Apple Computer has announced availability of the third beta version of their X11 for Mac OS X product. This version contains some more stability and performance enhancements as well as the inclusion of options to handle command-key equivalents for operations such as quit. Click here[1] for the download page …

Apple Computer's PowerSchool software package has been updated to version 3.5 in time for administrators to consider it for the Fall 2003 school year. The product (acquired by Apple a couple of years back) provides online administration facilities for school districts with up to 10,000 students. The …

In a non-announcement, the Apple Store is now listing a "Cluster Node" configuration for the Xserve product that includes no video card, no second gigabit Ethernet card and no additional drive space, but costs only 2/3 of the price of the entry level 1.33GHz dual-processor configuration. It appears …

Apple Computer, Inc. has linked up with CompUSA to provide Apple developers with more virtual shelf space by using a new system called SoftwareToGo. The system is basically a CD burner/printer package to create titles of more limited interest (heh... like all Mac titles?). The output is a CD …

Apple Computer has released the March 2003 security update for MacOS X. As usual, it fixes a number of security issues, including the recently discussed SSL man-in-the-middle and the Sendmail bug discussed by the new Homeland Security department.

In an amusing twist, the folks at Lindows[1] have asked for hundreds of boxes of evidence from Microsoft which that company had used to extricate itself from a nasty copyright dispute with Apple. Apparently, the hope is that the evidence, which was compelling enough to keep Microsoft from having …

In the beginning, Apple created iPod, and it was good. You could play your music on it wherever you went and there was great sound, manageable size, and plenty of space. Then Apple said, "let there be Contacts and Calendars", and so you could access your friends, family, and events …

An article[1] in BusinessWeek is suggesting that Apple should consider Bochs as their next foray into the Open Source software inclusion on the Mac. Bochs is an open source program (served off of SourceForge[2]) that provides X86 emulation for free. Page no longer available. ↩︎ Original link (http://www …

Apple has today published the XML format for the files used by Keynote, their new presentation package. This publication was announced by Steve Jobs at MacWorld in San Francisco four weeks ago and is expected to open the door to automatic updating of presentations by external software.

X11[1] is now at 0.2.1. (Note: Developer's kit is still at 0.2, as released 2 days ago) Safari is now at 0.6. x11 is no longer available for download. ↩︎

Contrary to the belief of our fine Ukrainian friend, Coca-Cola is actually NOT as well thought of as Apple. Apple took the number 2 spot behind Google in a poll of international brands. Coca-cola came in third, 2 percentage points behind Apple. If you want to read on, the article …

Apple has released v0.2 of X11 for MacOS X 10.2[1]. If you're using the previous version, the download page has a list of improvements. x11 is no longer available for download. ↩︎

Apple Computer this morning announced a new version of the Xserve 1U server and a new RAID device called (not surprisingly) Xserve RAID. The new Xserve has one or 2 1.33GHz G4 CPUs and uses DDR333 RAM for faster access. It also contains the new FirewWire-800 announced only one …

Dave Hyatt, member of Apple's Safari team, is opening up his BLOG for comments on Safari.

This one takes the cake... or is that pie. Never mind, you have to read this posting on Slashdot: Aaron Steele writes "Okay, I work at an Apple Authorized Retailer and we just had a lady come in to see if we could fix her PowerBook G4. She walks in …

If the IBM PowerPC 970 weren't enough reason, the fact that IBM is even thinking about, much less building a next generation chip should be enough to get Apple's attention. According to this article in InfoWorld, IBM is releasing preliminary information about the road map for the upcoming Power5 architecture …

In the ever-growing world of open source projects that are just wrong... comes iPod Linux, a microLinux port to the iPod. Apparently, they now have it booting and playing sound...

I read with interest an article posted about the Norwegian browser manufacturer Opera giving up on the Macintosh market after the release of Safari. The Opera claim is that they can't compete with Apple's nameplate in the Macintosh market and that because of that, they are going to bow out …

As was written in the first week of January, I've been looking for a high- quality photo printer. At MacWorld, I was repeatedly told that the right printer to get was the Epson Stylus Photo 2200, with its 80-year archival inks and beautiful black and white reproduction, it seemed like …

Apple has posted an FAQ for X11 under OSX. Mostly configuration and installation related information, with some additional cross-grade info for people who had loaded other X11 options on their Mac's previously.