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<FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial"><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial">Looking ahead at Apple and the Cult of Steve ... Expo in a paragraph ... flat-panel package to ship soon ... CU-SeeMe update reached 3.1.2 ... Studio Vision Pro 4.2 available.</FONT><!--<fo
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<IMG SRC="siteart/expo41x50.gif" ALIGN="LEFT" BORDER="0" HEIGHT="50" WIDTH="41" VSPACE="6"> <FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial" SIZE="+2"><B> &nbsp;&nbsp;Macworld<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;Expo
</B></FONT><BR> <IMG SRC="/images/space.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="6"><BR> <FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial" SIZE="-2"><B> &nbsp;&
nbsp;&nbsp;San Francisco </B></FONT><BR> <IMG SRC="/images/space.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="2"><BR> <FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial" SIZE="-2"><B>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jan. 4-8, 1999 </B></FONT><BR> <IMG SRC="/images/space.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="12"><BR><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial" SIZE="-1">Check out M
acWEEK.com's <A HREF="http://www.macweek.com/1998/12/27/expopage.html">Expo coverage and links</A>, including the Robert Hess party list.</font></P><P><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial" SIZE="-1">Visit the <A HREF="http://www.macworldexpo.com/mwsf99/index.
html">
Expo home page</A> for official info, including a PDF conference brochure.</font></P><P><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial" SIZE="-1">Talk with MacWEEK.com and Macworld Online editors. Look for us in the South Hall, behind Macworld Live!.</P></font>
</TD> </TR><!-- End miscbox --> </TABLE><!-- End Right Column --><!-- Begin Middle Column --> <P> <img src="images/macweekcom.gif" height=45 width=280 hspace=3 vspace=0 align=ABSTOP alt="MacWEEK.com, your
essential Macintosh resource, the latest Mac news and opinions." border=0><BR> <FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial" SIZE="-1"><B>Monday, January 4,</B></FONT> <FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial" SIZE="-1">
<B>1999</B></FONT>&nbsp; &nbsp;<BR> <FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial" SIZE="-1">Updated Mon, 06:44 PM PST</FONT> </P> <A NAME="News"></A><!-- Begin News -->
<P><FONT FACE="helvetica,arial" SIZE="+2"><B><A HREF="http://macweek.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/framemaker.cgi?http://www.emediaweekly.com/1999/01/03/adobe2.html">
APPLE MERGES WITH INTEL !
</A></B></FONT><BR>
Today, Apple and Intel released the shocking news that they now
have merged into APTEL Inc., starting a new line of Computer Systems
featuring the Intel Pentium II processor and Linux Slackware Operating
System.
<BR>
When MacWeek asked Apple's head man Tom Graham, why they now abandon
Motorola he answers: well, intel processors with a linux operating system
is clearly they way of the future, and with our merger with Intel,
Microsoft won't stand a chance, so UP YOURS Bill Gates!
<BR>
Sources inside Intel have confirmed for MacWeek that the new Intel
Processors will have a built in bug that will make it in-compatible with
Microsoft Windows, any attempt to run Windows will cause a Program Fault.
Other sources say that this bug was first installed in the i386 processor
but the next version will be the final one, that will make it crash at
the "Starting Windows" level.
<P><P><FONT FACE="helvetica,arial"><B><A HREF="/1999/01/03/townmeet.html">M
acworld Expo starts with a song</A></B></FONT><BR>Columnist David Pogue opened the Expo Town Meeting with wry humor and songs, kicking off a five-day gathering of Mac faithful from across the globe.<P><P><FONT FACE="helvetica,arial"><B><A HREF="http:/
/macweek.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/framemaker.cgi?http://www.emediaweekly.com/1999/01/03/aftereff.html">Adobe debuts After Effects 4.0</A></B></FONT><BR>In the first major revision in three years, Adobe this week at Macworld Expo will unveil Version 4.0 of its ve
nerable After Effects package, which wins high praise from beta testers.<P><P><FONT FACE="helvetica,arial"><B><A HREF="/1999/01/03/knife.html"><font color="#000099">Mac the Knife:</font> Intern, turn, turn</A></B></FONT><BR><img src="images/knifesm.gi
f" height=32 width=32 hspace=3 vspace=3 align=LEFT border=0>While the Knife's away, Brett the Intern gets jiggy with new Macworld Expo releases from CE Software, including QuickKeys revs for Mac OS 8.5 and, gulp, Windows. <P><P><FONT FACE="helvetica,a
rial"><B><A HREF="/1999/01/03/0104crabb.html"><font color="#000099">Don Crabb:</font> Good, old-fashioned Macworld fun</A></B></FONT><BR><img src="images/opinionbug.gif" height=26 width=31 hspace=3 vspace=3 align=LEFT border=0>After celebrating a success
