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schedules, family events and school events; organize and track activities with To Do list management; quickly locate any event via a search
tool; and take calendars to go using iSync with Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones, Palm OS devices and iPod. iSync Public Beta is a preview
version of Apple's new software application that automatically synchronizes address books and calendars between Macintosh systems and the
new generation of Bluetooth-enabled GPRS mobile phones, Apple's iPod and Palm OS-
compatible handheld organizers. In addition, users with
a .Mac™ account can use iSync to seamlessly synchronize their calendars and address books across multiple Macintosh systems connected to
the Internet.
AppleWorks® 6.2 is an integrated productivity application that incorporates word processing, page layout, image manipulation, spreadsheets,
databases and presentations in a single application. Intended to be an easy-to-use product for the Company's consumer and education
customers, AppleWorks makes it simple to create professional-looking documents in the classroom and at home.
FileMaker Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, develops, publishes, and distributes desktop-based database management
application software for Mac OS and Windows-based systems. FileMaker's FileMaker ® Pro database software and related products offer
strong relational databases and advanced desktop-to-web publishing capabilities.
Internet Software, Integration, and Services
Apple's Internet strategy is focused on delivering seamless integration with and access to the Internet throughout the Company's product lines.
The Company's Internet products and technologies adhere to many industry standards in order to provide an optimized user experience through
interoperability. An easy Internet Setup Assistant is included with the Mac OS.
QuickTime®, the Company's multimedia software for Macintosh and Windows platforms, features streaming of live and stored video and
audio over the Internet and playback of high-quality audio and video on computers. QuickTime Player is an easy-to-
use application for playing,
interacting with or viewing video, audio, QuickTime VR 3D images, or graphics files. More than 125 million copies of QuickTime Player were
downloaded via the Internet during the last year. Tens of thousands of software applications and content CDs feature QuickTime, and more
than 150 models of digital cameras from most major brands use QuickTime to capture and display their images.
The current version of QuickTime, QuickTime 6, was released in July of 2002 and features support for the open-standard MPEG 4 format.
QuickTime 6 includes the new Instant-On Streaming feature that eliminates buffer delays and provides users with the ability to quickly and
easily scrub through streaming media content to locate and instantly view specific sections. In addition, QuickTime 6 running on Mac OS X
now supports JPEG 2000, the next generation JPEG standard that allows users to capture still images in a higher quality and smaller file size
than ever before. QuickTime 6 also includes Advanced Audio Coding (AAC), the standard MPEG-4 audio format. AAC is the next generation
professional-quality audio format that delivers superior sound quality with reduced file sizes.
QuickTime Pro is a suite of software that allows creation and editing of Internet-ready audio and video files and allows a user to add special
effects and other features to QuickTime movies.
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QuickTime Streaming Server software is the underlying server technology that powers QuickTime's ability to stream live and stored video and
audio over the Internet. QuickTime Streaming Server is based on an open sourced, standards-based Real-Time Transport Protocol/Real-Time
Streaming Protocol (RTP/RTSP) engine. The current version, QuickTime Streaming Server 4, extends support for standards by adding support
for both MPEG 4 and MP3. While QuickTime Streaming Server is designed for Mac OS X Server, it is also available as an open source server.
Because QuickTime Streaming Server is an open source technology it can be ported to other platforms, and versions are available for Linux,
Solaris and Windows NT/2000.
QuickTime Broadcaster is the Company's live encoding software that allows users to quickly and easily produce professional-quality live
events for online delivery. The combination of QuickTime Broadcaster, QuickTime Streaming Server 4 and QuickTime 6 provides the
industry's first end-to-end MPEG-4-based Internet broadcasting system, which allows users to reach not only the large and growing base of
installed QuickTime Players, but also any ISO-compliant MPEG-4 player.
WebObjects®, the Company's Java-based application server for web publishing and enterprise application development, offers a complete
solution for rapid development and deployment of web applications. WebObjects features sophisticated graphical development tools,
comprehensive prebuilt and reusable components, integration with numerous data sources, and robust deployment tools.
Introduced with Mac OS X Jaguar, Sherlock® 3 is the Company's advanced Internet search engine. Sherlock 3 functions for users as an
Internet service tool that retrieves and displays a personalized view of some of the most practical and useful information available on the
Internet, such as stock news, general headlines, movie previews, locations and show times, yellow pages listings, eBay auction activity and
more. Sherlock displays each of these 'channels' in its own arrangement of columns and panes. When used for Internet searches, Sherlock
utilizes multiple search engines to provide search results ranked by relevance, name, or web site.
In July 2002, the Company launched .Mac
™
,
a new suite of Internet services that for an annual fee provides Macintosh users with powerful