The security problems affect SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 7.0 and are related to the way these two versions of the product create and display text messages after a query is submitted, the company said in a security bulletin. Microsoft labeled the risk from the first flaw as “moderate” and from the second flaw…
More Language Support for AppleWorks 6
This update is intended for users of AppleWorks on Mac OS X 10.1. If you are using an earlier version of Mac OS X, Apple recommends that you first upgrade your OS to 10.1 before using this updater. If you already have AppleWorks 6.1.2 and you are not running Mac OS X then you do…
Microsoft's Most Secure OS Ever, Windows XP, Subject To Major Security Hole
"This is a serious vulnerability. People running Windows XP need to put the patch on right away," said Scott Culp, manager of Microsoftis Security Response Center. Culp said users of Windows ME or Windows 98 only need the patch if they are running UPnP. Windows ME was released with UPnP built in, but the feature…
The Omni Group Releases New Mac OS X Version Of Oni
Play Oni, the exciting anime-styled action adventure game, on Mac OS X! Today, The Omni Group released Oni for Mac OS X. If you currently own a copy of Oni for Mac OS 9, get this great game up and running on Mac OS X. Omni is dedicated to supporting the Mac OS X platform,…
Default Folder Update From St. Clair
St. Clair Software today released version 3.1.3 of Default Folder, their popular enhancement for Open and Save dialogs. Default Folder 3.1.3 brings back the ability to show and hide the Finder when file dialogs appear, as well as fixing a compatibility problem with Eudora and minor issues with several features. Highlights of the changes in…
Apple Updates DVD Player For Mac OS X, Including New Support For G3s/G4s
DVD Player update delivers improved performance and stability, as well as support for Blue and White Power Mac G3 and Power Mac G4 systems with PCI-based graphics. Hardware Requirements DVD Player update delivers improved performance and stability, as well as support for Blue and White Power Mac G3 and Power Mac G4 systems with PCI-based…
The BLOB Attacks: 4D Plug-In ObjectTools Update
Aparajita Fishman today announced the release of 1.64 of ObjectTools. ObjectTools is a 4th Dimension plugin which provides a suite of commands for creating BLOB-like data structures called "objects". Version 1.64 of ObjectTools is fully Carbonized to run under Mac OS X and fixes a few minor bugs. ObjectTools eliminates the limitations of 4D BLOBs…
Apple Gets More Aggressive: Steve Jobs Pushes Revised Settlement For Microsoft Class Action Lawsuits
Today, however, that has changed somewhat. One of the spin-offs of the fact that Microsoft has been upheld by an appellate court to be an illegal monopoly was a raft of class action lawsuits spearheaded by attorneys looking to cash in on MSis legal standing. Last month, a settlement offer was announced by the litigants…
Apple Touts Victories In The Movie Trailer Production Business With Final Cut Pro
Apple® today announced that Final Cut Pro® is rapidly becoming the preferred video editing system for companies creating trailers and commercials for Hollywoodis biggest movies. Four of the leading movie trailer companies — The Cimarron Group, Trailer Park, Aspect Ratio and New Wave Media — have switched the majority of their editing systems to Final…
Apple Updates Hot Deals Section
We just finished a complete update of the Hot Deals offered by ClubMac. Everythingis refreshed, like new games bundles for Mac OS X, digital photography bundles, digital music bundles, lots of new bundles that include Apple hardware (i.e., iMac, Power Mac G4, iPod, and iBook), and much more. You can find more ClubMacis Hot Deals…
Apple Pays Tribute To George Harrison (With Screen Shot)
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QuickTime & Office v.X On Tonight's Mac Show
The Featured Guest on The Mac Show this Wednesday will be the Product Manager for Office v. X, Eric Ryan of Microsoftis Macintosh Business Unit. If you have Office questions for Eric, send them to [email protected]. And the show has three copies of Office v. X to be given away! And, this week is the…
Apple Claims One Million QuickTime Downloads Every Three Days
