::: bisonium.com :::

That's right boys and girls.  Virtual PC is no longer the only game in town for running Windows or Linux on your Mac.  I have written about VMware in previous posts and what we have all been waiting for is about to arrive.  VMware has announced a beta for their product on a Mac.  This is HUGE news for the Apple community.  Microsoft has not announced officially (that I am aware of) that they will be porting VPC to the Intel platform and that has a lot of people concerned to say the least.  Even we Mac folk need to run Windows from time to time, and now more than ever, we are starting to see more options like Parallels and VMware step up to the table.  I for one am excited about this and can't wait to check out VMware for the Mac.  I am really hoping it runs Vista once it ships from Redmond.  Don't miss out on the beta, go sign up ASAP!

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[ via Apple Insider ]

As part of its exhibition at National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) trade show this week in Aniheim, Calif., Apple Computer could be seen demonstrating a new version of its Logic music composition and production software designed to run natively on the first Intel Macs.

The company also said it is ahead of schedule developing the application and plans to release the software as Logic Pro 7.2 next month.

According to a report from Macworld, Logic’s performance seemed much faster running on the new Intel Macs than with PowerPC-based machines.

"The performance is stunning and has met my already high expectations," Dr. Gerhard Lengeling, Apple senior director and lead architect audio applications said.

The company was performing the Logic demos on a pre-production MacBook Pro laptop. During one demo, Apple’s Bob Hunt was reportedly running video, with thumbnails, music and a dozen or more high-end effects.

"None of these sessions would even run on a PowerBook," said Hunt, comparing the new Intel-based MacBook Pro to the PowerBook.

Logic's evolution to a Intel-native application won't be the only change users will notice, according to Macworld. Logic Pro 7.2 will also reportedly feature integrated support for the new Apogee Ensemble interface; Digidesign Pro Tools HD 7 DAE support; Serato Pitch ‘n Time support; Improved Rewire support; Enhanced Control Surfaces support; and 32-channel support for multi-channel Audio Units instruments.

The application also adds compatibility with GarageBand 3 through new support for playback of compressed files; a Ducking plug-in; a speech enhancement plug-in; and the same jingles and sounds effects found in GarageBand.

Owners of Logic 7.1 may upgrade to Logic 7.2 for Intel via a $49 crossgrade upgrade package Apple will begin offering in February.

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The updater to Version 3.3 of Camera Raw has been posted for free download on Adobe's Website, and includes support for a slew (that's right, a slew) of new cameras, including the Nikon D200, so Dave Moser can finally open his shots. ;-)

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The code warriors over at CocoaTech have this little app called Path Finder 4.  What an incredible app!  This is everything we have all wished for in our best buddy, the Finder.  Rather than go through all the features here, just visit their site for the details and reviews from other industry uber geeks.  All I can say is that this app is another must have.

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Enter BookIt.  Mark this as one of those must-have apps.  Sometimes you just come across a bit of code that is so simple, yet makes all the sense in the world.  One thing about using Safari on the Mac is the lack of a way to sort your bookmarks.  Let's say you want to sort them alphabetically, I have yet to figure out a way to do this without manually dragging and dropping each bookmark.  When you have 10,000+ links, that gets a bit tedious.  BookIt makes it as simple as a click of a button. 

So how about you web-heads like me who use multiple browsers for checking your work for compatibility across browsers.  You DO check your work right?  If not, that is a ripping session for another day.  I like having my bookmarks synchronized across all my browsers.  Again comes BookIt to the rescue.  It just doesn't get any easier than this.  Right now I have it checking all those links to see which are dead or moved.  Another great feature is the Dock and System Menu icon support.  I like having the little icon in the menu bar.  From there, I can go to any of my links in a snap.  Yet another kick-ass feature.  For $12, go grab it NOW.  You will thank me later.

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All you Mac fans, sit down and buckle your seat belts.  One of the most wanted apps on the Mac is Google Earth and it's release for the Mac is imminent.  As you can see from the screen grab, it is VERY real and VERY slick.  This is going to make a HUGE impact on the way we use our computers folks.  I can already see this becoming an indispensable tool.  For being a beta, it is extremely stable and the graphics are simply unbelievable.  This is absolutely smoking fast on my PowerMac G5 Dual 2.5 with the Ultra 6800 video card.  I hear the performance is excellent even on a Powerbook, which I haven't tested as of yet.  Make no bones about it, this is one app you will definitely want to grab when it's released to the public.

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[ via TUAW ]

Adobe offers Adobe-Macromedia software bundles:

Hot on the heels of completing its acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe is offering bundles of Adobe and Macromedia software. The first two bundles, the Adobe Design Bundle and the Adobe Web Bundle, contain the latest releases of software from Adobe and Macromedia. These are just the original products, with no additional cross-product integration. The Design Bundle includes Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium (Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2, InDesign CS2, GoLive CS2, Acrobat 7.0 Professional, Version Cue CS2, and Bridge) along with Macromedia Flash Professional 8. The Web Bundle also includes Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium, along with Macromedia Studio 8 (Dreamweaver 8, Flash Professional 8, Fireworks 8, Contribute 3, and FlashPaper 2). A third software bundle, Adobe Video Bundle, is expected to be released in early 2006. There's no word yet on what it will include.


Pricing is steep. Adobe Design Bundle sells for a cool $1599, and Adobe Web Bundle for $1899 at the Adobe Store. There are upgrades from earlier versions of Adobe or Macromedia software suites. If you own Adobe Creative Suite 1 Standard or Premium, you can upgrade to Adobe Design Bundle for $949. If you own Adobe Creative Suite 1 Standard or Premium or Macromedia Studio MX or MX 2004 you can upgrade to the Adobe Web Bundle for $899. Those of us who bought the latest versions of the software may be left out of the upgrade path. Adobe suggests that if you bought Adobe Creative Suite 2 recently, you may be able to return it to the location from which you bought it and buy a bundle instead. There is no upgrade path from individual Adobe or Macromedia products to a bundle.


If you can get the education discount you're in a better position. Adobe's education price is $549 for the Design Bundle and $599 for the Web Bundle.

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This is pretty cool, especially for streaming your iTunes library to your PSP!

