact on the future directions of technology. The winners were revealed at a special ceremony held last night, November 17, 2003 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The ceremony was sponsored by CDW.
"We review thousands of products... [MacDailyNews]
PC Magazine on Tuesday announced the winners of its 20th annual Awards for Technical Excellence, which recognize products or technologies that have "advanced the state of the art; and will have a significant impact on the future directions of technology."... [MacMinute]
President shuns Windows [The Register]
Apple today unveiled G5-optimized versions of Final Cut Pro 4, Shake 3 and DVD Studio Pro 2 which have all been fine-tuned to take advantage of the incredible performanceand architecture of the Power Mac G5 and Mac OS X version 10.3 "Panther." The new version 4.1 of Apple's Emmy award-winning Final Cut Pro now delivers simultaneous playback of seven fully uncompressed standard definition (SD) video streams with real-time effects using a dual 2.0 GHz processor Power Mac G5 and... [MacDailyNews]
Apple on Tuesday announced a new dual-processor Power Mac G5 operating at 1.8GHz. The new dual-processor system replaces the single-processor 1.8GHz G5 previously available, and costs US$2,499 -- only $100 more than the 1.8GHz system it replaces. [MacCentral]
Apple Computer Inc. on Tuesday unveiled its latest consumer desktop machine, the 20-inch flat panel iMac. The new iMac joins the 15-inch Combo Drive and 17-inch SuperDrive models in Apple's consumer line-up. [MacCentral]
Pixar and Disney today announced that "Finding Nemo" has sold 15 million DVDs in its first 14 days, making it the No.1 DVD of all time... [MacMinute]
Advertising Age names Steve Jobs to '2003 Marketing 50' list; first person to grace list three times
Since 1992 the editors of Advertising Age have identified and profiled a select group of marketers whose vision, drive and innovation are major milestones of the year's top brand success stories.
This year's "Marketing 50" list includes Apple CEO Steve Jobs and his "stunningly successful iPod." Steve Jobs becomes the first person to be named to Advertising Age's list of leading brands three times in three different years. Jobs also made the list in 1999... [MacDailyNews]
CMP Media's CRN, vital information for business and technology integrators, today announced the
annual Top 25 Most Influential Executives in the IT industry. In its 21st year, the Top 25 list profiles the individuals who have had the greatest influence on the high tech industry over the past year.
The Top 25 issue is the most widely read issue of CRN each year. The Top 25 list is published with in-depth profiles of both familiar and new faces including executives from leading... [MacDailyNews]
Groupcal can take full advantage of the all the group calendaring features of Exchange directly from Apple iCal and let you view and share your calendar schedules quickly, easily, and transparently with your coworkers running Outlook. [Maccentric.com]
Less than a year after opening its doors, Vespa Soho is already the top stand-alone Vespa motorscooter boutique in America. The thriving business runs entirely, and profitably, on Macs. [Nov 7] [Apple Hot News]
His law firm specializes in huge corporate restructurings. His client list includes some of the biggest names in the Fortune 500. Yet Al Togut runs Togut, Segal & Segal with only 25 employees. His secret: In 1995, he started using Macs. And he’s never once looked back. [Nov 7] [Apple Hot News]
A computer cluster consisting of 1,100 Apple Computer Inc. Power Mac G5 desktops that were purchased online and connected together in a matter of weeks by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is currently the third fastest computer in the world, according to the latest edition of the closely followed Top 500 ranking, which was published Sunday. [MacCentral]
David Vaskevitch, Microsoft's chief technology officer, this week praised his iPod in front of an audience of IT directors and developers... [MacMinute]
Apple has created a site to promote the iPod for the holidays.
The new site is located at iPodRocks.com and appears to be aimed at teens. Sections... [MacRumors]
"Apple products may seem popular now, but a few years ago, the company was in a seemingly disastrous situation. Fred Anderson, Apple’s chief financial officer, explained the story of the company’s returned success to an audience in Hale Auditorium yesterday, focusing on popular innovations in the digital lifestyle, particularly in music," Sara Eber reports for The Michigan Daily.
