Archives for March 2008

March, 19th March 2008

• Analyst: Macintosh is Recession Proof

  The U.S. is either in a recession or on its way, depending on who you talk with, but Apple's Macintosh…

March, 18th March 2008

• Apple Posts Time Machine, AirPort Update 1.0

  Apple posted the Time Machine and AirPort Update 1.0 on Wednesday.

• Fortune: Former Apple Trio Squanders Millions

  Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, former Apple CEO Gil Amelio and former Apple CTO Ellen Hancock turned $173 million in investment…

• Houdah Software Sponsors Software Easter mEgg Hunt

  Houdah Software in concert with Mac indie Mac software developers is offering Mac users some seasonal fun and a chance…

• YML: Apple Viruses and Web Page Creation for the Rest of Us

  Your Mac Life (YML), with Shawn King, which airs every Wednesday night, will talk about whether Mac OS X users…

• Wired: Steve Jobs’ Management Style Bucks Trends

  Over the last 100 years, management philosophy has gone from enslavement to empowerment, according to Leander Kahney at Wired Magazine.…

• Audio Hijack Pro 2.8.1 Resolves Leopard SSH and Printing Issues

  Rogue Amoeba released Audio Hijack Pro 2.8.1 on Wednesday to address compatibility issues related to the Mac OS X 10.5.2…

• Scribbles 1.2 Improves Layer Support

  atebits announced the immediate availability of Scribbles 1.2 on Wednesday. The update for the drawing application added the ability to…

• MacFamilyTree 5.1 Gets Media Browser

  Synium Software announced the immediate availability of MacFamilyTree 5.1. The update for the genealogy application added an interactive media browser…

• 1Password 2.5.12 Adds Safari 3.1 Support

  Agile Web Solutions announced the immediate availability of 1Password 2.5.12 on Wednesday. The updated version of the password management utility…

• Apple Hit with Stacks Lawsuit

  Mirror Worlds has hopped on the Apple lawsuit train and is suing the company for infringing on its time-based stack…

• The History Channel’s Lost Worlds Comes to the Mac

  Macgamestore.com announced the immediate availability of The History Channel's Lost Worlds for the Macintosh on Wednesday. The game takes players…

March, 17th March 2008

• Apple Posts Security Update 2008-002

  Apple has posted Security Update 2008-002 for PowerPC and Intel Macs on Tuesday. The Update generally applies to Mac OS…

• Macs reach 14% of U.S. Computer Market, Propelled by MacBook Air

  The NPD Group said on Tuesday that Macs reached 14 percent of the U.S. computer market in February. That's up…

• Details on Safari 3.1 Security Fixes Posted

  While Safari 3.1 adds several new features, Apple has also posted the list of security fixes in Safari 3.1.

• Disc Cover 2 Adds Aperture Support

  BeLight Software announced the immediate availability of Disc Cover 2 on Tuesday. The new version of the CD and DVD…

• Spire Introduces Edge Laptop Sleeve

  Spire introduced its new Edge laptop sleeve this week in sizes designed to fit Apple's current crop of portable computers.

• Safari 3.1 Adds HTML 5 Media Tag, CSS Animation Support

  Apple announced the immediate availability of Safari 3.1 on Tuesday. The updated version of Apple's cross platform Web browser is…

• PDFpen 3.4 Improves Large Document Performance

  SmileOnMyMac announced the immediate availability of PDFpen 3.4 on Tuesday. The updated version of the PDF editing and form filling…

• Aspyr Ships Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars for the Mac

  Aspyr Media announced the immediate availability of Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars for the Mac on Tuesday. The game lets players…

• Aspyr Ships The Sims Castaway Stories

  Aspyr Media announced the immediate availability of The Sims Castaway Stories on Tuesday. This new The Sims Stories game lets…

March, 16th March 2008

• DiskWarrior 4.1 Update Adds Leopard Support

  Alsoft released DiskWarrior 4.1 Monday, an update that brings full Leopard compatibility to the disk repair utility. The new version…

• Air Manila Offered for MacBook Air

  Taking the manila inter-office mailing envelope to its ultimate, Civilian Lab has launched its Air Manila padded leather protector for…

• Adobe Removes Lightroom 1.4, DNG 4.4 Converter Updates

  Citing recently discovered problems with Lightroom 1.4 and DNG Converter 4.4 Updates, Adobe has removed the updates from their site…

• Cringely: Why Blu-ray is Late on Macs

  Apple is stalling on Blu-ray for Macs because the company needs time to bring its HD movie offerings up to…

