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Headphones, SuperDrive upgrades, and more

• Shure E2C In-Ear Earphones
  $89.99, take $10 off with Q-Pon Code "E2C4ME"
  
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  $179.99, take $20 off with Q-Pon Code "RS85RF" and save another $25 via
  mail-in rebate, for a final price of just $134.99!
  
• 
  PowerMacResQ 4x "SuperDrive" 24-Hour Turnaround, Nationwide Full Service
  DVD & CD Burner Upgrade for G3 & G4 Systems: $299.00
  
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  PowerMacResQ 4x "SuperDrive" Ground Shipping, Nationwide Full Service DVD
  & CD Burner Upgrade for G3 & G4 Systems: $249.00
  
• 
  PowerBook G4/400 256/10gb/DVD/56k/15.2"
  $999.99, take $50 off with Q-Pon Code "PBG400"
  
• 
  Archos 20GB Portable FireWire Hard Drive
  $99.99, take $10 off with Q-Pon Code "FWHDD"
  
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  120 Gigabyte QPro ICE 7200 RPM FireWire & USB External Hard Drive
  $169.99, take $10 off with Q-Pon Code "ICEHD"

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Longhorn's ''task based'' user interface

In this Longhorn FAQ, Paul Thurrott touts Longhorn's "task based" user interface as superior to traditional desktop user interfaces. I'm sure there are better user interfaces, but I doubt of this is it. For anyone who thinks a task based user interface is a good idea, I offer two words:

Adobe PhotoDeluxe

Remember it? A simplified & dumbed-down version of PhotoShop which offered several pre-defined tasks. Just try to do anything that didn't fit one of those tasks. Most users ended up switching to the more flexible PhotoShop Elements or even the full version of PhotoShop.

When the user interface offers a set of pre-defined tasks, it forces you to try to shoehorn whatever you want to do into one of those tasks, which may not necessarily be a good fit. It may help beginners learn how to do a few common tasks with the system, but it prevents them from exploring and actually learning how to use it and doesn't help them think for themselves about how to apply it to other work.

I'm sure there's something better than the desktop user interface, but it needs to be something that actually helps users of all levels rather than just allowing beginners to get some work done. I'm sure Longhorn also offers an expert mode, which most users will switch to after they get tired of the hand-holding, but chances are it will be yet another variation of the desktop interface.

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PC-Mac-Net FileShare v3.0 transfers family movies over the Internet

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA -- November 25, 2003 -- Lava Software is now shipping PC-Mac-Net FileShare v3.0, a product which allows users to share files, such as family movies and photo collections, easily and securely between computers connected over the Internet. Versions are available for Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP, MacOS X and MacOS Classic. A Linux version is coming in early 2004.

After collectively choosing a workgroup name, members simply enter the name and press the Join button. Files and folders selected for sharing on each computer then become accessible and can be downloaded by members of the group. If a download is broken for any reason (such as a modem dropout), it can be resumed from where it left off, allowing users to reliably transfer large files such as digital movies.



Lava Software is currently offering two licenses for the price of one - for every license you order, you get an extra one free. The Standard Edition is priced at USD24.95 per license, and purchasers get full download access to all platform versions.



This special offer makes PC-Mac-Net FileShare perfect for families over the holiday season, as purchasers can give the free license to another family member located anywhere in the world as a gift and then share movies, photos and other files with them.



Free downloadable demo software is available for all platforms and allows users to evaluate PC-Mac-Net FileShare for an unlimited time, though some functions are limited.



About the Company



Lava Software Pty. Ltd., a company incorporated in the State of South Australia, began developing its range of cross-platform software in 1992. More information, including user manuals and demo software for this product, is available from http://www.lavasoftware.com.

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PreceptorTools Courseware Builder for Revolution Released

PreceptorTools Courseware Builder for Revolution Released
The New Way to Develop Courseware - In Minutes!

Edinburgh, November 24th, 2003

Messimer Computing, Inc. and Runtime Revolution Ltd. today announced the
release of PreceptorTools, the easy-to-use courseware builder. Teachers,
trainers, and students can use PreceptorTools to develop teaching modules,
instructional aids, and presentations for every major platform in minutes,
without any programming needed.

