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
Digital Video = Next Big Thing?
AppleInsider reports sources have indicated an integration of iMove with iCards, along with an update to iCards this summer to allow creation of animated iCards.
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Apple Superbowl Ad?
This opinion piece by Kelly McNeill speculates that OS X's January release may provide Apple with the opportunity to relive the revolutionary 1984 commercial.
Now, I don't share Kelly's abstract vision of the possible commercial... but every year, Apple-fans love to speculate about possible Apple Superbowl commercials. With a release as significant as Mac OS X... this might be the year it...
Top Secret Mac Game Ports
MacCentral speculates about recent updates to Westlake Interactive's Project Status page. The new titles are hidden under the following names:
"Secret" Project
"Door #1"
"Door #2"
"Door #3"
"Unforseen Project"
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New G3 based PPCs from IBM
This ZDNet article discusses upcoming IBM processors.
The new G3 chips include the 750CX and 750CXe, code-named SideWinder, both of which will be aimed at portable computers, among other devices.
The article also explores the topic of the next Powerbook utilizing one of these G3's instead of a...
German Ad Company Apologizes- Sort of...
MacNN reports that the German Ad company which ran an unauthorized pro-Apple ad has taken out another ad to apologize:
"Dear Steve Jobs: The crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes, the ones who see things differently, those who are not fond of rules, those who have no...
Jury Duty calls...
Seems that being head of a "medium sized" company won't get you out of Jury Duty. Steve Jobs reported for jury duty tuesday in Santa Clara County Superior Court.
According to the Deputy District Attorney: "He said he was the head of a medium-sized company, kind of smiling, and that his absence would cause the company hardship"
Don't worry, though, Jobs did get excused for his...
Detailed Look at Mac OS X DP4
Ars Technica provides and excellent overview of Mac OS X DP4.
Unlike other "reviews", they get a bit more into the technical aspects, along with a realistic view of Aqua and it's implementation. A lot more satisfying to read than other reviews -- there are only so many times you can read "the genie effect is...
More Apple Keyboard/Mouse Rumblings
It must be an early Christmas this year, as AppleInsider posted another report...
This followup simply confirms and fleshes out some details of the rumored wireless Apple Mouse. According to one of their sources "It's really the coolest mouse in the world." There are also hints that a new keyboard may debut as...
Apple QT Game Trailers
MacCentral reports that Apple has started hosting/linking to Game Trailers at their Quicktime 4 Movie Trailers webpage.
Be sure to check out the Halo movie from...
New Adobe Licensing/Upgrade Terms?
Jeff writes "I just got off the phone with a software licensing specialist from Adobe about an upgrade we want to do at the company I work for. We are planning to spend over $10000 on upgrades, and he was telling me it would be a good idea to have the order in within the week, as Adobe will be announcing new licensing and VLP and upgrade policies, and they won't be as competitive as they are...
Keeping PDA Hope Alive...
MacObserver's Robert Edwards: "Call me ruinously optimistic, but Schiller may be splitting hairs. He didn't say that Apple has no plans for a new class of hardware, such as an Internet device. He said Apple was NOT going to go head to head with Palm, Sony and eventually with the likes of Nokia, Transmeta and every other behemoth to stake a claim in the handheld goldrush."
Look out Napster, Check out Scour
Similar to the unofficial "Wrapster", a new file-exchange service called Scour promises the ease/popularity of Napster but with a lot more than just MP3s.
This SF Gate article reports that Scour already has 500,000 users and the big named financial backing.
"The company is instead hoping to gain long-term commercial success by landing legitimate licensing and syndication deals with ...
IBM Processor Technology in Apple Portable?
According to this Henry Norr article in the San Francisco Chronicle:
"Because IBM doesn't currently make Intel-compatible chips, SOI won't show up in Windows notebooks until the company decides to license its process to other manufacturers, or other companies manage to come up with their own equivalent.
But an IBM spokesman said the technology will be available to Apple, which...
Son of MacTheKnife?
MacEdition has a rumor-filled piece written in a somewhat familiar, yet still annoyingly encrypted style... much like the absent MactheKnife column.
Of note, it mentions the coming of new lighter Powerbook casings along with 700mhz PowerBooks "by the autumnal equinox".
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New IBM Technology = Faster PPCs?
Today, IBM will be releasing the first computers (RS/6000 servers) to take advantage of a new process called "silicon-on-insulator" (SOI) according to this CNet article. This advance is in addition to Copper chips and the "low-k dielectric" chips announced in April.
"These new chips are expected to run 20 to 30 percent faster and use less power than traditional chips"
Also of...
ePods?
Continuing with the growing trend of service-tied products - ePods, Inc. is introducing a $199 Windows CE Tablet aimed at novices.
The $199 prices comes with a 36 month service commitment, however. Personally, I'm not sure about the target audience... as well as the lack of physical keyboard. A tablet device might be a bit less appealing to novices.
As a unit, though, it looks...
Apple and the US Navy?
Appleinsider appears to be back from it's hiatus with yet another update...
They state that the US Navy has been meeting with Apple (including Jobs, himself) and may lift a current-ban on purchasing Macintosh systems.
While the Navy may seem like a curious customer to court - according to one of their sources -- at one time,"[the navy] was the single largest Macintosh customer in the...
MacDivX.com
With DivX having arrived for the Macintosh, MacDivX.com is a centralized resource for DivX...
Pre-installed Mac OS X... or not?
The Register posted a curious piece entitled
"Apple backtracks on pre-installing MacOS X".
"Apple will not pre-install Mac OS X on new Mac
hardware next January after all - despite CEO Steve
Jobs' promise, made earlier this year, that the
next-generation operating system will become Apple's
standard OS early 2001."
The author concludes this from a quote supposedly...
MacDivX ;-)
DivX has arrived on the Mac! (see DivX on the Rise)... and not from the Flashing Yellow contest.
Mac Station has posted a Beta 1 of their Mac DivX Player. You need Microsoft Media Player 6.3b2 and probably MacRAR to decompress the DivX files.
It works, but there are syncing issues... but it's just a Beta 1. The quality is impressive.
Download DivX trailers at Divx.ctw.cc
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