The folks at San Francisco’s Computers & Music let us know that they have posted the winter clinic schedule for their free Saturday clinics that cover some of the most popular Mac music applications available. Learning sessions will be offered in the following months from companies such as Digidesign, MOTU, Propellerhead, Native Instruments, and Emagic. Registration information is available from the company’s Web site.
Read MoreApple has released Security Update 2002-11-21 for Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) via the Software Update utility. The update “fixes potential vulnerabilities introduced in BIND, the domain server and client library software package from Internet Software Consortium (ISC), that is shipped with Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server. BIND version 8.3.4 addresses the recently-discovered potential vulnerabilities where an unauthorized person may disrupt the normal operation of the DNS name service. BIND is not activated by default on Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server.”
Read MoreOracle chairman and CEO Lawrence Ellison, who resigned from Apple’s board of directors in September, exercised options and acquired 70,000 shares of Apple, reports Reuters. The options were exercised on November 18 and he acquired 60,000 common shares for US$11.50 each and 10,000 shares for $13.99 each, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
Read MoreApple’s latest Hot News article features Jay Smith of the up-and-coming rock band Sinch, who uses his Viditar — a guitar-shaped Lucite frame supporting a myriad of buttons, sliders, switches, and toggles to control custom QuickTime movies and special effects, called up from his PowerBook G4 and projected onto large screens during the band’s live performances.
Read MorePost Magazine, a weekly arts and culture supplement to Brown University’s student newspaper has published the first ever interview of Apple “switcher” Ellen Feiss. In the interview, Feiss, who has become a Web celebrity for her popular ad, talks about her recently-acquired agent, meeting with MTV executives, and turning down shows with Jay Leno and David Letterman, among other topics.
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