"'People thought we were in a death spiral — they didn’t think we’d make it,' said Anderson,... [MacDailyNews]
HPCwire, which bills itself as "the global publication of record for High Performance Computing," noted Apple several times in its recently announced 2003 Readers Choice Awards. [MacCentral]
AppleDX.com Launches, Mac News Radio For The Rest Of Us, From the Creators of Apple-X.net [Apple-X.net]
The Securities and Exchange Commission files fraud charges against former chief executive Jeff Weitzen, former chief financial officer John Todd and former controller Robert Manza. [CNET News.com]
Several MacMinute readers note that Apple began airing a new iPod/iTunes television commercial tonight featuring a remix of "Rock Star" by N.E.R.D... [MacMinute]
A small software developer has created a program called MyTunes that lets iTunes for Windows users download song files from other people over a network... [MacMinute]
Get ready for even bigger plasma TVs: Fujitsu has figured out how to build 100-inch plasma displays. Read... [Gizmodo]
The graphics-software maker quietly trims jobs as part of an ongoing realignment, saying the move is not related to Adobe's financial outlook. [CNET News.com]
Adobe Layoffs Off 100, Layoffs Affect Mac Dev. Teams [Apple-X.net]
Popular Science has nominated these two Apple products for 'Readers' Choice' awards [Insanely Great Mac]
Like the Segway, only cool .. story is at Forbes .. Bombardier EMBRIO .. Motorunicycle .. hot wheel .. yourself
forbes.com/lifestyle/2003/11/04/cx_dl_1104vow.html
track this site | 8 links [( blogdex : recent )]
Addlogix (formerly CompuCable) is now releasing the final batch of the USB Christmas Trees for this ... [MacNN]
Ohh ohh - I want to be a crazy cat lady's assistant for $7-8 an hour (How would she decide if you're worth 7 or 8?) I also love that she threatens to spam you if you send her any... [Fuck That Job!]
Microsoft To Attack Linux Over Security, Of All Things [The Mac Observer]
Trans' 1GB memory upgrade module allows the main memory of the 800MHz, 933MHz, and 1GHz G4 iBooks to be upgraded to a maximum of 1.15GB. (Macworld UK via MyAppleMenu) [myapplemenu]
Macromedia Updates Flash MX To Silence Critics [O'Reilly Network Developer News]
Are you a outdoor explorer, adventure junkie, avid travelier of the country, or even spend your day building constructing towers in the outdoors. Until recently I have kept a windows based laptop sitting in my closit to use during my roadtrips and outdoor adventures.After the release of Mac OS X the macintosh community was left with out mapping software to use natively. For those macintosh users who depended on mapping software for there jobs or daily lives where forced to either stay off the band wagon or joing the devil in using Windows XP . Now things have changed. [MacMegasite]
"As if it weren't hard enough to be cool already, Apple Computer has introduced a new way for people to ruin their social standing. Thanks to the ability of Apple's iTunes to share music collections over local networks, it is now possible to judge someone's taste in music -- or lack of it -- in a way that previously required a certain level of intimacy," Leander Kahney reports for Wired.
"The ability to examine the music collections of co-workers, neighbors or fellow... [MacDailyNews]
Extensis Inc. and Now Software founder Craig Barnes has a new venture called You Software Inc. The company is poised to produce new productivity software applications for Mac OS X and plans to ship several titles within the next 90 days. [MacCentral]
A new iPod craze has hit clubs in East London -- with DJs using iPods rather than vinyl. (Macworld UK via MyAppleMenu) [myapplemenu]
The Federal Communications Commission released rules Monday that will allow landline customers to keep their phone numbers if they decide to switch to cell phone service. The new rules take effect Nov. 24 in the largest metropolitan areas. [Wired News]
You have to love someone with enough balls to post a job opening like this. This guy takes the cake for top losers in America....
This one is long, but once you start reading, you won't be able to put it down. Seriously, it's a page-turner. Page after page of bile-inducing, skincrawling horror. Look out Lovecraft. Executive Assistant to Fast Paced Internet Entrepreneur... [Fuck That Job!]
WOOO HOOOO! Could it possible be that the almighty USPTO is actually getting a clue?
A notation on the U.S. Patent Office Web site indicates that the Eolas patent on Web browsers is under reconsideration. [Technology News from eWEEK and Ziff Davis]
This is the same Gateway that used a picture of a guy with headphones using an APPLE TITANIUM POWERBOOK in one of their ads.....what do you think their MP3 player will be like?
