"Now that Pixar and Walt Disney have gone their separate ways, does it make sense for Apple to buy Pixar? After all, both companies are run by Steve Jobs. And Apple, with its huge success in the online music arena, is beginning to look more and more like a content company, as opposed to a pure hardware firm. Plus, Apple is one of the best marketers around," Paul R. La Monica writes for CNN/Money.
"'It's an interesting idea,' said Dennis McAlpine, an analyst with... [MacDailyNews]
Bitshift Audio has released 40MB of free Apple Loops for GarageBand. [MacMegasite]
"Better Together" is the name of Apple's new promotion with Epson that enables new Mac buyers to get an Epson printer for free. Details have been posted to the Apple Hot Deals Apple Store Web site. [MacCentral]
"Shares of Pixar Animation Studios Inc. rose while those of Walt Disney Co. fell on Friday after the two failed to renew a lucrative film deal that yielded blockbuster hits for both companies," Reuters reports. "Pixar shares rose 4 percent on the belief that it had the upper hand, as a list of suitors would likely line up to strike a deal. Disney shares fell 2 percent on concerns operating income at its filmed entertainment division could fall by 50... [MacDailyNews]
Sounds to me like more people getting payoffs in the school system....DIRTY POLITICIANS AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS need to be put in jail!
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"It's the new age-old question, 'Which is better, Mac or PC?' The Arlington [Virginia] Public Schools are looking at making the switch from using mostly Macintoshes to personal computers, but teachers say they have been left out of the decision-making process and want to keep their computers," Gail Norheim reports for The Northern Virginia Journal. "'Why shouldn't instructional staff be the first to be addressed about instructional issues?' Lee Dorman, a sixth-grade teacher... [MacDailyNews]
Atomic Learning released On the Prowl with Panther, a free series of narrated QuickTime screen-movies that provides an orientation to Mac OS X 10.3. [MacInTouch]
Om Malik speculates that the real reason TiVo just bought shadowy startup Strangeberry is because of plans to transform TiVo boxes into not just digital... [Gizmodo]
"People sometimes stare when Microsoft Corp. executive Tim McDonough opens his laptop in meetings. But that's probably to be expected when someone uses a Mac PowerBook in the center of the Windows world. 'I can get challenged to see my employee badge,' he says," Todd Bishop reports for The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. "McDonough works in Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit, one of the closest things to neutral ground in a computer world divided into technological factions.... [MacDailyNews]
"Now that the studio behind the blockbuster 'Finding Nemo' has cut bait with Walt DisneyCo., Pixar Animation Inc. can expect to find itself at the center of a feeding frenzy. 'There's nothing closer to a sure thing,' said one studio executive who expects to be lining up with other Hollywood rivals to court the remarkably successful Pixar," Sallie Hofmeister and Meg James write for The Los Angeles Times.
"Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures... [MacDailyNews]
"No one likes migrating to a new operating system, even if it is OS X. Last month I asked you OS X holdouts out there to speak up and tell me why you're not upgrading--and you did. The reasons you cited range from issues that crop up with any major upgrade, like backward compatibility with old hardware and software, to specific bugs that have cropped up in Panther. Your hesitation is justified, up to a point. OS X has lots of benefits and, with version 10.3, relatively few... [MacDailyNews]
Need more juice for your iPod? Battery Technology, Inc. (BTI) recently announced The iPod Battery, which provides up to 40 hours of play or download time, regardless of the condition of the original internal battery. It comes with interchangeable cradles for the original and 3G iPods, but it doesn't work with iPod Mini. [MacCentral]
For the past two years, Microsoft has established a reputation as a follower in the video game war. When Sony acted, Microsoft reacted – especially when it came to price cuts. Things could be about to change.
Microsoft’s Xbox may be on the verge of a substantial price cut, falling from $179 to $99 by Labor Day, according to P.J. McNealy, an analyst with American Technology Research.
“It is our belief that the price on the consoles in North America could see a stepped drop this year, with both the PS2 and Xbox being cut to $129 between now and the May E3 trade show, with [Microsoft] then cutting the Xbox further to $99 in the late summer,” he wrote in a research note released Wednesday.
Source: CNN Money
An XBOX as cheap as a Game Cube? I don’t know if I buy that one. Maybe $129, but not $99. We will just have to wait and see.
[Breaking Windows]Canon has lowered the bar for digital SLR (D-SLR) cameras -- the price bar, that is. The least-expensive digital SLRs cost $1,499 until last August, when Canon introduced the Digital Rebel, at $899 for only the body or $999 for the body plus an 18mm–55mm lens. D-SLRs offer top-notch performance, photo quality, and expandability, and the Digital Rebel is a welcome change from expensive, and often slow, fixed-lens cameras [MacCentral]
"The cloud of uncertainty hovering over Disney thickened as Pixar closed the door on their distribution arrangement," George Mannes reports for TheStreet.com. "Pixar, the animated movie studio led by former [sic] Apple exec Steve Jobs, said Thursday it ended talks over extending its collaboration with Burbank, Calif.-based Disney. Pixar said it will instead retain full ownership of movies made after 2005."
[MDN Note: Relax, Steve's still Apple CEO, too. There's... [MacDailyNews]
"Digital music goes prime time during this weekend's Super Bowl. Pepsi-Cola's launch Sunday of the highest-profile ad campaign yet for online music is expected to dramatically broaden its reach. 'Parents who maybe didn't pay much attention before will sit up and take notice when they see it on the Super Bowl,' says Phil Leigh, an analyst at research firm Inside Digital Media," Jefferson Graham reports for USA Today.
"Pepsi is promoting a contest to offer 100 million... [MacDailyNews]
"Pepsi is giving away 100 million iTunes songs under Pepsi bottlecaps. For some people, winning an "iTune" when they open their Pepsi might be exhilarating. But if you aren't one of those excitable few, we understand- you didn't exactly win the lottery. Most people who drink Pepsi don't use iTunes, so winning a single song means you won a chance to spend 20 minutes downloading, installing, and signing up for a music service that will cost a lot more than your Pepsi... [MacDailyNews]
Canon USA Inc. on Thursday introduced a new professional digital SLR camera, its EOS-1D Mark II. The EOS-1D Mark II will hit retailer shelves in April for US$4,499. [MacCentral]
"Thanks to a recently introduced Apple program called GarageBand, I have a chance to be almost famous," writes Edward C. Baig for USA Today. "GarageBand is an entertaining addition to the Macintosh-only family of applications that make up Apple's top-flight iLife '04 software suite. It is composed of iPhoto (organizing pictures), iTunes (digital jukebox), iMovie (homemade videos) and iDVD (creating custom DVDs).""But as a music lover — and because I can't get... [MacDailyNews]
Just as we have posted our own iDVD and DVD Burning FAQs, Ken Tidwell has posted a very informative Unofficial/ad-hoc iDVD FAQ & Troubleshooting Guide.
