Archives for March 2006

March, 26th March 2006

• AirPort Amplifier Boosts Wireless Range For iMacs, Laptops

  QuickerTek on Monday introduced a US$199.95 AirPort amplifier that boosts wireless range up to five times the standard. It's compatible…

• BusinessWeek Ranks Apple the Top Performing Company

  BusinessWeek released its 2006 list of the top 50 performing companies, and Apple Computer came in at number one.

• Jobs pays $295M Tax Bill on Vested Shares

  Steve Jobs let Apple Computer use 4.5 million of his recently vested 10 million stock shares to cover his tax…

• Apple v Apple: Round 3

  Apple Corps and Apple Computer are set to go to court this week in a legal battle over a licensing…

• SnapTalk 4.1 Adds Password Protection, More

  Glass Bead Software has released version 4.1 of its instant messaging and file transfer application SnapTalk. This edition features password…

• Get Info and Summary Get Info

  Most people see the Macs Get Info window as the place you go when you want to change a file…

• Mac Geek Gab #45: Keyboard Shortcuts, .Mac Transfers, TiVo, and DVRs Discussed

  Recorded on the MacBook Pro from a hotel room in Austin, Texas, Dave and John go through some additional listener…

March, 25th March 2006

• Weekly Roundup: Digging up the DRM Debate

  Remember when people were all up in arms about DRM? As the iTunes Music Store careens towards its 3rd birthday,…

March, 23rd March 2006

• Chris Versus the Pile: SBook5

  Chris Barylick shows us SBook5, freeware that allows users to enter contact information in the order it actually appears on…

• Radical Breeze, MacGameStore.com Offer Themed Sales

  On Friday, Radical Breeze announced sale prices in honor of International Waffle Day on March 25, while MacGameStore.com, in a…

• Intel: ‘[Apple] Looks at Our Technology in a Very Apple Way’

  Deborah Conrad, vice-president and director of Intel's internal Apple team, said Thursday that Apple has changed the way her company…

• Apple Updates Apple Store, B&H Photo Video, ClubMac Hot Deals

  Apple on Friday updated its Hot Deals Web site with new specials from the Apple Store, B&H Photo Video and…

• Adobe’s Bruce Chizen: Adobe CS 3 to Debut By Mid-2007

  During an interview with Forbes magazine's Danit Lidor, Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen revealed that Adobe Creative Suite (CS) 3 will…

• Google Updates Gmail Notifier

  Google updated Gmail Notifier for the Mac earlier this week, adding native support for Intel-based Macs.

• Ship Times for MacBook Pro Improve

  Apple's online store is showing that the MacBook Pro ship time has dropped from about a week down to 1-3…

• iPod & iTunes: The Missing Manual Updated For Fourth Edition

  O'Reilly is now offering the fourth edition of iPod & iTunes: The Missing Manual, offering such new information as tips…

• French DRM Law Could Have Worldwide Impact

  TMO recently had the opportunity to discuss the proposed French law to regulate copy protection and digital rights management (DRM)…

• Imperial Glory Goes Beta

  Feral Interactive announced that Imperial Glory for the Mac has reached beta testing phase on Friday.

• Encrypting iChat Sessions

  Although unlikely, what you type in iChat could potentially get intercepted by someone else, and your private conversation isn't quite…

March, 22nd March 2006

• Apple Posts MacGameStore, O’Reilly, PowerMax Hot Deals

  Apple on Thursday posted new Hot Deals from MacGameStore, O'Reilly Media, and PowerMax.

• OWC Offers USB-Only Version of Mercury On-The-Go Drive

  Other World Computing on Thursday started offering USB 2.0-only versions of its Mercury On-The-Go line of 2.5 inch portable hard…

• XPress 7 Beta Set to Expire

  The public beta of QuarkXPress 7 is due to expire on March 31, rendering the application inoperable. A QuarkXPress 7…

• TechRestore Introduces PowerBook Display Replacements

  TechRestore announced the immediate availability of a new high resolution PowerBook display replacement program on Thursday.

• Mac Community Site MacConnexion

  MacConnexion.com announced on Wednesday that its community Web site for Mac users, MacConnexion, is live, but in a public beta…

• Amnesty Widget Screen Saver Goes Universal

  Mesa Dynamics announced the immediate availability of Amnesty Screen Saver 1.1 on Thursday.

