Archives for April 2006
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Browse By Day in April 2006
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So Long, America’s Army
When Epic programmer Ryan Gordon announced on his .plan file this week that future versions of America's Army for the…
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Belkin Offers Wireless KVM Solution
Belkin on Monday introduced Flip Wireless, a wireless KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) switch that uses RF technology and offers a…
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SANS Institute Sees ‘Rapid Growth’ in OS X Vulnerabilities
The SANS Institute on Monday updated its Top 20 list of Internet vulnerabilities, noting "rapid growth in critical vulnerabilities in…
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Apple to Port Sun’s ZFS File System to OS X?
A posting last week on the ZFS discussion list revealed that Apple has an interest in porting Sun's ZFS file…
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Buffalo Debuts Series of USB 2.0 Hard Drives
Buffalo Technology on Monday introduced DriveStation, a new series of Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives with USB 2.0 connectivity and…
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OWC Ships 750GB FW400/800/USB2.0 External Drive
Other World Computing (OWC) on Monday started shipping a 750GB external hard drive with FireWire 400/800 and USB 2.0 connectivity.…
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Belkin Intros 802.11n Router, Client Cards
Belkin on Monday introduced its line of 802.11n wireless devices, including a router and desktop and laptop cards.
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New Transceiver Boosts MacBook Pro’s Wireless Performance
QuickerTek on Monday introduced a new 27dBm transceiver that boosts the MacBook Pro's wireless range by up to 100%.
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SFX Machine Pro 1.0 Offers Over 300 Audio Effects
The Sound Guy, Inc. has released SFX Machine Pro 1.0, a collection of more than 300 audio effects available in…
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Analyst Maintains ‘Buy’ Rating, $101 Price Target on Apple
American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu on Monday issued a research report in which he maintained his "Buy" rating and…
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Smart Searches in Tiger
Searching for documents and folders can get tedious, especially if you seem to be hunting for the same things over…
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The Skype is Falling, The Skype is Falling!
Skype is a Voice over IP (VoIP) telephone service that promotes itself using the tag line: "With Skype you can…
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TMO Covers Recent Software Updates
Friday saw several software updates from developers, including Koingo Software's release of Alarm Clock Pro 7.6.8, Mac Pilot 2.0.6, Track…
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Apple Updates Ramjet Hot Deals
Apple on Friday updated its Hot Deals Web site with new specials from Ramjet. The company's deals include 1GB DDR…
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European Commission Lawyer: Microsoft Has a ‘Double Lock’ Monopoly
During proceedings in Microsoft's challenge of a €497 million fine against it for monopolistic practices, a European Commission attorney told…
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FastMac Cuts G3 PowerBook Upgrade Pricing
FastMac on Friday dropped the price of its G3 to G4 PowerBook upgrade by US$50, to $239.95, and added an…
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Apple Files European Patent For Collaborative Version of iChat
Apple recently filed for a European patent that covers a version of iChat the company compared to an "interactive whiteboard,"…
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Apple Issues Slew of Software Updates
Apple this week issued updates to Pages, Keynote, and GarageBand, and the company closed out the week with a keyboard…
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Apple Executives Answer Shareholders’ Questions
Apple held its annual shareholders meeting on Thursday, with CEO Steve Jobs, CFO Peter Oppenheimer, and Senior Vice-President of Worldwide…
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Synergy 2.8 Updates Interface, More
Wincent Colaiuta announced the immediate availability of Synergy 2.8 on Thursday.
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StorNext FX 1.3 Provides Compatibility with Xsan 1.3
Advanced Digital Information Corp. (ADIC) has released version 1.3 of its data management software StorNext FX, bringing compatibility with the…
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Avoiding Email Attachment Size Limitations
Most email services restrict the maximum file size of your attachments, which can be a real pain if you need…
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Windows on an Intel Mac: A Retrospective
Time flies. It's already been two years since Apple surprised the entire computing world with the release of Boot Camp,…
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BeLight’s Free Image Tricks 2.0 Uses Tiger Core Visual Effects
BeLight Software on Wednesday released version 2.0 of its freeware utility Image Tricks, enabling users to take advantage of the…
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New Water Temperature Logger Works at Depths up to 400 Feet
Onset Computer Corp. on Tuesday introduced HOBO Water Temp Pro v2, a new water temperate data logger that features a…
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Kodak Debuts Bluetooth-, WiFi-Equipped Digital Cameras, Upgrade to EasyShare Software
Kodak has released a new Bluetooth- and WiFi-equipped EasyShare digital cameras, as well as version 6.0 of its EasyShare software.
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X-Win32 Server Runs on Intel Macs With Boot Camp
StarNet Communications on Wednesday confirmed that its X-Win32 server software installs and runs flawlessly on any Intel Mac with Boot…
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Windows Voice Recognition on Mac mini
One Voice Technologies recently demonstrated its Windows-based voice recognition software running on a Mac mini with Boot Camp.
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Seagate Announces 750GB Hard Drive
Seagate introduced a new 750GB "monster" hard drive on Wednesday.
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IntelliMerge 5 Improves Email Management Features
Intelli Innovations announced the immediate availability of Intellimerge 5.0 on Wednesday.
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Universal Shake Coming in May
Apple Computer announced at NAB this week that it will release Shake 4.1 as a Universal Binary application in May.
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FileMaker Pro 8.0v3 Updates
FileMaker released updates for FileMaker Pro 8, FileMaker Pro 8 Advanced, and FileMaker Pro Server 8 on Tuesday.
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Apple Hot Deals Update For J and R, MacZone, Publishing Perfection
Apple Computer has updated the Hot Deals pages for J and R Computerworld, MacZone, and Publishing Perfection at the Macintosh…
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PopChar X Now Universal Binary
Ergonis Software announced the immediate availability of a beta version of PopChar X 3.0 on Wednesday.
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MacJournal 4 Adds Intel Mac Support
Mariner Software announced the immediate availability of MacJournal 4, its journaling and blogging utility, on Tuesday.
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Weird Worlds for the Mac
Digital Eel and Shrapnel Games announced the immediate availability of Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space for the Mac on…
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Disabling Spotlight’s Keyboard Shortcut
One problem that many Tiger users deal with is that Spotlight's Command-Space keyboard shortcut interferes with shortcuts in other applications.
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Mac Geek Gab #50: Drive partitioning, Headphone Technology, and Mail.app Speed
Your favorite Mac geeks turn 50 this week or, rather, the show does, as John and Dave dance through topics…
