News Archive for 02/06/18

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Secret Folder 2.2 builds on protection util.

06/18, 11:35pm

Secret Folder 2.2 builds on protection util.

Apimac Secret Folder v2.2 is a Classic shareware utility that lets Mac users hide a folder and its contents from unauthorized parties. The $10 application provides an easy and fast way to protect documents and avoid them from being viewed, modified, or erased by other users. The new version improves general performance with several source code optimizations. Version 2.2 also includes a more detailed Get Folder Information option and drag-and-drop functionality.

Freeware system utilities for OS X

06/18, 8:50pm

Freeware system utilities for OS X

Marcel Bresink has released TinkerTool 2.2, an OS X system utility that offers control over system parameters such as dock animation, display of hidden files in the Finder, custom column views in the Finder, various scrollbar arrow styles, default font in Cocoa apps, and other parameters. A special Jaguar version is available for developers using the developer preview of the next version of OS X. The GNU OS X Public Archive also released 2 utilities (useradd, groupadd), which "use nis to emulate the same commands on other UNIX like operating systems." [Std, Jaguar]

Orange Micro releases iBOT driver for OS X

06/18, 8:35pm

Orange Micro releases iBOT driver for OS X

Orange Micro today released OS X drivers which for its FireWire iBOT Web Cam: iBOT v1.01. The page notes that the camera must be connected during installation as well as note about OS X compatibility with the bundled applications: ArcSoft and iVisit are both currently developing Mac OS X versions of their respective applications.

Apple offers details on 3Q warning

06/18, 6:00pm

Apple offers details on 3Q warning

We have highlights from today's conference call with Apple CFO Fred Anderson, who discussed Apple's anticipated profit and revenue shortfall for its third fiscal quarter.

Apple warns profits, revenues to fall short

06/18, 5:00pm

Apple warns profits, revenues to fall short

Apple today warned that it expects revenues for the third fiscal quarter of 2002 to fall below original projections of $1.6 billion. Apple warned Tuesday that revenue would reach no more than $1.45 billion. "Like others in our industry, we are experiencing a slowdown in sales this quarter. As a result, we’re going to miss our revenue projections by around 10%, resulting in slightly lower profits,” Apple CEO Steve Jobs said. A financial conference call with CFO Fred Anderson is currently in progress.

Netopia intros Timbuktu Pro for Education

06/18, 4:35pm

Netopia intros Timbuktu Pro for Education

Netopia today announced the technology preview of Timbuktu Ed at NECC. As noted here earlier, the new version is specially designed for the classroom, offering remote control functionality to allow teachers and students to share screens, display work, transfer project files, and communicate instantly. Teachers can allow an entire class, or a selected few, to observe the teacher's or another student's computer and also track the work of multiple students simultaneously, by observing any number of student desktops. Timbuktu Ed also offers instant messaging and direct file transfer options. The final version is due later this summer.

Tech: AtW vs. Google; Disney does Linux; more

06/18, 4:30pm

Tech: AtW vs. Google; Disney does Linux; more

Afternoon tech news: AlltheWeb says it indexes more Web content than Google, after the expansion of its database from 800 million Web pages, to 2.1 billion, besting Google by about 30 million pages; Walt Disney Company is adopting the GNU Linux operating system as the platform of choice for digital animation work, as the company plans on migrating its animation division plans to Linux-driven Hewlett-Packard workstations and servers in future operations; Proxim has acquired ORiNOCO -- maker of the 802.11b AirPort card upon which Apple's OEM card is based -- and its technologies.

CopyPaste 4.5 integrates with OS X version

06/18, 4:15pm

CopyPaste 4.5 integrates with OS X version

ScriptSoftware's CopyPaste 4.5 for Classic brings integration with CopyPaste X and picture previews as well as other enhancements to the multiple clipboard utility. The shareware is $20 for either the Classic or OS X version and $30 for a bundle of both versions. [Classic, OSX]

Reason 2.0 music system supports OS X

06/18, 3:10pm

Reason 2.0 music system supports OS X

Propellerhead Software is now shipping Reason 2.0, an update to the advanced software synthesizer. It can be used as a self-contained synth studio system with a fast and flexible sequencer with dedicated event editors for each type of device or as a sub-system synchronized to your audio sequencer or a virtual synth rack with your MIDI sequencer. Version 2.0 includes Malström Graintable Synthesizer, The Orkester Sound Library, OS X support, a detachable sequencer, and NN-XT Advanced Sampler. Upgrades to the $400 application are $90.