Like Pixels? Check out MacDesign [MacMerc]
Dave Thomas, former chief of computer intrusion investigations at FBI headquarters, and current Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the St. Louis Division of the FBI has told the Scott Granneman of SecurityFocus, "that many of the computer security folks back at FBI HQ use Macs running OS X, since those machines can do just about anything: run software for Mac, Unix, or Windows, using either a GUI or the command line. And they're secure out of the box. In the field, however, they... [MacDailyNews]
Sheigh Crabtree writes in the Hollywood Reporter, “Compact, sweet by design and capable of delivering precious goods to far-flung destinations, Frodo is to Middle Earth what Apple’s iPod is to modern-day digital media. Just as Frodo exists to transport that precious ring to where it needs to go, ‘Rings’ master Peter Jackson found a way for the iPod to help him get his digital dailies where they needed to go … During the course of two movies and four months, ‘Rings’ iPods stored and served up nearly one-half terabyte of digitized footage from ‘Towers’ and ‘King.’” [Jan 28] [Apple Hot News]
Someone please tell me how sending our jobs to India TODAY helps me and the other THOUSANDS of unemployed AMERICAN IT workers feed and provide shelter for our families NOW. I don't give a rats fat fucking ass about what problems India has, I care about providing for MY family first. Fuck India and every other 3rd world country that doesn't have the brains to get themselves out of a shithole situation without the help of an AMERICAN. If you are a CEO or executive reading this and you are outsourcing your workforce - FUCK YOU and the horse you rode in on. I hope you die a miserable slow death and your soul burns in eternal hell. How you like dem apples? Have I made my point? Take care of your people that took care of you! That's right...that means I am a veteran who fought for your scumbag pussy ass that was too scared to serve your country. Thanks for the payback. I hope we never meet in a dark alley....me and a few other bitter IT workers might just be around the corner waiting....
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thefinite writes "This article needs to be read by anyone interested in the outsourcing of IT jobs to India, no matter your opinion of it. It dispels some ... [Slashdot]
Silly for Apple to not have included the ability to import MIDI files directly into Garage Band. Seems to be a popular request. Here is a work-around:
[MacSlash]
This is an incredible story...
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grub writes "This article on Newsday has an excerpt from 'Comm Check... The Final Flight of Shuttle Columbia,' by Michael Cabbage and William Harwood ... [Slashdot]
Scoop: New SBC prices & tiers on deck. With our ear to the train tracks, unsubstantiated rumor indicates SBC should unveil a number of new promotions in February in the hopes of worrying cable executives. Among the changes, sources indicate, are a 3Mbps tier priced in cable's range, and .. [Broadbandreports]
A Super-computer do-it-yourself kit.....
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Virginia Tech's decision to migrate its supercomputer to Xserve G5s will make the installation more attractive to the federal agencies and organizations negotiating with the university for its supercomputer technology, according to TechWeb... [MacMinute]
The North Miami Beach Police Department is building a Wi-Fi network using Tropos gear: The police had used a CDPD network to access data but the operator is shutting down its CDPD network. The department expects to save a bundle by not having to pay an operator a monthly fee for using the network. The Wi-Fi network currently only covers a few square blocks but plans call for it to stretch five square miles. That's not a very big area so I wonder what the cops will do outside of that area.... [802.11b Networking News]
and rightfully so.....
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orzetto writes "Jon Lech Johansen, known as DVD-Jon, and aquitted in a trial in Norway, after being accused of infringement for making a GUI for DeCSS, is now ... [Slashdot]
Virginia Tech said on Tuesday that it will upgrade its "X" supercomputer built from 1,100 Power Mac G5s with Apple's recently introduced Xserve G5 1U servers... [MacMinute]
EAT SHIT SCO! This is what happens when you piss off the world with your stupidity. Now everyone else has to deal with the nuisance YOU created.
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Novarg / MyDoom declared critical [The Register]
ProjectOmega has announce the availability of an electronic book titled "Mac OS X - Panther for deve... [MacNN]
Geee- this doesn't seem to affect my Mac! Too bad PeeCee weenies...have fun!!!
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Antivirus firms warn PC users of a new mass-mailing computer virus that has lodged itself into a large number of PCs by masquerading as an e-mail error. [CNET News.com]
"2004 could see war break out between the fledgling host of new legitimate online stores due to launch this year," Audrey Stuart writes for Sapa-AFP. "Many big-name technology firms are gearing up with Apple lookalike global online stores and pocket-size digital jukebox devices including Sony's Connect, Real Networks, Musicmatch, MyCokeMusic and Wal-Mart, while newly legal Napster is capturing large numbers of customers through its monthly subscription service. In Europe,... [MacDailyNews]
The iPodlounge has launched a new, interactive "iPods Around the World" photo gallery... [MacMinute]
"It seems like you can't turn on the television without seeing an Apple computer. Apple's unparalleled product placement efforts have landed it on more than 1,500 TV movies and series over the years, from 'Friends' to 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,'" Bob Keefe writes for Cox News Service.
"On the big screen, Apple is just as popular, showing up in hits from 'You've Got Mail' to 'How to Lose a Guy in 10 days.' In fact, in the summer of 1996 Apple computers had cameo roles in... [MacDailyNews]
There are various utilities that will periodically check your e-mail server for new messages, but none of them seem to do anything beyond what most mail clients already do - provide an indication of how many unread messages are in my Inbox. Therefore, I was skeptical when I saw Mail.appetizer listed on Versiontracker, thinking it was yet another program that simply displays a number in a red circle.
It's not. Mail.appetizer (donation-ware) "displays a transparent notification on top of your screen. It shows only sender, subject and the first plain-text lines of the message, so you can determine whether the message requires your immediate attention."
I find it an elegant way to see what messages have arrived without switching to Mail. Messages are previewed in a transparent window, displayed for a few seconds each so you can decide if you want to go to Mail immediately or wait until later.
[MacIT.org]They should have bought a Mac!
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"The teenage daughter of a top foreign affairs department official was being treated in a Pretoria hospital for second degree burns suffered when her laptop computer's battery pack exploded," iafrica.com reports. "Fifteen-year-old Nikita Sooklal is the youngest child of the department's deputy director-general responsible for the Middle East and Asia, Dr Anil Sooklal.""'My daughter had switched on the laptop and was looking for a website about Macbeth, her... [MacDailyNews]
Webshots is a great service, and has worked on the Mac for a while thanks to a great app called SwapTop. SwapTop is not a 1st party app though. It does work very well however. Webshots has finally come out with a Mac version of Webshots Desktop. It is in beta, but it is nice to see a Mac version out for the public. After installing the beta I am asked if I want to delete SwapTop. I guess I have to do that to smoothly try out this beta. My dad says this beta crashes on him. I will wait to pass judgement. It is nice to have thumbnail views within the app (something that SwapTop does not have). Well that didn’t take long. Webshots crashes System Preferences when you select Webshots Slideshow in the Screen Saver prefs. It crashes it every time. I had no problems with SwapTop’s... [Breaking Windows]
Macworld Exclusive: Steve Jobs on the Mac's Anniversary [MacCentral]
If you've just recently got your hands on iLife '04 you might find this little PDF booklet useful. Authored by David Pogue and published by O'Reilly, the iLife '04 Mini Manual is a 50 page document designed to help you get going in iPhoto 4, iDVD 4, iTunes 4.2 and GarageBand.
