Archives for January 2006

January, 16th January 2006

• Google Reaches Into Radio With dMarc Broadcasting Purchase

  Google on Tuesday announced the purchase of dMarc Broadcasting Inc., a company that helps advertisers automate the process of scheduling…

• Ars Technica Gives Intel iMac a Favorable Review

  Ars Technica's Eric Bangeman has posted a review of the new Intel-based iMac, which was unveiled by Apple last week…

• Lynda.com Announces After Effects 7 Training

  Lynda.com announced the immediate availability of its video-based training series for Adobe After Effects 7.0 on Tuesday.

• Memory Usage Getter 2.6 Now Universal Binary

  Ellipses Productions announced the immediate availability of Memory Usage Getter 2.6 on Tuesday.

• Seagate Ships 160GB Laptop Drive

  Seagate recently announced that it is now shipping the Momentus, a 2.5-inch, 160GB hard drive geared towards laptop users.

• WinTel PC Emulator Goes Universal Binary

  OpenOSX announced the immediate availability of WinTel 2.0 for the Mac on Tuesday. The emulator lets you use the open…

• Adobe Ships After Effects 7

  Adobe announced the immediate availability of After Effects 7.0 on Tuesday.

• Sonnet Announces PowerBook Upgrade Service

  Sonnet Technologies announced its 1.2GHz processor upgrade program for 550MHz and 667MHz G4 PowerBooks on Tuesday.

• TMO Publishes 91 Macworld Expo Articles

  The Mac Observer published 91 articles about Macworld Expo, with 68 of them coming from the show floor itself, including…

• SlingShot Syncs Files Across Network

  Martian Technology has released SlingShot, a utility that uses Apple's Bonjour technology to synchronize files across a network.

• DROD Comes to the Mac

  Caravel Games announced the immediate availability of Deadly Rooms of Death (DROD) series for the Mac on Tuesday.

• Shaw Wu: ‘2006 Will Also See Significant AAPL Innovation, Momentum’

  American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu on Tuesday issued a new research report in which he said that 2006 "will…

• Apple Q1 Financial Results on January 18

  Apple will announce its first quarter financial results for fiscal 2006 at 2p.m. Pacific time on January 18. The audio…

January, 15th January 2006

• Streamload MediaMax Stores, Shares 25GB of Media For Free

  Streamload on Monday introduced Streamload MediaMax, a service that enables users to store, organize, access and share up to 25GB…

• Native Instruments Plans Intel-Mac Support

  Native Instruments (NI) announced on Monday that it will release all of its future product updates in the Universal Binary…

• Tiger ScriptPak From MacSpeech

  MacSpeech announced the immediate availability of its Essentials for Mac OS X ScriptPak bundle last week.

• PictoGrab 1.0 Automates Image Downloads

  Radical Breeze announced the immediate availability of PictoGrab 1.0 on Monday.

• Syncro Soft Announces XML Editor 7

  Syncro Soft announced the immediate availability of XML Editor 7.0 on Monday.

• New Mac/PC Shootouts Available

  System Shootouts has updated its Web site to include comparisons of the Mac mini to the AOpen MiniPC, the 15-inch…

• Intel Releases Mac Developer Tools

  Intel quietly rolled out a beta of its developer tools for Intel-based Macs during Macworld Expo last week.

• Apple On Dell: Your Crystal Ball is Broken

  After closing in the stock market with a record high last Friday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs gave his employees a…

• Apple Passes Dell’s Market Cap

  Apple had a lucky Friday the 13th, wrapping up a successful Macworld Expo week by closing with a higher market…

• First Time Macworld Trip Report

  Ever wonder what it's like to visit one of the Macworld expos? Wonder no more. Michael Johnston has outlined his…

January, 14th January 2006

• Weekly Roundup: Jan 15, 2006

  This week: Who knew people other than Apple made cool products? Tune in for an uber-product-roundup in the wake of…

January, 12th January 2006

• On the Floor: Switching to Intel

  SAN FRANCISCO -- When Steve Jobs introduced the new Intel Macs during his Keynote on Tuesday, he asked developers to…

• Corporate Buyers Upset That They Can’t Order Core Duo Laptops Yet

  Apple users may be happy that Apple has produced its first computers that use Intel's new Core Duo processor, but…

