Year: 2004

The Mac’s creator on Apple, Jobs and his new project

Posted by | Feb 11, 2004 | |

by Dennis Sellers – Jef Raskin, creator of the Macintosh and author of such books as “The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems,” still uses Macs, finds that Apple hardware “is, as always, snazzy,” and likes the professional strength underpinnings of Mac OS X. However, he feels the interface on Mac OS X is a “disaster,” comprised of the “same old stuff, but with more patches and more obnoxious behavior than ever.” Raskin feels he has a better idea—and also some advice for Apple, he told MacMinute in an interview.

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CipherDisk 1.5 offers AES encryption

Posted by | Feb 11, 2004 | |

SubRosaSoft today announced the release of CipherDisk 1.5, the latest release of its utility that offers protection of data on internal drives, external firewire or USB drives, and CD/DVDs from prying eyes using the fast and secure AES encryption algorithm. “One of the most requested features from our version 1.0 customers is the support of AES, or Advanced Encryption Standard,” said Marko Kostyrko, co-author of CipherDisk and CEO of SubRosaSoft.

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Quark appoints new CEO

Posted by | Feb 11, 2004 | |

Quark announced Tuesday that Kamar Aulakh has been appointed CEO of the company in addition to his current role as president. “Kamar has a profound vision that will lead Quark into the future, and proven expertise at running a global technology company,” said former Quark CEO Fred Ebrahimi, who will remain chairman of its board of directors. “He has built world-class software development centers in the United States and India, and has demonstrated his development and managerial expertise countless times over the last eight years.

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Microsoft updates Virtual PC

Posted by | Feb 10, 2004 | |

Microsoft has released Virtual PC for Mac 6.1.1, the latest version of the popular PC emulation software. This update addresses security issues and bugs related to running upcoming Windows XP Professional service packs. At Macworld Expo last month, Microsoft said it plans to release Virtual PC 7.0 in the first half of 2004.

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