Later in the Spring, Pogue and O'Reilly will be publishing iLife '04 : The Missing Manual — a full-sized book covering the iApps in much greater detail — but this little PDF is available for free this weekend, so head over to MacDevCenter and download it. [xlab : a mac os x weblog]
"Steve Jobs says analysts should stop worrying about market share and focus on profits... Apple's Macintosh computers have long been considered more elegant, easy-to-use, and innovative than their Microsoft Windows and Intel rivals. Yet Apple's market share has slipped inexorably. It dropped from 9.4% in 1993 to just 3% in 1997, the year Jobs was rehired to run the company, according to Gartner Inc. By then, most companies and consumers had already made the jump to Wintel, due to... [MacDailyNews]
Apple and Pepsi announced in October that they would be giving away 100 million songs. The giveaway will officially launch on Feb 1st with a Superbow... [MacRumors]
"Just as the Mac revolutionized the computer industry, Apple is once again in the business of changing the world. This time, it's the world of music. Its diminutive iPod, which can store 10,000 songs in a device smaller than a deck of cards, is the most radical change in how people listen to music since Sony Corp. introduced the Walkman in 1979. Then there's Apple's online music store, iTunes. It was established only after Jobs became the first person to persuade all the major... [MacDailyNews]
DVDThemePAK.com on Friday released four new DVD menu theme collections for Apple's professional level DVD authoring software, DVD Studio Pro 2.0. Available in PAL and NTSC formats, each theme includes several completely custom menu templates, button shape designs and composite graphic backgrounds. [MacCentral]
"If there's one strand of DNA connecting today's Mac to its progenitor—and to even earlier models in the Apple family tree—it's Jobs' unshakeable commitment to vertical integration and control of system hardware and software. When he returned from exile, the prodigal Apple exec's first move was to quash the nascent initiative to license the Mac OS to other manufacturers (an effort that was already a day late and a dollar short in the face of the Windows juggernaut),"... [MacDailyNews]
"Apple was years ahead of its time. The Mac OS allowed users to operate programs and open folders inside collapsible 'windows,' something Microsoft picked up in its Windows operating systems," The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. "You could argue that every PC is a Macintosh, because of the similarity of Windows to the original Mac OS."
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports, "Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak recently said: 'There was a time when Windows wasn't... [MacDailyNews]
The best Mac hardware and software. (Macworld via MyAppleMenu) [myapplemenu]
About 20 teens sued by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for unauthorized music downloads will appear in Pepsi's upcoming Super Bowl ad, which will launch the 100 million song iTunes promotion on Feb... [MacMinute]
MacJams.com, an online community for Apple GarageBand software users, has announced its first ever GarageBand song contest. The competition runs until February 14, 2004, and the winner will be selected according to user ratings of each song. Check out MacJams.com for full details and to submit a song or review the current entries! [MacMegasite]
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Macintosh. Here's to another 20 years and then some!
The iTunes Music Store has a Custom RSS Feed Generator. Just select your favorite genres and whether you want new releases, just added, top items, or featured items to generate a custom feed which you can subscribe to in a news reader such as NetNewsWire. [MacMegasite]
Microsoft's group marketing manager for home and retail products, Jonathan Hulse, said: "We anticipate a growth in Mac sales over the next two to three years." By Jonny Evans (Macworld UK via MyAppleMenu) [myapplemenu]
Wired has an article on Jonathan Caouette, who used an iMac and iMovie to create a documentary that premieres this week at the Sundance Film Festival... [MacMinute]
The Update Tool updates LaCie FireWire 400 and 800 drives to the latest firmware "for improved performance and Mac OS X Panther compatibility." [MacInTouch]
Apple has posted a new webpage highlighting the upcoming Pepsi/iTunes promotion. The page lets you submit your email for notification when the event begins.
As previoulsy reported, Apple and Pepsi will kick off an iTunes Music Store promotion during the SuperBowl on February 1. Pepsi is giving away 100 million iTunes Music Store songs, with 1 in 3 Pepsi purchases being a winner. [dotmac.info]
OneStat.com today reported that the global usage share of Apple's Safari Web browser increased 0.23 percent (from 0.25) to 0.48 percent since July 2003... [MacMinute]
Ohhh whaaaa! Blah Blah laddie fucking da. Can we say sore LOSER? Everyone is soooo concerned now that HP is teaming with Apple because they finally figured out that they are SCREWED. The WMA format sucks ass - period. It was MSFT in their master plan for world domination that conned the world into drinking the stinkin WMA kool-aid. Well guess what peeps? The gig is up. Apple wins. Personally, this is one more reason why I stick to non-proprietary formats like MP3. I can take my tunes anywhere and not worry about WMA vs. AAC debates. In the end, MusicMatch is just pissed off because they got a taste of the Apple gravy train, liked it and got SPANKED. Now they are all cozy with Winodwz again and talkig trash about Mac. Aint life grand? :-)
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"When purchasing a personal computer, buyers used to grapple with the decision: a Macintosh from Apple Computer or a Microsoft-based PC? Microsoft effectively won that operating system debate years ago and claims more than 90% of the PC operating system market," Jefferson Graham writes for USA Today. "But in the push to legally sell digital music, Apple and Microsoft, and their incompatible file formats, are at it again. Consumers are in the position of having to choose... [MacDailyNews]
"Apple has once again lapped Microsoft in the operating system race. With Windows “Longhorn” still three years away, the smooth interface and robust underpinnings of OS X 10.3 (aka “Panther”) leaves XP’s cluttered 2D interface eating dust, and signposts the road we expect Windows and Linux to follow in the years ahead," Dan Warne reports for Australian Personal Computer (apcmag) magazine.
