Archives for December 2005

December, 29th December 2005

• Escape Velocity: Nova and Ragdoll Masters 3.0

  Chris Barylick looks at two new shareware titles, Escape Velocity Nova, the space-based shoot 'em up and trading game, and…

• Puzzles & Solitaire Forever!

  Nancy Carroll Gravley reviews two shareware games, Puzzles Forever and Solitaire Forever. In her review, she noted that both of…

• Apple Applies for Metadata Management Patents

  Apple Computer has applied for patents covering metadata management, according to Bill Slawski, who uncovered a series of Apple related…

• Apple: Year in Review

  Macworld's Jim Dalrymple has chronicled the major events and milestones for Apple in 2005. The review starts with Apple's record…

• Intel Gets a Facelift

  Intel is revamping its corporate and product branding to reflect its growth outside of the PC chip market, according to…

• Wi-Fi Social Networking at Macworld Expo

  Macworld Expo is teaming up with Jambo Networks to offer free wireless social networking at Macworld Expo 2006 in San…

• MacSpeech’s Final Draft ScriptPak Lets Screenwriters Dictate Scripts

  MacSpeech has released a Final Draft 7 ScriptPak for its voice recognition software iListen. The new plug-in contains 240 commands…

• Apple Hot Pick for 2006, Winner in 2005

  Apple Computer's continued growth in the digital entertainment market helped to drive its stock value up 131 percent in 2005,…

December, 28th December 2005

• Maine May Extend iBook Lease For Schools

  Main's Department of Education will review bids next month for another four-year laptop computer lease for its schools. If no…

• New Apple Store Coming to Colorado

  Colorado is finally slated for a third Apple Store, based on job postings on Apple's Web site.

• Apple to Take Over Our Homes In 2006

  Apple is poised to work its way into our personal lives in 2006, from our entertainment centers, living rooms and…

• HD-Mate Links HDTV Components to Cinema Display

  Gefen announced the HD-Mate on Wednesday. The HD-Mate is an interface box that connects HDTV capable devices, like DVD players,…

December, 27th December 2005

• Spotlight: Is Your Mac Going To Rat On You?

  John Kheit has discovered some interesting things about Spotlight, which he said, "now tracks the comings-and-goings of files as if…

• Imation Ships 4GB Micro Hard Drive

  Imation on Wednesday started shipping the 4GB version of its Micro Hard Drive.

• Apple makes PCWorld’s Winner/Loser List

  PCWorld's Winner and Loser list for 2005 is available, and Apple made the list - on both sides.

• Apple Drives Learning in UK School

  Bryanston School in the UK is using a combination of Mac computers and Studywiz, and online learning environment, to revolutionize…

• Excitement Building Over New Apple Products

  Interest is high in anticipation of new consumer electronic devices that will roll out though 2006, but the buzz isn't…

• MoosePad Updated for Intel Macs, More

  Wundermoosen has released an update to MoosePad, its application that replaces Apple's Note Pad and Scrapbook with a database-based system…

December, 26th December 2005

• Intel Designing Power Mac Motherboards?

  Apple has enlisted Intel's help with creating motherboards for the next generation of Power Mac computers, according to a report…

• Tiger Edition of Mac OS X Server Book Cancelled

  Author Michael Bartosh recently said on the AFP548 Web site that the Tiger edition of his O'Reilly book Essential Mac…

• Athenaeums 1.5 Manages EIMS Logs

  Deep Sky Technologies announced the immediate availability of Athenaeums 1.5 on Tuesday. Athenaeums is a Mac OS 9 and Mac…

• 24U SimpleCode Fixes FileMaker Encoding

  24U Software announced the immediate availability of its 24U SimpleCode 2.0 plug-in for FileMaker 7 and 8 on Tuesday.

• Alternative Flash Movie Player from Eltima

  Eltima released SWF Movie Player, an alternative to the Macromedia Flash player, last Friday.

• Apple Store Event Widget

  Keep up to date on the events at your local Apple Store with Apple's new Apple Store Event Widget.

• Intel-based Laptop Manufacturers Named, New ‘Books at Macworld?

