Thursday, January 16, 2003
Top Stories
Apple's Looks, Functions Convert This PC Devotee
For years on radio and in my NBC News Channel reports, I've been known as PC Mike. So I'll explain that PC really stands for Personal Computer. For indeed, my new love for my Mac is very personal.
Apple Earnings Match Expectations
Apple Computer on Wednesday posted fiscal first-quarter earnings that matched Wall Street estimates, with the Mac maker forecasting that sales and earnings would remain flat for the current quarter.
News
Warburg Reiterates "Buy" Rating For AAPL
Apple To Open Highland Park Retail Store On January 25
Apple Rises After Q1 Report
Apple Computer shares continued to gain ground Thursday after the personal-computer maker reported a first-quarter net loss of $8 million, while forecasting a slight profit for its current quarter.
Apple Downgraded By Needham & Co.
Symantec Reports 29 Percent Q3 Revenue Growth
Increasing demand among enterprises for the full range of Symantec's security products and services was responsible for the strong performance, according to Symantec, based in Cupertino, California.
Pumping It Up To 11: Music Is Rocking The Slopes
"Music is essential to snowboarding and freestyle skinng."
Francais Made Fun
Modern technology makes a traditional subject interesting — and more easily learned — for kids at Tarpon Springs Middle.
iCommune Threatened By Apple
The author of iCommune, a music sharing plugin for iTunes, has received a "Notice of Breach and Termination of License" letter from Apple, stating that he violated the license to the Device Plug-in API which iCommune uses.
Connectix Updates Virtual PC To 6.0.1
The update addresses several issues bringing the most current version to 6.0.1.
Apple CFO Talks About Financials; The Road Ahead
iMac, iBook and PowerBook sales were solid, but that the Power Mac pro lineup remained the weak point in the company's lineup.
Interest Pinch Could Bruise Apple
Apple Computer's checkbook may be earning lower interest, which could put a squeeze on the company's income.
Photography Class Changes Image
Photography class at Newark Memorial High School has moved into the 21st century.
Sony To Release Mac Fingerprint ID Solution
The FIU600 unit will offer fingerprint identification for, among other things, logging into Mac OS X.
Opinion
The DigiCam Chronicles: Assignment Macworld
This is the first in an ongoing series of photo essays demonstrating how to get the most out of your digital camera.
Apple Loses Money! Quick, Sell Your Stock!
Apple's Financial: When Is A Loss Really A Profit?
We can probably expect a steady stream of cool stuff from Apple over the coming year; enough, no doubt, to keep the Mac rumor mills running overtime.
Poll: Opinions Split On Intel Move
Macworld Online readers are split down the middle when it comes to the question of whether Apple should switch to Intel processors.
Apple's Safari Hunts Explorer Users
The firm enters 'the browser wars' with its new software, but does Apple really have something else going on?
Apple: Long On Sizzle, Short On Steak?
When a core part of your business languishes that badly for that long, there's only one party who's ultimately responsible for the mess: you.
Confessions Of A Mac Collecting Addict
Do any of you have any suggestions of which Macs I should donate and which I should keep?
Review
Smallest PowerBook Has Ability To Make Apple Shine
I found one notable drawback in the new PowerBook: Like its larger siblings, it gets pretty hot because of its metal skin. All in all, the 12-inch PowerBook is a dandy laptop — small, relatively inexpensive, yet powerful and beautiful.
Sidetrack
THE MYTH OF USER-INTERFACE
"Aqua might have some fancy bells and whistles, but at its core, it is a 'wrapper' around a UNIX kernel." — Timothy R. Butler
No, sir. User interface does not equal to wrappers, or skins, or pretty pictures.
STILL IN COPYRIGHT JAIL : Sorry, fellas. You're never coming out.
MY DEAREST... : I am going to use this article, where confidential information is retrieved from used hard disks, to convince my wife why we shouldn't throw away that Bondi Blue iMac in our storeroom, even though the power supply has already went dead.
PINGPONG AND iMAC at Heidelberg College Teen Center.
LISA : Hi, it's me again. (No, this is not a spam mail.)
Wintel
Intel Rewrites Itanium Roadmap
Intel Corp has dramatically rerouted its Itanium 2 roadmap, delaying the transition of the 64 bit architecture to 90 nanometer technology but pulling forward its plans for a dual core version of the product.
Microsoft 2Q Seen Strong On Windows XP, Despite Xbox Drag
Demand for personal computers was lackluster in the usually strong December quarter, but corporate spending on technology appears to have been better than feared. Microsoft partner and semiconductor giant Intel Corp. (INTC) said its profits doubled as revenue rose 3% in the December period.
Judge: 120 Days For Microsoft To Add Java
Microsoft Corp. will have 120 days to release a version of Sun Microsystems' Java programming language for Windows after a federal judge issues his formal order against the software giant.
Microsoft's "Wireless Watch": How To Rescue It From Potential Doom
Local Optimization, Or, The Trouble With Dell
Michael Dell never told his employees to optimize for customer satisfaction or to optimize for delivery time, he told them to optimize for inventory velocity and nothing else, and that is what he got.
Security Flaw May Threaten Cell Phones
Microsoft and U.K. carrier Orange are investigating whether hackers are sending rogue software to cell phones using Microsoft's Smartphone 2002 operating system.
Intel To Assemble Pentium 4 In China
Chipmaker Intel is set to begin its first CPU assembly in China this year at a newly upgraded plant, even as the company announced plans for a major cut in capital spending in 2003.
Intel Software Fine-Tunes Linux Code
Intel announced on Tuesday new software to help programmers speed up Linux programs running on Intel Xeon and Pentium 4 processors.
Microsoft, Sun Disagree Over Java Order
A federal judge stepped in on Wednesday to referee a simmering dispute between Microsoft and Sun Microsystems over a court order that Microsoft start distributing Sun's Java programming language in its Windows operating system.