Archives for January 2000

January, 16th January 2000

• Geologists, Listen Up: Data Tool Gets Infusion Of New Technology

  Tensing*SKS Geographical Information Systems (GIS) is going to receive a boost from LuraTech's image compression software, LuraWave

• Shareware Site Brings Lots Of Shareware To Your Mac

  A new Macintosh freeware depot has opened their virtual doors

• LinxSoftware Announces Delays To OS X Productivity Suite

  LinxSoftware announced today that users of OS X are going to be receiving a major upgrade to the Linx suite…

• EZCalendar Update Brings Several New Features

  EZCalendar brings such "neat" features as Moon Phase tracking, as well as yearly reminders

• Advertising On The Web Is A Necessary Evil

  Michael Munger looks at the current state of advertising and finds fault with those who think it should go away

January, 13th January 2000

• The Week’s Top Stories For Week Ending 1/14/2000

  The week's top stories at a glance

• The Mac Observer’s Editor Interviewed At MacMilitia.com

  The good people at MacMilitia.com have posted an interview with our own Editor-in-Chief, Bryan Chaffin

• Apple Schedule & QuickTime Streaming For 1st Quarter Financial Results

  Apple has officially announced the schedule of the press conference for their fiscal 1st Quarter financial results. The company has…

• Stephen King’s F13 To Hit Stores Soon - Pre-Order NOW and Receive a Free Gift

  Blue Byte Software today announced that Stephen King's F13 has gone gold and is scheduled to hit retail shelves January…

• AMPradio Gets A Hefty Update

  Subband Software has released an update to AMPradio, their Internet radio station software

• Mac OS X Development Tool Updated

  Triple A Plus has released an update to their development utility Joy, for Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server,…

• Beleaguered Microsoft Replaces Bill Gates As CEO

  Bill Gates has indeed stepped down as CEO of Microsoft and has been replaced by college chum Steve Ballmer, currently…

• SETI@home Stats Now Include Top 200 Team Mac Observer Members

  The SETI@home project has changed the way it displays stats during the last couple of weeks and now shows the…

• Ambrosia Software Offers Birthday Contest

  The good people at Ambrosia Software have announced a contest around the birthdays of their CEO (at least he used…

• Mac eCommerce Solution Upgraded

  MDG Computer Services has announced that the Mac eCommerce development package, WS4D/eCommerce, has been updated to version 3.2

• ViaVoice Errors, Networking, & Proxy Servers

  Dave tackles a very strange error message with ViaVoice, how to get files from a 7100 to an iMac DV,…

• Grading My MACWORLD Predictions

  Bryan Chaffin grades his own MACWORLD predictions. Sometimes you get lucky, and sometimes you don't

• Intel leads Apple Higher?

  Alan Greenspan hinted last night that he might slow the rate at which he kicks the poop out of wealth…

January, 12th January 2000

• Apple #6 Hardware Site (Beats HP, Compaq, & Intel)

  PC Data released information on the top web sites for the week ending 1/8/99 (last Saturday). Our favorite computer company…

• Pictures Of Lily (As Well As Bob Cringely And Some Other Mac Authors Too)

  Our good friend John Martellaro has posted pictures from the great Author's Party from MACWORLD Expo. The Author's Party was…

• Baboom!  MACWORLD Expo Shatters Attendance Records!

  In another sign that the Mac market is continuing to become healthier and healthier, MACWORLD Expo has announced that attendance…

• Grab A G4 Upgrade For Less Than US$500

  This slipped under our radar screens earlier this week, but Phase 5 has announced new pricing for their line of…

• Monitor Your Internet Connections With New Release

  Juggy Software has released TCPManager, a utility designed to let users monitor their Internet connections.

