Archives for September 2005

September, 15th September 2005

• IDG World Expo Cancels Macworld Boston

  IDG World Expo on Friday announced that next year's Macworld Expo Boston has been cancelled.

• Unwrapping Our Fascination with Apple’s Packaging

  Mac and iPod users alike are known for hanging on to the boxes in which their Apple products were packaged,…

• G5 Drive Bracket Drops to $59

  G5 Drive Bracket announced Friday that its namesake product has been dropped to US$59, down from $99. THe G5 Drive…

• SuperScrubber Disk Erasing Utility Updated

  Jiiva announced Friday the release of SuperScrubber 2.0, an update to the disk erasing utility. The new version brings interface…

• Memorex Debuts 4GB Flash Drive

  Memorex has announced that its 4GB Mega TravelDrive will ship next month with a US$149.99 price tag.

September, 14th September 2005

• Portraits & Prints Adds iPhoto Support

  Econ Technologies on Thursday updated its photo studio software Portraits & Prints to version 2.1, adding built-in support for iPhoto.

• XPostFacto 4.0 Lets Legacy Macs Run Tiger

  Other World Computing (OWC) on Thursday released XPostFacto 4.0, the latest version of the company's utility that helps owners of…

• Apple Matters to Give Away Mac mini, miniStack to a Forum Participant

  Apple Matters has announced that it is christening its recently opened forums by giving away a Mac mini and a…

• Apple Center Coming to Dubai

  A new Apple Center will open on September 17th, 2005 in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. The store will…

• Brian Dunning Releases Free FileMaker Custom Function Widget

  FileMaker guru Brian Dunning has released a free FileMaker Custom Function Widget for use with Dashboard in Mac OS X…

• Apple to Benefit from HD Post-Production Transition in Europe

  Apple is one of three companies that will benefit from the transition to high-definition video in Europe's post-production facilities, according…

• Apple Files for Trademark on "iPodCast" [UPDATE]

  Apple Computer filed for a trademark on the term iPodcast on September 4th, 2005 (first broken by AppleInsider). The trademark…

September, 13th September 2005

• Apple Updates Refurb Mac and iPod Offers

  Apple Computer has updated the Hot Deals pages for MacZone, Ramjet, and O'Reilly at the Macintosh Product Guide, including new…

• The Omni Group Ships OmniGraffle 4, OmniGraffle Pro 4

  The Omni Group on Wednesday shipped version 4 of OmniGraffle and OmniGraffle Professional, its applications for creating diagrams and flowcharts.

• Court Documents in Apple ‘Asteroid’ Case Unsealed

  Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has announced that last week it won the right to unseal court documents in the Apple…

• Apple Improves Java Compatibility in Tiger

  Apple Computer released Java 1.3.1 and Java 1.4.2 Release 2 updates for Tiger Wednesday. The updates take the form of…

• Wacom Graphire4 Tablet Launched at $99 [Corrected]

  Wacom announced Tuesday the Graphire4 series of pen tablets for Mac (and Windows), starting at US$99

• Bill Gates Talks Apple, Google, Security

  Apple might be ahead of Microsoft in the music business, and Google might be ahead of Microsoft when it comes…

• Two Analysts Weigh in With Upped Apple Target Price, Strong iPod nano Sales Report

  Needham & Company's Charles Wolfe and Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster have both issued Apple research reports in reaction to the…

September, 12th September 2005

• Conversations With Steve: No, No Nano

  Steve Jobs shifts in the comfortably padded seat and studies the man sitting across from him. He wonders how much…

• U of OK Researchers Build Robot That Uses Mac mini, iSight

  Researchers at the University of Oklahoma have created a four-wheel robot that uses a Mac mini for its brain and…

• StuffIt Deluxe 10 Offers JPEG Compression, More

  Allume Systems Inc. on Tuesday released StuffIt Deluxe 10, which offers the ability to compress JPEG files up to 30%…

• Apple Strengthens Anti-Piracy Measures in Intel Version of OS X

  Developers who purchased Apple's Intel Transition Kit, which consists of an Intel-based Power Mac that must be returned in a…

• Analysts, Journalists, Mac Engineers Take Part in Apple Round Table Discussion

  SiliconValley.com is hosting a week-long round table discussion about Apple this week. Participating in the event are Tim Bray, Nathan…

• Apple Adds 7TB Xserve RAID & 1.5TB Dual 2.3GHz Xserve

  Apple Computer announced Tuesday updates to its Xserve RAID rack mount storage systems, boosting the 3U unit to offer up…

• Mac Networkers Retreat Posts Conference Session

  MacRetreats announced Tuesday the conference sessions for this year's Mac Networkers Retreat, which will be held from October 30th through…

• Analyst Sees ‘Good, But Not Great’ Initial Sales of iPod nano

  Initial sales of the iPod nano are "good, but not great," according to American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu. In…

• Aspyr Issues Star Wars Battlefront 1.2 Patch

  Aspyr Media on Tuesday released a free update for its multi-player first-person shooter Star Wars Battlefront.

