Month: October 2002

Aspyr announced that it will publish Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 for Mac. “Skate as the legendary Tony Hawk or one of 12 other pro skaters on 8 massive living levels that are amazingly realistic with intelligent traffic that can be avoided or skated. Now with more tricks than ever, including the revert andflatland tricks […]

Watch the TechTV staff (Martin Sargent, Chris Pirillo, Sumi Das, Megan Morrone, Cat Schwartz, and Morgan Webb) as they perform in various parodies of Apple’s “notorious” [bias alert] Switch ad campaign. Window Media Player (hmmmmmm…) required here.

It’s here and it can be yours via the Software Update pane of your Mac OS X System Preferences. The iMac SuperDrive Firmware Update 1.0 application installs new firmware on the SuperDrive which addresses an incompatibility with 4x DVD-R and 2x DVD-RW media, and the 2x SuperDrive in iMac. You must perform this update If […]

At MacFreak, you’ll find photos of the entrants in their Ellen & Alan Feiss Look-a-Like Contest. Dozens entered the contest, but just a few actually tried to give their interpretation of Ellen. See if anyone was capable of catching that one-in-a-trillion look of the real Ellen. MacFreak says, “her subtle mix of disappointment and enthusiasm […]

“With $4.3 billion in cash, the company has the wherewithal to ride out the tough times. Better yet, signs of a turnaround are on the horizon. The most hopeful news is that a very risky strategy appears to be paying off. Against great odds, Apple is succeeding in establishing its own chain of stores. And […]

AutoHide is a simple background application that will automatically hide applications after you switch out of them. This is convent if you work with applications that have many windows and switch between them often. AutoHide will automatically hide your other applications, reducing screen clutter and making a cleaner work environment. To use AutoHide, just double […]

Remember to check for and install firmware upgrades on your Mac (specifically iMacs) before you install Mac OS X 10.2. Apple posted a Knowledge Base article today. Information from sources say iMacs without the proper firmware can reportedly suffer a range of video problems from the mildest side effect being a color tint shift to […]

Apple Australia will launch another foray into retailing this week as liquidators scrutinise the failure of the Buzzle consortium of independent retailers. Buzzle was a group of six Apple dealers comprising 25 AppleCentres. It was put into liquidation at the end of last year with debts approximating AUD $32 million. Apple plans to refurbish 20 […]

“Apple Computer Inc. opened negotiations yesterday with IDG World Expo about how to ensure Apple’s participation in the Boston Macworld trade show in 2004. Citing progress in the talks, Charlie Greco, chief executive of IDG World Expo, said he had taken off the table a threat he made last week to bar Apple from the […]

“Apple provides a couple of free decals with every new machine. The company started the practice in the late 1970s with the Apple II, and continued it through the Apple III and the Macintosh line. During the mid-1990s, Apple provided box-fulls of decals to anyone who asked. It later dropped the rainbow motif when it […]

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The war continues. “IDG World Expo President & CEO Charlie Greco said the organization might not allow Apple to exhibit at the upcoming January Expo. This comes after Apple said in a statement to MacCentral on Thursday that they would ‘continue to participate in Macworld San Francisco in January,’” reported MacCentral here.

Comparing Apple’s iDVD software and hardware to Wintel offerrings suchs as Sony’s VAIO, Julio Ojeda-Zapata writes, “if you’re shopping for a computer and plan to do lots of DVD authoring, you really should get a Mac.” Read the full article here.

Lickable, yes, but drinkable is more like it. Sam Kuo has designed 8 new icons that make up the “Kool Kool” set for Mac OS X. The icons include: Blueberry, Bondi, Grape, Kool-Aid Folder, Kool-Aid Package, Lime, Strawberry, Tangerine. You can find out more about the set at Xicons.com.

Think Secret reports, “the new iPhoto… could even be posted for download as soon as today. The new version will reportedly include a “burn” button similar to iTunes’ that creates an archive of selected pictures and then burns it to CD or DVD. However, a source said that the resulting photo disc could not be […]

“The 17-inch flat screen iMac has the flash and sass that’s been a hallmark of this line of computers since their introduction. Its $2,000 price tag may cause some consumers to wince, but they’ll find their purchase justified,” writes John P. Mello Jr., in the Boston Globe here.

On Monday, IDG, the organizer of MacWorld Expo NYC and MacWorld Expo San Francisco, said Apple will Attend Macworld Expo SF in January. IDG also stated that they remain in talks about Apple’s participation in future East Coast shows. “IDG World Expo and Apple have…agreed to hold ongoing discussions about Apple’s role in upcoming East […]

Color us scared. Why anyone would want to do this is beyond us, but it is possible to turn Mac OS X Aqua into the Windows XP Luna appearance courtesy of Max Themes. This completes the circle for those who swear that Microsoft tried to copy Aqua right down to the name with the eerily […]

“Microsoft’s new enterprise licensing program may be unpopular among customers, but the bean counters love it. The new plan was a significant contributor to the company’s impressive quarterly revenue and earnings reported Thursday,” writes InternetWeek. “Many Microsoft customers were happier with the old licensing plan, saying the new one is costing them more money, and […]

IDG World Expo announced on Thursday that they would move Macworld from New York to Boston in 2004. Apple has told numerous media outlets they didn’t agree with the move and would not attend the show. IDG said the shows in New York and Boston would go on as planned. Read it all here.

