Archives for August 2005

August, 09th August 2005

• Transitive CEO Talks Rosetta With Wired

  Wired's Lucas Graves talked about Rosetta with Bob Wiederhold, the CEO of Transitive, which developed it.

• Bare Bones Software Releases BBEdit 8.2.3 [Update]

  Bare Bones Software announced Wednesday the release of BBEdit 8.2.3, the latest version of its HTML and text editor. We…

• TechRestore Announces Free Overnight Pickup Service

  TechRestore announced Wednesday it is now offering a free overnight pickup service for PowerBook and iBook repairs

• RSS Reader Pluck 2.0 Now Works with Firefox

  Pluck 2.0 brings compatibility with the Firefox Web browser as well as the ability to synchronize bookmarks and RSS feeds…

• EverQuest Becomes a Free Download, WoW Previews a Dungeon

  Sony has made EverQuest a free download while Blizzard has posted a preview of a dungeon that will be added…

• It’s Just An Illusion

  Optical illusions are cool; just ask any Escher fan. What would be even cooler is if there was a Web…

August, 08th August 2005

• TMO’s Bryan Chaffin Joins the Latest User Group Report

  Mr. Chaffin covers the opening of the iTunes Music Store in Japan, the recent launch of the sister Web site…

• Dvorak: Apple’s Trusted Platform Module is ‘a Twisted Scheme’

  John Dvorak's latest column tackles the recent confirmation of the trusted platform module (TPM) that keeps Mac OS X from…

• Apple Hot Deals Update for O’Reilly

  Apple Computer has updated the Hot Deals pages for O'Reilly at the Macintosh Product Guide

• PowerLogix Ships 2.0 GHz PowerForce G4 Upgrade Card

  PowerLogix announced Tuesday the immediate availability of its 2.0GHz, single processor, PowerForce G4 7447A processor upgrade card

• Google News Launches RSS, Atom Feeds

  Google News has launched a new service enabling its news content to be read as RSS or Atom feeds

• Sonnet Upgrades eSATA Controllers

  Sonnet Technologies announced Tuesday the release of its upgraded Tempo-X eSATA line of high-performance Serial ATA host controllers, now enhanced…

• Final Cut Pro 5 Tutorial Videos Available

  MacProVideo.com announced Tuesday Mastering Final Cut Pro 5, a video tutorial program that can be downloaded directly to the desktop

• Microsoft Releases Messenger for Mac 5.0

  Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit announced Tuesday the release of Messenger for Mac 5.0 with tabbed viewing and support for Live…

• Aspyr to Ship LEGO Star Wars Aug. 22

  Aspyr Media on Tuesday announced that LEGO Star Wars has gone gold and will ship Aug. 22.

• Unity Dashboard Widget Challenge Begins

  The Unity Dashboard Widget Challenge is a contest that asks developers to create their best Dashboard game Widgets with Unity,…

August, 07th August 2005

• TMO Reports - Apple Sells One Million Songs on iTMS Japan in Four Days

  On Sunday, we reported that the new iTunes Music Store in Japan has sold one million songs in only its…

• First International Debuts Surround Sound USB Headphones

  First International Digital on Monday introduced irock!, USB 2.0 headphones that include six speakers for a 5.1 Surround Sound experience.

• Morningstar Growthinvestor Explains ‘Why the Market is Wrong on Apple’

  Financial research firm Morningstar has taken a look at Apple's stock and believes it is overvalued.

• SpamSieve 2.3.2 Enhances Spam Filtering

  Shareware developer Michael Tsai on Monday released version 2.3.2 of SpamSieve, his client-side utility for filtering spam from e-mail.

• Iconfactory Updates IconBuilder

  The Iconfactory has announced the release of IconBuilder 8, an icon-making filter for use with Adobe Photoshop or Macromedia Fireworks

• Macromedia Updates Product Line to Version 8

  Macromedia announced Monday version 8 updates across its product line for Studio 8, Dreamweaver 8, Flash Player 8, Fireworks 8,…

• Tekserve Releases 8-Hour Tiger Training DVD

  Tekserve has released Tekserve Tiger Training, an eight-hour DVD that exhaustively covers everything there is to know about Mac OS…

• Apple’s Lead in Digital Music Tough to Beat, Analyst Says

  Apple Computer's dominance in the digital music world will be a tough nut to crack for the likes of Sony,…

• Aspyr to Release SimCity 4 Deluxe in Sept.