::: UPDATE :::

I was just looking at and playing with this software.  Overall pretty neat.  My main objective was to stream my music over the wireless network to my PSP.  I got everything to work fine, but there is 1 small oversight which can be easily fixed.  When clicking on a song in the PSP browser, it wants to SAVE the file to my memory stick.  That defeats the point of doing this.  With the new 2.6 firmware release on the PSP, they have incorporated RSS (sort of) into the mix.  The so called RSS is really just a way to STREAM audio to the PSP via an RSS feed.  In this particular case, that would work great!  If these guys could incorporate RSS feeds into the next release, they would be officially kicking butt in the PSP community. 

[ via TUAW ]

Try Dot-Tunes free during December:

Dot-Tunes is an iTunes web server that makes sharing your music across a network, local or the web, nice and easy (we first took a brief look at Dot Tunes in October).  It looks pretty nice, and this may be just the time to try it out. The folks at DotPod have announced that you can use Dot-Tunes without the ten track demo restriction or the ten minute time limit for the next few weeks.

Here's the catch: To activate the extended demo, you must register with a server tracker. This will allow you to see other servers out there in the ether, as well as be seen by them. All of this is to encourage you to register before January of 2007, when Dot-Tunes will experience a price increase. Get it while you can.

[Via MacMegasite]

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If you haven't already heard, Firefox 1.5 is officially out.  Get it while it's hot.  For you G5 owners, here's a special treat just for you...

[ via BeatnikPad ]

G5-optimized Firefox 1.5 released:

It’s been a long time coming, but Firefox 1.5 is finally rocking the house and making nerds salivate into their indie beards with delight.

The official changelog includes such top ten hits as:

• Automated update to streamline product upgrades.
• Faster browser navigation with improvements to back and forward button performance.
• Drag and drop reordering for browser tabs.
• Improvements to popup blocking.
• Clear Private Data feature provides an easy way to quickly remove personal data through a menu item or keyboard shortcut.
• Answers.com is added to the search engine list.
• Improvements to product usability including descriptive error pages, redesigned options menu, RSS discovery, and “Safe Mode” experience.
• Better accessibility including support for DHTML accessibility and various assistive technologies.
• Report a broken Web site wizard to report Web sites that are not working in Firefox.
• Better support for Mac OS X (10.2 and greater) including profile migration from Safari and Mac Internet Explorer.
• New support for Web Standards including SVG, CSS 2 and CSS 3, and JavaScript 1.6.

And everyone’s favourite tune, “many security enhancements”. If you want to bask in some hardcore changelog goodness, check out the “comprehensive changelog” for the dirty details.

As usual, there is now a G5-optimized build for your browsing pleasure:

» Download the G5-optimized Firefox 1.5 release
» Alternate download location

With this fairly major upgrade, most extensions will need to be updated. I have tweaked a bunch of the extensions I use to work with the new version, but I haven’t had time to update that post, so you might want to check out the official Mozilla update site first.

Enjoy, folks, and don’t forget to clean those indie beards before you go out in public.

Neil (feeling tired, giddy, and more than a little bit strange.)

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BeatnikPad has released their G5 optimized build of Firefox.  Grab the new build while it's hot!  New fixes include:

• Fix for a potential buffer overflow vulnerability when loading a hostname with all soft-hyphens
• Fix to prevent URLs passed from external programs from being parsed by the shell (Linux only)
• Fix to prevent a crash when loading a Proxy Auto-Config (PAC) script that uses an "eval" statement
• Fix to restore InstallTrigger.getVersion() for Extension authors
• Other stability and security fixes

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[via MacMinute ]

Delicious Monster announces Backup 3 'QuickPick' plugin:

Delicious Monster Software today has announced the Delicious Library Backup "QuickPick" plugin, a free tool for Backup 3 users to easily back up their Delicious Library database and preferences with one checkbox...

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The latest version of Toast has just made it easier to rip, errr....BACK UP, your DVD's. ;-)  Overall a solid looking upgrade so far. 

[ via Macsimum News ]

Toast 7 to allow one-step DivX disc creation, more:

Roxio has announced Toast 7, the latest version of its Mac CD and DVD burning suite. The update—which include multi-image high definition slideshows with pan and zoom effects, transitions and background soundtracks, audio DVDs with over 50 hours of Dolby music and data spanning—will be available direct from Roxio starting... [ read more ]

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It was just a matter of time before someone created this. Thanks to RB Software, here is a handy GUI (Graphical User Interface) for the iTunes Chapter Tool used when creating podcasts for the iTMS. The tool includes the Chapter Tool, no need to go download it seperately. Enjoy!

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Nice find!

[ via TUAW ]

Blender:

If you're interested in getting into 3D high end graphics, but the nosebleed prices of the software out there keeps getting in your way, why not go free with Blender? Blender is "the open source software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback. . . . Available for Windows, Linux, Irix, Sun Solaris, FreeBSD or Mac OS X under the GNU Public License."

There was a new version released today, and there are flavors available for OS X 10.2, 10.3, and 10.4. Head over to the downloads page and grab your copy. Post links to your Blender-created stuff in the comments and we'll check it out. If you feel like supporting this open source project, you can invest in the 800 page manual.

Did I mention that it is free?

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Marketcircle today announced the release of Billings 1.0, a new application designed for the professional who tracks and bills detailed time. As a designer, I have been in search of a decent application that integrates everything that Marketcircle's Daylite has with a decent billing solution. By golly, I think they've done it!!! If this works even half as well as I think it will, these guys are going to have the industry on lock-down for the best all-around business management solution EVER (on a mac). Rock on Marketcircle!!!

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If you listen to some of the more popular podcasts like Adam Curry's "Daily Source Code", then you no doubt have heard the rants and raves about Skype - the next generation phone company. I have so far resisted the VoIP craze due to the technical limitations of what would make VoIP feasible for my needs. But I must admit, the constant jabbering about Skype has tweaked my curiosity to the point of having to finally install the damn thing.

So far, it looks like a pretty slick service. I have literally just installed it and have yet to make a call using the service, but something tells me this is going to be cool....WAY cool. I gave up on using MSN IM a long time ago since 98% of my friends use AIM. The other deciding factor was that I didn't want to be running a million IM clients and quite honestly, nothing matched the convenience and integration of iChat on my Mac.