Gateway Inc. today unveiled its DMP-X20 Digital Jukebox, a USB 2.0-based MP3 player. While the 20GB digital music player offers similar features to other products found in the Windows space, Gateway seems more interested in setting its sites on Apple as competition. Unlike the iPod, Gateway's new offering is Windows-compatible only. [MacCentral]
Looks to me like this guy needs a "Brains for fucking MORONS" book. I am surprised that Adobe hasn't ripped his balls off and slapped him upside the head with them. Then again....who are we kidding? Adobe isn't exactly innocent themselves...
In his new book "Illustrator CS for Dummies," Ted Alspach, Adobe's Group Product Manager for Illustration Products, advises new computer buyers to get a PC. However, Adobe says that this certainly isn't the company's official position. [MacCentral]
Macromedia has updated Macromedia Flash MX 2004 and Flash MX Professional 2004 to version 7.0.1, which includes performance and stability improvements as well as expanded documentation. [MacCentral]
"With the release of Panther, you can use your FireWire port for Internet sharing using a technology known as IP over FireWire (previously available for download as preview release). IP over FireWire essentially allows IP protocols-based services (such as HTTP, FTP, SSH, etc.) to be used over the FireWire connection. This means that you can use your FireWire port much like your Ethernet port. For example, you have one Mac connected to the Internet via AirPort, and you want to allow... [MacDailyNews]
This one from "K" has us wondering how the job poster is able to get around, with such enormous testicles. As "K" says: "Ok, I can bite my tongue and assume that some people might find designer agency internship (unpaid),... [Fuck That Job!]
misbach writes "Here is what the 'compensation experts' have to say are the ten most overpaid jobs [original article at CBS MarketWatch]. 'Almost no one in ... [Slashdot]
Mark Evanier bought the DVR-810H, Pioneer's new TiVo digital video recorder with the built-in DVD burner, and he seems to like it quite a bit. Fulfilling the dreams of many a TiVo fanatic, you can use one of these things to easily create an archive shows or movies stored on the TiVo's hard drive by burning them to a blank DVD. Read [Thanks, Steve]... [Gizmodo]
Monday's Mac Gadget - Secure Your Network (And Hack It) With MacAnalysis [The Mac Observer]
"When Steve Jobs holds forth in public, it's usually to a mob of fawning Apple-ites—the true believers who still develop software and accessories for Apple products. Not so last month at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. This crowd was more mack daddy than Macworld. Bono, Mick Jagger and Dr. Dre made video appearances. Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart was in the audience. Sarah McLachlan sang her latest hits live. What was pulling these musical supernovas into Jobs' magnetic field?... [MacDailyNews]
I just found this video...nothing new, but absolutely HILARIOUS! Developers!!!
Moopheous invites you to...Enter the Meatrix
bancruelfarms.org/meatrix
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"Other than the third-generation iPod, we've spent most of 2003 waiting for an innovative new MP3 player. We can finally welcome a whole new crop of players. They sport vast hard drives, innovative form factors, extra features such as an FM tuner, and excellent dollar-per-megabyte value. They all double as general storage devices as well," James Kim reports for TechTV.
TechTV pits the 3rd Generation iPod against the Bantam BA1000, Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen NX, Dell DJ,... [MacDailyNews]
Speculation just won't die on this, despite regular Apple denials. John Dvorak's Inside Track in PC Magazine claims "there's good reason to believe that a jazzy new Newton II will be forthcoming, perhaps in January." Newton II? I don't think so. But maybe PDA functions with the iPod. Maybe a color screen, too. Maybe not. It'd be nice, though, wouldn't it? [Mac-Mike.com]
One reader wrote in to point out that we hadn't mentioned anything about Toyota's latest version of its Prius hybrid car, which besides being more fuel efficient than most cars, has built-in Bluetooth, a 7-inch LCD touchscreen, a voice-activated navigation system, and a keyless entry system which is opens doors and starts the car using a wireless transponder you can keep in your pocket. Read... [Gizmodo]
Palmer Jarvis DDB ... wait a little bit and watch the irrestistable blue & yellow cuteness unfold. Best use of flash motion graphics I've seen in a while [tip: peter] [KALIBER10000]
I just found this neat program called [Kablog]which lets you create entries to your blog from your mobile phone! Sweeeet! I just sent this post from my Sony T616.....