Stephen Messimer of Messimer Computing, said, "I'm very excited about the
launch of PreceptorTools. This is one of the first educational development
systems that takes advantage of a fully-featured, user-centric software
development environment, while being easy for non-programmers to use too.
Finally, educators and students can focus on building lessons, instead of
learning how to build them! "

Kevin Miller, CEO of Runtime Revolution, said, "PreceptorTools is
courseware development made simple and we're delighted the Messimer
Computing chose us to publish it. Now educators and students can do more,
more easily!"

Beginners can get started right away, while experienced Revolution
developers can use Revolution's rich feature set to customize
PreceptorTools for their own needs. Teachers and trainers will find
PreceptorTools useful in the classroom, online and as a tool to speed up
the creation of cross-platform standalone educational applications.

To download a demo version of PreceptorTools, visit
http://www.runrev.com/preceptortools/. PreceptorTools is available from
Runtime Revolution http://www.runrev.com. The following licenses are
available:

• Educational (single user) $49.00
  
• Educational (10-user license) $150.00
  
• Hobbyist (single user) $60.00
  
• Business (single seat) $150.00
  

Founded in 1997, Runtime Revolution focuses on bringing user-centric
development tools to all major platforms. The company produces Revolution,
Revolution Express, and Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor. Runtime Revolution is
based in Edinburgh, Scotland. For more information, please visit the
company on the web at http://www.runrev.com.

About Messimer Computing, Inc.

Messimer Computing, Inc. is an applications development firm located in
Escanaba, Michigan. It has provided systems information services, custom
database design, and application development services to companies and
individuals throughout the Midwest since 1986. For a complete reference on
PreceptorTools, please visit the Messimer Computing, Inc website at
http://www.messimercomputing.com.

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MindVision VISE X for Mac OS X

MindVision Software announces the arrival
of VISE X, a new installer product designed exclusively for creating
full-featured, visually stunning Mac OS X installers for any install
situation.

Building on the success of MindVision's Installer VISE -- the industry
standard installer for the Macintosh -- VISE X brings a new feature set
and a dedicated focus on Mac OS X.

Features of the new VISE X include:

• VISE X installers display a standard Mac OS X user interface,
  including Aqua fonts and controls, Mac OS X property sheets and
  Installer background images with transparency
  

  
  

• Installer now builds as an application bundle
  

  
  

• Support for Mac OS X text and graphic file formats
  

  
  

• Ability to set a background graphic for the installer
  

  
  

• Display QuickTime movies in splash screens and billboards
  

  
  

• XML translator option for localization
  

  
  

• Destination and install locations optimized for Mac OS X
  

  
  

• Custom form editor optimized for Mac OS X
  

  
  

• Mac OS X disk image build target
  

  
  

• Zip post processing
  

  
  

• Improved support for Mac OS X localization
  

  
  

• Improved support for long filenames
  

  
  

• Increased filename limit from 63 to 255 characters
  

  
  

• Increased length of variables values to 255
  

  
  

• New Mac OS X Gestalts
  

  
  

• New search filters in the Bring Up To Date window
  

  
  

• Support for Mac OS X Panther v10.3 and G5 processors
  

Fully-functional evaluation copies of VISE X version 1.0.1 are available
for downloading at http://www.mindvision.com/downloads.asp.

Licensing information is available through the MindVision web site at
http://www.mindvision.com/pricing.asp, or by contacting us at (402)
323-6600 or sales@mindvision.com.

SUPPORT INFORMATION

Please note the following information regarding VISE X support:

- Technical support is factored into the pricing structure of VISE X.

- Users whose licenses do not include technical support may purchase
support for an additional fee. For details, see the information listed
for VISE X at http://www.mindvision.com/pricing.asp.

- When requesting technical support, eligible users will need to provide
their current VISE X serial numbers.

