The Mac Observer Archive

Chris Rogers continues a series from the original iTeen site on Linux, Unix, and the Mac

REAL Software has released REALbasic 2.1a24. REALbasic is a development language designed to make programming easier. REAL stresses that alpha…

John F. Braun reviews Speed Double, a tool that allows you to open up many different simultaneous connections for downloading…

Painting is useful for creating everything from the simplest icons to the most breathtaking artwork

The folks at EveryMac.com, in partnership with MacSelect, are holding a contest until Wednesday to give away a Power Mac…

Sonnet Technologies announced a new upgrade card for owners of the PowerBook 1400.

RedLightRunner has announced a sale price on their new G4 Cube Rod T-shirt for today. RedLightRunner is an online retailer…

Traffic accross the top 5 hardware sites remained strong according to this week's PC Data Top 10 rankings. Each of…

Bryan Chaffin looks underneath Microsoft's recent position change that will allow PC vendors to remove the IE icon from the…

Nancy Carroll Gravley offers people who are bewildered by all this talk about Mac OS X an easy to understand…

Berkley Integrated Audio Software (BIAS) has announced the release of Vbox, a digital signal processing application. Vbox is designed to…

Bare Bones Software has released an update to Super Get Info, bringing the Mac OS X utility to version 1.0.4.…

Vern Seward looks at the gap in Apple's Digital Hub, and suggests that VCDs made with Roxio's Toast may fill…

MAKI Enterprises has released an update for Kids GoGoGo, bringing it to version 5.8.2. Kids GoGoGo is a parental control…

NATIVE INSTRUMENTS will be releasing a new version of the PRO, bringing it to version 53. The PRO is a…

Northern Softworks has released an update for Trash X, bringing it to version 1.2.2. Trash X is a trashcan utility…

Vern Seward brings us word about Bulletproof Monk, Final Destination 2, Solaris, Taken, Charlie's Angels 2, and more, in his…

Hold on to your hats, because a security company has given Microsoft a failing grade on its effort to make…

The Software Development Times, which bills itself as "The Industry Newspaper for Software Development Managers," has taken a positive look…

LAJ Design has released an update for DropWaterMark, bringing it to version 1.1.1. DropWaterMark is a watermarking utility designed for…

Apple has updated the Hot Deals page for J&R, MacWarehouse, and O'Reilly at the Macintosh Product Guide. The Mac Product…

dot software has released an update for Aquaruler, bringing it to version 4.2. Aquaruler is a utility designed for on-screen…

MMISoftware has released an update for iCalMaker, bringing it to version 1.6. iCalMaker is a utility designed as an iCal…

Monkeybread Software has released an update for the MBS Plug-in Collection, bringing it to version 4.1. MBS Plug-in Collection is…

California fruit sellers are beginning a promotion with Apple's iTunes Music Store. Buyers of California produce, including nectarines, plums, and…

For those novice users of DVD Studio Pro, I thought I might impart a simple little tip when using Apple's…

Mac Ease has released a new version of WebPrint Plus X, bringing it to version 3.0. WebPrint Plus X is…

Macromedia announced Monday version 8 updates across its product line for Studio 8, Dreamweaver 8, Flash Player 8, Fireworks 8,…

MCE Technologies LLC announced Monday it is now shipping a 100GB version of its Xcaret Pro line of expansion bay…

Apple Computer's Front Row is close, but it's not quite on par with Microsoft's older and more established Windows Media…

The Apple Developer Connection has published a new article on using and working with X11. Ostensibly for developers, the article…

Storage experts LaCie announced Tuesday a higher capacity version of its Bigger Disk Extreme, taking the external storage solution to…

Mac OS X has all kinds of useful items that can live in your menu bar if you only know…

Aspyr Media on Friday issued final system requirements for the upcoming strategy game Sid Meier's Civilization IV, which will ship…

iFixIt's take-apart guide to the new MacBook Pro reveals that the wireless card included in the laptop offers 802.11n wireless…

