This is a MUST READ for anyone who continues to insist that Dashboard is a ripoff of Konfabulator!!! Absolutely Must read!!!!
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The post-WWDC peanut gallery is atwitter with the idea that Tiger’s Dashboard is a blatant rip-off of Konfabulator.
[Daring Fireball]Oh great. the spooks in the CIA and terrorists throughout the world are gonna love this!
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Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. on Wednesday said that the company had developed a technology to embed numerical data inside a printed color image that could be decoded with a cell phone. [eWEEK Technology News]
Versora announced on Wednesday the release of Progression Web, which helps administrators move their Web sites from Microsoft IIS Web servers to Apache, an open-source Web server platform that's part of Mac OS X Server, Novell Suse Linux and Red Hat Linux. Progression Web automatically moves documents, database connections and security and configuration settings to a server running Apache 1.3x or 2.0 on Mac OS X Server v10.2 or higher. Licensing starts at US$279 for one to nine copies, with price breaks at 10, 20, 30 and 40 copies. [MacCentral]
I don't normally repost stuff from this site so that people don't mistake the story as true, but man - these guys are GREAT! Some of their posts are just off the wall and really make you laugh....
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Fight! Fight! Fight! [Crazy Apple Rumors Site]
If ever a single device has had an impact on the mindset of consumers way beyond its actual size, it is Apple's iPod. By Greg Thom, Herald Sun (via MyAppleMenu) [myapplemenu]
Help! I'm being oppressed!. If you've recently upgraded to BellSouth's 3Mbps Extreme tier and find you can't send mail via non-BellSouth servers, you aren't being censored by the man, as one forum user is quick to suggest. Since December of 2003, the company has been blocking .. [Broadbandreports]
Down with IE!!! We must unite and kill this virus-magnet, insecure, poor excuse of a browser! Switch to a new browser today!
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The Mozilla Foundation -- in partnership with Apple, Adobe, Macromedia, Opera and Sun -- has announced a series of changes to Web browser plug-ins that they say "will allow Web developers to offer richer Web browsing experiences, helping to maintain innovation and standards on the Net."... [MacMinute]
You gotta be friggin kidding me! Ummmm, people - for $37 you can replace the iPod battery with a nice shiny new one and KEEP your state of the art, "gizmo of the century". Dell's gettin a bit desperate aren't they? :-)
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"Computer maker Dell Inc. offered a limited time $100 rebate to Digital Jukebox music player purchasers who send in an Apple Computer Inc. iPod music player for recycling, the company said Wednesday. Dell's 15-Gigabyte Digital Jukebox players retail for $199 and have a 20-hour battery, Dell said," Associated Press reports. "The company did not say when the rebate offer would expire."
From the Dell website:
Is your iPod battery starting to fade? Before you pay for... [MacDailyNews]
Apple has released a preview of its Rendezvous for Windows 2000/XP, which allows applications/device... [MacNN]
Apple has abruptly terminated the standard AirPort Card, leaving customers and dealers in the lurch. [MacInTouch]
Parliant Corp. on Wedneday released the US$199.95 PhoneValet Message Center, a combination of hardware and software that turns a Mac running Mac OS X into a telecom center, complete with voice-mail support for up to 11 mailboxes; the ability to record conversations, integrate them into a searchable call history, and download them to your iPod; caller ID screening; a fax controller and voice-activated dialing. [MacCentral]
During Steve Jobs' WWDC keynote presentation, where he demoed Spotlight, Mac OS X 10.4's new system-wide metadata search engine technology, Jobs used the Finder's search box to search for the term "iMac" starting at 45:31 in the QuickTime stream of the WWDC Keynote. Immediately thereafter, Jobs demoed Address Book's use of "Spotlight" technology and used it to search for "Paris" starting at 46:52 and then used the term "birthday" to create a... [MacDailyNews]
Home PCs are increasingly likely to house software designed to watch each and every click the user makes," Mark Ward reports for BBC News. "If a home was infested with tiny spy cameras the owner would no doubt want to know about it - especially if the information gathered was being analysed and sold for a profit, or if these alerted unsavoury types of the home-owners absence.""While rare is the home infested with tiny electronic spies, the same cannot be said of... [MacDailyNews]
I still have my Apple IIc!!!! Anyone else have one? :-)
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There are lots of interesting things happening this week in Apple History. For instance, this week in... [The Mac Observer]
Apple has posted the winners from last night's Ninth Annual Apple Design Awards, which honored developers for "excellence in the Apple technical community."... [MacMinute]
Oracle JDeveloper 10g and Database 10g will be available for developers to freely download during the second half of the year. [eWEEK Technology News]
The $599 NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL card that Apple introduced on Monday represents a significantly improved graphics card now available to Mac use... [MacRumors]
Why, these XSIO external hard drives enclosures from Green House look awfully familiar. Let me look at the specs; hrm, yes, aluminum, fanless, Mac OSX supporting towers ... huh, no, just doesn't ring a bell at all. The 120GB, 160GB, and 300GB USB 2.0 and FireWire drives will be available in July in Japan and will also work with Windows, if that's your OS of choice. In addition, software is included that will allow up to 8 hard disks to be recognized by the OS as a single virtual drive.
