News Archive for 01/09/20

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Cameraid 1.2b2: shareware digital photo util

09/20, 8:15pm

Cameraid 1.2b2: shareware digital photo util

Cameraid 1.2b2 makes some small improvement Juri Munkki's $15 shareware digital photography utility package that downloads photos from a variety of digital cameras, performs lossless rotation and transformations, includes powerful viewer (rename, drag & drop and a unique photo grading system for selecting good & bad shots), and batch processing functions.

Life Onsite 2.0 offers Section 508 testing

09/20, 7:10pm

Life Onsite 2.0 offers Section 508 testing

UsableNet has released Lift Onsite 2.0, dubbed as the "first Macintosh product to test for Section 508 and W3C accessibility compliance," which mandates that federally funded websites make all Internet content accessible to people with disabilities. Lift Onsite offers automatic HTML evaluation, problem identification, customization of guideline checking, rule prioritization, and report generation. It is an free update to the $250 application.

Palm bests targets, but revenue down

09/20, 6:50pm

Palm bests targets, but revenue down

Palm announced revenues of $214.3 million and a 7 cents a share loss for its first fiscal quarter of 2002. It was a sequential improvement and beat Street estimates after a shocking spring-quarter slip, according The Street.

FoveaPro 2.0: scientific image processing

09/20, 5:15pm

FoveaPro 2.0: scientific image processing

Reindeer Games has released FoveaPro 2.0, a professional version of its Image Processing Tool Kit, an $800 set of Photoshop-compatible plug-ins for processing and scientific measurement of 8- and 16-bit per channel images. Version 2.0 has new measurement capabilities, particularly for shape (including topological and fractal parameters) and relative position (nearest heighbor distance, direction, etc.) as well as additional processing tools and enhanced automation capability (including multivariate expert system feature classification). It is a free update to registered users.

3-in-1 templates for FileMaker Pro available

09/20, 3:55pm

3-in-1 templates for FileMaker Pro available

PowerFiles announced today the release of 16 3-in-1 FileMaker Pro Templates, which can help teach owners to use and learn FileMaker Pro. The templates serve can serve (1) as a template or model for building your own FileMaker Pro database, (2) as a learning tool for discovering how to implement certain techniques in your own development and (3) as a fully working solution. The template start at $25.

ThinkStation Probeware now Mac-compatible

09/20, 3:30pm

ThinkStation Probeware now Mac-compatible

Team Labs today announced that its computer-based data collection system for science and math education, the ThinkStation Probeware System, is now compatible with Macs. The system allows teachers and students to conduct experiments with real data, measuring data for temperature, light, force, distance, heart rate, pH, and sound. The probeware instantly collects, displays, and analyzes the data from science experiments.

StuffIt Lite 6.5 features updated shareware

09/20, 2:05pm

StuffIt Lite 6.5 features updated shareware

Following yesterday's releases (Expander 6.5 and Deluxe 6.5), Aladdin today officially shipped StuffIt Lite 6.5, its $50 suite of compression tools, including StuffIt Expander (freeware) and three shareware utilities: DropStuff (creates StuffIt .sit archives), DropZip (creates .zip archives), and DropTar (a drop box compression utility that creates Tar files). The products are also available separately: DropStuff is $30, DropZip is $20, and DropTar is $20. Customers who purchased DropStuff 5.0 or later as well as DropZip are entitled to a free upgrade to their respective products. Aladdin is offering all StuffIt Lite, DropStuff, and DropZip registered users an upgrade for $20 to StuffIt Deluxe through January 31, 2002.

OS X 10.1, dual 800MHz PM Server: next week

09/20, 1:55pm

OS X 10.1, dual 800MHz PM Server: next week

After our report earlier today on next week's release of OS X 10.1, The Register publication is confirming our report and saying that Apple will announce a dual-processor 800MHz Power Mac G4 Server configuration next week as well.

Conflict Catcher 8.1 supports Mac OS 9.2.1

09/20, 1:55pm

Conflict Catcher 8.1 supports Mac OS 9.2.1

Casady & Greene's Conflict Catcher 8.1 adds new "Mac OS 9.2.1 All and Base sets," updates the Clean-Install System Merge for Mac OS 9.2.1, and has new file definitions and vendor information to the Reference Library. The $80 utility helps manage extensions, troubleshoot conflicts, and provides a wealth of information on system folder components.

Yamaha introduces new FireWire 20x10x40 CD-RW

09/20, 1:45pm

Yamaha introduces new FireWire 20x10x40 CD-RW

Yamaha today announced two new CD-R recorders: CRW2200FXZ (FireWire) and CRW2200UXZ (USB 2.0), which says are the industry's first 20X external CD-RW drives. The 20x10x40x mechanisms are $330 and $300 respectively and support the 4X-10X CAV mode for high-speed random writing or reading of data, realizing "floppy disk-like ease of operation using packet writing." Each includes MusicMatch software for ripping audio and playing MP3s/CDs and Adobe Photoshop LE 5.0.

