Archives for November 2006

November, 15th November 2006

• DiscLabel 4.0 Adds New Design Tools

  SmileOnMyMac announced the immediate availability of DiscLabel 4.0 on Thursday.

• Gigawiz Introduces Citrin Graphing App

  Gigawiz announced the immediate availability of its new graphing application, Citrin 1.0, earlier this week.

• Freeverse Releases Burning Monkey Solitaire 4

  reeverse announced Thursday the release of Burning Monkey Solitaire 4, the newest version of this long-running solitaire series. Version 4…

November, 14th November 2006

• Zofunk Introduces MacBook Keyboard Covers

  Zofunk Products announced the immediate availability of its KeyGuard keyboard covers for Apple's MacBook and MacBook Pro on Wednesday.

• LightZone 2.0 Released with Intel Mac Support

  Light Crafts released LightZone 2.0 on Wednesday, adding Intel support to the digital photographer's editing and image management application.

• WiebeTech Introduces New SilverSATA Enclosures

  WiebeTech announced the immediate availability of two new SilverSATA drive enclosures on Wednesday.

• Intel Support Included in CopyCatX 4.0

  SubRosaSoft.com announced the immediate availability of CopyCatX 4.0 on Wednesday. CopyCatX is a hard drive duplication and data recovery application.

• Freeverse Releases Big Bang Brain Games (Get it Free Today)

  Freeverse announced Wednesday the release of Big Bang Brain Games, a suite of six games, "designed to stimulate the cerebellum,…

• Civilization IV: Warlords for the Mac Ships

  Aspyr Media announced that Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords for Intel and PowerPC Macs is shipping.

• Build Your Own Mac Report

  Your Mac may be more than the sum of its parts, but it's still nice to know what all those…

• MacMania and the Mac Collector

  Ted Landau offers tales from the MacMania cruise, including a look at the Mac Collector and his 124 different Mac…

November, 13th November 2006

• Life2Go 1.6.4

  I'll admit it: I'm an information junkie. Much to my delight, and chagrin, there are plenty of applications out there…

• Track Temperatures Throughout Your House on Your Mac

  Onset Computer Corporation announced Tuesday the HOBO Temperature Logger Kit, a temperature tracking solution that combines a HOBO Data Logger…

• GUITAR RIG 2.2 Supports Intel Macs

  Native Instruments announced the immediate availability of GUITAR RIG 2.2 on Tuesday.

• MegaSeg 4.0 Adds Intel Mac Support

  MegaSeg 4.0 Adds Intel Mac Support Fidelity Media announced the immediate availability of MegaSeg 4.0 on Tuesday.

• Chromatic Bytes Announces ZeusDraw

  Chromatic Bytes announced the immediate availability of ZeusDraw 1.0 on Monday.

• Apple X11 1.1.3 Update Fixes Font Issues

  Apple released an update to its X Window System software, X11 1.1.3, on Monday.

• Apple Updates Intel Mac Firmware

  Apple Computer released firmware updates for the Intel-based iMac, Mac mini, MacBook and MacBook Pro on Monday.

• UBS Research: Mac Sales Solid, iPods Continue to Improve

  Mac sales for the December quarter are solid, and are being driven by Apple Computer's new MacBook and MacBook Pro…

• Mac Geek Gab #78: Sorting Downloads, Easy VPN, and Troubleshooting From The Pros

  Want to be sure you're sorting your downloads by the date you downloaded it? Perhaps you need to set up…

November, 12th November 2006

• How the Zune Will (Try To) Defeat the iPod

  Arrogance. Over-confidence. These themes run rampant in the initial reviews of the Microsoft Zune. And of course, that's expected. What…

• NewsMac Pro 1.2.5

  Information overload is easy to come by, especially in this age of pipes and dump trucks full of internets. Focusing…

• Apple’s "Get a Mac" Commercials Turn Japanese

  Apple's "Get a Mac" campaign has been unleashed on Japan, with Japanese actors taking the place of John "I'm a…

• Justin Longs Says He’s Still the Mac Guy

  In a post on his own Web site, Justin Long says that he's still playing the "Mac Guy" in Apple's…

• PTHPasteboard 4 Improves Hotkey Support, More

  PTH Consulting announced the immediate availability of PTHPasteboard 4 on Monday. PTHPasteboard is a utility that adds multiple clipboards to…

