Archives for February 2006

February, 07th February 2006

• Lawsuit

  Vern Seward looks at the most recent class action lawsuit against Apple through a satirical mock-interview with Milo Van Brunt,…

• NitroAV Debuts Two PCI-Express Adapters

  NitroAV on Wednesday introduced two new PCI-Express host adapters, one that features FireWire 800 connectivity (US$124.95) and another that offers…

• Digit Talks With Apple Director Boger About the New iMac

  UK magazine Digit has posted a look at the new Intel iMac that includes comments from Apple senior director for…

• Apple Security Issues May Surface Soon

  Mac OS X, although based on Unix, has the potential for security problems, and experts are advising we may see…

• CopyFit Now a Standalone XTension for XPress

  Meadows Publishing announced that it is now selling CopyFit for QuarkXPress independently from its DesignMerge VDP product on Wednesday.

• Apple Hot Deals Update For Five Mac Retailers

  Apple Computer has updated the Hot Deals pages for audioMidi, B&H Photo Video, CompUSA, J&R, Ramjet at the Macintosh Product…

• World Clock Deluxe 4.3 Available

  MaBaSoft announced the immediate availability of World Clock Deluxe 4.3 on Wednesday.

• Apple Store Coming to Boulder, CO

  Apple has leased space for a store at the new Twenty Ninth Street mall in Boulder, Colorado.

• ATTO FastStream 5300 Data Storage

  ATTO Technology announced the immediate availability of the FastStream 5300 Storage Appliance on Wednesday.

• AppZapper 1.1 Supports Intel, PowerPC Macs

  AppZapper.com announced the immediate availability of AppZapper 1.1 on Wednesday.

• Camino Gets Universal Binary Support

  Starting with release candidate 1, the Mozilla-based Camino Web browser is Universal Binary, supporting both Intel and PowerPC-based Macs.

• World Dominos Championship Available

  Toybox Games announced the immediate availability of World Dominos Championship on Wednesday.

• Analyst Meets with Apple Execs, Retains Confidence in Company’s Roadmap

  UBS analyst Ben Reitzes has issued a research report summarizing his recent conversations with Apple management, which centered around the…

• Email Attachments with Automator

  Emailing files is pretty much as common as breathing these days. If you use Mac OS X 10.4 and Apple's…

February, 06th February 2006

• Lawsuit

  Vern Seward looks at the most recent class action lawsuit against Apple through a satirical mock-interview with Milo Van Brunt,…

• IBM, Freescale Look Beyond Apple

  With Apple set to completely transition its computer line to Intel processors later this year, IBM and Freescale have mapped…

• Digital Foci to Introduce Picture Porter Elite at PMA

  Digital Foci on Tuesday introduced its new Picture Porter Elite, which comes in 40GB and 80GB capacities and features a…

• Power Manager 3.2 Gets New Features

  DssW announced the immediate availability of Power Manager 3.2 on Tuesday.

• Impressions 3.0 Available, Supports iCal

  Babel Company announced the immediate availability of Impressions 3.0 on Tuesday. Impressions automates digital asset archiving to hard drivesor CD/DVD…

• Undercover 1.5 Adds iSight Support

  Orbicule Inc. announced the immediate availability of Undercover 1.5 on Tuesday. Undercover is an application that tracks your Mac in…

• Irvine Spectrum Apple Store Opening

  Apple is opening a new retail store at Irvine Spectrum in Irvine, California, this Saturday, February 11.

• Insider Updates FontAgent Pro

  Insider Software announced the immediate availability of Font Agent Pro 3.1 on Tuesday.

• iPresent It 1.4 Universal Binary

  ZappTek announced the immediate availability of iPresent It 1.4 on Monday. iPresent it converts Keynote, PowerPoint, and PDF documents into…

• Lynda.com To Offer Aperture Training

  Lynda.com has signed professional photographers, authors and educators Scott Bourne and Derrick Story to create educational tutorials for Apple's Aperture…

• World of Warcraft Gets Universal Binary, Gameplay Improvements

  Blizzard Entertainment on Tuesday released version 1.9.3 of World of Warcraft, which gives the massively multi-player role-playing game (MMORPG) compatibility…

• Blackjack Card Counter 3

  Dragon Forged Software announced the immediate availability of Blackjack Card Counter 3 on Tuesday.

