Archives for March 2001

March, 14th March 2001

• New Halo Screenshots And Movie Footage

  Voodoo Extreme posted has some interesting images of Halo, Bungie Software's upcoming squad based action game. Halo is expected to…

• Gamers Rejoice!  Marathon Rubicon Release Date Announced

  After great hype and years in the making, the new Marathon addition, Rubicon, will be available to the public this…

• PowerSchool Offers Morning Boost, But Apple Closes Lower

  The Nasdaq was in rally mode this morning, and Apple was boosted, in part, by its acquisition announcement of PowerSchool.…

• Apple To Acquire PowerSchool For US$62 Million

  Apple is acquiring PowerSchool for US$62 million in Apple stock

• So, What Exactly Is PowerSchool, And Why Did Apple Buy Them?

  Apple announced yesterday that they were purchasing PowerSchool for US$62 million in shares of Apple. The number one question for…

March, 13th March 2001

• More Information About CD-R/W Disks & Some Browser Tips

  Nancy Carroll Gravley has some more advice on CD-R/W disks and some helpful hints to make your Internet surfing easier

• Apple Announces Final Cut Pro 2 With Vastly Improved G4 Performance

  Apple has announced Final Cut Pro 2 today, and the new release packs many features and vastly improved performance on…

• TiBook Supply Constraints Easing, Cupertino Retailer Reports Getting "Pallets Of PowerBooks&quo

  The folks at Elite Computers & Software sent us a note saying they had gotten all kinds of PowerBooks, filling…

• Wall Street Journal Asks Novelist About His Mac & Bill Gates

  Observer Rem wrote to us with a gem from the Wall Street Journal. It seems that novelist Reynolds Price was…

• Web Server Suite Takes 50% Price Drop

  PagePlanet has announced a price drop for its Modular Gateway Interface product. They sliced it in half

• AOL Employee Says Version 6 For OS X On The Way

  Somebody claiming to be an AOL employee has posted interesting information in one of our forums. There is currently a…

• Type Those Funky Characters, White Boy

  With apologies to Wild Cherry for the title, Uni Software Plus has released PopChar Pro 1.3.2. PopChar Pro makes it…

• The Mac Show Features Former Mac The Knife… Oops, Former MacWeek Editor

  The Mac Show is a weekly QuickTime streaming broadcast about all things Macintosh. Hosted by Shawn King, this week's show…

• MacScripter.net Boasts An Update

  MacScripter has announced a site update. MacScripter.net has new enhancements and material to show off.

• Brad Oliver’s MacMame Updated To v 0.37b13

  MacMame, the classic arcade game emulator for the Macintosh, is still alive and kicking with a new version. The new…

• Dow Below 10K, But Apple Adds 4% To Close Over 20

  Yesterday's rally was short lived, and the Dow took off spelunking below 10,000. Apple, and other box makers, actually showed…

• WHAT? ONLY X MORE DAYS UNTIL OS X!!!

  It is only X more days until Mac OS X is released! Man, am I excited! We have waited for…

March, 12th March 2001

• Mac OS X Is REALLY Shipping…

  As we observed last week, Mac OS X went Golden Master. This is grand for the Mac community, despite what…

• The Latest Weapon In The Digital Video Revolution

  The Idiots review the ShuttlePRO, a great tool for DV editing from Contour Design, as only the Idiots can

• Sinbad Is Answering The Phones For Apple Support

  Speaking of Star Power, Apple has enlisted the help of comedian Sinbad for the Apple support telephone lines. A routine…

• Apple Posts Expanded "Concert" Commercial, Featuring More Musicians, Including Iggy Pop! (

  Apple has posted an expanded version of the commercial known as Concert featuring Iggy Pop, Aimee Mann, Wilco, and more

• Server Monitoring App Updated, Gains OS X Compatibility

  Maxum Development has announced a major update to their server monitoring utility, PageSentry. Version 4.0 will gain OS X compatibility,…

• Sapphire Releases New Photoshop Filter Set

  Sapphire Innovations has released a new set of 70 Photoshop filters called Sapphire Filters Vol 1. The new filters off…

• Web Confidential Updated

  Alco Blom has updated his password manager, Web Confidential, to version 2.2.1. Web Confidential allows users to easily store Internet…

• FireWire DVD-RAM Drive Now Available

  FirewireDirect has released a new FireWire based DVD-RAM drive. DVD-RAM offers users unparalleled storage capacity by writing on 9.4GB media.…

