Archives for November 2005

November, 15th November 2005

• Apple Hot Deals Update For Small Dog Electronics and CompUSA

  Apple Computer has updated the Hot Deals pages for Small Dog Electronics and CompUSA at the Macintosh Product Guide. The…

• Concierge: New Genius Bar Reservation System

  Apple unveiled its new retail store reservation system, Concierge, on Wednesday. The new system lets customers schedule appointments online up…

• Autodesk Announces Cleaner 6.5

  Autodesk announced Cleaner 6.5 for Macintosh on Wednesday. The desktop media mastering and encoding software has been updated with DivX…

• A Better Finder Rename Updated

  publicspace.net announced the immediate availability of A Better Finder Rename 7 on Wednesday. A Better Finder Rename automates batch renaming…

• Macworld Announces MacIT Conference Sessions

  Macworld announced the MacIT Conference sessions for Macworld 2006 on Wednesday. The three day workshops will cover automating IT workflows,…

• MacSpeech Adds PowerPoint ScriptPak

  MacSpeech announced the immediate availability of its new ScriptPak for PowerPoint 2004 on Tuesday. The new ScriptPak adds voice recognition…

• Apple Releases Firmware, Java, Xsan Updates

  Apple released a G5 firmware update, along with Java and Xsan updates on Tuesday. All of the updates are designed…

• Free Tool Collaborate Demos Lasso Web Site Creation

  OmniPilot Software has released Collaborate, a free, pre-built solution that demonstrates Web site creation with the company's Lasso application.

• Bear Stearns Ups AAPL Target to $70, Based on Better nano Availability

  Bear Stearns analyst Andrew Neff on Wednesday issued a new Apple research report in which he raised his 12-month target…

• Sims 2 Update Fixes NVIDIA Video, Tiger Conflict

  Aspyr Media on Wednesday issued an update for The Sims 2 that fixes a conflict with NVIDIA video cards and…

• Skunk Studios Announces Mah Jong Adventures

  Skunk Studios announced the immediate availability of Mah Jong Adventures on Wednesday. The game takes place in several locations around…

November, 14th November 2005

• Apple Turned Down Over Free OS X Offer to Developing Countries

  Apple CEO Steve Jobs was willing to provide free copies of Mac OS X to a project that wants to…

• IOGEAR Intros Bluetooth Serial Adapter

  IOGEAR on Tuesday introduced its Bluetooth Serial Adapter, which connects to a nine-pin serial port on an RS-232 device and…

• 10Gb Ethernet For XServe G5

  Small Tree Communications announced the immediate availability of its 10Gb (gigabit) Ethernet solution for Apple's XServe G5 on Tuesday. Small…

• Mac Pilot 2.0 Adds Tiger Support

  Koingo Software announced the immediate availability of Mac Pilot 2.0 on Tuesday. The Mac system maintenance and customization tool has…

• Security Software Vendors Add Sony to Their List

  Anti-virus and security software vendors, including Symantec, are now labeling Sony BMG's digital rights management (DRM) software as spyware and…

• Apple Opening 3 Stores On November 19 [UPDATED]

  Apple is opening three retail stores at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 19. The three California stores, The Gateway, Sherman…

• widget Development Tool Wcode 1.5 Available

  Widget Factor announced the immediate availability of Wcode 1.5 on Tuesday. Wcode is an application that aids in the development…

• RedleX Announces Mellel 2.0

  RedleX announced the immediate availability of Mellel 2.0 on Tuesday. The word processor application has been updated with page layout…

• ProjectForum/CourseForum 4.7 Offers Performance Improvements

  CourseForum has released version 4.7 of ProjectForum, its wiki software that provides a Web-based workspace for project collaboration in a…

• Analysts: Apple Has Upped High-End iPod Mindshare Among Retailers

  Piper Jaffray analysts Gene Munster and Michael Olson on Tuesday issued a research report covering the results of their latest…

November, 13th November 2005

• Portable Media Expo 2005 Photo Gallery I

  ONTARIO, CA -- John F. Braun serves up the first photo gallery from this weekend's Portable Media Expo, including lots…

• Portable Media Expo 2005 Photo Gallery II

  ONTARIO, CA -- John F. Braun put together a second photo gallery from this weekend's Portable Media Expo. In this…

• On2’s Flix Exporter 8 Outputs to Flash From Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro

  On2 Technologies on Monday released Flix Exporter 8 for Mac, which enables users to export content from Final Cut Pro…

• Zagat To Go 4 Adds Mac Support

  Handmark has added Mac support to Zagat To Go 4, a new version of the digital restaurant and entertainment guide.