Read - Product Information (English) [TechJapan]
Read - Product Page [Green-HouseJP]
eDonkey today announced the release of a Mac OS X version of its peer-to-peer file sharing software that allows users to trade any type of file, MP3, video, image, or software title... [MacMinute]
Apple has quietly posted a quicktime video of today's WWDC 2004 Keynote Speech.
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/wwdc04/
Steve Jobs introduced... [MacRumors]
"Apple Computer is predicting that rivals will mimic Mac OS X Tiger, but one developer says it's the new Mac operating system that is doing the copying," Ina Fried reports for CNET News. "Arlo Rose is outraged at the similarity of Apple's Dashboard, previewed earlier Monday by Apple CEO Steve Jobs, to his Konfabulator, a $25 Macintosh program. Both programs allow easy access to small programs called Widgets, which can perform a number of useful little... [MacDailyNews]
Developer Arlo Rose says that Apple is stealing ideas from its developers. At WWDC today, Steve Jobs... [MacNN]
Apple has eliminated its lower-end AirPort Extreme Base Station and cut the price of the model with modem and USB printer port to $200. Not bad.
Our friends at Inside Mac Radio have posted their first photo gallery from the keynote at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference... [MacMinute]
Sun Microsystems has released Sun Java Studio, a visual development environment and the company's first product to be released under a new subscription model as part of the Sun Developer Network program... [MacMinute]
Steve Jobs has been previewing some of the key features of Tiger at the WWDC in San Francisco. All the new stuff is on the Apple website, but here’s a diluted list :
Sounds great, but I may save the cash and put it towards one of those gargantuan 30-inch Studio Displays… [xlab : a mac os x weblog]
Core Image and Core Video are absolutely stunning, but Automator is the true gift to digital media creators. [O'Reilly MacDevCenter.com]
"Tiger" Server will feature weblog hosting, an iChat server and tools to migrate more easily from Windows servers. [MacInTouch]
Alias today announced at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference that Maya Unlimited 6 for Mac OS X will be released by late summer for US$6,999... [MacMinute]
Elgato today announced the release of EyeTV 500, the first high-definition television (HDTV) solution for Mac OS X... [MacMinute]
Karelia Software has announced that it is selling the technology behind its popular Watson utility t... [MacNN]
While there is no webcast, MacMerc will be updating this space as often as possible to bring you all the latest from Steve Job's keynote speech at WWDC 2004. Here is the archived report.
Analyst Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray has upgraded Apple to "outperform," while raising his estimates for the company... [MacMinute]
Hello, Future. I believe we've met before, in the past. nVidia has announced SLI for the GeForce 6800 series of PCI Express video cards. What does that mean for you, the already broke-ass gamer? Well, if you buy one of the new, expensive Intel motherboards with the Tumwater chipset, you can connect two of Nvidia's top-end, $500 video cards together via a "Scalable Link Interface" MIO port, harnessing the power of both cards simultaneously to render game graphics. It won't be twice as fast; the received wisdom is around 50 percent faster than a single card, although Nvidia is claiming up to 90 percent faster frame rates in some situations.
Although it might be easy to brush off SLI as a toy for rich gamers who can drop $5,000 on a gaming rig without a second thought (and you'd be right, at the moment), in the near future the SLI will offer a handy way to boost the performance of your existing card -- just toss another one in there and go. Unfortunately, if history is any reference, by the time a second 6800 becomes affordable, buying a whole new, next-generation video card is probably a better option.
No word if this is the same technology that Alienware was touting around E3. It would certainly make more sense if it were, as Alienware isn't exactly known for pioneering cutting edge video hardware solutions. Looking at the pictures of Alienware's solution, the interconnects do look different, so maybe they figured out some magic of their own after all.
Read [HardwareAnalysis via /.]
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TIME magazine has named Apple's iTunes Music Store among the "50 Coolest Websites" under the "Lifest... [MacNN]
Safer surfing [The Register]
Music magazine Q's poll of music industry experts has placed Apple CEO Steve Jobs and iPod designer Jonathan Ives tied for second place in the top 100 most powerful people in music, notes The Sun, a UK newspaper... [MacMinute]
QuickerTek has announced its new external antennas for the Power Mac G4 AGP Graphics, PCI Graphics, Digital Audio, FireWire 800, Gigabit Ethernet, Quicksilver and Mirrored desktop computers for US$79.95... [MacMinute]
Oh yippie. Joy. I am overwhelmed. Blah blah blah.....this doesn't mean we are going to play real media files on the iPod Mr. Glaser. Your format still sux and your sucking up will not help.