I can probably say that I am about to make an exception to my rule. Skype not only allows you to call other Skype users, but via their optional (and incredibly inexpensive options), you can have an inbound phone # (up to 3) in the area code of your choice (though limited at the moment), as well as call outbound to any land line phone number. This has GOT to be driving the telco's insane. The one thing I see missing at the moment is toll-free options for phone #'s. I am sure that will come with time.

In addition to the insane pricing and options you get with Skype, you can also have a multi-party conference and can chat with other users just as you can with iChat. Another killer feature is the ability to send LARGE file xfers to your buddies without the connection crapping out as it does so many times through AIM. This gives a whole new meaning to P2P file sharing if you get my drift.

Overall, the benefits far outweigh any negative comments I have heard so far. As with any new technologies, there are going to be hiccups along the road to success. Even the almighty Apple Computer didn't get it right with the GM version of Tiger. It still has quite a few gremlins, especially in iChat AV with the video quality during multi-party video chats. I am sure that this service is going to get better by the minute over the coming year. I won't be able to give it 2 thumbs up until I have had a chance to really play with it, but I think we have a winner. If you want to test it out, give me a ring...you can find me under Frank Bisono (frankbisono) on the Skype user listings.

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Big news for the day os Apple's new line of Pro Apps. Some big announcements were made today at NAB. Highlights include:

Final Cut Pro Studio Suite:

Apple's new Pro Studio Suite includes updates toFinal Cut Pro 5, Soundtrack Pro, Motion 2, and DVD Studio Pro 4.

Final Cut Pro 5 features include:

�Ģ Real-time, native HDV editing
�Ģ Multicamera editing
�Ģ Dynamic RT

Soundtrack Pro features include:

�Ģ Waveform editor with Action layers
�Ģ Intelligent Find-and-Fix
�Ģ Over 50 effect plug-ins and Audio Unit support

Motion 2 features include:

�Ģ GPU-Accelerated 32-bit float rendering
�Ģ Replicator for animating waves of repeating graphics or movies along user-defined grids.
�Ģ FxPlug, which ushers in a new breed of third-party filter effects using full 32-bit processing.

DVD Studio Pro 4 features include:

�Ģ HD DVD
�Ģ Distributed encoding
�Ģ Dolby Digital Professional encoder

Final Cut Studio will be available in May for $1,299. Registered users from any previous version of Final Cut Pro can upgrade for $699, while Production Suite customers can upgrade for $499. Final Cut Pro 5 ($999), Soundtrack Pro ($299), Motion 2 ($299) and DVD Studio Pro 4 ($499) will also be sold separately.

Also announced at NAB today was Shake 4.

"Shake 4 is the only compositing software with a complete toolset for both single artists and visual effects facilities. With 3D multi-plane compositing, 32-bit Keylight and Primatte keying, cutting edge Optical Flow image processing, Final Cut Pro 5 integration and an open, extensible scripting language, Shake 4 delivers all the tools required for sophisticated film and television visual effects."

Shake 4 for Mac OS X with unlimited render licenses will be available in June for $2,999. The cross-platform (Mac and Linux) version of Shake 4 will be available for $4,999. The Shake 4 upgrade is $999.

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Yesterday Adobe and Six Apart announced that GoLive would have built-in support for creating and editing the templates used in Movable Type. This is some really interesting news for anyone that is running a MT blog (such as this one). We have been asking Six Apart for an easier way to edit and design MT templates for quite some time, and it looks like they were listening. My only question is if they will also offer this support in Dreamweaver anytime soon. For now, this is a great step in the right direction. Thanks Six Apart!

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[via MacMerc.com]

InCopy CS2 and GoLive CS2 round out Adobe's big announcements of the day:

Adobe announced today Adobe GoLive CS2, a powerful authoring tool for Web and mobile content, and Adobe InCopy CS2, a professional writing and editing program that integrates tightly with Adobe InDesign CS2.

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[via MacMerc.com]

Look out Quark, here comes Adobe InDesign CS2:

Adobe announced today the latest version of its layout and design program, Adobe InDesign CS2. This new version improves the speed and efficiency of designers in a variety of workflows from text-intensive book, magazine, and newspaper production to high-end XML-based cross-media workflows. Designers can increase productivity and create more consistent designs by saving graphic, text, and frame-level attributes as Object Styles, which are easy to apply and globally update. Exporting objects with the new InDesign snippets features enables users to easily share or repurpose live InDesign content and layouts from part of a page.

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[via MacMerc.com]

Adobe Illustrator CS2 announced:

As part of a barrage of announcements detailing the full Creative Suite, Adobe presents Illustrator CS2. Illustrator CS2 adds features such as Live Trace and Live Paint, an enhanced user interface and expanded support for a variety of file formats, including Scalable Vector Graphics Tiny (SVG-t) for output to mobile platforms.

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As predicted in my previous post... [via MacMerc.com]

Adobe debuts Photoshop CS2 as part of the Adobe Creative Suite 2:

Adobe today announced Adobe Photoshop CS2, the long awaited upgrade to the professional industry standard for digital image editing and creation. As before, Photoshop CS2 will be available as a stand-alone application or as a key component of Adobe Creative Suite 2, also announced today.

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Migo: keep your desktop on your iPod:

PowerHouse Technologies Group has announced that their Migo software is now available for iPods, at least the ones that work with PCs.  Migo allows people to bring their personalized computer setting anywhere their iPod is.  Migo software stores email, calendar, and contact information from Outlook, as well as IE bookmarks and history.  It also stores personal documents in the same document structure you have on your personal computer.  What’s more, it lets you bring your desktop wallpaper with you werever you go…or me go…or Migo.  Ahem.  They way it works is thus: plug the Migo-equipped iPod into a foreign computer and it transforms into your own - your desktop pattern, email, contacts, and files are all there just like home.  Pull up Internet Explorer, and your bookmarks and history are all ready to go.  For security purposes, the folks at PowerHouse say that nothing will be left behind, including passwords and cookies, on the host computer.  The software sells for $99, and it’s also available in a USB flash-key configuration if you don’t have an iPod.

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Patchburn 3 now available:

Makes unsupported DVD writers behave

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Electric Rain Announces Mac OS X Version of Swift 3D Xpress:

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Microsoft releases Virtual PC 7 with Windows XP Pro:

Microsoft today announced the immediately availability of Virtual PC 7 with Windows XP Professional ...

