News Archive for 03/03/03

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Malaysia AppleCenter opens over weekend

03/03, 11:20pm

Malaysia AppleCenter opens over weekend

Apple this weekend opened an AppleCenter in the Great Eastern Mall along Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, in Malaysia. "It is a huge store taking up two shop lots in the mall, but it's quite sparse inside. The interior décor is very much like the retail Apple Stores in the US, with wooden floors and black shelves. The layout is pretty simple, once you enter the store, you're greeted by the cashier counter, and behind that is the theaterette which has an unusually curved screen, and black benches for the audience," explains MacNN reader Jonathan Poh. Mr. Poh has also provided pictures from the store opening.

FE77 offers university discount

03/03, 8:50pm

FE77 offers university discount

FE77 Software today announced the FE77 University program in which qualifying teachers and students can order the FE77 Server Suite for $20. The software is offered only to teachers and students for their own personal, education, and/or research use. "With Mac OS X 10.2 running FE77 Server Suite and Server Manager you can plan, develop, test and even deploy high-performance application written in Java, PHP, Perl or even good old HTML," the developer says.

Acme Made releases new PB G4 bags, sleeves

03/03, 6:55pm

Acme Made releases new PB G4 bags, sleeves

Acme Made recently introduced two cases for the PowerBook G4: a sleek new carrying case called “The Slim,” ($80) and the "PowerBook iCover" ($20). The “Slim” is a hybrid sleeve/carrying case designed specifically for Apple’s new PowerBooks but also fits Apple’s 12” iBook and the small models of the Sony Vaio. The PowerBook iCover is a thin sleeve designed to easily slip over the PowerBook’s display and protect it from indentations the keyboard leaves when the unit is closed.

Forbes CEO ranking gives Jobs 84%

03/03, 6:20pm

Forbes CEO ranking gives Jobs 84%

Several MacNN readers observe that Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs has received an 84% "approval rating" for the month of February from the Forbes.com readership. Forbes' CEO approval rating system allows readers to vote on the job performance of some of the country's most prominent business leaders.

MacSoft announces Master of Orion III

03/03, 5:40pm

MacSoft announces Master of Orion III

Destineer's MacSoft unit announced today that the long-awaited Master of Orion III for Mac OS 9/X will be available for sale on March 19 -- three weeks after the Windows version hit store shelves. "The Windows version of Master of Orion III just launched and is selling spectacularly well," according to MacSoft general manager Al Schilling. "We're also thrilled to see this same level of excitement for the Mac version, as one of the best games ever available for the Macintosh gets Its long-awaited sequel."

Aspyr posts new game trailers

03/03, 5:20pm

Aspyr posts new game trailers

Aspyr Media has made available a trailer for its upcoming SimCity 4 game. Also released to day is a trailer for Medal of Honor: Spearhead. The trailers arecurrently being hosted by ExtremeSims. [View - SimCity, Spearhead]

Apple releases March sec. update

03/03, 5:15pm

Apple releases March sec. update

Apple has released Security Update 2003-03-03 for Mac OS X 10.2 via Software Update. The update "addresses a security issue in sendmail where a remote individual could gain access and control of the system." Also included is a newer version of OpenSSL that provides improved data confidentiality.

Juno offers Mac OS X users dial-up Internet

03/03, 12:40pm

Juno offers Mac OS X users dial-up Internet

United Online, Inc. a leading provider of value-priced Internet access through its NetZero, Juno and BlueLight Internet consumer brands, today announced the availability of a Mac version of its value-priced Juno Platinum Internet access service. Juno Platinum for Mac offers Mac OS X users easy-to-use, reliable Internet service with thousands of access numbers nationwide, fast connections, compatibility with all of the most popular instant messaging programs, and Web-based e-mail that is accessible from any Internet connection, for only $9.95 a month. Platinum for Mac software is downloadable as of today.

More Apps: Konfabulator, Measles, MyPod...

03/03, 12:30pm

More Apps: Konfabulator, Measles, MyPod...

Arlo Rose and Perry Clarke have released an update to their popular $25 utility, Konfabulator 1.0.2. Version 1.0.1 addressed many user concerns the most important being memory leaks, and incorrect date values in GMT time zones, but introduced a bug in the URL fetching code. Version 1.0.2 is being released to address the URL issue.