  Apple's new Intel-based laptop computers will be produced by Quanta and Asustek, according to EMSNow. Both companies are to produce…

• PC-Mac-Net FileShare 5.4 Shares Media Cross-platform

  Lava Software announced the immediate availability of PC-Mac-Net FileShare 5.4 on Sunday.

• Apple Makes Forbes Platinum 400

  Apple Computer performed well enough to make the Forbes Platinum 400 list for 2005.

December, 25th December 2005

• Symantec Reveals NAV Flaw That Affects Mac OS X

  Symantec on Monday said that its Norton Anti-Virus (NAV) software contains a flaw that could enable a remote user to…

• What the Apple-Intel Deal Could Mean For PCs

  TechNewsWorld columnist Rob Enderle on Monday published his thoughts on the technology business at the end of 2005. Among other…

• Mac Geek Gab #31: What To Do When Your Mac Won’t Boot

  When your Mac won't boot, Dave and John have some of the answers! This week's show finds our hosts talking…

December, 22nd December 2005

• Ventrilo and Snoopy vs. Red Baron

  Chris Barylick shows us another voice-chat solution for gamers, Ventrillo. He also takes us back to the grand ol' side-scrolling…

• Free Stuff at the iTunes Music Store…

  The holidays mean gift buying and gift giving for most of us, but they also mean feeling a bit strapped…

• 2006: The Year of Free Wi-Fi

  The trend of free wireless Internet access in public places is growing, and that's not likely to change any time…

• RAM Prices May Climb in 2006

  DRAM prices have been on the decline fro the past couple of years, but that trend may start to change…

• iPhoto Mini Widget Browses iPhoto

  e dot studios released a new widget for Mac OS X 10.4's Dashboard, iPhoto Mini, on Friday.

• Mac mini: Not Just For Your Desk

  Apple had its own vision for the Mac mini, but many adventurous users have taken the diminutive powerhouse far beyond…

• MacNotables Discuss Photo Processing Services, IE for the Mac, More

  The latest edition of the MacNotables podcast throws together Chris Breen, noted author and Playlist Senior Editor, TMO's Dr. Mac:…

• Happy Holidays from TMO!

  Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and if you're just not involved with any seasonal or religious festivities right now, Happy Weekend!…

• Cinematize Now Outputs Video in iPod, PSP, Web Formats

  Miraizon has released version 2.05 of its DVD movie clip extractor, Cinematize.

• illumineX Releases HoppiX

  illumineX announced the immediate availability of HoppiX on Thursday. The game has players try to eliminate marbles by hopping them…

December, 21st December 2005

• Cracked Carols: PC User’s Lament

  Vern Seward composed a Christmas carol dedicated to those slaving away over their Windows PC

• Sony Snags Former Apple Media VP

  Sony announced on Thursday that it has hired former Apple VP of Interactive Media, Tim Schaaff, to fill its Senior…

• Tunatic: Identify Songs By Sound

  Wildbits announced the immediate availability of Tunatic on Thursday. The application can identify a song on the radio, or from…

• New ScriptPak For GarageBand 2

  MacSpeech announced the immediate availability of its ScriptPak for GarageBand 2.

• CipherWorks 4.0 Encrypts Files, Disks

  SubRosaSoft announced the immediate availability of CipherWorks 4 on Wednesday.

• Apple Releases Aperture 1.0.1 Update

  Aperture 1.0.1, Apple's pro-level photographic management and manipulation application, was released on Tuesday.

• CopyCatX 3.0 Creates Disk Images From Damaged Media, More

  SubRosaSoft has released version 3.0 of its drive duplication software CopyCatX. The upgrade uses fault tolerant algorithms that enable it…

• Security-Protocols Details OS X Denial of Service Threat

  Security-Protocols has released information about a denial of service vulnerability in the KHTMLParser in Mac OS X v10.4.3, as well…

• Piper Jaffray: Holiday Sales Keep Apple at Outperform

  Holiday sales are higher this year than they were in 2004 at Apple specialist stores, according to a Piper Jaffray…

• Weekly Roundup: Dec. 22nd, 2005

  The Roundup comes a little early this week, in an attempt to steer clear of holiday madness, but the news…