Archives for May 2001

May, 31st May 2001

• iMac: Giving Power To The Kids

  Eolake Stobblehouse came across a wonderful picture of a young child "risking life and limb" to reach an iMac. That…

• New WPDFD Released, Site Design Updated

  To celebrate the release of their June issue, Joe Gillespie of Web Page Design For Designers has also made some…

• New App Allows OS X To Speak Reminders

  Charmed Baryon Software has released a new application that allows Mac OSX to speak timed reminders, SpeakTime. SpeakTime 2.0 not…

• MyMac Pays Tribute To Mac Writer Mick O’Neil

  Long time Mac writer Mick O'Neil recently passed away, and Tim Robertson at MyMac has posted an excellent tribute to…

• Z-Write Beta Available For OS X

  Stone Table Software has released a beta version of their non-linear word processor for OS X, Z-Write. Z-Write allows users…

• Mac OS X: There Is No Succedaneum. Spelling Bee Winner’s Dad Wearing OS X T-Shirt

  The media has been full of stories about the young man named Sean Conley who won the national Spelling Bee,…

• Apple Retail Store Employees Move Swiftly To Pull PC-Only Title From Mac Games Section

  What do you do when you find a PC-only game at an Apple retail store? Step back and watch the…

• New FileMaker Based Survey Software Available

  Waves in Motion has released a beta version of their next-generation FileMaker based polling software, Poll-IT. Poll-IT 3.0 allows users…

• Griffin Updates USB Based Audio Device

  Griffin Technology has released a new version of their USB based audio recording and playback adapter, iMic. iMic provides a…

• Polaroid Announces New Instant Digital Printing Technologies

  As the popularity of digital photography increases, the desire to produce high-quality, timely prints of digital images also continues to…

• Shareware Image Editor Updated

  Norbyte has updated their easy-to-use image editing program, Rainbow Painter, to version 2.0.1. Rainbow Painter allows users to perform basic…

• OmniWeb Adds French & German Support, Fixes QuickTime Issue

  The Omni Group has updated their popular Cocoa based Web browser, OmniWeb, to version 4.0.1. Although a minor increase in…

• Jobs Data Pushes Markets Higher, Apple Jumps 4.7%

  Economic reports galore came out today and the news helped push stocks higher, including Apple, which rose 4.7%

• Walt Mossberg Praises iBook On CNBC & In Wall Street Journal

  Walt Mossberg has once again come out swinging for Apple by singing the praises of the company's new iBook during…

May, 30th May 2001

• Visual Network Monitoring Utility Updated For OS X

  Dartware has released another beta edition of their visual network monitoring utility, InterMapper. Version 3.5b4 allows users to get a…

• OS X Compatible BBEdit Lite 6.1 Released

  Bare Bones Software has released an OS X compatible version of BBEdit Lite 6.1. BBEdit Lite is a powerful and…

• Game Developer Magazine Features Omni Group, Building OS X Games (With Pic)

  Observer Ralph Miranda pointed us to the latest issue of Game Developer Magazine with has a feature article about building…

• New USB Switch Allows Once Keyboard/Display Combo For Multiple Machines

  IOGEAR has announced a new USB based switching device allowing users to control multiple computers via a single keyboard/monitor/mouse combination,…

• Strange Pic Of "Apple Device" Appears/Disappears On Japanese Site (With Pic, & Updated

  We got a note from an anonymous Observer with some text and an image that reportedly came from a Japanese…

• MWNY User Group University Syllabus Finalized: TMO’s Kyle D’Addario To Offer OS X Session

  The User Group University has finalized their syllabus for the upcoming MACWORLD NY Expo. Featuring sessions ranging from Tutorial Development…

• Search Engine Updated, New Features Added

  With1Click has updated their location and Web site, and are now offering users even more reliable search results and a…

• Aladdin Announces New Licensing Plan For Stuffit

  Aladdin has announced a new licensing play for their Stuffit line of products called the StuffIt OneSource Volume License Program.…

• MultiMode Updated

  Black Cat Systems has updated their amateur radio program, MultiMode, to version 3.9.4. MultiMode allows users to decode and translate…

• New Multi-Platform, Multi-Langauge FileMaker Plug-In On The Way

  24U has announced a new FileMaker Pro plug-in that allows developers to easily make their FileMaker databases not only multi-platform,…

• Market Rally Boosts Apple, But Keeps The Stock Under 20

  The markets rallied today in an attempt to shake off the last few days of losses with Apple piling enough…

