Kensington MouseWorks Updated

MouseWorks for Mac OS X is a driver for Kensington input devices running under Mac OS X. It provides enhanced acceleration, scrolling support, and configurability for Kensington’s current USB and ADB mice and trackballs, plus one-touch access to favorite web pages and applications using the DirectLaunch(tm) buttons on Kensington’s Turbo Mouse Pro trackball. The MouseWorks pane in System Preferences provides easy access to all settings.

GraphicConverter 5.2 now available

An excellent all-purpose image editing program that can import a wide range of different graphic-based formats, edit the image, and export it out as various available file formats. The high-end editing tools are perfect for graphic manipulation as well as the ability to use Photoshop-compatible plug-ins. It offers batch-conversion capabilities, a slide show window, and more.

Giga Designs ships 1.5GHz upgrade for G4 Cube

Giga Designs is now shipping a 1.5GHz G4 processor upgrade card for Apple's Power Mac G4 Cube..that makes them no longer obsolete.

Feral releases XIII game demo

Feral Interactive has released a playable demo version of its new cel-shaded first person shooter action title based on the Unreal II game engine. In XIII, you wake up alone on a beach without any memory of what has transpired and the roman numeral XIII on your chest. You're soon drawn into a plot that implicates you as responsible for the assassination of the American President. System requirements call for Mac OS X v10.2.3 or later, G3/700MHz or faster processor, 256MB RAM, 3D graphics card with at least 32MB VRAM. The demo weighs in at 91MB

ChatBarrier X3 brings encryption to iChat

Macintosh security software developer Intego on Thursday released ChatBarrier, a new tool that encrypts text messages sent using Apple's iChat instant messaging software. ChatBarrier X3 uses 512-bit encryption to help protect iChat text messages from prying eyes -- useful for companies or individuals that use iChat to exchange sensitive information.

MacSoft to publish Rise of Nations this summer

Destineer subsidiary MacSoft on Thursday announced plans to publish a Mac conversion of the strategy game Rise of Nations this summer. It's been in development since February at the studios of Westlake Interactive. Great Game, don't miss it.

Aspyr: Shrek 2 for Mac hits stores in July

Aspyr Media Inc. on Thursday announced that its Mac conversion of Shrek 2 has gone gold master and will begin shipping on June 28, 2004. The company anticipates the game will show up on store shelves starting July 2.

U.S. House subcommittee approves spyware bill

A U.S. House subcommittee has approved a spyware bill that would allow fines up to US$3 million for collecting personal information, diverting browsers and delivering some pop-up advertisements to computer users without their consent.

TechTV Fans Mad as Hell

TechTV viewers aren't going to take the network's merger lying down, complaining long and loud across the Net about cancellations, the G4 invasion and botched cable deals...right here...right now....like the tech tv anthem use to say!

Apple reseller lawsuit update

Apple reseller lawsuit update

Thomas Armes, Co-founder of TellOnApple.org, told MacMinute that a new 4th amended complaint has recently been filed with the Superior Court for the County of Santa Clara, and is now available for download as a PDF.

Apple places 74th in BusinessWeek's Info Tech 100

In its current issue, BusinessWeek ranked Apple 74th in its Info Tech 100 report.

Napster aims to lure customers with free music player

Roxio's Napster said on Wednesday that it is now offering a free digital music player with a one-year subscription

GraphicConverter 5.2 now available

Lemke Software today released GraphicConverter 5.2, the latest version of its popular image editing application, as noted by MacUpdate.

Reuters: 'Apple shuns video iPod'

This will not be any great surprise to Mac users who follow Apple news on a regular basis, but Apple has no immediate plans to market a video iPod and analysts agree, reports Reuter

MacDesktops.net Relaunches

MUGnetwork, today, announced the relaunch of MacDesktops.net, their Desktop Image sharing community. The site had previously been offline due to software problems. With nearly 150 desktop images already, MacDesktops.net features instant desktop publishing, your image is viewable on the site as soon as you submit it.

