Archives for April 2001
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TidBITS Celebrating Their 11th Anniversary
TidBITS, one of the Mac Web's most popular and well-respected members, is celebrating their 11th anniversary. Each week TidBITS publishes…
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OneApp Clean Text Released For OS X
OneApp Software has updated their text "cleaning" utility, OneApp Clean Text, to version 1.2.4. The new version is Carbonized to…
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Apple TIL Article Address Recent Firmware Updates And Disabled RAM
Apple has posted a TIL article addressing the latest round of firmware updates and problems with those updates disabling some…
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Error Code Translation Software Updated
Bleu Rose Ltd. has updated their Mac error code translation utility, Black & Bleu, to version 3.2. Both the standard…
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Looking For Web Server Space? MacVillage Has You Covered
MacVillage has updated their Web hosting service. In addition to the current free Web hosting program, MacVillage hosting will now…
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IOGEAR PCI Card Supports USB 2.0
IOGEAR has announced the release of its first PCI Host Card supporting USB 2.0. The new product will also be…
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Bulk E-mail Program Updated
Maxprog has updated their bulk e-mail program, MaxBulk Mailer, to version 1.6.1. MaxBulk Mailer allows users to easily send large…
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Group Logic Technology Adopted By Fujifilm
Group Logic has announced that Fujifilm has adopted some of their technologies. Fujifilm will incorporate them into a new Web…
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Verbatim Ramps Up DVD-R Media Production
Verbatim will begin shipping high-volume quantities of their DataLifePlus 4.7GB DVD-Recordable (DVD-R) General Use media this month. While DVD-RAM drives…
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Fantom Drives Acquires MicroNet
Fantom Drives has acquired MicroNet technologies. MicroNet, maker of the popular SAN Cube Storage Area Network device, adds established and…
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April 17th, 2001
There are lots of great articles, and some really bad ones, on the Internet. Though we link to all of…
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Cisco’s Woes Spark Rally, Cautious Comments On Apple Drop AAPL 4.8%
Today was full of surprises as tech stocks mostly rallied depite Cisco's disappointing results. Apple dropped 4.8%
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Solomon Smith Barney Says Apple Will Hit Q2, Q3 Will Be A "Challenge"
Richard Gardner, an analyst with Solomon Smith Barney, and a long-time analyst following Apple in particular, has issued an earnings…
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Listen In To Apple’s Second Quarter Results Conference Call
Apple has officially announced its conference call for tomorrow's Q2 (the March quarter is Apple's fiscal 2nd quarter) results. Thanks…
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Want to Share With Windows Users? Try Samba for OS X
John F. Braun shows us how to share files across a network with Windows users in a way that is…
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Unix Based Astronomy App Runs On OS X
XEphem 3.4, a Unix based full-featured Astronomy program, has been compiled to run via an X-Windows implementation under Mac OS…
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April Issue Of About This Particular Macintosh Available
There is a new version of About This Particular Macintosh available for your consumption. This month's version focuses extensively on…
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Snak Released For OS X
Kent Sorensen has released an OS X version of his popular IRC chat client, Snak. Snak is a full-featured client…
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Apple Has Big Plans For Upcoming WWDC
With the recent release of OS X, next month's World Wide Developer Conference promises to be a monumental one for…
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Apple Releases OS X 10.0.1 Update
After weeks of speculation Apple has officially released the first update for OS X, version 10.0.1. There was talk around…
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Wincent Helps 4L5/4L7 Users Get The New OS X 10.0.1 Update
If you are one of the few lucky users that managed to get their hands on the unofficial OS X…
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Help Keep OS X Disks Clean
The OS X wizards at The Omni Group have updated their utility for removing unwanted files, and thus clearing space,…
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How Many Days To Go?
Beyond Midnight Software has updated their appointment reminder program, Days To Go, to version 2.1.2. Days To Go allows users…
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Track Your Weight And So Much More
Black Cat Systems has released Health Tracker 2.0. Formerly Weight Tracker, Health Tracker allows users to easily monitor a variety…
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Interview With David Pogue
Eolake Stobblehouse interviews David Pogue, long time Mac author, columnist, and editor. Mr. Pogue newest job is being a tech…
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April 16th, 2001
There are lots of great articles, and some really bad ones, on the Internet. Though we link to all of…
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Ares Scenario Editor Released
Ambrosia Software has updated their classic space game, Ares, to version 1.2.0. In addition to updating the game, Ambrosia has…
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Tech Dips, Cisco Warns (Again), & Apple Drops 4%
Tech stocks didn't do so well, but a warning from Cisco after the bell is likely to make things worse…
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Work Around Hack For Changing Your OS X Hard Drive Icons
We wanted to know if there was any way to change your Mac OS X hard drive icons, so we…
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Filesharing In Mac OS X
Wincent Colaiuta shows us an important way of sharing your data with other users in Mac OS X: Apple's filesharing…
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Inside Microsoft R&D (Cartoon)
Today we introduce a new cartoon called Reality Check from Bryan Chaffin and Cory Harrison. Our premier cartoon is called…
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ResExcellence Posts Team Mac Observer Desktop Pic
So you say you want a Mac Observer desktop pic for your Mac? Well, then head over to ResExcellence
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TMO Audio Report: Weekly Roundup For April 13th, 2001
This marks our first Mac Observer Audio Report from Ricky Spero. Today's TMO Audio Report is a Weekly Roundup for…
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Wincent Looks Back At NeXT, Rapsody, And Return Of Jobs
Our good friend Wincent Colaiuta has posted a truly entertaining and enlightening article over at Wincent.org. The piece, a complete…
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The Specifics On AOL’s OS X Client Beta Release (Updated)
VersionTracker is reporting that AOL has released a beta version of their AOL client for OS X. We were able…
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PC Technologies That Will Affect Your Mac
There's certainly a few of us out there, myself included, who believe that many technical innovations and technologies in the…
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Prowl Through Image Files With Ease
Andrew Cunningham has updated his image viewer and management tool, Prowler, to version 2.1.1. Prowler allows users to easily store,…
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PowerManager Allows Users To Automate Computer Behavior
Dragon Systems Software has updated their system automation utility, Power Manager, to version 2.1. Power Manager allows users to easily…
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Get Cleaner E-Mail Now With Email Cleaner
ElfData has updated their utility for "cleaning" the formatting of e-mail messages, Email Cleaner, to version 2.0. Email Cleaner allows…
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A Better Finder Rename Updated
PublicSpace has updated their utility for renaming files, A Better Finder Rename, to version 3.8. A Better Finder Rename allows…
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April 13th, 2001
There are lots of great articles, and some really bad ones, on the Internet. Though we link to all of…
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Can You Beat Them And Join Them? Microsoft Finally Feels Insecure
There is a war brewing, on these shores and abroad, that threatens our most basic need for security and autonomy.…
