Archives for May 2007

May, 16th May 2007

• RIP FreeHand

  A moment of silence for FreeHand users everywhere: Adobe has officially killed product development and maintenance on the vector-based design…

• OWC Announces MacBook Memory Upgrades

  Other World Computing (OWC) announced on Wednesday the immediate availability of their 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 modules/upgrade kits for the…

• Apple Stock Recovers From iPhone Scare

  Following the two-day rollercoaster ride called iPhone, Apple stock recovered to close on Thursday at US$109.44. The company's stock dropped…

• Fake iPhone Report Throws Apple Stock

  Apple stock took a wild ride on Wednesday after what initially appeared to be a legitimate leaked memo claimed that…

May, 15th May 2007

• MacCase Announces Matched Leather Cases

  MacCase unveiled its line of portable protection solutions with the Premium Leather Collection. The collection is the first of its…

• Microsoft Patent Threat Against Linux Futile, Risky

  Microsoft's recent claim that the Linux OS may violate Microsoft patents is a sign that Microsoft is running out of…

• DragThing 5.8 Adds Drop Drawers Support

  TLA Systems announced the immediate availability of DragThing 5.8 on Wednesday. The updated version of the Dock replacement application added…

• Skype 2.6 for Mac Adds Call Transfer Feature

  Skype announced the immediate availability of Skype 2.6 for the Mac on Wednesday. The updated version of the Internet-based chat…

• Insider Software Details CS3 Compatibility Plans

  Insider Software, developer of the font management utility FontAgent Pro, is working on Adobe CS3 compatibility as part of a…

• Apple Hot Deals Update For the Apple Store, CDW Mac Warehouse

  Apple Inc. has updated the Hot Deals pages for the Apple Store and CDW Mac Warehouse at the Macintosh Product…

• TrendyMac updated to Version 1.2.6 by turningart

  The turningart Web logfile analyzer, TrendyMac has been updated to version 1.2.6. The new version adds an FTP feature to…

• Analyst: Amazon No Threat to iTunes

  Amazon announced that it will launch its own DRM-free online music store later this year, but Piper Jaffray analyst Gene…

• Mail: Drag-and-drop Attachments

  Including attachments in emails is pretty standard fare, and most people are already aware that you can add an attachment…

May, 14th May 2007

• The Full Horror of The Full Horror of Vista

  On Monday, a Windows Vista user described his difficulties with the new OS. On Tuesday, another user chimed in with…

• Ecamm Network Updates CardRaider to v. 1.2

  Ecamm Network announced on Tuesday the update of their photo recovery software, CardRaider, to version 1.2. The new version supports…

• Microsoft Announces OOXML Converter for Mac Office

  Microsoft announced on Tuesday the immediate availability of its Office Open XML converter application for Mac Office 2004 and v.X…

• Disillusioned CIO Plans Conversion to Macintosh

  Disillusionment with Windows has one CIO considering the move away from Microsoft in his business. Driven by rising Windows license…

• Budget Workbook 1.3 Adds Intel Mac Support

  Snowmint Creative Solutions announced the immediate availability of Budget Workbook 1.3 on Tuesday. The updated version of the expense manager…

• Belkin Announces Network USB Hub

  Belkin announced its new Network USB Hub on Tuesday. The hub allows multiple computers on a local network to share…

• Apple Updates MacBook, Boosts Speed

  Apple updated its MacBook lineup on Tuesday with faster processors. The new models look like their predecessors, but feature 2.0GHz…

• Yellow Camp Software Introduces Anzan 1.0

  Yellow Camp Software announced the immediate availability of Anzan 1.0 on Tuesday. Anzan is an application that manages drag-and-drop Mac-to-Mac…

• Apple Store Goes Offline

  Apple's Web-based store went offline early Tuesday morning and was replaced with the familiar "We'll be back soon" note. Rumors…

• TinkerTool System Updated to Version 1.7

  Marcel Bresink updated TinkerTool System to version 1.7 on Monday. The new version adds nearly two dozen features, enhancements and…

May, 13th May 2007

• Crumpler School Hymn Laptop Case

  Crumpler bags are generally terrific products, and we've been fans of the company's offerings at The Mac Observer for many…

• The Full Horror of Vista

  A company that took its time, did everything right, and migrated to Vista recounted the full horror of the experience.…

• ComChart and MacPractice Now Interoperate

  ComChart Medical Software and MacPractice announced on Monday a new interface that allows the two software packages to interoperate.

