Year: 2001

Apple a sound investment

Analyst Susan Byrne calls Apple a “safe pick,” noting that last year, Apple was hurt by the slowdown in the PC market while failing to deliver some key product features. Despite that, the company maintained a strong balance sheet. “Apple currently has upside potential that outweighs the limited downside risk by a factor of four to one,” says Byrne.

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USA Today asks for your favorite TV commercial

USA Today is conducting a poll asking visitors to vote for their favorite TV commercial. According the USA Today Web site, a panel of ad agency creative directors chose 22 commercials as the “most innovative, creative and effective in the last 25 years” — one of which is Apple’s 1984 ad. The results of the poll will be shown on America’s Favorite TV Commercials, airing Friday, Feb. 8, 2002 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on The History Channel.

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iClean 4.0

ALADDIN SYSTEMS SHIPS NEW VERSION OF iCLEAN, THE QUICK INTERNET
CLEANUP SOFTWARE UTILITY

iClean Eliminates Internet Clutter Ensuring Net Privacy

Watsonville, CA-June 29, 2001 – Aladdin Systems, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Aladdin Systems Holdings, Inc. (OTC BB: ALHI), today
shipped iClean(tm) 4.0 which adds Cookie Editor(tm) to its arsenal of
Internet clean up tools. iClean 4.0 now allows users to selectively
edit their Web cookies for improved Web surfing.

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TechTool Pro 3.0.4 released

Micromat has released an update to their disk utility program, TechTool Pro. Changes include support for OS X (must be booted from system 9), updated Virus database to find Simpson Virus/Worm, added over 100 new items to the Conflict database, and enhanced drive repair routines.

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Wacom drivers delayed

MacMinute reader Daniel Jardine noticed that Wacom has updated its Mac OS X compatibility statement, admitting that beta drivers for OS X will not be ready by the end of June, as was indicated back in April. Wacom won’t state when drivers will be available, either.

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