"Despite the 10.3 designation, Panther is much more than just a point release.... [MacDailyNews]
Everyone buying digital or disposables [The Register]
Pixar, Steve Jobs' other company, has posted a sneak peek of "Boundin'", its latest short film... [MacMinute]
Mac users can now use a powerful secret weapon to unleash their creativity and enhance their workflows on the web... This weapon is named .Mac... Ya' think I have gone mad ? Read on ! ;-) [O'Reilly MacDevCenter.com]
Edirol announced the FA-101, a 10-input, 10-output FireWire bus-powered audio interface offeri... [MacNN]
Safari developer David Hyatt has attacked Internet Explorer for letting website developers get away with writing 'malformed code' and consequently holding back the development of Apple's browser. (PC Pro via MyAppleMenu) [myapplemenu]
Ohhhh - this one is a doooozie. Remember to make sure you contact this guy about this job folks...tell him how badly you want this job. :-)
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Remember how I said $$ were a sure fire way to get on here? Well, add @@'s instead of o's to that list. Anyway, Bill C seems to be hunting for the good ones, cause he's found a bunch this... [Fuck That Job!]
Genre: Action
About Halo: Combat Evolved
Join the battle. Live the epic adventure yourself. You are the last of your kind. Bred for combat, built for war. You will fight on foot, in vehicles, in the air and beneath the surface of a mysterious alien ring orbiting in the depths of space.
Recognized as one of the greatest achievements in video game entertainment, the Xbox version of Halo has already sold over 3 million units and continues to be a top seller. The Macintosh version adds 16-person online multiplayer, new vehicles, new weapons, new maps, customizable multiplayer games, the precision of playing with a mouse and keyboard and more.
Feature: Halo: Combat Evolved: Beyond Fragging [Mac OS X Downloads]
"Music, as any teen in a garage band will tell you, should be as simple to make as it is to listen to. That hasn't always been the case with musicmaking software though. Turning your computer into a recording studio with programs like Pro Tools and Cakewalk Plasma means splashing out hundreds of dollars and slogging through dense instruction manuals. There had to be an easier way. Now Apple has found it with GarageBand, part of its $49 suite of Mac-only iLife applications released... [MacDailyNews]
"The law firm Brookfields has undertaken a $165,000 Apple Mac upgrade as an internal IT audit over-rules a carefully considered move to PCs. Brookfields, a Mac user since 1995, has just bought 64 iMac machines and will upgrade the rest of its 145-strong network of machines in the next year," Peter Griffin writes for The New Zealand Herald.
"It remains one of the larger Apple users in the country, running a network of Macs for all of its desktop computing needs,"... [MacDailyNews]
"Apple is reinventing itself from a pure PC company into one that should be able to ride the digital revolution in the consumer electronics arena... Apple should emerge as a solid growth story moving forward." By Jonny Evans (Macworld UK via MyAppleMenu) [myapplemenu]
Notice the word RUMOR!!! This is strictly a repost from another site on what they THINK might be coming. It will be interesting to see what actually happens this year...
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"On January 24, Apple will have a press event where it will announce the new Powermac G5's and a new G5 based 20th anniversary iMac. The new powermacs are known internally as q38. The case will be totally unchanged, and internally, there will be one motherboard for all configuarations: Single 2, Dual 2.3 and Dual 2.6," MacOSRumors.com reports.
"Work on the next generation powerPC is also well on track. Apple has prototypes of both the single and dual core versions. The... [MacDailyNews]
Sometimes, even a small grain of salt can irritate old wounds. [O'Reilly MacDevCenter.com]
John Markoff of the New York Times notes that the Hewlett-Packard and Apple strategic alliance offers more good news for Apple: the bundling of QuickTime and Rendezvous on HP machines... [MacMinute]
The recently introduced iPod mini has overtaken the top spot on the "Top Sellers" list of the online Apple Store. (MacMinute via MyAppleMenu) [myapplemenu]
The shopping center (titled St. John's Town Center) will open in Spring 2005. (MacNN via MyAppleMenu) [myapplemenu]
PowerFX, a leading online distributor of loops, sound effects and samples, today announced the release of a new collection of CD-ROMs entitled Apple Disc Jams. These Apple Loops libraries are optimized for use with Apple’s Soundtrack & Garage Band applications.
Like Pixels? Check out MacDesign [MacMerc]
1. Can you cry under water? 2. When I was young we used to go “skinny dipping,” now I just “chunkydunk.” 3. How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered? 4. If money doesn’t grow on trees then why do banks have branches? 5. Why do you have to “put your two cents in”… but it’s only a penny for your thoughts”? Where’s that extra penny going to? 6. Once you’re in heaven, do you get stuck wearing the clothes you were buried in for eternity? 7. Why does a round pizza come in a square box? 8. How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage? 9. Why is it that people say they “slept like a baby” when babies wake up like every... [Breaking Windows]
Hmmmmm....I think it might be time to move to Maine and raise my little girl in a PROPER educational system - one that uses and sees the value of a MACINTOSH!!! :-)
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(Macs Only! via MyAppleMenu) [myapplemenu]
Much thanks to Eric for this one that brought a smile on this gloomy Saturday. Eric wrote to the guy and said "dude, it's called google.com -- check it out one day." I need the following function created: I provide... [Fuck That Job!]
Have people (namely RICH EXECUTIVES) completely lost their god damned minds lately? This is a disturbing trend that I am seeing more and more of...STUPIDITY and IGNORANCE among rich people that are fucking clueless.
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As John pointed out, the wonder of this one is not low pay, but the list of responsibilities is absolutely mind-boggling! They even list the titles of all the completely different jobs you'll be expected to do. #1 requirement: "Ability... [Fuck That Job!]
Networked TiVo Series 2 DVR owners who buy the TiVo Home Media Option can share music and photos from the Macs on their home network with their TiVo devices, making the TiVo a bridge between the Mac and the home entertainment center. Now TiVo Desktop -- the software which enables this capability on your Mac -- is compatible with Apple's iPhoto 4 software. [MacCentral]
Space.com on how NASA's Spirit Rover has been able to take such excellent photographs from the surface of Mars with just a one megapixel digital... [Gizmodo]
At this week's NAMM 2004 show in Anaheim, Calif., Swedish music software maker Propellerhead Software offered up a new version of their software ReCycle, announced a new package aimed at students and educators, and also announced that their REX2 file format is open to third-party developers. [MacCentral]
Here's one I like from "CC". I love when you can estimate a job poster's IQ from their writing. CC says it best so I'm handing the mic to her ... ---snip-- This gem was emailed to me via Creative... [Fuck That Job!]
Great. That's lovely. No more HP gear for me. --------- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Leading technology companies urged Congress and the Bush administration Wednesday not to impose new trade restrictions aimed at keeping U.S. jobs from moving overseas, where... [Fuck That Job!]
Apple announced Logic Pro 6 for professional musicians and Logic Express 6 for students and educators. Logic Pro 6 consolidates 12 products into one comprehensive package for just $999 (US). Logic Express 6 provides a basic set of professional tools for composing and producing music at a price of $299 (US). [Jan 15] [Apple Hot News]
A new site dedicated to providing news, information, help, and discussion related to Apples' GarageBand music software has been launched. GBUsers.com offers unique analysis and reviews of GarageBand-related topics and welcomes all users interested in learning more about creating music with Apple's new killer app.
