New & Noteworthy: New Apple stores; Canvas; KeyMaster; new Apple laptops; PPC chip to reach 1 GHz; more
New & Noteworthy: New Apple stores; Canvas; KeyMaster; new Apple laptops; PPC chip to reach 1 GHz; more
Deneba Canvas 8.0 is Carbonized for Mac OS X and includes over 100 new features and enhancements, including scripting and automation, new tools, user-definable object properties, and much more.
KeyMaster Pro 2.0 is an integrated Key management system which simplifies the job of keeping track of software Keys.
Speculation on changes to Apple laptops From CNet: "Apple Computer on Tuesday will refresh its line of iBook consumer laptops and Titanium PowerBook G4 notebooks aimed at professionals, sources say. Apple is making no major design changes to either portable, opting instead to boost the processing speed, memory and hard drive, sources said. Some of those changes could be important for the iBook, which is expected to emerge as one of Apple's biggest-selling products in its fourth quarter, which ended Sept. 30." The article goes on to speculate about specific changes.
IBM's PowerPC chip to reach 1GHz From CNet: "The new PowerPC 750FX, which will come out at 750MHz but will be able to reach 1GHz in subsequent versions, will be the first IBM chip to use a new manufacturing process called CMOS9S." More. According to eWeek, the chip "may match current performance advantages of the PowerPC G4's AltiVec acceleration--which Apple markets under the name Velocity Engine--due to new technology that boosts Mac software performance across the board."
New Ti PowerBook case According to Dr. Bott, their new TiCasePlus integrates virtually all user feedback they have received for the original TiCase in a new model improved in scope and usability. Details.
For Mac users, finding the right PDA can be a handful From ComputerUser.com: "It's the best of times and the worst of times for the Palm-Mac relationship. On the one hand, Palm has at long last introduced handhelds with a USB cable that lets Mac users HotSync (share data) with the devices right out of the box. On the other hand, syncing with Apple's new Mac OS X is a bit of a pain." More.
Handspring launches PDA phone with keyboard From Reuters: "Called Trio, the 150-gram monochrome display product will go on sale for around $600 in January in an English-language version, starting in Britain, Hong Kong, Australia and Singapore. Other languages will follow in later months." More.
How Palm Became All Thumbs From Wired: "Unlike other technology companies caught up in the economic downturn, Palm is responsible for its own condition, analysts say." More.
Protecting yourself [and your Mac] from nosy e-snoops From the The Seattle Times: "When my words left my computer, I used to think they were protected and could flit around the Internet with no chance of interception. I used to ridicule the notion of someone listening in, as that would require physical access to network hubs or something inside my office. But I'm not so dismissive anymore." More.
California Creates Identity Theft Law From the Washington Post: "The bill requires businesses to cease printing Social Security numbers on health plan and employer identification cards, as well as other kinds of IDs. It also forbids the future printing of Social Security numbers on bank statements and other documents sent by mail, and allows people to freeze access to their credit reports." More.
The Internet, untethered From The Economist: "The Internet is going mobile. To succeed, it must learn from the mistakes made in the fixed-line Internet boom, argues Tom Standage." More.
Bell Labs says its software unifies wireless networks From the EE Times: "Researchers at Bell Labs have announced a software breakthrough that will take carriers and Internet service providers one step closer to offering global roaming across all wireless network technologies, including wireless LANs based on 802.11. The software architecture, called Common Operations (COPS), will allow mobile subscribers to access voice, data and messages when roaming outside of their home network, even in regions where different wireless networks predominate." More.
MobileStar shutting down network From CNet:"A wireless Internet service provider for dozens of hotels and hundreds of Starbucks outlets has begun shutting down portions of its network, according to sources close to the company. The company, MobileStar Network, laid off 88 workers Tuesday, which a source described as 'everybody.' It also hired the Diablo Management Group to "oversee an orderly sale of the assets," according to two sources." More.
Qwest First Phone Company Junking POTS From InteractiveWeek: "Qwest Communications International is leading the change among regional Bell operators to introduce IP telephony as a de facto standard in communications, a move that paves the way for futuristic voice applications and which materially changes the economics of telecommunications." More.
Attacks Expose Telephone's Soft Underbelly From the New York Times: "It would take Verizon five years to build alternate pathways for all the telephone lines that wind their way into and out of the New York Telephone building." More.
Apple profiles The Joy of Tech creators The names Snaggy & Nitrozac may sound somewhat familiar to regular readers of this space, thanks to our previous links to The Joy of Tech cartoons on Geekculture.com. Apple has posted a closer look at cartoon's creators.