News Archive for 02/05/10

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iPod Software 1.1 Updater via Software Update

05/10, 9:05pm

iPod Software 1.1 Updater via Software Update

Apple has made its iPod Software 1.1 Updater, released on the Web in late March, available via the Software Update control. It adds audio playback and user interface improvements, equalization presets, shuffle by album, track scrubbing, Contacts, and additional languages: Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.

Macromedia beats Adobe in counterclaims

05/10, 7:55pm

Macromedia beats Adobe in counterclaims

Macromedia today announced that a San Francisco jury ruled in favor of the software developer in a counterclaims patent suit against archrival Adobe Systems. Macromedia is expected to ask the court for an immediate injunction against Adobe to prevent further infringement of its patents, relating to blended elements and automatic re-blending features, allegedly infringed upon by the Adobe Illustrator suite. Adobe is expected to appeal the rulling, which awarded $4.8 million in damages. This comes on the heels of a ruling, in another case, that favored Adobe on other claims of patent infringement against Macromedia. Macromedia is expected to appeal the $2.8M verdict awarded to Adobe and moving forward with another case against Adobe, scheduled for 2003.

MECcheck comes to OSX

05/10, 6:00pm

MECcheck comes to OSX

Red Rock Software, and the United States Department of Energy (Pacific-Northwest) have announced plans to release a Java version of MECcheck -- an application used by the construction industry to test modle energy code (MEC) compliance -- at the AIA (American Institute of Architects) conference this week. Red Rock Software was chosen for the project due mainly to its past experience with both Java and Macintosh programming. MECcheck will run on Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X systems.

Dying iPods may have common cause of failure

05/10, 5:55pm

Dying iPods may have common cause of failure

"Chris" describes a potential solution for the so-called death of many iPod digital music players. Several iPod owners have experienced a complete and permanent loss of FireWire connectivity from the device to a Macintosh. When presented with these unexplained occurrences, Apple's technical support department has been largely unable to remedy the problems and offered replacement units for $256 apeice.

Houston, TX Apple Store coming

05/10, 5:00pm

Houston, TX Apple Store coming

Apple is reportedly setting up a retail store in Houston, Texas, according to job postings on Apple's career Web site. Positions are open at the Houston Galleria location in sales and management.

LabanWriter 4.3: graphical notation editor

05/10, 3:40pm

LabanWriter 4.3: graphical notation editor

LabanWriter 4.3 is a free graphical notation editor for Laban Movement Notation, which can be used for recording dances, or any type of movement in written form. The new version allows users to export their scores in various image formats, and has been completely carbonized for OS X.

Quicken user support list formed

05/10, 1:20pm

Quicken user support list formed

Phil Lefebvre notes the recently formed Quicken user support list: "Quicken 2003 beta testing is under way, and several list members are also beta testers, so feedback on the list has a good chance of getting back to Intuit before the code is frozen."

Coco 3.5: color correction for Photoshop

05/10, 1:10pm

Coco 3.5: color correction for Photoshop

Aurelon has released Coco 3.5, a $300 Photoshop 7 and OSX compatible plugin, which offers selective color corrections in the RGB, Lab, CMYK and MultiChannel modes: "[it] is the smartest tool for dealing with non-standard jobs such as spot colors, bump plates, HiFi or jobs which will not be printed on a white substrate. CoCo works in a fundamentally different way than Photoshop. Colors are corrected in accordance to the relative distance to the source color." Upgrades are free for v3.0 owners.

HP updates OfficeJet G, D series drivers

05/10, 1:10pm

HP updates OfficeJet G, D series drivers

Hewlett-Packard has posted updated Mac OS 9/OS X drivers for its OfficeJet G v4.26, OfficeJet D v4.26, and its HP PSC 900 v4.26 all-in-one machines.

Optigold ISP 2.9.9 adds LDAP functions

05/10, 8:00am

Optigold ISP 2.9.9 adds LDAP functions

Optigold ISP 2.9.9, a cross-platform ISP business software package, adds LDAP provisioning functionality (add, modify and delete entries record), new QuickDNS functionality, new reports, new email manager functions, new product package flexibility and other miscellaneous improvements. A free demo is available online.

Poly 1.09 for making paper models

05/10, 7:55am

Poly 1.09 for making paper models

Pedagoguery Software has released Poly 1.09, a $28 application for making paper models with your Mac. It includes new Polish and Italian interfaces, support for more file formats (STL, JIF, and PCX) and the addition of Geodesic spheres and domes.

MemoryPro 1.0 manages app memory

05/10, 7:55am

MemoryPro 1.0 manages app memory

MemoryPro 1.0 is a utility that can control the memory allocation settings of applications. It can adjust memory settings for several applications within a single window and can change memory partition settings even if the application is running.