Archives for May 2003

May, 29th May 2003

• Apple Should Partner With Amazon On Amazon-Branded iTunes Music Store

  Amazon could certainly make a go of offering a competing product to the iMS. That said, Amazon will fail as…

• Two Dandy OS X Apps, & Some Beginner OS X Hints

  Nancy Carroll Gravley peeked through her bifocals to find us two cool Mac OS X apps, MacFlipAlbum and a game…

• Corel Cans Bryce For Mac, Bryce 5 To Be The Last

  Many Mac owners love to use Corel's Bryce 5, it is a powerful graphics tool that helped create many of…

• Omni Group Releases Bug Fix Update For OmniGraffle 3

  The Omni Group has released OmniGraffle 3.0.1, as well as OmniGraffle Professional 3.0.1. The release is a bug fix update…

• Tim O’Reilly On Apple As An Innovator

  Tim O'Reilly, the man behind O'Reilly the publishing company, has published an interview with himself about Apple as an innovative…

• Apple Updates Hot Deals For Inside Mac Games

  Apple has updated the Hot Deals page for our friends at Inside Mac Games at the Macintosh Product Guide. The…

• Apple Offers US$300 Rebate On Education Bundle

  Apple has introduced a very aggressive bundle to education customers. The offer is called "Buy a bundle. And get a…

• Mozilla 1.4 Updated With 1st Release Candidate

  The folks at the Mozilla project have updated their namesake browser with a new release candidate. Version 1.4 RC 1…

• Sonnet Announces FireWire 800 PCI Card

  Sonnet Technologies have added to the FireWire 800 product mix with the announcement of their FireWire 800 PCI host adapter.…

• New FireWire 800 Beta & Bilingual Cables From FirewireDirect

  FirewireDirect has officially released the FireWire 800 cables we mentioned in another product announcement last week. The company has released…

• Apple Vs. Dell: Consumer Reports Survey Puts Apple On Top For Quality, Tech Support

  Consumer Reports recently surveyed 39,000 readers, asking them for their experience with different computer manufacturers. The results of the survey…

• The Cool, Creative, & Crazy At DotMac.Info

  If you have a .Mac account, you know that you can easily share your photos, movies, and other digital items…

• Prozac, Kurds, Korea, & Crime

  Vern Seward shows us the newest QuickTime movie trailers at Apple's site, including Prozac Nation, Marooned in Iraq, The Way…

May, 28th May 2003

• CNN Questions iTunes Music Store’s Contribution To Apple’s Bottom Line

  CNNMoney has published an editorial that questions the wisdom of recent run up of Apple's stock. The article, penned by…

• Former Apple-Hater Stewart Alsop: Steve Jobs Keeps Rocking My World

  The other day the editorial staff of The Mac Observer was sitting down to our daily meeting in the luxurious…

• No Myst Sequel For Mac? Cyan Responds: Trying To Fund Mac Development

  OK, so I was writing this letter to Cyan, see? I was miffed because they said that their new game,…

• Apple Updates Hot Deals: Books, Music Equipment, Cameras, & VAR Specials

  Apple has updated the Hot Deals page for Sweetwater, MacConnection, O'Reilly's, and Apple Specialists at the Macintosh Product Guide. The…

• New Desktops At Mandolux

  Mandolux has released new desktops for download. The desktops are images for use as the background on Macs, and represent…

• MegaSeg Updated With Improved AAC File Importing

  Fidelity Media has released an update for MegaSeg, bringing it to version 2.6.3. MegaSeg is an MP3 sound mixer designed…

• Microsoft Pulls Web-Blocking XP Patch

  As if you needed another reason to love OS X, or at least wonder why Big Redmond's products are so…

• DragThing Maintenance Update Released

  TLA Systems has released an update for DragThing, bringing it to version 4.6.1. DragThing is a dock utility designed for…

• Panic Updates Transmit With Speed Boosts

  Panic has released an update for Transmit, bringing it to version 2.5. Transmit is an FTP client designed for Web…

• Imaja Now Shipping PisScan For Classic Users

  Imaja is now shipping a new app for the Mac, PicScan 1.0. PicScan is a utility designed for the browsing…

• Apple Posts 22 Refurb Offers At Apple Store

  Apple has added a ton of products to its refurb deals. The Apple Store's Hot Deals page has a new…

• Revolution 2.0 Now Shipping

  Runtime Revolution has released a new version of Revolution, bringing it to version 2.0. Revolution is a cross-platform software development…

