Archives for January 2001

January, 31st January 2001

• New Invisible Files Manager Available

  Rage Software has announced Invisible Finder 1.0. The new utility finds, manages and organizes your invisible files.

• Analyzing The Analyst Meeting, Part I: Delivering The Message

  The pivotal moment of the entire meeting was when Steve Jobs attacked the current trend in industry thinking that the…

• Opera Browser On The Way For Mac OS, OS X

  Opera, the company that make the popular alternative Windows compatible Web browser of the same name, has announced that Linux…

• Steve Jobs, Fred Anderson: We Will Return To Profits This Quarter

  During yesterday's Financial Analyst meeting with Apple executives CEO Steve Jobs and CFO Fred Anderson both said that Apple will…

• Ready Or Not, The Titanium PowerBook G4 Ships! (With Pics)

  The Titanium PowerBook has been sighted at Mac Business Solutions, as the first shipments seem to have arrived in a…

• iMacs Won’t See SuperDrives Until Next Year (Analysis Included)

  During yesterday's Financial Analyst meeting with Apple executives Steve Jobs, Fred Anderson, Phil Schiller, and Avie Tevanian, Steve Jobs suggested…

• Helix Offering Package Deals On RADE Products

  Helix Technologies is offering a discount on their Helix environment developmental tools, the RADE line. Helix RADE allows users to…

• MAC-O-RAMA Is Moving, And Throwing A Sale To Celebrate

  MAC-O-RAMA is moving, and to celebrate and clear inventory, they are holding a month long super sale. This is a…

• Adobe Posts Premiere Hardware Compatibility Guide

  Users of Adobe's Premiere 6.0 can now browse Adobe's Web site to find a full guide of hardware compatible with…

• MacVillage Looking For Your Help

  In an effort to figure out what Mac users are looking for in a Web site, MacVillage has posted a…

• NVIDIA Chats With The Mac Observer

  NVIDIA has made a big splash into the Macintosh market with the recent announcement that NVIDIA based graphics cards will…

• Marathon Forever!  Battle Cat Posts Marathon Tutorials

  Marathon, perhaps the most popular game ever created for the Macintosh, continues to enjoy a loyal following. Battle Cat has…

• Getting Around Electric Town & Unique Japanese Software

  Welcome back to the third in a series of articles about traveling to MACWORLD Conference & Expo/Tokyo 2001 for about…

• Analysts Mixed, AAPL Closes Lower

  Apple held their financial analyst meeting yesterday, a public event that was webcast by the company. There wasn't to much…

January, 30th January 2001

• The Importance Of Fiber Optics To The Internet

  Fiber optics is damn important technology. Mankind's future depends upon the effectiveness of his communications. That is expanded today mainly…

• Mac Games For The Winter Blahs

  If you live in my part of the world chances are you are experiencing the winter blahs. A couple of…

• Official Caracho Client Beta Relased

  Carracho Communications has released the first official beta of their Carracho Client. The Carracho program allows users to connect with…

• Traffic Climbs, And So Does Apple.com’s Ranking

  After a steep drop last week, Apple experienced an equally sharp climb back into the number two spot on the…

• While The Computer Industry Struggles, Asante Post Q1 Gain

  Asante Technologies, makers of high-speed net access hardware, has beat the general computer industry trend by posting a strong gain…

• Fantom Offers High Speed CD-RW Duplication Systems

  Fantom Drives has announced a new CD duplication sytem that has the ability to produce up to 120 CDs in…

• Group Logic Offers Printing Over IP

  Group Logic has released a new version of their ExtremeZ-IP file and print serving software. Version 2.0 allows Mac users…

• Eric Dahlinger Of PowerLogix On Tonight’s Mac Show

  Eric Dahlinger, marketing evangelist for upgrade manufacturer PowerLogix, will be the guest star on tonight's Mac Show. Not only will…

• Springboard Module Designers Compete For US$10,000

  Xilinx, along with Handspring and Portable Design Magazine, are holding a contest seeking the best design for a Handspring Visor…

• Oni Ships!

