Archives for December 2000

December, 17th December 2000

• Try The Mac OS X Dock In Mac OS 9 With A-Dock!

  Mac OS X, the next generation of the Mac OS, introduces some new user interface concepts that may initially throw…

• New Mac Tips Article Posted

  There is a new MacHome Tips & Tricks article posted at the Macintosh Products Guide web site. Each month the…

• Mac Observer Editor On Tonight’s MacOSRadio.net Show

  Hey everyone, it's Monday, and that means it is time for another MacOS Radio show at MacOS Radio.net. The MacOS…

• Handspring Releases Visor Phone Module

  Months after announcing their plans to ship such a unit, Handspring has shipped the Visor Phone. The new Springboard Module…

• Give Your System A Makeover With Some Nu Fonts

  ScooterGraphidcs has updated their set of custom, alternative fonts, the Nu Font Pack. The Nu Font Pack contains four "Mac-ish"…

• Note Pad On Steroids Adds Better OS X Support

  Dennis De Mars has released a new version of his uber-note pad program, Pads. Version 2.0 provides all the functionality…

• Make Searching Disks Easier

  Mike Yenco has updated his disk catalog and search utility, Archive for Mac, to version 4.6. Archive creates an index/catalog…

• Graphic Program Updated

  Sarwat Khan has released a new version of his graphic creation program, Painting 2. Painting 2 allows users to edit…

• MacInstall Makes Making Installers Easier

  Public Access Software as updated their installer creator, MacInstall IDK, to version 1.1.8. The Istaller Development Kit allows programmers to…

• Popular Chart App Coming To OS X

  CS-Odessa has announced that their popular diagram/flow chart creation application, ConceptDraw, is available for OS X. ConceptDraw allows users to…

• New Full Featured Collaboration Application Released

  Channel 8 Software has announced a new, full-featured collaboration program, ExchangePoint 1.0. ExchangePoint allows users to chat, share files, send…

• Amateur Radio App Updated

  Black Cat Systems has updated their popular, and versatile, amateur radio program, MultiMode. Version 3.8.0 of allows users to transmit…

• A Discouraged Nasdaq Falls as the Dow Rallies

  The Nasdaq braced itself for more earnings warnings and weak holiday sales, but the Dow fearlessly rallied as investors bet…

December, 14th December 2000

• Rid Thyself Of Angst Concerning OS X On Pre-G3 Macs

  Angst. We all left that behind in our childhoods like a bad episode of Felicity, right? As adults, we certainly…

• Setting Up Your Mac-Based Digital Studio

  Welcome to our first Issue of DigitalMac-DigitalMusic. I would personally like to extend a friendly hand and thank you for…

• Should OS X Be Dumbed Down?

  A while back, I mentioned that I lurk on a few mailing lists that discuss things related to OS X.…

• The End Of An Era: 3dfx Selling Assets & Shutting Down

  It's a sad day for Mac gamers and PC gamers alike. 3dfx announced today that they would be selling their…

• Apple’s Proprietary ADC Connector Bug You?  Company Contemplating Offering Fix

  When Apple announce their new ADC display connector technology at this past summer's MACWORLD Expo, the crowd gave a collective,…

• ZDNet Columnist Predicts Apple’s Death In 2004

  'Tis the season of bashing Apple again. We have noted this before, for instance, in the form of the misinformation…

• High Power Music Editing App Receives Update

  Martin Hairer has released Amadeus II 3.0. Amadeus II allows users to handle sound files in a huge variety of…

• Sign Petition To Make OS X Open Source

  Even though the "guts" of OS X, Darwin, is open source, there is a group out there that wants to…

• Who Nees Flying Toasters?  High Quality 3D Screen Saver Updated

  WebThing has updated their popular and powerful screen saver application, Setting Sun, to version 1.5. Setting sun takes advantage of…

• GameRanger Celebrates The Sin Release With "Sin Day"

  To help celebrate the first release by the new group at MacPlay, GameRanger is hosting "Sin Day" tomorrow, December 16th.…

• Canto Makes Cumulus Easier To Get

  Canto has announced that they have authorized a number of companies as official resellers of their popular enterprise product, Cumulus.…

• Asante Adds Support For OS X

  Asante has released a series of drivers allowing OS X Beta users to take advantage of a number of Asante…

