Saturday, February 1, 2003
Top Stories
12 Hours With iPhoto 2
iPhoto is tons better, but there's still more that they could do. Overall, it's a great effort for 2.0.
AOL-Microsoft? Not Likely, Just Logical
If Bill Gates bought the online albatross, he'd acquire the subscribers to make MSN a winner. And Time Warner? Its stock would soar.
Apple On The Cusp
Senior VPs AvieTevanian, Jon Rubinstein discuss the convergence of business and consumer markets in Keynote and iLife.
News
Digital Data Chases Converged Reality
The rising tide of intertwined structured and unstructured data types is threatening to engulf corporations as a multitude of computing devices flourishes in a sea of diverse file formats, protocols, and standards. Chasing user demand for seamless consumption of multiple data types on a single client, technologies earmarked to capture and manage digital data are converging.
Seamus Conlan: Lost And Found
"Generally with digital -ó as with film negs ó- there is a color balance problem. But really all that I do is alter the color balance in Photoshop using a small program I developed around the automatic actions."
Kevin Gilbert: Fast Flow Photography
"If you can beat the next guy by two minutes, you beat him, you won." And nobody is more certain about where his advantage lies: in front-to-back, capture-to-print digital workflow.
Will Mac Fans Get An iLife?
Analysts and Mac users are questioning the iLife's price tag, as two of the suite's new components—iMovie 3 and iPhoto 2—will soon be available for free download.
Students Get Run Of Apple Stores
Aiming to show off what it can do for schools, Apple is letting students and teachers hold open houses in its retail stores to show parents the schoolwork they have done on a Mac.
Opinion
Is Microsoft Its Own Worst Enemy?
With Microsoft busy shooting itself in the foot, wouldn't it be a good idea for Apple to help load the weapon?
Mac Meets World
Of course, the IT staff can make anything work given the time and money, but with ever-tightening IT budgets and even less time for IT staffers to solve problems, chief technologists have to go with the thing that works for most people -ó and works now ó- and that thing is too often Windows.
Review
iPhoto 2.0 — It's Mostly Good News
If you carefully back up your data, you should be able to upgrade to iPhoto 2.0 right now and begin enjoying its benefits, including still using iPhoto Library Manager.
Sidetrack
YOU WILL MAKE THE DECISIONS : Why, oh why, is the preference for turning off image animation under "Privacy" (and not "Apperance") in Mozilla?
I need a search engine for Mozilla preferences.
Wintel
Trust But Verify
A patch for Windows' problems with security certificates doesn't end all of your headaches.
Microsoft Opens Windows For U.K.
The United Kingdom is the latest country to join a Microsoft program that lets international governments see the otherwise secret source code underlying Windows.