Archives for October 2001

October, 15th October 2001

• Apple Offers "Double For Nothing" Free RAM Promo For New PowerBooks

  Apple seems intent on selling new PowerBooks to Mac users. In addition to better specs and more aggressive pricing for…

• Real Time Web Publishing From WebEvent

  WebEvent has released a beta version of WebEvent Publish, bringing it to version 2.0. WebEvent Publish is an internet event…

• PowerBooks Hit 667 MHz, Gets Faster System Bus, New Video Card, Gigabit Ethernet

  Apple has released a revision of the Titanium PowerBook G4 that is likely to turn some heads in the computing…

• Bundled App CD Now Shipping

  OpenOSX.com is now shipping the bunddled app CD, OpenOSX Database 2.0. OpenOSX Database 2.0 installs and configures powerful and popular…

• Make That Slide Show A Bulls Eye With Archer 1.0.4

  Eridanus has released an update for Archer, bringing it to version 1.0.4. Archer is a multi-media slide showplayer that supports…

• Canvas 8 Final Released For Mac OS X

  A month and a week after having released a preview release of Canvas 8 for Mac OS X, Deneba has…

• Type Utility Released From Selznick Scientific

• Apple Rolls Out New 500 MHz & 600 MHz iBooks

  Apple has refreshed the iBook line today, rolling out new models that include bigger hard drives, and a faster bus…

• Change Rubles To Dollars: Currency Converter For OS X

  Bert Torfs BVBA has released an update of WhereDidAllMyMoneyGo?, bringing it to version 2.3.5. WhereDidAllMyMoneyGo? is a personal finance manager…

• First Contact Without The Aliens: Weblet Contacts Now Shipping

  Brian Dunning has released Weblet Contacts for Lasso and CDML. Weblet Contacts are collections of format files and databases for…

• Installation Creator Gets OS X Support

  Zero G Software has released an update for InstallAnywhere, bringing it to version 4.5. InstallAnywhere is a cross platform installation…

• Two Law Firms Commence Class Actions Against Apple

  Two law firms have both announced class actions against Apple today. The first comes from Milberg Weiss, a 170-lawyer firm…

October, 14th October 2001

• Traffic Lights Take On Aqua Theme & The Mac Geek Test

  TMO Forum Mod David Nelson sent us an image he had doctored up because, in his words, "I was bored…

• Need To Make Flowcharts & Other Diagrams? Try OmniGraffle.

  When you need to communicate some information, a text document isn't always the best vehicle. Especially if you are trying…

• MacGyver’s Best Friend: Mac Army Knife Update Released

  Chaotic Software has released an update for Mac Army Knife, bringing it to version 2.6. Mac Army Knife is a…

• Apple Issues Statement Concerning Plan To Allow Royalties To Be Charged For Web Standards

  There is an important battle being waged in the halls of the World Wide Web Consortium, and Apple has issued…

• Downpour Greets Germantown Apple Store Opening, Images Available

  Apple has opened the 10th and 11th of its first 25 Apple Stores, with the Germantown, TN and Albany, NY…

• Free MUG-Related MACWORLD Exhibits-Only Pass Offer Expires Today

  We received an update from the folks at the MUG Center for this week's updates at the MUG Center Web…

• Intel Wants To Be Your Digital Hub (With Screen Shots)

  People that regularly follow the Mac industry have likely long been aware of how the rest of the PC industry…

• Transfer One Gig Under The Two Min. Mark

  WiebeTech LLC, is now shipping MicroGbTM, a portable mini USB hard drive. MicroGbTM is a USB/USB-2 portable hard drive designed…

• 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…

• Cross Platform Boogey: Qt/Mac Released by Trolltech

  Trolltech has released an app development tool for the Mac, Qt/Mac. Qt/Mac is designed to work with many operating systems…

• Time Palette Classic Update Released

  Trygve Inda has released an update for Time Palette Classic, bringing it to version 4.1. Time Palette is a world…

• Dreamweaver Training CD Now Shipping

  Magnet Media has announced the availability of Inside Dreamweaver 4: Moving From FrontPage, a training CD from the Digital Media…