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RealNetworks will this week release RealPlayer 10 for Mac OS X... [MacMinute]
At its Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple has taken a rather large shot at Microsoft's Longhorn, the next major release of Windows... [MacMinute]
IBM officials say that the technology for a notebook version of the PowerPC G5 may be at hand, according to eWeek... [MacMinute]
With WWDC just days away, the first Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) information and screenshots appears to have been leaked. According to unconfirmed sources, ... [MacRumors.com Page 2]
I am just sitting back laughing....this is precious. People apparently have not had enough of the windows world. Come on over folks, the door is still open and we (Mac users) are here to welcome you to the new world...
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"A potentially dangerous Internet attack on personal computers by a virus designed to steal financial data and passwords from Web users rippled across the Internet on Friday, computer security experts said," Duncan Martell reports for Reuters. "The attack, which surfaced earlier this week and is known as the "Scob" outbreak, exploits a vulnerability in servers using a version of Microsoft Corp.'s IIS software, and has been called more dangerous than the recent... [MacDailyNews]
Let the Whoop ASS begin....
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Aquaduct 2.0b2 - Xbox tunneling network app for OSX. [MacUpdate - Mac OS X]
Apple on Friday won four prizes -- two Gold, one Silver and one Bronze -- in the 2004 Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), which were sponsored by BusinessWeek magazine and which will appear in the July 5 edition of the publication. 130 winners took home prizes in 12 categories, with Apple winning for Gold awards for the iPod mini (Consumer Products) and the Power Mac G5 (Computer Equipment), a Silver award for the iSight (Business & Industrial Products) and a Bronze for its Wireless Keyboard (Computer Equipment). Last year the company nabbed two Gold IDEAs (for its 12- and 17-inch PowerBooks) and one Silver (for its Xserve), while in 2002 it won five total: four Gold for its retail Apple Stores, its Macworld Conference & Expo San Francisco presence, its flat-panel iMac and its iPod; and one Silver for its revamped iBook. [MacCentral]
This is so stupid that the moron who suggested it and anyone who votes for it, should be deported to Iraq.
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Home and small businesses with two or more networked computers may be subject to a communications tax in Florida. No one seems to want the tax, but it's moving along anyway. By Michelle Delio. [Wired News]
A new Windows vulnerability—delivered from graphics on Web pages—is being exploited across the Internet. Analysts expect a widepread denial-of-service attack to be launched shortly. [eWEEK Technology News]
The hype is incredible. The speculation is even more ridiculous. Let's separate fact from fiction with new inside information straight from a handful of separate Apple employees who have all confirmed these basic facts: New Apple displays, yes; New iMacs, no. [Think Secret]
You can use email aliases instead of your .Mac email address to keep your .Mac account private or to easily recognize and organize incoming emails from varios sources. By MacDailyNews (via MyAppleMenu) [myapplemenu]
Two Apple product managers recently video conferenced while one of them was aboard an Airbus plane more than 35,000 feet in the air using iChat AV, iSight, a 17-inch PowerBook and an orbiting satellite... [Apple]
While you may understand what SCO is attempting with its litigation, you may not know why. Wired News...
The Mac Observer Spin: We highly recommend the Wired News article, it is one of the most detailed examinations we've yet seen...
See the Mac OS X "Tiger" Preview! [The Mac Observer]
As part of a longer article about hidden features in hardware and software, Mac OS X is mentioned by Katie Hafner for The New York Times:
Some hidden features, though useful, are too obscure to merit space in a manual, printed or otherwise. Consider the summarizing service that is part of Apple Computer's OS X operating system. The program will take any document and reduce it to a pithy precis. Yet Apple does not advertise the feature and mentions it only briefly in its online... [MacDailyNews]
Vonage, the leading broadband telephony provider in the U.S., and Xten Networks, publisher of the award winning X-PRO SoftPhone, announced today that Vonage and Xten have completed interoperability testing of an OEM version of Xten's X-PRO SIP SoftPhone for Mac-based Vonage subscribers.
