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January See All From This Month →

MasterWriter Released For Songwriters From Macworld
MasterWriter, Inc. has released a new app from Macworld, MasterWriter 1.0. MasterWriter is a writing toolkit designed for songwriters and…
Music Extractor Pod Manager Gets Geman Language Support
Bruno Blondeau has released an update for Pod Manager, bringing it to version 1.4. Pod Manager is an iPod music…
FirewireDirect Shipping New DVD Burners
FirewireDirect.com is now shipping new FireWire and Combo USB/FireWire DVD burners. The UltraBURN II drives feature support for a wide…
Math Illustrator Updated With 3D Viewing
Pedagoguery Software Inc. has released an update for Tess, bringing it to version 150. Tess is a educational mathematical app…
Maxprog Updates eMail Extractor With Added Filters
Maxprog has released an update for eMail Extractor, bringing it to version 1.6.1. eMail Extractor is an email utility designed…

February See All From This Month →

AquaFold, Inc. Releases Version 2.0 Of Aqua Data Studio
AquaFold, Inc. has released a new version of Aqua Data Studio, bringing it to version 2.0. Aqua Data Studio is…
Xupport Maintenance Update Released
Computer Support has released an update for Xupport, bringing it to version 1.2.7. Xupport is a configuration utility designed to…
LAJ Design Releases Maintenance Update For DropWaterMark
LAJ Design has released an update for DropWaterMark, bringing it to version 1.1.1. DropWaterMark is a watermarking utility designed for…
Robota, Birds, & The Big Green Hulk
Vern Seward brings us the latest from Apple's QuickTime Trailer site, including The Hulk, Robota, 2 Fast, 2 Furious, and…
Apple Announces Power Supply Replacement Program For Mirrored Door/WindTunnel Noisy PowerMacs
Thanks to the good folks at MacFixit for noticing this, and thanks to TMO forum member CrazyOne for telling us…

March See All From This Month →

New Desktops At Mandolux
Mandolux has released new desktops for download. The desktops are images for use as the background on Macs, and represent…
Make That Tea For Two: Looking At Microsoft's Patents
Lest you think I was discriminating against Apple in my examination of that company's patents, let's take a look at…
Apple Releases Important Mac OS X Security Update To Fix Sendmail Hole
Apple released a security update for Mac OS X late yesterday to address a serious hole in Sendmail. Sendmail is…
RedLightRunner Offers Frank Kozik Power Computing Posters
Let's get a quick show of hands: Who liked Power Computing and the company's in-your-face-take-no-Intel-prisoners advertising? Our friends at RedLightRunner…
New York Times Reports That Maine's iBook Initiative Is A Success
The New York Times has published a report that says Maine's iBook initiative is a success. Surprisingly, however, Apple's name…

April See All From This Month →

FireWire Depot Now Shipping The IceCube FireWire 800 Drive
FireWire Depot is now shipping a new drive for Mac users, the IceCube FireWire 800/USB2 combo. The IceCube is an…
Apple Updates Hot Deals: Pro Cameras, Palm Devices, Games, Keyboards, More
Apple has updated the Hot Deals page for CompUSA, J&R Computing, Inside Mac Games, and DV Direct at the Macintosh…
Java State Of The Union
We announced earlier this week that the World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) daily session grid had been posted. We thought…
AutoTagX Version 2.7 Gets Improved Code
Mark Malson has released an update for AutoTagX, bringing it to version 2.7. AutoTagX is an MP3 utility designed for…
Stone Design Updates PStill And Create
Stone Design has released updates for PStill and Create, bringing them versions 2.7 and 11.1 respectively. PStill is a utility…

May See All From This Month →

LiveStage Professional Updated With Axel 3D Support
Totally Hip Software has released an update for LiveStage Professional, bringing it to version 4.1. LiveStage Professional is a Quicktime…
AudioTools Pro 4.2 Features OS X Support
rootsolutions has released an update for AudioTools Pro, bringing it to version 4.2. AudioTools Pro is a calculation utility designed…
OmniGraffle Beta Release Fixes 3.0 Bugs
The Omni Group has released new beta versions of Omni Graffle and Omni Graffle Pro versions 3.0.1. Omni Graffle is…
LetterWorks Update Improves Language Interface
Objectpark Development has released updates for LetterWorks and LetterWorks Pro, bringing them to versions 1.3.1. LetterWorks is a word processing…
2 Million Songs Bought From iMS, 4,300 New Songs Added
It took a couple of more days than the first million tunes, but Apple has announced that some 2 million…

June See All From This Month →

Senator Orrin Hatch: Destroy The Computers Of Pirates
The success of Apple's iTunes Music Store (ITMS) has raised, for the first time, the possibility of a legal online…
X Overload 1.0.2 Features Preference Bug Fix
The X Overload Development Team has released an update for X Overload, bringing it to version 1.0.2. X Overload is…
Apple To Work With MP3.com Europe To Promote iPod
Internet Magazine, a UK general interest Web site we are not familiar with, is reporting that Apple and MP3.com Europe…
Dynamic Desktop Image App "EarthDesk" Updated With Features, Better X Support
Trygve H. Inda has released a new version of EarthDesk, bringing the title to version 2.0. EarthDesk provides a dynamic…
Is The Power Mac G4 Dead? Not Yet; Apple Slashes Prices
Among the many announcements made by Apple yesterday at the WWDC keynote, one question seemed to pass under the radar…

