“Apple Computer seems to have the future of online music in its hands for the moment,” writes Neil Strauss for the New York Times. “Its new service, iTunes Music Store, has been the first real success story in the long effort to sell music over the Internet. In just its first month of operation the service, by the company’s estimate, has sold three million songs online, at 99 cents each.
Read MoreOther World Computing (OWC) today unveiled its Mercury Extreme product line with a G4/1.33GHz processor upgrade, which is available immediately for US$580.
Read MorePixar, the animation studio headed by Apple CEO Steve Jobs, today posted a drop in quarterly profit but still beat Wall Street expectations in the lull between the DVD release of “Monsters, Inc.” and this month’s theatrical release of “Finding Nemo.” For its fiscal first quarter ended March 29, Pixar posted a first-quarter profit of US$8.2 million, or 15 cents per share, compared with $15.6
Read MoreElectronic Arts today announced The Sims 2, the sequel to the best-selling PC game of all time. It is being developed by Sims creator Will Wright at the company’s Maxis Studio. “For the first time, players control their Sims over an entire lifetime. Every choice that is made has a relevant and dramatic effect on the life of a Sim.
Read MoreIDG World Expo today announced that its summer 2003 event focusing on technology and professional solutions for the creative arts has been renamed “Macworld CreativePro Conference & Expo.” Originally announced in March as “CREATE,” the event replaces the east coast Macworld Expo and will address the needs of creative professionals
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