Mac users can now download the Vonage X-PRO for the Mac OS X SoftPhone to start making and receiving telephone calls immediately on their computers, while maintaining the same quality of service they... [MacDailyNews]
Apple in mid-July will ship a new version of its retail-box .Mac package to resellers, sources said. The new copy of Apple's $99 per year internet services suite will carry the product number M9495Z/A, according to reports. It's unclear what the changes will entail... [Think Secret]
MediaLive International Inc. on Wednesday announced that it has postponed this year's Comdex 2004 computer trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada. The company still plans to have Comdex 2005 in Las Vegas next year, however. This news only affects the Las Vegas show -- all other Comdex-branded shows in Brazil, Korea, Scandanavia, Saudi Arabia and Greece are still planned. [MacCentral]
"Apple Computer, Inc. is preparing for the launch of a completely redesigned iMac personal computer, according to numerous reports and an analysis of recent inner-workings of the company. Earlier this month, Apple initiated an inventory flush of its current iMac offerings, explaining to resellers that they would receive no further shipments of the 17 and 20-inch iMac G4. Resellers were also told this week to expect a discontinuation of the 15-inch iMac G4 in the immediate... [MacDailyNews]
Apple today announced that music fans in the UK, France and Germany have purchased and downloaded mo... [AppleInsider]
Apple today announced that the DVD Forum has ratified the H.264 Advanced Video Codec (AVC) to be included in the next generation High Definition (HD) DVD format. The H.264/AVC codec was jointly developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and has been ratified into the MPEG-4 specification as the next-generation video codec. H.264/AVC is based on open standards and will ship in Apple's QuickTime software in an upcoming release... [MacDailyNews]
by Larry Angell - As reported yesterday, Colsa Corp... [MacMinute]
New console, new games [The Register]
Apple has been nominated for awards in this year's 51st International Advertising Festival in Cannes, reports Macworld UK... [MacMinute]
SpaceShipOne climbs to an altitude of 62 miles Monday before dropping safely to the ground. It's the first privately financed manned excursion into space. Dan Brekke reports from Mojave, California. [Wired News]
The Xserves, which will cost $5.8 million, will be used to build what is expected to be one of the fastest supercomputers in the world. [Computerworld Macintosh News]
Feature for feature, Apple's Xserve holds its own against anything I'vve seen in a Xeon- or Opteron-based system, and forthcoming additions will only sweeten the pot. By P.J. Connolly, CPILive.net (via MyAppleMenu) [myapplemenu]
The Pentagon creates a video-game studio to make simulations for all kinds of military and government jobs, like safeguarding the White House or training special ops forces. John Gaudiosi reports from Cary, North Carolina. [Wired News]
An iPod fan website displays hundreds of speculative designs for exotic music machines. The mockups give some insight into what iPod fans want. How about a pair of movie-star sunglasses that play video in 3-D? By Leander Kahney. [Wired News: Cult of Mac]
The BMW iPod Adapter, developed by Apple and BMW, provides seamless integration between iPod and a car audio system. The new system enables drivers to use their iPods in BMW’s 3 Series, Z4 Roadster, X3 and X5 Sports Activity Vehicles and MINI Cooper. [Jun 21] [Apple Hot News]
Apple Remote Desktop 2 asset management, software distribution and help desk support software offers dramatic improvements in screen sharing performance, with more than 50 new features for centrally managing Mac OS X computers. [Jun 21] [Apple Hot News]
"Which company has released the coolest products for PC users in the past year or two? Hint: it's not Microsoft, HP or Dell. You guessed it: it's Apple Computer," John O'Brien writes for The Courier-Mail. "A few short years ago the idea of Apple selling its products to Windows users would have been unthinkable. But a lot can happen in a few years in hi-tech.""Apple conceded defeat in the OS wars in the late '90s and, aside from a short-lived campaign to... [MacDailyNews]
Vonage is expected to release the final version of its SoftPhone client for Mac OS X next week, according to VoIP Daily... [MacMinute]
Intel using iBook in commercial? MacFixIt reader Brian Fountain reports that Intel is using an iBook in one of its more recent TV spots:
"I was watching the SciFi channel last night (Wed. June 16) and an Intel commercial came on. Here we see a young couple exploring some ancient ruins in Sicily and they are carrying a small laptop. The narrator is espousing the Intel wireless capabilities. They attach a camera to this laptop and we see several shots of the desktop, showing what the little Intel cameral sees. [...] It struck me how the blue desktop background looked a lot like the default OS X background. A few frames later you can clearly see the Dock at the bottom of the laptop's screen!
"I immediately Tivo'd the commercial. Since playing it back. It is clear from the start the they are using a 12 inch iBook, although it is modified to not look too much like an iBook."
"It appears that Microsoft, which launched Xbox in late 2001 after Sony's PlayStation 2 and Nintendo's GameCube consoles, will be the first company to unleash its next-generation home console. The tentatively codenamed 'Xbox 2,' set to receive a name revision before its release because Microsoft doesn't want consumers to assume it's inferior to PlayStation 3 based on end numerals, hasn't yet been given an official release date. But just because Microsoft isn't yet talking doesn't... [MacDailyNews]
"Laptops are designed for portability, and not everyone would be happy lugging around a 17-in. laptop of any make. But at 6.9 lb., this one stacks up well in comparison with some of its PC competitors. Hewlett-Packard Co., for instance, this week released its new Compaq Business Notebook nx9500, which also sports a 17-in. screen and weighs almost 9.5 lb. Now that's a portable desktop," Ken Mingis reports for ComputerWorld.
"The latest crop of PowerBooks shows that Apple... [ComputerWorld]
This is just one more display of stupidity in corporate america. What a way to ruin a good thing. You know, I am sick and tired of watching morons in corporate america ruin good things. It seems that nowadays, the moronic, untalented, incompetent and useless are the ones getting promoted and running corporate america. Those that are truly talented seem to be having a hell of a time getting jobs. I suspect this is because the people doing the interviewing are scared that the more talented folks would soon prove to be worth their weight in gold and the guy who hired him would be getting the boot. So the cycle becomes useless people hiring even more useless and lesser capable people in the name of job security. What the hell is going on here folks?
