Macromedia shares fell 30 percent on Thursday, one day after the software company cut its revenue growth target for the year, citing slower-than-expected adoption rate of its Sudio MX 2004 suite. Macromedia said it now expects revenue for the fiscal year ending March 31 to increase by 5 percent to 10 percent, down from its previous view of 10 percent to 20 percent.
Read MoreCNET News.com has an article on how Apple is starting to let other companies join in the act of enhancing the iPod. In the article, Tim Deal, an analyst with Technology Business Research, said Apple is trying to strike a balance by opening the iPod to some developers but not making it a total open platform. “I think by offering a (developer) kit they would expand their opportunity for innovation, and thus multiply their organic development efforts,” Deal said.
Read MoreSubEthaEdit 1.1.4 (formerly Hydra) is the latest version of the Rendezvous-based collaborative text editor for Mac OS X. This update brings support for Mac OS X 10.3 “Panther” and offers improved Objective-C syntax highlighting. SubEthaEdit is freeware.
Read MoreWhen asked in a ZDNet interview if he expects Mac OS X to ever run on Intel processors, Intel CEO Craig Barrett said: “We keep trying, but frankly it gets less and less interesting each year. When they were 10 percent of the market it was a more interesting issue. But at 2 percent of the market…our sales can blip 2 percent quarter on quarter, so we can shrink or grow by a couple of Apples. There are lots of interesting aspects in there.
Read MoreFireWire Depot said today that it has decided to leave California and head East, but that “it has nothing to do with Arnold the Governator.” On Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2003, FireWire Depot will be moving from Napa, California, to Acworth, Georgia. During the move the company’s Web site will still be available for online orders, but there will be no e-mail from Oct. 28-Nov. 1, and it will not be shipping any products between Oct 28-Nov 3.
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