News Archive for 01/11/16

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Photo Textures II: collection of 1100 texture

11/16, 11:55pm

Photo Textures II: collection of 1100 texture

The Plugin Site has released Photo Textures II, a $30 collection of 1100 royalty-free photographic textures on CD-ROM divided into 78 different topics. Each of the textures is provided at a resolution of 1760x1168 pixel (4 x 6 at 300 dpi) as high quality JPG files. It can also be purchased bundled with Volume 1 for $50. A preview and demo is available online.

MacNN launches Second Annual Film Competition

11/16, 5:25pm

MacNN launches Second Annual Film Competition

MacNN is proud to bring you its Second Annual Film Competition. Information on the competition rules and deadlines can be found at the website or official forum: "The Mac community has always been known for their creative flair, and we envision this as another chance for you to flex your creative muscle with your use of iMovie, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, and other applications. We wish you all luck."

Asypr to publish Harry Potter gaming title

11/16, 5:05pm

Asypr to publish Harry Potter gaming title

Aspyr today announced it will be publishing Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone with Westlake Interactive handling the conversion. The game, which runs on both OS X and Mac OS 8/9: "The adventure begins as Harry Potter arrives at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Explore Hogwarts while solving puzzles, casting spells, battling foes and uncovering secrets. Journey from Privet Drive to Hogwarts and sneak, climb, and jump as you explore 3D environments." Pre-orders are available for $30.

PNG, MNG developers concerned w/Apple patent

11/16, 3:45pm

PNG, MNG developers concerned w/Apple patent

PNG (Portable Network Graphics) and MNG (Multiple-image Network Graphics) developers are concerned that Apple will enforce its alpha blending patent and only allow anyone to use its patent "on payment of reasonable, non-discriminatory royalties or fees. Apple had ealier contacted the W3C SVG 1.0 Working Group about its patent and the group created a specification that does not require implementors to infringe the patent, according to The Register.

IBM shipping ViaVoice for OS X

11/16, 3:25pm

IBM shipping ViaVoice for OS X

IBM is now shipping ViaVoice for OS X, its third-generation voice recognition product for the Mac. The $171 application runs fully native on OS X, and offers "double-sized" vocabulary, direct dictation into many text-based Mac applications, Finder and application navigation, surf the Web and create email messages and new text-to-speech functions. Legal and medical dictionaries with over 25,000 industry-specific words are expected to ship at the end of the month. Upgrades are $80 for ViaVoice Enhanced Edition owners. A rebate of $40 is being offered to owners ViaVoice ME. [updated]

SQLBoss Series 1.0: database management

11/16, 3:15pm

SQLBoss Series 1.0: database management

SQLBoss Series 1.0 is a final version of the suite of database tools for SQL databases such as mySQL, PostgreSQL, FrontBase, OpenBase, and ODBC. Beta drivers for Valentina, Oracle, dtfSQL and 4D. SQLBoss Monitor 1.0 helps manage the content of web-enabled databases and includes import/export functionality, a variety of dynamically generated data entry layouts to help maintain websites, and a WYSIWYG HTML Field-Editor. SQLBoss Developer offers rapid database development on remote hosts, allowing developer to create and change databases; includes all features of SQLBoss Monitor.

Vicomsoft intros Internet Gateway for OS X

11/16, 3:00pm

Vicomsoft intros Internet Gateway for OS X

Vicomsoft today announced the first public beta of the Internet Gateway for Mac OS X, which has all the features of its current Internet Gateway for Mac OS 8/9. It inlcudes a robust firewall, Internet access controls by user or group, web caching to improve Internet performance and reduce bandwidth usage, automatic connection to the Internet, "teaming" of multiple Internet connections, dial in access, and built in DNS and DHCP servers as well as remote management.

Baker 1.01: automates Usenet downloads

11/16, 2:50pm

Baker 1.01: automates Usenet downloads

Eridanus today released Baker 1.0.1, a utility that automates downloading of files from Usenet newsgroups. The $35 shareware supports for multiple news servers, multiple simultaneous connections, newsgroup cycling, and news server cycling.

textSOAP 3.1.1: fixes bugs in text utility

11/16, 2:45pm

textSOAP 3.1.1: fixes bugs in text utility

textSOAP v3.1.1, a utility for quickly "cleaning" and manipulating text, fixes startup crash, Eudora plugin cleaners, restores textSOAP services under OS X, and addresses some installer issues. The update is free for v3.0 users and $10 for others.

