Archives for March 2007

March, 11th March 2007

• iGet 2.6 Gets New Look and Developer

  Nakahara Informatics announced that has purchased iGet from Five Speed and also released a updated version of the application on…

• CeBIT 2007 Expo Guide for iPod

  Expodition is offering a free iPod-based guide for the 2007 CeBIT business technology exposition.

• Apple Introduces New U.K. Get a Mac Ads

  Apple unveiled six new Get a Mac commercials in the U.K. with the familiar Mac and PC banter as played…

• QuickerTek Announces Quicky Jr. Network Antenna

  QuickerTek announced the immediate availability of its new Quicky Jr. wireless network signal boosting antenna on Monday.

• Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 Soaked! for the Mac Ships

  Aspyr Media announced on Monday that Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 Soaked! for the Mac is shipping.

• Screenshots, Mac OS X Style

  I take so many screenshots for articles and books that I need the raw horse power that Ambrosia Software's Snapz…

March, 09th March 2007

• Apple Report: CS3 Building Buzz

  Adobe's Creative Suite 3 is on its way, and Jeff is positively giddy. Ricky asks him what the hubbub is…

March, 08th March 2007

• nova media Updates iSync Plug-ins for Samsung

  nova media announced the immediate availability of its updated iSync plug-in with support for additional Samsung and Sony Ericsson phones…

• Boinx Software Announces FotoMagico 2

  Boinx Software has announced the immediate availability of version 2 of its FotoMagico software which includes a standalone player and…

• Apple’s Marketing: Simply the Best in the Business

  The list of things Apple does in its marketing efforts may not be that surprising. But they're simply the best…

• FastMac 65-Watt Power Adapter for PowerBook, iBook

  FastMac unveiled its new TruePower 65-Watt power adapter for Apple's PowerBook G4 and iBook on Friday.

• Unexpected Reasons Why Macs Are Enterprise Ready

  Rather than having a business version and consumer version, there is only one basic flavor of each Mac model. That…

• Caboodle 1.1 Improves Import/Export Features

  Dejal announced the immediate availability of Caboodle 1.1 on Friday. Caboodle is an application that collects and manages text, images,…

• Apple Hot Deals Update For J&R Computerworld, Sweetwater

  Apple Computer has updated the Hot Deals pages for J&R Computerworld and Sweetwater Sound at the Macintosh Product Guide. The…

• AirPort Extreme Update Addresses Wireless Router Compatibility

  Apple released AirPort Extreme Update 2007-002 for Intel-based Macs on Thursday.

• Kingston Announces 8 GB SDHC Card

  Kingston Technology has announced the immediate availability of 8 GB SDHC memory cards at data transfer speeds up to 6…

• Jets’n'Guns Gold for the Mac Released

  Rake in Grass and Macgamestore.com announced the immediate availability of the arcade-style shooter game, Jets'n'Guns Gold for the Mac on…

• Moving Beyond "About This Mac"

  The About This Mac option under the Mac OS X Apple menu is handy because it gives you at-a-glance access…

March, 07th March 2007

• MyMac Will Podcast Live at Michigan Apple Store

  The MyMac.com team will be recording a live podcast at the Woodland Mall Apple store in Grand Rapids on Saturday,…

• External Hard Drives Go for the Glitz

  Hard drives are a commodity. They're all the same. Except when they aren't and the vendor wants to get your…

• Microsoft Proposes the End of JPEG

  Microsoft will soon submit their HD Photo format as an international standard. However, replacing JPEG will be an uphill battle.

• SanDisk Will Benefit From Apple’s Flash Roadmap

  The flash memory makers, especially SanDisk, stand to benefit from Apple's intensive use of Flash memory in new products.

• Trans International Introduces Pro Sled for the Mac Pro

  Trans International announced the immediate availability of its Pro Sled hard drive swapping system for the Mac Pro on Thursday.

