Year: 2001

The Mac Show, an Internet-based live radio show focusing on all things Mac, has announced their guest lineup for tonight’s broadcast (9:00-11:00 pm ET). Tonight’s guests include Leo Laporte, Host of The Screensavers on TechTV; Rick LePage, the new Editor-in-Chief of Macworld magazine; and Mac Mom Patrice Matteson.

More than 21 million people in the United States used high speed Internet access from home in November, according to new data from Nielsen/NetRatings, as reported by c|net. The numbers mean that one in five people online at home have a broadband connection, a 90 percent increase from the same time last year. Analyst T.S.

This week’s issue of TidBITS features two in-depth articles on seasonal topics of interest to many technologically savvy users: online shopping and digital photography. Adam Engst provides a number of tips and instructions for finding legitimate discount retailers on the Internet, while digital photography guru Arthur Bleich provides a laundry list of gift ideas for owners of digital cameras.

A bankruptcy court judge has approved US$355 million in contracts between high-speed Internet provider Excite@Home and its cable partners, including Cox Communications, Comcast, Mediacom and others, according to ZDNet. The ruling is seen as a win for all parties involved, providing a much needed cash infusion to keep Excite@Home afloat while customers are moved in a more seamless fashion to new cable networks being established by the cable companies.

Apple’s PowerBook G4 is one of five laptops Forbes.com has selected for its “Executive Gifts” list. “Apple Computer may constitute only a small piece of the worldwide PC market, but it’s still turning out machines that often point the way that the rest of the industry follows down the road.” The article incorrectly says the DVD drive is optional—the DVD drive is standard, a CD-RW drive in place of the DVD is optional.