MacPlay Value Series launches with 15 games

06/18, 2:45pm

MacPlay Value Series launches with 15 games

MacPlay today announced plans to bring several value-priced games to the market in mid-July, as part of its previously announced MacPlay Value Series. The initial launch will include 12 titles in a "freestanding display": The Bejeweled & Alchemy Bundle, Hexen II, Heretic II, Fallout, Incoming, Giants: Citizen Kabuto, Sacrifice, Birdie Shoot, Jinni Zeala Pinball, Majesty, Sin Gold and Zork Grand Inquisitor. In addition three other titles are expected to available at launch, including Earth 2140, Feeble Files and Knights and Merchants. Each will be $20.

WeatherLoader downloads weather conditions

06/18, 2:35pm

WeatherLoader downloads weather conditions

WeatherLoader is a simple, cross-platform program designed to download real-world weather conditions for use with the general aviation simulation X-Plane. The $1 donationware runs under Classic and OS X. [Classic, OSX]

Logitech releases beta drivers for OS X

06/18, 12:25pm

Logitech releases beta drivers for OS X

Logitech Control Center 1.0b23 is "designed to support Mac OS X and allows you to take full advantage of your Logitech keyboard, mouse or trackball. It offers the ability to browse the Internet using dedicated keys, launch your email application by pressing a button, play music and control the system speaker using built-in buttons, open frequently used items (e.g., documents, folders and applications) with a single keystroke, switch between open applications, show contextual menus with a single mouse click, and imulate keystrokes to provide shortcuts to commands you use regularly.

MCE announces 16x CD-RW upgrade for iMacs

06/18, 12:15pm

MCE announces 16x CD-RW upgrade for iMacs

MCE Technologies today announced an internal 16x10x24x CD-RW drive upgrade for tray-loading iMacs (233MHz-333MHz models). The iCDRW16, designed to replace the iMac's original internal CD-ROM drive, offers compatibility with iTunes and Disc Burner CD-recording software as well as Buffer Underrun protection. MCE says the drive is user-installable, but recommends installation at one of MCE's Authorized Upgrade Centers. The $200 drive, expected to ship on June 24th (according to the press release), includes a one-year warranty; a special version of the drive, which includes Roxio’s Toast Lite CD recording software, is $220.

Tech: MS WiFi security, Amazon shipping

06/18, 11:25am

Tech: MS WiFi security, Amazon shipping

Morning tech news: Microsoft has made a commitment to enhanced Wi-Fi security called 802.1x, a standard set of instructions that adds new levels of security to standard WEP protocols. Amazon has begun waiving shipping charges for the next few months on certain orders of $49 or more and has also begun selling electronics equipment from Sony; and the popular file-swapping service Audiogalaxy has agreed to filter copyrighted works as part of a legal settlement with the recording industry, which also requires it pay the music publishers and recording industry an undetermined amount of money based on Audiogalaxy's assets.

URL Manager Pro 3.0: bookmark management

06/18, 11:20am

URL Manager Pro 3.0: bookmark management

Alco Blom today announced the release of URL Manager Pro 3.0, an OS X-compatible release of his popular bookmark manager. The $25 shareware offers integration with all popular browsers, contextual menu options, universal browsing history among different browsers, and advanced import/export options. Upgrades are $11, while a "special summer deal" bundles it with Web Confidential, his application for securely storing passwords, for $37 through September 1st.

dvMatte: bluescreen removal plugin for AE

06/18, 11:15am

dvMatte: bluescreen removal plugin for AE

dvGarage today releaed Ben Syverson's dvMatte plugin at an introductory price of only $50 ($80 after July 1st). The bluescreen removal plugin for After Effects, previously only available with dvGarage's "Composite Toolkit", simplifies the "complex and mysterious process" of bluescreen removal. A version for Final Cut Pro is in development.