ABOUT MINDVISION

Founded in 1987, MindVision Software is a recognized industry leader
specializing in software delivery systems for Macintosh and Windows.
Installer VISE has long been the industry standard installer for the
Macintosh, and is recognized as an excellent choice for Windows.
Thousands of software companies, including Apple, Adobe, Microsoft,
Netscape, Macromedia, AOL, Connectix and FileMaker have come to rely on
our software to deliver professional, easy-to-use installers to their
customers.

Fully-functional evaluation copies of MindVision products can be
obtained directly from the MindVision web site, by calling (402)
323-6600, or by sending e-mail to sales@mindvision.com.

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CodeWarrior Development Studio Supports Panther

Latest Version of CodeWarrior(tm) Development Studio Supports the Mac OS X
v10.3 Panther Platform

Austin, TX - November 24, 2003 - The newest CodeWarrior product from
Metrowerks adds support for the Mac OS X v10.3 Panther operating system
with the launch of CodeWarrior Development Studio for Mac OS, Version 9.1.

The studio offers support for the latest release of the Mac OS X operating
system, and provides a broad range of features, which enhance productivity
and shorten development cycles, including:

• the Metrowerks PowerPlant X C++ framework, which allows developers to
  write native Mac OS X code using Mac OS X supported features;
  

  
  

• one of the fastest compilers and build systems available for the Mac
  platform;
  

  
  

• a visual display feature to allow the user to easily drag-and-drop files
  or folders into the package; and
  

  
  

• expanded Objective-C code development within the CodeWarrior tool suite.
  

CodeWarrior Development Studio for Mac OS, v9.1 includes the ability to
target Mac OS X, Classic Mac OS and Windows OS development within a single
project to create applications with cross platform capabilities. The suite
supports the most common development languages including C, C++ and
Objective-C, allowing developers to work in Apple Cocoa frameworks within
the CodeWarrior environment.

The product also includes PowerPlant X, a Macintosh framework for Mach-O
development based on the standard programming language C++. The PowerPlant
X framework for Mac OS X development supports carbon events, HIViews and
Unicode, and allows developers to write native Mac OS X code using Mac OS X
supported features. Also included in the studio is the popular PowerPlant
framework for Classic OS and Mac OS X PEF development.

The newest CodeWarrior suite operates seamlessly with the Metrowerks
CodeTESTÔ Software Analysis Tools for Mac OS X -- the only comprehensive
suite of C/C++ software analysis tools available for the Mac OS X platform.
The two products offer a comprehensive set of development solutions for
Macintosh developers.

Availability and Pricing

CodeWarrior for Mac v9.1, is available now, and may be ordered direct from
Metrowerks by telephone at 800-377-5416 or by e-mail at
sales@metrowerks.com. Pricing and distribution outside the U.S. and Canada
is available by contacting Metrowerks International Sales Offices listed at
www.metrowerks.com/buy or by sending an e-mail request to
intlsls@metrowerks.com.

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ProjectForum 3.0 - Frequent, Effective, Affordable Collaboration

ProjectForum helps groups stay in constant communication, without the endless meetings, expensive teleconferences, or the daunting costs and
complexity of other collaboration software packages.
Easy to use and runs great on Mac OS X - download today.

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ConceptDraw Project Shipping

CS Odessa Releases ConceptDraw Project,
Project Management Software For PCs and Macs.

Odessa, Ukraine—November 19, 2003—Computer Systems Odessa has released ConceptDraw Project, an inclusive software application for Macintosh and PC users that facilitates brainstorming sessions and organizes and manages projects of any complexity and size.



ConceptDraw Project helps increase the productivity of professional project managers, business specialists, educators and others who need to outline projects, plan activities, assign multiple tasks and identify resources. To facilitate the clear presentation of project plans, ConceptDraw Project offers Gantt charts, WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) charts and ConceptDraw mindmap views. The Quick-Start Project assistant allows users to quickly identify and illustrate goals, risks and obstacles from task-specific libraries and the report generator creates detailed status reports at any point during the project. Existing plans can be quickly exported to the Web via the ConceptDraw Server or e-mailed as PDF files.



“ConceptDraw Project is intuitive yet versatile and contains all the features and advantages of ConceptDraw business applications,” said Vera Zvereva, marketing director for Computer Systems Odessa. “Managers and team workers will find it a powerful and easy-to-use tool for their daily project planning.”



