Archives for December 2007

December, 12th December 2007

• Data Backup 3.0.4 Update Adds Leopard Support

  Prosoft Engineering announced the immediate availability of Data Backup 3.0.4 on Thursday. The update for the automated data backup management…

December, 11th December 2007

• SWsoft Changes Corporate Name to Parallels

  On Wednesday, SWSoft announced that it will adopt "Parallels" as its corporate name in early 2008. The company also unveiled…

• MacRailSoft Updates Model Railroad Design Tool

  MacRailSoft released version 3.0.5 of its model railroad and slot car layout design tool on Wednesday, RailModeller. The new version…

• YML Tonight: Paul Kent

  Your Mac Life (YML), with Shawn King, which airs every Wednesday night, will feature a discussion with Paul Kent, IDG…

• Microsoft: No VirtualPC for Leopard

  For those who still need to run Virtual PC on their PowerPC-based Macs, Microsoft has made it official. There will…

• Default Folder X 4 Gets Quick Look Support

  St. Clair Software announced the immediate availability of Default Folder X 4.0 on Wednesday. The new version of the Open…

• MacPractice EMR Adds Chiropractic Support

  Macpractice announced the immediate availability of MacPractice DC on Wednesday. MacPractice DC is a practice management application for chiropractors and…

• Word of the Year: w00t

  Merriam-Webster bestows the honor of Word of the Year on a different word each year, and 2007 took a decided…

• Timeline 2.0 Adds Multimedia Timeline Support

  Bee Documents announced the immediate availability of TimeLine 2.0 on Wednesday. The new version of the timeline design and creation…

• Montage 1.3 Adds Final Draft Export, Leopard Compatibility

  Mariner Software announced the immediate availability of Montage 1.3 on Wednesday. The update for the screenwriting application added the ability…

• Freeverse Unleashes Hordes of Orcs

  Freeverse announced the immediate availability of Hordes of Orcs on Wednesday. Game players must build towers to defend against hordes…

• GarageBand: Export Songs to Disk

  Getting songs out of GarageBand and into iTunes has always been easy, but if you wanted your audio masterpieces in…

December, 10th December 2007

• MacUpdate Promo Reaches Final Milestone, Adds PulpMotion

  The MacUpdate bundle promotion has reached its final milestone, more than 5,000 bundles sold. The final application, PulpMotion, has been…

• ChangeWave: Apple Sales Prepped for New Highs

  ChangeWave Research published its research findings for PC market trends in 1Q/FY08 on Tuesday and found that Leopard has Macintosh…

• The Evolving Life and Culture of the Apple Retail Stores

  There's a lot of commotion in the Apple stores nowadays, and life is changing there for both employees and customers,…

• TrailRunner 1.6 Adds Leopard Support, More

  Berbie Software announced the immediate availability of TrailRunner 1.6 on Tuesday. The updated version of the outdoor route planning and…

• Toon Boom Studio 4 Gets Leopard Update

  Toon Boom Animation announced the immediate availability of its Mac OS X 10.5 compatibility update for Toon Boom Studio 4…

• Aspyr Launches Guitar Hero III for the Mac

  Aspyr announced the immediate availability of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock for the Mac on Tuesday. The game lets…

• Commander - Europe at War for Mac Released

  Freeverse and Slitherine announced the immediate availability of Commander - Europe at War for Mac OS X on Tuesday. The…

December, 09th December 2007

• BW: Apple Forecasts: Not Just Hype

  Analysts are trying to guess whether Apple's forecast for this quarter was genuine, aggressive and largely on target or still…

• New York Apple Store Opening: Scuffles and Rioting [UPDATED]

  At the opening of the Apple retail store at 14th Street and 9th Ave in New York on December 7th,…

• Norton AntiVirus 11 Includes Vulnerability Check, Leopard Support

  Symantec announced the immediate availability of Norton AntiVirus 11 for the Mac on Monday. The new version of the virus…

• MacUpdate Promo Reaches 2nd Milestone, iStabilize now Included

  MacUpdate recently launched a promotion that initially included seven popular applications for US$49. A feature of the promo is that…

• iList Data 3.6 Adds Speed Browse, Improves Leopard Support

  Lakewood Studios announced the immediate availability of iList Data 3.6 on Monday. The updated version of the database application added…

• heise Uncovers Leopard DoS Flaw

  heise Security revealed on Monday that Apple's Mac OS X 10.5 operating system contains a security flaw that could allow…