In case you’re wanting a quick fix of the classic arcade ‘Asteroids’ on Mac OS X, download Maelstrom 3.0.5 now. Inspired by the classic stand-up game Asteroids, Maelstrom was a big hit from Ambrosia Software. Now, Maelstrom enters a new generation, offering multiplayer network support and the ability to download and replace the regular sounds […]

Apple has reduced the price of its low-end 15″ iMac to US$1,199. Features include a 15″ flat-panel, 700MHz G4 processor, nVidia GeForce2 MX GPU, 128MB of SDRAM, and a 40GB drive. Earlier this month, Apple lowered the price of its 15″ SuperDrive iMac by $100, following $100 reductions on the 15″ CD-RW and Combo drive […]

In a phone interview, as reported by Reuters, Chief Financial Officer, Fred Anderson said Apple held its share in the education market in its fiscal fourth quarter and that the weak market had not deteriorated further in the quarter. He also said that Apple had seen some success in its retail stores, winning users of… […]

You can run a Screen Effect module on the desktop in Jaguar! Very cool and shows off Mac OS X’s mighty Quartz capabilities nicely. How to do it: 1. Run the Terminal application (located in Applications/Utilities)2. At the prompt, type the command exactly as below into the Terminal WITHOUT the line break: /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background & […]

Chalk up another convert who’s seen the light, CNN’s Technology Anchor Renay San Miguel who writes, “recent events helped me make a decision. Apple found itself cutting prices, with the softening of the computer market; more software companies, including Microsoft, are writing for Macs; the company opened up an Apple store in Atlanta, Georgia, and […]

IDG World Expo said today that its Macworld Expo was returning to Boston, but Apple Computer says, in effect, “have fun, we’ll see you in San Francisco.” After weeks of threatening to return MacWorld to Boston, a city in the midst of major traffic woes and construction nightmares that show no signs of letup by […]

We’ve been mentioned in the Wall Street Journal’s ‘Digits’ column entitled, “Not Everyone Is PeacefulAbout Apple’s Carter Ads,” regarding Apple’s decision to feature Jimmy Carter on Apple.com. “The photos of Mr. Carter are causing something of a ruckus for Apple, the Cupertino, Calif., personal-computer maker. Several Apple customers have written to the firm complaining of […]

Apple Computer’s decision to not endorse the relocation of Macworld Expo from New York to Boston is a “negotiating tactic,” albeit a shockingly public one, sources familiar with the situation have told Think Secret here.

“Apple would have to be crazy not to use this part,” said Peter Glaskowsky, editor-in-chief of the Microprocessor Report, which hosts the annual Microprocessor Forum. “Its performance will be in the upper reaches of any CPU. Apple would be able to produce for the first time machines that not only have great performance but support […]

Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2002 fourth quarter ended September 28, 2002. For the quarter, the Company posted a net loss of $45 million, or $.13 per share. These results compare to a net profit of $66 million, or $.19 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Revenues for the quarter were […]

Steve Wozniak, Apple’s co-founder and one of the key people behind the personal computer revolution, believes the rapidfire upgrade cycle of personal computer technology is taking a breather. “You reach plateaus where technology can advance and make things less costly, but it can’t necessarily change their essence. And I think we’re at one of those […]

Apple is preparing a significant upgrade to its AppleWorks productivity suite, according to Think Secret. AppleWorks 6 was introduced almost three years ago and a new version has been anticipated for quite some time. “Full compatibility with Microsoft Office has been one of the update’s key concerns,” sources reported here.

The list continues. Add “retail store model” to Gateway’s attempts to emulate Apple innovations. Previously, we had the Gateway Asstro (misspelling intentional) which was a blatant copy of the original iMac and the recent Gateway Profile trying to steal the thunder of the new iMac G4, among others. Now we have the latest attempt: “following […]

Apple reports that in excess of 25 million copies of QuickTime 6 have been downloaded in under 100 days. “QuickTime 6 has taken off like a rocket, with over 25 million downloads in 100 days,” said Philip Schiller, senior vice president, worldwide product marketing. “Why pay for a proprietary streaming solution when Apple is offering […]

There is a God! It seems that Dell is “fearful of a backlash against the ubiquitous Steven, who playfully harangues friends and strangers into buying a Dell PC, the company said on Monday it is moving on to a new, less dude-centric advertising campaign.” Let’s hope it sticks. Read it all here.

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“Macs are about to get a serious boost. Industry sources say that IBM plans to announce a new 64-bit processor on Monday – known as the PowerPC 970. It will run a new line of Macintosh products that could be available by the end of next year. The chip promises to goose Macintosh clock speeds, […]