ConceptDraw Project offers colleagues many different ways to share and exchange project information. By integrating with ConceptDraw MINDMAP, team members can brainstorm individually or together, record their activities and then synchronize with Microsoft Outlook to seamlessly exchange data with other popular planning tools.



The Desktop Edition of ConceptDraw Project costs $179. Educational and government users can purchase ConceptDraw Project for $99.



The full product line comprises ConceptDraw V diagramming and drawing software; ConceptDraw MINDMAP, a brainstorming tool that uses mind mapping techniques to organize ideas and tasks; ConceptDraw PRESENTER, an application for creating slide shows, animated presentations and Flash movies, and ConceptDraw Viewer, a free application that enables users to view and print ConceptDraw files. Also available is ConceptDraw MEDICAL, a special module for medical and biochemical specialists.



About CS Odessa

Founded in 1993, Computer Systems Odessa provides cross-platform productivity tools and graphics technologies to professional and corporate users. With headquarters in Odessa, Ukraine, CS Odessa sells ConceptDraw tools internationally from reseller offices in 25 countries. For more information please visit: http://www.conceptdraw.com.

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Loan Calc 1.5.3

Maxprog is proud to present Loan Calc v1.5.3, a new release of our full featured and easy-to-use Loan calculator for Macintosh.

Loan Calc is an easy-to-use tool intended to calculate loans and mortgages repayments in a very simple way. Loan Calc calculates repayments amount, monthly and total interest, total repayments and generates a full repayment list from a start date. Loan Calc is currency-independent so it can be used with Dollars, Francs, Marks, Pounds,...or whatever you like. Just use a dot or a comma for decimals depending on your system settings.



Loan Calc let you select both period and interest compounding from continuous (compounding only), weekly, biweekly, monthly, quarterly, semiannually and annualy.



Furthermore Loan Calc allows you to save all the repayment list to a text file or an Excel sheet.



Mac OS X: http://www.maxprog.com/shareware/LoanCalc_X.sit

Mac OS Classic: http://www.maxprog.com/shareware/LoanCalc.sit

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iCash 1.4.2

Maxprog is proud to present a new release of iCash, new version 1.4.2, available now in English, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese on Maxprog website with several interesting improvements, new features and bug fixes.

iCash is an easy-to-use, full featured and multi-purpose software intended to control your personal finances, keeping track of incomes, expenses, credits, debts and Banks transactions for you.



As simple as creating the accounts you need and move money between them! You don't even need to know about accounting or even care about it!



iCash can serve several small accounting needs for either private users, or clubs, associations, self-employed, small businesses or simply to be used at home, making keeping track of incomes, expenses and Banks transactions a snap. With a few clicks you can begin creating accounts and making transactions in minutes.



MacOS X:

• English: http://www.maxprog.com/shareware/iCash_X.sit
  
  
• German: http://www.maxprog.com/shareware/iCash_X_DE.sit
  
  
• French: http://www.maxprog.com/shareware/iCash_X_FR.sit
  
  
• Spanish: http://www.maxprog.com/shareware/iCash_X_ES.sit
  
  
• Italian: http://www.maxprog.com/shareware/iCash_X_IT.sit
  
  
• Dutch: http://www.maxprog.com/shareware/iCash_X_NL.sit
  
  
• Portuguese: http://www.maxprog.com/shareware/iCash_X_BR.sit
  
  

• English: http://www.maxprog.com/shareware/iCash.sit
  
  
• German: http://www.maxprog.com/shareware/iCash_DE.sit
  
  
• French: http://www.maxprog.com/shareware/iCash_FR.sit
  
  
• Spanish: http://www.maxprog.com/shareware/iCash_ES.sit
  
  
• Italian: http://www.maxprog.com/shareware/iCash_IT.sit
  
  
• Dutch: http://www.maxprog.com/shareware/iCash_NL.sitPortuguese: http://www.maxprog.com/shareware/iCash_BR.sit
  
  

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Holiday special webhosting

To keep up with the holiday spirit TeroCommunications is running a limited time
special. No charge, no set up fees webhosting - until january 1, 2004. This package
regularly priced at $5.99 a month, comes with whooping 500 meg diskspace, preinstalled
website statistics, weblog and a picture gallery.