• QuickerTek Updates Wi-Fi Drivers for Mac OS X 10.5.1

  QuickerTek announced the immediate availability of updated drivers for its nNano, nQuicky, and nDualy wireless network adapters on Monday. The…

• app4mac Releases Checkup Mac Preview

  app4mac announced the immediate availability of a preview version of CheckUp for Mac OS X on Monday. CheckUp Preview 1…

• Leopard: Dictionary’s Wikipedia Search

  Apple's Dictionary application is a handy resource, and a tool that I use on a regular basis. You can use…

December, 08th December 2007

• Apple Weekly Report #107 2007-12-08: Apple Grows, CompUSA Goes Away, and Steve Jobs is CEO of the Ye

  The Apple lawsuit game is still going strong, analysts are looking forward to a blockbuster holiday season thanks to the…

December, 07th December 2007

• CompUSA Closing Shop for Good

  Former Apple retail partner CompUSA is finally throwing in the towel and closing its doors for good once the holiday…

• Mac Geek Gab #131: Macworld Tips and Paul Kent Interviewed

  In this special Macworld Prep episode, John and Dave take a few minutes to share their favorite Expo attendance and…

December, 06th December 2007

• Cringely: Tablet Computer Key To Apple’s Future

  Robert X. Cringely wrote on Friday that Apple has a lot to attend to at MacWorld. Aside from some hardware…

• Fortune Ponders Apple’s $15 Billion Cash

  Apple has US$15.4B in cash. One has to start wondering what Apple will do with it, according to Fortune on…

• West 14th Street Apple Store Includes Pro Labs, More

  Apple's West 14th Street retail store in New York City is the company's first three-story location complete with Pro Labs,…

• O’Reilly Introduces Adobe InDesign CS3 One-on-One

  O'Reilly Media announced the immediate availability of Adobe InDesign CS3 One-on-One by Deke McClelland on Friday. The book explains how…

• Apple Debuts "Now What" Get a Mac Ad

  Apple launched yet another Get a Mac ad late Thursday with the ever familiar Mac and PC banter with Justin…

• APPL Tops $190 Again

  Apple's stock inched back up over US$190 on Thursday to close at $190.54. The company's stock dipped back down to…

December, 05th December 2007

• Mac OS X Leopard: The Missing Manual Ships

  David Pogue's new book, Mac OS X Leopard: The Missing Manual is now shipping.

• An Independent Look at Leopard

  Thom Holwerda, who came late to Mac OS S X scene, took an independent, studied look at Leopard for OS…

• Mac OS X Christmas Theme Screen Savers

  In what has become a long-standing Christmas tradition, Charles Moore at Applelinks listed and described screen savers and desktop/menubar items…

• MacUpdate Promo Reaches 1st Milestone, XMIND now Included

  MacUpdate recently launched a promotion that includes seven popular applications for US$49. A feature of the promo is that when…

• Yager: Time Machine Has its Limits

  Time machine is designed for home users with Mac desktops and notebook computers, and it's fully automated. However, there may…

• USA Today: Thoughts on Switching to a Mac

  Many consumers are pondering the switch to Mac this holiday season. For those who are, Edward Baig provided a most…

• Anti-porn Bill Could Impact All Open Wi-Fi Networks

  Anyone with an open Wi-Fi network could find themselves shouldered with new responsibilities if a bill that passed the U.S.…

• Divine Fiat Introduces Keynote TV Theme

  Divine Fiat announced the immediate availability of its Keynote TV theme for Apple's Keynote presentation application on Thursday. The Keynote…

• Jobs Named MarketWatch Reader’s CEO of the Year

  MarketWatch readers picked their choice for the 2007 CEO of the year, and the name that floated to the top…

• PDF2Office Pro 4 to Have Leopard Support

  Recosoft Corporation announced on Thursday that the upcoming release of PDF2Office 4.0 will include support for Mac OS X 10.5,…

• Pixelmator 1.1 Kitten Curls Up with Leopard

  Pixelmator announced the immediate availability of Pixelmator 1.1 Kitten on Thursday. The updated version of the image editing application improved…

• Apple In Store for Strong Mac Holiday Sales

  Apple's iPod may be the focus for many people, but RBC analyst Mike Abramsky thinks investors should keep their eyes…

• Bear Sterns Lifts AAPL Target on Strong Sales

  Apple laptop and iPod sales seem to be doing well this quarter. Well enough, in fact, for Bear Stearns analysts…