Archives for December 2005
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DivX 6 for Mac Includes DivX Converter, More
DivX Inc. on Thursday released DivX 6 for Mac, the latest version of its QuickTime plug-in for playing back video…
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Wozniak: Software Lost Its Human Focus
Apple Computer co-founder, Steve Wozniak, thinks software manufacturers have lost their focus on the needs of users, according to an…
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Creative Plans Music Player Patent Battle
Sim Wong Hoo, CEO of Creative, a maker of digital music players, told the BBC that he plans on aggressively…
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OS X for Hackers at Heart Available
Syngress Publishing announced the immediate availability of its latest title, OS X for Hackers at Heart, on Wednesday. The book…
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Zoo Tycoon 2 For the Mac Shipping
MacSoft announced the immediate availability of Zoo Tycoon 2 for the Mac on Thursday. The strategy game lets players manage…
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Apple Developer Connection Spotlights Mac OS X Success
Most of the articles published by Apple at the Apple Developer Connection (ADC) are how-tos and instructional articles relating to…
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NAPP Announces Hurricane Relief Auction
The National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) is holding a charity art auction to help raise funds for victims of…
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Japan’s Ichibano Apple Store Opens On December 10
The grand opening of Apple Japan's Ichibano retail store in Sendai will be at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 10.…
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Meadowhall Apple Store Opens in the UK On December 10
The grand opening of Apple's retail store at Meadowhall in Sheffield, U.K. will be at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, December…
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Macworld Expo To Highlight Music and Audio
IDG World Expo announce on Tuesday that there will be several special exhibits highlighting music and audio at Macworld Expo…
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UBS Sees More Growth, New Products From Apple
UBS analyst Ben Reitzes maintains his buy rating for Apple stock, and sees an increased interest in the video capable…
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SmileOnMyMac Ships browseback
SmileOnMyMac announced the immediate availability of browseback on Tuesday. browseback tracks the Web sites you visit, and builds a graphic…
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Apple Gains Significant Reputation in 2005
Apple Computer's reputation rose significantly in 2005, according to the annual Reputation Quotient ranking published by Harris Interactive of Rochester,…
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Apple Stock Climbs To New High After UBS Report
Apple's Stock shot up following a report from UBS analyst Ben Reitzes, according to MarketWatch. Tuesday's UBS report noted a…
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Mac Geek Gab #28: Mailbag Fun! Backup strategies, Skype and more.
John and Dave spend the entire show answering YOUR questions, including their favorite backup strategies, setting the Windows workgroup name,…
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PC Mag: Front Row Now Quite on Par with Windows Media Center
Apple Computer's Front Row is close, but it's not quite on par with Microsoft's older and more established Windows Media…
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Finally: Washable Mice Are Here!
Unotron announced Monday a line of optical mice that are washable. The company's washable keyboards, mice, and media readers are…
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Adobe Announces Macromedia-filled Application Bundles
Fresh on the heels of its acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe announced new Creative Suite bundles on Monday. The two new…
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NY Times Spotlights Mac "Thinking Cap" Software
The New York Times has published a piece spotlighting Mac software that helps you think. The article looks at Devonthink…
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Ars Technica Reviews Aperture
Ars Technica put Apple's new pro-level image editing and management application, Aperture, through its paces, and came back disappointed. Although…
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New York Times Looks at iSync and Other Sync Services
The New York Times has an article comparing different services for synchronizing files between computers. The article is a great…
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Rhapsody Moves to the Web, Adds Mac Support
RealNetworks is adding a web-based version of its Rhapsody music subscription service that won't require a special application to use,…
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Sims 2 University For the Mac To Ship In December
Aspyr Media announced on Monday that the Sims 2 University expansion pack for Mac is in beta testing, and should…
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iPod Sales Strong Despite Resupply Issues
iPod inventories are strong, but only at the Apple Store, according to a Piper Jaffray follow-up report. Despite the limited…
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Blackberry 7100g: The Adult Cell Phone
Vern Seward reviews the BlackBerry 7100g, about which he said: "I'm not going to dance around this, folks, I'm cutting…
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Warlords and iSquint
Chris Barylick shows us Warlords, a Homeworld 2 mod that brings the ships of Star Wars to a fleet near…
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PC Stuff That should Be Mac Stuff
More and more people are discovering just how great Macs are, but there is a blemish on all this shiny…
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Who Kneads Spill Chicken?
I last wrote about Spell Catcher X in this space way back in February of 2004 but the program has…
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Total Training’s Final Cut Pro: The Essentials Available
Total Training announced the immediate availability of Final Cut Pro: The Essentials on Thursday. Twelve hours of lessons are provided…
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Safari Gained Market Share in Nov, Internet Explorer Lost
Apple's Safari is continuing its gradual upward climb in the web browser market share battle, maintaining its number three position,…
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Free Christmas Widget From Boinx
Boinx Software announced the immediate availability of its Boinx Xmas Calendar Dashboard widget on Friday. The widget reveals parts of…
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Take Control Announces Podcasting Ebook
Tidbits announced the latest addition to its Take Control ebook series, Take Control of Podcasting on the Mac, on Friday.…
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Canto Introduces Cumulus Video Suite
Canto announced the immediate availability of Cumulus Video Suite on Friday. Cumulus Video Suite is an add-on module for Cumulus…
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Thermal Printer Drivers Available From Peninsula
Peninsula Group's printer drivers let Mac OS X applications print to most thermal label printers. The drivers support printers from…
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Fontographer 4.7 Supports Mac OS X
Fontlab's Fontographer 4.7, released on Monday, finally supports Mac OS X. The professional font design application also resolves several bug…
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OmniOutliner 3.5 Adds Improvements
The Omni Group released OmniOutliner and OmniOutliner Pro 3.5 on Thursday. The updated version of the application for creating document…
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Koingo Releases Free Holiday Game
Koingo announced the immediate availability of Christmas Crisis on Friday. In the game, players help an ill Santa deliver presents…
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Adobe/Macromedia Acquisition to Close Dec 3
Adobe and Macromedia expect to have all of the regulatory clearances necessary to complete Adobe's purchase of Macromedia by December…
