Archives for January 2007

January, 25th January 2007

• Updated "Take Control of Mac OS X Backups" Released

  Take Control announced the immediate availability of Take Control of Mac OS X Backups, Second Edition on Friday.

• AirPort Extreme Update Addresses Security Issue

  Apple Inc. released AirPort Extreme Update 2007-001 late Thursday to address wireless networking related security issues on Intel-based Macs.

• OWC Lowers Prices on their Portable Disk Drives

  Other World Computing has lowered prices on its On-The-Go FireWire drives

• Windows .NET Developer Says Leopard Years Ahead

  An experienced Windows .NET developer attended an Apple Developer Tech Talk on Leopard and saw things he considered years ahead…

• Rabidlab Launches Dodge That Anvil!

  Rabidlab announced the immediate availability of Dodge That Anvil! on Friday.

• Pooling Printers

  If you work in an environment where lots of people are printing documents at the same time, you can end…

January, 24th January 2007

• Open Source Meteorologist Gets Patched

  I like weather. So it would stand to reason that I would have a weather application on my Mac. Many…

• Road Trip Effect Pro 2.5.4

  Road Trip Effect Pro from Sol Robots is one of those interesting applications that addresses a need you may not…

• The Biggest Competitor to Vista: Windows XP

  The biggest competitor to Vista is not expected to be Linux or Mac OS X. It will be Windows XP.

• onOne Announces Genuine Fractals 5 Public Beta

  onOne Software announced the immediate availability of a public beta of Genuine Fractals 5.0 on Thursday.

• OnScreen DNA Now Available in Lite, Pro Versions

  OnScreen Science announced the immediate availability of two new versions of its OnScreen DNA application on Thursday.

• Apple Hot Deals Update For CDW Macwarehouse, ClubMac, More

  Apple Computer has updated the Hot Deals pages for CDW Macwarehouse, ClubMac, MacMall, and Ramjet at the Macintosh Product Guide.…

January, 23rd January 2007

• MCE Announces User-Installable Blu-ray Drives for Macintosh

  MCE Technologies has announced the immediate availability of user-installable, internal, Blu-ray drives for Mac Pro and PowerMac G5.

• Apple Enhances its Xserve RAID to 10.5 TB Storage

  Apple has quietly upgraded the capacity of its Xserve RAID storage system to 10.5 terabytes.

• Open Door Networks Announces Major Updates to Security Suite

  Open Door Networks announced upgrades to its DoorStop X Firewall, Who's There? Firewall Advisor, and eBook on Internet Security products.

• Apple Hiring for UK Glasgow Store

  Plans to open Apple's Glasgow UK store are underway, and now the company is on the prowl for employees.

• SmileOnMyMac Introduces Productivity Suite Bundle

  SmileOnMyMac announced the immediate availability of the SmileOnMyMac Productivity Suite on Wednesday.

• Midori Introduces Smack Mahjong for the Mac

  Midori announced the immediate availability of Smack Mahjong, the latest in the company's series of Smack games, on Wednesday.

• Analyst: Photoshop CS3 to Drive Pro Mac Sales

  The public beta of Adobe Photoshop CS3 is receiving positive feedback, and will likely have a positive impact on pro…

• Desktop System Monitoring

  There are some useful tools available for tracking what's happening on your Mac, but sometimes the old-school command line offers…

January, 22nd January 2007

• Slideshow Magic 4.0.6

  Creating slideshows in iPhoto is easy enough to do, but some of its features can be limiting. Slideshow Magic from…

• Microsoft Considered Music Partnership with Apple in 2003

  In court documents introduced last week, it was revealed that Microsoft, in despair over then current music players, wanted to…

• Apple Releases QuickTime Security Update

  Apple Inc. released Security Update 2007-001 on Tuesday to address potential security issues in QuickTime 7.

• RNSoft Introduces RSS DreamFeeder 2.0.

  RNSoft has announced the immediate availability of RSS DreamFeeder 2 with support for additional media publishing modes and a content…

• SymmetryWorks 4 Improves Replication Features

  Artlandia released the latest version of its pattern replication plug-in for Adobe Illustrator, SymmetryWorks 4, on Tuesday.