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TechTV viewers aren't going to take the network's merger lying down, complaining long and loud across the Net about cancellations, the G4 invasion and botched cable deals. By Staci D. Kramer. [Wired News: DAT's Entertainment]
In his latest Personal Technology column for The Wall Street Journal, Walt Mossberg takes a look at the latest multimedia suite for Windows from Roxio -- Easy Media Creator 7 -- and compares it to Apple's iLife integrated digital hub solution... [MacMinute]
Wow- how sad. Napster is already resorting to bribing their customers to join their service. Does anyone else smell the death of Napster AGAIN?
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"Roxio Inc.'s Napster said on Wednesday it is offering free digital music players with a one-year subscription in the latest bid by an online music service to lure consumers with promotional offers," Sue Zeidler reports for Reuters. "Napster, which was transformed into a legal service after turning the music industry on its ear with an unauthorized song-swapping platform, is now giving away MP3 devices to anyone who subscribes for a full year.""On its Web... [MacDailyNews]
Shares of Apple Computer (AAPL) are up $2.20, or 7.17%, to hit a new 52-week intraday high of $32.89 per share in heavy volume (14,029,382) morning NASDAQ trading. Apple's previous 52-week high, set on June 15, 2004, stood at $31.14. Earlier today, AAPL hit an intraday high of $33.32.
NASDAQ Apple quote (15-minute delay) here. [MacDailyNews]
Item! MacMinute has picked up a scan of a upcoming magazine ad detailing the "seamless integration of iPod and automobile," specifically, it seems, the BMW 3 Series, X3, and Z4. Although there's no picture of the dock, the new adapter will allow control of the iPod via controls on the steering wheel. If they integrate an iPod-like touch wheel around the BMW logo I will flip. Not that I can afford a Bimmer, mind you, but just because that would be hot. Developing!
The ads lead to the site "iPodYourBMW.com," which for now remains offline.
Read [MacMinute]
Man Happier About Switch To Mac Than Switch To Christianity [MacSlash]
Mossberg Interviews Jobs About The Future Of Apple & Digital Devices [MacSlash]
A modded Xbox makes a great media player. Xbox Media Center can be set up to play movies from Samba (Windows) shares in your network. To make your Mac files accessible from Xbox media center you can take the following steps: ... [Mac OS X Hints]
Apple and BMW have joined forces to codevelop an audio adapter that will soon allow owners of recent... [AppleInsider]
"The DVD Forum has approved the first version of its next-generation High Definition DVD (HD-DVD) specification. The organisation, which controls the DVD format, has also approved the mandatory use of the Apple-favoured AAC for audio tracks stored in the DVD-ROM partition of future DVD Audio discs," Tony Smith reports for The Register.
[MacDailyNews Note: Apple uses Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) in QuickTime, iTunes, and other applications, but AAC was developed by the MPEG... [MacDailyNews]
PC World writes of Apple Mac OS X operating system, "Panther's sleek interface and reliable performance are impressive. Although we aren't suggesting that you ditch your hardware and buy a Mac, Apple deserves credit for raising the bar for OSs. And we hope Microsoft is paying attention as it works on the next Windows.""Apple makes Windows apps about as often as Microsoft ships bug-free products, and if iTunes for Windows (free) is any indication, that's a crying shame.... [MacDailyNews]
"Steve Jobs made clear a long time ago his Apple Computer wasn't showing up at the Macworld Conference Expo when it moves from New York to Boston next month. Maybe Bill Gates wasn't happy with the change either," Keith Reed reports for MacNewsWorld.
