Archives for July 2007

July, 10th July 2007

• Belkin Unveils Interactive Wireless Router

  Belkin announced its new N1 Vision wireless network router on Wednesday. The N1 Vision is 802.11n compatible, and includes a…

• MacEase Introduces EasyPrint

  MacEase announced the immediate availability of the desktop printer utility EasyPrint on Wednesday. EasyPrint supports drag-and-drop printing, time stamping printed…

• Belkin Announces New USB Hubs

  Belkin announced its new line of USB hubs on Wednesday. The USB 2.0 collection should be available in August, and…

• Acqualia Picturesque Updated

  Acqualia Software updated Picturesque to version 1.0.3 on Tuesday. The new version adds a popup control to quickly change the…

• Analyst: Apple Market Cap to Pass Intel, IBM

  Apple's market cap rose from US$45 billion a year ago up to $114 billion today, surpassing both Dell and Oracle.…

• Removing Dead Tracks from iTunes

  iTunes does a great job of keeping track of your music library. Actually, it usually does a great job. But…

July, 09th July 2007

• You Control 1.5 Integrates Address Book and Google Maps

  You Software has announced the immediate availability of version 1.5 of You Control for Mac OS X. New features include…

• ODBC Pack for FileMaker Pro 9 Released

  Actual Technologies released the Actual ODBC Pack, version 2.7, on Tuesday for FileMaker Pro 9. The drivers are designed to…

• What ToDo 1.2 Adds Printing Support

  Objective Satisfaction announced the immediate availability of What ToDo 1.2 on Tuesday. What ToDo is a task management application that…

• ThinkMac Introduces NewsLife 1.0

  ThinkMac Software announced the immediate availability of NewsLife 1.0 on Tuesday. NewsLife is a Universal Binary RSS news aggregator and…

• FileMaker Launches FileMaker Pro 9

  FileMaker announced the immediate availability of FileMaker Pro 9 on Tuesday. The new version of the database application added a…

• QuickerTek Introduces PCI-based nQuicky

  QuickerTek announced the immediate availability of the nQuicky PCI on Tuesday. The nQuicky PCI is an 802.11n wireless network adapter…

• Analyst: iPhone nano in the Works

  Apple may already be working on a smaller sibling for its iPhone, and we could see it as early as…

July, 08th July 2007

• Scientific Computing, Leopard and WWDC Slides

  A slide presentation on what's new in Leopard in the context of scientific computing has been linked at MacResearch.org by…

• Intel to Invest Over $200M in VMware

  Computer chip maker Intel and virtualization software developer VMware announced on Monday that Intel is investing US$218.5 million in the…

• ImageWell 3.2 Adds Flickr Support, More

  XtraLean Software announced the immediate availability of ImageWell 3.2 on Monday. The updated version of the image editing application added…

• FontExplorer X 1.2 Adds InDesign CS3 Support

  Linotype released FontExplorer X 1.2 on Monday. The updated version of the font management and auto-activation application added support for…

• Galbraith: MacBook Pro Has the Best Laptop Display

  Photography pro Rob Galbraith put the LED backlit display in Apple's new 15-inch MacBook Pro through its paces, and was…

• Apple Hot Deals Update For B&H, CDW Mac Warehouse, Ramjet, More

  Apple Inc. has updated the Hot Deals pages for B&H Photo Video, CDW Mac Warehouse, J&R Computerworld, Publishing Perfection, Ramjet,…

• Analyst: OS X Coming to iPod

  While Apple's public focus recently has been on the iPhone, the company has likely been focusing on the iPod behind…

• Modding Motorola Phones on a Mac

  iPhone, iPhone, iPhone! Motorola RAZR users have got to be feeling like Jan from The Brady Bunch by now with…

July, 06th July 2007

• Apple Report: iPhone - The Apple and AT&T Steamroller

  A week after the iPhone launch, Apple's combo iPod and smartphone is still going strong. This week Jeff and Bryan…

July, 05th July 2007

• Camera Bags

  The object of being a photographer is to shoot photos, and you can't shoot that UFO landing, Aunt Pearl's handstand,…

• Blackfriars’: Microsoft’s Tuition in Hardware Hard Knocks

  Microsoft is having some difficulties with the Xbox 360 red ring of death. They'll be spending over a billion dollars…

• New Edition of Mac OS X Best Practices Document Posted

  A new edition of his Mac OS X Best Practices Document has been released by John DeTroye, an Apple Consulting…