May, 29th May 2001

• Microsoft Developed UK Government Site Excludes Mac/Linux Users

  The UK government is on an aggressive path towards offering all government services through the Internet, and part of that…

• Doonesbury Cartoon Offers Subtle Tribute To The Oppressed Mac Masses (With Pic)

  Gary Trudeau, the creator of Doonesbury, has long been known to be a Mac fan. This week, Mr. Trudeau offers…

• Even PC Magazine Mixes Up Mac OS X & Windows XP

  Observer Mark dropped us a note that we thought was pretty darned funny. With all the confusion between Mac OS…

• Madison Square Garden, New York Yankees Preview Web Site Using OS X

  The Madison Square Garden Network, the current broadcast partner for Major League Baseball's New York Yankees, has just launched a…

• OS X Note Pad Utility Updated

  Bruno Blondeau has updated his multi-purpose note pad utility for Mac OS X, iOrganize. iOrganize allows users to easily store…

• Now Up-To-Date & Contact 4 Released

  Power On Software has updated their popular Personal Information Management (PIM) application, Now Up-to-Date & Contact, to version 4. Now…

• FireWire Depot Offers New, Faster Drive Enclosures

  FireWire Depot has announced a set of new FireWire drive enclosures based on the recently released Oxford 911 chip. Offering…

• Apple Posts Mac OS X Server Migration Guide

  With last week's release of Mac OS X Server 2.0, based on the Mac OS X 10.0 code, many users…

• This Year’s Hot Wedding Accessory: A Macintosh? (With Pic)

  The photographers at the bridesmaid dress company, Dessy, feature a PowerMac G4 Cube complete with a 15" flat panel display…

• Give The Dock A Hand With PocketDock

  Pocket Software has updated their multi-purpose launcher utility, PocketDock, to version 2.11. PocketDock Allows users to store files, folders, e-mail…

• The Mac Minute And Visor Central On The Mac Show

  Tonight's Mac Show will feature the Editor-in-Chief of the new Macintosh news site, The Mac Minute, Stan Flack. Mr. Flack…

• Cocoa App Makes Creating OS X Icons A Snap

  Fabricata has released a Cocoa based application for easily creating OS X icons, Iconata. Iconata allows users various levels of…

• Web Resource For Desktop Pictures Getting A Face Lift

  Mando Gomez has announced that he is revamping his Web site, Mandolux.com. Mandolux.com is a wonderful resource for an enormous…

• Not So Fast: Radeon Holds Its Own Against GeForce2 MX

  Inside Mac Games has posted an in-depth comparison between ATI's Radeon AGP and NVIDIA's GeForce2 MX graphics cards. Although the…

• Apple Drops 7.8%, Closes Below 20

  It was another bad day on the Street again today as an earnings warning from Sun helped drag Apple down…

May, 28th May 2001

• Now The Whole Company Can Get Prompted

  Intelli Innovations has released a new version of their computer based prompting software, iPrompter ProPack. The new ProPack is a…

• BTO CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive iBooks Are Now Shipping

  We have received confirmation that BTO iBooks are shipping from an Observer that requested anonymity.

• Computerized Flash Cards Help OS X Using Students Master Math

  Fast Rabbit Software has released a new flash card style learning program, Math Flash 1.0 for OS X. Math Flash…

• Nu Sans Font Gets FontReserve Compatibility

  Scooter Graphics has updated their very "Apple-like" font, Nu Sans, to version 9.6. Nu Sans is based on the font…

• Hack Your iBook: Put Clarus The Dogcow In Your Apple Logo

  We got a note from Observer Mike Margolis who has found a way to add Clarus the dogcow inside the…

• SuperCard App Helps Store URLs

  LittleFish Software has updated their SuperCard based URL storage utility, URL Jig, to version 1.0.6. URL Jig provides a simple…

• eMail Alert! Keeps On Rockin’, Improves OS X Compatibility

  Intelli Innovations has updated their e-mail management utility, eMail Alert!, to version 2.7. eMail Alert! automatically notifies users when there…

• FileMaker Based Scheduling App Released

  DW Data Concepts has released a new multi-user scheduling application, Appointment. Appointment 1.0v5 uses FileMaker Pro to offer a full-featured…

• Mac 3D Artists To Gather For Monthly Meeting In NYC

  The Macintosh 3D Artist User Group of NY is planning their next general meeting for June 20th at the NYC…

• Boy Howdy! Alsoft Heads To Houston Area User Group Meeting

  The Houston Area Apple User Group (HAAUG) will hold their next general meeting Saturday, June 16th. Featured at that meeting…