• KeynotePro Introduces PitchBoards Series 3 Themes

  Keynote Pro announced the immediate availability of PitchBoards Series 3, a storyboarding theme set for Keynote 3, on Tuesday.

• Jumsoft Announces Relationship 1.0 for Mac OS X

  Jumsoft announced the immediate availability of the customer relationship management application, Relationship 1.0, on Tuesday.

• Address Book phone plugins 1.1 Adds Nokia Support

  nova media announced the immediate availability of Address Book phone plugins 1.1 on Tuesday.

• TMO Interviews Marketcircle’s CEO Alykhan Jetha

  TMO spoke with Marketcircle's President and CEO Alykhan Jetha during the Macworld Expo to find out more about his company…

• Blizzard Updates World of Warcraft for Hunters, Priests, Mages, Bug Fixes

  Blizzard Entertainment released a patch for World of Warcraft, bringing the MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Role Playing Game) to version 2.0.6.…

• Apple CEO Questioned in Options Investigation

  Government investigators looking into Apple's stock option granting process have questioned CEO Steve Jobs as part of their ongoing criminal…

• Mac Geek Gab #89: Bulging Capacitors, Syncing iTunes, and ATA Busses Demystified

  Bulging capacitors, syncing and sharing iTunes, and ATA busses are just a few of the topics covered in today's show.…

January, 21st January 2007

• Comply Noise Reduction-1 Earphones

  One of the worst environments you can possibly use your headphones in is on an airplane, which is why I'm…

• Xeric Design Releases EarthDesk 4.0

  Xeric Design has updated EarthDesk to version 4.0, re-written it in Cocoa and improved the user interface.

• Parallels Reveals That It Is Controled by SWsoft

  Parallels Software, maker of Parallels Desktop virtualization software for Mac OS X, revealed that it is controlled by SWsoft.

• Exploiting MacFuse with a Supercomputer

  Turning things that aren't traditionally a file system into a file system, visible in the Finder, with MacFuse was described…

• Apple Options Prosecutors Quit

  Two Federal prosecutors from the team investigating Apple Inc. for stock option backdating have announced that they are leaving their…

• iMac Quicky USB AirPort Transceiver Available

  QuickerTek announced the immediate availability of the Quicky USB Transceiver for the iMac on Monday.

• RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Soaked! Coming to the Mac

  Aspyr Media announced on Monday that it is bringing RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Soaked! to the Mac.

• Fast Web Browsing with Lynx

  Safari, Firefox, and OmniWeb are all great Web browsers that render most modern sites, display videos and play audio so…

January, 19th January 2007

• Apple Report: Exhibitors Big and Small Sound off on MWSF

  During MWSF, Ricky collected vendor reactions to the show. Find out -- straight from the horse's mouth -- what MWSF…

January, 18th January 2007

• Steve Ballmer Reacts to the Apple iPhone

  Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer reacted to the Apple iPhone in a video posted at YouTube on Thursday.

• Apple TV is The Solution to HDTV Industry Problems

  Apple TV will shatter the best hopes of Comcast, Time Warner, DIRECTV, and Dish Network, to name a few. To…

• Saudi Arabian Author Says iPhone Debut Hit Them Hard

  What surprised Mazen Al-Angary was how hard the news of the Apple iPhone hit in his home country of Saudi…

• Vista Found to be Worthy But Largely Unexciting

  After more than five years work, Microsoft has generated a worthy but largely unexciting product according to the Wall Street…

• FileMaker Introduces DIY Guides

  FileMaker recently released a series of do-it-yourself guides for users looking to create their own database solutions.

• Intel Mac Support Comes to Number Press 2.0

  Praeter Software announced the immediate availability of Number Press 2.0 on Friday. Number Press sequentially numbers documents like invoice and…

• Apple Sued Over "Predictive Snooping" Patent

  Computer chip technology supplier OPTi has filed a suit against Apple Inc. claiming the Mac maker is infringing on patents…

• Apple to Charge $1.99 for 802.11n Upgrade

  When Apple introduced the new 802.11n-based AirPort Extreme Base Station during Macworld Expo 2007, it also announced that most Core…

• AmpliTube 2 Jimi Hendrix Audio Effects Released

  IK Multimedia announced the AmpliTube 2 Jimi Hendrix Edition audio plug-ins on Friday.