Archives for August 2000
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Browse By Day in August 2000
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4D Receives Honor
The 4D Advanced Kit, part of 4th Dimension's RAD/RDBMS product line, recently received a perfect rating in a MacFever review.…
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Bingo, Anyone?
MAC-O-RAMA is holding another contest offering a variety of great prizes, this one called Beach Blanket Bingo. Users can log…
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Network Rendering Engine Released
Pixels Animation Studios has released the a new network rendering suite, Renderfarm In A Box. Renderfarm promises unsurpassed power and…
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New Video Capture Card Released
Aurora Video Systems has released the Ignitor Video Capture Card which offers 24 frames/second capture and playback. The new card…
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AAPL Continues to Rally
After a negative start, tech stocks pushed the Nasdaq up for the ninth day in a row. Old economy stocks…
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Idiots & The Vice President
Tee hee hee, The Idiots are dealing with some reader mail, including an item from Vice President Gore and another…
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G4 Multiprocessing Lesson For The Masses
Michael Munger just got a MP G4, and he has some thoughts on the value of multiprocessing
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Microsoft Can’t Get A Break; How About A Bottle Of Windows 99?
In a short story about the value of names and the nature of domain names, Upside Today had a blurb…
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Developer Worried About Piracy? PACE Has A Solution
PACE Anti-Piracy has released a new version of their piracy protection software, Interlok. Version 2.1 of InterLok for the Macintosh…
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Unix Analysis Tool Updated
MacSOS has released Unix Console 2.6. Unix Console allows Solaris Unix systems to be analyzed and monitored by providing graphic…
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New Illustrator Plug-Ins Available
Sapphire Innovations has just released a new version of their set of Adobe Illustrator plug-ins, Sapphire Pack. Version 1.2.1 adds…
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Rewind Due For The Holiday Season
Power On Software left many Mac users speechless during last month's MACWORLD Expo with demonstrations of their forthcoming, must-have utility,…
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Apple Stays Put In Latest Rankings
Apple Computer has maintained the 4th position this week in the PC Data Top 10 rankings. After three straight weeks…
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Disk Maintenance Tool Updated
Aladdin has released iClean, a disk maintenance utility and uninstaller application. iClean, also part of Aladdin's SpringCleaning application, helps users…
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TGS Gives The Open Source Movement A Boost With Toolkit Release
The open source movement, driven by the rapidly growing popularity of Linux, has received another boost with the release of…
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Venerable FTP Client Receives Overhaul
Interarchy.com has announced that the Interarchy 3.8 is now available for download. Interarchy 3.8, formerly Anarchie Pro, is a full…
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Voodoo5 Too Much For You? Voodoo4 Is On The Way
As the hype surrounding the recently released Voodoo5 5500 PCI card is just beginning to die down, 3dfx is ready…
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Fed Stands Pat, Markets and AAPL Trend Higher
The Dow and Nasdaq climbed higher while the Federal Open Market Committee met, then held most of the gains after…
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HotSync Your Palm To Your Mac Without Wires With IrLink
John F. Braun reviews IrLink, another great Mac Gagdet. IrLink is software that allows you to HotSync your Palm or…
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The iMac: A Case Study In Historical Contingency & Evolutionary Convergence
Wes George steps us through how the iMac came to be and the effect it has had on the computer…
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MacOS Radio To Announce Surprise Mystery Guest
This week's episode of MacOS Radio will feature Jerry MacLean of Lacie. Lacie, manufacturer of stylish and functional peripherals, including…
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Canon Introduces Cross Platform Consumer Video Editing Program
Canon has announced its first foray into the nascent Desktop Video market with a cross-platform offering called Canon Video Home…
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Leadership E-mail Address Banished, But Apple Still Whispers "Tell Us!"
It's been noted with some concern that Apple Inc. has removed their Gil Amelio era feedback address, leadership@apple.com. The catchall…
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New Tool Makes Sharing Databases Easy (Updated With Price Correction)
August Software has released a new tool for sharing ODBC compliant databases across mixed networks. Their ODBC Routeris actually run…
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Ampcast Offers Royalty Based MP3 Download Program
Ampcast.com has joined the Listen.com network, and are planning to launch a new program for MP3 downloads later this year.…
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New Mac Resource Available
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New Desktop Pictures Available
About This Particular Macintosh (ATPM) has released a new set of desktop pictures featuring insects and Germany. ATPM has also…
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Iconfactory Releases "Matrix" Icons
Any well respecting computer geek loves the smash hit movie, The Matrix. Now, Iconfactory has made it easy to bring…
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Mega Minesweeper Updated
Carrot Software has updated their version of the classic minesweeper game, Mega Minesweeper, to version 1.2. The latest version includes…
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Great Deals On Great Stuff
Aladdin Systems is offering discounted prices nearly their entire product line software. From Stuffit Deluxe to Virex, users can save…
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August 21st, 2000
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Here Comes the Fed! Apple’s Stock Climbs Slightly
Wall Street psyched itself out today ahead of tomorrow's Fed meeting which everyone believes won't effect interest rates, but you…
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The Non-Bootable G3, Upgrade Advice, & S-Video Adapters
Hello there, once again, and welcome to this week's edition of Ask Dave! Today we discuss a catch-22 wherein a…
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The Platform Wars Are A Waste Of Time
Here's the thing.....one of my current nemeses is naturally a PC user. It's about all we ever have to talk…
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Lexmark’s Z52: Pro Performance At US$179
Lexmark's laser printers have offered rock solid Mac support for years. But the Z52 is Lexmark's first inkjet that is…
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The Week’s Top Stories For Week Ending 8/18/2000
Every Friday, we compile a list of the week's top stories including editorials, columns, reviews, the Apple Stock Watch, The…
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Sin, Wages Of Sin, And Majesty All Enter Beta Testing
Matthew Tremblay of United Developers has announced that three games they are porting have all entered beta testing. United Developers…
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MacLotto & MacCentral Announce iMac Give Away
MacLotto and MacCentral have teamed up to give away an iMac. Entering requires registration and playing the MacLotto game during…
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Mac Gamer’s Ledge Giving Away Starship Creator 2
Our friends at Mac Gamer's Ledge have announced their latest give away, Starship Creator 2. All you have to do…
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FireWireWorld Founders Resign, Aim To Focus On The Mac Observer
FireWireWorld co-founders Bryan Chaffin and Dave Hamilton have stepped down to concentrate on The Mac Observer on a full-time basis.…
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Spanish Mac Portal Launches
A new Spanish Macintosh portal site has launched, MasMac. The new site features news, forums, software, and other Macintosh related…
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More OS X Icons Available
Icons.cx has released a new icon set for OS X, Spiffy Apps II. Spiffy Apps II includes a series of…
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August 18th, 2000
There are lots of great articles, and some really bad ones, on the Internet. Though we link to all of…
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An Excellent Week for Apple’s Stock
Today was a quiet Friday in August ahead of the last week of summer and next Tuesday's Fed meeting to…