Mint Audio 1.5 adds 10-band equalizer

09/20, 12:55pm

Mint Audio 1.5 adds 10-band equalizer

Unsanity today released Mint Audio 1.5, which adds several new features such as a 10-band Equalizer with presets and Auto-preset mode, Mac OS 8.6 and OS X compatibility, improved Playlist management, improved access to preferences and commonly used features, Alarm Chime, better memory management, and many more features along with a host of bug fixes to the small, lightweight player.

MacNN sources: OS X 10.1 due next week

09/20, 12:50pm

MacNN sources: OS X 10.1 due next week

MacNN sources indicate that Apple is planning press briefings next week where it will be showing off OS X 10.1, suggesting that that formal release will be next week: "In the past these briefings have followed within days of Stevenotes etc where significant announcements have been made; they are simply the regional spin on the worldwide announcement. I think that narrows it down nicely. Shall we say the 25th or 26th for the release?"

Robocode: learn Java via programming game

09/20, 12:50pm

Robocode: learn Java via programming game

Robocode is a "fun programming game that runs on both Mac OS 9 and OS X. It teaches Java by letting you create Java 'Robots,' real Java objects that battle it out onscreen against other robots. While playing Robocode, you will learn how to write Java code, how to handle events, how to create inner classes, and more."

Apple Store info in Memphis, TN

09/20, 10:40am

Apple Store info in Memphis, TN

Brian Watson notes that Apple now has new information for the Saddle Creek store in Memphis ("Coming Soon"); however, the opening date is not noted: "Saddle Creek, The Shops of Saddle Creek, 7615 W Farmington Blvd, Germantown, TN 38138." (We recently posted a feature on International Plaza (Tampa).

OfficeMax to standardize on Adobe software

09/20, 10:25am

OfficeMax to standardize on Adobe software

Adobe today announced that nationwide office supply retail store OfficeMax will standardize its nearly 1,000 locations on Adobe's p publishing software suite, including InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, PageMaker, and Acrobat. CopyMax, its store-within-a-store, provides the latest digital technology for creating, enhancing, and printing documents.

Office v.X Mac featured by Apple

09/20, 10:20am

Office v.X Mac featured by Apple

Apple has posted a few more details on and screenshots from Office v.X for Mac, which is due out in November.

Otto Mattic: upcoming 3D action/adventure

09/20, 10:20am

Otto Mattic: upcoming 3D action/adventure

Pangea Software's upcoming 3D action/adventure game, Otto Mattic, features Otto the robot, who "charged with saving unlucky humans from capture by malicious aliens." The game is expected to be available from publisher Aspyr Media at retail stores in December 2001.

ASCII Shall Receive 2.0: kybd key converter

09/20, 10:07am

ASCII Shall Receive 2.0: kybd key converter

PostalCode has released ASCII Shall Receive 2.0, a $15 keyboard key converter that support conversion between Mac ASCII, PC ASCII, HTML Entities, HTML Integers, Hex values, Hex Escape codes, and Binary as well as new Base 64 and Morse code support. Version 2.0 also includes contextual menu support, HTML-based help, and other enhancements.

Interaction 3.6: XML-based app server

09/20, 10:05am

Interaction 3.6: XML-based app server

Media Design in·Progress has released Interaction 3.6, its XML-based web application server for Macintosh that now performs server-side XSL transformations and upgrades the integrated style sheets editor to cover all properties of CSS2. It is priced at $800 for unlimited license and $280 for personal license and includes complementary components including web based forums, chat rooms, and e-commerce. [price updated]

Nikon Coolpix 5000: 5.24 MP digital camera

09/20, 9:50am

Nikon Coolpix 5000: 5.24 MP digital camera

Nikon's new Coolpix 5000 is a 5.24 megapixel digital camera that features a 3x Optical Zoom-Nikkor lens, shutter speeds of up to 1/4,000 second and the ability to capture up to 3 fps at full resolution.

MECCA 2.0b1 adds XML to Media catalogger

09/20, 9:50am

MECCA 2.0b1 adds XML to Media catalogger

MECCA 2.0b1, Paramind's $30 audio media management utility, can create catalogs of CD, Cassette, Vinyl, DVD, and MD information. CD information can be imported from the remote program files used by iTunes, SoundJam and other CD Consoles. The free upgrade also features one-way synchronization to remote files as well as new features such as XML support, a release "Watch List", and an updated interface.

Olympus introduces new 5MP digital camera

09/20, 9:40am

Olympus introduces new 5MP digital camera

Olympus has also introduced the Camedia E-20N, a 5 Megapixel digital camera that offers dual mode image capture capability, including a Progressive Scan mode of a 2.5 Megapixel (effective) resolution for taking pictures in very bright light with shutter speeds up to 1/18,000 second.

Entry-level Brio D-230 camera from Olympus

09/20, 9:40am

Entry-level Brio D-230 camera from Olympus

Olympus today introduced its Brio D-230 digital camera, which offers a 2.0 Megapixel (effective) resolution, a 5.5mm f 2.8 lens (equivalent to 36mm in a 35mm film camera), USB connectivity, and a 5x digital zoom.

