Archives for September 2001

September, 24th September 2001

• Mood Lighting Editor Update Released

  CDS advanced technology bv has released a maintenance update for LCedit+, bringing it to version 2.01. LCedit+ is a lighting…

• Mac OS X 10.1 Released, Free In Apple Stores This Saturday

  Steve Jobs officially announced today at Seybold that Mac OS X 10.1 is ready to go. The update will be…

• Quickie Photos To Web Updated

  LAJ Design has released an update for Quickie Photos to Web, bringing it to version 1.2.2. Quickie Photos to Web…

• Cowflinging For Fun And Profit

  Today, we bring you a very cool waste of time that invovles flinging a cow from a catapult into a…

September, 23rd September 2001

• MUG Center News: News From Japan, European MUG Conference, Fund Roundup

  We received a note from the MUG Center on updates for this week's news. There's a lot of it this…

• Adobe Announces InDesign 2.0, Including Support For Mac OS X 10.1

  Adobe announced InDesign 2.0 today. InDesign 2.0 is Adobe's layout product designed to compete with Quark Xpress, and the new…

• Adobe Announces Illustrator 10, Including Mac OS X Support

  Adobe has announced Illustrator 10 today, and though the press release does not mention it, the illustration app will include…

• Texture Maps For 3D Modeling Released

  MonkeyByte.com has released an update for Escapism Texture Map Collection, bringing it to version 1.1. Escapism Texture Map Collection is…

• New Mac Desktop Images And Other Goodies

  The Apple Collection has some new products for lovers of all things Mac related. The Apple Collection is a Web…

• App Released To Test Access For Those With Disabilities

  UsableNet has released an upgrade for Lift Onsite, bringing it to version 2.0. Lift Onsite 2.0 is a testing app…

• Get That Old Heap Some FireWire Power

  Miglia Technology is now shipping a new PCI expansion card, the Miglia Alchemy FW + USB PCI card for PCI…

• FireWire To SCSI Converter’s Drivers & Firmware Updated

  Fastware.net has released a revised version of SIM Extension, the driver for its BridgeIt FireWire to SCSI converter. The new…

• SimpleDialog Plug-In For FileMaker Pro Updated

  24U s.r.o has released a maintenance update for 24U SimpleDialog Plug-In, bringing it to version 1.0.2. SimpleDialog is a dialog…

• International FileMaker Developer 5.5 Released Today, US Version To Be Released 10/1

  FileMaker, Inc. has announced that the international English version of FileMaker Developer 5.5 has been released today, and that the…

• Bear Sterns Analyst Lowers Profit Estimates For Apple, Other PC Vendors

  Reuters is reporting that Bear Stearns analyst Andrew Neff has cut profit estimates across the board in the PC industry.…

September, 20th September 2001

• C|Net Chronicles Customer Frustration With Microsoft’s Licensing Tactics

  C|Net has published an article by Joe Wilcox that focuses on customer frustration with the licensing changes Microsoft is using…

• FirewireDirect FireWire/USB 2.0 Combo Drives

  FirewireDirect has announced the release of a new FireWire product line called the Spark II Pro. The Spark II Pro…

• Interaction Upgraded, Company Will Donate 100% Of Product’s Sales To Red Cross In September

  Media Design in*Progress has released an upgrade for Interaction, bringing it to version 3.6. Interaction is an XML based web…

• iPrompter Maintenance Update Released

  Intelli Innovations, Inc. has released a maintenance update for iPrompter, bringing it to version 1.8.6. iPrompter is a text prompter…

• New Texture Effects For Photoshop 6 And Painter

  Sapphire Innovations has released several new plug-ins for Photoshop 6 and Painter. The new effects palettes are bundled in two…

• Keep Your Eye On The Globe With EarthBrowser

  Lunar Software has released an update for EarthBrowser, bringing it to version 1.5.4. EarthBrowser is an Earth simulation/map with live…

• iListen Now Available For OS 9.2.1

• Keyspan Ships Silver USB Hubs For New G4s And PowerBooks

  Keyspan is shipping a new silver USB hub that is designed to accesorize your PowerBook G4 or PowerMac G4. The…

• FTP Server Package Updated

  Maxum Development Corp. has released a major update for Rumpus, bringing it to version 2.0. Rumpus 2.0 is a FTP…

• Frequent Flyer Tracking App For Qantas Released

  Splash IT Consulting has released Miles Manager 1.0 for use with Qantas Airlines. Miles Manager 1.0 is a frequent flier…

