Archives for January 2000

January, 31st January 2000

• CompUSA Sales Lower, Margins Higher, Losses Better

  CompUSA reported lower sales for the last quarter of 1999, the company's 2nd fiscal quarter of 2000, though losses were…

• Online Photo Sharing Service Comes To The Mac

  Club Photo has announced a public beta release of their Mac service. Club Photo is an online service for sharing…

• Take A Break 2.0 With Update To Ergonomic Helper

  Frank Reiff has released a major update to MacBreakZ!, his app that helps keep working on your Mac as ergonomic…

• Will Mac OS X Run Well On A G3?

  Michael Munger looks at some of the performance hits that Aqua, the interface for MAc OS X, will make on…

• The Idiots Hang With The Funky New Mouse On The Block

  The Idiots take a look at what is billed as being among the most ergonomic mice on the market as…

• Apple To Be Traded In European Stock Market

  The Easdaq, the European equivalent to the Nasdaq, added five more US high technology stocks--including Apple computer Inc--to its growing…

• New Patents & Trademarks Offer Peek Into Apple

  It seems that Apple may have some ideas brewing for the future of the Macintosh. According to the US Patent…

• iMac On Oprah: You Can’t Buy Exposure Like This

  For those day time talk show fans among us, yesterday's Oprah Winfrey show was quite a treat. One of Oprah's…

• PowerMail Beta Release Brings Lots Of Bug Fixes

  CTM Development has released a public beta of the heavy duty e-mail client, PowerMail. Version 3.0b3 has been released, and…

• Another TextSOAP Updates Continues Internet Cleaning

  Unmarked Software has released a public beta of the text "cleaning" application, textSOAP. Version 2.6b3 fixes several problems present in…

• Chat With The President Of A MUG

  This week's World Without Borders Mac web chat is going to feature Chuck Joiner, President of the Hershey Apple Core…

• Apple Canada: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

  In December, I wrote an editorial about the current situation of Apple Canada. After that editorial was published, I got…

• An Interest Rate Hike Rally? Go Figure.  Apple Dips Anyway

  The stock markets climbed a wall of inflation fears signaling to traders that a quartile interest rate increase expected from…

January, 30th January 2000

• File Management Utiltiy Adds New Features

  Black Cat Software has released an update to File Clerk. File Clerk is a utility to help you better manage…

• Pen And Ink Photoshop Filter Updated

  Inklination has released an update to their Photoshop filter, Xhatch. Xhatch is designed to help artists achieve a traditional pen…

• Walt Mossberg Of Wall Street Journal Offers Ringing Endorsement Of iMac DV Special Edition

  Walt Mossberg was asked if a Sony Vaio was the best choice for a digital editing machine. His reply was…

• Extensis Announced Major New Release Of Portfolio & Portfolio Server

  Extensis has announced a major new release of Portfolio that includes client and serving applications. The new releases bring major…

• MP3 Rage Gets A Maintenance Release, But It’s An Angry Maintenance Release

  Chaotic Software has released an update to their Mac MP3 tool, MP3 Rage. Version 1.7.1 is a maintenance release, though…

• Control Other Computers (Not Just Macs!) With VNC

  John F. Braun continues his more in-depth look at great Mac gadgets. This week he reviews a cool network gadget…

• Let The Accumulation Begin

  Wes George raised some hackles with the news he was selling his Apple stock. This week he explains further why…

• CNN Compares The Most Popular Streaming Media, But Where Is QuickTime?

  Updated [2:00 PM]: Observer Brian Halbrook also had some pertinent information on this article: Updated [1:20 PM]: Many Observers have…

• Package Tracking For The Mac

  Intelli Innovations has released a program vital for those that do any amount of shipping or receiving packages through any…

• Sound Recording App Adds VCR-Like Programmability

  Black Cat Systems has updated Audiocorder to version 1.6.1. The new version adds scheduled programmability features

• Selznick Releases SmartWrap & OnTimers In Japanese

  Selznick Scientific Software has released Japanese version of two of their most popular applications; SmartWrap 1.6.1 and OnTimers 1.0

• TextWorks Works With Text (And HTML)

