MacNN | search News http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us search, Latest News, Headlines, Stories; http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ DEVONtech's XMenu, EasyFind add features, bugfixes http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/08/xmenu.easyfind.updated/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0907/devontech-freeware-08.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />DEVONtechnologies has released two freeware updates, launching XMenu 1.9 and EasyFind 4.5 with new features and bug fixes. XMenu has new menu icons for easier recognition and also adds a snippets menu in a cascading structure that supports the user's inserting plain and rich text snippets, clippings, and Internet location files as single menu choices. From that point large numbers of rich text can... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/08/xmenu.easyfind.updated/ Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:05:00 GMT Microsoft offers iPods as search incentives http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/03/microsoft.offers.ipods/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0804/msnmusic.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft is attempting to convince Australian users to use its Live search engine by offering products from industry competitor Apple as bait through a local venture with the Nine Network, Ninemsn. The Brisbane Times reveals that the software giant is offering the iPod nano, Shuffle, and Touch to users who perform searches through Ninemsn. Ninemsn head Alex Parsons said that it would have run the... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/03/microsoft.offers.ipods/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:50:00 GMT iPhone generates 7m US searches in April http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/29/iphone.a.search.engine.hit/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0806/comscore.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Helped by the hype of iPhone 2.0 platform and a buzz over the pending iPhone 3G announcement, the iPhone generated huge traffic for internet search engines in April. ComScore, which provides market research for advertisers, says 1.3 million Americans conducted 6.9 million iPhone-related searches in April. The word ìiPhoneî was the most popular term, with nearly 1.5 million searches, followed by ì... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/29/iphone.a.search.engine.hit/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:00:00 GMT FoxTrot Professional Search released http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/23/foxtrot.pro.search/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0806/foxtrotpro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Geneva-based CTM Development has released FoxTrot Professional Search aimed at legal, news media and mobile users who need to find ìneedle in a haystackî content in large collections of data. CTM says the product is aimed at users with collections of documents saved for future reference, including PDF, HTML, word processing, e-mail and rich media metadata files. FoxTrot Professional Search is the ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/23/foxtrot.pro.search/ Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:00:00 GMT Agenda, Magic Dice get updates http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/21/agenda.magic.dice/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0802/yen_080421_agenda.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Yenco.com has updated two of its flagship products, Agenda and Magic Dice. Agenda is a calendaring and event/take management tool. The new release, version 4.0, features multiple calendar view, repeating events, task management, a reminder application, journal editor, built-in iEvents to create calendar or journal websites, quick searching, monthly scenes, multiple window sizes, iCal import and ex... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/21/agenda.magic.dice/ Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:15:00 GMT Nisus Writer Pro 1.1 Preview available now http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/15/nisus.writer.pro.1/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0709/nisuswriterexpress3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Nisus Software has announced the upcoming release of Nisus Writer Pro 1.1 Preview, the latest version of the company's alternative word processor. This release adds several new features including Comments, Mail Merge, Go to Page, and more. Also added is a Large Caret option, as well as several additions and enhancements to the Nisus Macro Language. Nisus Writer Pro 1.1 will be available later this... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/15/nisus.writer.pro.1/ Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:10:00 GMT Chinese search engine snags Apple China head http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/02/baidu.poaches.apple/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0802/baidu.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Baidu.com, the leading Chinese search engine, has hired Apple Inc's head of China operations for the role of chief operating officer. Reuters reports that Peng Ye, who oversaw all business operations in China for Apple as the U.S. firm's country general manager, is joining Baidu, right after ex-General Motors executive Jennifer Li accepted the post of chief financial officer. Ye will officially jo... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/02/baidu.poaches.apple/ Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:55:00 GMT RAGE SEKeyword 1.1 monitors competition http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/03/rage.sekeyword.11/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0803/rag_080303_sekeywordsm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />RAGE Software today released RAGE SEKeyword 1.1, a free application for website owners designed to discover niche keywords among Web searches. The software uses Yahoo! Search technology to find the most relevant keywords for a particular website, according to RAGE, and suggests the most popular searched keywords based on site content. RAGE SEKeyword 1.1 informs users about what search engine keywo... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/03/rage.sekeyword.11/ Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:40:00 GMT Briefly: Apple search surge, Leopard backup http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/30/closed.captioned.itunes/ <img align='left' src='0' border='0' width='176' height='120' />In brief: Apple jumps to number 10 in search activity, a new book on backing up in Leopard debuts, a user has compiled a list of closed-captioned movies on iTuns, Encore and PlayFirst are teaming up for Mac games, and Rocket Raid cards are now certified for Matrox ... The unveiling of the MacBook Air has caused a surge in search activity for Apple, which ranks #10 on the Lycos 50 top 10 search ter... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/30/closed.captioned.itunes/ Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:10:00 GMT Yahoo's Go 3.0 focuses on widgets, new interface http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/08/yahoo.go.30.at.ces/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0801/8-yahoo-esta.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Yahoo recently introduced Yahoo Go 3.0 at CES 2008, an update to its suite of internet utilities for mobile devices. Revisions to Yahoo Go were based on customer feedback, such as an updated user interface with many new features, a personalized start page, and support for third-party ìwidgetî plugins. The new interface is designed to be both aesthetically pleasing, while maintaining a high level o... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/08/yahoo.go.30.at.ces/ Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:35:00 GMT