TeroCommunications is using xServes powered by MacOS server and is located in
one of North America most connected datacenters.



Please visit us at our new address http://www.mac-isp.com



Regards,

Roland Ziemski

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Inventive Releases iScooper 1.5 Automatic Media Download Software for Mac OS X

New Version Integrates With Safari, Adds AppleScript Automation, Allows Local Media Browsing, and Improves Performance



Inventive, Inc. announces the release of iScooper version 1.5 Internet software for Apple Macintosh computers with Mac OS X. iScooper is an automatic media downloading application that enables users to download and browse batches of photos much faster and much more conveniently than they can with conventional web browsers.

iScooper automatically downloads pictures from web picture galleries. Once they've been downloaded, they can be viewed in a full-screen slideshow. Downloaded pictures can also be saved locally. iScooper is designed to speed up downloading and browsing, whether users have a dial-up or broadband Internet connection.



Version 1.5 adds several new major features including integration with Apple's Safari web browser, automation via AppleScript, and browsing local media. Other new features include hot key access, "scooping" multiple addresses at once, enhanced keyboard control over slideshows, and compatibility with additional media formats including PICT, BMP, and Photoshop pictures.



"For iScooper 1.5, our focus was to improve performance and accessibility. We did this by adding integration with Apple's Safari browser and by adding AppleScript support, which are features our customers often request. I'm looking forward to seeing how iScooper will be extended by users through AppleScript, as it opens up many interesting possibilities," said John Casasanta, President of Inventive.



Pricing and Availability



iScooper is available now for Mac OS X as a "try before you buy" download at http://inventive.us/iScooper/. It can be purchased for $19.95 USD and the version 1.5 upgrade is free to registered users of any previous version.

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Colourfull Creations releases Simply Maze Crazy for Mac OS X

November 14, 2003; New Baltimore, MI. Colourfull Creations releases Simply Maze Crazy for Mac OS X.

Remember when you were a kid the fun and adventure of holding your pencil and finding your way out of a large maze? Well feel like a kid again and create your own mazes within seconds. With Simply Maze Crazy just enter the information and the maze will be drawn before your eyes. Print out your creation and share it with others. Sharing mazes with your kids and grandchildren will keep them entertained for hours. Create an extremely difficult maze to challenge and relax yourself after a long hard day. The mazes can be saved to reprint later and can be customized for your tastes. Simply Maze Crazy can be fun and entertaining for years to come. Try Simply Maze Crazy today by downloading the demo at: http://www.colourfull.com Simply Maze Crazy is for Mac OS X 10.2 or higher.

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Apple Security Update 2003-11-19

Apple Security Update 2003-11-19, with fixes for OpenSSL & zlib, is now available via the software update panel.

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NEC announces new iMac "clone"

Proving once again that most PC manufacturers are incapable of innovating and need to copy Apple, NEC has introduced a new iMac-style all-in-one system called the Mate.

The computers will use low energy consumption Pentium M and mobile Celeron chips. There are three different computers in the lineup: The MY10F/FE-D with a 1GHz Pentium M processor and 17 inch SXGA LCD display, the MY10F/FR-D with 1 GHz Pentium M processor and 15 inch SXGA LCD display, and the MY80F/FR-D with a 800AMHz Celeron processor and 15 inch XGA LCD display.

The LCD screen is mounted on top of the computer in an iMac fashion, in order to conserve space. The chipset of the computer is 855PM and it uses a Mobility Radeon 9200 (VRAM 32MB) for the graphics accelerator. The NEC Mate comes standard with PC2700 256MB RAM (DDR SDRAM), 80GB serial ATA hard drive, 24x CD-ROM drive, built-in 10/100BASE-TX ethernet, wireless IEEE 802.11a/b/g and Microsoft Windows XP Professional.

*YAWN*

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Unsanity releases ShapeShifter

Unsanity has released a new appearance changing utility for Panther. Unlike most other theme changing utilities, it doesn't modify any system resources, so themes can be easily removed without any risk of damage.

