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
3ivx Delta 4, PR 1
3ivx released Delta 4, PR1 as well as Divx Doctor II
These tools should provide an alternative method to play DivX files on the Mac, and replaces the recently expired Divx...
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Quicktime 6 Mini Review
This MacNN thread has a brief review of a prerelease Quicktime 6 that has been leaked. The author primarily reports that MPEG playback is much smoother than in previous releases.
As well, a full sized screen shot is available here if the thread is...
Have a Way Out?
Many have pointed out that Microsoft's anti-unix website: WeHaveTheWayOut.com was running on FreeBSD as of Monday...
They quickly switched the site over to a Microsoft IIS... and subsequently became unavailable with a 403 Error per CNet. (Site still unavailable at this time)
Beautiful.
Link submitted by mrtrumbe...
Quicktime 6 Screenshots
TheMox has some limited screenshots from a preview release of Quicktime 6... and suggests that Quicktime 6 may be coming soon....
Link submitted by cc...
iTools Pro?
Spymac updates with further information about possible future iTools services, including the following blurb:
In fact, new information suggests that Apple plans on using the enhanced service as a unified gateway for Mac users to access a wide variety of Internet services, many of which include tight Finder/Internet integration....
WWDC 2002
WWDC 2002 (May 6-10) sessions schedule is available... WWDC has traditionally been the conference where details of Apple's OS plans have emerged:
Join thousands of developers in San Jose May 6-10 at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference where you'll learn about the future of Mac OS X, Apple's UNIX-based operating system. Immerse yourself in Apple technologies during this...
Dual-Layer 3d Monitors
Per a Macsurfer link... Deep Video Imaging is planning on introducing dual-layer monitors this spring:
Siegel said the 3-D environment is created by pushing light through two flat-panel LCD screens using a process that doesn't distort the images. The dual displays are built one on top of the other - with space in between - into one case.
Siegel said the monitors vary in depth...
Bluetooth Preview
Apple released the Bluetooth Preview Release today:
Apple Bluetooth Preview Release
System Requirements:
- Mac OSX 10.1.3 or greater.
- D-Link DWB-120M Bluetooth USB Adapter
Link submitted by chris...
MacWorld Chile 2002
Cristian provides info on MacWorld Chile 2002 - April 4th and 5th:
Apple Chile released a newspaper ad (image here), promoting Macworld Chile 2002. One of the demonstrations include (direct translation): Quicktime 6.0, the platform to produce dynamic interactive content. Quicktime Player, TV and Web. How to record DVDs with iDVD and DVD Studio Pro.
Demos: Livestage Pro,...
BeOS Engineer to Apple
wrylachlan points us to this Register article which reports that Dominic Giampaolo who authored BeOS's journaled file-system has been hired by Apple:
while Dominic, we are delighted to learn, has subsequently joined Apple as a file system engineer. He started last...
Microsoft vs. UNIX
Per this CNet article... Microsoft and Unisys are launching a multimillion dollar ad campaign to undermine Unix.
The campaign, called "We have the way out," describes Unix as an expensive trap. "No wonder Unix makes you feel boxed in. It ties you to an inflexible system. It requires you to pay for expensive experts. It makes you struggle daily with a server environment that's more...
Woz Speaks...
Rower_CPU notes that Woz will be on TechTV's Screensavers show during the first week of April, 2002:
Steve Wozniak -- Apple inventor will entertain us with stories of the pranks and hacks he pulled in his wilder computing days.
...
DVD Studio Pro 1.5 Pics
Spymac has screenshots from the OS X version of DVD Studio Pro (1.5).
DVD Studio Pro 1.5 was demoed at DV Expo in December, and we expect to see it at NAB next week.
Submited by mac15...
PowerMacs in August?
MacGuardians posted (english translation) about possible new PowerMacs coming in August.
Their basis is from a mailing from Cancom to their customers that Apple will likely bring out new Pro Macs in August.
Translation is a bit sketchy (via Google)... so it's hard to glean any...
Alias|Wavefront 'BIG NEWS'... Apple?
Boombo and Mitcho forwarded us this Media Alert, alerting everyone that Alias|Wavefront will be announcing something big tomorrow...
WHAT:
Alias|Wavefront will be making a major announcement regarding Maya -
news that will permanently change the shape of the 3D industry.
WHY:
3D animation technology is increasingly becoming a part of our...
Gamespy, Aspyr?
Per this MacCentral report... GameRanger is not going to be aquired by Aspyr Media... which had been previously reported at other news sites.
GameRanger is an online gaming system developed exclusively for the Macintosh. By downloading a modestly sized client application and setting up a free account, users can log on and chat with each other, join and host online games, and connect to...
MPEG-4 Audio
News.com posted a story that the Internet Streaming Media Alliance (ISMA), as well as Apple are supporting the MPEG-4 Audio Licenses... which do not share the per-use fees associated with the Video codec.
The Video codec and Quicktime 6 are still missing in action due to the licensing issues... still...
iMac/Lightwave 'Ad'
dukestreet contributes this link to an iMac/Lightwave 'ad' that was created for a Click Grafix seminar. The concept is discussed below:
He asked me to come up with the idea. That night I had two large Dominos pizzas, and my stomach was so full that I thought if I was to enter a Limbo Rock competition I would certainly lose! But if the new iMac entered, it would win hands down!...
Oxford 922?
no wrote in with this link:
MacBidouille.com (English Translation)... which indicates that Oxford is readying the Oxford 922 - compatible with Firewire 2.
For those unaware, the Oxford 911 chip is a fast Firewire/IDE bridge chipset for use in many of the external Firewire...
Apple, JavaOne and Oracle
MacWorld.co.uk has an great article about Apple's commitment to Java technolgies at the JavaOne conference:
We want to encourage developers at the conference to bring their applications to OS X. To support this, Apple is offering a compatibility lab of 10-15 Macs, fully staffed to help developers get their applications to Macintosh during the show.
The article also mentions...