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iGlasses For Your iSight:

Ecamm Network announces new iGlasses software for Mac OS X. iGlasses provides total control over your iSight video settings from within iChat AV. Choose from settings such as "Enhanced", "Extra Bright" and even conference in near darkness with "Night Vision".

As an added bonus, the software also activates the iSight on G3 computers which fall below Apple's minimum system requirement of 600 MHz.

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MOTU releases Digital Performer 4.5 with beat engine:

MOTU has released Digital Performer 4.5, an update to the company's integrated MIDI and audio sequen...

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Introducing Two New Jam Packs:

Apple introduces two new Jam Packs for its GarageBand music creation software, giving musicians and aspiring musicians more Apple Loops and software instruments to create music. Jam Pack 2: Remix Tools makes it easy to produce compelling dance, hip-hop and electronica tracks, while Jam Pack 3: Rhythm Section offers songwriters a complete backing band for their rock, alternative and country music. [Sep 29]

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Apple Debuts Logic Express 7:

Logic Express 7, a streamlined version of Logic, provides a basic set of professional tools for students, educators and advanced hobbyists at an affordable price. [Sep 29]

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Apple Unveils Logic Pro 7:

Logic Pro 7, the next major release of the award-winning professional music creation and audio production software, will change the way musicians and audio engineers worldwide compose, record, edit and mix music in any studio environment. In addition to more than 100 workflow enhancements, breakthrough new software instruments, new mastering plug-ins and support for Apple Loops, Logic Pro 7 also debuts distributed audio processing, a revolutionary technology which allows audio pros to tap into a virtually unlimited number of Macs to expand available Digital Signal Processing (DSP) power. [Sep 29]

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Adobe Updates Photoshop CS Plug-In; Supports Added Cameras:

Adobe Systems announced Monday an update to the Camera Raw Plug-in that adds raw file support for more...

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PolyRingtone Converter 1.0.0:

About PolyRingtone Converter
Used to create SP_Midi compatible files, as used for ringtones in modern mobile phones, from standard Midi files which are freely available on the Web. Why pay for Polyphonic ringtones when you can produce your own in minutes.

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Luxology ships advanced 'modo' modeling application

Luxology is now shipping modo, its advanced subdivision surface and polygonal modeling platform. mod...
[MacNN]

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StuffIt Deluxe 9 FTPs to iDisk, more

Allume Systems Inc., formerly known as Aladdin Systems, announced on Monday the release of StuffIt Deluxe 9.0, the latest version of the company's software for compressing and archiving files. This upgrade takes advantage of the new Power Mac G5's dual-processor capabilities and integrates into Mac OS X's Finder, enabling you to save archives directly to CDs or DVDs as well as to FTP servers, including the iDisk storage that comes with a .Mac account.
[MacCentral]

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ADmitMac 2.0

About ADmitMac
Allows Macintosh users running Mac OS X 10.2.x, Jaguar, or Mac OS X 10.3, Panther, to participate in Microsoft networks taking advantage of the directory services provided by Active Directory, NT and Apple’s Workgroup Manager Directory Services. Administrators can manage their domain users in a consistent way without regard to what kind of computer they use. ADmitMac lets users log into a Macintosh with their domain credentials and then have access to files in their home directory.



ADmitMac is tailored for multi-user, multi-computer scenarios with administrator defined network security. It supports the highest level of security and does not require the downgrading of security when using Windows Server 2003. Kerberos is used to provide secure directory access, thus reducing the risk of unwanted disclosure, spoofing, and man-in-the middle attacks. Many more features.
[Mac OS X Downloads]

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Slipy 1.3 - Create DVD disk images from existing OSX CD set.

[MacUpdate - Mac OS X]

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Unreal Tournament 2004 3323

Genre: Action

About Unreal Tournament 2004
Multiplayer first person shooter that combines the kill-or-be-killed experience of gladiatorial combat with cutting-edge technology. Ten game modes - both team-based and “every man for himself” — provide even the most hardcore gamer with palm-sweating challenges through unbelievably detailed indoor arenas and vast outdoor environments. As the ultimate techno-gladiator of the future, players will take their fates into their hands, battling against up to 32 other players online in action-packed, frag-filled arenas.



Game Demo 3120.1

Download from MacGameFiles (200MB)



Feature: Unreal Tournament 2004: Taking Fragging to New Heights



Additional Resources

- UT 2004 Community Bonus Pack 2 Volume 1: 21 maps, 4 new character models and a new mutator, SpiderSteroids.

- UT 2004 Community Bonus Pack 2 Volume 2: 20 maps, 4 new characters and two new mutators.

- Red Orchestra: MOD puts you on the front lines of the Eastern conflict of World War II.

- Air Buccaneers: Hot air balloons, cannons, airmines and various other pseudo ancient gadgets.

- UnWheel: A driving MOD.

- Lawdogs: Take on the role of a marshal or an outlaw in this MOD.

- Alien Swarm: An overhead view tactical squad-based shooter MOD.

- CarBall: Play soccer with vehicles in the MOD.

- Domain 2049: A tactical, team based MOD, set in the year 2049 in a totalitarian world.

- Mac OS X GUI “CTF Standard” Benchmark v3: A benchmarking tool for UT2004.

- DropInstaller2K4: “drag-and-drop” installer for all types of UT 2004 files.

- Santaduck Toolpak: Admin utilities for UT2004.

- UTModLauncher: Easily launch total-conversion mods.