  Version 2.0 includes a number of enhancements to the original product, including a calculator feature and the ability to export…

• Apple’s Whiplash Roller Coaster Ride

  Tech stocks sank like a rock all morning, then did a convincing rebound late in the day. The story behind…

January, 27th January 2000

• The Week’s Top Stories For Week Ending 1/28/2000

• Team Mac Observer Needs Your PowerMac G4s, SETI@home 2.0 Client Released

  Team Mac Observer, our Top 20 SETI@home Club Team, needs your PowerMac G4s. We are still solidly in command of…

• Let’s Hope Today’s Mac User Survives The Survival Of Apple

  Bryan Chaffin wonders what might happen to the current Mac culture if Apple continues to have such great success

• Font Problems, Mac/PC Networking, & Upgrade Advice

  Dave Hamilton answers questions about that annoying problem where your Mac constantly asks for a Zip disk it seemingly does…

• CNN Shows A Windows Screenshot… On A PowerBook? (With Pic)

  CNN.com is offering a new "ticker" application for IE 5. No, not the IE 5 that the Mac world hopes…

• Apple Moves To Number 3 Computer Manufacturer Web Site

  PC Data released information on the top web sites for the week ending 1/22/00 (last Saturday). Our favorite computer company…

• Looking For Your Own MacAquarium? (With Pics)

  Mac geeks rejoice! Any true Mac lover has contemplated how totally cool it would be to make a fish tank…

• Deadline For Icon Factory’s Pixelpalooza Draws Nigh

  The Iconfactory's Pixelpalooza Icon Design Contest deadline is drawing close, and time is running out to submit your icon art…

• Programming Development Environment Hits The French Circuit

  Pix & Mix, fresh on the heels of the US release of FutureBASIC^3, has announced the immediate availability of a…

• It’s Real Smart To Use ReelSmart, At Least For Your Motion Blurs

  RE:Vision Effects, Inc. has released version 1.3 of their After Effects plug-in, ReelSmart Motion Blur

• Nasdaq And Apple Head Into A Correction

  The high tech stock rally tide recedes, while PC stocks continue their downtrend

January, 26th January 2000

• Ferazel’s Wand Ships!

  Ambrosia Software has announced that they have shipped out the first batch of Ferazel's Wand CDs. Ferazel's Wand is the…

• List Manager App Gets Maintenance Release

  List Pad is a list manager, and more, and the new version, 1.3.2, is a maintenance release to address some…

• New Voodoo2 and 3 Drivers Deliver Specific Bug Fixes

  3Dfx has released new versions of their Voodoo2 and Voodoo3 drivers for the Mac. The new versions include specific bug…

• Speaking Of The Devil, Offline Browsing Just Got Better

  Web Devil is a tool that can download a web site for you to look at later, off-line. The new…

• Directly Edit Your Clippings With ClipEdit 2.0

  ClipEdit is an app that allows you to directly edit items in your clipboard, keeping them as clippings

• Mac To The Future

  Jordan Streiff peers into the future of computing and Macs, including such aspects as how far is too far to…

• Forget The Golden Globes, Mac Today’s Editor’s Choice Awards Announced!

  Mac Today has announced their 1999 Editors Choice Awards for best of in a variety of Mac related categories

• Image Editor Enters Public Beta Cycle

  SearchWare Solutions has announced that a public beta-test period is underway for their new movie/image viewer, Pix Lite

• Sound Byte Updated

  SoundByte allows your Mac to be used to quickly play a host of recorded sounds or jingles, ideal for a…

• It’s Tiny & It’s A PIM

  MR Stuff Shareware has thrown their hat into the PIM ring with the release of Tiny PIM 1.3

• Update Finder Update Updates What It Finds

  Voget Selbach Enterprises (VSE) has released an updated to their Mac software version finder, VSE Update Finder

• The French Penser Diff?rent, Apple’s French Sales Increase 46%

  International Data Corporation France reported that computer sales grew by 21.7% in France, and that Apple was one of the…

• PC Stocks Trade Lower on Dell’s Warning, Apple Slips Too

  Gateway, Compaq, IBM, and now Dell--the PC manufacturers just don't have the great earnings growth figure that tech investors lust…