The Mac Observer Archive

There sure has been a lot going on in the video card market lately, and 3dfx has played no small…

Chaotic Software has announced an update to their MP3 utility, MP3 Rage

It's going to be a treacherous week in the stock market as institutional investors move to the sidelines while the…

Macinstein has added several new features to their site, including information on Mac OS Control Panels and Extensions, and a…

Aladdin, in their continued quest for dominance in the file compression market, has released DropStuff 5.1 for Windows. The new…

While the new iMac color, Snow, is receiving mixed reviews from the Mac Web and the popular press at large,…

More earnings warnings, this time from financial bellwethers, dragged down the Dow. The Nasdaq made a valiant attempt to reverse…

In celebration of their first MACWORLD Expo, Monkey Byte Development will be offering show goers specials on their product bundles

With the release of the new iBook, we thought it would be a good idea to contrast the new models…

In an announcement that the Mac world has been anticipating for what seems like years, Apple has finally released a…

Asante Technologies has announced they are bundling the GigaNIX 1000TA adapter card with their FriendlyNET GX4 Gigabit Ethernet switches. For…

James Sentman has released new plug-ins for his dynamic IP locater, Mac DynDNS. Mac DynDNS, in conjunction with a number…

John F. Braun continues his visual tour of MACWORLD Expo with more pictures from the show floor. Today's pictures feature…

Before the Internet, radio stations were pretty much limited to a small geographical area near a transmitter, but with the…

MonkeyByte.com has released a beta version of Galactic Patrol: Special Assignment. Galactic Patrol is a 3D homage to late 80's…

Smaltalk Factory has released an update for Learning Imp, 1bringing it to version 1.1. Learning Imp is an educational app…

Intelli Innovations has released an update for Barcode Producer, bringing it to version 1.2. Barcode Producer is a barcode generator…

In early Monday trading the markets continued last Friday's decline as investors pounded tech stocks from the opening bell. The…

Riscx, a proponent of Macintosh case modifications, has just posted his latest creation, The Pyramac. Based on the Egyptian designed…

You may have noticed yesterday that TMO was not available for several hours last night. The culprit was Hurricane Isabel,…

Readerware Corporation has released updates for the entire line of Readerware products, bringing them to versions 2.85. The applications in…

Final Cut Pro gets a little brother, and iMovie gets that cool uncle, all at the same time. During his…

Pixlock has released an update for Exbem, bringing it to version 3.0. Exbem is a utility designed for digital image…

SofCare has released a new app for Mac users, SoftCare Notes Manager 1.0. SoftCare Notes Manager is a plug-in designed…

MacSOS has announced the release of SyBrowser v.6.0, the company's database query tool

Foxchange Software has released a new Mac utility that automates some very specific tasks

Canto released an update for Cumulus, bringing it to version 6.0.3. Cumulus is an asset management system designed to assemble…

Several readers wrote in to note that the MacSurfShop has reopened. The MacSurfShop sells Mac and iPod T-shirts, but shut…

Ubisoft released Thursday a demo version of Myst V: End of Ages for the Mac. The demo weighs in at…

AppleScript Pro Sessions announced Thursday that Matt Neuberg will be conducting a session at the Chicago event, which will held…

Mobile PC magazine has named Apple's PowerBook 100 the #1 gadget of all time, and the original 5 gigabyte iPod…

Mishimo announced the immediate availability of myNotes 1.1 on Tuesday.

Inspired by recent looks into IT's future that see Microsoft's decline without mentioning Apple as a part of that decline,…

Apple is on the list of 23 finalists for the Life Science Executive Exchange's 2006 Life Science Industry Awards.

Aspyr Media on Wednesday released a patch for Civilization III: Complete that makes the turn-based strategy game a Universal Binary…

Apple Computer has updated the Hot Deals pages for MacMall and Ramjet at the Macintosh Product Guide.

Black Cat Systems announced the immediate availability of DX Toolbox 2.6.0 on Thursday.