Kano intros pocket-sized HD with up to 80GB storage

Kano Technologies announced on Tuesday the release of the SureFIRE800, a small external hard drive that, at .75 by 3.25 by 5.25 inches, is slightly bigger than Apple's iPod. The SureFIRE800 features up to 80GB of storage, FireWire 400/800 and USB 2.0 connectivity and a copy of Dantz Retrospect Express backup software. Pricing for the 20GB, 40GB, 60GB and 80GB models is US$249, $289, $339 and $399, respectively. System requirements call for Mac OS X v10.1.2, 16MB RAM (24MB recommended) and 100MB free hard drive space.

Accel-KKR completes acquisition of Alias

In April, Maya maker Alias first noted plans to break away from owner Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) and go independent. Alias has announced the completion of that plan in a deal worth US$57.5 million, executed with private equity firm Accel-KKR and the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. Alias' management, organization, services, support and product line won't change as a result of the new business structure

Game companies sue over game-copying software

Atari Inc., Electronic Arts Inc., and Vivendi Universal Games Inc. have sued 321 Studios LLC, the developer of a software utility that can be used to copy video games, for allegedly violating the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) said on Tuesday.

Aladdin offers Internet Cleanup 2.0 trial version

Aladdin Systems announced on Wednesday the immediate availability of an Internet Cleanup 2.0 trial version. The Internet protection application deletes temporary Internet files, manages browser cookies, blocks suspicious data transmissions while Web surfing, cleans up e-mail attachments and instant messaging logs and more. The trial version, which you can download from Aladdin's Web site, lasts for 15 days before you must supply a registration number. Very usefull app. that you must try now.
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Adobe posts After Effects 6.5 Pro tryout

Adobe has posted a tryout of its After Effects 6.5 Professional application, a tool aimed at digital video effects artists. The demo offers all the features found in the full version of After Effects 6.5 Professional, except MPEG-2 encoding, Adobe fonts and bundled third-party applications. It will expire 30 days after it is first launched, however. System requirements call for Mac OS X v10.3.2, a PowerPC processor (G5 recommended), 128MB RAM (256MB recommended) and 150MB hard drive space.

Akamai says attack targeted specific customers

One day after an apparent attack on its systems slowed access to leading Web sites such as yahoo.com, google.com and microsoft.com, distributed computing company Akamai Technologies Inc. said that it was the victim of a sophisticated, large-scale attack aimed at specific customer Web sites.

Seagate announces new consumer hard drives

Seagate Technology today announced it has expanded its line of personal computing hard drives, unveiling new internal and external hard drives with 400GB capacities, a new small footprint portable external hard drive with up to 100GB capacity, and what they say is "the world's first pocket external hard drive

Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition Surpasses Five Million Active Users

 Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that more than five million consumers worldwide are using Photoshop(R) Album 2.0 Starter Edition software, just six months after launch. With Photoshop Album Starter Edition software, consumers can easily share their digital memories with loved ones via e-mail, printing at home or through one of Adobe's online service partners; fix common photography problems such as red-eye; and organize them for quick retrieval and viewing. Starter Edition software is a free version of the award-winning Photoshop Album 2.0, offering essential functions found in the Windows(R) based, digital camera companion software for consumers.

“With more than 5 million active Starter Edition users, it is clear that we are filling the void that currently exists for digital camera owners," said Bryan Lamkin, senior vice president of digital imaging and digital video products at Adobe. "Starter Edition is proving to be leaps ahead of the free software that comes with digital cameras, delivering legendary Photoshop quality and making it simple for people to share photos with friends and family. We have offered it as part of the Adobe Reader(R) download and found that people are actively selecting and using it as part of their digital memory-keeping experience."
Photoshop Album Starter Edition lets digital photography enthusiasts store an unlimited number of photos. Consumers also can easily upgrade to the full version of Photoshop Album 2.0 which offers unique tools for better organization of photos, a popular Calendar View that helps track when the photo was taken, and the ability to instantly fix multiple photos at once with just a few clicks. Creative sharing options also are greatly expanded with the full version of Photoshop Album 2.0 software. In just a few simple steps, consumers can print beautifully bound photo books, calendars and greeting cards; create slideshows complete with their favorite music; share and view their photos via cell phone, PDA and even TiVo; and preserve photos on CDs for a lifetime of enjoyment. Adobe offers a complete family of products to meet the varied needs of a diverse spectrum of digital photographers. With Photoshop Album Starter Edition and Photoshop Album 2.0 for consumers, Photoshop Elements 2.0 for hobbyists and Photoshop CS for the creative professional, Adobe provides solutions that help users at any stage in their digital imaging experience.

