News Archive for 00/11/21

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FirewireDirect Slimline DX

11/21, 9:00pm

FirewireDirect Slimline DX

FirewireDirect today announced its SlimLine DX line of external 3.5" FireWire drives. The drives range in capacities from 20 GB to 80 GB, with prices starting at $270. The case itself (no drive) is also available for $130.

Apple eyes Chicago for retail store

11/21, 8:45pm

Apple eyes Chicago for retail store

Chicago is the latest city to be added to Apple's retail store agenda, according to Chicago Business. Apple is reportedly near to leasing a vacated store front on Michigan Avenue and Huron Street, formerly a Gap location. The store could open as early as this Spring.

Tech news: Nokia handhel, Yahoo stock, Lucent

11/21, 5:32pm

Tech news: Nokia handhel, Yahoo stock, Lucent

Evening tech news: Nokia has introduced a handheld computer that looks like a cell phone, the dual-band 9210 Communicator; Yahoo! stock has fallen to a two-year low of $41.75, after shedding $7.13 today; and Lucent has discovered a $125 million revenue shortfall for its fourth fiscal quarter ended Sept. 30.

Hogwasher

11/21, 5:30pm

Hogwasher

Asar has posted Hogwasher 2.5, an offline/online Usenet newsreader for the Mac. This version adds user-requested features, including an enhanced Newsgroup List window, an option to display new articles in bold and automatic display of the currently chosen signature, and expands support for audio and video attachments. The update is free to registered users.

SwitchRes 2.4.3

11/21, 5:05pm

SwitchRes 2.4.3

Staphane Madrau has posted SwitchRes 2.4.3, a $15 shareware extension that allows for control of the resolutions on all displays. This version adds the Video Mirroring management in Display Sets, handles the Display Sets differently that contain settings for more displays and corrects a bug that crashed the unregistered version on Mac OS 9.1.

Forums

11/21, 5:01pm

Forums

Discussions in the Forum areas today include questions about the differences between PC100-322S and PC100-222S, connecting an external monitor to an iMac Rev C and success in soldering a mezzanine slot in a Rev C iMac; and problems with the startup manager freezing, and booting from the hard drive of an iBook SE 366.

Salon's "hacker" OS X review

11/21, 5:01pm

Salon's "hacker" OS X review

Salon.com has posted another favorable review of Mac OS X, stating that "Mac OS X offers the prospect of a 'real OS' with 'real applications,' not just the big, slow, late and far more expensive versions of Windows software most Unix users have sadly become accustomed to."

InstallerMaker 7.0 released

11/21, 3:45pm

InstallerMaker 7.0 released

Aladdin Systems has released InstallerMaker 7.0, a new version of its application for creating software installers. Version 7.0 can create Carbon installers for Mac OS X compatibility, allows for added customization of the license agreement, adds full scripting support, and more. The software is free to shareware developers; the cost for commercial licenses varies depending on the expected distribution.

MailWatcher II version 2.1 released

11/21, 3:00pm

MailWatcher II version 2.1 released

Maliasoft has released MailWatcher II (version 2.1), an application for checking email accounts in the background without the need for an email client to be running. A small floating window displays the number of messages you have in your mailboxes and allows users to read, delete, or compose messages. The download is available in English, French, Danish and Norwegian. [updated]

Strike Workers use Macs

11/21, 1:38pm

Strike Workers use Macs

Columnists, reporters and photographers at The Seattle Times and The Seattle Post-Intelligencer today began a strike as members of the Pacific NorthWest Newspaper Guild. The newspapers themselves plan to continue distributing bare-bones versions of the print paper throughout the strike, while workers from both newspapers have gathered in a small office in downtown Seattle to create and publish an online newspaper known as Seattle Union Record using a variety of Macs including iMacs and G4's with Apple Studio Displays.

Voodoo4 Review

11/21, 1:30pm

Voodoo4 Review

We have published a review of the Voodoo4 4500 PCI, the less expensive graphics card option from 3dfx Interactive catered for graphics professionals and budget-minded gamers.

Eudora Archiver 1.3 adds creator type options

11/21, 1:02pm

Eudora Archiver 1.3 adds creator type options

Softobe's Eudora Archiver 1.3, a $20 shareware utility for archiving Eudora emails, now allows users to choose the creator type of saved emails.

