Archives for February 2001

February, 28th February 2001

• Forget Flower Power, Win An "American Flag" iMac (With Pic)

  Observer Bilboe MacGuppy from 1010TV.com sent us a note about a contest they are running where contestants can win a…

• Software Updating Service Adds CD Tracking

  Insider Software has added CDs-on-Demand functionality to UpdateAgent. The updating service now tracks CD versions of updated software.

• Online Graphic Training Available

  Gemini Learning Systems and IO Technologies have announced online training programs for graphical communication and arts. This partnership hopes to…

• VirusBarrier For Palm OS Now Available

  Intego has announced a version of VirusBarrier for the Palm OS. Version 1.0 will protect Palm devices against the current…

• Apple History Site Updated

  Apple-History.com has updated their site to reflect the G4 Cube, and the recent changes Apple's award winning little computer has…

• Screen Capture Utility Plays Nice With E-mail Clients

  St. Clair Software has updated their wonderfully powerful screen capture utility, Screen Catcher, to version 2.3. Screen Catcher allows users…

• Text "Cleaner" Updated

  Blue Line Studios has updated their text "cleaning" utility, TextBroom, to version 3.5.0. TextBroom allows users to easily remove unwanted…

• Sonnet Drops Prices For G3 And G4 Upgrades

  Sonnet Technologies has announced price drops across its G3 and G4 product line. The price drops range from US$50 to…

• MacTreasures Adds 50 New Language Titles

  MacTreasures, a web site specializing in Macintosh software and hardware, announces the addition of 50 world language titles. The new…

• Web Design Class For Beginners In Houston

  The Houston Area Apple Users Group is aiming to teach Web page design to beginners. The user group will hold…

• Shareware game Zroids released

  Thunderwizard Software has released a new multiplayer shareware game for the Macintosh that combines fast action with multiplayer excitement.

• Oni Save Game Editor Released

  It has been a busy week for gamers who love Oni, Bungie Software's fast paced 3rd person fighting/adventure game. Today,…

• Flight Sim X-Plane Updated To Version 5.6

  Laminar Research today released an update for X-Plane to version 5.6. This new version adds a few new features that…

• Quake 3 Updated, id Developer Offers Brief Comments On Build & OS X

  Id Software has announced the Mac build of Quake 3 1.27h, and Graeme Devine includes comments about OS X and…

• Morning Markets Tank, Rally In The Afternoon, Apple Up

  As we were busy setting up the type to print the headline "Market Meltdown Meets Jumping Investors On The Way…

• Apple’s Japan Strategy: A Japanese Perspective, Part I

  Carlos Camacho looks at the Tokyo Expo keynote, Apple's advertising, and other problems facing Apple in Japan, all from the…

February, 27th February 2001

• Backing Up Computer Information

  Today's column addresses saving information from two different perspectives. The first part of the discussion deals with saving information related…

• Hear The Henna Gaijin & Other Tokyo Expo Attendees On Tonight’s Mac Show

  This week's show features two guests who attended MACWORLD Tokyo, Dennis Sellers of MacCentral and the Henna Gaijin, whose excellent…

• Intelli Innovations Busy, Several Products Updated

  Intelli Innovations has announced several software updates. Included among the updated titles is Server Sentinel.

• Aestiva Announces NET-anywhere

  Aestiva has announced NET-anywhere. The idea is to run a Web site on any hardware from any place

• WebEvent Calendard Updated According To Schedule

  WebEvent has released WebEvent 3.4.1. The Web calendar software update fixes bugs and adds a new feature.

• Fantom Drives Brings 15,000 RPM Drives To A RAID Near You

  Fantom Drives has announced an upgrade to its G-Force hardware RAID systems. The release features new faster drives. By faster,…

• Release Date For FILTERiT Announced

  CValley has announced a shipping date for the next version of FILTERiT, version 4.1. The new version of the Adobe…

• Shareware Image Editing App Updated

  Norbyte Software has updated their shareware image editing application, Rainbow Painter, to version 2.0.0. Rainbow Painter offers users a wide…

• eMail Alert! Gains IMAP Support

  Intelli Innovations has updated their handy e-mail management utility, eMail Alert!, to version 2.2. eMail Alert allows users to easily…