Adobe prez/CEO to deliver AeA keynote

Adobe President/CEO Bruce Chizen will deliver the keynote address at the American Electronics Association's (AeA) annual high-tech government dinner in Washing

Apple products among most popular at NAB

Apple products were among the most popular products and technologies on the NAB2004 show floor, according to a survey conducted by New York-based Weinstock Media Analysis on the NAB2004 show floor, reports TV Technology

'Shrek 2' knocks 'nemo' from top animated film spot

In just three weeks, "Shrek 2" has become the biggest animated film ever, topping Pixar's "Finding Nemo."

Jobs wary of high-definition DVD burners

At a recent private meeting with Hollywood executives, Apple and Pixar CEO Steve Jobs argued that studios should not license their movies for use in the upcoming high-definition DVD format until Hollywood is assured by the tech industry that the discs can not be copied by future DVD burners

Post.Office 3.6 & WEBmail 6 Two new mail packages for Mac OS X

Two new mail packages, Post.Office 3.6 and WEBmail 6, are now available from Tenon for Mac OS X. Both
Post.Office, the well-regarded mail server and list server widely used around the world, and WEBmail, a web-based mail client developed by EMUmail, have been significantly enhanced with feature updates.

Post.Office was recently extended with a plug-in architecture that makes it easy to incorporate open source tools, such as SpamAssassin (a spam detector). Now a new plug-in for virus scanning has been added. The virus scanning plug-in uses the latest ClamAV, the popular, muti-threaded virus scanner designed for mail attachment scanning, witha virus database that is updated biweekly.

WEBmail 6 is an easy-to-use web mail client that can be hand-tailored with your own logos, or even with your own look & feel. Like Post.Office, it supports both POP and IMAP and multiple domains. It can even be set up with multiple mail servers for failover support. And like Post.Office, it also includes SPAM filtering and SMTP Authentication (to ensure mail server open relay protection, while giving authorized users world-wide access to the mail server).

The new WEBmail 6 has an integrated web calendar that lets you share your calendar in a group environment to coordinate meetings. The built-in calendar security lets you endow certain users with permission to edit calendar events, while others have viewing privileges only. Users can have multiple calendars, so you can keep your personal
calendar private and have public calendars for your various organizations.

When Post.Office and WEBmail are used in conjunction with Tenon's iTools (an Apache, DNS, and FTP management tool), both products have additional features. iTools can generate graphical displays of the mail server traffic patterns and the web-based mail client will run many times faster by using FastCGI with iTools Apache 2.

Tenon sells Post.Office as a downloadable software package for installation on Mac OS X desktops or as a turnkey server on a Panther Xserve box. Post.Office is offered on a sliding scale, depending upon how many mailboxes and mailing lists are needed. A starter package is available, supporting 100 mailboxes and 10 lists. Mailboxes or lists can be purchased in blocks of 100 (and also special prices for educational). For thousands of mailboxes, a range of packages is available to cater to Universities, corporate enterprises, and ISPs. WEBmail 6 is available as add-on package. For 10 accounts or less, Post.Office is free!

Guitar Rig emulates amps and sound effects, with pedals

Germany-based music software developer Native Instruments on Monday began shipping Guitar Rig, a software application combined with a foot controller. First announced in March, Guitar Rig offers three tube amplifier emulations, 20 sound effects including delays, reverbs and EQs, and a "Cabinets and Mics" module that includes ten speaker types and five microphone types, each with four different positions. You can combine any amplifier or effect in any order or quantity.

Worm ready to wriggle into smart phones

The first phone-infecting worm is just for show, but antivirus experts say there are more to come.

Maxtor, Linksys to debut wireless external hard drive

The two want to make it easy to put hard drives on wireless networks, even at home or in small offices.

Yahoo to launch 100MB free e-mail

Prices are also falling and the storage limit jumping to 2GB for customers of the premium service.