Secure Login for Macs on Novell NDS Network

11/21, 12:26pm

Secure Login for Macs on Novell NDS Network

DS Login 1.7.2 is program that provides a secure login environment for Macintosh computers on a Novell NDS network as well as other features such as optional forced authentication to NDS before using computing resources, disabling of the force-quit key combo and debugger access, and auto-mount of user's home volume.

Tech news: IE bug, Sony dream robot, Intel so

11/21, 12:25pm

Tech news: IE bug, Sony dream robot, Intel so

Afternoon tech news: A Bulgarian bug hunter has found yet another security hole in Microsoft IE 5.0 that could let a malicious Webmaster take over a user's computer using so-called ".chm" files, a compressed help file format; Sony today unveiled a prototype of its "dream robot," which is similar to its Aibo robot dog; and Early shipments of Intel's new Pentium 4 chips included the wrong piece of software code.

Oculus 3.0b adds caption, thumbnail support

11/21, 11:19am

Oculus 3.0b adds caption, thumbnail support

Poubelle Software's Oculus 3.0b is a new version of the Webcam software for creating time lapse movies and detecting for movement or noise in a remote location. Version 3.0 brings better text caption manipulation and new plug-in captions as well as thumbnail creation, a motion trigger mask, better support for multiple documents and multiple cameras.

REALbasic 3.0a13

11/21, 10:37am

REALbasic 3.0a13

Real Software has posted REALbasic 3.0a13, which runs on and compiles for both Classic and Mac OS public beta. This release adds AppleScript scriptability and recordability to the build dialog, cleans up numerous Carbon loose ends, enhances the appearance of several controls in the IDE and includes an improved object destruction algorithm.

Photoshop for Dummies debuts

11/21, 10:27am

Photoshop for Dummies debuts

Hungry Minds, formerly IDG Books Worldwide, has introduced Adobe Photoshop 6 For Dummies, priced at $20, and Photoshop 5 Bible Gold Edition, priced at $60, both by Deke McClelland. The titles show novice users the basic steps and will detail advanced graphics techniques for expert users.

Illustrator 9.01 has AltiVec optimizations, b

11/21, 10:25am

Illustrator 9.01 has AltiVec optimizations, b

Adobe today released an English version of Illustrator 9.01 Update, which includes enhanced performance, including AltiVec optimizations and better use of the scratch disk as well as improved file integrity, improved SVG export, and improved stability. [see pdf for more details]

Xicons: new system icons for OS X

11/21, 9:51am

Xicons: new system icons for OS X

Xicons.com has updated with a set of System replacement icons for OS X called "Agrapha System." This set includes icons for the trash can, Finder, hard drive and system preferences.

New Cube T-shirts available at discount

11/21, 9:50am

New Cube T-shirts available at discount

RedLightRunner is offering "a wild new shirt," featuring the G4 Cube-Rod. This Friday only, the shirt will be on sale for $6.66.

Bredstik posts new icon set, desktop pictures

11/21, 9:49am

Bredstik posts new icon set, desktop pictures

BREDSTIK Entertainment has posted a new icon set, Pants Boys; new desktop pictures, Pants Boys 1, Sky Chop, Kill and Zaly 1; and new animations, Yo-Yo OK and Heat: Part 2. The site was made and maintained on a Macintosh.

NetSupport Page Lite monitors up to 10 device

11/21, 9:47am

NetSupport Page Lite monitors up to 10 device

StepUp Software's new $30 NetSupport Page Lite 3.03 can now monitor up to 10 devices on a network and show the TCP/IP status history on an automatically generated Web page.

DealNN: Newer's FireWire PC Card only $35

11/21, 9:42am

DealNN: Newer's FireWire PC Card only $35

DealNN has notes about Newer's FireWire To Go for $35 and rebates of up to $30 on Monsoon's speakers.

Games: Links LS 2000 demo, Diablo commercial

11/21, 9:41am

Games: Links LS 2000 demo, Diablo commercial

games.macnn.com has information on an event tonight to release the Links LS 2000 Demo for the Mac and Blizzard Entertainment's release of the 30-second Diablo II television commercial.

Power On begins shipping Rewind

11/21, 9:15am

Power On begins shipping Rewind

Power On Software has begun shipping Rewind, its revolutionary $100 utility that enables users to "rewind" their Macs to any previous moment in time, when everything was working smoothly. A single click on the Rewind button permits the user to revert back to earlier versions of files, preferences and system states.

