Books; Great Fall Titles

Here are some of our books choices from this fall "Harvest". (in no perticular order!)

From Peachpit Press:

-Secrets of the iPod third Edition
(Christopher Breen is the heavyweight of iPod; Great Book!)

-The Non Designer's Design Book second edition
(Robin Williams will teach you all you need to know about Design and Typo; A publisher reference dream of a book)

-RealBasic The visual quick start guide
(Great reference for new comers and experienced developers alike)

From Adobe Press

-Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Classroom in a book
(The defenitive how to book to master Acrobat 6.0)

-Adobe InDesign 2.0 Classroom in a book
(Loaded with tricks and tips, simply great)

From New Riders

-Security Alert: Stories of Real People Protecting Themselve from identity theft, scams and viruses
(Helps you make the difference between real scams and urban legends; A absorbing and refreshing read)

From O'Reilly

-Ipod the Missing Manual
(Fun and informative, David Pogue keeps on winning Fans)

-Mac OS X For Java Geeks
(If the words JDK, J2EE, IDE, Jakarta Ants, XML-RPC and SOAP means anything to you
than you will feel right at home with this great reference book. From fundamentals to way beyound the basics, you"ll learn to set-up, run and maintain Apache Web Server.)

-Amazon Hacks 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tool
(This is the book you need to help you push the Amazon technology envelope; very enjoyable and innovative like all the titles in the "Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools" collection.

-Content Syndication with RSS
(Super step-by-step guide for producing your own RSS feeds with the XML Language and the RDF metadata)

Read a review of most of these Great Fall Books in the next issue of
the Digital Dispatch

Aladdin release InstallerMaker 8 preview

Aladdin Systems Inc. has released a preview release of StuffIt InstallerMaker v8.0 for Mac OS X. Natively on Mac OS X v10.2 or higher, it can create installers that run natively on Mac OS 8.1 or higher as well. InstallerMaker is aimed at software developers looking for a tool to create an installer for their own software.

New to StuffIt InstallerMaker v8.0 include the ability to install to protected locations by using an administrator password. File permissions can be customized using the application's GetInfo panel and the ability to execute shell or AppleScripts from the installer. Visit Aladdin at:www.aladdinsys.com

FileMaker release : Meetings

When it comes to having effective meetings, most businesses are, well, just plain ineffective. And the more ineffective the meetings, the more meetings you end up having. Now there's a way to make your meetings count — FileMaker Meetings. FileMaker Meetings is a purpose-built meeting management application that makes it simple to create an agenda, take and distribute meeting minutes, and communicate agreed-upon action items. When you can’t afford to waste another moment of your day, FileMaker Meetings ensures that your time is well spent. See the product and learn more at: http://www.filemaker.com/applications/meetings_home.html

Macworld Expo will make Boston move

After briefly rethinking its plans, IDG World Expo said it will go ahead with prior plans to move the East Coast edition of Macworld Expo from New York to Boston. The show is slated to take place July 12-15 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. "While there was some uncertainty about the event coming to Boston after the successful launch of Macworld CreativePro in New York this summer, we have decided to continue the Macworld tradition on the East Coast as originally planned," IDG World Expo chief David Korse said in a statement. (Source Cnet)

Quicken 2004 for Mac Available

Intuit has just release it's brand new offering of Quicken, Quicken 2004.
Also labeled as the "Special 20th anniversary Edition, Quicken 2004 feature
brand new interface and a lot of new features: Express Account Setup*
Updated Report Formats, Detailed Net Worth Monitoring, Flexible Investment Tracking, Redesigned Investment Accounts, Improved Banking Registers
And Easier 401(k) Tracking.

Sony's tiny digital video camera

Sony will begin selling its smallest yet digital video camcorder in October, the company confirmed this morning.

The camera, the DCR-IP1K – which is not much larger than a deck of playing cards – measures 39-x-69-x-91 millimetres and weighs just 230 grams.

The device is based on the MicroMV cassette format, a physically smaller cassette than the MiniDV cassette.

Microsoft updates Office X

Office 10.1.5 is available for download. The update "addresses several stability issues with PowerPoint, Excel, and Visual Basic for Applications for Office v. X," says Microsoft in brief notes accompanying the release.

In order to install the update, users need to have applied both the previously-released 10.1.2 and 10.1.4 updates to their software. The update is a 6.3MB download and is available for English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese and Swedish systems.

Microsoft recently released three new editions of Office v.X for Mac – Office for Mac Student and Teacher Edition, Office for Mac Standard Edition and Office for Mac Professional Edition.

.Mac offers Backup 2 and StickyBrain

Apple is offering .Mac members a free copy of StickyBrain 2 and a beta version of Backup 2.

The company hopes these releases will help persuade indecisive subscribers to maintain their .Mac accounts.

Backup 2 is a forthcoming new version of Apple's free to .Mac members backup and archiving utility. This release introduces the much-requested ability to back up data to external hard drives, including FireWire hard drives, iPods and network servers. Apple says: "Backup 2 Public Beta lets you select any folder on any hard drive as a destination for your backup.

Apple has also extended the utilities ability to archive to CD and DVD. Until now the software only allowed users to backup using built-in Apple optical drives. This version allows users to archive using external drives. It also introduces the capacity to mix different optical disk types in a single backup set. The company is welcoming feedback on the new software during the beta-testing period.

The company is also offering a free copy of Chronos Software's StickyBrain 2 to .Mac members – but this is only available until October 1. (source Macworld)

Rolling Stones music available on iTMS

Eighteen Rolling Stones albums are now available on Apple's iTunes Music Store . Previously, Rolling Stones music had been "exclusive" to the Rhapsody online music service. At last!

Maya sales are strong on X

Alias/Wavefront has reported that 25 percent of all commercial units of Maya are now sold for the Mac OS X platform in North America and 20 percent globally. The company says this shows that Maya is the leading 3D animation software package on the Mac. (Sorce Maccentral)

Are you still waiting for your G5? Here is the reason...

G5 Super Cluster
According to Think Secret ,Virginia Tech University has ordered 1100 dual-2GHz G5 Macs in order to build a super cluster. Some cite Apple's decision to give this order a priority as reason for the delays in shipping to other customers .