Written by Philip Roy | 17 July 2005
Posted in International

Back in late October of last year, I had the opportunity while at a conference in Santa Clara, to attend a presentation by Andy Ihnatko in which he humorously talked about iTunes, the iPod and the future of Apple.

Late in his talk, he brought together all the various strands of his superb speech with a little bit of speculation. He was sure that the next step in Apple's development would be iTunes selling video clips, but didn't feel that this would lead to a video iPod. However, recent speculation over the real reason for Apple's decision to switch to Intel might surprise some. Many are now speculating that it relates to video.

Written by Philip Roy | 22 June 2005
Posted in International

NeoOffice/J is a fully-featured set of office applications (including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and drawing programs) for Mac OS X.

Released as free, open-source software under the GNU General Public License (GPL), NeoOffice/J is fully functional and stable enough for everyday use. The software is actively developed, so improvements and small updates are made available on a regular basis.

Written by Philip Roy | 23 April 2005
Posted in International

UPDATE If people involved in supplying music for iTunes Australia are meant to be keeping things quiet, they aren't doing very well. The most recent buzz started when Bexta, an Australian DJ and Producer (Australia's top ranked female DJ) commented on her website that iTunes is about to become available in Australia.

Now, the Australian AppleTalk website is reporting that the oft-labelled 'New Zealand born Australian actor' Russell Crowe appeared on radio in Australia and gave the date of April 28th for his solo music being available via iTunes Australia.

Written by Philip Roy | 18 April 2005
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UPDATE Adobe Systems Incorporated has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Macromedia in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $3.4 billion.

Under the terms of the agreement, which has been approved by both boards of directors, Macromedia stockholders will receive, at a fixed exchange ratio, 0.69 shares of Adobe common stock for every share of Macromedia common stock in a tax-free exchange. Based on Adobe's and Macromedia's closing prices on Friday April 15, 2005, this represents a price of $41.86 per share of Macromedia common stock.

Written by Philip Roy | 04 April 2005
Posted in International

Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced a new release of Adobe Creative Suite, the powerhouse design environment that revolutionized print and Web workflows for creative professionals worldwide.

Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium Edition integrates new full-versions of indispensable design software ?? Adobe Photoshop CS2, Adobe InDesign CS2, Adobe Illustrator CS2, and Adobe GoLive CS2 ?? with the all-new Version Cue CS2. The recently released Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional is also included, as a key application in this milestone software release.

Written by Philip Roy | 12 March 2005
Posted in International

The speculation has started over the time at which the next version of the Mac operating system (named "Tiger") will be released. While many sites are speculating that a June release is likely, some sites are suggesting the quietness of Apple Computer at the moment points to activity gearing up for final release.

Hot on the heals of this talk is a number of rumour websites beginning to suggest April is in fact the date Mac OS X 10.4 will be released along with a new iMac G5 and also a possible eMac update.

Written by Philip Roy | 07 December 2004
Posted in International

UPDATE
Life's a funny thing. And the life of Apple Computer is as complex and as interesting as anyones. Its path of twists and turns is littered with decisions and lost chances and "What If's?" that forever keep us interested in such a great company. What if Apple had licensed its operating system in the early days?...what if they'd bought Be instead of NeXT?

It's in that context and with speculation over IBM's future and its rumoured decision to sell off its PC division, that one writer has been lead to speculate as to a future that sees IBM and Apple much more aligned. Even possibly, as one company. So is IBM setting its sights on Apple?

Written by Philip Roy | 17 November 2004
Posted in International

In news that suggests promising announcements at the MacWorld Conference and Expo in San Francisco, January 10-14 2005, it has been confirmed that Steve Jobs will be giving the keynote speech.

MWSF has often been the place at which Apple announces new software and/or hardware, and already, speculation as to Jobs's presence is beginning to filter across the internet

Written by Philip Roy | 03 November 2004
Posted in International

The most comprehensive study ever undertaken by the mi2g Intelligence Unit over 12 months reveals that the world's safest and most secure 24/7 online computing environment - operating system plus applications - is proving to be the Open Source platform of BSD (Berkley Software Distribution) and the Mac OS X based on Darwin.

The last twelve months have witnessed the deadliest annual period in terms of malware - virus, worm and trojan - proliferation targeting Windows based machines in which over 200 countries and tens of millions of computers worldwide have been infected month-in month-out.

Written by Philip Roy | 01 November 2004
Posted in International

UPDATE
Websites are reporting the arrival of what meany might see as the first true virus for Mac OS X. The "Opener" virus, as it is being referred to, has the potential to disable the built-in firewall, and to possibly steal information and corrupt or destroy data.

One of the sites to pick up on the issue promptly, was the Macintouch website, who now features a section dedicated to news on the problem.