• Flowers And Dalmations Do Not Equal Higher Traffic

  Traffic increased across the board last week according to the PC Data Top 10 rankings. Universally strong traffic, however, kept…

• Raven Software Announces Add-On For Star Trek Voyager Elite Force

  The popular Quake III engine built Star Trek game, called Star Trek Voyager Elite Force, is about to get a…

• Pangea Announces Otto Matic

  Pangea Software announced their new project today, labeled Otto Matic. Otto Matic a 3D game that puts you in the…

• Key Configuration Application Released For Oni

  It was brought to our attention that Oni Central has a Mac version of a Key Configuration application that fixes…

• Spiderweb To Bring The Power To Create Life To A Mac Near You

  Spiderweb Software has announced a new Mac gaming title called Geneforge. This RPG (role playing game) gives you the power…

• Alan Greenspan & The Hand Of God Send Stocks (& Apple) Tumbling

  The markets reacted very negatively to Mr. Greenspan's testimony as soon as he got to the part about being cautious…

• Apple Removed DVD From The iMac For A Reason

  Tim Mityok of Public Access Software offers his thoughts on why Apple dumped DVD as an option on the iMac…

February, 26th February 2001

• Thrustmaster Woes

  The Idiots re-review the Thrustmaster NASCAR Pro Digital 2 Steering Wheel set after encountering lots of problems with it. There's…

• G4 Upgrades For iMac Announced

  PowerLogix has announced its new G4 processor upgrades for rev A through rev C iMacs. The product is called iForce…

• New Build Of Mozilla For Mac OS X (Fizzilla) Released

  Mozilla Organization (Netscape) has announced a new build of Fizzilla. Built to be Carbon compliant, Fizzilla is the name of…

• IBM Announces The PowerPC 750CXe…Again

  IBM has announced the PowerPC 750CXe processor today. IBM originally announced the PowerPC 750CXe in May of 2000, along with…

• Business Week Heaps Praise On The New PowerBook G4

  Business Week has published a review of the PowerBook G4 that is chock full o' praise. The author, Stephen H.…

• WebSTAR Plugin MGI Updated

  PagePlanet Software has updated Modular Gateway Interface, the WebSTAR plugin, to version 2.1. The new release offers improved performance and…

• Roxen Web Platform Adds Support For Asian Characters

  Roxen Internet Software has announced an update to Roxen Platform, bringing the content management software to version 2.1. The new…

• iKeeper Updated

  Yenco.com has updated their information storage utility, iKeeper, to version 1.1. iKeeper allows users to easily store Internet information like…

• Applelinks Announces New Online Messaging Center

  Applelinks has launched a new online messaging space, MacBoards, allowing users to communicate with each other in a variety of…

• Multimedia And Application Development Tool Updated

  IncWell DMG, in association with Solutions Etcetera, has announced the availability of SuperCard 3.6.3, their multimedia delivery and rapid application…

• Edit HTML The Old Fashion Way

  Stone Table Software has released a new text-based HTML editor, Cobweb. Cobweb is not a visual editor, but rather allows…

• Bugdom 1.1.5 Patch Released

  Mac Game Files posted a new download today for Mac gamers who enjoy that crazy 3d game by Pangea Software,…

• FreeCell : The Australian Outback Nears Beta, Testers Wanted

  MonkeyByte.com announced today their new computer game FreeCell: The Australian Outback. MonkeyByte is currently searching for interested beta testers for…

• "Monkey Mog" to Appear at Game Developers Conference

  MonkeyByte has announced that at the 2001 Game Developers Conference the Monkey Mog, or UniMog as the Germans called it,…

• Techs Tank, Apple Down

  Things are bad, but are they bad enough? Apple spent the entire trading session in negative territory, but managed to…

• The Zip Disk Is Dead, Long Live The Zip Disk!

  Carlos Camacho looks at the state of the removable media industry, and suggests Apple may effectively kill the Zip disk

February, 25th February 2001

• More Toolbar Menus & Advice For Someone Coming From The Dark Side

  Today we talk about adding customizable menus to your Mac's menu bar, plugging your Mac in overseas, and I step…

• More MACWORLD Tokyo Videos Hot Off The Compresses

  The folks at Tokyo DV alerted us that they have made several MACWORLD Tokyo videos available. They are QuickTime files,…