• Handspring Releases Stylish New Visor Edge (With Pic)

  Handspring has announced the latest addition to their line of Visor products, the Visor Edge. Borrowing from Apple's PowerBook G4…

• G4 PowerBook Graces the Cover of the New York Times Online (With Pic)

  Imagine our surprise and delight at seeing a thumbnail picture of a Titanium PowerBook G4 on the front e-page of…

• PasswordWallet Updated

  Selznick Scientific Software has updated their password management application, PasswordWallet, to version 2.0.1. PasswordWallet allows users to stare usernames and…

• Help Make Your Mac More Secure

  Freaks Macintosh Archives has posted a series of files dedicated to helping users have a more secure computing environment. Hacking…

• HP Announces New $299 Printer/Scanner/Copier Unit

  Hewlett-Packard has announced a new multi-function home imaging device, the HP PSC 750. The new unit features printing, flat-bed scanning,…

• Markets Rebound, Sky Doesn’t Fall, & Apple Gains 5%

  Stocks bounced off of several days of losses that culminated in yesterday's precipitous drop like Tigger on a particularly "springy"…

• Reuters Reports On Jobs Stock Options: US$548 Million Or US$1.4 Billion?

  Remember those stock options granted to Apple CEO Steve Jobs in 1999? Reuters does. Apple's Board of Directors made quite…

• Now That Macweek Is Gone…Wanna Be A Mac Columnist?

  Rodney O. Lain says that MacWeek's death is not necessarily a bad thing, though many will miss it. The nature…

March, 11th March 2001

• Make Sure Your Mac Doesn’t Really Burn, Use Thermograph

  Back in the early days of personal computing, heat wasn't really a concern. With today's processors, this is no longer…

• MacVillage Offers Web Masters Real-Time Mac Headlines

  MacVillage, the Macintosh based World Wide Web portal, has announced a new service available to Web Master. The service allows…

• Adobe Releases Acrobat 5, Adds Host Of New Features

  Adobe has released a new version of their "E-Paper" solution, Acrobat. Acrobat allows users to easily save any file, keeping…

• Atomic Mac 5.0 Finalized And Released

  Black Cat Systems has updated their multi-functional Periodic Table of the Elements application, The Atomic Mac, to version 5.0. The…

• Net Based Time Clock App Updated

  RedCort Software has updated their Virtual TimeClock line of products to version 3.1. Virtual TimeClock Pro and Net TimeClock allow…

• iListen Office 2001 ScriptPaks Available

  MacSpeech, makers of the popular dictation application iListen, have released a series of ScriptPaks for use with Office 2001. The…

• Utility Helps To Script And Automate FileMaker

  Waves in Motion has released a new FileMaker Pro scripting utility, oAzium Events. oAzium Events allows users to easily add…

• Wincent At It Again, Takes A Peak At 4K78

  Wincent Colaiuta of Wincent.org has gotten his hands on OS X build 4K78, and has put it through the paces.…

• Pi Fillings CD Offers Nothing But The Good Stuff

  The Washington Apple Pi user group has announced version 8 of their Pi Fillings CD. The CD contains an array…

• New Shadowbane Movies Released

  Shadowbane, the upcoming Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) from Wolfpack studios, is getting closer and closer to completion.…

• Manic Minefields Version 1.4.3 Released

  Norbyte (formerly Addiction Interactive) has released a new and improved version their classic Minesweeper game, Manic Minefields. With unique and…

• Bears Steamroll The Markets, Apple Down 8%

  Both the Dow and the Nasdaq opened up with steep losses, and Apple participated in the downturn, closing lower by…

• Forbes Praises Apple’s New 733 MHz CD-RW PowerMac

  Forbes' online arm has published an article in praise of Apple's new US$2999 CD-RW 733 MHz PowerMac G4. Apple officially…

March, 08th March 2001

• OS X Networking, Cube Hard Drives, & The Green Hornet

  Dave Hamilton talks about networking and OS X, hard drives in the Cube, and The Green Hornet, whom he claims…

• Stocks Tank Hard, Lemonides Praises Apple

  The Nasdaq tumbled to a two-year low, but Apple minmized its losses, helped in part by support from Charles Lemonides

• Remembering 1984 With Massive Newsweek Spread (With Pics)

  It's time for another Remembering article, and this week we look at a massive 16 page spread from Newsweek, including…

• SecureMac Adds More Security Products Listings

  SecureMac has announced a site update with new software and versions. Deus Lock Master, ShredIt, and FreeGuard are now listed.