Archives for February 2001

February, 25th February 2001

• Get Your Spray Paint iMac Analysis Here

  Michael Munger talks about the iMac designs, which he calls the "spray paint iMacs." He says that the new iMacs…

• Got ASCII? Create ASCII Text Or Convert Graphics With Email Effects!

  John F. Braun offers one of the coolest Mac Gagdets he has covered yet, one that converts text or graphics…

• Opera Browser For Mac Released As Technology Preview

  Opera Software has released a Technology Preview (TP) version of its browser for the Macintosh. Opera promises a better Internet…

• Ready Or Not, MPEG-4 Is Coming!

  Sorenson Media has announced that it has released the beta of Sorenson MPEG-4 in January 2001. MPEG stands for Moving…

• New Apple iMac/iTunes Commercial Says That "Radio Still Sucks!"

  Apple has added five iMac and iTunes commercials to the Apple Web site for your viewing enjoyment. The new ads…

• Web Confidential Updated For Mac & Palm

  Alco Blom and Palm developer Rene Laterveer have released Web Confidential for Mac 2.2 and Web Confidential for Palm 1.2.…

• eMail Alert! Updated With OS X Compatibility

  Intelli Innovations, Inc. has updated eMail Alert, the utility that allows you to review your e-mail without launching your e-mail…

• Get Your Web Site Noticed

  VSE has updated their Web site promotion utility, VSE Be Found, to version 2.5. VSE Be Found helps Web master…

• Cool Interface Enhancements Again Bundled Together

  Greg Landweber is offering three of his most popular shareware applications; Greg's Browser, Power Windows, and SmoothType together at a…

• Internal Builds Of X Show More Imporvement, iTunes Now Compatible

  Our good friend, and X junkie Wincent Colaiuta, has got his hands on another internal OS X build, and is…

• XLR8YourMac Reports Possible SoundBlaster Live! Shipping Date

  XLR8YourMac.com reported this past Friday that SoundBlaster Live! for the Mac may be shipping soon. The information came from a…

• Free Online Computer Gaming Archiving Service Debuts

  What was once known as "The Mill" to the Myth: The Fallen Lords and Myth II: Soulblighter 3rd party mod…

• Shareware Title InsectiSide 1.0 Released

  FIDIM Interactive today released InsectiSide (v 1.0), a board game style shareware game for Mac and Windows. The game pits…

• Microsoft/Fed Spark Late Rally, AAPL Up

  Lots of news today in the financial world, as Microsoft's anti-trust trials traded places with some news/rumors about Fed Chairman…

• Get Your Matching Flower Power & Blue Dalmatian Poodles Here! (With Pics)

  Last week, Apple announced new flavored iMacs, but what about those of us who are searching for matching peripherals? What…

February, 22nd February 2001

• Tokyo Complaints, iMac/Cube Gripes, & Praise For The GeForce3

  This is about the most controversial keynote we have seen since Bill Gate's Orwellian head loomed over the crowds in…

• Flash 5.0a Problems: A Fix Coming Soon

  Reports have circulated around the Mac Web that there is a problem with the recently announced Flash 5The Customer Service…

• What Do You Have In Common With Martha Stewart, Bill Gates, & Dolly Parton?

  From the "Unconfirmed But Cool" files, a gentleman by the name of Cpl. Jeff La Grua has posted a list…

• Even Google Excited About Mac OS X

  People everywhere are talking about Mac OS X. And, according to Google.com, one of the Web's more popular search engines,…

• eMail Alert! Updated, Now OS X Compatible

  Intelli Innovations, Inc. has updated eMail Alert, the utility that allows you to review your e-mail without launching your e-mail…

• Remembering 1984 With Steve Jobs & The Entire Macintosh Development Team (With Pics)

  The ad scans have continued to pour in, and this week we are bringing you five pictures from the first…

• Zap Photos Around The Web With Ease

  iView Multimedia has updated digital photo management utility, Photo Mover, to version 1.5. Photo Mover allows users to upload digital…

• Java Based Web Page Enhancement Package Comes To The Mac

  The Anfy Team has announced that their suite of Java based Web page enhancements, Anfy, has made it to the…

• Casady & Greene Team With Prosoft For Chaos Master Release

  Casady & Greene has signed a deal with Prosoft Engineering to publish and distribute the later company's disk maintenance utility,…

• OneApp Slide Show Update Features Stand Alone Presentation Option

  OneApp Software has released an updated to their presentation package, OneApp Slide Show. The new version, 5.6.7, allows users to…