Apple leads its competitors in the latest annual American Consumer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) of durable goods, scoring 83% compared to…

In theory, uninstalling applications in Mac OS X should be as simple as a drag-and-drop to the Trash. Unfortunately, the…

Apple let iPhone users know on Monday that hacking their combination iPod and smart phone for use outsie of AT&T's…

Merriam-Webster bestows the honor of Word of the Year on a different word each year, and 2007 took a decided…

unmarked software announced the immediate availability of TextSoap Deluxe 5.6 on Thursday. The updated version of the text processing and…

John and Dave answer AirPort questions, delve into the finer points of Networking, help you transfer your vinyl to iTunes,…

Sugar Maple Software announced the immediate availability of NewsHawker 1.0 on Thursday. NewsHawker is a Universal Binary add-on for NetNewsWire…

If you've received a new Macintosh for Christmas or perhaps one of those terabyte hard disks, the task now is…

Over the last year, the percentage of people using a Mac to access the Internet has risen from about 6.5…

Last week's scare, an unverified rumor that Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack sent Apple stock plummeting, expert investment…

Rogue Amoeba announced the immediate availability of Audio Hijack 2.9 on Monday. The update for the audio capture application gained…

On Thursday, Channel Web reported that Windows XP, SP3 has been released to manufacturing. That update has to be one…

Accessory maker RadTech announced that the company had begun shipping its Sleevz, MacTrucks and NeoCases for Apple's new 17-inch unibody MacBook Pro…

California-based developer Thousand Oaks announced the release of InfoWallet, a secure, portable, personal life manager for Mac OS X on…

Apple released AirPort Utility Software Update 2009-002 Wednesday, an update that "includes general fixes and compatibility updates," according to the…

Microsoft is promoting its Internet Explorer 8 Web browser with a series of new ads featuring actor Dean Cain, a…

NAVIGON AG extremely accurate and easy to use GPS software for the iPhone 3G and 3Gs that allows you to…

The Apple Consultants Network is finally branching out into the U.K. The program includes independent consultants specializing in a wide…

The U.S. Army sent representative officers to Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, CA to, “discuss the use of Apple products in…

Apple was recently awarded a patent that hints the company may be planning to use its MagSafe connector to charge…

Apple currently has several billion dollars stashed away in its bank account, and today TMO readers are discussing what plans…

The number of AT&T MicroCell service areas is on the rise, but is still limited to only a handfull of…

The Deal Brothers found the 19” HP L1940T DVI 720p Rotating LCD Monitor w/USB 2.0 Hub for $87.99. This display ships…

The photo-based social networking service Color hit the Web with a big splash back in March, then quickly faded into…

Nancy Carroll Gravley has tips about others being sneaky with your Mac, one for when you want to be sneaky, and…

On Thursday, Apple posted a new Knowledge Base article on how Local Snapshots work on portable Macs, with OS X…

The Mac Observer’s Jeff Gamet joined the International Mac Podcast team over the weekend to talk about this weeks’s World…

Adobe looks to be moving into the social world with its purchase of Behance on on Thursday. Behance is a…

iPad mini goes on pre-order on Friday, but remember that there's the iPad 2, too. Apple is currently offering a…

Rovio announced the immediate availability of Angry Birds Star Wars on Thursday. The new version of the popular bird tossing…

In closing arguments of the epic patent infringement battle between Apple and Samsung on Tuesday, Apple told the jury that…

Flipboard released an updated version of its self-named social network and news aggregation app on Friday that added support for…

There are several working theories about why Marissa Mayer no longer allows Yahoo employees to work at home. In any…

The purpose of advertising is to create demand and then sales. If a company that's behind in market and mind…

The Walker Junior headphones from i-MEGO are designed particularly for the traveler who wants to sit back, relax and shut…

Apple is apparently deep in negotiations to buy the online map service Waze. Sources say the Mac, iPhone and iPad…

U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan of the Southern District of New York has agreed to speed up the schedule of…