Apple's WWDC 2004: Necessity Breeds PowerBook Battery Hacks

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Apple's WWDC 2004 #3: Apple And Java

Apple's WWDC 2004 #3: Apple And Java 07/17/2004 11:01 PM
Apple bent over backwards to plug Java into Cocoa, making Java a first-class Mac language on a virtually equal footing with Objective-C. Sun has never granted first-class platform status to OS X. By Tom Yager, InfoWorld (via MyAppleMenu)

Apple's WWDC 2004: Low Carb Keynote,
Tiger Tease, Tablet Longing

Apple's WWDC 2004: Low Carb Keynote,
Tiger Tease, Tablet Longing 07/07/2004 01:11 AM
WWDC is the first five-day conference I've been to that was worth staying the five days. By Tom Yager, InfoWorld (via MyAppleMenu)

Powerbook G4 Battery Recall

Powerbook G4 Battery Recall 08/19/2004 12:58 PM

Apple 15" PowerBook G4 Battery Recall

Apple 15" PowerBook G4 Battery Recall 08/19/2004 04:34 PM
Apple is voluntarily recalling certain lithium ion rechargeable batteries that were sold worldwide from January 2004 through August 2004 for use with 15-inch PowerBook G4 (Aluminum) notebook computers. These batteries were manufactured by LG Chem, Ltd. of South Korea.

The affected batteries could overheat, posing a fire hazard. Apple received four reports of these batteries overheating. No injuries have been reported. Apple urges you to stop using your battery and to order a replacement battery immediately. If you continue to use your battery, do not leave it unattended and check for signs of overheating.

15-inch PowerBook G4 Battery Exchange

15-inch PowerBook G4 Battery Exchange 08/19/2004 06:50 PM
Apple is voluntarily recalling certain lithium ion rechargeable batteries that were sold worldwide from January 2004 through August 2004 for use with 15-inch PowerBook G4 (Aluminum) notebook computers. The affected batteries could overheat, posing a fire hazard. [Aug 19]

Apple: PowerBook Battery Fire Hazard

Apple: PowerBook Battery Fire Hazard 08/19/2004 11:30 AM
A fire hazard with certain batteries for Apple's 15" PowerBook G4 triggered a warning and a recall.

15 Inch Aluminum PowerBook G4 Battery
Recall

15 Inch Aluminum PowerBook G4 Battery
Recall 08/19/2004 03:28 PM
Apple has chosen to voluntarily recall 28,000 laptop batteries used in the most recent Aluminum-bodied 15" PowerBooks. In cooperation with the U.S. Co...

Notes and Tips: PowerBook Battery
Shortage

Notes and Tips: PowerBook Battery
Shortage 03/29/2005 12:05 PM
Allan Sapp reports that 12" PowerBook batteries aren't available anywhere.

Other World Computing Shipping New
PowerBook Battery Replacements

Other World Computing Shipping New
PowerBook Battery Replacements 11/01/2003 03:02 AM
Mac Observer Nov 1 2003 2:25AM ET

Developers Sound Off As Apple's WWDC
Nears

Developers Sound Off As Apple's WWDC
Nears 06/05/2005 10:46 PM

As Apple's 2005 Worldwide Developer Conference approaches, four developers spoke with eWEEK.com and expressed both enthusiasm and concerns about the development tools, user interface and APIs tied to Apple's Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) operating system. By Daniel Drew Turner, eWeek

WWDC: Apple's 30 Inch Aluminum Displays
and More

WWDC: Apple's 30 Inch Aluminum Displays
and More 06/28/2004 01:13 PM

Apple has announced new aluminim displays to match their G5 PowerMacs. Along with the 20-inch ($1299) and the 23-inch ($1999), a new 30-inch mega-display has been announced that will be driven by a customer dual-DVI video card that will cost $600. I'll get you pictures as soon as I can.

The 30-inch display will cost $3299 without the necessary $600 video card and will be available in August. Unconfirmed resolution is 2560 x 1600.

Looks like the video card is from Nvidia, which would explain that announcement earlier today about SLI, I bet.

Mac OSX Tiger (10.4) will ship in the first half of 2005 and will be native 64 bit instead of the hinky 64/32 bit system from before.

Apple is adopting the MPEG4 .h264 Hi-Definition DVD spec in the Quicktime for Tiger.

Review: Apple's 15-in PowerBook adds
value

Review: Apple's 15-in PowerBook adds
value 03/25/2005 11:10 AM
Computerworld's Ken Mingis offers his perspective on Apple's recently-refreshed 15-inch PowerBook G4 model, looking back at the system that preceded it and comparing the 15-inch system to other PowerBooks in Apple's lineup.

Apple's 10-Q notes iPod battery legal
entanglements

Apple's 10-Q notes iPod battery legal
entanglements 02/10/2004 01:24 PM
Apple's most recent 10-Q filing with the SEC was published on Tuesday. The quarterly report provides a glimpse into some of the company's business and financial machinations, as well as a possible look at what Apple may do in the future. Of particular interest to iPod users is Apple's acknowledgement that it's involved in five separate class action suits regarding iPod battery life.

