Year: 2001

MacHack has put out its annual call for speakers for the 17th annual MacHack convention, which will take place June 20-22, 2002. The site suggests eight categories that prospective speakers should pick from. Sessions generally run about an hour long and proposals must be received by February 1, 2002, for consideration.

Salon.com has published an article that discusses the current state of Mac games, noting that while many popular titles continue to be released for the Mac months after their Windows counterparts, that the overall Apple gaming market has done well this year and continues to improve.

Despite the hype surrounding Linux for the past few years, the alternative operating system has failed to make any gains in market share among desktop users, according to a new study from WebSideStory’s StatMarket. As of December 17, 2001, the study found that Linux has a global usage share of 0.24 percent—roughly the same level its had for three years.

Apple has released a series of AppleScripts for iTunes 2 that extend the functionality of the software by allowing users to quickly execute a number of tasks, from removing missing tracks from playlists to specifying equalizer settings for all songs of a specific genre.

A U.S. federal district court judge has filed a preliminary injunction order against Adobe Systems, barring the software maker from distributing its InDesign page layout software, according to MacCentral. The ruling only affects distribution of the software in the United States, as other countries exceed the court’s jurisdiction.