Tuesday, April 1, 2003
Top Stories
Apple 12in PowerBook G4
Apple's 12in PowerBook isn't the lightest or thinnest notebook we've seen, but it's certainly the best looking, and we've enjoyed using it. It's also one of the most compact.
Info-Mac Archive Mirror Network Improved
We've taken a significant step forward in making the Info-Mac Archive significantly more useful for everyone.
Troika Ranch: MIDI-Triggered, Mac-Based Dance Troupe
"The Mac's PowerPC G4 AltiVec processor is key... To do real-time video manipulation in our performances requires not just a fast processor, but one that is tailored to that task."
News
Mail Courier For OS X Syncs Entourage, Palm Mail
Ligature Technologies LLC has released Mail Courier 1.0 for Mac OS X. The new application synchronizes e-mail messages between Microsoft Entourage v.X and the e-mail client included on Palm OS-based PDAs.
Apple Web Site Rated For 'Customer Respect'
Out of 500 Web sites, Apple's ranked 325th, and was awarded an overall ranking of 8.2, well above the industry average, but behind some other major firms including HP, IBM, and even Microsoft.
Happy Birthday! Apple Computer Founded 27 Years Ago Today
Today in 1976, on April 1st, Stephen Wozniak and Steven Jobs founded Apple Computer Incorporated.
Mariner Write Update Adds Microsoft Word Translation
Mariner Write 3.1 now adds the ability to translate files produced with Microsoft Word.
Streaming Group Perps MPEG-4 Encryption
Aiming to close a long-standing gap in digital rights management for MPEG-4, a streaming media consortium is seeking comments on an encryption specification slated for release in June.
Washington Apple Pi To Celebrate 25 Years
Apple Westfield Announce NZ "Shop For Your School" Campaign
Westfield, a global shopping center organization, and Apple today announced that they have partnered for the "Shop for Your School" campaign, which will provide over NZ$500,000 worth of computers and associated educational equipment to New Zealand primary and intermediate schools.
Opinion
The Case For A 3% Market Share
So, yes, Apple has a relatively small market share in the scheme of things, but you can't rate its value by such numbers. For many of us, regardless of how many units Apple sells, it is number one with a bullet.
Review
Good News And Bad News About The Jaguar Update And Other Thoughts On OS X
Spell Catcher For Mac OS X: Welcome Back Old Friend
Spell Catcher X is a reality, and it is no stripped down version, like some other software that made the Mac OS X transition.
Performance Preferred
After Effects is not exactly a model of multiprocessor efficiency. It isn't the processor or the operating system; it's the software.
Printer Sharing And Print Spooling In Mac OS X
Despite my disheartening failure to set up LPR printing for Classic applications, I was stunned at how easy the overall process was, particularly the Mac OS X parts. Mac OS X certainly isn't perfect, but at least in this case, it was easier and more pleasant to work in than Mac OS 9. Here's hoping that becomes true of ever-more facets of using the Mac over time.
Sidetrack
AFD : Apple has a brand new chip that can render a Photoshop image five million times faster than the Pentium 4.
This, and other stories, are also available at the EOF section over at MyAppleMenu Reader.
MAC PEOPLE : Charlie Yates, 78, runner.
Wintel
Microsoft Says It Won't Pay Legal Fees, Hand Over Documents To Mass., W. Va
"The states failed to substantially prevail on their legal claims, failed to keep contemporaneous time records, failed to exercise billing judgment and engaged in improper billing of weeks at a time."
Windows Server 2003 Worth The Wait
Long-awaited OS a strong performer with good scalability.
Most IT Experts Do Not Trust Microsoft - Report
Three-fourths of computer software security experts at major companies surveyed by Forrester Research Inc. do not think Microsoft Corp.'s products are secure, the technology research company said on Monday.