Ever viewed a movie in your browser, only to find out you could not save itto keep (i.e. donit have QuickTime Pro)? Ever wanted to browse your cacheand extract images, video, and text? Want to grab media files from internetweb sites (even if they are ilockedi)? WebXTractor (formerly just calledCacheXTractor) from Infamus Software allows you…
Interested In Making Mac Games? Here's An Interview You Should Read
Our friends at iDevGames.com have posted an interview that will be of interest to Mac gamers, especially people interested in making Mac games. The site has interviewed Mark Adams, the now-legendary cofounder of Westlake Interactive. Westlake Interactive has been the porting house behind most (but not all) of the top Mac games you have played…
Desktop Utility Updated
Desktop Magician 2.0.1 offers a wide range of options for saving andrestoring your Macis running environment for whatever purpose you need. Nowyou can easily save and restore your complete desktop environment, includingcontent and placement of icons, open windows, running applications, opendocuments, mounted servers, mounted disk images, and monitor settings.Version 2.0.1 is a maintenance release and…
APPL Closes Above 19 For First Time Since November Of 2000
"The expectation is that the worst could very well be over and that results from here continue to go higher," said George Godfrey, an analyst at ING Barings, who rates the shares "buy." Not much happening on the Apple front other than rumors of an update to Mac OS X Server expected in the spring.…
Mega Minesweeper Updated
Carrot Software is pleased to announce the latest release of MegaMinesweeper for the Mac OS. MMS is a modern version of minesweeper thatsupports extreme fields sizes, plug-in based themes and sounds, the abilityto save games, and much more. MMS is a carbonized application designed for OS X Public Beta, or OS8.6/9.x with the CarbonLib 1.2…
Musicians Get Tool To Make "MP3 Albums"
Infamus Software has just released AlbumWrap (shareware) and AlbumWrapExtractor for Macintosh and Windows platforms:Ever been searching for several tracks from one album? Itis hard to find oneperson that has every track… Considering the quality, bit rate, anddownload speed you desire, the time it takes to complete the task isconsiderable. AlbumWrap archives solve this program by…
Alternative QuickTime Player Updated
Version 1.1 makes the following changes:Improved AppleScript support, adding many user-requested commands.Improved the Slide Show setup process.Added the ability to scale by number of pixels, rather than just percentages.Made several general performance improvements.Made a wide variety of bug fixes, a full list of which is provided in the included documentation. ABOUT PIX LITEPix Lite is…
iView Helps Keep Digital Media In Line
It offers a host of new features, some of which are outlined below: Mac OS 9 and OS X compatible. MediaPro is the only media browser capable of full PDF & EPS rendering. Other import formats include HTML, Quark, Canvas, Painter, Live Picture, Freehand, PageMaker, Illustrator, GIF, JPG, TIFF, PICT, GX, BMP, Targa, EPS, fonts,…
That Vision Thing: Never Again!
Caught you looking for the same thing. [But] itis a new thing. –Public Enemy, "Donit believe the hype"
Motorola Releases Details On Latest G4 Chips
Yesterdayis keynote speech included the pleasant surprise of brand new 733MHz G4 processors from Motorola. Rather than these chips simply being overclocked versions of the old chip (MPC7410), the new chip, the MPC7450, includes a host of new features and performance enhancements. Not only do the new chips run at a higher clock speed, but…
MACWORLD Vibes Can't Keep AAPL Up
Analysts had warned that without a version of Office, or a similar productivity suite, running natively under Mac OS X, Apple would face problems getting businesses to switch to the new operating system. "This is a very significant announcement for Apple," Gartner analyst Chris LeTocq said. "Frankly, this is the endorsement they needed." Until Wednesdayis…
Import Old Movies, Create New Ones with Dazzle's Hollywood DV-Bridge
Ever since the introduction of FireWire-enabled Macs and iMovie, folks have had the ability to generate their own digital movies with relative ease. But this digital solution still leaves folks, especially those that donit have a computer, out of the action. There are many more people that have the ability to view good oli VCR…
A PowerBook G4? Be Still, My Wallet...
align=”center”> "I have seen the future, and it will be" — Prince, "The Future"
Connectix Allows Mac's and PC's To Live In Harmony
Connectix Corporation, makers of the best-selling and award-winning Virtual PC? family of products, today announced Connectix DoubleTalk, a software application for the Macintosh that allows users to access Windows networks from their Mac. This new product is designed for the Mac user who has little or no Windows knowledge, but needs to share resources, such…
iDVD: Create DVDs with Your Mac, Play Them On Your TV
Todayis keynote brought a number of multimedia surprises. One of the more welcome surprises helps answer the question that many current owners of DVD-RAM drives have, namely, “but can I record DVD movies with it?”. Unfortunately, the answer for DVD-RAM owners was no. But with the introduction of the new iDVD and DVD Studio Pro…
Steve Jobs Makes It On "Win Ben Stein's Money"
Mr. Steinis game show on Comedy Central pits him against three players who win money for beating Ben to the buzzer with the correct answer to a variety of questions. That money comes from a pool of US$5000 that ostensibly belongs to Mr. Stein, hence the name of the show. The final round is comprised…
Make Your Windows Look Cool With Power Windows
Power Windows is a small control panel that taps into your Macis unusedprocessor power to perform amazingly cool effects with windows and menus.Power Windows was originally conceived to let you drag the entire contentsof windows instead of just a dotted outline. It offers both solid andtranslucent window dragging, and you can even enable multitasking with…
Special Deal On The Untouchable For Mac Gamers
For those of you who donit know about this game, The Untouchable is a photo-realistic head to head martial arts fighting game, in the classic style of Mortal Combat. Fight your way through ever increasingly difficult opponents as you strive to be the best of the best. The photo-realism is captured using digitized audio and…
Who's Who Of The Mac Universe On Tonight's Mac Show
The first Mac Show of the new millennium is certainly going to set astandard difficult for following shows to achieve!Not only is it the show before next weekis Macworld Expo in San Francisco,but itis also the traditional “Macluminaries Show”.5 of the most recognizable names in the Mac industry will join Shawn andHilary on Wednesdayis show.…