• Analyst: 1GB nano ‘Will Serve to Continue Growth of Apple Footprint’

  Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster on Tuesday issued a research report in which he assessed the impact of Apple's new 1GB…

• Apple Stock Rebounding

  Apple's stock has started to climb again, following Tuesday's announcement of the 1GB iPod nano and the price reduction of…

• Mac Geek Gab #38: Tasty Tips including Persistent Search, Better Podcast Management, and More

  Our favorite Mac geeks, John Braun and Dave Hamilton dive in this week to talk about how to configure persistent…

February, 05th February 2006

• Apple’s Intel Compatible Printer List

  Apple's Knowledgebase system has an extensive list of printers that are out-of-the-box compatible with the new Intel-based Macs.

• Passport 120GB Portable Hard Drive

  Western Digital announced the immediate availability of a 120GB version of its Passport portable USB hard drive on Monday.

• Barcode Templates for FileMaker Pro

  Brian Dunning announced the immediate availability of Barcode Basics for FileMaker 5 through 8 on Monday.

• CrystalMaker 7.1 Universal Binary

  CrystalMaker Software announced the immediate availability of CrystalMaker 7.1 on Monday. CrystalMaker is a crystal and molecular structure analysis and…

• DropCopy for PowerPC and Intel Macs

  10base-t interactive released DropCopy 1.01 on Monday, adding Universal Binary compatibility to the simple Bonjour-based file sharing application.

• Unreal Tournament 2004 Gets Universal Binary

  Epic Games' Ryan Gordon has released a Universal Binary patch for Unreal Tournament 2004.

• Apple Shares Close the Day Down Over 6%

  Continuing a slide that began last week, Apple's stock fell 6.33%, or US$4.55, to $67.30 on Monday, its lowest point…

• You Are Here: Finding Yourself in Mac OS X

  Mac OS X gives us many ways to do the same thing because not everyone uses their Mac in exactly…

February, 03rd February 2006

• Weekly Roundup: Sizing Up Verizon, Google, Adobe

  Ricky Spero and Jeff Gamet in the Context Machine: Does V-Cast really compete with iTunes? Who actually wants to buy…

February, 02nd February 2006

• Beefing Up the 98 Pound Weakling: MailTags

  Wrangle Mail.app enough and it'll do everything you need to do. As good as you may feel about supporting Apple's…

• Apple Snatches Up Cupertino Office Space

  Apple recently signed a deal for an 116,830 square-foot office building in Cupertino, California, continuing its land-grabbing pattern from 2005.

• 17-inch G5 iMac MIA

  You can still buy a 20-inch G5 iMac from Apple's online store, but the 17-inch model is no longer available.

• Toshiba Mini Hard Drive Adapter

  Addonics announced the immediate availability of its Toshiba 1.8-inch to 2.5-inch IDE hard drive adapter on Friday.

• Simply Elegant Sales POS System for the Mac

  Zarra Studios announced the immediate availability of Simple Elegant Sales (SES) on Friday. Simple Elegant Sales is a Point of…

• High Priority 1.11 Supports Intel Macs

  Aram Kudurshian announced the immediate availability of High Priority 1.11 on Thursday.

• Adobe CS2 Security Update

  Adobe released a security patch for the Creative Suite 2 applications on Thursday.

• Earth Flix Offers Hi Def Videos, New Series

  Earth Flix Inc., formerly known as Endorphin.com, has been renewed; the website now features more high definition videos, new video…

• Apple Gesture Patent App Suggests Tablet

  A patent application from Apple Computer offers yet more evidence that the company is contemplating production of a tablet computer.…

• Check Your Mac’s Warranty Status

  Apple's support site has a useful little tool that tells you exactly how many days are left on your Apple…

February, 01st February 2006

• iPod Etiquette

  Vern Seward asks if we are becoming a nation of isolationists, our borders demarcated by thin white cables dangling from…

• Broke Mac Mountain

  "I wish I knew how to quit you," he said in a distraught voice. A confused cowboy talking to his…