News Archive for 02/09/17

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RealBASIC community churns out more updates

09/17, 11:55pm

RealBASIC community churns out more updates

Several new software utilities were released today by developers in the RealBASIC community: iccToolBox is an improved version of the suite of tools that assist printing and graphics arts professional with the handling CC/ICM profiles; KuConta 2.1.0 introduces several optmizations and new features to Kualo Software's simple "account application;" ResourceEdit 1.3 now includes a "NavCustomization Class" (version 1.3 is the first public release); NavDialog Plugin 3.0 gains a new class -- "NavCustomization" -- that further extends the "FolderItem handling capabilities."

HealthEngage revision more robust

09/17, 11:50pm

HealthEngage revision more robust

FireLogic's has announced the release of HealthEngage 3.0 -- an updated version of the disease-management software tool. Version 3.0 is "just as user friendly as its previous version" but includes a handful of powerful new features. Using the software, the developer suggests that patients and their healthcare team can better manage health conditions and spot dangerous trends before they become life-threatening.

Major Lasso revision released; 10.2 support

09/17, 10:25pm

Major Lasso revision released; 10.2 support

Blue World Communications today shipped Lasso Professional 6, a significant upgrade to its Web application environment. Lasso is a server product for building and serving data-driven Web sites. Lasso Professional 6 introduces support for numerous industry standards, while maintaining the ease-of-use and robust security that have drawn many Web developers to the product. Lasso works on many UNIX-based operating systems, including Mac OS X. The milestone release introduces Mac OS X 10.2 support.

IdeaResources posts 1.1 update to irEdit

09/17, 9:15pm

IdeaResources posts 1.1 update to irEdit

IdeaResources this afternoon released irEdit 1.1, the latest version of its $20 text-editing software for OS X. The update includes a handful of new features and bug fixes, most notably regular expression support, and the ability to save search expressions.

Mactracker 1.7.2 gains updated hardware specs

09/17, 9:00pm

Mactracker 1.7.2 gains updated hardware specs

Developer Ian Page has updated his Mactracker application to include updated specifications for the 17" iMac, the new Power Mac G4s, the latest eMacs, the 20GB iPod and Mac OS X 10.1.5. Mactracker provides Apple fans with specifications and history for virtually every Macintosh and related device. Mactracker 1.7.2 is free to all users, and will serve as an interim release until version 2.0 is again made available. [Classic, OS X]

CharisMac intros new 4-port FireWire hub

09/17, 8:45pm

CharisMac intros new 4-port FireWire hub

CharisMac today unveiled Hubzilla -- a four-port, $75, FireWire hub that delivers 400 Mbps of data to and from CD, DVD, RAID and peripheral devices. CharisMac hopes its product will help reduce desktop clutter by allowing users to connect all their FireWire devices at once, thereby allowing for more permanent placement of wires and peripherals.

Pixels Digital offers deal on older software

09/17, 7:15pm

Pixels Digital offers deal on older software

Pixels Digital is offering budget-conscious users the opportunity to purchase a licensed copy of PiXELS 3D v3.7 as a parto of its $100 "Power Users Bundle." Version 3.7 sold for several hundred dollars prior to the release of PiXELS 3D v4.0. The offer, valid until October 1st, includes two 'extras packs,' a learning CD and a fully-functional copy of PiXELS 3D v3.7.

Apple now shipping 1.25GHz G4s

09/17, 5:55pm

Apple now shipping 1.25GHz G4s

Apple Computer recently begun shipping its new 1.25GHz G4 Power Macs. MacNN reader Justin Michaels reported receiving notification Tuesday, with an ETA of two business days.

eWeek on Mac OS X "ultimatum"

09/17, 5:40pm

eWeek on Mac OS X "ultimatum"

Matthew Rothenberg's latest column for eWeek tracks Apple's Mac OS X "ultimatum" to developers and users: "Whatever spin you choose to put on it, however, the bottom line is that Apple has put users and developers alike on notice: Switch to Mac OS X now, or join OpenDoc and CyberDog in Apple's dead-letter office." In August, Apple told consumers and developers that, beginning Janaury of next year, it would no longer include Mac OS 9 on any of its computers.

CS Odessa opens Ukraine workshops

09/17, 4:55pm

CS Odessa opens Ukraine workshops

CS Odessa today announced that it has opened the first school for "creative thinkers" in Odessa, Ukraine. The IT school offers a series of specialized workshops and advanced training for the ConceptDraw Product family and office graphics solutions, as well as general design theory. Initially, the workshops will be available to corporate customers and users. Later, CS Odessa plans to deliver these workshops to organizations and individual customers.

