Steve Jobs' latest Pixar moves; Shareware beta testers sought; more
Steve Jobs' latest Pixar moves; Shareware beta testers sought; more
Steve Jobs' latest Pixar moves BusinessWeek reports that Steve Jobs' Pixar is making some daring moves dealing with Disney. "What's the best way to tick off Walt Disney Co. ? Make an animated movie with a mouse as the lead character. That's exactly what Disney's partner, Pixar Animated Studios, is doing. The movie, which doesn't yet have a name, is about a little critter who lives in an upscale restaurant. And, at least for now, Disney has no rights to it at all." More.
Shareware beta testers sought Robert at ScienceQuest lets us know that his development team is seeking experienced OS X users willing to beta test a new application, SwapSwapVM 0.9.8b10, a tool for safely retargeting Virtual Memory swapfiles in OS X 10.2.x. If you are interested, visit http://www.sciencequest.org/jump/swapswapvm.html.
Court Stays Java Must-Carry Order on Microsoft Reuters reports that a federal appeals court on Monday agreed to temporarily shelve a lower court order that would force Microsoftto start incorporating Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java programming language in its Windows operating system. "Microsoft has asked the appeals court to overturn Motz's order, which would require Microsoft to begin putting Sun's Java into Windows within 120 days after the order is entered." More.Resources