Like Pixels? Check out MacDesign [MacMerc]
stevenf has posted a great how-to for using a Merlin GPRS modem card for wireless Internet access using a PowerBook with T-Mobile. He also happens to be involved with Panic, developers of the Transmit FTP client I use every day.
The most useful part for me was was a tip regarding Merlin GPRS modem cards being sold for $30 on E-bay. These same cards cost a few hundred dollars not long ago.
Ordering something on E-bay gave me feelings of trepidation similar to the first time I entered an adult video store (I needed change for a parking meter!) Turns out my E-bay purchase was uneventful, and I soon had a used GPRS modem with which to play.
stevenf's settings are for using the card with T-Mobile's $20/month unlimited Internet plan, which is not necessary any more for basic web & e-mail access. A quick visit to HowardForums will explain how any T-Mobile customer can now get free, unlimited GPRS Internet access.
I popped the card into my PowerBook and set up a Location for the newly-discovered modem, using *99# as the phone number - no other settings are necessary.
Works great, with DSLReport's Mobile Speed Test indicating that my throughput was around 56k. [MacIT.org]
For its fiscal 2004 first quarter, Apple posted a net profit of $63 million, compared to a net loss of $8 million a year ago. Revenue reached a four-year high of $2.006 billion, up 36% from a year ago. Gross margin was 26.7%, down from 27.6% a year ago quarter. International sales accounted for 44% of revenue. [Jan 14] [Apple Hot News]
Today, the Weather tool in Watson was updated to 1.7.5.2 to catch up with a few changes on a few weather sites around the country.
Additionally, a new third-party tool, 'Astronomy', was released today by Wesley Ray Hall. It displays a library of the 'Astronomy Picture of the Day' along with facts about each picture. Download it from 'Install More Tools...' under the Watson menu.
[Karelia Software]TunesAtWork lets you listen to your personal iTunes music collection while at your office or lab, even though your iTunes collection resides at home. [MacMegasite]
The mother of all friggin hard drives.....where do I sign up to get mine? ;-)
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Running out of space for all your MP3s and pirated movies? Well hopefully it'll take you a little while to fill up the Bigger Disk,... [Gizmodo]
20 Troubleshooting Steps for OS X
So your OS X Mac isn't working quite right. What should you do? Here's a list of 20 basic steps to try.
FIRST AID 01 Restart 02 Check/fix the filesystem 03 Make sure you're not running ou... [Mac OS X Hints]
After scouring the net for about six hours I came across this extremely useful tool which is of great help when trying to transfer mail from Outlook on Windows to Mail.app. It's called MailRelayer and acts as an IMAP server f... [Mac OS X Hints]
NASA's Mars24 displays a Mars "sunclock", a graphical representation of Mars showing the current sun... [MacNN]
So how does this all translate into an increased number of Mac users down the road? (Bill Palmer via MyAppleMenu) [myapplemenu]
At CES this past week TiVo made a bunch of announcements, including some new features for Home Media Option subscribers (including the ability to extract video to a PC, although you need use their USB dongle to view them) and a few new players from different manufacturers. Although there were some second-generation TiVo/DVD recorder units, the coolest new unit on display was from Hughes, and it is everything I could ever ask for in a DVR.
It's a combination TiVo and DirectTV receiver that includes a whopping 250GB hard drive. But what makes this particularly amazing is the fact that it records HDTV content alongside regular television, and it will hold 30 hours of HDTV or 200 hours of standard TV, or any combination of the two. Now obviously those numbers are inflated and probably at the lowest quality setting...but even if I only get 100 hours of standard TV and 7 of HD, that's still pretty darn amazing.
But wait, it gets better! This TiVo can record up to four broadcasts of either regular or HDTV programming at once! Four! In HDTV! With full 5.1 digital surround sound! Ohhh...my geek lust is in overdrive.
Someday, when I have the money to buy an HDTV, this, or something a lot like it (possibly with an even bigger hard drive) will be mine. And truly songs will be sung about that day.
Yes, but where's the one that does all that PLUS adds the DVD recorder with the as-of-yet not invented DVD/HDTV format capability?! That is truly the cream dream.
However, I will say that I popped nerd wood when I saw it, too.
Joost Schuur at January 11, 2004 10:01 PM:Are you sure it can record 4 feeds at once? PVRblog's piece says it only does up to two:
I suspect the hardware doesn't have the CPU power to crunch 4 streams at once.
[loonyblog.]This fine article appeared on kernelthread.com last week, and I've only just finished reading it. It's a well researched and incredibly thorough article which covers just about everything you might need to know about the technical side of Mac OS X.
The article was originally written for Linux users interested in switching, but, despite this it's well written and doesn't overwhelm you with tech-babble and bombard you with acronyms. Worth reading over lunch with a bacon and brie sandwich and a big mug of tea.
Incidentally, this is the same guy who was also slashdotted for running 55 systems on his Powerbook. [xlab : a mac os x weblog]
In a wide-ranging interview, FCC chief Michael Powell says broadband is key to the future of the U.S. economy. He also explains, cautiously, why he loves TiVo and the iPod. Katie Dean reports from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. [Wired News]
Not surprisingly, Apple will be an exhibitor at NAMM 2004, the world's largest trade-only music products show, which takes place January 15-18 in Anaheim, California... [MacMinute]
Ohhh boy - this is PRICELESS. This is so insane that I had to read it SEVERAL times. M$FT has been caught with their pants down in a MAJOR way and their comments are just ludicrous. Read on for a great laugh...
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A Microsoft executive said Thursday that the HP and Apple iPod/iTunes agreement would limit choice and harm consumers on the Windows platform... [MacMinute]
I just saw this on The Screen Savers tonight, and they tried to scan a new and old 20, and Photoshop CS will not do it, giving you a dialog explaining that you cannot scan money. This is a total crock if you ask me! You should be able to scan anything, even money. PS is an image manipulation program, you should be able to scan money. I assume a way around this is to use the scanning software outside of PS, but still that is a pain. And what are they going to block next? From Slashdot.org: from the forgeries-be-darned dept. Phosphor writes “A visitor to the Adobe Photoshop-for-Windows Forum (registration required to post, can log in as guest) has described a curious ‘feature’ with Photoshop 8 (also known as ‘CS’). Seems this latest version of Adobe’s flagship product has the built-in ability to detect that an image is... [Breaking Windows]
Carly Fiorina, Hewlett-Packard's chairman and chief executive officer, has unveiled the new iPod-based HP device at the 2004 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas... [MacMinute]
Less than a week after the introduction of GarageBand, five new Web sites are ready to serve users of the music creation software... [MacMinute]
It isn't always easy to be a Mac user in a Windows world, and Actual Technologies sought to level the playing field with their Mac-only, Mac-first Actual ODBC Driver for Microsoft SQL Server. It allows you to access SQL Server databases from an application such as Excel and use queries to populate spreadsheets, charts, and graphs with live data. [MacCentral]
Western Digital Corp. has introduced two new external drives: the Media Center and a series of hard drives with Dual-option Backup. [MacCentral]
"Hewlett-Packard has shaken up the high-tech industry, saying it will work with Apple Computer to build it own version of the Apple iPod and will include Apple's digital jukebox software on its new personal computers," Keith Regan reports for E-Commerce Times.