• Free Manuals From Excel Software

  Excel Software has announced the availability of manual sets for all Excel Software engineering products. The manuals are in the…

• Public Beta Of HTTP Server Deux Available

  Deep Sky Technologies, Inc. has released a public beta version of HTTP Server Deux. HTTP Server Deux is a 4th…

• Apple To Stream Q4 2001 Conference Call On Wednesday

  Apple has officially announced that it will offer a QuickTime Streaming broadcast of its fiscal 4th Quarter financial results next…

October, 11th October 2001

• Office 2001: Productivity For Classic Mac OS (Updated)

  In anticipation of our upcoming review of Office v.X, the Mac OS X version of Office that will be released…

• eWeek: IBM To Introduce Up To 1 GHz G3 Successor

  MacWEEK veteran Daniel Drew Turner is reporting for eWeek that IBM is about to introduce a chip code named Sahara…

• Second Public Beta Of eTrans Available

  Deep Sky Technologies, Inc. has released the second public beta of eTrans. eTrans is a 4th Dimension component for creating…

• PocketNotes Gets A European Makeover

  Pocket Software has released new language support for PocketNotes 1.0.1. PocketNotes now is available in French, German, and Italian versions.…

• RedHerring Calls Dell An Anti-Technology Company (TMO Spin: What’s It Mean To Apple)

  RedHerring has published an article that we wanted to bring to your attention. It's not about Apple or the Mac,…

• Final Cut Pro Training Book And CD-ROM Released

• EtherShare OPI Now Supports PNG And BMP

  HELIOS Software GmbH has announced the public beta release of EtherShare OPI. The new version now supports PNG and BMP…

• Print Center Dock Icon Status!

  One of the new features in Mac OS X 10.1 can be found in Print Center. Print Center is the…

• One Day, Apple Will Resume Its ‘War’ With Microsoft

  Rodney O. Lain says that far from being over, the Platform Wars have yet to begin, and that Apple will…

October, 10th October 2001

• Why Be My Grammar Wrong?

  Casady & Greene has released an update for Grammarian, bringing it to version 2.1.4. Grammarian is a grammar checking app…

• Hard Drive Slowing You Down? Switch To RAM Reliant

  ProVUE has released a maintenance update for Panorama, bringing it to version 4.0.1. Panorama is a RAM based alternative to…

• Exercise Parental Control With An Update For Kids GoGoGo

  MAKI Enterprises has released an update for Kids GoGoGo, bringing it to version 4.5. Kids GoGoGo is a parental control…

• HTML Editor PageSpinner Update

  Optima System has released an update for PageSpinner, bringing it to version 3.1.1. PageSpinner is an HTML editor for use…

• TheStreet.com Offers Two Thumbs Up For iMovie & iDVD

  If we had been asked to compile a list of all the mainstream media outlets where Apple's consumer video production…

• Have The Final Word In Text Editing

  PineHill Products has released an update for Final Word, bringing it to version 2.5. Final Word is a text editing…

• Simplify The Key Caps Process

  UNI SOFTWARE PLUS has released an update for PopChar Pro, bringing it to version 1.3.3. PopChar Pro is a control…

• New Printing Utility From SearchWare

  SearchWare Solutions has released Print Window 1.0. Print Window is a Mac OS X printing utility designed to allow users…

• One More Screen Shot Command

  We mentioned last week that Mac OS X 10.1 included most of the traditional Classic Mac OS screen shot capabilities…

October, 09th October 2001

• What’s Windows Doing On My Apple?

  An evil plot has been uncovered by Observer Stephen Vaughan and his three year old son. While working with some…

• Art, Politics, Humor, & Macs On Tonight’s Mac Show

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

• Macworld Magazine/MacCentral Move To IDG

  Mac Publishing, LLC, will be moving to a new house. The publishers of Macworld Magazine and MacCentral.com are now the…

• Get The Bugs Out Of Your Snak

  Kent Sorensen has released a maintenance version of Snak, bringing it to version 4.7.2. Snak 4.7.2 is an IRC client…

• Electrify Your Circuit Simulator With An Upgrade

  Yves Pelletier has released an upgrade for YP DC Circuits, bringing it to version 2.0. YP DC Circuits is an…