News Archive for 01/01/24

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WebSTAR Server Suite Plug-in v4.3.3

01/24, 11:24pm

WebSTAR Server Suite Plug-in v4.3.3

4D, Inc. has posted WebSTAR Server Suite Plug-in v4.3.3, which "resolves a known method of crashing WebSTAR. 4D, Inc. is strongly urging those users operating versions earlier than 4.3.2 of the WebSTAR Search Plug-in to upgrade now." (Both non-G4 and G4-optimized versions are available.)

Deus Ex 2 designers sought

01/24, 8:09pm

Deus Ex 2 designers sought

Ion Storm Austin is seeking designers to work on Deus Ex 2, the sequel to the award-winning game Deus Ex. The position is located in Austin, Texas and the only technical qualification needed is experience with a level editor or 3D building program. A detailed message from Lead Designer Harvey "Witchboy" Smith explains additional requirements and instructions for applying.

NWGN: New Summoner Screenshots

01/24, 7:12pm

NWGN: New Summoner Screenshots

Nuclear Winter Gaming Network has posted four new screenshots of Summoner, the 3D role-playing game already available for the Playstation 2 and coming to the Mac and PC in April.

AppleInsider: Motorla G4, Mac OS 9.5

01/24, 5:45pm

AppleInsider: Motorla G4, Mac OS 9.5

AppleInsider recently published an article on Motorola's G4 development team and the company's manufacturing problems, as well an article on features removed from Mac OS 9.1 that hint at a future 9.x release.

OS X: QTSS Preview 3; Antivirus and NFS utils

01/24, 4:59pm

OS X: QTSS Preview 3; Antivirus and NFS utils

osx.macnn.com has new about the release of QuickTime Streaming Server 3 preview, a technology release of Sophos Antivirus utility for OS X, and NFS Manager 1.03, which allows convenient access to the NFS features of OS X.

Apple posts QuickTime Streaming Server 3 prev

01/24, 4:52pm

Apple posts QuickTime Streaming Server 3 prev

Apple has posted the English-North American version of QuickTime Streaming Server 3 Preview. This preview offers quality of service enhancements, new Web-based administration and support for Mac OS X.

iTunes reviews by Business Week, MP3.com

01/24, 4:51pm

iTunes reviews by Business Week, MP3.com

BusinessWeek online has a very complimentary article about iTunes, calling it the "Best of Show." "Where iTunes excels is in look and ease of use. Its brushed metal motif, identical to sister programs Sherlock and QuickTime, is elegant and simple to navigate. And iTunes is by far the easiest software-music player to use." MP3.com's review of iTunes says that it "is a visually pleasing program that's not as easy to use as Apple claims, but is pretty darned good anyway."

FontShowcase, WebElements now available

01/24, 4:50pm

FontShowcase, WebElements now available

Nexsus.net has two new products available at its newly launched Web site: FontShowcase is a font-viewing utility used to view and print True Type fonts. It can print fonts in the system folder and those that haven't yet been installed. WebElements, currently in beta, is a tool that connects to an online database of JavaScripts. The database is a collection of scripts that have been submitted by online users. It also includes an HTML editor, Meta tag builder and a search engines submission tool.

MacBreakZ! 2.8: personal ergonomic utility

01/24, 4:49pm

MacBreakZ! 2.8: personal ergonomic utility

Publicspace.net has release of MacBreakZ! 2.8, a $25 personal ergonomic utility to monitor the use of keyboards and monitors. This release further enhances the utility's "microbreaks" feature. A demo is available.