• Fortune: Apple is America’s Best Retailer

  The rise of Apple's retail presence is nothing less that meteoric. The first store opened five years ago to industry…

• Apple Store Takes a Shot at Vista

  Apple Inc. launched an aggressive ad campaign against Microsoft's new Windows Vista operating system, and now that is carrying over…

• Backwards Machine Reverses Audio In Real-time

  The Sound Guy, Inc. announced the immediate availability of the audio plug-in Backwards Machine on Thursday.

• Adobe Announces Photoshop CS3 Extended

  The Photoshop product family grew on Thursday with Adobe's announcement of Photoshop CS3 Extended - a new version of Photoshop…

• SeeFile 3.0 Includes Perfectly Clear Image Correction

  SeeFile Software announced the immediate availability of the local server-based image and document collaboration application SeeFile 3.0 on Wednesday

March, 06th March 2007

• Getting Started

  If you're like me, you probably have a pretty nice digital snap-shooter cameras and you are likely pretty happy with…

• Apple’s Customers Geeks, Microsoft’s are Geezers

  Apple understands very well the youthful demographics of its customers. Microsoft has the same understanding, but in their case, the…

• Qnext Releases Major Update of P2Web Sharing Software

  Qnext has just released version 3 of its media sharing software.

• Vista Demand Weak, Intel Must Scramble

  With weak corporate demand for new CPUs due to slow Vista rollouts, Intel has had to scramble to remain profitable…

• Living Without Safari Week 1: Firefox

  I use several other browsers, but my day-in, day-out work horse is Safari. But just because that's my browser of…

• FAA Considering Alternatives to Vista

  The FAA is considering a switch to Linux thin clients and Google's online business applications in lieu of migrating to…

• OpenOSX Updates Grass GIS System

  OpenOSX has announced an update to their free Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS) application Grass. The flagship companion GrassPro…

• QuarkXPress 7: Latin American Edition

  Quark has developed an unusual hybrid-language version of its professional page layout application, QuarkXPress, that is aimed at publishers in…

• Chronos Announces iScrapbook

  Chronos announced its new digital scrapbooking application, iScrapbook, on Wednesday.

• Apple CFO: Vista No Threat to Leopard

  Apple Chief Financial Officer, Peter Oppenheimer, isn't worried about the potential threat Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system poses to Mac…

• Apple Hot Deals Update For AudioMIDI, Ramjet

  Apple Computer has updated the Hot Deals pages for AudioMIDI and Ramjet at the Macintosh Product Guide. The Mac Product…

• iListen ScriptPak for Toast 8 Available

  MacSpeech announced the immediate availability of its ScriptPak for Toast Titanium 8 on Wednesday.

• Analyst: Flash Memory Important for Future iPods, Macs

  NAND Flash memory is likely to move beyond the iPod nano and shuffle in Apple's product line up and become…

March, 05th March 2007

• You’re Getting Sleepy…Sleepy: Pzizz

  After running across Pzizz in an old Discover, I found that Brainwave Enterprises still make and sell a Pzizz device…

• Laptop Battery Fires May Cause More Flight Restrictions

  The potential fire hazard posed by some rechargeable laptop and cell phone batteries is causing the U.S. Department of Transportation…

• TrueDisc Announces Software for Damage Resistant Optical Media

  TrueDisc has announced software that creates damage resistant master copies of optical media.

• Black Cat Systems Releases Audiocorder 5

  Black Cat Systems has updated its Audiocorder software to version 5, a Universal Application.

• Final Cut Studio Assists London Doctors in Heart Surgery

  Heart Surgeons in London are using Macs and Final Cut Studio to share video footage of open-heart surgery.

• Intel CEO: Apple Competitors Struggling to Keep Up

  Intel CEO Paul Otellini told attendees at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference in San Francisco that Apple is charting the…

• The Domain, Waterside Shops Apple Stores Open This Weekend

  Apple is opening two new retail stores this weekend - one in Austin, Texas, and the other in Naples, Florida.

• Canvastic 3.0 Gets Intel Mac Support, More

  Canvastic announced the immediate availability of its flagship product, Canvastic 3.0, on Tuesday.

• Google CEO: Apple/Google Collaborating On More Projects

  Speaking at a technology conference in San Francisco, Google CEO Eric Schmidt confirmed that his company is collaborating with Apple…