Year: 2003

Apple updates Bluetooth firmware

Posted by | Oct 16, 2003 | |

Apple has posted Bluetooth Firmware Updater 1.0.2, which provides updated firmware for DLink modules (revision B2 or later), and Apple Bluetooth internal modules on PowerBooks and Power Macs. According to Apple, the update delivers improved connectivity between a Mac and the new Apple Wireless Keyboard and Mouse, enhancements to the update installation process, better performance when waking a Mac from sleep, and support for additional key commands during startup.

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Apple posts $44 million profit, iPod sales soar

Posted by | Oct 15, 2003 | |

Apple on Wednesday posted a net profit of US$44 million, or 12 cents a share, for its fiscal fourth quarter ended September 27. These results compare to a loss of $45 million, or 13 cents a share, in the year-ago quarter. Revenues for the quarter were $1.715 billion, up 19 percent from the year-ago quarter. Analysts were expecting earnings of 7 cents per share, according to First Call.

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San Jose, CA students the latest to get iBooks

Posted by | Oct 15, 2003 | |

The Mercury News reports that 1,100 students at Gunderson High School in San Jose, California, were recently given Apple iBooks as part of a US$6 million program. “In education-speak, this is the first step of a ‘vertical slice’ program. The laptops cost the district about $1,360 each. The rest of the funds go to expenses like insurance, infrastructure, training and software — and eventually, more computers.

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CuteFTP for Macintosh now available

Posted by | Oct 15, 2003 | |

GlobalSCAPE today announced that CuteFTP, the widely used file transfer application for Windows, is now available for Mac OS X and Mac OS 8.5 or higher. “With CuteFTP Mac, users can conduct FTP transfers by simply dragging and dropping files from one side of their computer screen to the other. The two-pane interface shows local files on the left and remote files on the right.

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