Make It So! module for Photoshop introduced

01/24, 4:12pm

Make It So! module for Photoshop introduced

IXSoftware.com has introduced "Make It So!," an Adobe Photoshop automation module for preparing image files for output. Accessible via the menu bar in Photoshop, the software contains three modules: "Make It Right!" prepares a raw image for accurate display on-screen; "Make It Print!" converts and prepares the screen-ready image for print; and "Make It So!" enables Photoshop to batch-process a master folder of images, simultaneously converting all files to different output sizes and color spaces. It will be available in April. [pricing not available]

Myst III: Exile @ MWSF

01/24, 4:12pm

Myst III: Exile @ MWSF

The Riven Unofficial Home Page has posted a special report on the appearance of Myst III: Exile at this year's Macworld Expo San Francisco including comments from Presto Studios PR Manager Susan Weyer and Writer Mary DeMarle as well as photos from the event. "The game is coming together nicely, as thousands of people witnessed at MacWorld Expo, San Francisco last week," said Weyer.

WarCraft III In-game Footage Released

01/24, 3:40pm

WarCraft III In-game Footage Released

Blizzard Entertainment has posted a new trailer featuring in-game footage of WarCraft III, the role-playing strategy game expected for release on the Mac and PC in the second half of 2001. The movie runs for over two and a half minutes and is in Bink format. [requires Bink video player]

Reviews: Cleaner 5, Driver

01/24, 3:30pm

Reviews: Cleaner 5, Driver

We have posted a review of Cleaner 5, the video compression solution from Terran Interactive. Earlier today, a review of Driver was posted as well.

iRez drops price, extends warranty

01/24, 2:30pm

iRez drops price, extends warranty

iREZ Technologies has reduced the retail cost of its KritterUSB from $100 to $70 and the KritterUSB Bundle, which includes a stand, has been reduced from $130 to $100. In addition to the price reduction, iREZ has extended the warranty from one year to two years, with registration.

Coldstone Progress Log Updated

01/24, 1:42pm

Coldstone Progress Log Updated

Beenox Studios' Dee Brown has updated the Coldstone Game Engine progress log with a list of the changes and additions in beta 2 of the role-playing game creation utility. Our recently published preview of the Coldstone Game Engine included screenshots from the scenario which will ship with the utility, PoG, while publisher Ambrosia Software has posted screenshots of the editor itself.

Review: Driver

01/24, 1:08pm

Review: Driver

We have posted a review of Driver, the new driving game from MacSoft which features high speed police chases, spectacular crashes and the ability to create your own car chase scenes.

SoundBlaster BTO Clarification

01/24, 12:40pm

SoundBlaster BTO Clarification

Creative Labs' Brian Souder has clarified his earlier statement regarding the addition of SoundBlaster Live! sound cards as a BTO option at The Apple Store, according to IMG. "Actually, not BTO yet," says Sounder. "We would like to see it. It is just going to be available at the Apple store when it starts shipping."

Sophos Antivirus utilitity available for OS X

01/24, 12:17pm

Sophos Antivirus utilitity available for OS X

Sophos has posted a technology preview of Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X, which includes Sophos SWEEP, the Installer and On-line help (in the new HTML format), but does not include InterCheck, Sophos's on-access scanner which comes with the full product. This preview also has support for detecting viruses in MS Office 2001 files and Stuffit Expander launch support.

Traveling tips for Macworld Expo Tokyo

01/24, 11:35am

Traveling tips for Macworld Expo Tokyo

Lynn Fredricks has posted Notes from a Henna Gaijin, which is described as "a series of articles about traveling to and making the most out of MacWorld Expo Tokyo 2001, from the perspective of someone who regularly travels there. These articles will be practical in nature, getting to the show, seeing the Mac in Japan and enjoying your trip."

Feedback: DVD restrictions, Sears' Mac line

01/24, 11:31am

Feedback: DVD restrictions, Sears' Mac line

Our note a few days ago on "unnecessary restrictions" in Apple's DVD burner has generated much commentary readers, including a note about the 1-hour recording restriction. Other topics of interest include the decline of Macs in education, continuing debate over G4 PowerBook delays, Apple's next "killer app", availability of OS 9.1 with Pro keyboards, QuickTime's market share, and Sears' move to reduce its Mac product line.

