“Apple will be launching its own music service in the coming weeks,” the Wall Street Journal reports today…
Month: April 2003
Apple releases Safari Beta 2; features tabbed browsing and autofill
Apple today released Safari Beta 2, an updated beta version of the Safari browser that delivers highly requested features including tabbed browsing and AutoFill forms…
Microsoft setting up bidding war with Apple over Universal Music Group?
Microsoft has expressed interest in buying Vivendi’s Universal Music Group, setting up a possible bidding war between the software maker and rival Apple Computer…
SlipSlide Express puzzle game updated
SlipSlide is a fast and furious action, puzzle game with a hint strategy…
The Register: Microsoft ‘now trails Apple significantly’ just as Bluetooth gets interesting
Steve Jobs in particular, and Apple in general, are often lauded for pioneering technologies such as Firewire and Rendezvous…
Apple may buy Universal Music Group for $5-6 billion; Vivendi approached Steve Jobs last December
Apple Computer Inc. is in discussions about buying Universal Music Group, the world’s largest record company…
ClipboardSharing uses Rendezvous to share Clipboards between Mac OS X computers
ClipboardSharing lets you send your clipboard between Mac OS X computers.
Quick-Voice Mac OS X voice recorder and voice email app updated
Quick-Voice is a feature-rich, multi-purpose voice recorder, voice stickies and voice email application for the Mac…
Apple releases Mac OS X 10.2.5
Apple has posted Mac OS X 10.2.5 Update (39.9MB) via the System Preferences Software Update pane..
Apple gives .Mac members more free gifts; 8 deluxe board games from Freeverse
“Eight Great Board Games – Just Download and Play,’ says Apple’s .Mac site…
iPod2 rumored release ‘end of April’ – 10GB; 15GB; 30GB to ship with ‘iPod2 Docks’
Think Secret is reporting that Apple’s redesigned iPods are set to be launched around the end of April.
Mac OS X 10.2.5 due any minute; details posted on Apple Store site
Mac OS X 10.2.5 is due any minute now…
Use Safe Place 1.0 for Mac OS X to store sensitive information securely
Mere Mortal Software today announced the immediate availability of Safe Place 1.0…
Freeware ‘Fire’ instant messenger handles AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, IRC, MSN, and Jabber simultaneously
Fire is a Free Instant Messaging Client for MacOS X which supports all of the most popular Instant Messaging services in one easy-to-use application…
PdfCompress greatly reduces Mac OS X Quartz-generated PDF files
PdfCompress is a Mac OS X utility for reducing the size of PDF files…
Rumor: PowerPC 970 (G5) ahead of schedule; bulk manufacturing to start April 15
Macbidouille.com is reporting, translated from the original French to the best of our ability…
ThinkSecret: Target, Dell drop iPod over contract dispute; Target liquidating 10GB iPod’s for $339.9
Target Corporation and Dell Computer Corp. have both stopped selling Apple’s iPod after objecting to details of the company’s new dealer contract, sources have told Think Secret…
MacDailyNews v1.0 Widget for Konfabulator now available
We’re proud to announce the MacDailyNews v1.0 Widget for Konfabulator!
Clone your hard drive with Carbon Copy Cloner 2.1 for Mac OS X Jaguar
Have you ever wanted a simple, complete, bootable backup of your hard drive?
PC Mall Gov to sell Apple harware and software to federal government customers
PC Mall Gov, a subsidiary of PC Mall, Inc., has announced that it has received an authorization to sell Apple on its GSA Schedule…
VLC (VideoLAN Client) multimedia player (including DivX) player updated
VLC (VideoLAN Client) has been updated to version 0.5.3. The portable multimedia player handles various audio and video formats…
TiVo Desktop freeware shares your Mac’s multimedia files with your TiVo
The TiVo Desktop Software provides easy access to music files and photographs stored on your home network…
WordService freeware provides 32 functions for selected text in Mac OS X Cocoa apps
This service provides 32 functions to convert, format or speak the currently selected text, to insert data or to show statistics of the selection…
Freeware BlueService sends text from Mac OS X Cocoa apps to Bluetooth devices
This service sends selected plain or rich text of Cocoa applications…
CalcService Mac OS X freeware calculates values within all Cocoa apps
This service calculates the result of a selected formula within all Cocoa-applications…
Change and remove menu shortcuts in Mac OS X with MenuMaster
Menu Master is a haxie that allows you to change and remove menu shortcut keys in any application with ease…
Forbes highlights Salling’s Sony Ericsson Clicker; better Mac living through Bluetooth
If you’ve ever been curious about the wireless technology known as Bluetooth, now is about as good a time as ever to try it out…
ZDNet UK commentator calls ‘Apple Macintosh… obscure, outdated computer architecture’
Rupert Goodwins, ZDNet UK, commentator likens Apple Macintosh to defunct platforms in his latest screed…
Dvorak predicts the ‘MacIntel’; says ‘Apple must go with Intel or risk its future’
John Dvorak is at it again. He writes, “Apple must go with Intel or risk its future…”
Apple posts webpage describing Schiller’s NAB 2003 Keynote
Apple has posted a webpage describing Senior VP of Worldwide Product Marketing Phil Schiller’s keynote presentation…
Adobe Acrobat 6.0 expected to ship by end of May 2003
Adobe today introduced the Acrobat 6.0 product line, a major upgrade to its software for PDF workflow…
Apple announces Shake 3; visual effects software utilizes Rendezvous
Apple today announced Shake 3, the next generation of its industry-leading compositing and visual effects software…
Apple announces DVD Studio Pro 2; completely rewritten Cocoa app
Apple today announced DVD Studio Pro 2, a completely new DVD authoring product, rebuilt from the ground up…
Apple announces Final Cut Pro 4; major upgrade includes Cinema Tools
Apple today introduced Final Cut Pro 4, a major upgrade of Apple’s Emmy award-winning editing software for film, HD, SD and DV…
PC Magazine calls Apple 17-inch PowerBook ‘dream machine jam-packed with drool-worthy features’
PC Magazine has reviewed Apple’s 17-inch PowerBook G4 featuring a 1-GHz PowerPC G4 processor…
Submit pix of Apple-logo’ed vehicles to Apple-Cars website
Apfelautos (Apple-Cars) announces their first anniversary…
Washington Post reviews 17-inch AlBook; complains about price
Three thousand, two hundred and ninety-nine dollars,” moans Rob Pegoraro in The Washington Post…
Simple free AutoFill for any browser including Safari; make multiple profiles
Pseudo-AutoFill is an easy-to-use generator for an AutoFill bookmarklet…
Display PDFs directly in OS X browsers with free ‘PDF Browser Plugin’
PDF Browser Plugin 1.1.1 displays Quartz compatible PDF documents within Web browsers including Safari…
Digidesign Pro Tools 6.0.1 update for Mac OS X now available
Digidesign announced the availability for Pro Tools 6.0.1, a free update for owners of Pro Tools 6.0…
Walt Mossberg: ‘17-inch PowerBook a great choice and another design win for Apple’
How large can you make a laptop’s screen without making the overall computer too unwieldy…
SteveJack examines PC World’s 12-inch AlBook ‘subtle hatchet-job’
In the MacDailyNews opinion section, SteveJack writes…