Apple's 10-Q notes iPod battery legal
entanglements (MacCentral)

Apple's 10-Q notes iPod battery legal
entanglements (MacCentral) 02/10/2004 01:15 PM
MacCentral - Apple's most recent 10-Q filing with the SEC was published on Tuesday. The quarterly report provides a glimpse into some of the company's business and financial machinations, as well as a possible look at what Apple may do in the future. Of particular interest to iPod users is Apple's acknowledgement that it's involved in five separate class action suits regarding iPod battery life.

Hands-On: Apple's PowerBook 17 Stretches
'Laptop' Moniker

Hands-On: Apple's PowerBook 17 Stretches
'Laptop' Moniker 03/20/2003 06:37 PM
For day-to-day travel on planes, trains and automobiles, the PowerBook 12 is the better option. If you want no compromise desktop performance in a package you can still take with you if you must, the 17-in. model will put a smile on your face. (Computerworld via MyAppleMenu)

Hands-on: Apple's PowerBook 17 stretches
'laptop' moniker

Hands-on: Apple's PowerBook 17 stretches
'laptop' moniker 03/21/2003 12:13 AM
Apple's latest laptop, the superwide PowerBook 17, should be considered more of a portable desktop machine than a true laptop computer -- unless you have a large lap.

WWDC 2004

WWDC 2004 06/28/2004 02:59 PM

Steve Jobs just wrapped up his keynote at this year's World Wide Developer Conference and aside from the 30-inch Cinema HD Display the primary focus of his talk was Tiger, the next generation of OS X due in 2005. Some highlights of Tiger include:

• Spotlight - A new search utility to help you find files, apps, contacts, etc.. with greater ease. At first glance it looks a lot like Quicksilver, a tool I absolutely love.
  
• Safari RSS - Safari will now be able to read rss feeds and display them within the browser. Now collecting your favorite rss feeds will be as simple as bookmarking a page.
  
• Dashboard - A new tool for displaying and using handy 'widgets'. Seems a lot like Konfabulator, another cool tool I use religiously.
  
• Automator - A new visual scripting tool that appears useful for creating workflows among Apple's core apps and the iLife suite. Looks like Actions in Photoshop to me.
  
• iChat AV - Adds support for up to four people video chatting and up to 10 people in an audio conference. The screenshots are pretty cool.
  

Apparently, the Moscone Center was decorated in posters taking jabs at Microsoft with phrases such as "Redmond, we have a problem." and "This should keep Redmond busy". Wish I coulda been there.

I'm kind of disappointed that there weren't any iMac announcements, but as we've seen in the last month, Apple doesn't feel the need to save their major product announcements for their highly publicized events. Just check their site every Tuesday and you might see something new.

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WWDC 2004 Webcast

WWDC 2004 Webcast 06/28/2004 09:23 PM

Other News: WWDC 2004

Other News: WWDC 2004 06/28/2004 09:54 AM
Steve Jobs hosts another dog-and-pony show today for well-heeled Mac developers.

WWDC 2004 registration opens

WWDC 2004 registration opens 02/17/2004 12:59 PM
Registration is now open for Apple's 2004 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), which will take place June 28 through July 2 at the Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco, CA...

WWDC 2004 Dates Announced

WWDC 2004 Dates Announced 12/14/2003 01:14 AM
Apple has announced the dates for their 2004 Worldwide Developers Conference. It will take place June 28-July 2 in San Francisco at Moscone West Convention Center.

WWDC 2004 keynote highlights

WWDC 2004 keynote highlights 06/28/2004 01:30 PM
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is presently onstage at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco...

WWDC 2004 keynote photos

WWDC 2004 keynote photos 06/28/2004 06:36 PM
Our friends at Inside Mac Radio have posted their first photo gallery from the keynote at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference...

WWDC 2004 Scheduled For June 28 - uly 2

WWDC 2004 Scheduled For June 28 - uly 2 12/14/2003 12:06 AM
(MacMinute via MyAppleMenu)

WWDC 2004 Keynote Stream Available

WWDC 2004 Keynote Stream Available 06/28/2004 09:29 PM
Apple has quietly posted a quicktime video of today's WWDC 2004 Keynote Speech. http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/wwdc04/ Steve Jobs introduced...

Apple offers details on WWDC 2004

Apple offers details on WWDC 2004 12/15/2003 08:11 AM
Apple Developer Connection has posted details to its Web site concerning next year's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), scheduled to take place from June 28 - July 2, 2004 in San Francisco, Calif. The event will once again take place at the Moscone West Convention Center.

Apple opens WWDC 2004 registration

Apple opens WWDC 2004 registration 02/17/2004 02:28 PM
Apple Computer Inc. on Tuesday unveiled details of its upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) being held in San Francisco, CA, from June 28 - July 2, 2004. The annual conference, hosted by Apple, gives developers a chance to meet with Apple engineers and get an idea of the roadmap Apple will follow over the next twelve months.