[MacDailyNews Note: HP will be rebranding Apple-produced iPods, not building their own version.]
"HP said it decided to partner with Apple, whose iPod is the best-selling digital music player in the market,... [MacDailyNews]
Noting that it has only has a fraction of the IT help per employee as other corporations, Apple yest... [MacNN]
Company strikes new deals. DSL provider Covad has had a busy week, announcing plans to expand their network to 50 million homes and businesses throughout 2004 with the addition of 200 additional central offices by mid-year. The company has also struck an enterprise deal with .. [Broadbandreports]
If you are lucky enough to have a Cube, you might want to check this out...
Another way to enjoy and share your music - turn your favorite iTunes playlist into a DVD for playback in home entertainment systems. The created DVD has on-screen navigation menus showing a list of upcoming songs and the current track's album art and artist info.
The Playlist to DVD application creates a QuickTime movie containing the audio tracks and album art from a chosen iTunes playlist. The newly created movie, and an album art slideshow, are automatically added to the currently... [MacDailyNews]
Jeff The Riffer writes "At the Consumer Electronics Show today, Mike Ramsay of TiVo announced three major new product offerings to come in the next year. First ... [Slashdot]
Digital Networks Proud Of Its Rio Being Panned By Steve Jobs (W/Pics & Corrected) [The Mac Observer]
A Windows software developer has launched a new product that appears to be a blatant copy of Apple's ExposÉ, the new feature found in Mac OS X 10.3 Panther that allows you to instantly see all open windows at once with a single keystroke... [MacMinute]
Trendwatch reports that 26% of U.S. broadcast stations and cable systems use Macs as their primary s... [MacNN]
When Apple reports its earnings for the fiscal first quarter of 2004 next week, Wall Street expects the company to post a profit of 14 cents a share, compared with a profit of 3 cents a share a year earlier... [MacMinute]
Verbatim announced it is on target to deliver the industry's first Double-Layer DVD+R (DVD+R DL) dis... [MacNN]
"At MacWorld, Apple CEO Steve Jobs raved about how well the iPod and iTunes were doing, saying that the company sold 730,000 iPods in the crucial holiday shopping season. That's more than a third of the total number of iPods sold since the product debuted in 2001. He added that more than 30 million songs, at nearly a buck a pop, have been purchased since iTunes debuted in April," Paul R. La Monica reports for CNN/Money.
"Still, despite the buzz surrounding Apple's success... [MacDailyNews]
Alsoft this week announced a Panther update to DiskWarrior 3.0, its Mac OS X tool for native directo... [MacNN]
"Schaumburg, Ill.-based Motorola Inc. is licensing wireless technology from a startup led by Apple Computer co-founder Steve Wozniak to develop devices and services that can monitor the locations of people, pets or important possessions," Bruce Meyerson reports for The Associated Press. "The vague announcement, slated for release Thursday, does not call for the development of any particular type of device or the addition of the technology to specific products already made... [MacDailyNews]
NASDAQ's Analyst Recommendations section for Apple Computer (AAPL) has, for months it seems, shown:
Strong Buy - 0
Buy - 1
Hold - 14
Underperform - 0
Sell - 1
Over the past 24 hours, movement has occurred among the 16 firms making recommendations. The new figures:
Strong Buy - 2
Buy - 1
Hold - 12
Underperform - 0
Sell - 1
See it here. This is... [MacDailyNews]
HP and Apple announced a strategic alliance to deliver an HP-branded digital music player based on the iPod and the iTunes digital music jukebox and pioneering online music store to HP’s customers. As part of the alliance, HP consumer PCs and notebooks will come preinstalled with iTunes software and an easy-reference desktop icon to point directly to the iTunes Music Store, ensuring a simple, seamless music experience. [Jan 8] [Apple Hot News]
At booth #2511 during Macworld Conference & Expo, Insider Software is showing off its new FontAgent Pro 2 and FontAgent Pro 2 Workgroup Edition products, which are available now for US$99.95 ($89.95 for electronic download) and $149.95 ($139.95 for electronic download), respectively. [MacCentral]
The DoubleSight DS-1500 dual LCD monitor mounts two 15-inch LCD flat panels side-by-side on a single tilt and swivel base. [MacInTouch]
Apple has quietly cut the pricing of its 2x and 4x DVD-R media in half... [MacMinute]
"Though the iPod mini was the most anticipated announcement, a piece of software stole the show [at Macworld Expo 2004 yesterday]. Popular musician John Mayer joined Jobs on stage to demonstrate GarageBand, a new Mac-only software title that allows users to compose music by plugging instruments into a Macintosh computer to record and arrange digital tracks. GarageBand also includes more than 1,000 prerecorded clips from drums, horns and other instruments that can be looped together... [MacDailyNews]
Expo finds Apple focused on compositions, not computers. By Rob Pegoraro (Washington Post via MyAppleMenu) [myapplemenu]
You Software today introduced You Synchronize, a file synchronization utility for Mac OS X that lets users to quickly, easily, accurately and safely synchronize files and folders across notebooks, desktops and servers... [MacMinute]
You Software today introduced You Synchronize, a file synchronization utility for Mac OS X that lets users to quickly, easily, accurately and safely synchronize files and folders across notebooks, desktops and servers... [MacMinute]
At this week's Macworld Conference & Expo, graphics card and chip maker ATI Technologies Inc. is showing off a forthcoming card that may be of interest to gamers looking to get the most out of the potential of their Power Mac G5 systems -- the Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Special Edition. [MacCentral]
NewTek announced on Tuesday that the roadmap for the company's LightWave 3D application will transition from Carbon to Mac OS X native and its development environment will migrate to Apple's Xcode. [MacCentral]
We have posted a small gallery of photos taken from the show floor of Macworld Expo, which is taking place this week at San Francisco's Moscone Center... [MacMinute]
FireWire Depot has introduced the Diskology Disk Jockey FireWire/USB2 device, an inexpensive new hard disk copy and diagnostic tool that allows users to copy data between IDE hard disk drives at high-speed while maintaining all of the attributes of the original hard disk, including hidden folders, multiple partitions and operating system files... [MacMinute]
By Steve Jack (MacDailyNews via MyAppleMenu) [myapplemenu]
Is it me, or does anyone else think that the biggest news to come out of this keynote is not the actual keynote? I think the big news is the INSANE amount of KICK ASS new products for the Mac and iPod!!!! 3rd party vendors have been going friggin nuts with cool shit!!!
