Year: 2002
BusinessWeek: Apple shares poised to rise
BusinessWeek’s latest Inside Wall Street column states that Apple shares should rise starting this month. A hedge-fund manager who has been buying Apple shares said that “Any uptick in sales [which he expects soon] will catapult the stock back to the mid-20s.” An upgrading of computers bought about five years ago and the traffic at Apple Stores will help push sales up, he says.
Read MoreDVD Studio Pro updated
Apple today released DVD Studio Pro 1.5.2, the latest version of its professional DVD authoring tool. The update addresses issues with setting dual layer break points on DVD-9 projects and flagging of Dolby Digital 5.1 streams. DVD Studio Pro sells for US$999; the update is a free download.
Read MoreThe Mac Night Owl LIVE features LucasFilm, Macromedia
Tonight’s broadcast of The Mac Night Owl LIVE, a radio show hosted by technology journalist and author Gene Steinberg, features Daniel D. Gregoire, Supervisor of the animatics team for Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, who will talk about why the company uses Macs to create the popular movie. Also featured will be Miriam Geller, senior product manager for Macromedia Director and Shockwave Player, who will talk about Macromedia’s newest release, Director MX for Mac OS X.
Read MoreNiemeijer Consult offers free upgrade for KeyStrokes 3.0
Niemeijer Consult today announced the upcoming release its KeyStrokes 3.0 on-screen keyboard. The company is offering a “zero-upgrade” fee to KeyStrokes 3.0 for all purchasers of KeyStrokes 1.5 for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X. KeyStrokes 3.0, which is expected in January 2003, adds self-learning, language-independent word prediction to the on-screen keyboard. KeyStrokes is priced at US$195.
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