  For those who have been hungering for the Japanese high action fighter/shooter called Oni, it has officially shipped. You can…

• Getting There, Avoiding Disaster & Having Fun At The Same Time

  This is the second article on how to travel to MACWORLD Conference & Expo/Tokyo 2001 for about the same cost…

• January 31st, 2001

  Today's tour around the Web takes a look at Apple's current position in the education market, and what they might…

• Fed Drops Rates, Techs Sell Off (With AAPL)

  Apple was actually trading higher throughout the day, but the stock fell victim to some of the sell-off fever and…

• Apple’s Financial Analyst Meeting Today At 3:30 PM CST

  Apple's semi-annual shareholder meeting will be held today, and Apple is making it available to the public via a QuickTime…

January, 29th January 2001

• QTVR Tools (VR Worx 2.0) Even An Idiot Can Use

  The Idiots review a great piece of software called VR Worx 2.0. VR Worx 2.0 allows you to quickly an…

• MacTreasuers Digs Up Hard To Find Software

  MacTreasures has added over 40 new educational software titles to their system. These titles, as with all of MacTreasures' software,…

• Apple And HP Team To Fund Online Photo Startup

  Apple and HP were both identified as financial backers of the online photo processing start-up, Ophoto, according to a Yahoo!…

• PowerLogix Updates G3/G4 Cache Profiler

  PowerLogix has released a new version of their upgrade card monitoring utility, G3/G4 Cache Profiler. Version 1.4b1, adding OS 9.1…

• Apple To Webcast Semi-Annual Financial Analyst Meeting Tomorrow

  Due to recent rules changes from the SEC that require corporations to make information given to analysts available to the…

• Mac Vs. PC: Remembering 1989 (With Pic)

  Say, what was a computer like in 1989? Just how much did a top of the line PC go for…

• It’s Only Money, But Finance Helps You Track It Better

  Mike Yenco has released his personal budget software, Finance for Mac, to version 4.1. Finance allows users to track credit…

• Usenet News Tool Gains New Feature

  TechSono Engineering has updated their Usent News file tool, PixMachineMac, to version 1.0.6. PixMacineMac allows users to download and assemble…

• Mass E-Mail Program Receives Another Update

  Maxprog has updated their bulk e-mail/mail merge program, MaxBulk Mailer, to version 1.4. MaxBulk Mailer allows users to easily create…

• Something New For The Mac Fan That Has Everything (With Pic - Updated)

  For the Mac users out there that think you have everything, think again. FanShack is now carrying a new line…

• Maxtor Cites "Good Customer Demand" For FireWire In SEC Filing

  FireWire is continuing to gain in popularity, and today we find evidence of that from hard drive giant Maxtor. The…

• MUG Center Has Tips To Help You Run A MUG

  The MUG Center has updated their Web site with a list of course materials for their "User Group University" series.…

• Getting To MACWORLD Tokyo

  Welcome to Notes from the Henna Gaijin. "Henna Gaijin" means roughly "weird foreigner," which aptly applies to people like myself.…

• Apple Moves Slightly Higher Amidst Tech Standstill

  To quote one of the anchors from CNBC this morning, it's Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan's world, he just lets us…

January, 28th January 2001

• 4x4 Evolution - Fun and Challenging Off-road Racing

  For the most part, there has been a severe lack of driving simulations available for the Mac. Fortunately, this is…

• Apple’s Internet Strategy Questioned

  As I have said before, the Internet could be the most important revolution since the advent of print. We are…

• Want To Be A Smooth Operator? Take A Look At SmoothType!

  John F. Braun reviews SmoothType, a Mac Gadget that offers the kind of smooth type you can expect from Mac…

• Carl Linhardt To Guest Star On Tonight On The MacOS Radio Network

  Carl Linhardt, president of Bing Software, will be tonight's guest star on the MacOS Radio Network. Bing Software is known…

• New QuickTime Design Studio Available, G4 PowerBook Offered Up As Prize

  Boy Computer, a provider of QuickTime development solutions, has announced the availability of their Alexander QuickTime Web Design Studio. The…

• Apple’s 1984 Ad Voted Second Best Super Bowl Ad Of All Time

  USA Today held a poll allowing readers and Web visitors to cast their vote for their favorite Super Bowl ad…

• Mac Internet Call Management Service Now Available (With Pic)

  InfoInterActive, who last week announced that they were bringing their Internet Call Management service to the Macintosh, has made it…

• Sapphire Releases Four New Volumes Of Photoshop Brushes

  Sapphire Innovations has released four new volumes of brushes for use with Adobe Photoshop. The Sapphire Brushes Volumes 4-7 each…