Month: November 2002

Apple newest ‘Switcher’ is Bill Swan who says, “we had two PCs at home until last year, and both of them had all kinds of problems. Oh, sure, you buy them and they work off the shelf, and they do everything they are supposed to do. And then six months later you start having little […]

Its attention drawn by Maine’s middle-school iBook program, the Texas company EDS said Thursday it’s giving Maine schools software valued at $400 million to help the state implement its pioneering effort. “EDS will also make software available to high schools and the Maine Technical College and state university systems so students using it will be […]

iSleep adds a sleep timer to Apple’s iTunes and DVD Player with a fade out effect. Type in how many minutes you like the media to play, choose an option (Quit, Sleep, Shut down, Quit the player & Quit iSleep, Put the computer to sleep, Log out, Restart, Shut Down the computer) and click “Go […]

IDG World Expo and Apple Computer today officially confirmed Apple’s participation in Macworld Conference & Expo/San Francisco 2003, which will be held at San Francisco’s Moscone Center January 6-10, 2003. Apple CEO Steve Jobs will deliver the keynote address on Tuesday, January 7, 2003 at 9:00 AM. More here.

Apple has announced the upcoming Grand Opening of their newest retail store located at 5664 Bay Street, Emeryville, CA. The store’s Grand Opening will be this coming Saturday, Nov 16 at 10:00 a.m. Line forms now! Apple Emeryville store’s webpage here.

Microsoft says its Office v.X 10.1.2 update “includes all previously released updates for Office v. X. Installing this update on any previously released version of Office v. X will bring Office up to date and corrects problems that some users had installing previous updates.” More info here. As usual, when writing about MS Office, MacDailyNews […]

EarthDesk replaces your static desktop picture with ever-changing, beautiful maps of the world with correct sun and moon illumination. City lights appear at night. Political and satellite maps. Eleven different projections. Zoom from 50% to 400%. Atlas contains 10,000 cities. EarthDesk gives you numerous options for configuring the map images placed on your desktop. Earthdesk […]

Apple today announced a major upgrade to its Titanium PowerBook G4 notebook line with PowerPC G4 processors running at up to 1 GHz, the industry’s first slot-loading SuperDrive for reading and burning both CDs and DVDs, the fastest mobile graphics processor, the ATI Mobility Radeon 9000, and integrated 802.11 wireless networking. The new PowerBook line […]

Apple today updated its iBook line of portables with faster PowerPC G3 processors running at up to 800 MHz and the ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 graphics chipset. The iBook line now starts at $999 (US). “iBook offers consumers and education customers cutting-edge technologies and a stunning design in a powerful and affordable package,” said Greg […]

“Apple’s… Titanium Powerbook notebooks, arguably the best notebook ever made, received a nice boost today… On the processor side, the machine now boasts a 1 gigahertz PowerPC G4 processor made by Motorola . But the other big news is the addition of a [slot-loading] DVD-burning SuperDrive to the machine. Previously, the best optical drive you […]

“The European Union Commission Monday said its antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. is “quite different” from the U.S. investigation, and declined to say if it would be affected by the settlement of the U.S. case. The EU investigation into Microsoft is continuing and Commission spokeswoman Amelia Torres said it was “too early” to predict when […]

Labels X adds file labeling features into Mac OS X. This means, you can apply various color tints to file icons, and sort the files by label. This gives you more freedom and options in organizing your files. Additionally, Labels X shares file label information with Mac OS 9, so you’ll see the labels in […]

Chimera is a browser for Mac OS X with a native Cocoa front end, based on Mozilla’s Gecko layout engine. Changes in version 0.6 include improvements to plugins, keychain support, better cookie management, and Talkback support. Talkback helps you send in crash reports so developers can track where crashes occur and fix the problems. Information […]

“The federal court decision on Friday endorsing a settlement that closes the U.S. government’s landmark antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. will allow the software giant to leverage its dominance in computer operating systems to move into other markets, experts and rivals said,” according to Reuters. “Microsoft lost every battle and they won the war. That’s […]

“The federal court decision on Friday endorsing a settlement that closes the U.S. government’s landmark antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. will allow the software giant to leverage its dominance in computer operating systems to move into other markets, experts and rivals said,” according to Reuters. “Microsoft lost every battle and they won the war. That’s […]

MacNewz.com recently joined the “Mac Web.” MacNewz.com offers users a one-stop place to check nearly fifty Mac news and software sites at a glance. All of the sources are updated every 15 minutes, 24 hours a day, so visitors always get fresh snapshots of popular Mac websites. In many cases, in addition to the headlines, […]

“Ultimately, [the case against Micrsoft was] about whether one company should or will have the power to dominate, control and suffocate any technology market it enters. Yesterday and today, Microsoft has had that power. The court’s decision means the company will have it tomorrow, too. If that’s in the public interest, then I guess Microsoft […]

“Put an iBook or PowerBook G4 into your shopping cart at The Apple Store, and a graphic at the top-right corner of the screen will reveal Apple’s base prices for the updated iBooks and PowerBooks due to be released this week,” according to PowerBookCentral.com. iBook from $999. Powerbooks from $2,299. More here.

MacMinute reports that c”net radio will debut “The Inside Mac Radio Show,” hosted by Bob LeVitus and Scott Sheppard. The show will “take a lighthearted look at what’s new and exciting” in the Mac universe. According to MacMinute, the show has already aired once (Saturday), but insanely great mac conducted a search of c”net broadband […]

Apple has collected all of the special .Mac software and utilites, from essential Virex updates to free games, together into one place called, “.Mac Downloads” for .Mac members. It is designed to be a one-stop place to quickly find .Mac downloads and updates. Currently listed are Virex, Virex Updates, Backup, iCal, iSync Beta, iPhoto, iDisk […]

Okay, enough complaints about Apple’s so-called maximum mouse speed in the Mouse pane of Mac OS X’s System Preferences. We use a third-party Preference Pane that controls our Mac OS X mice on a scale of 1 to 10 and, here’s the kicker, Apple’s fastest setting falls at 1.7 on this scale! So, you can […]

MacMinute reports that c”net radio will debut “The Inside Mac Radio Show,” hosted by Bob LeVitus and Scott Sheppard. The show will “take a lighthearted look at what’s new and exciting” in the Mac universe. According to MacMinute, the show has already aired once (Saturday), but insanely great mac conducted a search of c”net broadband […]

Think Secret’s sources have reported pricing and specs for next week’s iBook update. The refreshed iBooks will reportedly receive dramatic price cuts of $200 across the entire product line, along with modest speed improvements. The entry-level model will be bumped to a 700 MHz G3, while the mid- and high-end units will clock at 800 […]