Year: 2004

CNN/Money speculates on Apple-Pixar merger

Posted by | Jan 30, 2004 | |

CNN/Money senior writer Paul La Monica looks at the possibility of Apple acquiring Pixar now that the animation studio and Disney have split up. “After all, both companies are run by Steve Jobs. And Apple, with its huge success in the online music arena, is beginning to look more and more like a content company, as opposed to a pure hardware firm. Plus, Apple is one of the best marketers around… An Apple deal for Pixar is certainly doable from a financial standpoint. Apple has $4.8 billion in cash on its balance sheet.

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Font Reserve gains Panther support, more

Posted by | Jan 30, 2004 | |

Extensis has released Font Reserve 3.1.3, the latest version of its font management application. This free update for registered users includes Mac OS X 10.3 Panther compatibility, an auto-activation XTension for QuarkXPress 6, and a new Adobe Illustrator CS plugin. Extensis says Font Reserve provides a “single point of access to all fonts on a user’s Mac making it easy to address the challenges of finding and activating the right font fast.”

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iPods used during making of ‘Rings’ films

Posted by | Jan 30, 2004 | |

The Hollywood Reporter has an interesting story on how Apple’s iPod was used during the making of “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” and “The Return of the King.” Sheigh Crabtree writes, “compact, sweet by design and capable of delivering precious goods to far-flung destinations, Frodo is to Middle Earth what Apple’s iPod is to modern-day digital media.

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