CineWave 1.2: Pinnacle's video app update

09/20, 9:30am

CineWave 1.2: Pinnacle's video app update

Pinnacle last week introduced CineWave 1.2, a new version of its professional video creation hardware/software solution. Version 1.2 includes CineOffline, support for 16-bit YUV and 8-bit RGBA codecs, and HD qualification and support for Final Cut Pro 2 with most popular HD formats (1080i and 1080/23.976p).

MacGIMP announces CMYK, improved font support

09/20, 9:10am

MacGIMP announces CMYK, improved font support

The MacGIMP project will soon receive improved font and CMYK support with the next release of the open-source image editor "suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and authoring." A packaged version of MacGIMP 1.2.2 will be available mid-October. The author says that MacGIMP will be porting version 1.3.0 to the Mac. Version 1.2.1 is available now and "runs stably on Mac OS X up through 10.0.4."

Ogg Drop 1.0a3: freeware to encode Ogg files

09/20, 9:00am

Ogg Drop 1.0a3: freeware to encode Ogg files

Ogg Drop 1.0a3 is a freeware utility that will encode AIFF and AIFC (.aif) sound files as well as Audio CD Tracks, uncompressed QuickTime soundtracks, and System Sound files into an Ogg Vorbis (.ogg) stream. The Ogg Vorbis Codec, "a fully Open, non-proprietary, patent-and-royalty-free, general-purpose compressed audio format for high quality (44.1-48.0kHz, 16+ bit, polyphonic) audio and music at fixed and variable bitrates from 16 to 128 kbps/channel," supports transparent VBR compression and claims to be higher quality than MP3 files (for the same file size).

Apple posts Macintosh Manager 2.03

09/20, 9:00am

Apple posts Macintosh Manager 2.03

Apple yesterday posted Macintosh Manager 2.0.3, which is designed to be used to to be used with Mac OS X Server update 10.0.4, bringing the following changes:

1. Mac OS 8 Macintosh Manager clients will now store their documents folder in the correct location so that they will be available from both Mac OS 8 and Mac OS 9 workstations.
2. If the option "Copy only Internet or administrator-defined preferences" on the Global security pane was selected in Macintosh Manager Admin Mac OS 8.x workstations would copy the entire preferences folder back to the server. This problem has been corrected. To use this fix, reset the option in Macintosh Manager Admin and save the changes.

Digigami updates MegaPEG encoding systems

09/20, 8:55am

Digigami updates MegaPEG encoding systems

Digigami has updated MegaPEG AP 1.5b1 and MegaPEG Batch Encoder 1.5b1, its software solutions for encoding MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 audio/video/system streams from QuickTime or AVI video. The updates "feature many improvements, notably faster encoding and support for Adobe Premiere 6 and MacOS 9.1" and free to all purchases after Sept 1, 2001. Owners of earlier versions of the AP (Premiere) plug-in product can upgrade for $80, while those with earlier versions of the Batch encoder product can upgrade for $90.

Samba Server Confing Tool 2.0: SMB utility

09/20, 8:50am

Samba Server Confing Tool 2.0: SMB utility

Derk-Jan Hartman has released his new application Samba Server Config Tool 2.0 for "those people who like to share files with others in their Windows-network, but do not want to pay for a commercial application....In combination with the Mac OS X 10.1 ability to mount Shares, these people now have all they will need. Before you can install it, you need to have installed Samba X 2.1."

Palm m125 features dual expansion options

09/20, 1:05am

Palm m125 features dual expansion options

Palm today introduced the Palm m125 handheld computer, a mid-range handheld created with a dual-expansion architecture and a two-tone Sonic Silver and Dark Black faceplate.

OS X: Castle Wolfenstein, Agfa drivers, SQL4X

09/20, 1:05am

OS X: Castle Wolfenstein, Agfa drivers, SQL4X

osx.macnn.com yesterday posted information about a new Castle Wolfenstein beta, new Agfa scanner drivers, and SQL4X 1.3, a free SQL configuration/installation utility. Other report include the release of Apple Macintosh Manager 2.03 and Derk-Jan Hartman's Samba Server Config Tool 2.0. [updated]

Apple retail strategy helps "spread the word

09/20, 12:50am

Apple retail strategy helps "spread the word

Business Week's latest Apple column, Sowing the Seeds of Mac Mania, talks about Apple's retail strategy: "Critics call Apple's new retail-outlet strategy crazy. I say it's a brilliant way for the faithful to spread the word to newcomer."

Roundup: StuffIt Deluxe/Expander 6.5, hubs

09/20, 12:35am

Roundup: StuffIt Deluxe/Expander 6.5, hubs

Yesterday we noted the release of StuffIt Deluxe 6.5 and StuffIt Expander 6.5 as well as Maxum's Rumpus 2.0 ftp server, new MacDesktop pictures, and new USB hubs from Keyspan and Dr. Bott, and news about the Apple Store Tampa.