Measles 2.1 is released by Stick Software. Measles ($10) is a desktop companion that can act as a CPU monitor if so desired. It provides the user with Aqua-style spheres on their desktop that bounce off of windows and each other, adding life and energy to the user's environment. They are highly configurable in their appearance and behavior, and if desired, can change colors to indicate the load on the user's processor, free memory or disk space.

Cliché Software released MyPod, a $15 utility for Mac OS X that merges the power of web services with the portability of the Apple iPod digital music player. Previously known as PodNews 3, MyPod allows not only headlines but also movie times, contacts and calendars, stock quotes and weather forecasts to be automatically downloaded to your iPod by attaching it to your computer. Other content, such as driving directions, lyrics and text notes can also be easily saved.

Jean Bovet announced a new powerful audio analyzer software for MacOS X. AudioXplorer has been developped to provide real-time and static audio analysis (FFT and sonogram). It is currently in a free beta version.

ParanzaSoft releases FinKit 1.2.2 a $15 multi-function financial calculator that lets users solve problems involving the time value of money. The latest version provides seventeen different calculations: including Effective Rates, Equivalent Rates, Periodic to Annual Rates,Inflation and Taxes, plus many more.

JAMF Software has announced a public beta of Nocturne, their lab maintenance tool. Nocture works natively in both Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X, controlling what software should go to what machines, information about the computers, and when they should service themselves is all done via a web interface.

Caffeine Software shuts down.

03/03, 11:40am

Caffeine Software shuts down.

Caffeine Software, Inc. has suspended operations. A notice on their website states: "We regret any inconvenience to our customers as a result of this." No further information was available. Caffeine was the developer of Curator, a shareware image display and organization application for Mac OS X.

Morning Application Roundup

03/03, 11:00am

Morning Application Roundup

Pedagoguery Software has released Tess 1.51, a $36 Classic Mac application for exploring and creating tessellations and other symmetric artwork. The new version produces smaller SVG files and can also work around limitations of common SVG browsers (e.g., Adobe SVG browser plug-ins) and importers (e.g., Illustrator 10). Tess 1.51 also introduces interactive HSV color controls and works with a wider range of OpenGL drivers when displaying manifolds "in three dimensions".

dSoft, Inc. has released a new product called Medical Log, a $15 utility offering the abilitity to track your whole familie's medical and dental information including doctor office visits, medicine taken, medical issues, body measurements and dental office visits.

The spyware detection and removal tool MacScan b3 is available for download (Mac OS Classic / Mac OS X). This new version adds support for more spyware detection and also adds administration full scan for Mac OS X to audit the system.

Rogue Amoeba announced the release of Audio Hijack Pro 1.0, a $30 enhanced version of Rogue Amoeba's product Audio Hijack. The pro with all the features of the original plus MP3 recording, enhanced Timers, and the ability to hijack running applications. AH Pro also includes the ability to pause recordings, the power to create sets of DSP effects called Patches, support for up to 100 VST and/or AudioUnits plugins at a time, among other features.

Peter Ammon has released Charla 2.0, a complete rewrite of the open source Yahoo! Messenger client for Mac OS X. Version 2.0 includes support for chat, a buddy list, viewing webcams, scripting, multiple simultaneous logins, and more. Source and binaries are also available.

Thinkertons has released Jotz v1.2.5, which provides a new print mode, "Print With Preview", in which a "live" preview of the print job is displayed in a sheet, with buttons and sliders providing full control over print scaling, margins and alignment. Also provided is the ability to alias the Jotz folder, so that the Jotz folder can be relocated onto other volumes, or onto a removable volume.

Spork Software announced the release of Nimbus 2.0, their $25 shareware application. Based on the Cumulus Shell project originally developed by Alan Ramos of Ramos Tech, Nimbusis a GUI controller to Canto's Cumulus Server 5.5 software. It provides an administrator or non-administrator with the ability to perform some of the typical Cumulus admin tasks with the click of a button. Nimbus is useful to those who don't want to use Cumulus' default command-line form.