Archives for March 2006

March, 07th March 2006

• message2net SMS Management for the Mac

  nova media announced the immediate availability of message2net on Wednesday. message2net is a Universal Binary Mac OS X application that…

• Power Manager 3.2.1 Now Universal Binary

  DssW announced the immediate availability of Power Manager 3.2.1 on Wednesday.

• Intel Unveils New Processors

  Intel took the lid off several new computer processors on Tuesday, and some of those may end up in new…

• Third Annual L.A. MacGathering Set For May

  The third annual MacGathering will happen May 19-20 in Los Angeles, organizers have announced.

• Make Your Own Keyboard Shortcuts

  If Apple left out a keyboard shortcut for an action you perform all the time, you can create your own…

March, 06th March 2006

• Jumsoft’s Process 2.0 Adds Shared Projects, More

  Jumsoft on Tuesday released the final version of Process 2.0, an update to the outlining and project management software that…

• Barcode Producer 3.7 Adds QuarkXPress 7 Beta Support, More

  Intelli Innovations, Inc. has released Barcode Producer 3.7, an update that adds support for the new QuarkXPress 7 Beta.

• New Aluminum SATA Systems Offer Up to 8TB of Storage

  Granite Digital, Inc. on Tuesday released a new line of Aluminum SATA RAID and Backup Drive Systems that offer up…

• Microsoft’s Mac Business Unit Gives Away Four Office Makeovers

  Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit on Tuesday announced the start of the Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Spring Cleaning Sweepstakes, which…

• Postino News Reader Available

  Coladia announced the immediate availability of Postino on Tuesday

• WWDC 2006 Registration Opens

  Apple's annual World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) is now open for registration.

• Micronet Introduces PlatinumNAS Network Storage

  Micronet announced the immediate availability of its PlatinumNAS high-speed networked storage device on Tuesday.

• Schwartau Compares Mac/Windows TCO

  Security Awareness consultant, Winn Schwartau, has developed a total cost of ownership (TCO) spreadsheet that compares the initial costs in…

• Experts Claim Mac Security Flaw Remains

  Some security analysts are claiming that Apple only partially fixed a flaw in Mac OS X that allows applications to…

• Intel Set to Announce New Chips

  Intel is expected to announce several new processors at its twice a year Developers Forum on Tuesday.

• MOTU PCIe-424 Card Available

  MOTU announced the immediate availability of the PCIe-424 audio interface card on Monday.

• WiebeTech mini USBDock SATA Adapter

  WiebeTech announced the immediate availability of the mini USBDock on Tuesday.

• Short Student Film Created With iMovie Gets Nationwide Coverage

  "A Meditation on the Speed Limit," which was created in January by a team of student filmmakers at Georgia State…

• Piper Jaffray: Apple Struggling to Meet MacBook Pro Demand

  Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster said in a research report issued Tuesday that limited availability of the new laptop means…

• Mac Geek Gab #42: Monitoring your Mac with Activity Monitor and More

  John and Dave talk through the various bits of information presented in Mac OS X's Activity Monitor, which information matters,…

March, 05th March 2006

• Want Internet TV? Check Out Democracy!

  Services such as the iTunes Music Store have recently started dabbling with selling videos of popular shows, but there's a…

• Less than Brilliant

  Napster's Chris Gorog is blaming Microsoft for its failure to capture more of the music download market? He claims that…

• Apple’s UK Success Prompts Search For 20 Retail Locations

  With Apple seeing widespread success in western Europe, including the recent grabbing of education market share leadership from Dell, the…

• OS X Hacking Challenge Generates Controversy

  On Feb. 22, a Swedish Mac user started a contest he called "rm-my-mac," which challenged others to break into his…

• Mac mini-sized MiniView KVM Switch

  IOGEAR announced the immediate availability of the MiniView, a new keyboard/video/mouse (KVM) switch that fits under Apple's Mac mini, on…

• Ad Agency Consultant Recommends Changes in Creative Manager Pro 8.2

  Creative Manager, Inc. on Monday announced that version 8.2 of its Creative Manager Pro software offers improvements based on advice…

• DropWaterMark 3.5 Adds New Image Features

  LAJ Design announced the immediate availability of DropWaterMark 3.5 on Monday.