Driven by the popularity of high-quality QuickTime® content on popular web sites, one million copies of Appleis QuickTime 5 are being downloaded every three days. The rate of QuickTime 5 downloads has steadily increased since its launch in April, putting QuickTime 5 on track to exceed 100 million downloads in its first year of distribution.…
Media Management QPict For OS X Released
Rune Lindman is pleased to announce that QPict 5.0 for Mac OS X is being released. QPict Media Organizer is a powerful, easy-to-use media asset manager. Use QPict as your central media access point for organizing images, full-screen video, MP3 files, and live streaming audio and video. QPict fully supports meta data such as ANPA…
Absolutely Fabulous Is Absolutely Mac Happy
Last night on Comedy central the new season premiere episode of Absolutely Fabulous had Edina using an Apple Flat screen display in her kitchen and Bubbles had a Blue Dalmation iMac in the office. Bart Stagner Iim sure you guys already know about this, but Iill tell you about my Mac-sighting anyway. The new Absolutely…
Microsoft Scores Another Major Settlement In Its Favor, & One That Might Hurt Apple's Education
Under the terms of the settlement, Microsoft would pay not the plaintiffs, but would instead pay somewhere between US$550 million and US$1 billion to low income school districts. Better yet, as far as Microsoft is concerned, that payoff would largely be in the form of its own software. Thatis right, the company would be punished…
Is That A Mac Featured On A Microsoft Xbox Page? (With Pics)
Well, thatis just what it seems that Microsoft did. On the companyis job recruiting section for designers, there is a page dedicated to the Xbox. Long time Observer CrazyEric pointed out to us that there is a section on industrial design on the Xbox page, and that the person being highlighted is working on a…
I'm Sick, & It's Apple's Fault
Let me explain. Iim typing this using the Test Drive version of Microsoftis new Word for OS X. I started out writing it on AppleWorks 6.2.1, but I couldnit finish, I had to stop. Why? Well, to put it as delicately as I possibly can, in OS X, AppleWorks reeks like dead sun-bloated skunk. AppleWorks…
QuickTime Track Editor Tutorial From Feelorium
Feelorium has released Textation "Tutorial 1: Create a Chapter Track" today. This tutorial teaches users how to use Textation to create a QuickTime movie with a chapter track easily. Feelorium has released Textation 1.0 today. Textation is an easy to use QuickTime text track editor. Users simply point, click and type the text needed to…
The Irony Of Hating Apple, Of Hating America, Of Hating Me... Of Hating Freedom
There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said of them, are already listening to what they are going to say themselves. Joseph-Marie de Maistre
Macs Have A Super-Presence On WB's Smallville
Donit know if you saw this on WBis Smallville, but.. In the Smallville episode with the Coach that could start fires, Lex Luthor uses a Titanium PowerBook and the School newspaper uses iMacs for their publishing. I was surprised at how visible Apple was in that episode. Did Apple pay for Product Placement or was…
Dr. Mac Tips Us Off On How To Listen To An iPod Through Your Car Stereo
Dr. Macis Revolutionary iPod Car Audio Adapter Ever thought, "Wouldnit it be wonderful to play tunes from my iPod on my car stereo?" Well think no more — now you can! All you need is one of Dr. Macis Revolutionary iPod Car Audio Adapter (DMRICAA™), a cassette player in your car, and a few bucks.…
Acrobat Plug-In Compresses Images
Apago has released a new Acrobat plug-in, imageAlter. This plug-in can repurpose an existing PDF file by downsampling and compressing images inside the PDF file. In addition, imageAlter can greatly reduce the time it takes Acrobat draw the contents of a page by using something new, "alternate" images. Similar in concept to OPI, alternate images…
QuickTime Track Editor From Feelorium
Feelorium has released Textation 1.0 today. Textation is an easy to use QuickTime text track editor. Users simply point, click and type the text needed to display. No need to manipulate text descriptors manually. No need to type time codes one by one. Textation even checks the validity of time codes while users input data.…
