Wednesday, June 25, 2003

Foldable LCD monitors open in U.S.. U.S. shoppers get first go at two liquid-crystal display monitors from NEC-Mitsubishi that have acrylic screens and flexible frames, allowing them to be collapsed for mobile use. [CNET News.com] 7:42:35 PM

Nanotech spending nears $3 billion. Spending on research and development in nanotechnology will surpass $3 billion in 2003, as nations and companies compete for leadership in the field, according to a new report. [CNET News.com] 7:42:13 PM

Microsoft patches two media flaws. The software giant warns of security risks in Windows 2000 Server's Media Services and Windows Media Player 9. [CNET News.com] 7:42:01 PM

Space Wars, in Installments. Two new video games take the player deep into outer space. By Charles Herold. [New York Times: Technology] 7:41:47 PM

IBM meta-molecules open new doors. Big Blue has found a way to get thousands of molecules to assemble themselves into designer crystals, a technique, researchers say, that could change how people look at chemistry. [CNET News.com] 1:23:30 PM

Sony US CEO calls iTunes Music Store 'a wake-up call'. In a Reuters article entitled Sony CEO - Glimmers of Home in Music Business, Sony Corp.'s U.S. Chief Executive and Chairman Howard Stringer said that Apple CEO Steve Jobs has "liberated" companies looking to succeed in the commercial digital music business. Speaking before attendees of a recent breakfast in New York hosted by The New Yorker and Syracuse University's Newhouse School, Stringer called the iTunes Music Store "a sea change" and a "wake-up call," according to the Reuters report. [MacCentral] 1:23:03 PM

TribeWorks nearly halves iShell cost, axes renewal fees. Tribeworks on Wednesday announced a dramatic pricing realignment for its flagship product, iShell. iShell 3 for Mac OS X is now available for US$495. what's more, the "renewal rate" previous required has been ended all together. iShell is a rich-media authoring tool designed to create Internet applications, CD-ROM based products and Internet kiosks. It features an object-oriented authoring environment, the ability to deploy to multiple platforms, support for QuickTime, MP3, Flash and other media types, and much more. The software was previously available for $975 and carried an annual renewal rate of $750. [MacCentral] 1:22:42 PM

Apple's Ive talks G5 design. Wired News asked Apple vice president of industrial design Jonathan Ive some questions about the new Power Mac G5 in an impromptu interview recently posted to the site. Ive calls the look of the new G5 as "minimal and simple," and explained that Apple's design team focused on getting rid "of anything other that what was absolutely essential." [MacCentral] 1:22:11 PM

Wired News: Design According to Ive. Ive couldn't help himself. Design is his vocation. Get him started, and he'll talk at length with great sincerity and enthusiasm about the design of something as deceptively simple as a latch for an access panel. [Tomalak's Realm] 1:21:44 PM

Design According to Ive. At the launch of Apple's new Power Mac G5, Wired News was granted an exclusive tour of the new machines by Jonathan Ive, Apple's lead industrial designer. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News] 9:13:54 AM