Archives for April 2001
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Weekly Roundup For April 20th, 2001
Welcome to another Mac Observer Audio Report from Ricky Spero. Today's TMO Audio Report is a Weekly Roundup for the…
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IE Java Freezes & Playing DivX On Your Mac
Dave Hamilton talks about some strange problems with running Java through Internet Explorer, and a way to get DivX-encoded videos…
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Profit Taking Pares Apple Gains
The name of the game today was profit taking. Stocks drifted lower today as the siren song of locking in…
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Using Sprite Tracks & LiveStage Pro
Brad Smith explains what Sprite tracks are and how to use them in building QuickTime movies and QuickTime components for…
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Survivor: Australian Outback Uses iMacs To Hit The Internet [Updated]
It is with a certain amount of feeling somewhat unclean that we bring you the news that the producers chose…
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XTools Allows X Windows Apps To Run Trough Aqua
Tenon has announced the official release of their rootless X Windows server, XTools. XTools allows users to run the X…
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A Little Leather To Help Keep Your PowerBook’s Screen Protected
JR Hill & Company has released a most unique addition for any PowerBook owner's travel bag, the Suede Leather Screen…
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Why Not? New Chip Allows TiBook Users 1GB Of RAM
Trans Intl. has announced the availability of a low-profile 512MB RAM module for the PowerBook G4 Titanium. The new chip…
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An Interview With A Mac Using, Pioneering, Technomad
Steven K. Roberts is famous for being the computer geek (sorry, genius) on a bicycle. In the eighties and nineties…
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Tetris Has Nothing Over Qube
Catara Software has released a challenging and addictive new puzzle game, Qube. Reminding users of Tetris, Qube requires users to…
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Adobe And Apple Offer Up Some Inspiration
Adobe is teaming with Apple Computer to offer the Total Inspiration seminar series. The free series is aimed at showing…
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Avernum 2 Updated
Spiderweb Software has updated their popular role-playing game, Avernum 2, to version 1.0.2. Avernum 2 is a role-playing game based…
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Apple, Apple, Apple Everywhere With AAPL Up Another 12.8%
Reading the mainstream financial news was like reading The Apple Stock Watch archives here at The Mac Observer. Apple here,…
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New Module Allows Cumulus Users To Search Ziped Archives
Canto has announced the availability of a new module for the line of Cumulus products, the Zip AssetStore Module. The…
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ConceptDraw Updated, Offers Improved OS X Performance
CS Odessa has updated their popular flowchart and diagraming tool, ConceptDraw, to version 1.6. Containing no true feature changes, version…
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Apple Ships 5 Millionth iMac!
Apple has issued a very interesting press release announcing that the company has now shipped the 5 millionth iMac since…
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Apple Hears The Cries, Releases Downloadable OS 10.0.1 Updater
After much debate regarding Apple's Software Update process, Apple has posted stand alone installers for their latest Mac OS X…
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Heavy Duty Text Excryption Tool Updated
Erich H Rast of PepperMind has updated his industrial strength text encryption tool, My Secret, to version 1.1. My Secret…
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Intelli Innovations Updates Product Line With Improved OS X Support
Intelli Innovations has updated three of their most popular products to add improved OS X support. eMail Alert! is now…
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DragThing Updated, Receives Host Of OS X Improvements
TLA Systems has updated their multi-functional launcher application, DragThing, to version 4.0.1. DragThing is a utility that allows users to…
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Group Logic To Smooth Vio Users Switch To MassTransit
With the recent announcement that Vio will discontinue their private file-sharing products and services, Group Logic aims to help users…
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Asante Targeting Multi-Tenant Marketplace
As broadband access continues to become increasingly more commonplace, Asante hopes to target the multi-tenant marketplace for growth opportunities. Asante…
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SoundJam Updated, Now Supports Rio 800
Despite the recent release of Apple music program, iTunes, Casady & Greene's SoundJam MP continues to be a wildly popular…
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Transport Your PowerBook G4 In Style
Dr. Bott is now shipping their ultra cool laptop carry case, designed specifically to match Apple's latest offering, the PowerBook…
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Apple’s Product Breakdown Reveals Consumer Weakness
A breakdown of Apple's product data sheet shows weakness in Apple's consumer offerings, and analysts call for new iMacs, iBooks,…
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Transcript Of Steve Jobs’ CNBC Interview
Last night, Steve Jobs was interviewed by CNBC on Business Center. Mr. Jobs appeared on Business Center to discuss Apple's…
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Napster & The Copyright Minefield, Part 1
Copyright is one of the hot issues that can fire people up in no time. Technology has evolved, perhaps beyond…
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Feedback On Reshaping The iMac Line & A Newbie Mac Radio Tip
Nancy revisits Observers' thoughts on reshaping the iMac line and follows up on her pledge to figure out how to…
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LaCie Increased FireWire Drive Performance To 45MB/s
LaCie has released a new line of FireWire hard drives that reach a maximum transfer rate of 45MB/second. Older FireWire…
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New Technology Allows Wireless Printing From Palm Devices
Bachmann Software & Services has announced a new system allowing Palm users to print to any standard printer. The new…
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clipEdit Get Maintenance Update
Everyday Software has updated their clipping editor, clipEdit, to version 2.1.3. clipEdit allows users to save and edit picture or…
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LAN Based Messaging Client Gains OS X Compatibility
The Kanex Group has released a version of the LAN based instant messaging application, MacPopUp, for Mac OS X. MacPopUp…
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Fantom Starts To Add OS X Compatibility To Their Products
Fantom Drives has announced that they have started to add OS X support to the product line. While the company…
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MacPublishing CEO Colin Crawford On The Mac Show
This week's Mac Show will feature the CEO of MacPublishing, Colin Crawford. With Apple set to announce their quarterly financial…
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Softobe Adds OS X Support To Backup Utility
Softobe has updated their data backup utility, FoldersSynchronizer, to version 2.1. FoldersSynchronizer allows users to easily backup data by copying…
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MacSpeech Adds Support For AOL 5.0 And FileMaker Pro 5.0
MacSpeech, makers of the popular iListen dictation program, has announced the availability of ScriptPaks for AOL 5.0 and FileMaker Pro…
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WebEvent Updated
WebEvent has updated their Web based calendar and scheduling program of the same name to version 3.4.2. WebEvent allows users…
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AppleSeed Celebrates The Release Of OS X
The AppleSeed Web site has been updated to reflect changes brought about by the release of Mac OS X. AppleSeed…
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Quake3, SOF2, Fly!2, and Shadowbane News
In today's Mac Gaming Roundup, we have an update on Quake III for OS X/AltiVec, a Shadowbane update, news on…
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MacTreasures Releases Hard To Find Games
MacTreasures has announced the availability of a variety of new games. Often specializing in Mac software that is traditionally difficult…
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Markets Soar, Apple Closes Up 11.7% & Blows Away Estimates
The markets really took off today on positive news from Intel and totally unexpected rate cut from Apple. Apple rose…
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Steve Jobs To Appear On CNBC Tonight
CNBC has all but said that Steve Jobs will appear on CNBC's Business Center tonight, probably right after the conference…
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Apple Crushes Estimates/Whisper Numbers With 11 Cents Per Share Profit (US$43 Million)
Apple posted a profit of US$43 million which is 11 cents per share, blowing away estimates of a penny a…