Quake III: Arena 1.27 In-Depth

01/24, 11:25am

Quake III: Arena 1.27 In-Depth

GameSpy.com has published an in-depth look at the Quake III: Arena 1.27 point release and the possibilities it opens for mod teams specifically. The point release is currently available only as a beta for Mac users with a final non-debug release expected soon. GameSpy.com will publish part two of the feature tomorrow which talks with four mod teams to discover how the point release has affected their mods.

Oni Move: Running Lariat

01/24, 11:20am

Oni Move: Running Lariat

Today's featured move on Gathering of Developer's official Oni web site is the running lariat, a spin around the throat of an enemy which knocks down any opponents in the immediate vicinity. [flash 5 required]

Z-Write beta testers needed

01/24, 11:07am

Z-Write beta testers needed

Stone Table Software is soliciting "creative writers" to help test the next version of its non-linear word processor, Z-Write. The beta program will be starting shortly: those interested in joining should send an e-mail message. Z-Write 1.2 is scheduled to be released in late February.

Earth 2140 Demo Released

01/24, 11:00am

Earth 2140 Demo Released

Epic Interactive has released a demo for the Mac version of Earth 2140, a futuristic real-time strategy game featuring over 70 different vehicles and buildings, 50 missions, multiplayer with up to 6 players and more. The game requires a 180 MHz Power Mac or better, 32 MB RAM, 80 MB hard disk space, a 3D video card with at least 4 MB VRAM and OS 8.6 or later.

Games: WarCraft III Footage, Earth 2140 Demo

01/24, 10:59am

Games: WarCraft III Footage, Earth 2140 Demo

games.macnn.com has information on today's releases of a new trailer for role-playing strategy game WarCraft III and the Earth 2140 Demo, a futuristic real-time strategy game for the Mac. [updated]

Game Forum: Ultimate Mac commercial and more

01/24, 10:55am

Game Forum: Ultimate Mac commercial and more

Hot topics in our Mac Games forum include ideas for the ultimate Mac commercial, advice for a young teenager interested in buying a computer for games and the best mouse for hacking, slashing and spellcasting through Diablo II.

Roundup: EFMI Update and more

01/24, 10:50am

Roundup: EFMI Update and more

Yesterday it was reported that new drivers for the PCI Radeon should be released this week, Wolfpack Studios and Gathering of Developers released new information on the MMORPG Shadowbane and Westlake Interactive's Jesse Spears provided games.macnn.com with the latest progress report on the Mac version of Escape from Monkey Island. We published Kitty's Adventures in The Sims Volume 3, our ongoing series that tells the ficticious stories of life in The Sims while also sharing some extras to download for owners of the game. This week's edition provides everything needed to create your own art gallery.

SMAC Update Released

01/24, 10:30am

SMAC Update Released

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri 1.5.2b1 is a new version of the epic turn-based strategy game from Aspyr Media. The update primarily fixes a problem for OS 9.1 users where absolute black pixels become white. However, the company notes that this is a beta release and still contains some minor display issues for users of OS 9.1.

Sim Theme Park Update

01/24, 10:29am

Sim Theme Park Update

Aspyr Media has released Sim Theme Park 2.0.4b3, a patch for the strategy/simulation game which fixes a problem launching the game for some users.

NFS Manager grants easy access to OS X NFS

01/24, 9:40am

NFS Manager grants easy access to OS X NFS

NFS Manager 1.0b3 allows users to access the NFS feature of OS X without modifying any of the FSTAB files (FSTAB, FSTAB.HD, STAB.RD or STAB.SD).

Cisco launches 5000-user wireless router

01/24, 9:35am

Cisco launches 5000-user wireless router

Cisco today announced Aironet 350, a family of 802.11b (Airport) compliant enterprise networking products that support up to 5,000 simultaneous users. The Wireless Access Point, Wireless Bridge, and Workgroup Bridge sell for $1,500, $2,000, and $6300, respectively. Microsoft and UNC are among the first adopters of the technology, with Microsoft hoping to expand the Aironet 350's capacity to 20,000 users.

