Intel’s technology roadmap calls for PC makers to phase out floppy drives and PS/2 and serial ports in the second half of 2002, reports The Register. At that point, the elimination of legacy technology will have arrived for Wintel users more than four years after Apple introduced the iMac and forced users to abandon their floppy disks and favor USB/FireWire for connectivity solutions.
Read MoreMygate has filed for bankruptcy, according to MacUser UK. Rival retailer Cancom has purchased the rights to the Mygate name, and is also trying to purchase the company’s database. Mygate’s demise marks the third large Mac retailer to go under in recent years, joining Mac Supplies and Camelot.
Read MoreA c|net article discusses the presence of Apple’s retail stores and their impact on local Mac dealers, weighing the positive (increased numbers of Mac users and, in some cases, service contracts) with the negative (a reduction in retail sales). Although, as Don Mayer, CEO of Mac reseller Small Dog Electronics points out, there are so many factors in the market right now that for a dealer to blame a reduction in sales on a nearby Apple retail location may not be fair.
Read MorePRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Subject: VOODOO Server 1.4 for Mac OS X 10.1
Version Control for CodeWarriors
Hagenberg, October-04-2001, UNI SOFTWARE PLUS announced the availability of
their flagship version control tool VOODOO Server 1.4 for Mac OS X 10.1.
VOODOO Server features a modern client/server architecture that benefits
from the stability and performance of Mac OS X.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Deep Sky Technologies, Inc., Releases First Public Beta of eTrans
Public Beta of New 4th Dimension Component
Vero Beach, FL – Thursday, October 4th, 2001: Deep Sky Technologies, Inc.,
today announced the release of the first public beta of eTrans for
Macintosh and Windows. eTrans is a 4th Dimension component which provides a
simple, consistent interface to online credit card authorization service
providers.