  Aspyr Media on Monday announced that it will release SimCity 4 Deluxe in September.

• Mac Geek Gab: Traveling Tips, ATSServer, and phone/PDAs

  John gets back from vacation and tells us all about his experiences figuring out the wireless base station and SMTP…

August, 06th August 2005

• Apple Sells One Million Songs on iTMS Japan in Four Days

  One million songs have been sold on the iTunes Music Store Japan in four days since its launch, Apple announced…

August, 04th August 2005

• Lazy Summer Days

  As summer's 97 degree days slip by, a combination of free time, air conditioning and the best of shareware gaming…

• TPM? Get A Grip!

  What? No ultra-cheap Dell PCs running the latest version of OS X because it has no Trusted Platform Module? That's…

• Hands on with Mighty Mouse

  Dr. Mac gets hands on with Apple's new multi-button mouse, the Mighty Mouse. The short version is that he loves…

• Apple Updates J&R, Small Dog, Ramjet Hot Deals

  Apple has updated its Hot Deals Web site with new specials from J&R, Small Dog Electronics and Ramjet.

• CNET Confirms Security Chip in Intel-Based Developer Machines

  CNET on Friday reported that a microcontroller known as the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is part of the Intel-based Macs…

• Widget Maker X Enables Widget Management, Changes

  Widget Maker X allows users to create new widgets or make changes to existing ones by giving them access to…

• Continental Airlines, Logan Airport Fight it Out Over Wi-Fi

  Logan Airport in Boston is trying to block Continental Airlines from providing free wireless Internet access to its frequent fliers,…

• New Rapidweaver Theme Pack Released

  BenchDesign announced Friday five new themes for Rapidweaver, the Web creation tool from Realmac Software

• First Windows Vista Virus Found

  An Austrian virus writer has published five sample viruses targeting Microsoft's new Windows Vista operating system. While there is little…

• Diskology Adds Write Blocking to Disk Jockey For Forensic Use

  Diskology on Thursday announced that it has added write blocking capability to its Disk Jockey portable hard drive duplicator, making…

• Aspyr to Bring Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 to the Mac

  Aspyr Media on Friday revealed its next release: Roller Coaster Tycoon 3, which was the answer to the "Guess Aspyr's…

August, 03rd August 2005

• MacJams Giving Away Free Loops for Five Weeks

  MacJams announced Thursday that it will be giving away free loops for GarageBand, Logic, Logic Express (and other apps that…

• The Evolution of a Mouse

  BusinessWeek's Arik Hesseldahl has written a new column looking at the evolution of Apple's mouse.

• New Daystar Upgrade Bumps Flat Panel iMac to 1.35GHz

  Daystar Technology has released a new flat panel iMac upgrade that boosts the computer's speed to 1.35GHz.

• MCE Adds Dual Layer Support to iBook SuperDrive Upgrade

  MCE Technologies on Thursday introduced a new slot-loading 8X iBook SuperDrive upgrade with DVD-R Dual Layer and DVD+R Double Layer…

• Mighty Mouse Dissected

  The folks at Ars technica have performed another one of their technology surgeries, this time dissecting a Mighty Mouse.

• Panic Updates Transmit FTP Client

  Panic announced Thursday the release of Transmit 3.2.1, the latest version of it file transfer protocol client software

• Apple to Open Second Tokyo Apple Store Saturday

  Apple Computer announced Wednesday that it will open its second Apple Store retail location in Tokyo on Saturday, August 6th,…

• Freeverse’s Chatalog Brings iChat Into E-mail

  Freeverse Software has introduced Chatalog, a utility that enables users to store iChat conversations in their e-mail browsers.

• Aspyr Invites Gamers to Guess Their Next Release

  One person randomly drawn from the pool of correct guesses will score a free copy of the game when it…

August, 02nd August 2005

• Vista’s Real Competition is Leopard

  A new article at eWeek compares Tiger and Vista and then speculates on what Leopard will have in store.

• L-Soft Brings LISTSERV to Mac OS X

  L-Soft on Wednesday announced that its e-mail list management software LISTSERV is now available for Mac OS X.

• Apple Updates its Hot Deals Site

  Apple on Wednesday updated several areas within its Hot Deals site.