- Frag.Ops full mod: A whole new game for Unreal 2004.
[Mac OS X Hot Downloads]

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Traktor DJ Studio 2.6 announced

Native instruments on Monday announced Traktor DJ Studio 2.6, an upgraded version of their professional DJ studio. The new release integrates full support for Stanton Magnetics' vinyl-controlled DJ system, FinalScratch 2. Previously, FinalScratch was only supported in a special Traktor FS release. Also new to this release is live broadcasting on the Internet via integrated Icecast support, live audio input with on-the-fly audio recording, a revised filter section, support for WMA and non-protected AAC audio files, the ability to maintain a special "favorites" section where up to a dozen folders or playlists can be stored and a new "history function" that provides details on recently played tracks. Traktor DJ Studio 2.6 is coming this November, and will be a free upgrade for registered Traktor DJ Studio 2.5 users. The full Traktor DJ Studio 2.5 package costs US$229.
[MacCentral]

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Atari To Reissue 85 Classic Titles For Xbox And PlayStation 2

Late yesterday Atari announced Atari Anthology, a collection of 85 classic arcade games to be reissued for Xbox and PlayStation 2 consoles. Scheduled to be on shelves in November the "boxed set" will sell for $19.99. “An entire generation of Atari 2600 and classic arcade game fans have been clamoring for a chance to relive that addictive fun, and now they finally can with ATARI ANTHOLOGY,” said Nancy MacIntyre, Vice President of Marketing for Atari’s Beverly Studio. The collection will include 18 arcades games such as Asteroids®, Battlezone®, Missile Command®, and Pong®; 62 Atari 2600 games including Gravitar®, Millipede® and Super Breakout® and five bonus titles, such as Off the Wall™, Blackjack™, Desert Falcon™, Steeplechase™ and Sprintmaster™.
[MacSlash]

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OpenOSX Office 1.5 now available

OpenOSX today announced the availability of Office 1.5 for Mac OS X 10.3, a solution for configuring, installing and utilizing the open source GNOME Office software...
[MacMinute]

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Sources provide Microsoft Virtual PC 7.0 screenshots

With Microsoft's release of Virtual PC 7.0 to manufacturing this week, several sources close to the...
[AppleInsider]

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Adobe Photoshop G5 Processor Plug-in 7.0.1 (installer update) [AccelerateYourMac News Headlines]

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After several months of delay, Microsoft is preparing to release a new version of its Virtual PC Win... [AppleInsider]

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frankk74 writes "For those of you interested in Historical Computing and the Apollo manned spaceflights Ron Burkey has created a open source emulation of the Apollo Guidance Computer called vAGC. I use it as my desktop clock of choice. Note it only keeps mission time so after 24 hours you have reset the time :-). P.S. Another cool Apollo toy free and payware can be found here." [Slashdot]

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First Modo, now Silo......AWESOME!

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Developer Nevercenter Ltd. announced on Monday that the Mac OS X version of its 3D modeling software Silo is now available. Currently at version 1.2, Silo features a variety of tools, including real-time subdivision surface modeling, polygon-editing capabilities, the ability to build shapes with such techniques as box modeling, polygon-by-polygon modeling and Boolean operations, integrated rendering support and more. In addition, Silo offers support for export in .rib and .pov file formats and its interface can be customized to accommodate individual workflows. [MacCentral]

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WOOOHOOOO!!!!! Finally a decent OS X Logbook!

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About LogTen
Simple. Fast. Powerful. A professional logbook solution for pilots of all experience levels. Whether you are an Airline Captain logging a thousand hours a year, or a student pilot just taking your first flight, LogTen will provide you with the tools to make your time work for you.

Wondering if you’re still current in Aspen, Colorado? Need to know how many multi-engine approaches you shot in Alaska last year? Anything you need to know about your pilot time is quick and easy with LogTen.

Built for Mac OS X. Quickly add, edit, search, sort, and view your flight information with familiar Mac OS X user interface controls.

All the details... While the streamlined interface of the main LogTen window allows for quick access to your data, the details are all available in the Inspector.

Powerful Reporting and Printing. Create full reports with the touch of a button. Select from default styles, or build your own completely customizable templates using HTML.
- Many more features. [Mac OS X Downloads]

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Native Instruments today announced that a User Library for Absynth 2 is now online... [MacMinute]

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Information Appliance Associates today announces the release of PocketMac Blackberry Edition, the first tool to sync Mac users' data with RIM BlackBerry handhelds... [MacMinute]

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The first external beta version of Skype Technologies' free voice over IP (VoIP) software for Mac OS... [AppleInsider]

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Netscape 7.2 is the latest version of the next-generation Web browser, mail, and IM application... [MacMinute]

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Macromedia today starting shipping Contribute 3, its software for letting everyone in an organizatio... [MacNN]

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Ohhh man, I sure hope this thing works! I am just OVER all this spam lately.

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JunkMatcher 1.19 - A cocktail-styled spam filter add-on for Mail.app. [MacUpdate - Mac OS X]

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Salling Software today released Salling's Remote Basics 1.0, a set of free remote controls for popular Mac applications that work with Sony Ericsson's K700 and upcoming S700 models... [MacMinute]

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Talking Panda sets a new standard for language translation software. Designed for the iPod, it’s stocked with over three hundred essential words and phrases of the language you want to speak, organized for instant access. Download and install the program right now and begin your adventure abroad. Virtual fluency available in French, Spanish, and Japanese for $10 per language.

Conventional phrase books and dictionaries can’t teach you pronunciation. But with Talking Panda you can replay... [MacDailyNews]

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Apple Computer, Inc. is close to releasing its "Motion" real-time motion graphics application, whi... [AppleInsider]

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Ronin no Sakurakai Softronics has released youPod, an iPod utility that enables you to download your Address Book, iCal appointments, Web browser bookmarks and Keychain onto your iPod and take them with you. When you sit down at another Mac, run youPod from your iPod and it will add a menu that allows you to select the information you've taken from your computer. youPod also features a SafeKeeping option that backs up your ISP settings and other custom information to your iPod in case your Mac goes down while working. It requires Mac OS X v10.3 and will run as a feature-limited demo until you purchase a US$14.99 registration key. [MacCentral]

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The newest release of Salling Clicker lets you check your NetNewsWire news. It works by talking to NetNewsWire via AppleScript (though you don’t have to know that to use it).

In a related vein, Alex King posted a script that creates a new task in Tasks by scripting NetNewsWire, Camino, or Safari.