• SOHO Organizer 6.2 Improves Search Tools

  Chronos announced the immediate availability of SOHO Organizer 6.2 on Friday. The updated version of the contact and calendar management…

• Bookpedia 3.6 Adds iPhone Support, More

  Bruji released version 3.6 of its catalog and management application Bookpedia on Friday. The updated version added export templates designed…

July, 04th July 2007

• Path Finder 4.7.1 Fixes Multiple Bugs

  CocoaTech released Path Finder 4.7.1 on Thursday. The release is a maintenance upgrade, however, it fixes numerous small bugs and…

• Parallels Posts Humorous Mac AND PC Video

  Taking a cue from Apple's own Get A Mac TV commercials, Parallels has posted their own humorous video which emphasizes…

• Nisus Launches Nisus Writer Pro 1.0

  Nisus expanded its word processor family on Thursday with the release of Nisus Writer Pro 1.0. Nisus Writer Pro expands…

• 1Passwd 2.4.7 Adds Leopard Support

  Agile Web Solutions announced the immediate availability of 1Passwd 2.4.7 on Thursday. The updated version of the Web password manager…

• Infinity Data Systems Announces SimpleBooks Pro

  Infinity Data Systems announced the immediate availability of SimpleBooks Pro 1.0 on Thursday. SimpleBooks Pro is an invoice, billing, and…

• O’Reilly Introduces Adobe Integrated Runtime Pocket Guide

  O'Reilly announced the immediate availability of its latest title Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) for JavaScript Developers Pocket Guide on Thursday.…

• WaterRoof 1.6 Gains Graphical Log

  Hany El Imam has updated his WaterRoof Firewall frontend for Mac OS X to version 1.6. The new version ads…

• Apple Stock Rides the iPhone Wave

  Since Apple released the iPhone on June 29, both customers and investors have been pleased with the device's performance, and…

July, 03rd July 2007

• Happy July 4th!

  In honor of Independence Day -- a U.S. holiday -- The Mac Observer will not publish July 4th. We will…

July, 02nd July 2007

• Apple Embraces Web 2.0, But Some in Enterprise Fearful

  Apple has embraced Web 2.0 as the core of its new iPhone technologies. However, some in the Enterprise are fearful…

• Mac OS X 10.4.10 Version 1.1 vs. Audio Update

  On Monday, Apple posted the Audio Update 2007-001. It also published Mac OS X 10.4.10 Version 1.1 which duplicates the…

• Google Buys GrandCentral Web Phone Service

  Google made a major move to enter the Web-based communication market by announcing that it purchased GrandCentral Communications on Monday.…

• launch2net 1.6.11 Adds Huawei Modem Support

  nova media released launch2net 1.6.11 on Tuesday. launch2net is an application that automates the process of setting up and using…

• TinyBooks Given Major Upgrade

  Space-Time Associates announced on Monday a major upgrade to TinyBooks. Version 5.0.0 adds the ability to print estimates as well…

• Apple Shares Rise After iPhone Profit Report

  After the research firm iSuppli said in a report on Tuesday that Apple's profit margin on the iPhone is more…

• Mac Geek Gab #110: ReviewCast with Apple TV, FileJuicer, and More

  In this special ReviewCast, John and Dave take some time up front to review a few products for you, including…

July, 01st July 2007

• Apple Patches Audio Pops in Intel Macs

  Apple Inc. released a patch for Intel-based Macs Monday that addresses a sound issue some users were encountering. Audio Update…

• Square Box Upgrades CatDV to Version 6

  Square Box Systems announced on Monday the immediate availability of CatDV 6.0, a major upgrade to its video logging and…

• TRI-EDRE Improves DVD Support for Clone X

  TRI-EDRE updated its clone software for Mac OS X, "Clone X", to verson 3.0.1, which adds stronger DVD support and…

• Apple Hot Deals Update For Developers, Apple Store, B&H Photo, More

  Apple Inc. has updated the Hot Deals pages for Apple Developers, the Apple Store, B&H Photo Video, Gadget Locker, PowerMax,…

• Analyst Raises Apple Estimates on iPhone Sales

  Apple's iPhone seems to have sold well during its inaugural weekend. So well, in fact, that American Technology Research analyst…

• Analyst: 500K iPhones Sold in First Weekend

  Apple officially launched the iPhone on Friday, June 29, to throngs of excited buyers. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster estimated…

• Customize Your Keyboard Layout

  Mac OS X includes an option to reassign modifier keys to different functions. You can, for example, make your Command…