Year: 2002

EFI today began shipping the eBeam System 3, its newest portable digital whiteboard appliance. The eBeam System 3 allows users to turn any whiteboard into a digital whiteboard, capturing pen strokes to their computer. The USB eBeam System 3, which is similar to mimio, sells for US$749 and is compatible with Mac OS 8/9.

O’Reilly has published an interesting review of Windows XP from a Mac user’s perspective. While author Derrick Story maintains his Mac preference, he concludes that for Mac users required to use Windows — especially Windows 98 — that XP is a large improvement. “If you’re suffering with Windows 98 to accomplish part of your work, I recommend you stop the pain… and seriously consider upgrading.

While Palm’s share of the global PDA market slipped from 50.4 percent in 2000 to 38.6 percent in 2001, the company maintained its dominant number one position in the marketplace, according to a new report from Dataquest. Handspring captured second place once again, nudging its marketshare to 12.6 percent, while Compaq more than doubled its share to 9.8 percent. Overall, PDA shipments in 2001 totaled 13.1 million units, up 18 percent from the previous year.

Free Ruler is a simple Mac OS X ruler for measuring pixels. The software supports the measuring objects with the mouse, displays mouse coordinates, and supports rulers from 120 pixel 2000 pixels in length.