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
Earthlink/Apple Ads?
Apparently, Earthlink's Advertising account has been very promiscuous over the past few years... switching agencies regularly. They are now on their 4th Ad Agency - and guess who? TBWA-Chiat-Day - Yes - Apple's own.
According to this AdWeek Online article:
"sources said was a centralization of ad duties resulting from the "alliance" earlier this year of Apple Computer and...
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Wireless Apple Mouse?
Apple Insider has posted a new rumor about Apple...
This is one of the more curious product rumors... Wireless, optical mouse with no mouse "button". While it does sound innovative - let's hope it gets a better reaction than the perfectly circular...
Kerberos for MacOS X
According to this CNet "short take" - MIT announced that it (along with Apple) are bringing a full implementation of Kerberos to Mac OS X.
What is Kerberos?...
Streaming QT from Mac OS 9
Jeff Carvalho submitted this link/info to Xlr8yourmac from the Darwin Streaming Dev List.
Marlin Project - Quicktime Streaming Server for MacOS Classic... based on MacOS X Server source...
Colorful Mac OS X DP4 Screenshots
Wixar over at the Appleinsider forums posted these 1152x870 screenshots of Mac OS X DP4.
Full sized and very...
Bitter Some?
It seems the BeOS faithful (all 3 of them) are a bit bitter at not being chosen...
"Still, Gasse is looking forward to welcoming Jobs and Mac OS X "to the nineties", when Mac OS X ships sometime in 2001 (latest estimate)."
I personally have nothing against BeOS, but c'mon - let's be mature. :) ...
Apple's Power Failure?
Seen on ArsTechnica, this article by Paul DeMone gives a critical view of Apple/PPC and a recent gap in Mhz between PPC and Intel/AMD.
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The Apple Without The Bite
Jake Sargent writes "Apple's legal department is becoming as strict as a mid-century school teacher. Learn why, and how it should be fixed on TheMacmind.Com.
The Apple Without The Bite
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All true... Apple's Legal has certainly seemed to play a more active role in recent...
Linux on a Powerbook
For the Unix-starved traveller, a Go2Mac reader posted instructions on how to install Linux on your Powerbook.
Note: a Linux install still isn't the most user-friendly procedures. ...
The beauty of Mac OS X/Cocoa
Will MacOS X be all that? Through this windy road Apple's led us through since acquiring NeXT - one of the early advantages of the NeXT OS I remember hearing about was that it was a programmer's dream-environment.
Stepwise covers an Intro session to Cocoa:
"Becky challenged Mike Ferris to create a version of SimpleText in less than 50 lines. Mike was easily able to accomplish this ...
No Future for Game Sprockets?
Just when you think Apple "gets it"... ZDNet reports that Apple is dropping Game Sprockets from Mac OS X.
Game Sprockets is a suite of API's designed to make a game programmer's life just a bit...
Darwin/Mac OS X on Intel?
MacWindows posted a small tidbit about Darwin on Intel this morning. A small quote of interest:
"We asked several Apple product mangers what their expectation was for Darwin running on Intel. The answer is not much. Apple won't be porting any of the user services or APIs, such as the Quartz graphics generator or Carbon application...
First Look at Mac OS X DP4
"Overall, OS X DP4 is OS X DP3 with a great deal of new, small features implemented, and a much improved Finder."
HM Operative has posted his experiences with DP4 with many...
Apple PDA Rumor Roundup & Speculation
"'We are focused on the personal computer space, not the handheld space, and that's that,' said Phil Schiller, Apple's vice president of worldwide product marketing. 'I hate to
use these words, but there's nothing going on.'"
Strong words from Phil Schiller... but do you believe it?MacUser UK had this convincing report in February:
"Reports from numerous MacUser sources...
Apple and Wolf Camera Team Up
MacMike writes "Apple and Wolf Camera Team Up to Offer Complete Desktop Video Experience"
According to the press release, Wolf Camera will offer a "hands on desktop video experience" with the iMac. These video solutions wil be available for purchase in all 700 Wolf Camera stores in the US.
This may be a good way for Apple to expand it's retail exposure to this focused...
MP Macs are here.....almost....
MacMike writes "(BTW, I think this is the first time I've seen ZDNet break a Mac story!)
Found at ZDNet
Apple shows off dual-G4 Mac at WWDC
Apple Computer Inc. on Tuesday reportedly offered a "technology demo" of a dual-processor Power Mac G4 running Mac OS X, but sources said the company stopped short of announcing a multiprocessor Mac.
During a closed-door keynote...
No Apple PDA?
Seen on MacNN -- according to this Mercury Center article:
"Apple, notoriously tight-lipped about its product plans, on Monday called the handheld rumors totally unfounded.
'We are focused on the personal computer space, not the handheld space, and that's that,' said Phil Schiller, Apple's vice president of worldwide product marketing. 'I hate to use these words, but there's...
MPEG-4 for Streaming Media?
The cable industry seems to be rallying towards MPEG-4 as a standard for streaming media, "[leaving] the holy war among RealPlayer, Windows Media Player and [Apple's] QuickTime behind" according to this eetimes.com article.
While this may affect Apple and these other companies... the most interesting part of this article is the description how MPEG-4 is object (rather than frame)...
WWDC and MacOS X DP4
Certainly, you've all been reading about DP4 and the details from WWDC. We won't bore you by reiterating those details here... but if you haven't, read through Apple's MacOS X page as well as viewing the new quicktimes of MacOS X.
WWDC is still going on... while most of the major announcements have likely been made, the hardware demo is scheduled for today. Stay tuned...
Meanwhile, Go...
Dot-com Madness
As web developers, we find all the "dot-com" madness interesting... the most recent article from Austin American Statesman reports:
"The Boston-based company's game plan: Secure desirable domain names first, and then develop appropriate businesses around them. "
Sounds a bit backwards... but domain names are a website's identity. The situation around are a little better but not...