MacMice has announced that SightFlex, its flexible stand for Apple's iSight Web camera, is now shipping... [MacMinute]
where the fonts are hidden, pricing, upgrade stories [MacInTouch]
The Iconfactory has updated IconBuilder Pro, its professional icon creation filter, to version 4.1, which offers support for the new Photoshop CS and Mac OS X 10.3 ("Panther"). [MacCentral]
Roxio Inc. has posted details about an update to Toast Titanium 6 to bring it up to version 6.0.3 (and if you're running 6 now, you should know that there was no 6.0.1 or 6.0.2 update). [MacCentral]
"With this latest revision [Panther], I think OS X is the best operating system available to consumers. It's easy to use and takes far more advantage of the power of today's computers than the eight-year-old design of Windows," Stephen H. Wildstrom reports for BusinessWeek.
"I can't confirm Apple's claim that it's the fastest personal computer in the world, but it handled video-editing chores using Apple's high-end Final Cut Pro software faster than any PC that I... [MacDailyNews]
"Macintosh has long been passed over by the typical Web developer, as it’s considered a niche operating system and platform for development. Until OS X, Macintosh was almost solely the domain of designers and artists, and just another piece of the Web development puzzle. This is no longer the case," Blane Warrene writes for Sitepoint.com. "Additionally, being a Unix variant, OS X now allows users to run popular open source and proprietary tools (normally run on separate... [MacDailyNews]
Postfix Enabler can help you turn on OS X 10.3's built-in mail server with just one click. [Maccentric.com]
As annoying as junk mail is, there's something even worse about the move to HTML spam. If you display a piece of spam that uses HTML, the images aren't embedded in the email itself, your mail client goes out to the net and loads the images from the webserver associated with the spam originator. The URL's in the spam encode info such as your email address so they know that the email got through and that a person actually loaded - this allows them to put a big check box by your name in the active database.
Panther Mail to the rescue with two important features. First of all, when we detect that an email message is spam, Mail refuses to load any external URLs to make sure that the originating site never gets any hint that the message was received.
Second of all, you can instruct Mail to always refuse to load HTML images and objects so you can decided exactly when Mail talks to external websites.
It's sad that any of this is necessary, but Mail takes important steps to help preserve your privacy on the net. [Ken Bereskin's "Panther" Weblog]
A world of closed, proprietary [you can't repurpose] content in a 'new' brushed-steel skin [Insanely Great Mac]
Photoshop Performance tests with 512KB to 8GB of RAM in PowerMac G5 [AccelerateYourMac News Headlines]
The Virginia Tech Supercomputer cluster affectionately known as "Big Mac" has posted numbers fast enough to qualify it for third fastest supercomputer, not fourth, as previously thought. The Register notes that the cluster, made up of 2,200 G5 processors in 1,100 Power Macintoshes, has reached 10.28 teraflops, which places it behind the Earth Simulator system at 25.9 teraflops and IBMs ASCI Q system at 13.8 teraflops. The two fastest systems are comprised of far more processors... [Spymac]
This is too much...pure GENIUS. I haven't laughed this hard in a while.
Get on your feet! [The Register]
The link to the WORKING video is here: [iPod Monkey Boy]
For those of you who have never seen Steve Ballmer's (Microsoft's CEO) do his Monkey Boy dance, you can see it here: Monkey Boy It will all make sense after you see that...
The New York Post is reporting that Apple and McDonald's are close to announcing a promotional partnership, with McDonald's offering up to one billion free downloads from the iTunes Music Store.
Like a similar deal announced with Pepsi last month, McDonald's will pay Apple the full 99 cents for each song downloaded. This, given that some will not redeem their prizes, puts the value of the deal in the hundreds of millions.
The Pepsi deal, which offers 100 million free iTMS downloads, begins February 1, during the superbowl. The McDonald's promotion, still unofficial, has no current start date. [dotmac.info]
Fish farting may not just be hot air (New Scientist) .. linking a story about farting fish .. fish fart for a reason .. gas attack
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In an interview with C|NET, Steve Jobs says that the .Mac renewal rate was 86-87%, a stunning figure. Jobs points out that many critics claimed that no one would pay the full $99 price for Apple's suite of web services, but it turns out just the opposite is true. The renewal rate, he says, is "unheard of, higher than almost anybody's. We've built ourselves the beginnings of a pretty good Internet services business." [dotmac.info]
It's about time, I hope more states follow. There needs to be an end to the baby Bell monopoly in this country. The bottom line should be the best service for the best price. If you can't provide it - tough shit. The provider with the best service should always win....