IOGEAR debuts new 3-port laptop FW card

09/17, 4:20pm

IOGEAR debuts new 3-port laptop FW card

IOGEAR has launched its second-generation 3-port FireWire CardBus, offering laptop users fast 400mbps connection speeds to peripheral devices. The $70 card comes bundled with digital editing software by Arcsoft, which enables users to save movies to CD for playback on a DVD player. The new device is available immediately for Mac OS 9 and OS X users.

iMac, Profile 4 close competitors: article

09/17, 4:05pm

iMac, Profile 4 close competitors: article

An AZcentral article attempts to determine which desktop PC -- the Apple iMac or the Gateway Profile 4 -- bests the other in performance, ease of use and reliability. According to the independently conducted testing, neither machine is able to declare outright victory. Both machines are built around 15-inch flat-panel displays. While the $1000 Gateway has larger RAM and storage allotments than the $1300 iMac, it narrowly edges the iMac in performance, despite including a CPU with a megahertz rating nearly three times that of the iMac. The machines' Quake III benchmarks differed by only four frames per second; Photoshop results revealed the 2.8GHz Gateway was only marginally faster.

DayLite 1.0.5 contact manager supports Jaguar

09/17, 10:25am

DayLite 1.0.5 contact manager supports Jaguar

MarketCircle's contact and customer relationship application, DayLite v1.0.5, is now fully Jaguar compatible and has new Follow-up and Next Task Mechanisms as well as new Contextual Menu options to create pre-linked tasks and appointments and improvements to viewing contact cards.

Vizspring updates Typeset 1.2.3 font utility

09/17, 10:15am

Vizspring updates Typeset 1.2.3 font utility

Vizspring's Typeset 1.2.3 is an update to its OS X font viewing utility, adding improved management of font favorites, a new contextual menu item on the font list for managing favorites sets, and other bug fixes and minor modifications. It is a free update to the $15 shareware.

SecuritySpy 1.0b11 adds email notification

09/17, 9:35am

SecuritySpy 1.0b11 adds email notification

Ben Bird's SecuritySpy 1.0b11 software for both Classic and OS X adds email notification on motion detection to his multi-camera video surveillance software. The software has configurable compression settings for movies and images, can upload images to remote locations via ftp, and captures and displays live video from multiple cameras simultaneously. Pricing starts at $50 for use with a single camera. [Classic, OSX]

Ponere 1.0: shareware puzzle game

09/17, 9:30am

Ponere 1.0: shareware puzzle game

Degana has released Ponere 1.0, a new shareware ($18) puzzle game for the Mac platform, in which "players arrange tiles to create closed rings, such as a circle or oval. Tiles are arranged using controls that move an entire column or row on the game board--so moving pieces usually involves moving more than one at once. Ponere includes 60 levels."

Page Sender 2.1: send, receive fax utility

09/17, 9:25am

Page Sender 2.1: send, receive fax utility

Page Sender 2.1 updates Smile Software's fax send & receive and print-to-email (PDF) utility with dithering (grayscale) support, live addressing, fax attachments, and options to email and/or execute an AppleScript on received faxes. A 30-day demo of the $30 software for OS X is available online.

Intuem 1.5: music authoring with MIDI support

09/17, 9:25am

Intuem 1.5: music authoring with MIDI support

Intuem 1.5 adds improved notation capabilities, proportional printing, note refitting, the ability to record multiple devices to the same track, and background operation as well as many other features to the fourth release of the $80 music authoring solution.

Apple Expo 2002 Keynote available online

09/17, 9:05am

Apple Expo 2002 Keynote available online

Apple has posted an MPEG-4 stream of Steve Jobs' keynote from Apple Expo 2002, which took place last week in Paris. The stream requires QuickTime 6.

.Mac surpasses 100,000 subscribers

09/17, 9:00am

.Mac surpasses 100,000 subscribers

Apple today announced that more than 100,000 users have subscribed to the company's .Mac suite of Internet services and software since it was launched in July: "We're thrilled to have more than 100,000 .Mac subscribers so quickly," said Sina Tamaddon, Apple's senior vice president of Applications. "We're getting over 1,000 new .Mac subscribers every day, which is proof that many of our users want to seamlessly extend their digital lives onto the Internet." .Mac is available as a subscription-based service for $100 (US) per year, while iTools members as of midnight, July 16, 2002, are receiving a special introductory price of $50 for the first year if they subscribe before September 30, 2002.