Archives for August 2001

August, 19th August 2001

• Mac Software Emulator For TTY/TDD Updated

  Intelligent Products has announced an update to SoftTTY to version 1.2. SoftTTY is a software emulator that allows you to…

• One Reader’s Retrospective Video Footage

  In preparation for some continuing coverage from The Mac Observer, we wanted to take the opportunity to whet your appetite…

• Apple Updates MUG Calendar

  Our friends at The MUG Center have sent us a note updating us on MUG news for the week. First…

• Chat With An AI

  Observer Ryan Huele comes through again with another Cool Waste of Time. Ryan points us to a very cool chat…

• MTV’s Real World, Brand Spanking New, Total Request Live, & More

  We have received several notes about Mac sightings on MTV, including a bit of contradictory commentary on the new season…

• 15 Games Entered Into uDevGames Game Development Contest

  We received a note from Carlos Camancho, the publisher of iDevGames.com, updating us on the status of uDevGame 2001. iDevGames.com…

• Installing The Mac OS X Command Line Version Of SETI@home

  Are you running Mac OS X and wish you could get the very best performance possible from SETI@home? In response…

August, 16th August 2001

• Palm Organizing, Upgrade Tips, & Opening .EXE Files

  Dave Hamilton discusses Claris Organizer, upgrading an old 7200, and playing (certain types of) PC-formatted .EXE files on your Mac

• The Virtue Of Not Giving A Damn: Getting Beyond Ideology, Money, Fame & Market Share

  There is a plethora of web sites dedicated to the Macintosh and everything related to it. I write for some…

• Appellate Court Rejects Microsoft’s Appeal, New Remedy Trial To Begin Next Week

  Microsoft has been dealt a solid blow in its defense against its antitrust conviction. The company had asked the US…

• Apple Expands Hot Deals Section

  Apple sent us a note announcing some additions to its Hot Deals section of the Mac Product Guide. Hot Deals…

• Sign Makers: Illustrator Plug-In For Making Signs Updated

  New Ceres Solutions has released an update to NCS MagiSign to version 1.2. NCS MagiSign is a set of plug-ins…

• IntelliMerge Updated With Maintenance Release

  Intelli Innovations has updated its e-mail merging software, IntelliMerge, to version 1.2.7r2. The new release is a maintenance release that…

• Power On Software Updates Now Up-To-Date & Contact

  Power On Software has released a minor point release update to Now Up-to-Date& Contact to version 4.0.3. The new version…

• Aborted Ballooning Mission & High Altitude Wireless Broadband (With Pics)

  We have two very interesting Mac Sightings today that both involve high-altitude flight. We have the Cube hanging out in…

• Baldur’s Gate II Goes Gold, In Retailers In September

  We received word from MacPlay today that Baldur's Gate II Shadows of Amn has gone gold. The company tells us…

August, 15th August 2001

• Calerga Releases Issues Preview Release Of Scientific Computation App

  Calerga has announced a new version of SysQuake, its scientific computation program. The new version, SysQuake 2 LE, is being…

• Mac OS X Space Saving Utility Gets Maintenance Update

  Pocket Software has released a maintenance update for PocketDock, bringing the utility to version 2.13. PocketDock is a Mac OS…

• To Be Or Not To Be:  The Question Has At Long Last Been Answered

  Be is no more. The company founded by Apple's former president, Jean Louis Gass?e, has sold their assets to Palm,…

• Alias|Wavefront Updates Shockwave Exporter For Maya, Announces 3D Contest

  Maya has not yet been released for Mac OS X, but it is one of the most anticipated apps to…

• Classic Mac Finder Utility Gets Preview Release

  PublicSpace.net has announced a preview release for the next version of A Better Finder Rename. This tool is designed to…

• Apple Retailer Reports Receiving Shipment Of 800 MHz Dual Processor PowerMacs

  Apple officially unveiled 800 MHz PowerMac dual processor machines at MACWORLD New York during Steve Jobs' keynote. The machines were…

• Run Yellow Dog Linux On A PowerPC PC Not Built By Apple

  Terra Soft Solutions has dropped the price on it 500 MHz briQ PowerPC Linux computers. You read correctly, the company…

• FileMaker Pro E-Mail Plugin Updated

  Comm-Unity Networking Systems has released a full point release upgrade for POPit, bringing the FileMaker Pro plugin to version 3.0.…

• TMO Interview: Rodney O. Lain Speaks With 12-Year-Old Mac Programmer, "Atomm"

  Rodney O. Lain speaks with Atomm Atlas, the 12-year old programmer we spotlighted during MACWORLD New York. Atomm is a…

• Ask The Magic Aquaball

  Observer Armando Santana dropped us a note about a cool waste of time he just put up at his own…

• What Computer Is Good Enough To Tackle Cloning?