"Dozens of former exhibitors, including software giant Microsoft, will be absent from what was once the granddaddy of technology trade shows on the East Coast. Macworld, which will return to Boston in July after an... [MacDailyNews]
“Plasma displays and Apple products were the most popular products and technologies on the NAB2004 show floor, according to a survey conducted by New York-based Weinstock Media Analysis,” reports TVTechnology.com. Motion and Xsan were top-ranked in the survey. GarageBand placed 10th. [Jun 11] [Apple Hot News]
Griffin today it is shipping its iTrip mini FM Transmitter for the iPod mini, almost one month earli... [MacNN]
The Magazine Publishers of America have awarded TBWA/Chiat/Day the US$100,000 Grand Prize Kelly Award for its work on Apple's iPod "Silhouette" ad campaign that shows people dancing with iPods in front of vibrant background colors, as noted by iPodlounge... [MacMinute]
"Apple's announcement of all new dual processor Power Mac G5 workstations have really gotten many architects excited about their technology again. At the center of this excitement is a convergence of interests and patterns of change in the architectural industry that fit well with Apple's new Power Macs. The profession as a whole is seriously entering into its second great technology transformation with the growing adoption of BIM (building information modeling) over CADD... [MacDailyNews]
When Apple Computer Inc. upgraded its professional line of desktop computers on Wednesday, they provided customers with a 25 percent speed increase on the high-end model. While the Power Mac G5s now top out at 2.5GHz, they failed to meet the prediction of Apple CEO Steve Jobs at last year's Worldwide Developers Conference that Apple would release a 3.0GHz G5 within a year. Industry analysts are unanimous in saying that the current problems are not Apple's fault and are not that concerned about making the 3.0GHz mark. If fact, one analyst commended IBM for being able to get as much speed from the chip as they have. [MacCentral]
"Chalk up another great product design from the leader in the field, Apple. On June 7, it took the wraps off the AirPort Express, a pint-size Wi-Fi high-speed data router customized to stream music from a computer to a stereo. The size of a small cassette recorder, the AirPort Express primarily targets music lovers who have long sought a way to play the songs stored on their PC elsewhere in the home. Naturally, they'll have to run Apple's own iTunes software to access the coolest... [MacDailyNews]
Apple today began notifying select customers of a preview program for its forthcoming new spoken int... [MacNN]
MacFixIt has learned that the just-announced updated Power Mac G5 models are the first to include Apple's new "System Migration" feature. Apple's website states:
"Apple simplicity lets you add a Power Mac G5 to your creative studio without days of downtime configuring a new system. The new Mac OS X setup assistant helps you effortlessly move user accounts, system preferences, documents and applications from an old Mac to a new Power Mac G5 -- and the transfer is FireWire fast."
This feature evidently works in the following manner:
As moving from an old Mac to a new one has always been one of the biggest hassles involved in upgrading your computer system, we welcome the concept behind this new feature; we're anxious to see how well it performs in real-world use. If you've ordered a new Power Mac G5 and end up using the System Migration feature, please drop us a note at Late-breakers@macfixit.com.
UPDATE Since we first reported this new feature on Wednesday, we've received more details about the actual procedure courtesy of reader Brian, who sent us screenshots of the System Migration process (the first few steps of which are simply explaining how to use FireWire Target Disk Mode):
[MacFixIt]
Apple has released version 4.6 of its iTunes audio software via Software Update and Web download. According to the (brief) release notes:
"iTunes 4.6 includes support for playing your music wirelessly using AirPort Express with AirTunes. It also includes a number of other minor enhancements."
UPDATE We previously covered (1, 2) an issue where iTunes 4.5 would not share Libraries containing more than 28,899 tracks. We've received reports from several MacFixIt readers that iTunes 4.6 fixes this problem. Reader "Gryffin" writes:
"I just upgraded to iTunes 4.6 on both my server (PowerMac G4 667) and my "living room" computer (Toshiba Portégé 7200), and I'm happy to report that the Toshiba read all 21,543 songs from the server with no problem. In fact, while I didn't time it, it seemed to load them faster than it used to under iTunes 4.1."
An Apple Knowledge Base article about this issue has been updated to confirm this fix: "Update to iTunes 4.6 to prevent this from occuring." [MacFixIt]
ATI Technologies Inc. announced Wednesday that it's shipping the Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Special Edition graphics card, the first Mac graphics card equipped with 256MB, and the first card designed specifically to work only in Power Mac G5 systems. The card features DDR memory, 680MHz data rate and a core engine speed of 380MHz; it features ADC and DVI outputs and costs US$399. [MacCentral]
The new Power Mac G5 desktop line features dual 64-bit PowerPC G5 processors on every model. The top model, featuring two 2.5GHz processors, the industry’s fastest front-side bus running at 1.25GHz per processor and advanced liquid cooling starts at $2,999. The entry model, featuring dual 1.8GHz processors, starts at just $1,999. [Jun 9] [Apple Hot News]
Apple Computer Inc. on Wednesday announced three new dual-processor Power Mac G5 configurations, with the fastest model topping out at 2.5GHz. The new high-end systems miss the 3GHz mark that Apple CEO Steve Jobs said the company would achieve at last year's Worldwide Developers Conference, but Tom Boger, Apple's Director of Power Mac Product Marketing said it came down to a technology challenge that was bigger than they expected. Boger also said today that users shouldn't expect to see a G5 PowerBook before the end of the year because of the challenges of putting the G5 in a small enclosure. [MacCentral]
ATI has announced it is shipping its newest video card for the Mac market, one that dramatically steps...
The Mac Observer Spin: This card brings a big boost in graphics performance to the Mac platform. Many Mac users have been clamoring...