• Mathematica Personal Grid Edition Brings Supercomputing to the Desktop

  Wolfram Research on Monday released Mathematica Personal Grid Edition, a new version of the technical computing software built for quad-core…

• TextSoap 4.5 Available

  unmarked software announced the immediate availability of TextSoap 4.5 on Monday. The text transformation tool removes unwanted formatting from documents.…

• FastTack Schedule 9

  AEC Software announced the immediate availability of FastTrack Schedule 9 on Monday. The updated version of the project management application…

• Apple Offered Mac OS X for MIT Laptop Project

  Apple offered to donate copies of Mac OS X for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) US$100 laptop program, according…

• Sony Halts DRM Software for Mac and Windows [UPDATED]

  Sony BMG has temporarily suspended the production of music CDs that use digital rights management (DRM) software in response to…

• Sound Studio 3.01 Runs on Intel Macs

  Freeverse has released version 3.01 of Felt Tip Software's digital audio recording tool Sound Studio. This update features a universal…

November, 12th November 2005

• Mac Geek Gab: Copying Videos to Your Mac and iPod

  Doing the show from Dave's hotel room at the Podcast and Portable Media Expo in Ontario, California, Dave and John…

• Mac Geek Gab: Vidcast from Portable Media Expo

  As promised to their listeners, nay viewers, Dave and John put together a short vidcast, optimized for the video iPod.…

November, 10th November 2005

• Enigma and Gypsy Mod

  Chris Barylick shows us Enigma, an Oxyd clone for Mac OS X, and Gypsy, an interface mod for World of…

• Archos Debuts Gmini 402 Camcorder, AV 500 Mobile DVR

  Archos Inc. on Friday debuted two new devices: the Gmini 402 Camcorder and the AV 500 Mobile Digital Video Recorder…

• Apple Hot Deals Update For the Apple Store, MacConnection, J&R, Ramjet

  Apple Computer has updated the Hot Deals pages for the Apple Store, MacConnection, J&R, and Ramjet at the Macintosh Product…

• Rolling Stones Take Macs On Tour

  The Rolling Stones Bigger Band concert tour lighting effects are being controlled with G5 Macs, according to a 4RFV story.…

• Mossberg Offers Advice on Switching to the Mac

  Walt Mossberg offers his advice to Windows users contemplating a switch to Mac OS X in a SmartMoney.com article. In…

• Morgan Stanley Raises Apple Target Price

  Morgan Stanley continues to maintain its overweight rating for Apple's stock, according to a report on Friday. The investment company…

• Sony DRM for the Mac

  In certain cases, Sony BMG distributed music CDs will install digital rights management (DRM) software on Macs, according to a…

• Aqueous Releases Chess Analysis, Gameplay App Gambit

  Aqueous Software has released the chess application Gambit 1.0, which features Crafty, a chess engine that learns as it plays,…

• Recent Apple OS Patent Lacks Crucial Information?

  A patent recently filed by Apple that is supposed to keep Mac OS X from being installed on garden variety…

• Airline Tycoon For Mac Ships Next Week

  Runesoft announced on Friday that Airline Tycoon Deluxe for the Mac will start shipping next week. The game takes a…

• Piper Jaffray Speculates on Apple’s Future, Sees 1TB iPod, More

  Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster on Friday released a research report in which he and fellow analyst Michael Olson speculated…

November, 09th November 2005

• DTV Offers Access to Free Internet TV Channels

  Participatory Culture Foundation (PCF) has released version 0.7 of DTV, a free application that enables users to choose from hundreds…

• ADC Publishes ‘Getting Control With Subversion and Xcode’

  The Apple Developer Connection (ADC) Web site has posted a new article titled "Getting Control With Subversion and Xcode," which…

• Podcast Factory Offers DIY Solution For Podcasters

  M-Audio on Thursday introduced Podcast Factory, a hardware and software bundle for creating high-quality podcasts.

• Sony BMG Copy Protection Backfires

  Hidden copy protection software that installs on Windows PCs when playing music CDs from Sony BMG's label has computer users…

• iMac G5: Time Gadget of the Week

  Time Magazine has named the new iMac G5 as their Gadget of the Week. Time was pleased with the price,…

• Font Showcase 5 Font Management Tool Available

  MacCoding announced the immediate availability of Fontshowcase 5 on Thursday. The font organizing, previewing, and printing utility has been updated…