• AutoPrice Updated for QuarkXPress 7

  Meadows Publishing announced the immediate availability of AutoPrice for QuarkXPress 7 on Monday. AutoPrice is a QuarkXPress XTension that links…

• Bookdog 4.2 Adds Google Bookmarks Support

  Sheep Systems announced the immediate availability of Bookdog 4.2 on Monday. The updated version of the bookmark management application for…

• Ballmer: FOSS Apps Violate 235 Microsoft Patents

  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has been patent finger-pointing and now has his sights on free and open-source software, or FOSS.…

• MCE Offers 250GB MacBook / MacBook Pro Hard Drive

  MCE Technologies announced the immediate availability of its MobileStor Performance hard drive upgrades for Apple's MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops…

• Project Calculator 2 Improves Address Book Support, More

  blue banana software announced the immediate availability of Project Calculator 2.0 on Monday. The new version of the project timer…

• AAPL Still On the Rise

  Apple stock has been climbing steadily for some time now, and lately seems to hit a new high on an…

• Shared Contacts with .Mac

  On the surface, Address Book looks like an isolated contact manager - fine for individuals, but not so good as…

• Mac Geek Gab #103: All About FileMaker

  Dave -- uber FileMaker geek -- chats with Ryan Rosenberg and Kevin Mallon of FileMaker about some of the geekier…

May, 11th May 2007

• Apple Report: iPhone Mania Begins

  The iPhone release is about a month away, and folks are starting to get jittery. In this week's Context Machine,…

May, 10th May 2007

• Comcast Demos 150 Mbps Cable Modem

  At the National Cable and Telecommunications Association Conference in Las Vegas this week, Comcast demonstrated a cable modem downloading at…

• Steve Jobs Scolds Greenpeace at Shareholder Meeting

  Steve Jobs made some blunt remarks to Greenpeace representatives at Apple's shareholder meeting Thursday, according to Computerworld UK.

• Salling Clicker 3.5 Improves Device Support, More

  Salling Software announced the immediate availability of Salling Clicker 3.5 on Friday. Salling Clicker is an application that allows users…

• Apple Doing Well in U.S. Retail Channel

  Apple managed to rank in the top five for U.S. retail computer and portable media player sales in March. Data…

• Agile Web Solutions Releases 1Passwd Version 2.4

  Agile Web Solutions has released version 2.4 of its 1Passwd, Web password manager. The new version supports Apache login windows…

• Apple Fixes Darwin Streaming Server Security Flaw

  Apple Inc. released released Darwin Streaming Server 5.5.5 on Thursday. The updated version of the open source streaming media server…

• Resizing Finder Text

  One problem with high resolution displays, like Apple's 23 and 30-inch Cinema displays, is that the text accompanying icons and…

May, 09th May 2007

• Nintendo DS Lite

  I got ahold of a Nintendo DS Lite and the extremely popular game, Brain Age, and I've been a happy…

• "Nothing Material" Came of Apple Shareholder Meeting

  Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster attended the Apple Shareholder meeting on Thursday and reported that nothing material came out of the…

• ScriptDB Updated for Intel Macs

  ScriptDB released an updated version of its namesake AppleScript addition on Thursday. The updated version of the database scripting addition…

• DiskLibrary 1.5 Adds XML Export

  Obvious Matter announced the immediate availability of DiskLibrary 1.5 on Thursday. The updated version of the cataloging application for disks…

• MacSpeech ScriptPak for Daylight Released

  MacSpeech announced the immediate availability of the new iListen ScriptPak for Marketcircle's Daylight Productivity Suite on Thursday. The ScriptPak includes…

• Apple Releases Pro Application Support 4.0

  Apple released the Pro Application Support 4.0 update on Wednesday. The update improves the overall reliability of the user interface…

• Mabasoft Releases Application Wizard 2.2

  Mabasoft has released Application Wizard 2.2. The new version now supports iPhoto and Aperture, new features have been added to…

• Apple 10-Q Filing Shows Leopard, iPhone Still On Schedule

  Apple's Mac OS X 10.5 and iPhone product development appear to be on track, and both should ship on schedule,…