Round up: Optical Mice review, Clearway decis

11/21, 9:03am

Round up: Optical Mice review, Clearway decis

Yesterday we posted a comparative review of 10 mice, which had several reader comments as well as note about Clearway's discontinuation of Mac support. Other updates included CodeWarrior for Java 6.0, Maxum's NetCloak 3.1, Heat Firewire Utilities v1.1b for FireWire drives, and Nu Font Pack 1.4. Over the past week we've noted loss of Acrobat Reader functionality in Netscape 6, a new Power Mac G4 rebate at the Apple Store, Adaptec's Toast 4.1.2 (and comments), Intech's CD/DVD SpeedTools 5.5, MYOB's new AccountEdge 1.0, and SuSE Linux 7.0 PowerPC Edition

Sears' overpriced iMac, Circuit City sells C

11/21, 8:45am

Sears' overpriced iMac, Circuit City sells C

Sean D'Esposito noticed that Sears is selling the iMac DV SE for $1700, $200 over the retail price, and that his local Circuit City has begun selling the Power Mac G4 Cube, along with iMacs and iBooks.

Popular Science recognizes Cube

11/21, 8:35am

Popular Science recognizes Cube

Popular Science has bestowed its Design & Engineering Award 2001 on Apple's Cube in the Best of What's New 2000 area. The Cube was the only computer honored with the award that recognizes innovation, invention, design and engineering. "Words like 'striking' and 'inspiring' are rarely used to describe desktop computers. But they seem almost insufficient to describe Apple's rapturous Power Mac G4 Cube."

Star Tribune suggests Macs

11/21, 8:30am

Star Tribune suggests Macs

Arlen Britton of the StarTribune.com suggests an iMac for Christmas in a buyers' guide. "Let's make the case for a Macintosh - or more specifically, an iMac. This plucky little computer in the colorful translucent case has sold more than 4 million to date and is going strong."

Deans Summer Tech Institute

11/21, 8:25am

Deans Summer Tech Institute

During the Annual Western States Deans Summer Technology Institute at Apple's corporate facility, College of Education deans from 11 western states took the controls of iMac DVs to create their own desktop movies about what they did last summer. The deans all gave the Institute an "A" rating and said they will return next year.

Monsoon Speaker rebates; Dr Bott now distribu

11/21, 3:40am

Monsoon Speaker rebates; Dr Bott now distribu

Dr. Bott today announced is now distributing Sonigistix flat panel speakers and also announced a mail in rebate of up to $30 through December. It is adding Sonigistix flat panel speaker line, including the MM-1000 ($180), the iMac styled iM-700 ($150) and the affordable MH-500 ($100). Sonigistix is also offering a $20 rebate on the MH-500 or a $30 rebate on the MM-1000 or iM-700 through the end of the year.

Virtual Time Clock 3.02 addresses compatibili

11/21, 3:27am

Virtual Time Clock 3.02 addresses compatibili

Keith DeLong's Virtual TimeClock Professional 3.02 is an update to his software replacement to traditional employee time clocks, fixing "a number of compatibility issues and [bringing] program refinements."

3dfx Mac Driver 1.1.2 updates with new featur

11/21, 3:26am

3dfx Mac Driver 1.1.2 updates with new featur

3dfx has posted new Mac drivers v1.1.2 for its Voodoo4/5 AGP/PCI graphics cards, which now offers support for 4-bit color lookup table, more resolutions, including those greater than 85Hz, multiple scaled video streams, and numerous bug fixes.

MacLinkPlus 12.002 fixes Mac OS 8.1 translati

11/21, 3:24am

MacLinkPlus 12.002 fixes Mac OS 8.1 translati

Jason Greene notes that DataViz recently posted an update to MacLinkPlus Deluxe 12.002, which fixes a crash when doing a certain type of spreadsheet translation via Macintosh Easy Open when running Mac OS 8.1 (not needed for post Mac OS 8.1-systems).

Early morning tech news

11/21, 12:01am

Early morning tech news

Early morning tech news: Intel's Pentium III processors have been beating its newest Pentium 4 chips in tests with business applications; Microsoft's Internet Explorer for Windows has a security vulnerability that lets programmers find temporary Internet file folders and take over a computer, according to a security expert; Sony has developed a human-like robot, called the SDR-3X; and millions of Internet users, primarily in Australia, were left without access when a 25,000 mile underwater cable was cut yesterday.