September, 19th September 2001

• Turn Your Handspring Visor Into A Digital Camera With New Springboard Module

  Handspring has released a new Springboard module that turns your Handspring Visor into a digital camera. The unit is called…

• Article On JavaScript Posted At Apple Developer Connection

  Apple sent us a note saying that a new article had been posted to the Apple Developer Connection Web site.…

• Aladdin Ships Stuffit Lite 6.5

  On the heels of yesterday's release of Stuffit Deluxe 6.5, Aladdin Systems today released Stuffit Lite 6.5. Stuffit Lite includes…

• Apple Adds MacWarehouse To "Hot Deals" Web Site

  We received a note from Apple saying that MacWarehouse has been added to the list of vendors featured on the…

• Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg Slams Windows XP

  In a review of Windows XP, Walt Mossberg calls it the best Microsoft OS yet, but spends a good portion…

• One Ounce Portable 3 Port USB Hub Ships

  Dr. Bott has announced the release of new hardware for your Mac needs, the T3Hub. The T3Hub is a portable…

• Mac OS X Finder Enhancement Released

  PUBLICSPACE.NET has announced a full point release of A Better Finder Rename, bringing it to version 4.0. A Better Finder…

• Keep Those Scratches On The Turn Tables: PowerBook Screen Protector Released

  JR Hill has released screen protectors to keep oils and scratches from ruining your G4 PowerBook LCD screen. The leather…

• More Web Site Authoring For OS X

  PineHill Products has released an update for CreativePage, bringing it to version 2.8. CreativePage 2.8 is a Web authoring tool…

September, 18th September 2001

• A Reminder Of What Is Truly Important

  The Idiots take a bit of time out to remind us of the more important things in life

• The Mac Show Features Director Of Maya Technologies

  It's Wednesday, and that means that it's time for another broadcast of The Mac Show. The Mac Show is a…

• Aladdin Releases Stuffit Express Personal Edition & Stuffit Deluxe 6.5

  Aladdin Systems has released an update to the Stuffit Deluxe family, as well as a new member called Stuffit Express…

• Cumulus Add-On From Canto

  At next week's Seybold conference, Canto will be announcing the availability of an add-on to the Cumulus line of publishing…

• Diagraming App ConceptDraw Goes Pro

  Computer Systems Odessa Corp. has released ConceptDraw Professional, a cross-platform diagramming app designed for use by IT and technical professionals.…

• MCF Software Donates 100-50% Of Proceeds To Red Cross

  MCF Software has joined the army of corporations helping the disaster relief effort by donating proceeds from the sales of…

• Double Your DVI Cable Length

  Gefen has released a new product that allows users to connect flat panel monitors or projectors more than six feet…

• MUG Center News Briefs

  The MUG Center has new information on MUG group activities in your backyard and worldwide

• Time To Vote For The Best Mac Games In uDevGame 2001 Contest

  We received a note from Carlos Camacho of iDevGames.com saying that it was time to vote for your favorite Mac…

• Morningstar.com: Apple Sells A Differentiated Product; The Wintel Crowd Sells A Commodity

  Morningstar.com has published a piece by Pat Dorsey that offered some comments about Apple that we found interesting

• Apple Will Fail As A Digital Hub Provider Without Digital Video Recording Capabilities

  John Kheit says that for a company calling itself a provider of digital hubs, Apple has a glaring hole in…

September, 17th September 2001

• Mac Genius Releases Plethora Of Tribute & Patriotic Banners

  Mac Genius Bill Soucy of the soon-to-be-opened Albany Apple Store has released a whole slew of banners for Web sites…

• Canto Moves Enterprise-Level Asset Management Solution To Mac OS X

  At next week's Seybold conference, Canto will be announcing a major new product for Mac OS X. The company will…

• Two New Handy Handhelds From Handspring

  Handspring, Inc. has released two new handheld computers in the Visor family, Visor Pro and Visor Neo. Visor pro is…

• FreeBSD Delay & Mac OS X: TMO Speaks With Jordan K. Hubbard

  With Mac OS X's Darwin kernel being based on FreeBSD, there has been some question as to whether an announced…

• Apple Donates US$1 Million To Families Of Killed Rescue Workers, iBooks To Families With Kids

  Apple has joined the list of corporate citizens that have donated money and merchandise to the victims of last week's…