Year: 2003

Apple VP: G5 PowerBook a matter of ‘solid engineering’

Posted by | Sep 18, 2003 | |

Jon Rubinstein, Apple’s senior vice president of hardware engineering, told Macworld UK that the possibility of a PowerBook G5 was simply “an issue of good, solid engineering.” He said, however, that the current crop of G5 processors are designed for desktops, and that a cooler-running version of the processor would be needed for a PowerBook. But Rubinstein did point out that a few years ago, no one thought it would be possible to get a G4 processor in a PowerBook.

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Apple kicks off ‘Future of Digital Production Tour’

Posted by | Sep 18, 2003 | |

Apple has launched the “Future of Digital Production Tour,” which will make stops in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Toronto, Chicago, New York, and Tokyo. “Experience the future of digital production with the next generation of professional applications from Apple — Final Cut Pro 4, Shake 3 and DVD Studio Pro 2. From start to finish, see how the latest applications and hardware from Apple can be used to create an integrated, high-resolution post-production pipeline.”

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Microsoft releases IntelliPoint 5.0, IntelliType 5.0

Posted by | Sep 18, 2003 | |

Microsoft has released IntelliPoint 5.0 and IntelliType 5.0, new versions of the company’s software for its mice and keyboards. The IntelliPoint driver supports the IntelliMouse Explorer, IntelliMouse Optical, Wheel Mouse Optical, Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer, Optical Trackball, and Trackball Explorer. The IntelliType driver supports the Microsoft Office Keyboard, Natural Keyboard Pro, Internet Keyboard Pro, and Internet Keyboard.

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Macs could help defend government from cyber attacks

Posted by | Sep 18, 2003 | |

David Zeiler’s latest column for the Baltimore Sun looks at problems — especially from “cyber terrorists” — federal agencies could incur by using Windows-based systems and how Macs could seemingly do the job better. “Regardless of Microsoft’s progress on improving security, the federal government would be wise to look to diversification among operating systems as a basic defense against cyber terrorists,” Zeiler concludes.

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Piranesi 3D painting application comes to OS X

Posted by | Sep 18, 2003 | |

Informatix Software has announced a Mac OS X version of Piranesi, its award-winning 3D painting application. With the software, “designers can start with simple models and renderings, and use Piranesi’s patented 3D Painting technology to quickly fill in missing detail and produce artistic, hand-drawn effects.” Piranesi images can be produced from 3DS or DXF models; in addition, many popular Mac 3D applications such as Artlantis, formZ, and LightWave provide direct interfaces.

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