As far as the Keynote, there were some cool and great new iApps (especially Garage Band), but the iPod mini is something I could live without. The price point should have been at $199, but then again...who am I to be quoting price points? Apparently Apple was right on target since Rio just announced the same type of device with the same storage at the EXACT same price point! And iLife being $49 is insane. No doubt that we will be hearing from the "I want it all for free" crowd that thinks EVERYTHING should be free. Apparently they don't understand that it takes money and resources to make things happen and I don't see $49 for iLife as being unreasonable. I was totally bummed not to see speed bumps in the G5 line, but glad to see the Xserve making progress. I think we need to romp on the enterprise level sales in order to make some real progress in the IT world.
I think that Apple is going to be fairly tight on letting too much out at once. I am guessing they will be announcing new gear all year long to keep the momentum going. Not a bad strategy if you think about it. I hope I am right, I need my fix of updated gear! All in all, as long as there are new products, all is good. It's the day I don't hear any new products that I will begin to worry. To those that love to criticize instead of looking at the positive points, get a life, an iLife at that. ;-) I am tired of the cry baby whining spoiled reporters that do nothing but spew waste out of their holes. Especially ones who pretend to be Mac loyalists but are really PC weenies in disguise.
Rock on Apple!
Frank
Epson has launched new Perfection 4870 film scanners, which feature Kodak's Digital ICE technology f... [MacNN]
Maxtor has announced a software update that allows its OneTouch FireWire external storage drive to become a boot drive on the Mac OS... [MacMinute]
Harman Multimedia today announced JBL Creature II, the successor to its popular three-piece speaker ... [MacNN]
Harman Multimedia today announced Harman Kardon SoundSticks II, a new version of the high-powered th... [MacNN]
Macworld Keynote Picture Gallery - 35 Pics Of Mac Goodness [The Mac Observer]
Apple today introduced Jam Pack, an add-on music content package for Apple's new GarageBand music creation software, announced today as part of iLife '04. Jam Pack triples the music content for musicians and aspiring musicians alike with over 2,000 additional loops including many for hip-hop and electronica; over 100 additional software instruments, including a concert grand piano and 12 string guitars; over 100 additional pro-quality effects presets; and 15 additional guitar amps,... [MacDailyNews]
Apple today unveiled its new Xserve RAID storage system, a 3U high-availability, rack storage system that now delivers a massive 3.5 terabytes (TB) of storage capacity, blazing performance of up to 210 MBps throughput and the industry's most aggressive price for storage of just over $3 per gigabyte. With the new Xserve RAID, Apple has also introduced support for Windows and Linux-based computing environments, industry standard Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) connectors and broad... [MacDailyNews]
Apple has posted a new version of its legendary "1984" commercial that originally aired during the 1984 Super Bowl... [MacMinute]
Also announced by Elgato Systems today announced its EyeTV 200 FireWire digital video recorder, which makes it possible to watch, record, edit and archive high-quality, MPEG-2 encoded television on the Mac... [MacMinute]
TEN Technology has announced the naviPlay, a Bluetooth wireless stereo adapter and remote control for the iPod... [MacMinute]
Apple announced a preview of Xgrid technology today.
Apple today previewed Xgrid, a computational clustering technology from Apple’s Advanced Computa... [MacRumors]
Elgato Systems today unveiled EyeHome, allowing users to access the digital content they have stored on their Mac -- digital photos, video or music -- on their television and home entertainment system... [MacMinute]
Alpine today announced the world's first solution that enables consumers to connect and control their iPod from their in-vehicle sound system... [MacMinute]
This is total BULLSHIT. Earthlink can rest assured I will NEVER be one of their customers. It is time for people to start prtoesting in MAJOR ways. KEEP AMERICAN JOBS IN AMERICA DAMNIT!!!!!!
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Many support positions outsourced to India. At the end of December, rumors began circulating in our Earthlink forum that the company was planning to close the majority of their US call centers, and outsource those positions to India. As of this morning this rumor was confirmed via an e-mail s.. [Broadbandreports]
Microsoft is announcing Microsoft Office 2004 for Macintosh. The new version includes many new Mac first features including a notetaker in Word and a new way to manage projects with Entourage. [Maccentric.com]
Developer Mark/Space, Inc., which created the Missing Sync line of software applications, announced the latest addition to their product line: Missing Sync for hiptop, which uses Mac OS X's iSync to synchronize information between your Mac and a Danger hiptop handheld device. [MacCentral]
And guess what folks - yep...it is priced at the same pricepoint as the iPod mini. No competition here, the iPod will win this hands down...