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You Software has released an update to its file synchronization tool You Synchronize. Version 2.1, which is a free upgrade for current users, adds the ability to sync your Mac to an iDisk, improves support for synchronizing to remote and removable volumes, as well as external storage devices, and offers bug fixes and speed enhancements. New users can expect to pay US$39.95, with a $10 mail-in rebate available until July 31. System requirements call for Mac OS X v10.2.6 or higher, 10MB free hard drive space and a .Mac subscription if you want to sync your computer to an iDisk. [MacCentral]

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Deep Prose Software announced on Monday the release of Booxter 1.5, a new version of the company's book collection management application that adds the ability to scan in barcodes with an iSight or any other FireWire video camera. In addition, the upgrade adds the ability to create custom database layouts and switch between them and features several bug fixes and performance enhancements. This is a free update for existing users; new ones can download the software and enter up to 30 books before they have to pay the US$14.99 license fee. [MacCentral]

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Apple has released a preview of its Rendezvous for Windows 2000/XP, which allows applications/device... [MacNN]

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Sun Microsystems has released Sun Java Studio, a visual development environment and the company's first product to be released under a new subscription model as part of the Sun Developer Network program... [MacMinute]

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Karelia Software has announced that it is selling the technology behind its popular Watson utility t... [MacNN]

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Let the Whoop ASS begin....

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Aquaduct 2.0b2 - Xbox tunneling network app for OSX. [MacUpdate - Mac OS X]

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Sorenson Media today announced Sorenson Squeeze 4, a new line of video compression applications for digital video professionals and enthusiasts... [MacMinute]

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It's about time someone came out with this!!! WooHoo!

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SyncAgain is software for making Macintosh computers and BlackBerry Handhelds talk to each other. SyncAgain is a practical tool that: synchronizes contacts, events and to-dos, operates wirelessly, syncs your BlackBerry™ Handheld on-the-road, enables installation of applications on your BlackBerry Handheld and can be installed and operated in an all-Mac shop. [Maccentric.com]

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Roxio Inc. announced on Tuesday that they will add DVD Double Layer compatibility to their Toast 6 Titanium and Toast with Jam 6 applications. A free upgrade for registered users will be available for download from the Roxio Web site in June. The update will enable users to burn 8.5GB of data, instead of the typical 4.7GB, on a single DVD+R Double Layer (DL) disc. [MacCentral]

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As previously reported on MacSlash, a PowerPC Architecture Emulator was released by the name of Pear 0.1 that allows Windows and Linux users to run PowerPC based operating systems...like Mac OS X 10.3.

The version number designation of 0.1 and the caption under the bottom screenshot (I've no idea about how they managed what you see, so don't bug me about it.) lead me to believe that there still may be some significant hurdles to overcome before PC users will truly be experiencing the joy of X. [MacMerc]

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Wondering how much life is left in your PowerBook or iBook's battery? Rayner Software has an answer to that question: iBatt. The new Mac OS X utility monitors your battery's performance and provides comprehensive information about its capacity, charge, voltage and current state, complete with the ability to view the data in a graph that shows trends over time periods as short as ten minutes or as long as one month. iBatt also assigns your battery a letter grade from A to F and lets you know if you should replace it soon. [MacCentral]

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Mac software developer Panic has released Stattoo, a new utility that "tattoos" digital statistics onto your desktop. Stattoo's "capsules" that provide the are designed to blend into your desktop background on their own Dock, revealable using Exposé's Show Desktop function or using a separate function key. [MacCentral]

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Microsoft's Mac Business Unit (Mac BU) today announced that it plans to ship Office 2004 by the third week of May... [MacMinute]

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Panther's Fast User Switching is a great feature, but it's flawed by a glaringly bad UI design: the menu displays your long user name, taking up a huge amount of valuable right-hand-side menu bar real estate. Enter WinSwitch,... [Mac OS X Hints]

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playfair is a tool for Mac OS X that strips the digital rights management protection from tracks pur... [MacNN]

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Destineer subsidiary MacSoft on Monday announced that it is shipping the Mac version of Unreal Tournament 2004. The news comes less than two weeks after the PC version of Epic Games' hotly anticipated first person shooter was released. MacSoft said that U.S. retail stores should see copies by the end of the week. European retailers can expect to have their copies in stock within two weeks. [MacCentral]

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MacTheRipper is a DVD extractor for MacOS X. It removes CSS encryption, Macrovision protection, sets the disc’s region to ‘0’ for region-free, and has the ability to disable RCE region checking. It does not depend on the drive to retrieve the keys to unlock the DVD, so therefore, it is unnecessary to play the DVD with DVD Player to unlock it, making it easier to backup DVDs from other regions. [Lockergnome’s Technology News]

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Pixar on Friday released a version of RenderMan, its Academy Award-winning rendering technology, for Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther)... [MacMinute]

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Very cool...I must now go check this out...

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Having just read about Quicksilver on What do I know? I did as I was bidden by Todd Dominey and ran to download it, but trying to keep my 'balanced view' head on.

Quite simply, I am absolutely stunned. If you have Panther, you need Quicksilver. Truly amazing.

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FileMaker Pro 7: Can You Say Paradigm Shift? (15-Mar-2004; 22K) [TidBITS]

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Microsoft Corp.'s Macintosh Business Unit (MacBU) on Tuesday unveiled several features from the upcoming release of Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac. Episode 1 of an ongoing series that will appear on Microsoft's site, the Flash demo introduces users to several features that have been previously announced and many more that are being shown for the first time today. [MacCentral]

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As the press release reads, "Velan Software announces today the release version 1.0 of Fast DVD Copy, the first software built for Mac OS X that allows users to make copies of DVD videos with just one click, combining ease of use and professional quality results."

If you've been following the news about 321 Studios DVD X Copy versus the DMCA you'll realize that this software will come under fire any second now.

Like Pixels? Check out MacDesign [MacMerc]

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OhhhhhBOY....I can see some real good uses for this already.... :-P

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Zanka Software today released Wired, an open, modern and free version of the BBS-style client/server... [MacNN]

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FileMaker today announced the immediate availability of FileMaker Pro 7, which the company says is "the most significant new version of FileMaker Pro ever, with breakthroughs in ease-of-use, customizability and developer productivity."... [MacMinute]

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About New York City Screensaver
Whether you are currently living in New York or just want to relive your time there, this collection of 101 color and black & white photographs will offer you the opportunity to reminisce about one of the greatest cities on Earth. All images are either views of Manhattan or from Manhattan and include the New York Public Library at 5th Avenue, Grand Central Terminal, various skyline views, and a large dose of Central Park. [Mac OS X Downloads]

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The PowerMate is Griffin Technology Inc.'s stylish rotary controller for the Mac and PC. On Friday the company announced the release of a new version of the PowerMate's controller software for Mac OS X that offers 17 new customized settings, including settings for Apple's iLife 04 software suite and its music creation software GarageBand. [MacCentral]

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About freakin time we pilots got a real flight planning app on the Mac!