Bellsouth cries that Georgia ruling hurts consumers [Broadbandreports]
Backup 2.0 Final was released by Apple on .Mac. A public beta of Backup 2.0 was originally released in early September.... [MacRumors.com Page 2]
Corel Corp. on Wednesday announced the release of Corel Painter 8.1, an updated version of their painting software for Mac and Windows. The new version -- as well as an updated user guide -- is available for download from the Web site. The update measures about 9.59MB. [MacCentral]
Falling legos + quicktime = yet another insanely good Honda commercial [tip: craig] [KALIBER10000]
Who are these people trying to kid here? Avid has cut the price of their Xpress software because NOBODY is buying it. People - this product SUCKS! Why? I'll give you ONE reason that says it all. DONGLE. This product uses a dongle to enforce anti-piracy techniques. If you were unfortunate enough to lose or worse yet, have your dongle STOLEN, you would have to practically BUY the software all over again in order to use it!!! I even called Avid about this and that is the exact response I got back. So let me ask you...say you are on a remote shoot and somehow your dongle got misplaced...your $8,000 portable editing workstation just got rendered USELESS. Explain THAT to your boss, or worse yet - your CLIENT! No thank you Avid. I am sticking to Final Cut Pro. Not only is it a BETTER product, they treat the honest customers as they should, like ADULTS. Those who are going to pirate the software are doing it and don't need a dongle!!! So Avid...who are you really hurting? YOURSELVES YOU MORONS!!! Get real....
Avid Technology today announced a new version of its award-winning Avid Xpress DV software that will be priced at US$695 (previously $1,699)... [MacMinute]
In a routine new-store article, free Wi-Fi gets play: It's a news event in this New Hampshire town when a 5,400-square-foot Panera opens, partly because it represents a success for a local franchisee expanding operations. But note that the free Wi-Fi gets a couple of grafs. The cost of a couple of grafs that bring more people in to a Panera initially and as permanent lifetime customers is probably tens of thousands of dollars. The cost of free Wi-Fi? Hundreds.... [802.11b Networking News]
"Apple Computer doesn't create new family members so much as brothers- and sisters-in-arms. Presenting itself as the anti-IBM, Apple is the computer for those who shun the domineering image of 'Big Blue.' This approach can be traced from the historic '1984' television ad that depicted Macintosh computers as a tool to fight Orwellian oppression caused by widespread PC use (aired just once, during the 1984 Superbowl, but still considered one of the most successful ads ever) to its... [MacDailyNews]
HA! Good luck. MTV is sooo freakin CHEAP that it will be amazing if they actually hired some competent people to put this thing together. I predict this will FLOP horribly and MTV will get spanked so hard that they will think twice before ever getting into ANYTHING dealing with computers. MTV - Stick to what you know best - REALITY TV, becaue you sure as hell don't play music or videos anymore...
"MTV Networks is preparing to launch a music download service with plans to go up against Apple's iTunes and other competitors, said MTV chief Tom Freston Monday," Kenneth Li reports for Reuters. "Freston, who addressed investors at the Harris Nesbitt Gerard Playtime conference, said the as-yet-unnamed service would debut within the first half of next year, but gave few details. 'It will compete with iTunes and everyone else,' he told Reuters in... [MacDailyNews]
Did you just upgrade your box to that new shiny Panther? If so, you might be missing the virtual PDF printer that you used to have in order to make Adobe PDF's using Distiller. Here is how to get that printer back: Adobe
Sorenson Media today announced an update to the Mac version of the Sorenson Video 3.1 Pro video codec... [MacMinute]
The latest numbers (11/3/2003) for the Virginia Tech PowerMac G5 Cluster (Big Mac), show the cluster is now hitting 10.28 TFlops. Last week, Dr. Srinidhi Varadarajan, builder of Virginia Tech's "Big Mac" Supercomputer, conducted a presentation recently at the O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference. Varadarajan stated, "our latest numbers are 9.555 tera and we still have more tricks left. We are hoping for another... [MacDailyNews]
It's about freaking time, but technology companies are starting to wake up to the importance of good design, and how it's just about the only way to stand out of the crowd in today's ultracompetitive electronics market. Dean Takahashi, who we used to work with back at the old Red Herring, has an article about this in the San Jose Mercury News, and how manufacturers turning to IDEO, Frog Design, and other industrial design firms to help differentiate themselves. Read... [Gizmodo]
What some desperate companies will do to keep their customers. This is pathetic. Does MusicMatch think that anyone in their right mind with an iPod would use their CRAP over the officially sanctioned and specifically designed software for the iPod?
