Archives for November 2006

November, 22nd November 2006

• Happy Thanksgiving!

  Happy Thanksgiving, from the staff of The Mac Observer! Our team will be taking off for Thanksgiving, a U.S. holiday,…

November, 21st November 2006

• iDevGames Launches 3D Game Creation Contest

  iDevGames on Wednesday launched 3DU, a contest that challenges developers to create 3D Mac games in 30 days with Over…

• Apple Revamps Presence in Russia

  Apple Computer's business representative in the Russian Federation, Apple IMC Russia, is working on reorganizing its business to better handle…

• Aperture Support Added to FotoMagico 1.8

  Boinx announced the immediate availability of FotoMagico 1.8 on Wednesday.

• JABMenu 1.2 Improves Google Maps Support, More

  Jon Nathan released a new update to his Address Book menu bar tool, JABMenu, on Wednesday.

• Apple Posts Holiday Hours

  Apple Computer has published the holiday schedule for its U.S. retail stores. Most stores will be closed on Thursday, November…

• DragThing 5.7 Supports Dock Themes

  DragThing, the customizable dock replacement from TLA Systems, is getting a face lift with version 5.7, and users can get…

• FileScope 1.5 Updated for Intel Macs

  Montage Technologies announced the immediate availability of its server monitoring application, FileScope 1.5, on Wednesday.

• Creative Manager 8.4 Gets Leopard Support

  Creative Manager announced the immediate availability of Creative Manager 8.4 on Tuesday. Creative Manager is a Web-based project management groupware…

• Analyst: ‘New shuffle Will Have a Material Impact on iPod Units Sold’

  Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster currently expects Apple to sell 14.7 million iPods during its current fiscal quarter, "but it…

• The iMac’s Limited VESA Support

  One of the features that Apple touted when it first released the iMac G5 was that it supported VESA-compliant mounting…

November, 20th November 2006

• Keyspan VP-24A Cordless VoIP Phone

  The Internet-based text and voice chatting system, Skype, is popular enough that some people have started using it instead of…

• Researchers Use Xserves to Build a ‘HugeTube’

  Researchers at Purdue University have used six Apple Xserve RAIDs to build what they call a "HugeTube," an uncompressed video…

• MacSoft Debuts eBay Tool Garage Sale

  MacSoft, a division of Destineer, on Tuesday released Garage Sale, a Mac-only tool that helps eBay users create and manage…

• Wi-Fi Patent Ruling May Impact Apple

  A ruling by a U.S Federal Judge in Texas states that a government agency from Australia hold the patent rights…

• Security Group Reports Potential Mac Vulnerability

  The French Security Incident Response Team (FrSIRT) issued a report on Tuesday claiming a potential security risk has been found…

• Solavant 2.0 Adds Intel Mac Support

  Smallware announced the immediate availability of the solitaire card game Solavant 2.0 on Tuesday.

• Groupcal 3.7 Improves Exchange Compatibility

  Snerdware announced the immediate availability of Groupcal 3.7, an update to the Exchange server compatibility add-on for iCal, on Tuesday.

• Apple Stock Hits New 52-Week High

  Apple's stock reached as high as US$87.97 during Tuesday's trading, before settling at $87.84 as of 12:23 PM EST. $87.97…

• Mac Geek Gab #79: iPod Batteries, Securing Your Files, and More!

  Dave and John talk through replacing your iPod battery, locking and securing files and folders, reformatting your Mac, and more.…

November, 19th November 2006

• Firefox 2

  For some, their Web browser of choice is just as emotionally charged as their choice in operating systems. For the…

• CleanApp 2.0 Monitors Application Installations

  Synium Software announced the immediate availability of CleanApp 2.0 on Monday. CleanApp is an application uninstaller that removes all of…

• QuarkXPress Licensing Now Cross-platform

  Quark announced on Monday that the licensing scheme for QuarkXPress 7 is changing so that a single license will work…

• Wcode 2.0 Improves Template System, More

  Widget Factor announced the immediate availability of Wcode 2.0 on Monday.

• PopChar X 3.1 Improves Pages Support

  Ergonis Software announced the immediate availability of PopChar X 3.1 on Monday.