• Pantone Announces ColorMunki: Multi-function Color Tool

  Pantone and X-Rite announced ColorMunki on Monday. ColorMunki is a multi-function monitor and printer calibration device and a colorimeter, and…

• Toast 9 Titanium Sports Blu-ray, Internet Streaming

  Roxio announced the immediate availability of Toast 9 Titanium on Monday. The new version of the CD and DVD disc…

• Apple Adds 802.11n Support to AirPort Express

  Apple announced the immediate availability of the AirPort Express with 802.11n support on Monday. The new model maintains the same…

• Hungarian Group Hungry for Apple

  A group of Apple fans in Hungary is hoping to convince the Cupertino company to open its own offices and…

• QuickerTek Unveils Time Capsule Antenna Upgrade

  QuickerTek announced the immediate availability of its Time Capsule Antenna Upgrade on Monday. The includes three 3dBi antennas that sit…

• Imagine Poker 3.2 Adds New Characters

  Candywriter announced the immediate availability of Imagine Poker 3.2 on Monday. The updated version of the offline Texas Hold 'Em…

• One-click Access to Network Diagnostics

  Troubleshooting network-related problems can be a real pain, but Mac OS X includes a cleverly hidden application called Network Diagnostics…

March, 14th March 2008

• iPhone 2.0: Overflow comments

  In this month's User Friendly View column, I offer my take on what an iPhone 2.0 future will be like.…

March, 13th March 2008

• CW: Mac Pro is Beyond the Sum of its Parts

  The new eight core, Harpertown, Mac Pro, is a speed demon, pushes apps to the limit and is beyond the…

• SubEthaEdit 3.1 Makes Collaboration Easier

  TheCodingMonkeys announced version 3.1 of SubEthaEdit on Friday. The new version make sit even easier to collaborate with automatic port…

• OWC Intros Mercury Elite-AL Pro Hard Drives

  Other World Computing announced the immediate availability of its Mercury Elite-AL Pro FireWire+USB 2.0 Combo storage drives on Friday. The…

• Take Control Releases Switching to the Mac from Windows Ebook

  TidBITS and Take Control announced the immediate availability of Take Control of Switching to the Mac on Friday. Take Control's…

• OfficeTime 1.3 Gains Leopard Compatibility

  OfficeTime announced the immediate availability of OfficeTime 1.3 on Friday. The updated version of the time tracking application added support…

• Adobe Camera Raw 4.4 Adds Support for More Cameras

  Adobe DNG Converter and Camera Raw 4.4 slipped out the door on Friday with support for additional camera models from…

• Photoshop Lightroom 1.4 Improves Leopard Support

  Adobe released Photoshop Lightroom 1.4, an update for its digital image editing and management application, on Friday. The update improved…

• Changing Icon Sizes in Leopard’s Open and Save Dialogs

  Just because you prefer the icon view in Open and Save dialogs in Mac OS X 10.5 doesn't mean you…

March, 12th March 2008

• Apple Announces WWDC 08 Dates: June 9-13

  Apple announced on Thursday that it will be hosting its World Wide Developer Conference on June 9 through June 13,…

• U.S. Navy Will Torpedo Proprietary Systems

  After years of embracing Microsoft and other proprietary systems, the U.S. Navy has announced that that era must come to…

• A Crash Course in Switching From Windows to Mac

  For those Windows users who don't have time to take a course or study for days and have to switch…

• Corsair Introduces Mac-specific Memory Modules

  Corsair announced the immediate availability of new RAM modules designed especially for the MacBook and MacBook Pro on Thursday.The low…

• Melodyne 2 to Get Direct Note Access

  Celemony announced 2 at the Frankfurt Musikmesse on Thursday. The new version of the audio correction application will include Direct…

• PDF2Office Personal 4 Gets Word 2008 Support

  Recosoft Corporation announced the immediate availability of PDF2Office Personal 4.0 on Thursday. The new version of the PDF document to…

• baKno Launches SpacePig for the Mac

  baKno announced the immediate availability of SpacePig for the Mac on Thursday. The cartoon-style 3D game lets players travel around…

March, 11th March 2008

• Infoworld User Note: One Month with MacBook Air

  Now that the MacBook Air has been in the field for awhile, users are starting to size up the new…

• LightZone 3.5 Improves Camera Compatibility, More

  Light Crafts announced the immediate availability of LightZone 3.5 on Wednesday. The new version of the digital photo enhancement application…