Rio today introduced the Rio Nitrus 4GB MP3 player, a new player which is built on the Rio Nitrus 1.5GB MP3 player platform, keeping the pocket-sized design along with more than double the memory and weighing less than two ounces... [MacMinute]
Xserve G5 delivers over 30 gigaflops of processing power per system and features the same revolutionary PowerPC G5, 64-bit processor used in Virginia Tech’s cluster of Power Mac G5s — the world’s third fastest supercomputer. Also unveiled, the new Xserve RAID rack storage system that now delivers a massive 3.5 terabytes of storage capacity. [Jan 6] [Apple Hot News]
iPod mini, the smallest portable music player ever to hold up to 1,000 CD-quality songs, is encased in an ultra-portable, lightweight anodized aluminum body available in five stylish colors. [Jan 6] [Apple Hot News]
Final Cut Express 2, based on Final Cut Pro 4 professional video editing software, delivers powerful new features in an affordable, easy-to-use package for video editors. Fine-tuned for Mac OS X Panther, Final Cut Express 2 features RT Extreme for real-time compositing and effects, an enhanced user interface, real-time color correction tools and enhanced audio editing capabilities. [Jan 6] [Apple Hot News]
iLife ‘04, the next generation of Apple’s award-winning suite of digital lifestyle applications, introduces GarageBand, a revolutionary new music application that turns a Mac into a professional-quality musical instrument and recording studio, and features new versions of iPhoto, iMovie and iDVD, plus the recently-released iTunes 4.2. To compliment iLife ‘04, Jam Pack, an add-on package, can triple musical resources for Garageband. [Jan 6] [Apple Hot News]
AstroAge has announced the Gboard5 and Gboard4 platforms, new products that help make the Power Mac G5 and G4 towers mobile... [MacMinute]
Epson has announced two new scanners: the US$449 Perfection 4870 Photo and the $599 Perfection 4870 Pro... [MacMinute]
Keyspan this week will introduce its USB Server that connects USB devices to a Mac or PC via a wired or wireless Ethernet-based LAN... [MacMinute]
Griffin has also posted details on the SightLight, an add-on light for the iSight Web cam that adds "a warm glow of light that improves your onscreen iChat appearance."... [MacMinute]
Even as the Mac community speculates about an impending beta version of Microsoft Office for Mac OS X, a new -- and free -- productivity suite has found a toehold on Apple Computer Inc.'s operating system. By Daniel Drew Turner (eWeek via MyAppleMenu) [myapplemenu]
Griffin Technology has posted details on the iTalk, a new voice recorder for Apple's iPod... [MacMinute]
Belkin has announced the TuneCast II FM transmitter for Apple's iPod and other portable players... [MacMinute]
"RealNetworks is expected to throw its hat into the digital song store ring later this week, releasing a download service based on technology similar to that used in Apple Computer's iTunes store, according to sources familiar with the plans," John Borland reports for CNET News.com. "The new pay-per-song service, which is expected to be announced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week, will see the company playing catch-up to Apple, which has won... [MacDailyNews]
We have posted a small gallery of photos from the first day of Macworld Expo, which is taking place this week at San Francisco's Moscone Center... [MacMinute]
"The user interface for Macintosh programs appears to be more consistent than that for Windows software." (Sydney Morning Herald via MyAppleMenu) [myapplemenu]
"Norwegian programmer Jon Lech Johansen, who broke the DVD encryption scheme, has opened iTunes locked music a tad further, by allowing people to play songs they've purchased on iTunes Music Store on their GNU/Linux computers," Andrew Orlowski reports for The Register. "'We're about to find out what Apple really thinks about Fair Use,' Johansen told The Register via email.""Johansen cracked iTunes DRM scheme in November by releasing code for a small Windows... [MacDailyNews]
AV Industries is selling DivX-Certified DVD Players that include custom software for Mac OS X for tr... [MacNN]
Scott Kelby will release new Panther editions of his best-selling "Mac OS X Killer Tips" and "The Mac OS X Conversion Kit" books at the San Francisco Macworld Expo this week... [MacMinute]
Other World Computing (OWC) today announced a new Mercury Extreme G4/1.25 Gigahertz (GHz) processor upgrade that the company says is guaranteed to run at actual clock speeds of up to 1.467GHz... [MacMinute]
Roxio on Monday unveiled Toast with Jam 6, a new version of its popular CD and DVD burning software, enhanced with studio quality audio tools... [MacMinute]
Epson today announced the P-1000, a new device for viewing, storing and sharing digital photos... [MacMinute]
Nikon today announced its next generation of Coolscan desktop film scanners -- the Coolscan V ED, Super Coolscan 5000 ED and the Super Coolscan 9000 ED... [MacMinute]
Swiss designers Role and Urs Alscher -- the two principals of the Podboard Project -- have developed a new desk stand for the iPod called Podboard. It supports all iPod versions. [MacCentral]
Running out of space on your TiVo but not ready to buy a new one? Disk Jockey maker Diskology has announced plans to release software tools to enable Mac users who also have digital video recorders (DVRs) like the ones made by TiVo to upgrade their DVRs with new, larger hard drives. [MacCentral]
TASCAM has announced Mac OS X 10.3 Panther compatibility for all of their USB and FireWire computer recording products... [MacMinute]
MacSense this week will begin shipping the HomePod, a digital stereo component that lets you take advantage of an existing wireless network to stream MP3 files stored on Macs or PCs to devices located anywhere in a house or office... [MacMinute]
Miglia Technology has launched a Power Mac G5-compatible version of AlchemyTV DVR, its TV Tuning and Digital Video Recorder product... [MacMinute]
Macromedia has announced the latest version of its massive multimedia package Director. The newest version brings the package up with the other products in the Studio MX 2004 series which started shipping in the later portion of 2003. You should be able to snag a copy of Director MX 2004 in February.
Macromedia was nice enough to meet with us before the announcement, and we've put the full scoop in our exclusive Director coverage page. Several screenshots are included.
Like Pixels? Check out MacDesign [MacMerc]
Adobe Systems Inc. will announce on Monday that the company is discontinuing ongoing development of PageMaker, Adobe's Mac OS 9 page layout application. However, Adobe is not leaving its PageMaker customers without a way to upgrade to InDesign and keep the same workflow they have become accustomed to in PageMaker. [MacCentral]
Apple has reposted the "Official" MacWorld San Francisco 2004 Keynote webcast page.
Watch Apple CEO Steve Jobs deliver the Macworld Expo keynote add... [MacRumors]
MacThemes.net was recently launched to fill a long lasting void in the Mac GUI community. The website plans to offer theme related news, reviews, previews and interviews. MacThemes also provides an "Interesting Reads" section to monitor theme-related forum threads of interest and user comments. User voting and website skins are planned for the near future.
Visitors will find three theme reviews currently residing in the theme review archives, as well as reviews of Konfabulator... [MacDailyNews]
"The Mac, like Apple's early personal computers, broke ground. It seemed, truly, to be a computer for the rest of us. It was an empowering device, full of aesthetic as well as practical value. Apple aimed the Mac, with its graphical screen and simple operation, at people who didn't want to be technologists, who just wanted to get things done, and elegantly if possible. Mac users did consider themselves the antithesis of the Orwellian corporate drones in the famous 1984... [MacDailyNews]
"Twenty years after it changed the world of personal computing, Apple is getting another bite at the . . . er, apple," Stephen Lynch reports for The New York Post. "It wasn't long ago that Apple was considered an also-ran, a niche company with Golden Delicious products but Granny Smith sales. Now, buoyed by a host of winning machines, from the iMac to the iPod, Apple is enjoying a renaissance. It's even challenging Microsoft in the corporate environment with a new... [MacDailyNews]
"We’ll see great strides from Linux in the high-end server space over the coming years, with good steps in 2004, but with stiff competition from Apple in certain server segments," David Johnson writes for AlwaysOn. "Apple? Yes, this is not a misprint. For mid-tier and large server applications in Europe, Apple is the new and unlikely server gorilla!"
Johnson writes, "Apple’s OSX is based on a highly scaleable, reliable, secure version of UNIX called BSD, which... [MacDailyNews]
TMO Reports - Guitar Center Now An Apple Reseller; Ramps Up Mac Support [The Mac Observer]
Now here is a great new resource.... [MacSlash]
Wow - 2004 is here already! I am such a slacker I haven't even posted anything this year yet. So here it is - the first official post for 2004. I guess I can blame it on the nasty flu I was fighting off since last year. Spending the last days of 2003 and first of 2004 in bed with the flu was not exactly my idea of a happy start to the new year. Alas - I am now at least alive enough to read my news and post to the blog again. Here's to a MUCH better 2004......HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Frank