• Netflix Freak 2.3 Now Universal Binary

  The Little App Factory announced the immediate availability of Netflix Freak 2.3 on Monday.

• Apple Store Coming to Germany

  Apple is planning on expanding its retail sector again by opening several retail stores in Germany.

• Daystar Announces 1.83GHz PowerBook Upgrade

  Daystar announced that is now has a 1.83GHz G4 processor upgrade for the 1.67GHz PowerBook G4 on Sunday.

• Blackberry Patent Dispute Settled

  Blackberry owners sighed in relief Friday when Research In Motion (RIM) announced that it settled a long-running patent dispute with…

• Videogame Cataloging App Gamepedia Gets Universal Binary

  Bruji has released a Universal Binary of its videogame cataloging tool Gamepedia.

• Thomas Weisel Partners: Intel Transition is ‘Proving Difficult’

  Financial research firm Thomas Weisel Partners on Monday issued a research report in which it said that its "checks with…

• Customizing Finder Views

  Overall, the Mac OS X Finder is a pretty efficient tool for navigating your hard drive. By changing a few…

March, 03rd March 2006

• Weekly Roundup: Classy Products, Stinky Products

  TMO Editor Bryan Chaffin and Ricky Spero grind Napster, Microsoft, and slick branding through the Context Machine. Also: who wants…

March, 02nd March 2006

• The Most Fun You Can Have With a Stone Frog: Zuma Deluxe

  Color-matching games are nothing new, but Zuma Deluxe by PopCap Games figured out how to make an old idea new…

• Inside the Photo Marketing Association Convention and Trade Show

  Vern Seward attended the Photo Marketing Association Convention and Trade Show in Orlando, FL, and brings his report of some…

• Easy to be Hard(ware)

  I'm a nut for input devices - keyboards, mice, trackballs, tablets, etc. And because my job is to test Mac…

• Intel Cuts Revenue Forecast, Sees Stock Drop

  Intel on Friday said it expects to earn between US$8.7 and $9.1 billion this quarter, well below its previous forecast…

• Apple Hot Deals Update For the Apple Store, Small Dog

  Apple Computer has updated the Hot Deals pages for the Apple Store and Small Dog Electronics at the Macintosh Product…

• Mac Compatible Weather Stations from Onset

  Onset Computer Corporation announced the immediate availability of research-grade Mac compatible weather stations on Friday.

• Apple Not Looking to Take On TiVo

  Although the new Intel-based Mac mini is packed with features that make it a great addition to your home theater…

• MacGourmet 1.2 for Intel Macs

  Advenio announced the immediate availability of MacGourmet 1.2 on Friday.

• PDFCompress Gets Intel Update

  MetaObjects has released a Universal Binary version of its PDF file size reducing tool PDFCompress. Version 5.2 also offers improvements…

• The Finder’s Undo Command

  I hate it when I click and drag to move a file or folder, and then accidentally drop it in…

March, 01st March 2006

• Apple SVP Schiller: Co. Isn’t ‘Trying to Replace TiVo’

  Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice-president of worldwide marketing, told USA Today on Thursday: "We're not trying to replace the TiVo.…

• GarageBand Updated for French & Finish Podcasters

  Apple Computer released Thursday an update GarageBand 3 that brings the software to version 3.0.1. The update is a minor…

• E-mail Archiving App MailSteward Gets Universal Binary

  Pubblog.com on Thursday released version 6.0 of its e-mail archiving solution MailSteward, adding support for Intel processors to the software…

• A Little USBling For Your Mac

  White Lake is rolling out a new USB memory stick at CeBIT on March 9. The luxury USB memory stick…

• Safari Gains, Explorer Loses in February

  Safari's Web browser market share inched up ever so slightly in February, while Interent Explorer started dropping again.