Apple ranks in top 100 IT Compannies

06/18, 11:10am

Apple ranks in top 100 IT Compannies

Apple is ranked No. 52 in Business Week's IT 100/200 Scoreboard, which ranks the world's top IT companies based on financial performance. Samsung (LCDs), Quanta (PowerBook, iBook, iMac), and Hon Hai Precision (eMac)--all Apple OEM manufacturers--were in the top 3, while Dell ranked No. 5 and Microsoft is No. 27,

4-Sight Fax 5 beta has improved reporting

06/18, 9:00am

4-Sight Fax 5 beta has improved reporting

Soft Solutions has announced that 4-Sight Fax v5 now provides client-based fax reporting capabilities for system administrators. The new reporting feature can generate reports for the entire fax queue, or limit fax data by selecting a date range and filter by the outgoing faxes status. Fax queues can also be sorted on one or more columns and subsquently exported to a tab-delimited text file for import into any commercial spreadsheet or database program. The OS X-compatible application offers fax forwarding to email addreses (via PDF), Internet-based access, and other features. A 5-user license for a single line starts at $500.

Exabyte begins VXA-2 tape backup shipments

06/18, 8:40am

Exabyte begins VXA-2 tape backup shipments

Exabyte today announced the introduction of its second- generation VXA tape drive. The VXA-2 increases the capacity and performance as well as full read and write compatibility with VXA-1. The VXA-2 drive can record up to 160GB to a single cartridge ($27) at speeds of 12 MB/sec (with an average 2:1 data compression ratio). Three interface options will be available including Ultra2 Wide SCSI, IDE/ATAPI ($1000), and FireWire. Shipments to select channel and OEM customers began this month, while general availability to all customers is expected by September 2002.

Apple begins FCP, DVD Studio promo in Europe

06/18, 8:25am

Apple begins FCP, DVD Studio promo in Europe

Apple UK (and other European divisions) has begun its "Give Your Mouse a Break" promo, offering a professional editing keyboard to users to purchase Final Cut Pro 3 or DVD Studio Pro 1.5. The promo is available at the Apple Store or at participating Apple resellers between June 15th and July 31st, 2002. ("English, German or French keyboards are available for this promotion. These keyboards are standard keyboards with coloured video editing keycaps.")

Yamaha CRW-F1 offers 24x ReWrite speeds

06/18, 8:25am

Yamaha CRW-F1 offers 24x ReWrite speeds

Yamaha yesterday announced its CRW-F1, "the first" CD recorder to offer 24x ReWritable capabilities. The mechanism offers full Mt. Rainer support, which "adds true drag-and-drop CD rewriting and on-the-fly formatting to CD-RW creation in PC, Mac, and Linux operating systems [including OS X]...There is no need to install separate CD-mastering software or a hardware driver." It also includes a CD-RW Audio Track Edit system, which allows the user to easily add and delete audio tracks from CD-RW media, without erasing the entire disc.

FileMaker-based management system in beta

06/18, 8:25am

FileMaker-based management system in beta

iArch Global has released a beta version of its FileMaker-based magazine management software, PPX2, which adds over a 100 new features, including a full web interface as well as synchronization to Palm-OS PDAs for mobile data input. Other new features include tracking of multiple publications, asset tracking, system wide alerts and customizable security levels as well as semi-automatic flat-plan layouts and text export to desktop publishing applications. A two-user license starts at $400.

IPNetTunerX 1.0 helps optimize networking

06/18, 8:20am

IPNetTunerX 1.0 helps optimize networking

Sustainable Softworks has released IPNetTunerX 1.0, a $30 application that allows you to optimize TCP/IP network performance under Mac OS X by tuning internal TCP/IP parameters to match your network environment. It supports over 20 adjustable parameters including the TCP Window Size, Time Out intervals, Maximum Segment Size, and MTU.

Page Sender 1.1 adds fax modem send support

06/18, 8:10am

Page Sender 1.1 adds fax modem send support

Page Sender 1.1 updates Smile Software's print-to-Email (PDF) and print-to-fax utility with: basic fax modem send support, multiple fax recipients, two-byte (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) faxing, MailSmith & Now Contact support, jConnect & EasyLink support. A demo of the $20 application is available.