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Mac Flight Planner 1.2 - Flight planning application for real aviation. [MacUpdate - Mac OS X]

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There are various utilities that will periodically check your e-mail server for new messages, but none of them seem to do anything beyond what most mail clients already do - provide an indication of how many unread messages are in my Inbox. Therefore, I was skeptical when I saw Mail.appetizer listed on Versiontracker, thinking it was yet another program that simply displays a number in a red circle.

It's not. Mail.appetizer (donation-ware) "displays a transparent notification on top of your screen. It shows only sender, subject and the first plain-text lines of the message, so you can determine whether the message requires your immediate attention."

I find it an elegant way to see what messages have arrived without switching to Mail. Messages are previewed in a transparent window, displayed for a few seconds each so you can decide if you want to go to Mail immediately or wait until later.

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Webshots is a great service, and has worked on the Mac for a while thanks to a great app called SwapTop. SwapTop is not a 1st party app though. It does work very well however. Webshots has finally come out with a Mac version of Webshots Desktop. It is in beta, but it is nice to see a Mac version out for the public. After installing the beta I am asked if I want to delete SwapTop. I guess I have to do that to smoothly try out this beta. My dad says this beta crashes on him. I will wait to pass judgement. It is nice to have thumbnail views within the app (something that SwapTop does not have). Well that didn’t take long. Webshots crashes System Preferences when you select Webshots Slideshow in the Screen Saver prefs. It crashes it every time. I had no problems with SwapTop’s... [Breaking Windows]

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Genre: Action

About Halo: Combat Evolved
Join the battle. Live the epic adventure yourself. You are the last of your kind. Bred for combat, built for war. You will fight on foot, in vehicles, in the air and beneath the surface of a mysterious alien ring orbiting in the depths of space.

Recognized as one of the greatest achievements in video game entertainment, the Xbox version of Halo has already sold over 3 million units and continues to be a top seller. The Macintosh version adds 16-person online multiplayer, new vehicles, new weapons, new maps, customizable multiplayer games, the precision of playing with a mouse and keyboard and more.

Feature: Halo: Combat Evolved: Beyond Fragging [Mac OS X Downloads]

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At this week's NAMM 2004 show in Anaheim, Calif., Swedish music software maker Propellerhead Software offered up a new version of their software ReCycle, announced a new package aimed at students and educators, and also announced that their REX2 file format is open to third-party developers. [MacCentral]

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Today, the Weather tool in Watson was updated to 1.7.5.2 to catch up with a few changes on a few weather sites around the country.

Additionally, a new third-party tool, 'Astronomy', was released today by Wesley Ray Hall. It displays a library of the 'Astronomy Picture of the Day' along with facts about each picture. Download it from 'Install More Tools...' under the Watson menu.

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TunesAtWork lets you listen to your personal iTunes music collection while at your office or lab, even though your iTunes collection resides at home. [MacMegasite]

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Alsoft this week announced a Panther update to DiskWarrior 3.0, its Mac OS X tool for native directo... [MacNN]

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You Software today introduced You Synchronize, a file synchronization utility for Mac OS X that lets users to quickly, easily, accurately and safely synchronize files and folders across notebooks, desktops and servers... [MacMinute]

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You Software today introduced You Synchronize, a file synchronization utility for Mac OS X that lets users to quickly, easily, accurately and safely synchronize files and folders across notebooks, desktops and servers... [MacMinute]

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FireWire Depot has introduced the Diskology Disk Jockey FireWire/USB2 device, an inexpensive new hard disk copy and diagnostic tool that allows users to copy data between IDE hard disk drives at high-speed while maintaining all of the attributes of the original hard disk, including hidden folders, multiple partitions and operating system files... [MacMinute]

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Maxtor has announced a software update that allows its OneTouch FireWire external storage drive to become a boot drive on the Mac OS... [MacMinute]

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Apple announced a preview of Xgrid technology today.

Apple today previewed Xgrid, a computational clustering technology from Apple’s Advanced Computa... [MacRumors]

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Microsoft is announcing Microsoft Office 2004 for Macintosh. The new version includes many new Mac first features including a notetaker in Word and a new way to manage projects with Entourage. [Maccentric.com]

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Developer Mark/Space, Inc., which created the Missing Sync line of software applications, announced the latest addition to their product line: Missing Sync for hiptop, which uses Mac OS X's iSync to synchronize information between your Mac and a Danger hiptop handheld device. [MacCentral]

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Final Cut Express 2, based on Final Cut Pro 4 professional video editing software, delivers powerful new features in an affordable, easy-to-use package for video editors. Fine-tuned for Mac OS X Panther, Final Cut Express 2 features RT Extreme for real-time compositing and effects, an enhanced user interface, real-time color correction tools and enhanced audio editing capabilities. [Jan 6] [Apple Hot News]

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iLife ‘04, the next generation of Apple’s award-winning suite of digital lifestyle applications, introduces GarageBand, a revolutionary new music application that turns a Mac into a professional-quality musical instrument and recording studio, and features new versions of iPhoto, iMovie and iDVD, plus the recently-released iTunes 4.2. To compliment iLife ‘04, Jam Pack, an add-on package, can triple musical resources for Garageband. [Jan 6] [Apple Hot News]

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This is one of those kewl little apps that has people wonfering "How'd you do that?" Check it out: iChat Streaming Icon

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Apple has updated iTunes

to v4.2. "iTunes 4.2 allows you to sign in and buy music from the iTunes Music Store using either your AOL or Apple Account, view the iTunes Music Store in a separate window, and includes a number of performance improvements."

Like Pixels? Check out MacDesign [MacMerc]

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Griffin Technology has released the iTrip Station Finder which allows iTrip (and other FM transmitter) users to find open frequencies in their area. Version 2.0 includes updated frequencies for the US as well as support for 15 other countries world wide.

