New & Noteworthy: Operation Enduring Valenti;
New & Noteworthy: Operation Enduring Valenti;
Operation Enduring Valenti "The United States is engaged in a war against oppressive regimes run by ignorant fanatics barely able to comprehend the intricacies of modern society. Through actions favoring the ruling class, secret midnight deals, and restricting public distribution of information, citizens in these societies are unable to evolve and live as productive members of the international community. The folks in question are led by Senator Ernest Hollings who serves as the duly-appointed Congressional mouthpiece (and wholly-owned subsidiary) of the entertainment industry cartels. Known in some circles as the 'Senator From Disney,' Hollings also bears a striking resemblance to a younger Jack Valenti. It's high time that the entertainment companies learn that if they treat their customers as criminals, they'll not only have fewer customers, but many more criminals to contend with." More.
Maya price reduced Alias|Wavefront has announced that it will drastically reduce the standard list prices of its Maya Complete and Maya Unlimited 3D animation software packages. The new pricing becomes effective April 4th, 2002. Maya Complete, formerly priced at $7,500 will now sell for $1,999 and Maya Unlimited, which formerly sold for $16,000 will be priced at $6,999.
Iomega's Active Disk technology Attempting to rekindle interest in Zip disks, Iomega is touting its Active Disk technology: "Before the arrival of Active Disk technology, software had to be installed before it could be used. The installation process would add system files, change entries in the system registry, and permanently copy the application to the computer's hard drive. With Active Disk-enabled software, there's no application to install. Programs run instantly and automatically when the Zip disk is inserted into a PC, and they disappear from the PC when the disk is ejected. Active Disk applications leave no trace of their presence, which means no more clutter or personal information left behind on the hard drive."
Palm says antitrust case got Microsoft's attention Microsoft was close to sharing a key programming tool after learning that Palm Inc. was participating in the antitrust case against the software giant, an executive from the No. 1 handheld computer maker told federal court on Thursday. Microsoft had refused Palm access to the software development tool called VISP and had set one-sided conditions for allowing Palm handhelds to work with Microsoft's .NET Internet software." More.
Coriolis Crashes: Computer Pub Says Slump Is too Deep Haights Cross, majority owner of the Coriolis Group, will shut down the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based computer book publisher on March 29. Coriolis published numerous Mac titles, including "Mac OS X Little Black Book." More.
Humorous 404 page For at least a grin, if not a laugh, take a look at this page. We especially liked the part where the server complained that is going to be replaced by an updated version "that thinks it's God's gift to web servers, just because it doesn't have some tiddly little security hole with its HTTP POST implementation, or something."
Update: Steve King alerted us to this similar 404 page.
This week's winner Stephen Holtzman is this week's winner of a free subscription to MacFixIt Pro.
Vacation MacFixIt Editor Ted Landau will be on vacation all next week. Associate Editor Robert DeLaurentis will be in charge of updating the page.