• Al Jazeera Looks to Apple for Tech

  Al Jazeera International is building up its infrastructure with Apple Computer hardware and software. Al Jazeera International is the 24-hour…

• PhoneValet 5.0 Adds Call Trees, Address Book Support

  Parliant Corp announced the immediate availability of PhoneValet Message Center 5.0 on Monday. PhoneValet is a Mac OS X-based automated…

• Apple Preps for After Thanksgiving Sale

  Apple Computer is preparing for its annual one-day post Thanksgiving sale on November 24.

• NoteMind 1.0 Released

  Synium Software announced the immediate availability of the information management application, NoteMind 1.0, on Saturday.

• Analyst: Apple Working on 2nd Cell Phone, Red Nano Selling Well

  Of a puported second iTunes cell phone that Apple might have in development, American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu wrote:…

• Straighten Crooked Scans in Photoshop

  Scanning photographs is a great way to preserve and restore old images, but straightening a scanned picture that wasn't perfectly…

November, 18th November 2006

• Weekly Roundup: Zune’s Crash Landing

  This week Microsoft launched the Zune portable media player. Ricky and Jeff use the Context Machine to handicap the new…

November, 16th November 2006

• World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Preview

  Blizzard has put themselves on the line with its current major project, the Burning Crusade expansion pack for its World…

• Newer Tech Launches New Laptop Battery Recycling Program

  Newer Technology announced its new "No Battery Left Behind" laptop battery recycling program on Friday.

• SidewinderX Traces and Reports spam Email

  Hendrickson Software Components announced the immediate availability of SidewinderX on Friday. SidewinderX is a spam tracing and reporting utility for…

• Virginia Tech Xserves Crank Out 15 Million Hours

  Virginia Tech's System X, a cluster of 1,100 Apple Xserve computers, has surpassed the 15 million CPU-hour mark.

• ConceptDraw WebWave 5.8 Improves Mock-up Tools

  CS Odessa announced the immediate availability of ConceptDraw WebWave 5.8 on Friday.

• Weather Channel widget and Screen Saver

  The Weather Channel is now offering a free weather Dashboard widget and Screen Saver for Mac OS X.

• Trans International Introduces 200GB miniXpress Drive

  Trans International announced the immediate availability of a 200GB version of its miniXpress portable hard drive on Friday.

• Freeverse Offers Wingnuts Game for Free

  Freeverse is wrapping up its "Big Week" by offering Wingnuts: Temporal Navigator as a free download on Friday.

• Design Greeting Cards in iPhoto

  Finding the right greeting or invitation card can be a real pain, especially when you have a good idea of…

November, 15th November 2006

• SpamSieve 2.5

  Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam. Without the aid of SpamSieve, I'm sure my eyes would bleed…

• Apple Remote Desktop 3.1 Addresses Security Issues

  Apple Computer released Apple Remote Desktop 3.1 on Thursday. The update to the remote computer control and management application addresses…

• Xupport 3.3 Improves Backup Features

  Laurent Muller announced the immediate availability of Xupport 3.3 on Thursday.

• Consumer Reports: Don’t Buy the Extended Warranty (Unless It’s AppleCare)

  Consumer Reports published a report urging its readers to avoid all extended warranties with two exceptions: AppleCare for Macintosh computers…

• Google Web Toolkit 1.2 Adds Mac OS X Support

  Google released its Google Web Toolkit (GWT) on Thursday with support for Mac OS X.

• Apple Hot Deals Update For Macconnection, Sweetwater Sound

  Apple Computer has updated the Hot Deals pages for Macconnection and Sweetwater Sound at the Macintosh Product Guide. The Mac…

• Apple Files Interchangeable Touchscreen Patents

  Three of Apple Computer's U.S. patent filings, including two that relate to dynamic and configurable touchscreen interfaces, were published on…

• NewerTech Announces 1.6GHz G4 Upgrades

  NewerTech announced the immediate availability of the 1.6GHz MAXPower G4 7447 single processor upgrade on Thursday.

• SEC Investigating Dell

  Dell announced on Wednesday that the U.S. SEC has launched a forma investigation into the company.