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
WebObjects 5.2
Thinksecret reports on an upcoming upgrade to WebObjects:
According to documents obtained by Think Secret, version 5.2 includes "significant changes and enhancements" to Enterprise Objects and Java Client, improvements to application deployment, support for streaming HTTP requests/responses, and numerous bug fixes.
Further details available at Thinksecret.
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MacRumors.com Apple LCD Displays Rumors Summary
Apple's most recent display update was in March 2002 - with the relatively surprise introduction of the 23" Cinema HD Display at MacWorld Tokyo.
This newest display brought a 23" 1920x1200 pixel resolution display into their LCD product line. Now with 15", 17", 22" and 23" sizes.
The only hint about the 23" Display was a small mention in an EETimes article in January. This same...
.Mac Deadline Extended
CNet reports that Apple has extended their .Mac deadline for current subscribers:
Apple Computer said Friday it is extending the deadline until Oct. 14 for users of the free e-mail, Web hosting and online storage service to subscribe to Apple's new .Mac service, which was launched in July.
Apple's original deadline was Sept 30,...
iSync Beta Released
Apple's iSync Beta is now available for download.
Use iSync Public Beta to synchronize your Address Book contacts and iCal calendars across Mac OS computers and devices, such as an iSync-compatible mobile phone, an iPod or a Palm OS device. You can also use iSync Public Beta to synchronize two or more Macintosh computers, using the Internet (.Mac...
iPod Dock?
According to Spymac, Apple is preparing to release a new iPod Docking station in Quarter One of 2003.
In the article they also mention that "Apple's hoping that two upcoming announcements will further secure the iPod as the leading portable MP3 player"
Posted by medea...
17inch and 19inch iMacs
MacNN notes that China Times is reporting on 19-inch LCD iMacs:
Q-Run is currently on a test run for iMac, but delivery is due to begin from October... Monthly shipment is expected to exceed 10,000 iMac desktops in the initial stage [and] the PCs will be equipped with LCD panels provided by Samsung.
No link to the original article is provided.
19inch iMacs were first rumored ...
iSync Beta (Discussion Boards, Release Notes)
Apple's iSync software was promised to be released in Beta form by the end of September... only days left for that timeframe, Apple has opened an iSync Beta discussion form at their Apple support site, hinting at a pending release.
A FAQ is already posted.
Apple also posted the Release Notes for iSync Beta:
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3d Flat Screens
News.com reports on upcoming flat-panel 3d displays from Sharp:
Sharp, Japan's largest maker of liquid-crystal displays, said Friday its researchers in Britain have developed a flat-panel display for either two- or three-dimensional viewing that does not require special glasses.
Apple was rumored to be researching alternative flat-panel display technology, including stereoscopic...
Toast 5.2
Update: Download has been pulled. Will be released in a week or so.
Toast 5.2 was released today:
What's new in this version:
* CD-TEXT (now an available option for MMC-3 compliant recorders that support CD-TEXT):
* Writes CD TEXT (reads track information from Internet music database or from ID3 tags)
* Reads CD TEXT from audio CDs containing pre-recorded...
Fake Apple iPhone
ePrarie.com posted an article with fake Apple Cell Phone pictures... but claims they are "leaked" pictures from Apple.
ePrairie has obtained these three photographs (dated September 2002) of an unannounced Apple cell phone called the Applele hiPhone R4 CHICAGO (Exclusive) A picture can tell a thousand words. Leaked to the right place at the right time, some pictures of some products...
Steve Jobs Payment
This report reveals that despite Apple's CEO not earning a salary... he was the highest paid executive due to bonuses in the most recent survey:
The highest paid exec for the most recent survey period was Steven Jobs, CEO, Apple Computer. He received no salary but was given a $43,511,534 bonus....
MacWorld Boston 2004
As has been previously reported, MacWorld Expo 2004 seems more and more likely to take place in Boston.
The organizer of Macworld is near an agreement with City Hall and state convention officials to bring the giant techology show for Apple Computer enthusiasts back to Boston for 2004, the maiden year of the city's struggling $800 million convention center.
Hotel price...
PCI-Express, AGP 8x
News.com discusses the recent adoption of AGP 8x on NVidia's nForce2 chipset. But dates this standard and expects PCI Express to overtake it in about 1 1/2 years:
"AGP has kind of worn out," said Peter Glaskowsky, editor in chief of industry newsletter the Microprocessor Report. "AGP 8x will last about a year, maybe a year and a half, then we'll get PC Express graphics cards. PCI...
Internet Explorer Updates
Internet Explorer 5.1.6 for Mac OS 8.1-9.x
This latest version version 5.1.6 resolves all security vulnerabilities in previous versions of Internet Explorer5 , including the security vulnerability described in this Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-050, as well as vulnerabilities that might have caused Internet Explorer to stop responding or caused a memory problem that compromised the...
Rendezvous Open Source
As expected, Apple opensources Rendezvous:
By making the source code freely available, Apple is making it easy for
developers to use Rendezvous technology in their network-enabled devices or
software applications. The Rendezvous source code includes software to
support UNIX, Linux, and Windows-based systems and devices.
Source may be downloaded here...
Mac OS X Server and Clustering
Think Secret posted a small update hinting at Clustering in OS X Server.
An anonymous reader provides MacRumors with a first hand account:
During my visit to the Apple Expo in Paris I attended the conference "Xserve and Mac OS X Server" Tuesday from 3.30pm - 5.00pm:
During the Q&A session an interesting item came up. One person from the audience asked about the XServe ability ...
No All in Wonder?
MacCentral quotes ATI officials who refute previous rumors of a Mac ATI All In Wonder:
"ATI maintains active ongoing [research and development] in this and other product areas for Macintosh that may or may not materialize as products," [Stan Ossias] said. "We're not planning to release anything like this in the near term though."
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Mac OS X Audio Apps (Cubase, ProTools) Release Dates
groovebuster noted that Cubase SX for Mac OS X has an official release date:
From the 10th of October it changes: From this day on we ship Cubase SX for OS X and we are anxious what the Mac community will report about our most powerful and most versatile Cubase ever.
Meanwhile, MacMusic.org had posted a rumor not long ago about the status of Digidesign's ProTools 6 for...
Retail Mac Radeon 9000 Pro Soon
Digit reports that a retail version of ATI's Radeon 9000 Pro card will be available soon:
ATI Mac product manager Stan Ossias told Digit that his company anticipates the release of the Radeon 9000 Mac Edition card within the next few weeks.
Per the article, the retail version will sport the ADC interface.
Source: MacBidouille.com...
Powerbook 1.2GHz?
PowerPage posts some rumors about even faster prototype Powerbooks.
The good news is that the top end model could eclipse even the 1022 MHz PowerBook G4 mules in testing now. G4 silicon running as fast as 1200 MHz (1.2 GHz) has been spotted in the titanium enclosure
They also report the new motherboards and built-in...