• Virtual PC Helper-Utilty Update Brings Even Faster Performances

  VPC Helper is a utility designed to improve the performance of Virtual PC from Connectix. The new version brings even…

• Don’t Grouse About The Mouse In Your House When You Could Have A CastleMouse

  Jig Interactive has released a new version of their puzzle game, CastleMouse

• Now You Can See What Part Of The Sky Your SETI@home Client Is Checking

  Distant Suns 5.1 helps users by displaying maps of the sky, and SETI@Home integration gives users clues as to where…

• New After Effects Plug-in Offers Motion Blur Effect

  This Adobe After Effects plug-in brings a more realistic appearance to video motion-blur sequences

• Final QuickTime Videos From MACWORLD!

  The Idiots have outdone themselves movies from Day 3 and Day 4. If you haven't seen their productions, we have…

• Plug-in Management Software Updated

  MacOS Items Manager is a utility to help manage plug-ins for the MacOS such as contextual menu plug-ins

• Don’t Call It A Come Back, Apple Heads Back Up

  Apple's stock has been in need of a little help recently. So, when Analyst Gillian Munson said some very positive…

January, 11th January 2000

• Mac Army Knife Gets Some New Tools

  Chaotic Software has released an update to their general purpose Mac utility, Mac Army Knife. The company has added a…

• New 2 For 1 Inkjet Site Launched, Sponsors The Mac Observer’s Columns

  Colorjet, inc. has launched 2for1inkjet.com as a company that offers 2 for the price of 1 inkjet refills specializing in…

• The Mac Show Gets Serious

  The Mac Show, the QuickTime broadcast that is all about Apple and the Mac, has announced some additions to their…

• Aladdin Updates Desktop News Delivery App

  Aladdin Systems has announced an update to IntelliNews, bringing the desktop news delivery app to version 2.0. The new version…

• Rage On Through To The Other MP3 Side

  Chaotic Software has released an update to MP3 Rage, bringing the MP3 tool to version 1.6. The new version includes…

• Chess And Your Macintosh

  Nancy Gravley has a guest columnist this week who tells us all about playing Chess on your Mac. This column…

• Apple Stock Watch: Apple Continues To Test Support Levels, Closes Lower

  It's all about bond prices, how low can they go? The downdraft continued today and took Apple with it

• TextSpresso Percolates To A New Version

  Power On Software has released an update to the popular calendar/PIM program, Now Up-to-Date & Contact. Version 3.8.2 brings full…

• Power On Releases Update To Now Up-to-Date

  Lunar Software has released version 1.03 of the real time Earth weather tracker, EarthBrowser

• Weather Forecasting/Weather App Updated For Mac

  The new version of the popular text editor includes several bug fixes and feature updates

• January Apple Wizards Ready For Downloading

  Apple Wizards has released their January issue. This issue is available in HTML as well as pdf format

• A First Look At Diablo 2 From Blizzard Entertainment

  Cory Harrison got to take a close look at Diablo2 at MACWORLD Expo, and shares what he found out. This…

• Three New Science Teaching Aids Released

  Yves Pelletier has been releasing teaching aids for physics for several years, and adds new vector, magnetism, and mechanical energy…

January, 10th January 2000

• Google Launches Mac Specific Search Engine

  Google.com is a search engine that has sought to bring in new visitors by offering specialized engines targeting specific topics

• iClock 2 Brings Improvements To Time Utility

  iClock allows users to easily sync their PowerBook with the current time zone when traveling, as well as giving one…

• VST Offers Impressive Array of New Drives

  John Braun and Bryan Chaffin were able to visit with VST's David Bonfiglio on the show floor, and learn more…

• Why Apple Didn’t Exploit The Y2K Bug

  Michael Munger talks about the push before Y2K for Apple to really hit hard with Y2K advertisements. Michael thinks this…

• Sleepless In San Francisco: It Tastes Like Chicken!

  Wow, Gary has finally blown a sprocket or two, and all because of MACWORLD. This is another very funny column…

• TextSOAP Cleans Up Several Bugs

  Version 2.6b1 fixes several problems present in the previous release

• New App Allows E-mail To Be Sent Directly From FileMaker Pro

  This plug-in allows users to send e-mail directly from the FileMaker Pro environment