  Observer Carroll Wills noticed a big 22" Cinema Display in the forefront of a Reuters photo. The photo accompanied a…

August, 14th August 2001

• Sonnet Drop Prices On 12 Processor Upgrades

  Sonnet Technologies has announced another price drop for its processor upgrades. The company has dropped prices on 12 difference models,…

• View AIM Logs With Updated AIMgadget

  David Norton Media has released an update to AIMgadget. AIMgadget allows users to easily view their AIM logs, and the…

• Kodak Rolls Out 3 New Consumer Digital Cameras

  Kodak has announced three new digital cameras in its EasyShare consumer digital camera line, the DX3900 Zoom, DX3700 and DX3215…

• Timbukto Pro For OS X On Tonight’s Mac Show

  A quick check of the calendar shows that this is Wednesday, and that means it's time for another Mac Show.…

• Power On Updates GoMac To Version 2.1

  The folks at Power On Software have updated one of our favorite Classic Mac apps, GoMac. GoMac emulates the Windows…

• Mmmmmm… Cheesy!  Open Source QuickDraw 3D Project Updated

  Quesa is an open source implementation of the QuickDraw 3D API for OpenGL headed by the Quesa Development Team. The…

• Burn A CD In 3 Minutes With New 24X Burner From Formac

  Need a CD? Got a spare 3 minutes? Formac has rolled out a 24X CD-RW FireWire drive for the Mac.…

• LightWave 3D Gets Major Upgrade For Classic & Mac OS X

  At Siggraph this week, NewTek has announced the release of a major upgrade for LightWave 3D in the form of…

• TMO Adds New Company Member, Moves Up In Club Standings

  We are happy to announce that we have added 11 new members, including a new company member, to our SETI@home…

• Guess The Dictator Or TV Sit-Com Character!

  So you're sitting around with little or nothing to do, and you say to yourself "I wonder if someone could…

• Legally Blonde’s Statement Of "Difference" & An Osmosis Resemblance

  Observer Peter Kline sent us a note about Legally Blonde where a Tangerine iBook figures prominently as a symbol of…

• 30 Macs, 30 PCs, 9 Mountain Dews, & 1 Cherry Coke

  Have you ever wondered why the typical PC systems administrator is absolutely addicted to coffee and Mountain Dew? Brad Smith…

August, 13th August 2001

• SiliconValley.com Roundtable Asks "Does Apple Matter?"

  SiliconValley.com has launched a roundtable discussion it is calling "Does Apple Matter?" The roundtable is a forum-like discussion by a…

• Mac Observer Sighting: TMO Mentioned In The New York Times

  We are pleased as punch to mention that we got a nice mention in the New York Times yesterday in…

• Rage On Through Your MP3s With Player Update

  Chaotic Software has updated its MP3 player, MP3 Rage. The new version, 3.7, adds features and fixes a bug

• Blue Line Studios’ Site Optimizer Updated

  Blue Line Studios has updated WebsiteCompressor. WebsiteCompressor does what its name suggests, it optimizes your Web site, helping you get…

• Help Beat The MHz Myth, Join SETI@home!

  SETI@home is a research project out of UC Berkeley designed to use your excess CPU time to analyze data from…

• Apple Cancels CQF, Replaces It With Apple Software Seeding Program

  We received a note this weekend from an anonymous Observer saying that Apple is cancelling its CQF (Customer Quality Feedback)…

• 4-Port USB 2.0 Hub Announced

  IOGEAR has announced a USB 2.0 4-port hub for Mac OS X. Apple is not yet shipping USB 2.0 in…

• Mac OS X-only Auction Software Released

  Colourfull Creations has created a Mac OS X version of its auction organizer for the Mac. Auction Tender 3 works…

• Classic Mac Web Photo Album Software Updated

  LAJ designed has released Quickies Photos to Web 1.2. The new version of the photo album maker adds many new…

• FileMaker Pro Based Scheduling Software Updated

  Life $uccess Institute has released Schedula Professional 7.0. Schedula Professional is a scheduling system built for, and requiring, FileMaker Pro.…

• Incredible Stickman Martial Arts Flash Movie

  CollegeHumor.com is hosting a very cool Flash movie that is part Stickman movie, part video game, and part martial arts…