Arnold Kim
Arnold is the Editorial Director of MacRumors and founded the site in February, 2000.
Arnold was also a practicing physician but gave it up in 2008 to focus on this website. He has been writing about Apple for over 20 years, and has been profiled by the New York Times, and interviewed by various news publications about his knowledge of Apple.
He continues to run MacRumors, and provides editorial oversight as well as business direction.
Arnold was also a practicing physician but gave it up in 2008 to focus on this website. He has been writing about Apple for over 20 years, and has been profiled by the New York Times, and interviewed by various news publications about his knowledge of Apple.
He continues to run MacRumors, and provides editorial oversight as well as business direction.
Arnold Kim's Articles
Start Up Goal: Run Software on Any Chip
The Mercury News reports on a startup with some interesting technology:
In 1995, company founder Alasdair Rawsthorne began working on software to translate binary code on the fly so that it could run speedily on any chip architecture. He teamed with fellow researchers at England's University of Manchester in 2000 to create Transitive.
The solution is described seems to be a...
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Panther 'Test' Software Update
In the Panther Software Update:
This Panther Update is being made available to test the Software Update feature in Panther and address a few Expos, Mail and iChat issues. Please install this update and provide us feedback via your normal channels
Screenshot [PDF]. Panther is still a developer's only release, but Apple appears to be making at least some...
Security Update 2003-07-14 Coming
Reports indicate that Apple has seeded and will be releasing a Security Update for Mac OS X on July 14th.
The update will address "a potential vulnerability when a password is required upon waking from the Screen Effects feature, which could allow an unauthorized user access to the desktop of the logged in user."
The bug was reported on July 4th....
15GB iPod Giveaway
Subscribe to eCost's newsletter, and enter to win a 15 GB iPod. They are having a weekly giveaway which ends on July 31, 03. You have to be a US Resident and 21yrs old (at least). To enter, you have to sign up for their newsletter (there is also a mail in option).
They are also offering specials on Digital Media w/ various types of media cards for discounts and/or rebate.
Link: eCOST...
'Macworld NY' Rumors
Infoworld wrote an article regarding the rumors surrounding "Macworld NY". They reference this site as well as Spymac.com.
The focus of the article, however, appears to be the Xserve and does contain some new information. One anonymous reseller reports that Xserve sales essentially halted after the PowerMac G5 was announced.
The article also confirms previous rumors of deep...
FCC Photos of the PowerMac G5, Bluetooth, and AirPort
The FCC's site contains some photos and documents related to Apple's PowerMac G5:
Airport Extreme installation Instruction Manual
Photos of the PowerMac G5
Bluetooth and Airport Installed
In general, nothing particularly revealing -- and these documents were posted on June 23, 2003 - the first day of WWDC when the machines were announced. No other new documents are...
10% off Digital Cameras + $40 off
Dell continues to have 10% off certain accessories:
10% off All Digital Cameras
10% off All Memory
Free Ground Shipping
Also, they are offering another 1 day only coupon: "D8C26FF4CEC1" which gives you $40 off orders $350 or more, excluding some Dell peripherals.
Coupon good only for today (7/10/03) until 11:00pm CST. They have a broad range of digital cameras, and...
More Bluetooth Accessory Confirmation?
LoopRumors.com claims that Bluetooth accessories are ready to go.
...
Windows Media Player 9 for Mac OS X
ActiveWin.com references a WMTALK listserv email from a Microsoft employee indicated that support for WMA 9 Voice as well as all 9 Series codecs is coming to Mac OS X in the fall.
"We are definitely planning to support WMA 9 Voice in the upcoming release of Windows Media Player 9 Series for Mac OS X. We showed the new player running with Apple's Safari browser at their WWDC a few weeks ...
Upcoming Intel Details Leak
News.com reports on rumors of Intel's upcoming processors, due this year:
Prescott, which will come out in the fourth quarter, will contain a number of enhancements over the current Pentium 4, including new instructions for multimedia processing and a 1MB cache, a pool of memory on the chip for fast data access. Current Pentium 4s have a 512KB cache.,
Prescott is to start at 3.4GHz ...
15inch PowerBook update at MWCP (MacWorld Creative Pro)?
PowerPage indicates that according to one of their sources, the 15" Aluminum PowerBook may make an appearance during the Apple's Feature Presentation at MacworldExpo (New York City, NY).
Greg Joswiak, Apple's VP of Hardware and Product Marketing, will be giving a speech on Wednesday, July 16 between 9:30am-10:30am EST.
If you are in the area, MacBytes has a link to get free Macworld...
.Mac Bookmarks
Apple's .Mac service has introduced ".Mac Bookmarks":
Take your bookmarks with you wherever you go. With new .Mac Bookmarks, a handy surfer window with your favorite bookmarks opens on any Internet-connected computer, providing instant access to your favorite places on the web. Use it on your home or work computer, even at an Internet cafe.
Safari 1.0 and iSync 1.1 are required...
15% Off Batteries
Batteries.com is having a summer promotion which gives you 15% off any product. They carry, well, batteries, of course. Anything from AA's to Digital Camera and Cell Phone batteries.
Coupon Code: "summer03"
Good through September 2003.
Link: Batteries.com...
Panther at Apple Expo?
MacBidouille has received reports that Panther will be made available in its final form at Jobs' Keynote at Apple Expo (Paris, France) on September 16th, 2003.
This correlates with an old report from eWeek back in April, 2003:
Now that Apple Computer Inc. has let the cat halfway out of the bag about the next major revision to Mac OS X, sources report that the "Panther" release will ...
Apple Displays Changed?
An Appleinsider thread claims that certain photos at Apple's site depict Displays without the horizontal stripes. A later post in that same thread then claims that this was confirmed after speaking with someone at Apple...
Apple Keyboard and Mouse Prices Cut
ThinkSecret reports that Apple has cut prices on the Apple Keyboard and Apple Mouse to $59 and $49 respectively. (Correction: Reports indicate the prices of the accessories are actually $49/each)
They also suggest that wireless accessories are in the works, but are unable to provide much confirmation.
Recent reports have indicated that the current Pro models have been End of Life'd. ...
Avie Tevanian named Chief Software Technology Officer
Apple announced that Avie Tevanian has been named Chief Software Technology Officer of Apple and Bertrand Serlet will be promoted to senior vice president of Software Engineering to take the Tavanian's former position.
Tevanian joined Apple after the NeXT acquisition and was a major figure involved in NeXTStep and subsequently Mac OS...
PowerMac G5 at MacWorld CreativePro
MacCentral notes that Apple will be publically showing the new PowerMac G5's at MacWorld Creative Pro
The PowerMac G5 was announced at the World Wide Developer's Conference in June, with initial shipping estimates at August. Several readers have noted that the shipping date on their invoices are for early...
New Site Launch: MacBytes.com
MacBytes.com has launched today.
MacBytes.com is a news and headline site which provides links to interesting news articles and other notable topics for Macintosh enthusiasts. User commentary and discussion for individual articles will be provided by MacRumors' forums -- in a familiar format to current MacRumors readers.
Readers are encouraged to visit MacBytes and to submit links...
New Products at Macworld CreativePro
MacMinute reports on an IDG Press Release detailing some new products expected at Macworld CreativePro 2003 -- which starts next week.
Macworld CreativePro is the rebranded name of what's been historically known as MacWorld New York. Previously, it was reported that Apple's Vice President of Hardware and Product Marketing will be delivering the "opening feature presentation" at the new...