• POP/SMTP Server Software Updated

  MCF Software has announced the release of ListSTAR 2.1. The update to the customizable list server and e-mail manager software…

• HyperGames Centre 3.0 and HyperGames 3.0 Released

  HyperInfo Canada has posted HyperGames Centre 3.0 and HyperGames 3.0 on its servers. The multimedia stand-alone application and multimedia HyperCard…

• Blame Microsoft: Stocks Fall Across the Board

  Microsoft has only issued an earnings warning once before in 1989, so it not too surprising that the stock markets…

December, 13th December 2000

• Assign A Permanent Address To Your Dynamic IP

  James Sentman has released a utility allowing users with a dynamic IP connection to maintain the same DNS name, regardless…

• It’s That Time: Here’s An Artist’s Redering Of The "NeXT Apple Portable"

  Do you smell that? That's the smell of Rumor Season. Yes, it's that time again. MACWORLD San Francisco 2001 is…

• Mac Using Business Owners Rejoice!  MacInvoice Available

  Praevius has released a new Macintosh based inventory management application, MacInvoice 1.0. MacInvoice provides a variety of useful features for…

• GameRanger Jumps On The Bandwagon, Adds Support For Sin and Majesty

  The multiplayer game finder, GameRanger, has added support for MacPlay's recently announced titles, Sin Gold and Majesty. GameRanger provides an…

• BusinessWeek Redeems Itself With New Apple Analysis

  BusinessWeek earned the ire of Macheads and knowledgeable technology officianodos this week with the publication of poor editorial on Apple…

• Sim Theme Park Demo Available

  Did the screenshots from our story yesterday about Sim Theme Park have you drooling? If you have not seen them,…

• SETI@home Client Updated To Version 3.0.3, Participants Must Upgrade

  The SETI@home client has been updated to version 3.0.3. The new version brings some minor changes and speed parity between…

• Kawasaki JET SKI Goes Gold, Available Tomorrow

  Monkey Byte Development has announced that the 3D water race game, Kawasaki JET SKI, has gone Gold Master and will…

• Diagram/Flowchart App Gets New Feature

  CS-Odessa has updated their diagram and flowchart creation tool, ConceptDraw, to version 1.58. ConceptDraw allows users to easily create complex…

• VSE Gives Webmasters A Break With Discount Offer

  Being a webmaster is hard work, and trying to make a living doing it can be even harder. VSE is…

• Using OS 9 And Suffering From Dock Envy?

  ResExcellence has updated their OS 9 launcher/program switcher application, A-Dock, to version 2.2. A-Dock provides an OS X like Dock…

• Find That Package…Anywhere

  Intelli Innovations has updated Package Tracker to version 2.5.4. Package Tracker allows users to monitor the status and location of…

• Markets Worry About the Economy and Now Microsoft Warns

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

December, 12th December 2000

• The Thousand-Dollar Question: Is It Design, Or Is It Content?

  When surfing the Web here near the dawn of the 21st, I get confused. You go to a site, and…

• Even More Shareware Games For You Or For Gifts

  As promised in last week's column, I am continuing to review games that might be of interest to you from…

• MACWORLD Pre-registration Extended

  If you are still trying to figure out whether or not to head to MACWORLD San Francisco, here is some…

• MACWORLD Chat, And MacSpeech On The Mac Show

  Tonight's Mac Show will feature MACWORLD coordinator and IDG's Vice President, Rob Scheschareg. Mr. Scheschareg will talk about what we…

• Best Part About MACWORLD?  The Parties, Of Course

  Heading to MACWORLD and wondering what to do in the evenings, once the show floor has cleared? Go to a…

• Aspyr Readying Sym Theme Park For Release (With Pics)

  Aspyr is preparing to release Sim Theme Park, and some reports have it popping up in retailers across the country.…

• Aimster Taking The World By Storm (Updated 10:00 AM)

  AIM, Napster, look out...there is a new kid in town. Based on the Internet's most popular chat standards, and offering…

• BBEdit Receives Update

  Bare Bones has updated their World Class text editor, BBEdit, to version 6.0.2. BBEdit allows users to manipulate text files…

• MacPlay Crashes Onto The Scene Their First Two Releases

  The recently formed MacPlay has announced the availability of their first two game titles for the Mac: Sin Gold and…