• Anatomy of an Exploding Battery

  Most of us are lucky enough to never have experienced an exploding laptop first hand. This video clearly illustrates just…

• Apple Hires IBM’s General Counsel

  Apple Computer announced on Monday that it has hired Donald J. Rosenberg as senior vice president and general counsel. Mr.…

• Intel Developing Nanotube Chip Technology

  Intel is looking to carbon nanotubes to replace the copper interconnects currently used in computer chips, and has created some…

• HoudahSpot 1.3 Adds Customized Search Columns, More

  Houdah Software announced the immediate availability of HoudahSpot 1.3, a utility that enhances Spotlight's search interface, on Monday.

• Making Your Own Google Alerts

  Google is great because you can use it to find nearly anything you want on the Internet. It gets even…

November, 10th November 2006

• Weekly Roundup: Portable Media Mergers and Microsoft Feature Creep

  The Context Machine fodder: NVIDIA purchases Portal Player, and Microsoft will start selling TV shows over XBox 360. Also this…

November, 09th November 2006

• Cool Despite Its Name: Dork

  One of the simplest games I've ever played, Dork is Frogger cranked up to 11 with enough strategy to keep…

• FireWire Depot Introduces tNASi RAID

  FireWire Depot announced the immediate availability of the tNASi RAID 5 NAS/SAN Tower on Friday.

• Digidesign Announces Mbox 2 Mini

  Digidesign announced the Mbox 2 Mini Pro Tools LE system on Friday.

• MusicRenamer 2.0 Supports Intel Macs

  SubRosaSoft.com announced the immediate availability of MusicRenamer 2.0 on Friday. MusicRenamer renames your MP3, AAC, MP4 and M4A files with…

• Apple Settles 17-inch Display Suit

  Apple Computer has settled in a class action lawsuit that claims there is a defect in the company's 17-inch LCD…

• TMO’s Dave Hamilton to Speak at the Seacoast Mac Users Group

  TMO's president and Mac Geek Gab host, Dave Hamilton, will be speaking at the New Hampshire Seacoast Mac Users Group…

• World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade to be Released January 16th [UPDATE]

  Blizzard Entertainment announced Thursday the release date of World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade; the long awaited expansion pack for…

• Stealth Volume Control

  Adjusting your Mac's volume doesn't have to be a distracting event.

• How I Save Time & Effort Every Day

  Since I'm inherently quite lazy and computers are supposed to improve my productivity, I'm always on the lookout for a…

November, 08th November 2006

• Apple iPhone: Design by Buddha, Inc.

  The iPhone will fulfill needs we didn't know how to articulate. Conventional cell phones force poor design, excessive features, busy…

• OWC 320GB Mercury Elite Pro-AL Quad Interface

  Flexibility and versatility are great things to have in your data storage devices, and Other World Computing's Mercury Elite Pro-AL…

• SOYO Introduces Dual 17" or 19" LCD Displays

  SOYO Group, Inc. announced Thursday the release of two dual LCD displays, in both dual 17" and 19" configurations. The…

• Hard Drive Storage Unit Supports Mix of 2.5" and 3.5" Drives

  Addonics Technologies announced Wednesday a hard drive storage solution called Mini Storage Tower that can house both 3.5" and 2.5"…

• 1Passwd 2.0 Adds OmniWeb Support, More

  Agile Web Solutions announced the immediate availability of 1Passwd 2.0 on Thursday.

• MacSpeech Releases iTunes 7 ScriptPak

  MacSpeech announced the immediate availability of the new iListen ScriptPak for iTunes 7 on Thursday.

• Apple Makes Time’s Gadget of the Year List

  Time is conducting its annual survey for the favorite gadget of the year, and Apple's MacBook Pro along with the…

• SubRosaSoft.com Updates Salvage Applications

  SubRosaSoft.com announced the immediate availability of version 5.1 of PodSalvage, CameraSalvage, and OfficeSalvage on Thursday.

• Adobe Creative Suite 2.3 Adds Dreamweaver 8

  Adobe announced the immediate availability of the Adobe Creative Suite 2.3 Premium on Thursday. The updated version of Adobe's design…

• Mac Geek Gab #77: Core vs Core 2 - Who Cares About 64-bits?

  With more and more Macs using the Core 2 Duo processors, Dave and John take you on a tour of…