The iTrip Station Finder is a free download. [dotmac.info]

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Cocktail 3.3 is the latest version of the popular general purpose utility for Mac OS X that allows you to easily use advanced UNIX functions and gives access to hidden features... [MacMinute]

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iTunes CD Printer 1.0b4 - CD label printer for iTunes. [MacUpdate - Mac OS X]

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Swedish music software developers Propellerhead Software has announced ReCycle 2.1, a new version of their loop chopping tool. New to this release is Mac OS X support and much more. Propellerhead's Web site indicates that beta testing is now underway; the upgrade will be free for all registered ReCycle 2.0 users. [MacCentral]

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America's Army: Special Forces 2.0 is now available for the Mac, after a PC version was released ear... [MacNN]

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Those sounds you've been hearing are professional DVD developers popping champagne corks to celebrate the arrival of DVD Studio Pro 2.0, a major upgrade to Apple's high-end DVD-authoring software. [MacCentral]

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OpenOSX today released Gimp 2.0 Preview 1, an update to the company's photo-manipulation software... [MacMinute]

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MacNN reader Raymond Ocampo reports receipt of his MicroMat TechTool Pro 4.01 disk utility for Mac O... [MacNN]

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Adobe has released Acrobat 6.0.1 Standard and Acrobat 6.0.1 Professional... [MacMinute]

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Groupcal can take full advantage of the all the group calendaring features of Exchange directly from Apple iCal and let you view and share your calendar schedules quickly, easily, and transparently with your coworkers running Outlook. [Maccentric.com]

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A small software developer has created a program called MyTunes that lets iTunes for Windows users download song files from other people over a network... [MacMinute]

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Are you a outdoor explorer, adventure junkie, avid travelier of the country, or even spend your day building constructing towers in the outdoors. Until recently I have kept a windows based laptop sitting in my closit to use during my roadtrips and outdoor adventures.After the release of Mac OS X the macintosh community was left with out mapping software to use natively. For those macintosh users who depended on mapping software for there jobs or daily lives where forced to either stay off the band wagon or joing the devil in using Windows XP . Now things have changed. [MacMegasite]

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Macromedia has updated Macromedia Flash MX 2004 and Flash MX Professional 2004 to version 7.0.1, which includes performance and stability improvements as well as expanded documentation. [MacCentral]

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Monday's Mac Gadget - Secure Your Network (And Hack It) With MacAnalysis [The Mac Observer]

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I just found this neat program called [Kablog]which lets you create entries to your blog from your mobile phone! Sweeeet! I just sent this post from my Sony T616.....

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The Iconfactory has updated IconBuilder Pro, its professional icon creation filter, to version 4.1, which offers support for the new Photoshop CS and Mac OS X 10.3 ("Panther"). [MacCentral]

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Roxio Inc. has posted details about an update to Toast Titanium 6 to bring it up to version 6.0.3 (and if you're running 6 now, you should know that there was no 6.0.1 or 6.0.2 update). [MacCentral]

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Postfix Enabler can help you turn on OS X 10.3's built-in mail server with just one click. [Maccentric.com]

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A world of closed, proprietary [you can't repurpose] content in a 'new' brushed-steel skin [Insanely Great Mac]

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Photoshop Performance tests with 512KB to 8GB of RAM in PowerMac G5 [AccelerateYourMac News Headlines]

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Backup 2.0 Final was released by Apple on .Mac. A public beta of Backup 2.0 was originally released in early September.... [MacRumors.com Page 2]

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Corel Corp. on Wednesday announced the release of Corel Painter 8.1, an updated version of their painting software for Mac and Windows. The new version -- as well as an updated user guide -- is available for download from the Web site. The update measures about 9.59MB. [MacCentral]

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Sorenson Media today announced an update to the Mac version of the Sorenson Video 3.1 Pro video codec... [MacMinute]

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KavaSoft has announced iTunes Catalog 1.0, a US$10, Mac OS X compatible application for creating Web catalogs of your iTunes music library. [MacCentral]

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About FoldersSynchronizer
It’s a nifty, popular, powerful and easy shareware utility for Mac OS X which synchronizes and backs up files, single or mutiple pairs of folders, files and disks, on local and remote volumes. It can sync/backup the whole MacOS X boot disk and make it bootable and it can run as user “root” even if the user logged in as simple user.
It has special options like Timers, Mutiple list, Exclude list, Filters, Conflict Resolution, Settings, Log Files, Sync And Quit, Automount Volumes, and more. [Mac OS X Hot Downloads]

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After announcing its Adobe Creative Suite in late September, Adobe Systems Inc. on Monday announced that it's now shipping the new ensemble. [MacCentral]

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Ranchero Software has released NetNewsWire 1.0.5, an update to its popular RSS news reader and Weblog editor... [MacMinute]

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Aladdin Systems Inc. is now shipping StuffIt Deluxe 8.0, a new Mac OS X version of the access and compression utility. The update lets you schedule backups and burn to CD/DVD, adds plug-ins for Adobe's Photoshop and Illustrator and offers a performance boost. You can now schedule backups automatically, as well as expand or archive by adding or removing .sit, .sitx, .zip, or .tgz to the file name. With version 8.0, StuffIt Deluxe accesses .yenc (popular with newsgroups) and .cab (a Windows archive format) files and boasts a new user interface. [MacCentral]

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In the true tradition of Mac and OS X, here is a great little project management tool that does what you need WITHOUT the bloat!!! [freshmeat OS X]

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Get your bisonium.com fix via NetNewsWire!!! We have just been added to the list of blogs available on NetNewsWire. Go grab your copy today! Absolutely the best RSS News Reader and Blog reader on the Market.

This final candidate release updates the Sites Drawer and the Help book. The hunt is on for deal-stopper bugs, bugs that have to be fixed before releasing 1.0.5. [Ranchero]

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Panic on Wednesday released an update to its FTP client software for Mac OS X, Transmit. The new version, 2.6, adds support for SubEthaEdit (formerly Hydra) as a text editor and more. With Transmit, users can connect to servers that support the File Transfer Protocol (FTP), an Internet standard for file sharing. [MacCentral]

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In a move aimed squarely at Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc. unveiled on Tuesday a suite of software for businesses that want to dump - or just can't afford - the Windows operating system on their companies' desktop computers [Technology News from eWEEK and Ziff Davis]

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Driver and control panel for Kensington USB and ADB mice and trackballs. [Mac OS X Downloads]

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