FireWire compliance testing at WWDC 2004

FireWire compliance testing at WWDC 2004 06/18/2004 02:14 PM
The 1394 Trade Association and Apple are providing FireWire product compliance testing at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, which starts on June 28...

WWDC 2004: Live keynote coverage

WWDC 2004: Live keynote coverage 06/28/2004 01:36 PM
MacCentral's live coverage of Apple CEO Steve Jobs' keynote address to attendees of the 2004 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC).

Apple posts WWDC 2004 information

Apple posts WWDC 2004 information 12/15/2003 08:13 AM
Apple has posted some details on next year's World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC), as noted by MacCentral...

Runtime Revolution to Attend WWDC 2004

Runtime Revolution to Attend WWDC 2004 06/25/2004 08:29 AM
Runtime Revolution today announces that it will be attending the Apple World Wide Developers Conference, June 28th to June 30th in San Francisco. During WWDC 2004 Runtime Revolution will be showing off the features which are currently in development for the next phase of Revolution, the user-centric software development environment. Members of the public and the press are invited to attend the demo sessions, ask questions and try the latest features out for themselves. They are also invited to try out the currently available versions of Revolution Express, Studio and Enterprise.

Apple WWDC 2004 Keynote coverage

Apple WWDC 2004 Keynote coverage 06/28/2004 01:11 PM
While there is no webcast, MacMerc will be updating this space as often as possible to bring you all the latest from Steve Job's keynote speech at WWDC 2004. If you have any news tips, please instant message them to jonknee41. Join other MacMerc readers in AIM chat room macmerc1.

• Tiger
  • Dev watch: Core Image, Core Video crunch numbers with the GPU instead of the CPU.
  • Safari will have new features, including RSS, Jobs must not know about NetNewsWire.
  • MPEG h264 (not a shocker)
  • System Prefs now use Spotlight instead of top menu bar.
  • One of the best: better searching. Spotlight is iTunes like searching for the whole computer. Full indexes, even for PDFs. System wide, search from anywhere.
  • Over 150 new features
  • Fully 64-bit
• Tiger will ship in first half of 2005
• New 20" display in same design, $1,299.
• New 30" display, biggest ever. 2560 x 1600. Same design as the other new displays today. FireWire and USB, 4 megapixels. Needs PowerMac, 2 DVI connections to run (card costs $600). $3,299.
• New 23" display, all aluminum, like the ThinkSecret mock ups. ADC is gone from the displays.
• The online Apple Store just went down--we have new stuff coming.
• 3,500 developers at WWDC, 17% more than last year

WWDC 2004 conference schedule posted

WWDC 2004 conference schedule posted 04/20/2004 02:05 PM
Planning on attending this year's Worldwide Developers Conference? Apple has posted a handy conference schedule to help you get a head-start in planning your itinerary. WWDC 2004 takes place from June 28 - July 2, 2004 at the Moscone Center West in San Francisco, Calif.

Apple Offers Details On WWDC 2004

Apple Offers Details On WWDC 2004 12/15/2003 11:48 AM
WWDC 2004 is billed as "the definitive event for programmers, IT managers, content creators, systems administrators or anyone who wants to make the most out of Apple's innovative technologies and the robust and flexible Mac OS X platform." By Peter Cohen (MacCentral via MyAppleMenu)

Happy Google Hacks Week 2004 #1: Wumwum

Happy Google Hacks Week 2004 #1: Wumwum 01/19/2004 07:20 AM
(Wumwum is short for "Watching Me Without Me", which is a nod to the Kate Bush song "Watching You Without Me," and why I'm thinking about 80s songs while writing...

Happy Google Hacks Week 2004 #4:
GoogleJack

Happy Google Hacks Week 2004 #4:
GoogleJack 01/23/2004 02:20 PM
When I'm in "brainstorming ideas for hacks" mode, I come up with some weird ideas. I thought about a random password generator using Google, and then a "Google Hangman" game,...

Happy Google Hacks Week 2004 #3:
LuckyMarklets

Happy Google Hacks Week 2004 #3:
LuckyMarklets 01/22/2004 03:31 AM
If you've spent any time munging around Google's search form, you know that the switch to get an "I'm Feeling Lucky" result without going to Google's search result list is...

Jobs' WWDC 2004 keynote video posted

Jobs' WWDC 2004 keynote video posted 06/28/2004 09:46 PM
Apple has posted a QuickTime stream of Apple CEO Steve Jobs' keynote at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, where he introduced Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and a new lineup of flat-panel displays...

Apple opens WWDC 2004 registration
(MacCentral)

Apple opens WWDC 2004 registration
(MacCentral) 02/17/2004 02:22 PM
MacCentral - Apple Computer Inc. on Tuesday unveiled details of its upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) being held in San Francisco, CA, from June 28 - July 2, 2004. The annual conference, hosted by Apple, gives developers a chance to meet with Apple engineers and get an idea of the roadmap Apple will follow over the next twelve months.
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