ShapeShifter is a revolutionary new product that lets you change the overall appearance of your Mac using 'themes'. We're not talking about just desktop backgrounds and icons here, we're talking about everything - the look of windows, menus, buttons, absolutely everything. You don't wear the same clothes everyday, your house doesn't look exactly like your neighbor's - why should the computing interface you use everyday be any different. You personalize your physical workspace to suit your tastes and whims, so why not your Mac?

With ShapeShifter, you can:

• Change the overall appearance of your operating system safely, quickly, and reliably;
  
  
• Experience things that haven't been possible with Mac themes before;
  
  
• Quickly preview themes without actually applying them;
  
  
• Use Jaguar themes in Panther effortlessly;
  
  
• Install different themes for different users;
  
  
• Keep your themes wherever you please on your hard drive;
  
  
• Add and remove themes effortlessly
  

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Apple introduces 20'' iMac, Dual 1.8GHz G5

Apple today announced a new 20-inch iMac and replaced the single processor 1.8 GHz G5 with a dual processor model.

The new iMac features a 1.25 GHz G4 processor, 4x SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW), a 20 inch widescreen LCD display with 1680 by 1050 pixel resolution, NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra with 64MB of DDR SDRAM, 256MB RAM standard, supports up to 1GB. An internal Bluetooth module is available as a build-to-order option. The new iMac sells for $2199.

The new 1/8 GHz dual processor G5 model replaces the single processor 1.8 GHz, selling for $2,499, only $100 more than the older model.

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FUS++ Enhances Fast User Switching

FUS++ is a free open source utility that enhances Panther's Fast User Switching feature.

Instead of wasting menu bar space with your long user name, FUS++ lets you replace it with your short name or even your user picture.

When I installed it, I discovered a very cool Panther feature I wasn't aware of: double clicking a Preference Pane will open System Preferences and prompt you to install it either for the current user or all users.

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Fink 0.6.2 released

The latest Fink release, version 0.6.2, is now available
for both source and binary users. This is a bug-fix release, intended
to address two problems: the dselect/user deletion bug, and a
problem with ownership of files.

The dselect bug was addressed by
updating the fink, dpkg, and apt packages. After updating to 0.6.2,
it is safe to once again use dselect. However, if you ran dselect
at any time since 0.6.0, you should carefully check the integrity
of the file at /sw/etc/apt/sources.list. If you have
any doubts about this file, you should replace it with
the default sources.list file.

Users who have installed binary files from the 0.6.1 distribution
may find that certain files in their Fink installation are owned
by UID 2011 rather than by root. To correct this problem,
run the command:

   sudo find /sw/ -user 2011 -exec chown root:admin {} ;

This release, like the previous one, was built on OS X 10.2
using the gcc 3.3 compiler, and runs fine with some exceptions on OS X 10.3. Most Fink
users who upgrade to 10.3 will continue to
want to only use the binaries from this
new distribution for now, while the Fink team continues to modify
Fink packages for 10.3.

For the latest Fink project news, visit http://fink.sf.net/news/.

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New Reviews: 40GB iPod & Contour Showcase

I've posted reviews of the 40GB iPod and Contour Design Showcase.

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iCal Calling iTunes! Updated

iCal Calling iTunes! is an AppleScript application that allows you to use iCal to schedule iTunes playlists. Simply enter the names of iTunes playlists as New Events in iCal, set the start and stop times of each Event, and iCal Calling iTunes! takes care of watching the clock and playing your iTunes music throughout the day, from startup in the morning 'til shutdown at night. You can schedule music hours, days, weeks, even months in advance!

New in iCal Calling iTunes! 3.5:

- operates faster and more efficiently

- refreshes when re-activated

- supports Weekly repeat events [upgrade version]

- quits promptly at shutdown [upgrade version]



With the free version of iCal Calling iTunes! you can:

- schedule the start and stop times of iTunes playlists

- set playlists to shuffle before playing

- schedule Internet radio stations



Users who register by paying the shareware fee can activate these upgrade features:

- support for Daily and Weekly repeat events

- volume setting and optional fade-up for each scheduled playlist

- choice of calendar



Requirements:

iTunes, iCal 1.0.2 or better, and Mac OS X 10.2 or better.