Still at Macworld Expo, John and Dave talk through some of their favorite things from the show floor.

The UK Apple store is offering a free upgrade to Mac OS X Server (10 client) with the purchase of…

TechRestore announced the immediate availability of overnight high capacity hard drive upgrades for Apple's MacBook and MacBook Pro on Thursday.…

Karelia announced the immediate availability of its iMedia Browser on Tuesday. iMedia Browser is an application that adds an iLife-like…

Microsoft Virtual PC 7.0.3 for the Mac on Thursday with a fix for security-related issues. The update patches a vulnerability…

Apple unveiled three new Get a Mac ads on Monday. The commercials highlight Mac OS X 10.5 while taking jabs…

Apple rolled out two new holiday-themed animated Get a Mac commercials on Monday evening. Both ads feature Justin Long as…

A secondary story that caught my attention this week was from Radio Ink. It seems that radio (not satellite) listenership…

Windows users who have the iTunes updater installed have been invited to install Safari as well. Unfortunately, the installer doesn't…

Despite the juggernaut that it is World of Warcraft, other MMOs continue to do well, including this week's subject, CCP…

A San Diego man has sued both Apple and AT&T for allegedly overselling the iPhone 3G, promising fast speeds, and…

Unauthorized Mac clone maker Psystar responded to Apple's motion to compel the company to produce financial records by saying the…

Cyber Monday saw the release of three new iPhone games, led off by the motorcycle title Robbie Williams Racing, which…

Microsoft has begun targeting Apple's Mac platform in series of Web ads titled "Spin Before You Spend." The ads are…

Maintain Software on Monday announced that Cocktail (Leopard Edition), the latest version of its best-selling utility program, has been updated…

The Deal Brothers found a deal on Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium Student Edition for Mac for $403.99, with…

The popular iPhone and iPod touch comic book reader app Comic Zeal will be making its way onto the iPad,…

Like many, I spent most of the weekend with my new iPad. Here are some tidbits and tips that I…

Oprah Winfrey recently gave her employees at O magazine a nice thank you gift for the magazine’s ten year anniversary.…

Blizzard Entertainment announced Wednesday the Collector’s Edition of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, the upcoming expansion pack for the massively popular…

Apple’s ship date for new iPhone 4 pre-orders has slipped again, to July 14th. iPhone 4 that were pre-ordered Tuesday,…

The Barely There iPhone Case by Case·Mate is brushed Aluminum, sleek, stylish, thin, and really, really strong. 

The crowds aren’t as big as at some prior events — including the launch of the original iPad itself —…

Nancy Carroll Gravley finishes out her series on accessory Mac gifts for dads and grads with seven more suggestions including…

Apple is taking some unwelcome detours from the path to simplicity. For instance, how many different locations does it take…

Samsung is looking to streamline its patent infringement battle against Apple by consolidating the lawsuits it’s managing. The smartphone and…

Apple’s launched sales of its third generation iPad in nine more countries on Friday. The new release is part of…

Apple has reached an agreement with app discovery firm Chomp, according to a report from TechCrunch. Terms of the deal…

Microsoft has been forced to drop what is likely the most interesting name the company has ever used: Metro. European…

A network research firm has found that the iPhone 4S doubles the network load for data compared to the iPhone…

Apple is investigating a new method of combining audio transducers with multiple laptop speakers to both improve audio quality as…

Apple's Knox Street store in Dallas, Texas, was targeted by a thief over the weekend that made off with about…

Apple has licensed several patents from Access in a US$10 million deal that includes technologies from Palm, Bell Communications Research,…

Oh man, this is bloody genius! The Somersby Cider Company has released a commercial that spoofs Apple's retail stores, and…

Apple hired away Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch, and Samsung hosted an interesting yet baffling Galaxy S IV launch event. Both…

Apple is scheduled to report earnings for the December quarter on Wednesday, January 23rd, after the closing bell on Wall…