Year: 2006

Apple reports preliminary fourth quarter results

Apple today announced preliminary financial results for its fiscal 2006 fourth quarter ended September 30, 2006. These preliminary results may be subject to significant adjustment as a result of a likely restatement of historical results, notes the company. Apple posted revenue of US$4.84 billion and net quarterly profit of $546 million, or $.62 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $3.68 billion and net profit of $430 million, or $.50 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter.

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Southern California MacFair 2006 announced

The organizers of the Southern California MacFair today announced details on their upcoming event. “Neil Ticktin, Editor-in-Chief & Publisher, MacTech Magazine is this year’s keynote speaker at the Southern California MacFair 2006, the region’s largest Macintosh event. It returns for its fifth year at Cerritos College in Norwalk, California for two days — Friday and Saturday, November 3-4.

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The Green Sale: save 25% on macProVideo.com tutorials

MacProVideo.com is running a “Green Sale” until October 31, 2006. During The Green Sale, all download tutorial video programs are an additional 25% off the list price. Learn software including Apple Final Cut Pro, Logic, iLife, Ableton Live, Propellerhead Reason, Microsoft Office, and more. At macProVideo.com, you save 10% every day when you download tutorial programs instead of purchasing the DVD version. The coupon code MacMinute readers will need to use for the discount is: enviroVideo.

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Flip4Mac Profile|K2 Components now available from Telestream

Telestream today announced the availability of its Flip4Mac Import and Export Components for Grass Valley Profile and K2 media servers. These components provide file compatibility and enable fast, efficient file transfer between Apple Final Cut Pro editing systems and Grass Valley servers. The components provide file-based import and export of IMX D-10 and DV25/50 standard definition video and uncompressed audio between Grass Valley K2, Profile, Turbo and M-Series media servers and Final Cut Pro applications for Mac OS X users.

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A Sharp releases Opal outliner

Seattle, 18 October 2006 – A Sharp is pleased to announce that Opal,
the successor to the popular Acta outliner, is now available!

“Opal brings Acta’s fluid, responsive outlining into the Mac OS X
world,” said David Dunham, designer of both outliners. “New features
like multiple selection and filtering actually make Opal easier to
use without being more complex.”

Opal lets you organize lists, track projects, take notes, and store
information in an outline. It’s easy to reorganize, and also easy to
hide information that’s not currently of interst.

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