Price:

$10.00 shareware (free for registered users)

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Navicat 4.4 (MySQL GUI) Released

Navicat (MySQL GUI) is a powerful MySQL Front End for administrating and monitoring MySQL server on Mac OS X platform. The new version adds conversion of DBF, CSV, Text or XML files to/from MySQL database using the Import/Export Wizard. It also supports for exporting queries result, executing SQL batch file, emptying and duplicating a table and contains many enhancements and refinements to other features.

An evaluation version of Navicat for Mac OS X 10.1 or later is available for download at www.navicat.com/shareware.php3

Navicat (MySQL GUI) is a graphical database management tool with intuitive user interface. Apart from normal database administration features, Navicat also provides import/export, backup, and data transfer features for user to manage their MySQL database systems as well as monitoring various administrative information. It also includes a full featured graphical manager for setting the users and access privileges, local and remote connections, and more. Navicat comes with a well-edited manual and installation guide.


Major features include below:

-Browse MySQL databases
-Create and delete databases, tables, indexes and users
-Modify data
-Create, Save or Run SQL queries
-Manage user privileges [security configuration]
-Backup/Restore database
-Import/Export Wizard - convert CSV, Text or XML files to MySQL databases
-Data Transfer - transfer data from one MySQL server to another MySQL server (1. Local to Remote , 2. Remote to Remote , 3. Remote to Local)

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40GB iPod

I recently traded in my old 10GB iPod at PowerMax for a new 40GB model and it's definitely a big improvement. Besides having 4 times the amount of disk space, the new iPod software has many significant enhancements.

My favorite feature of iPod 2.x software is the new on-the-go playlist. You can build a playlist by selecting tracks while browsing. However, when you sync the iPod to a computer, the on-the-go playlist gets cleared, although with iTunes 4.1 it will be added to iTunes as a new playlist before being cleared.

The new software also adds a notes feature & several new games. The note feature is actually a limited HTML viewer - notes can contain some markup and can even be linked. Someone at MacHack even wrote an adventure game using linked notes.

You can now customize the iPod's menus by adding commonly used items such as brows artists to the top level menu. Among the new games, the most interesting is Music Quiz, which plays a piece of a song for you to identify.

With 40GB of space, the iPod also makes a great storage device for backing up your important documents, even if your music library won't fill it.

The third generation iPods are a significant upgrade to early models. I highly recommend the new model. If you have old hardware, such as a car power adapter, Dr. Bott's PocketDock will let you use most devices that have a standard FireWire connector with the new iPod's dock connection.

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Contour Showcase

The Contour Showcase is a sleek protective case for third generation iPods. Made of clear plastic & rubber, the Showcase is attractive and offers excellent protection. A sturdy latch provides easy access to the iPod and a removable belt clip makes it easy to take with you.



My 40GB iPod fits perfectly (a rubber insert is provided for 10GB iPods) and the appearance complements the iPod nicely. The latch is easy to operate but won't open accidentally and openings provide access to all of the iPod's buttons & cables. The iPod won't fit in a dock with the Showcase, but the docking cable can still be used alone.



I took it to the gym a few times and found that it offers excellent protection & is easy and comfortable to carry. I highly recommend it. The only drawback is that you can't use the dock with it, but you can still use a docking cable. I'm not aware of any iPod cases that will let you use the dock and still offer good protection, however.

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BBEdit 7.1 Released

Bare Bones Software has released BBEdit 7.1, a free upgrade for BBEdit 7.0 owners. New features include a Preview in BBEdit feature, which uses WebKit to preview your HTML code, SFTP file transfer support, and Rendezvous server discovery for FTP & SFTP.

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TaskTime 1.0 Announcement

TaskTime provides a straightforward method of tracking time spent on jobs you do for your clients. It can generate invoices which can be emailed, printed, and saved to disk.

Features:

Simple, easy to use interface.

Automatic calculation of total time spent on projects.

Automatic calculation of total amount owing.