• Impression Gets Maintenance Update From The Babel Company

  The Babel Company has released an update for Impression, bringing it to version 1.14. Impression is a utility designed for…

• eSuite4X - Web Developer’s 2.5 Release Features PHP Code Generator

  MacOS GURU has released an update for the eSuite4X 2.5 - Web Developer's Edition, bringing it to version 2.5. eSuite4X…

• Ambrosia Shipping Hack Game Uplink

  Ambrosia Software, Inc. is shipping a new app for Mac gamers, Uplink. Uplink is a game where the player is…

May, 27th May 2003

• iTunes Updated: Internet Sharing Access Disabled [Updated]

  Update: We received e-mail from some astute Observers who questioned the wording of the release notes for iTunes 4.0.1. Our…

• Former Apple-Hater Stewart Alsop: Steve Jobs Keeps Rocking My World

  The other day the editorial staff of The Mac Observer was sitting down to our daily meeting in the luxurious…

• Default Folder X Update Improves Hotkey Support

  St. Clair Software has released an update for Default Folder X, bringing it to 1.7.1. Default Folder X is a…

• Finder Plug-In Updated From PUBLICSPACE.NET

  PUBLICSPACE.NET has released an update for A Better Finder Creators and Types, bringing it to version 3.1. A Better Finder…

• 4D, Inc. Now Shipping Business Kit 2.0

  4D, Inc. has released a new version of the 4D Business Kit, bringing it to version 2.0. The 4D Business…

• Excel Software Shipping QuickHelp For Macintosh

  Excel Software has released a Mac version of QuickHelp for software developers. QuickHelp is an authoring utility designed for creating…

• Connectix Fixes Airport Extreme Bugs With Virtual PC Update

  Connectix has released an update for Virtual PC, bringing it to version 6.0.2. Virtual PC is a PC to Mac…

• Wacom To Ship New Intuos2 Tablets In Mid-June

  Wacom Technology Corp. will soon be shipping new versions of the Intuos2 pen tablets. The Intuos2 are pressure sensitive tablets…

• Listen.com (Sort Of) Lowers "Burn To CD" Price To 79 Cents Per Song

  Listen.com has, in a fashion, lowered the price it charges subscribers to burn a song to CD to 79 cents…

• Ambrosia Releases Maintenance Update For Escape Velocity Nova

  Ambrosia Software, Inc. has released an update for Escape Velocity Nova, bringing it to version 1.0.5. EV Nova is a…

• Exercise Parental Control With An Update For Kids GoGoGo

  MAKI Enterprises has released an update for Kids GoGoGo, bringing it to version 7.2.0. Kids GoGoGo is a parental control…

• Norbyte Releases Downfall Version 2.0

  Norbyte has released an update for Downfall, bringing it to version 2.0. Downfall is a strategy styled game modeled after…

• CNN Questions iTunes Music Store’s Contribution To Apple’s Bottom Line

  CNNMoney has published an editorial that questions the wisdom of recent run up of Apple's stock. The article, penned by…

• Take To The Sky In Mac OS X With FlightGear Flight Sim

  When many of us were kids, we dreamed of being pilots. One of the attractions of early personal computing was…

May, 26th May 2003

• What’s Inside Your Digital Pics? EXIF-O-Matic Can Tell!

  One great thing about digital photos is that they are, well, digital. Providing that you have enough memory, you can…

• Uru: Ages Beyond Macs? - Myst Developer May Blow Off Mac

  All three Myst games have so far been available for the Mac. True enough, Cyan likely sold far more PC…

• iTunes Updated: Internet Sharing Access Disabled [Updated]

  Apple has released an update to iTunes 4, bringing it to version 4.0.1. The new version includes enhanced sound for…

• AdWeek Says Apple’s iTunes Music Store Ads "Hit The Right Note"

  AdWeek, a print magazine that describes itself as being "edited for the advertising executive," has published an editorial painting a…

• MTF Multiplication Updated With Improved Registering

  Fast Rabbit Software has released an update for Master the Facts Multiplication, bringing it to version 3.2. Master the Facts…

• Dominate The World In Your Boxers: iConquer 2.1 Now Shipping

  KavaSoft has released an update for iConquer, bringing it to version 2.1. iConquer is a game designed for global domination…

• Colourfull Creations Releases Minor Update For Simple Weather

  Colourfull Creations has released an update for Simple Weather, bringing it to version 1.5. Simple Weather is a desktop weather…

• Melonsoft Update PianistEnvy With Improved Recording

  Melonsoft has released an update for PianistEnvy, bringing it to version 1.6. PianistEnvy is a music creation utility designed for…