SoundView analysts cautious on Apple shares

11/16, 1:00pm

SoundView analysts cautious on Apple shares

Briefing.com reports that SoundView analysts are cautious on Apple's stock, citing channel data for October which suggested that Apple's retail consumer sales trailed the overall market, and may indicate weak Holiday sales.

New SW Episode II trailer: 'Forbidden' in Q

11/16, 12:15pm

New SW Episode II trailer: 'Forbidden' in Q

Apple today posted the Star Wars Episode II: Forbidden Love trailer. (Earlier it released "Breathing" and "Mystery," which requires purchase of the Episode I DVD).

Readers: AirPort 2 breaks AirPort cards?

11/16, 12:10pm

Readers: AirPort 2 breaks AirPort cards?

Casey Bisson writes about problems with the Airport 2 update, which apparently renders AirPort cards unusable for some: "I just experienced this last night and found a few threads about it on Apple's support forums. The AirPort 2 updater sometimes fails to update the firmware of the AirPort card and can leave it unusable. All AirPort software in OS 9 reports a -3278 error. There doesn't appear to be any consistent fix to the problem." (Meanwhile we also noted reader problems with the iPod as well.)

IBM offers new upgrade for ViaVoice for OS X

11/16, 12:05pm

IBM offers new upgrade for ViaVoice for OS X

Ian Hornby writes about a new upgrade rebate offered by IBM for ViaVoice OS X: "As of this morning, November 16, iBM is now offering a special upgrade path for American and Canadian users of ViaVoice Enhanced edition (aka vv 2). The special price is $79 US or $120 Canadian. This is much better than the $40 US rebate for ownders of VV ME." (We noted the upcoming release of ViaVoice for OS X a few days ago.)

Deep Sky releases TCP Deux v1.02

11/16, 9:30am

Deep Sky releases TCP Deux v1.02

Deep Sky has released TCP Deux v1.0.2, a 4th Dimension component which provides cross-platform TCP wrappers for different TCP plugins available for 4th Dimension. A new demo mode allows for the component to be fully used for 30 minutes when no serial code is supplied to the TCP Deux component.

iTunes Remote 1.2 has network control for OS9

11/16, 9:25am

iTunes Remote 1.2 has network control for OS9

iTunes Remote 1.2 adds new features such as network control for Mac OS 9 users to the application that can control iTunes from a floating window. (A pack of iTunes Remote skins that contains 6 skins is now available as well.)

Reader: El Gato SCSI patch enables CD-R drive

11/16, 9:10am

Reader: El Gato SCSI patch enables CD-R drive

Derk-Jan Hartman writes about his success with El Gato's SCSI helper patch, noted here a few days ago: "They have a patch that allows you to use your SCSI burner with Toast. Just make sure you have all the lastest. 10.1.1, latest SCSI card driver and Toast SP2. Worked perfectly for my Yamaha 4416 with Adaptec 2906 after a reboot."

VideoClix 1.1 supports OS X

11/16, 9:10am

VideoClix 1.1 supports OS X

eLine's VideoClix 1.1 is a new OS X-version of the application that adds interactivity to digital video. The company is also offering the $650 application for $400 in an limited-time introductory offer. A limited demo is available.

FileBuddy 6.1.5, FileBuddy 7.0b11 posted

11/16, 8:55am

FileBuddy 6.1.5, FileBuddy 7.0b11 posted

SkyTag's file/folder attribute editor, FileBuddy 6.1.5, is a maintenance release to the $40 package that contains the File Buddy application, the File Buddy CP control panel for opening the File Buddy Find and Info windows from the Finder, and two contextual menus plug-ins for opening items in File Buddy. It fixes a bug when deleting files and when searching multiple volumes. (It is also texting File Buddy 7b11, an OS X-native version of the application that expires at the end of the month.) [Classic, Carbon beta]

Apple posts iTunes 2.02 for Mac OS 9, OS X

11/16, 8:40am

Apple posts iTunes 2.02 for Mac OS 9, OS X

Apple has posted iTunes 2.02 for both Mac OS 9 and OS X. According to MacGeneration, the OS X version is now localized in French, German and Japanese, however, other changes have not been noted.

Describe 1.1 allows perusal of Flash files

11/16, 8:40am

Describe 1.1 allows perusal of Flash files

Flagstone Software has released Describe 1.1 for OS X 10.1, a freeware utility that allows developers to browse the contents of Flash files, including "fields in each of the tags to see how the Flash file specification is put into practice."