September, 11th September 2005

• FileWave to Ship Asset Trustee 7.5, FileWave 2.5 at Paris Expo

  FileWave on Monday announced that Asset Trustee 7.5 and FileWave 2.5 will be available at the upcoming Apple Expo in…

• Apple Hit With $57M Lawsuit Over Collapse of Aussie Retailer

  Australian retail chain Buzzle went into receivership in March 2001, owing $20 million of its $30 million debt to its…

• QuickerTek Debuts New Transceivers For PowerBook, iBook

  QuickerTek on Monday introduced new transceivers for use with PowerBooks and iBooks. They can access wireless networks from a mile…

• Interoute Supports QuickTime Across Network; 1 Billion QuickTime Downloads

  Voice and data networking firm Interoute announced Monday full support for Apple Comptuer's QuickTime 7 multimedia platform. Apple also announced…

• Apple Posts IBC 2005 Photo Gallery

  Apple UK was quick to post a photo gallery from the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC 2005) in Amsterdam, as noted…

• Font Pilot 2.0 Adds Apple Type Services Support

  Koingo Software has released Font Pilot 2.0, the latest version of its font management utility for the Mac.

• Aspyr’s Zoo Tycoon Complete Collection Ships

  Aspyr Media on Monday announced that its Zoo Tycoon Complete Collection is now shipping to stores in North America.

• Mac Geek Gab: Sending Files, Remote Control and Phones

  John and Dave wrap up their conversation about file sharing, giving lots of alternative options to allow you to send…

September, 08th September 2005

• Freeciv

  Chris Barylick shows us Freeciv, the open source project dedicated to the early versions of Civilization for Mac, Linux, and…

• iTunes-Ready ROKR "Underwhelming", BW Says

  The new iTunes-enabled Motorola ROKR phone is, in many ways, "underwhelming", and possibly deliberately on the part of Apple CEO…

• FireStore FS-2E Enables Video Recording Direct to FireWire Drives

  FOCUS Enhancements Inc. on Friday introduced the FireStore FS-2E Studio Direct to Edit recorder, which enables recording video to FireWire…

• Apple Updates Hot Deals Sites

  Apple on Friday updated the Hot Deals and Special Deals available from the Apple Store, as well as specials offered…

• DeckLink 5.1 Enables Playback of HD Video on all DeckLink Cards, More

  Blackmagic Design on Friday released DeckLink 5.1, a free update to the driver software for use with the company's DeckLink…

• Mozilla Previews Firefox 1.5 Beta

  The Mozilla Foundation has released Firefox 1.5 Beta 1, a test version of its next generation Web browser

• Game Grid Debuts Online Poker for Mac

  GamesGrid announced Friday the release of what it is calling the "first and only" poker software specifically written for Mac…

• Nisus Writer Express 2.5 Adds New Features

  Nisus Software Inc. released Nisus Writer Express 2.5 on Friday, an update to its word processor

• PalmSource Agrees to Buyout by Japan’s Access

  Access Co. Ltd., a Japanese information equipment software developer, said Friday that it will acquire PalmSource Inc., the makers of…

• LISTSERV Maestro: Web Interface Listserve Management for Mac OS X

  L-Soft announced Thursday the release of LISTSERV Maestro, a listserve management tool for Mac OS X

• Does iPod nano Infringe on Creative’s Zen Nano Plus?

  Apple seems to have infringed on Creative's territory when it announced the iPod nano on Wednesday. Creative launched its Zen…

• Feral Releases Free Add-Ons For Enemy Engaged

  Feral Interactive on Friday released a free collection of new maps and skirmishes for the helicopter combat game Enemy Engaged.…

• ROKR: No Big Deal

  For the past few days, TMO reporters and editors have visited Cingular retail stores across the U.S. to play with…

September, 07th September 2005

• ArcSoft’s Home Movie App VideoImpression 2 Adds Tiger Support

  ArcSoft on Thursday released a Mac OS X v10.4 version of VideoImpression 2, its software for creating home movies.