• Subband Offers Up MacAmp Add-Ons

  Subband Software has launched a new section on their Web site for add-ons to their popular MP3 player, MacAmp. The…

• Forms Processor Web Software Available

  PagePlanet Software has announced the immediate availability of MGI Forms Processor. The plugin works with 4Ds's WebStar server for Macintosh…

• John Carmack Talks About The Mac & The GeForce3

  John Carmack has updated his .plan file with comments about the GeForce3, Doom III, and Mac OS X. Mr. Carmack…

• Some Thoughts On The New iMac Colors From Two People Who Saw Them

  We have word from a couple of Observers attending MACWORLD Tokyo. These folks have seen the iMacs first hand, and…

• Missed The Keynote?  Apple Posts Keynote Archive

  Apple has finally posted the QuickTime stream of the MACWORLD Tokyo keynote speech

• Online Comics, Dead In The Water Or The Calm Before The Storm?

  Eolake Stobblehouse talks about Scott McCloud, his new book, online comics, and an interview with the comic maker at Apple's…

• Steep Declines & Broad Rallies Left Apple Unchanged

  As we suggested yesterday, a warning from Sun after the yesterday's closing bell played havoc with tech stocks. Added to…

February, 21st February 2001

• I Love The New iMac Colors: Full Circle In 13 Hours

  When I first saw Apple's announced new products and the pictures of the new iMacs, I was frankly appalled. I…

• Rodney Interviews Creator Of Netscape 6, ‘Flower Power’ Colors & The Mood-Ring iMac

  Rodney stumbled upon the person behind the Flower Power, our ol' friend Mac Daddy. It seems he is also the…

• Studio Artist Showcased At Macworld Japan

  Synthetik Software has announced that it will be demonstrating version 1.5 of its Studio Artist software at MacWorld Tokyo in…

• Applelinks Offers Free E-Mail And Web Space

  Applelinks.com has announced the addition of Applelinks Web Mail at www.applelinks.net. Applelinks Web Mail allows users to read and compose…

• Kaleidoscope 2.3.1 Hits The Servers

  Greg Landweber and Arlo Rose have announced the release of Kaleidoscope 2.3.1. The new version is a maintenance release.

• Apple Makes Stealth Release Of CarbonLib Update For Better Carbon Support

  Amid the announcements of odd iMac patterns, Apple also quietly released version 1.2.5 of their CarbonLib

• Handspring Expands To Europe, Inks Deal With Wavecom

  Handspring and Wavecom have announced a strategic relationship to explore the development of future wireless data products and modules for…

• VR Toolbox Sponsors QuickTime VR Seminars

  VR Toolbox has announced its Co-Sponsorship of "The Nuts and Bolts of QuickTime VR" tour, an Apple Computer seminar program.…

• Markets Shrug Off Tokyo Announcements

  The big news in the Mac world was yesterday's MACWORLD Tokyo announcements from Apple. New iMacs, new Cubes, and the…

• Westlake Announces Deus Ex Multiplayer Patch In Beta Testing

  Westlake Interactive updated their Web site today with the announcement that the Deus Ex Macintosh Multiplayer patch has reached the…

• First Look at Doom III with John Carmack

  Featured in the keynote alongside the GeForce 3 was a showing of Doom III by id Software's John Carmack, who…

• Seven New Screenshots Of Marathon Rubicon

  The good folks over at Marathon Rubicon have announced that seven new screenshots have been released and are on display…

• Apple Drops The Price Of The Cinema Display By US$1000

  At yesterday's Keynote address at MACWORLD Tokyo, Apple announced that the price of the extraordinary Cinema Display was being lowered…

• nVIDIA GeForce 3 To Be Released First On Macintosh!

  You heard correctly! The GeForce 3 from nVIDIA was announced at Apple CEO Steve Jobs Keynote Address at the MACWORLD…

• Revamped Cube Adds CD-RW

  In an attempt to salvage the sparkling industrial design of the Cube, Apple has revamped the product and is now…

• NVIDIA GeForce3 Now Available As US$350 Apple Store BTO Option (Updated)

  Despite reports published elsewhere regarding the cost and availability of the latest card from NVIDIA, as of 1:00AM EST February…

• Keynote Bright Spot: iTunes Updated

  Perhaps the best bit of news to come from last night's underwhelming keynote speech was that iTunes, Apple's music player/organizer/burner,…

• New iMac Announced, Models Now Sport Flowers And Dalmations (Really)

  During yesterday's keynote speech at the MACWORLD Tokyo Expo, Steve Jobs announced a revamped line of iMacs. While the line…