See the Mac OS X "Tiger" Preview! [The Mac Observer]
"Talks have begun that could finally make the songs of The Beatles available for sale online, sources familiar with the situation said," John Borland reports for CNET News. "Representatives for The Beatles have spoken with numerous online music providers, ranging from small companies to Microsoft, which is planning to open an Internet music store this year. The Beatles' side is asking for a considerable sum in return for providing exclusive online distribution rights,... [MacDailyNews]
"Talks have begun that could finally make the songs of The Beatles available for sale online, sources familiar with the situation said," John Borland reports for CNET News. "Representatives for The Beatles have spoken with numerous online music providers, ranging from small companies to Microsoft, which is planning to open an Internet music store this year. The Beatles' side is asking for a considerable sum in return for providing exclusive online distribution rights,... [MacDailyNews]
Exclusive Apple is on the verge of announcing a new, totally re-designed family of three flat-panel displays with the addition of a 30-inch HD-ready model. The new displays will be dramatically different from the current models in style and shape, as seen below in an artist rendering commissioned by Think Secret... [Think Secret]
Apple today announced that Fred D... [MacMinute]
The World Organization of Webmasters (WOW) and IDG World Expo today announced the debut of the WOW Iron Chef of Web Design Competition at Macworld Conference & Expo in Boston this July... [MacMinute]
Apple was among those recognized in the Association of Support Professionals' seventh annual "Ten Be... [MacNN]
AppleInsider Exclusive Apple\'s retail stores are expected to reach over $1 billion in revenue this... [AppleInsider]
After months of delay, multiple sources are now reporting that Apple plans to update its Power Mac G... [AppleInsider]
Apple on Monday issued a security update for Mac OS X addressing a number of issues found in the operating system. Security Update 2004-06-07 fixes all of the potential risks reported by security firms over the past few weeks, according to Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. [MacCentral]
In an interview today on CNBC, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said that he does not plan any mergers or corporate acquisitions, though it has US$5 billion cash in the bank... [MacMinute]
Shares of Apple Computer (AAPL) closed up $1.03, or 3.58%, at $29.81 in NASDAQ trading today on 5,142,823 share volume to set a new 52-week high after Chief Executive Steve Jobs demonstrated the company's new AirPort Express at an industry conference in San Diego. AAPL's previous 52-week high was $29.58 set at market close on 04/15/2004.
NASDAQ AAPL quote here. [MacDailyNews]
iTunes 4.6 is due out later this week and will be released as a free download in both Mac and Windows versions, according to Apple Computer. iTunes 4.6 will be able to automatically detect remote speakers and stream music to them securely at full quality from a distance of up to 150 feet using Apple's AirTunes technology, Apple said. Apple today announced its AirPort Express base station which can support up to 10 simultaneous users, and the device can act as a wireless bridge with... [MacDailyNews]
AppleInsider Exclusive: Speaking from the Wall Street Journal's D: All Things Digital conference th... [AppleInsider]
Apple Computer Inc. CEO Steve Jobs on Monday aimed to further solidify his company's hold on the digital music market with the release of AirPort Express, a tiny new mobile 802.11g-based wireless networking base station available in July for US$129 that comes equipped with a combination analog and digital audio connector. The announcement came at the "D: All Things Digital" conference in San Diego. AirPort Express will act as a portable 802.11g base station for traveling, but when used at home will also connect consumers' home stereos with their iTunes Music Library. [MacCentral]
"At Macworld in early 2001, Apple chief executive, Steve Jobs, used his keynote address to introduce what has become a most important concept in the world of personal computers. He unveiled a diverse set of multimedia applications such as iTunes, iMovie, iDvd and iPhoto and told thousands of the Apple faithful that the Mac would become the digital server of their homes - their creative nerve centre," Tim Bajarin writes for Personal Computer World.
"People with digital... [MacDailyNews]
Apple will announce the launch of its much anticipated iTunes music service for Europe next week, reports Reuters... [MacMinute]
Sorenson Media today announced Sorenson Squeeze 4, a new line of video compression applications for digital video professionals and enthusiasts... [MacMinute]
The world’s first 802.11g mobile base station, Airport Express also features analog and digital audio outputs that can be connected to a stereo and AirTunes music networking software which works seamlessly with iTunes, providing a simple way to wirelessly stream iTunes music on their Mac or PC to any room in the house. [Jun 7] [Apple Hot News]
JoshuaDFranklin writes "The latest Seattle Weekly has an article by a former Microsoft project manager titled Microsoft's Sacred Cash Cow. It argues that ... [Slashdot]
"Literally millions of people use a big chunk of Safari on Windows. It's the browser built into iTunes. It works today," John Allsopp writes for The Sydney Morning Herald. "So arguably the quickest, most standards compliant browser around, which by the way is based on the open source KHTML rendering engine, is available right now on Windows. And to use iTunes, you need to use it. Apple contributes to the KHTML project, so many of its innovations will find their way into... [MacDailyNews]
Yet another reason to switch to a Mac!
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"Windows users are being warned about a virus that is 'aggressively stealing' credit card numbers and passwords," BBC News reports. "The Korgo virus debuted on 22 May and since then has been steadily racking up victims.""Although the virus is not widespread, security firms are issuing warnings because it is proving so effective at stealing confidential data," BBC News reports. "Those infected by Korgo are being urged to change passwords and credit... [MacDailyNews]
SecuritasIP lets you configure Mac OS X as a VPN client to an appropriate router. [MacInTouch]
This guy is an idiot. His website's name says it all.