ful 1998, columnist Don crabb says it's time to party like it's 1999 -- new G3 Macs, a helluva party in San Francisco and hot new peripherals.<P><P><FONT FACE="helvetica,arial"><img src="images/expo41x50.jpg" height=50 width=41 hspace=3 vspace=3 align
=LEFT border=0><B><A HREF="http://macweek.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/framemaker.cgi?http://www.emediaweekly.com/1998/12/27/expo.html">Expo ushers in 1999</A></B></FONT><BR>New Mac systems will vie with digital video releases as the headline event at Macworld Expo
in San Francisco. The show will also deliver Web design and high-end productivity tools.<P><P><FONT FACE="helvetica,arial"><B><A HREF="/1999/01/03/review.html">Apple: A year in the life</A></B></FONT><BR>Remember the Newton? Back at the start of 1998
the Newton was still part of Apple's lineup, but handheld technology took a back seat to the iMac, a renewed drive to profitablity and efforts to finally rework the MacOS. It was a year of amazing change for a company that, just a year ago, was being wri
tten off as out of touch and unprofitable.<P><P><FONT FACE="helvetica,arial"><img src="images/editorialbugsm.gif" height=38 width=30 hspace=3 vspace=3 align=LEFT border=0><B><A HREF="/1999/01/03/expo.html"><font color="#000099">Editorial:</font> Ring
in the new</A></B></FONT><BR>As any die-hard Mac enthusiast knows, holding your industry's premiere trade show in the first week of January has its pros and cons. <P><P><FONT FACE="helvetica,arial"><B><A HREF="/1998/12/27/ogrady.html">
Swedish Hackers Convicted
</A></B></FONT><BR><img src="images/opinionbug.gif" height=26 width=31 hspace=3 vspace=3 align=LEFT border=0><b><font color="#000099">
Swedish hackers sentenced to community service.:
</font> </b>
The well known swedishs Cyber Thugs, freddie & sobber of efnet #999 crew
got sentenced to 6 months community service for hacking several web pages
including macworld.com and macweek.com.
The Hackers will now serve 6 months of cow milking on a farm locate in the
southern parts of sweden.
<P><br clear="all"><H2>Recent news:</H2><!-- Begin Recent News --><P><FONT FACE="helvetica,arial" SIZE="-1"><B><A HREF="/1998/12/27/kni
fe2.html"><font color="#000099">Mac the Knife:</font> Holy smoke!</A></B> (12.31)</FONT><BR><P><P><FONT FACE="helvetica,arial" SIZE="-1"><B><A HREF="http://macweek.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/framemaker.cgi?http://www.emediaweekly.com/1998/12/27/frontier.html">
UserLand opens new Frontier</A></B> (12.31)</FONT><BR><P><P><FONT FACE="helvetica,arial" SIZE="-1"><B><A HREF="/1998/12/27/rfi.html"><font color="#000099">RFI Report:</font> Should auld acquaintance be forgot?</A></B> (12.31)</FONT><BR><P><P><FONT
FACE="helvetica,arial" SIZE="-1"><B><A HREF="http://macweek.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/framemaker.cgi?http://www.emediaweekly.com/1998/12/27/video.html">Video industry sees more consolidation</A></B> (12.31)</FONT><BR><P><P><FONT FACE="helvetica,arial" SIZE="
-1"><B><A HREF="http://macweek.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/framemaker.cgi?http://www.emediaweekly.com/1998/12/27/sting.html">STiNG puts squeeze on prepress</A></B> (12.31)</FONT><BR><P><P><FONT FACE="helvetica,arial" SIZE="-1"><B><A HREF="http://macweek.zdnet.c
om/cgi-bin/framemaker.cgi?http://www.emediaweekly.com/1998/12/27/3dtech.html">3D technology gains momentum on the Web</A></B> (12.31)</FONT><BR><P><P><FONT FACE="helvetica,arial" SIZE="-1"><B><A HREF="/1998/12/27/portable.html">Apple: 'No consumer por
table yet'</A></B> (12.30)</FONT><BR><P><P><FONT FACE="helvetica,arial" SIZE="-1"><B><A HREF="http://macweek.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/framemaker.cgi?http://www.emediaweekly.com/1998/12/27/maineven.html">Main Event scripts Photoshop</A></B> (12.30)</FONT><BR>
<P><P><FONT FACE="helvetica,arial" SIZE="-1"><B><A HREF="http://macweek.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/framemaker.cgi?http://www.emediaweekly.com/1998/12/27/gluon.html">Gluon releases three Quark XTensions</A></B> (12.30)</FONT><BR><P><P><FONT FACE="helvetica,
arial" SIZE="-1"><B><A HREF="/1998/12/27/1230MWParis.html"><font color="#000099">Paris calling:</font> Voulez-vous le CD AOL ... ?</A></B> (12.30)</FONT><BR><P><P><FONT FACE="helvetica,arial" SIZE="-1"><B><A HREF="/1998/12/27/webby.html">Show goers to
pick Web winners</A></B> (12.29)</FONT><BR><P><P><FONT FACE="helvetica,arial" SIZE="-1"><B><A HREF="/1998/12/27/1229mwexpomr.html">Webcast, QuickTime sessions set for Expo</A></B> (12.29)</FONT><BR><P><P><FONT FACE="helvetica,arial" SIZE="-1"><B>
<A HREF="/1998/12/27/yosemite.html">New Macs in final stretch</A></B> (12.28)</FONT><BR><P><P><FONT FACE="helvetica,arial" SIZE="-1"><B><A HREF="/1998/12/27/knife.html"><font color="#000099">Mac the Knife:</font> SawTooth decay</A></B> (12.28)</FONT><
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