• MacSpeech Intros ScriptPak for Preview

  MacSpeech has released a ScriptPak that enables iListen users to speak almost 100 commands for Apple's Preview application, which is…

• The Sims Complete Collection Includes Game, 7 Expansion Packs

  Aspyr Media, Inc. on Thursday started shipping The Sims Complete Collection (US$49.99), which includes the original best-selling game The Sims…

• Vista Delay to Boost Apple, Leopard for Christmas

  UBS analyst Ben Reitzes sees Microsoft's announcement that Windows Vista is being delayed again as bad news for Dell and…

March, 21st March 2006

• Gearlog Blog: ‘Apple Makes Fast Windows PCs’

  Gearlog, a blog that's part of Ziff Davis, has published benchmarks for Windows XP running on a MacBook Pro, an…

• Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere to Bring Vista Look to Macs, Cell Phones

  Microsoft will in the third quarter release a preview version of Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere (WPFE), a user interface toolkit…

• A Better Finder Rename 7.2 Available

  publicspace.net announced the immediate availability of A Better Finder Rename 7.2 on Wednesday.

• Microsoft Delay May Help Apple

  Microsoft's never ending quest to delay the release of Vista, its next version of Windows, is still on track as…

• Apple: French Law Promotes Piracy

  A law that will require companies like Apple, Sony and Microsoft to share Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology with each…

• Footlights 2.1 Gets Customizable Thumbnail Movie List, More

  >Radical Breeze has released version 2.1 of Footlights, the company's video playback and conversion utility. This upgrade, which is free…

• State of Maine Awards 36,000-Laptop Contract to Apple [UPDATED]

  The state of Maine has announced that Apple won the bid for its next Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI), which…

• No April 1 Products According to UBS

  Apple is not likely to hold a special 30th anniversary event on April 1 to announce new products, according to…

• Remote Control Macs

  A home or office with more than one Mac is more common than not anymore. Thanks to VNC, or Virtual…

March, 20th March 2006

• Ex-Apple Employee Says Co. Doesn’t Care About Enterprise

  Ex-Apple employee David Sobotta, who now maintains a blog called Applepeels, recently posted his thoughts on Apple's attitude toward the…

• Animation App Toon Boom Studio Gets Universal Binary

  Toon Boom Animation, Inc. on Tuesday released a Universal Binary version of its animation software Toon Boom Studio V3.

• French Parliament Approves DRM Bill

  France has tentatively approved its bill intended to offer protection for music and video copyright holders and to open proprietary…

• EasyBatch Photo 2.0 Adds Intel Mac Support

  Yellow Mug Software announced the immediate availability of EasyBatch Photo 2.0 on Tuesday.

• MacFixIt Celebrates 10th Anniversary

  MacFitIt turned ten on March 20th, and is giving away ten-themed prizes to celebrate.

• iMac G5 Gone from Apple Store

  Apple's online store no longer lists the 20-inch iMac G5, thinning out the available selection of PowerPC Macs a little…

• QuickerTek Introduces Super Antenna for MacBook Pro

  QuickerTek announced the immediate availability of the MacBook Pro Connect super antenna on Tuesday.

• Black Box Update from M-Audio

  M-Audio announced released a firmware update for the Black Box on Monday. Black Box combines amp modeling, beat-synced effects, guitar…

• AppleScript Utility Gets Universal Binary

  24U Software has released version 3.1 of 24U Appearance OSAX, its utility that enables AppleScript developers to add user communications…

• Wozniak Start-Up Wheels of Zeus Shuts Down

  Wheels of Zeus (wOz), which was started in 2002 by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, has shut down. Al Luckow, the…

• Analysts: MacBook Pro Availability Better, But Mac Sales Estimates Still at Risk

  Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster and American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu on Tuesday weighed in on continued MacBook Pro…

• Mac Geek Gab #44: Processors, Networking, Optimizing and More From The Mailbag

  Your questions, their answers! This weeks's show features John and Dave going through the mailbag, answering questions and offering insights…

March, 19th March 2006

• Been There, Done That, Time to do it Again

  Vern Seward kicks the tires of Microsoft's newest mobile product, the Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC). He originally counted himself a member…