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"I had my first go at paying to download music the other day and it left much to be desired. I didn't even look at Roxio because after I wrote about its earnings, I was warned that its software was intrusive. Then, I eliminated RealNetworks' Rhapsody and Time Warner's AOL because they both required that customers buy a subscription for the privilege of paying them again to download songs," Mark Mahorney writes for The Motley Fool.
"Both Sony's Connect and Apple's... [MacDailyNews]
Adobe has released Adjusted Refresh, a plug-in that reduces the amount of time Photoshop CS takes to redraw previews of some filter updates. The company notes that it also reduces initial scratch disk usage after you launch Photoshop, but it cautions that owners of Macs with multiple processors or more than 1GB of RAM may see an overall performance reduction after installing Adjusted Refresh. You can download the free plug-in from the Adobe Web site. [MacCentral]
Pixar's public announcement that it won't be working with Disney after the end of its current distribution deal hasn't stopped Disney CEO Michael Eisner from holding out hope that the two studios can broker some sort of arrangement. "I will not believe it is over until it is over," he said to investors during a recent Webcast conference, according to Forbes. In late January, Pixar announced that it had ended efforts to extend its seven-picture distribution deal with Disney, which will expire after the companies release "The Incredibles" and "Cars." In announcing the end of the effort, Pixar CEO Steve Jobs said it was "a shame that Disney won't be participating in Pixar's future successes." [MacCentral]
Apple executives are reported to be "more than a little mad" Wednesday after published reports that a Toshiba hard drive manager officially confirmed a new 1.8-inch hard drive with a 60GB capacity would soon be in full production and that Apple had committed to buying the drive. The report clearly puts Apple in a difficult position to deny a new, higher-capacity iPod is coming... [Think Secret]
Apple had two products in the "Best of 2004" list by PC World magazine... [MacMinute]
This week the Worldwide Newton Association was launched "to promote the Newton computing platform." By Leander Kahney, Cult Of Mac (via MyAppleMenu) [myapplemenu]
With its emphasis on hands-on learning, AFI can't waste time on bad technology, so according to the school there's no question what the preferred OS is. Here, it's Mac all the way. By Casey McKinney, MacNewsWorld (via MyAppleMenu) [myapplemenu]
Very clean & simple interface for Charles Miller Photography - flashy without being slow, and doesn't detract from the gorgeous images. [KALIBER10000]http://www.k10k.net/newspost.aspx?id=11231
Seattle Weekly columnist Jeff Reifman says that addiction to Windows revenue, mediocre products, and... [MacNN]
Photoshop User has named the dual 2GHz Power Mac G5 as the "Ultimate Photoshop Machine."... [MacMinute]
Hip-hop music was playing before the start of the Mac Design Conference keynote, which set the stage for the high level of energy the show exudes... [MacMinute]
"If the new Apple store in San Francisco looks like a Powerbook computer, it wasn’t deliberate. According to Ron Johnson, Apple’s senior vice president of retail, the store’s design was simply a result of a consistent 'internal logic' that seeks 'to get everything out of the way and create the most pure thing possible.' The result is a branding koan: Apple’s corporate philosophy is design, so its store design is a philosophy. 'There’s no design aesthetic for our stores,' Johnson says.... [MacDailyNews]
Dr. Bott's new MoniSwitch Pro ADC shares a single Apple Cinema Display or another monitor that uses the Apple Display Connector (ADC) interface with up to four computers. It's also compatible with Digital Visual Interface (DVI)-equipped monitors that use a DVI to ADC adapter. The MoniSwitch Pro ADC costs US$399.95. [MacCentral]
Griffin Technology has announced the iTrip mini FM Transmitter for Apple's iPod mini... [MacMinute]
Gee...I wonder why? Did Sony think that people everywhere were just going to plunk down $500-$800 on average for their pretty PDA's? You can buy an entire PC for that these days!
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Sony said today that it will stop selling its Clie handheld personal digital assistants (PDA) in the United States later this year... [MacMinute]
BusinessWeek has published a review of Microsoft's new Mac office suite, Office 2004. The reviewer...
The Mac Observer Spin: Apple's pursuit of the corporate and IT markets is a very interesting one to watch right now. The company...
See the Mac OS X "Tiger" Preview! [The Mac Observer]
"If anybody can get Internet music downloads right, it should be Sony. The company has years of experience selling records, consumer electronics and personal computers — and it's had plenty of time to study earlier digital-music ventures," Rob Pegoraro reports for The Washington Post.
"So how could the Connect music store, unveiled early this month, be so bad? It gets a few things right, but by forgetting that customers want to feel like they actually own their music,... [MacDailyNews]
It's about time someone came out with this!!! WooHoo!
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SyncAgain is software for making Macintosh computers and BlackBerry Handhelds talk to each other. SyncAgain is a practical tool that: synchronizes contacts, events and to-dos, operates wirelessly, syncs your BlackBerry™ Handheld on-the-road, enables installation of applications on your BlackBerry Handheld and can be installed and operated in an all-Mac shop. [Maccentric.com]