• Apple Releases QuickTime 7.0.1 Reinstaller

  Some users are having trouble with the QuickTime 7.0.4 patch released by Apple Tuesday, prompting the company to request that…

• Telestrem, Microsoft Weigh In on Windows Media for Mac

  Microsoft's decision to discontinue Windows Media Player for Mac OS X should have no impact on Windows Media support for…

• TechTracker Launches MacIntel Resource Centers

  TechTracker has launched MacIntel Resource Centers at the VersionTracker and MacFixIt Web sites. They provide news, software release information and…

• Microsoft Endorsement Raises Questions on Windows Media Player for Mac Future

  Microsoft this week made available for download from its site a third-party component for adding Windows Media Support to QuickTime,…

• Freeverse Bringing Legion Arena to the Mac

  Freeverse announced on Friday that it is developing Slitherine Software's Legion Arena for the Mac.

• Piper Jaffray Bumps Apple Target Share Price to $103

  Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, reacting to Apple's Macworld product announcements as well as the fact that the company this…

• Mac Geek Gab #35: Highlights from the Show Floor

  Still at Macworld Expo, John and Dave talk through some of their favorite things from the show floor.

January, 11th January 2006

• Macworld, CES to Start on the Same Day Next Year

  Each January, many people in the technology world open the new year with the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas,…

• Apple’s Challenge: ‘Innovate or Perish’

  Reaction to the new Intel-based MacBook Pro and iMac unveiled by Apple on Tuesday has been largely positive, but David…

• Macworld Magazine Reveals Macworld Best of Show Awards

  Macworld magazine on Thursday revealed its Macworld Best of Show Awards. Fourteen products were honored, with Apple's MacBook Pro and…

• RIM Gives PocketMac for BlackBerry Free With Every Device

  Research In Motion (RIM) and Information Appliance Associates (IAA) on Thursday announced that RIM will include a free copy of…

• IntelliScanner Debuts IntelliScanner Pro 400 For Business Users

  IntelliScanner Corp. on Thursday debuted IntelliScanner Pro 400, an inventory and barcode scanning solution aimed at small- and medium-sized businesses.

• GarageGames Releases TubeTwist Game

  GarageGames on Thursday released TubeTwist, a puzzle adventure game developed by 21-6 Productions.

• Softchaos Shows Webstractor with New Radar Capability

  Softchaos, maker of the web content capturing and processing application Webstractor, was showing the new radar feature added to the…

• Freeverse to Bring Heroes of Might and Magic V to the Mac

  Freeverse on Thursday revealed that it will publish the Macintosh version of Heroes of Might and Magic V under an…

• Jeff Gamet Helps Designers at Peachpit Booth

  Jeff Gamet, author of Designer's Guide to Mac OS X Tiger, shared his Mac acumen with the attendees of this…

• Apple Poised to Take the Lead As Most Valuable PC Maker

  Only a day after announcing that Intel-based Macs are shipping, Apple's overall value is already creeping close to PC powerhouse…

January, 10th January 2006

• Telestream Takes Over Windows Media for Mac

  Telestream has been contracted by Microsoft to provide Windows Media content support for the Mac through its Flip4Mac QuickTime plug-in,…

• Apple Offers Developers Free Intel iMac

  Apple developers who participated in the company's Developer Transition Kit program can trade those systems in for a free Intel…

• eEye Recommends Installation of Apple’s QuickTime, iTunes Updates

  eEye Digital Security on Wednesday announced that it has found four security problems with Apple's QuickTime and iTunes software. The…

• More Analysts Chime in on Apple’s Outlook

  In light of Apple CEO Steve Jobs' Tuesday revelation that the company far exceeded Wall Street estimates for the fourth…

• Merrill Lynch Ups Apple’s FY06, FY07 Numbers on iPod Strength

  After Apple CEO Steve Jobs disclosed higher-than-expected iPod sales and fourth quarter revenues during his Macworld keynote on Tuesday, Merrill…

• New Pro-Audio Products Prominent at Macworld

  To the joy of audiophiles, there is a definite audio vibe at Macworld San Francisco 2006, and The Mac Observer…

• Peachpit Offers Free iWork ‘06 Guide at Macworld Booth

  SAN FRANCISCO -- Peachpit is offering Macworld Expo attendees a free guide covering iWork '06, which Apple released Tuesday during…