July See All From This Month →

ArcaneWare Ships USB Barcode Reader For Library Users
ArcaneWare is now shipping the ArcaneReader USB Barcode Scanner for Library users. The ArcaneReader USB Barcode Scanner is a device…
iScreensaver 3.1 Ships With Creator Wizard
Xochi Media Inc., has released an update for iSceensaver Designer, bringing it to 3.1. iScreensaver Designer is a customizable screensaver…
even-u software Updates even-t Calendar Utility With Several Enhancements
even-u software has released an update for even-t, bringing it to version 1.2. even-t is a calender utility designed for…
BusinessWeek Looks At The Choices College Students Face When Buying A New Computer
What do you or your kids need for college? It can be a tough process to go through, but an…
Impression Updated With AES-128 Support
The Babel Company has released an update for Impression, bringing it to version 1.67. Impression is a utility designed for…

August See All From This Month →

Daystar Releases MAChSpeed Control For OS 9 & X
Daystar Technology has released a new app for Mac users XLR8 MAChSpeed Control. XLR8 MAChSpeed Control is a utility designed…
FODOR Releases Flash AV Players Version 2.0
FODOR M.I.B. Inc. has released a new version of Flash AV Players, bringing it to version 2.0. Flash AV Players…
Apple Hot Deals Updates For MacWarehouse, J&R, & O'Reilly
Apple has updated the Hot Deals page for MacWarehouse, J&R, and O'Reilly at the Macintosh Product Guide. The Mac Product…
From Acrasial To Zygotatical, A Compendium Of Lost Words
How often have we crocitated on the virtues of our computing platform, bubulcitating to the minions of Microsoft, only to…
FireWire Direct Shipping The Ultra III 800 Hard Drive
FirewireDirect.com is now shipping the Ultra III 800 hard drive for Mac users. The Ultra III 800 is an external…

September See All From This Month →

iUnit Updated With Expanded Conversions
Black Cat Systems has released an update for iUnit, bringing it to version 2.4.0. iUnit is a unit conversion app…
Shapiro To Release New Photoshop Plug-In
Shapiro Consulting Group, Inc. has announced the upcoming release of Asiva Shift+Gain Component for Photoshop. Asiva Shift+Gain is a Photoshop…
Freeverse Now Shipping Burning Monkey Solitaire 3
Freeverse Software has released a new version of Burning Monkey Solitaire, bringing it to version 3.0. Burning Monkey Solitaire is…
IDG Moves Macworld Back To Boston, Apple Says "No Thanks"
During Macworld CreativePro, TMO began hearing that the show might be staying in New York in 2004 after all. Sure…
Aladdin Shipping StuffIt Deluxe 8.0
Aladdin Systems, Inc. has released a new version of StuffIt Deluxe, bringing it to version 8.0. StuffIt Deluxe is a…

October See All From This Month →

Kanex Releases QuickPopup 4.1 With WAN And P2P Support
Kanex Group, Inc. has released an update for QuickPopup, bringing it to version 4.1. QuickPopup is an instant messaging app…
Pixadex Updated With New Preferences
Panic and The Iconfactory have released an update for Pixadex, bringing it to version 1.2. Pixadex is a utility designed…
Kartolina Updated With Image Scaling
EZPZapps has released an update for Kartolina, bringing it to version 2.1. Kartolina is a digital card maker designed for…
Mac Vs. Windows On Campus: Does Platform Matter In Virus Assualts?
The onslaught of Internet-borne viruses and worms could not have come at a worse time for college and university campuses.…
Apple Posts Profit Of US$44 Million, Sales Up 19% Over Last Year
Apple has beat analyst expectations with its Q4 results. Announced today in a conference call (see TMO's live coverage for…

November See All From This Month →

"Mac Or PC?" Question In Democratic Debate Was Staged
"Mac or PC?" So rang out the most intense question in the most recent debate between Democratic candidates for US…
True Believers: Behold The Microsoft User Network, A Microsoft Fan Site
Paul Thurrott has company; or competition, we aren't sure which. Aside from being TMO's biggest fan and most avid reader,…
PhotoReviewer Updated With Speed Enhancements
Stick Software has released an update for PhotoReviewer, bringing it to version 1.1. PhotoReviewer is a utility designed for viewing…
TimeCache Maintenance Update Released
The PandaWare Company has released a update for TimeCache, bringing it to version 5.1.6. TimeCache is a time and expense…
Intelli Innovations Updates IntelliPromter With Unicode Support
Intelli Innovations has released an update for IntelliPrompter, bringing it to version 1.3. IntelliPromter is a utility designed for text…

December See All From This Month →

Backup Regularly Or You'll Be Very Sorry Someday?
At the beginning of my presentation, I do a little survey and ask questions of the audience to help me…
iTMS Passes 20 Million Mark For Sales
Apple's multi-platform online music store flies past another milestone for sales.
DEVONtech Shipping EasyFind 3.0
DEVONtechnologies has released a new version of EasyFind, bringing it to version 3.0 EasyFind is a search utility designed as…
Apple Touts 25 Million Downloads At iTMS
Apple announced yesterday that there have been more than 25 million songs downloaded from the iTunes Music Store (iTMS). What's…
iKeeper Maintenance Update Released
YENCO.COM has released an update for iKeeper, bringing it to version 2.0.1. iKeeper is a product information tracking app designed…

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