Multilingual email client updated

01/24, 9:30am

Multilingual email client updated

MAKI Enterprise has posted Magellan 1.7.2, an update to its multilingual e-mail client that adds various small features and bug fixes. Pricing has also been reduced to $50.

AShare Heper 1.7.3: ASIP helper app

01/24, 9:25am

AShare Heper 1.7.3: ASIP helper app

AShare Helper 1.7.3 is a minor update to the application to help with the upkeep of ASIP servers fixing an alias bug and adding more detail to the Empty Network Trash routine when logging is set to Debug level.

UPresent 2.2.6: free multimedia tool

01/24, 8:45am

UPresent 2.2.6: free multimedia tool

UPresent 2.2.6 (formerly MacPresents) is a free, cross-platform, multimedia presentation application developed by the University of Minnesota. Users can define up to 55 menu titles, each containing graphics, video, audio, 3DMF, text, videodisc sequences or links to URLs and software applications. A Mac OS X version will be released on or around March 24.

Proxim to acquire Netopia

01/24, 8:25am

Proxim to acquire Netopia

Following its acquisition of Farallon last year, Proxim has announced that it will acquire Netopia in a stock-for-stock merger. Proxim provides wirefree networking solutions to homes, enterprises and service providers, while Netopia is best known on the Mac platform for Timbuktu Pro, netOctopus, and its line of routers.

MacDesktops: Bruce Lee, Catherine Zeta-Jones

01/24, 8:12am

MacDesktops: Bruce Lee, Catherine Zeta-Jones

During the past week, MacDesktops has posted 14 new pictures, including Brescia, Italy (landscapes); Bruce Lee -- Respect My Authority (movies); Catherine Zeta-Jones (portraits); and Hazard Team (games).

SUNY uses iBooks, QuickTime movies

01/24, 8:10am

SUNY uses iBooks, QuickTime movies

The State University of New York Cortland, the largest teacher-education institution in New York state, uses iBook computers and QuickTime videos to help bring mathematics, science, social studies and educational technology into focus for the instructors of tomorrow.

Roundup: Corel refocus, QT market share

01/24, 3:20am

Roundup: Corel refocus, QT market share

Yesterday we noted Corel's refocus on the graphics market, QuickTime's share in the streaming media market, the pending release of ColorSync 3.03 (which was released as part of the Mac OS 9.1 CD), and the release of MacAmp 2.0. Other OS 9.1-related updates include Smith Micro's FAXstf 6.05 updater, Vicomsoft's Internet product updates, and several other updates.

New MSNBC service does not support Macs

01/24, 1:04am

New MSNBC service does not support Macs

Brian Johnson notes that MSNBC's recent (re)launch of Highspeed.MSNBC.com does not support Macs:

"MSNBC has recently launched Highspeed.MSNBC.com, which touts: 'The new user interface, a destination news page for broadband users, provides easy access to interactive rich-media features as well as live and on-demand video including MSNBC.com's hourly Video Headlines.' But when a mac user attempts to use the site, a window pops up with this message: 'The MSNBC HighSpeed page is not supported on the Macintosh platform.'"

Microsoft, Sun settle Java lawsuit

01/24, 1:00am

Microsoft, Sun settle Java lawsuit

Microsoft and Sun yesterday settled a 3-year-old lawsuit, with Microsoft agreeing to pay Sun $20 million for limited use of its Java programming technology. The suit had alleged Microsoft had violated terms of its licensing agreement for Java by improperly modifying the technology so it would only work with its Windows computer operating system.

Tech: Intel price cuts; Lucent, Time cut jobs

01/24, 12:11am

Tech: Intel price cuts; Lucent, Time cut jobs

Morning tech news: Intel plans to cut its desktop chip prices by more than 40 percent; now that the merger between AOL and Time Warner is complete, Time Warner laid off about 2,000 employees, bringing total cuts to 2,400; and Lucent Technologies has posted a first-quarter loss and said it would cut 10,000 jobs as part of a plan to cut $2 billion in expenses.