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Maelstrom High Score Contest

The Maelstrom High Score Contest has come to an end, and we’d like to thank all 745 participants for their tenacity and blasting skill exhibited in the Maelstrom.

Disclaimer: Ambrosia Software, Inc. is not liable for carpal tunnel syndrome, damaged keyboards, lousy GPAs, and/or marital strife that resulted from the playing of Maelstrom.

The top 50 scorers listed below all get a cool Maelstrom/Ambrosia T-shirt.  The top three scorers get cash prizes of $300, $150, and $50 for first, second and third place, respectively.

If you’ve won—congratulations!  Your prize has already been sent out via US mail and should be at your doorstep shortly.  Now onto the results!

Cajun, the envelope please...

  1.   1,417,110          Mick Nolen
  2.   1,339,470          Gary Mines
  3.   1,318,000          Rose Khaghany
  4.   1,234,890          James Feinberg
  5.   1,184,550          Terry Atwood
  6.   1,135,240          Bill Pinto
  7.   1,129,750          Robert Igo
  8.   1,112,520          Doug Cohen
  9.   1,077,590          John Burke
10.   1,039,910          Joshua Kenin
11.   1,030,710          Chen Shih-Chang
12.   1,028,930          Rich de Gout
13.   1,024,110          Kenrick Mock
14.      979,020          Ed Chin
15.      970,810          Dave Low
16.      961,860          Narinder Chandi
17.      955,930          Mark Sprinkel
18.      949,310          Jim McQuillan
19.      948,930          Kurt Gutwein
20.      935,280          Ben List
21.      918,080          Scott Tooker
22.      897,700          Mike Iuliano
23.      884,980          Ned Andree
24.      872,750          Igor Livshits
25.      864,130          Dan Nolen
26.      848,860          John Ricci
27.      836,310          Benjamin Trinquet
28.      835,710          Masen Yaffee
29.      829,640          Ted Colgate
30.      826,190          Terry Mcvey
31.      824,010          Peter Hebda
32.      823,680          Colin Rose
33.      816,190          David Kohan
34.      812,300          Joel  Simon
35.      795,030          Patrick Magruder
36.      791,100          Gord Kasper
37.      782,010          Tom Luhrs
38.      781,960          Ralph Culler
39.      747,860          Toshi Takeuchi
40.      747,080          Eric Lundberg
41.      732,870          Jeffery Wragg
42.      732,710          Pete Mathison
43.      718,260          Jim Turlo
44.      714,520          John Roberts
45.      712,830          Todd Robbins
46.      708,970          Bart Zandbergen
47.      692,720          John Schmitz
48.      691,020          Byron Wolfe
49.      683,330          Ernie Schuler
50.      674,650          A Michael Brown

Apple's Earnings Up For First Quarter

Apple Computer announced that revenues for its first fiscal quarter were $2.469 billion, up 23 percent from a year ago, but net income is down to $40.0 million compared to the $161.3 million reported in the same quarter a year earlier. The company says it has sold more Macintosh computers than ever before, but it is making less on each sale. Macintosh sales were reported as up 40 percent, surpassing the one million unit mark for the first time in Apple's history.

Apple Announces eWorld
Apple Computer has announced eWorld, its new family of electronic information services. The first taste of the new service is aimed at US Mac users in the Spring of 1994, and global Mac users later in the new year.

Apple's Peter Friedman, director and general manager of Apple Online Services, said "eWorld defines a new user interface and publishing structure, providing a less complicated and more meaningful experience for both publishers and subscribers."  

According to Friedman, the new interface is a bird's eye view of a colorful illustrated online community with a neighborhood of buildings.  Each building is a specific area of the online service: such as the Library for research, the Newsstand for current events and sports publications, the Business and Professional Plaza for business information and services, the Arts and Leisure Pavilion for after hours entertainment and hobbies, the Computer Center for assistance and software, the Marketplace for purchasing products, the eMail Center for worldwide electronic mail, and the Community Center for interactive communications like "chat" or discussion areas.

Apple claims the "real world" metaphor interface along with color-coded organizational schemes will prevent users from getting lost or disoriented. The service is also intended to be available for Windows-based personal computers (PCs) and Apple Newton devices in addition to Macintosh computers.

Online publications will have access to publishing tools similar to those found on the Apple computer desktop, the company said. Apple is hoping publishers will be attracted to publishing products under the name "eWorld Press" and claims its tools can dramatically simplify the creation and maintenance of online publications.

Subscriptions will cost $8.95 in the US and include two free hours of evening or weekend usage. Each subsequent hour is $4.95, and an additional $2.95 per hour surcharge brings the total hourly rate up to $7.90 during business hours in the US. These rates represent savings on Apple's Applelink online service, Newsbytes notes.

Newsbytes understands that no surcharges will be made for Internet Mail gateway use or 9600 baud access. Apple plans to bundle the software on the hard disk drives of new Macintosh computers, but the company implied others will have to purchase a sign-up kit. -Newsbytes