MusicMatch on Monday sent out an e-mail to customers warning them that if they install iTunes for Windows they will no longer be able to use the MusicMatch Jukebox software with their iPod... [MacMinute]
MTV is preparing to launch a music download service with plans to compete with Apple's iTunes Music Store and others, said MTV chief Tom Freston on Monday... [MacMinute]
The iPodlounge notes that Burton Snowboards today introduced a new line of products with built-in iPod controls, including a new backpack and three new jackets... [MacMinute]
PC Magazine reviews a product they call, "Apple OS X 10.3" and they like what they see, giving this new OS a five out of five rating.
"Mac users, prepare to pounce. Panther, the code name for Apple's latest operating system iteration, OS X 10.3, delivers enough useful and eye-catching improvements—like Exposé, fast user switching, and iChat AV—to warrant an upgrade," Troy Dreier reports for PC Magazine.
Dreier then covers the now familiar ground of Panther features... [MacDailyNews]
Here's the beginning of Apple's takeover of the music world...
Yale's Daily News reports on the increasing use of iTunes software at the Yale college campus. It appears to reflect a growing trend amongst colleges... [MacRumors]
Let the jukebox wars begin!
"Apple's applications marketing chief Peter Lowe has urged PC manufacturers to bundle iTunes for Windows with off-the-shelf PCs,' Macworld reports. "Speaking on the Inside Digital Media show, Lowe said: 'We suggest that manufacturers on any platform looking for a jukebox to carry with their products should take a look at us. iTunes is the best jukebox and the best music store as well.' Lowe, director of marketing for application services, went on to repeat Apple's claim that... [MacDailyNews]
KavaSoft has announced iTunes Catalog 1.0, a US$10, Mac OS X compatible application for creating Web catalogs of your iTunes music library. [MacCentral]
This is too much. With a genius like this at the helm of MSFT, it is no wonder more and more users are switching to the Mac and Linux every day. The Age
Ya know...I am sick and tired of big companies abusing their powers and FORCING their views on how I should think, but not being upfront about it. Here is another perfect example of why Symantec SUCKS and I haven't purchased a single product they have made in over 5 years. The old Norton is gone for good...Symantec is just another useless company among many....
cluge writes "A recent American Rifleman contained small column that said that Symantec's new Internet Security 2004 would block pro gun rights sites (i.e. NRA ... [Slashdot]
Here is another problem I did not notice at first. But when I checked, sure enough the Adobe PDF printer was gone from the list of printers. Following these steps worked, I am now able to print to the virtual printer again in Panther. Another great tip from MacFixIt. Yesterday we covered an issue where installing Panther disabled the Adobe PDF Printer virtual printer; we directed readers to an Adobe Forums thread where Adobe had made available a shell script for recreating/reinstalling Adobe PDF Printer. Reader Len Goff passed along a set of manual instructions for recreating this virtual PDF printer: 1. Launch Printer Setup Utility from the Applications/Utilities folder 2. Hold down the Option key and click the Add button in the Printer List Window 3. Select Advanced from the Printer conncetion drop down menu 4. In the Device Field, select Adobe PDF (pdf) 5. For Device Name, type... [Breaking Windows]
Bluejacking...the new way to really screw with an unsuspecting victim! Wireless technology at its finest. Bluejack Info at: Bluejackq.com
What You Don't Know About Dell: Management Secrets [O'Reilly Network Developer News]
This would be VERY VERY BAD if Google merged with MSFT!!!!
The New York Times confirms the bad news: Google is planning an IPO. And even worse, they've been discussing a merger with Microsoft. "The company [...] has also explored the idea of a so-called Dutch auction, bypassing Wall Street and selling shares directly to investors. Such an approach could give it distance from scandal-plagued investment banking deals of the dot-com era as well as create a huge base of small shareholders." [Google Weblog]
In many cases, the functionality users are looking for has simply been moved or renamed. Below are a few of the most commonly "missed" utilities; this is not an exhaustive list, but it should solve some mysteries for a few users. (MacFixIt via MyAppleMenu) [myapplemenu]