Creation of clear and attractive invoices.

Ability to save, print, and copy invoices.

Work with any number of clients.

Track multiple projects for each client.

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Go Cordless with Logitech & MacResQ

Unleash yourself from those short USB cables!
Logitech Cordless Elite Duo Cordless Keyboard and Mouse
Only $49.99 with NO CHARGE for ground shipping with Q-Pon code "EVIL" (read a review here)

G4/450 drops below $600!

A first for this G4/450 system this week at a very enticing price point:

PowerMac G4/450 128/10gb/DVD/Zip Graphite
Normally $649.99, take $50 off with Q-Pon code "50LOW"

Exp. 11/18

PowerBook G4/400 Temptation


We tempt you this week even more than usual with a special $25 discount
on our $999 G4 PowerBook! Hurry, these will not last at this price:

PowerBook G4/400 256/10gb/DVD/56k/15.2": Normally $999.99
Take $25 off with Q-Pon code "25G4"

Stand it up with an iCurve


If you use a PowerBook or iBook stand at your desk with an external
monitor, the iCurve is a must-have. No external monitor? How about
relieving the strain on your neck from looking down at your desk (or
kitchen table) with your 'Book up where it should be, on top of an
iCurve. Get ergonomic and save some cash this week!

Griffin iCurve Laptop Stand: Normally $34.99
Take $5 off with Q-Pon code "TIRADE"

The Clear Choice for iPod Connectivity


You just gotta love these Griffin products. They are totally cool, and
serve a specific purpose very well. Our best selling iPod connection kit
is on sale this week:

Griffin ClearChoice iPod Connection Kit
Normally $14.99, take $2 off with Q-Pon code "BOUNCE"

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National Geographic Brings Mapping Back To Mac OS X

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.




Mapping software has always been something mac users of the world have been missing, even back in the days of Mac OS 9, the best thing mac users could get there hands on was Street Atlas 6.0 by DeLorme. Consumers looking for a mapping application that was ability to supply topographical information where forced to either use Virtual PC, buy a PC, or resort to buying paper topographical maps at $10.00 each from the USGS.

PC users had a number of products to pick from including the very popular Topo USA from DeLorme. Topo USA retails for $99.95 and includes 7 CD-ROMs .

On November 3rd, National Geographic brought the macintosh community back into the mapping world and now for the first time have even brought topographical mapping to the macintosh community. TOPO! by National Geographic may not have all the features of the DeLorme Topo USA, the detailed content more then makes up for it. While Topo USA by DeLorme contains 7 cds, TOPO! from National Geographic full set includes over 240 cds of topographical information. TOPO! is sold in state packages with a total of 10 cds in each package. Each TOPO! state package retails at a suggested retail price of $99.95. Members of the macintosh community who live in Mid-Atlantic (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia,& Washington DC) or North East (Connecticut, Maine,

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, & Vermont) can purchase the entire section for the cost of a single state.

Planning a trip to a state park for the weekend but don't want to buy the package for the entire state of your trip. National Geographic has expansion packs that include all the national parks of the United States. National Parks expansion packs can be purchased for $29.99 per region or the entire country for $49.95.

Not visiting a national park but still want to get your hands on trail maps. National Geographic hosts mapXchange, mapXchange provides free files for use with TOPO! CD-ROMs, you can even post your own files so that others can use them on their own adventures. For all you really big Apple geeks we will soon be posting a map file including all the Apple Retail Stores in the country including pictures from the opening day of each store.

Features


1: Elevation Profiles for routes

2: Topographical mapping with custom routes and markers

3: Expanded view window

4: Alternate view window

5: Bookmark Folder Structure

6: Profiles for waypoints, bookmarks, and routes including embedded photos, websites, and attached files.

7: Five different detail levels

The one thing still missing to mac users is the ability to have up to date street maps. National Geographic has also started the process of filling this need for mac users. Recently Back Roads Explorer was released for PC users including 17 cds packed with street information. This application has been designed to seamless with TOPO!, Although this package is not yet available for the Macintosh version of TOPO! sources at National Geographic has stated that "National Geographic is dedicated to providing members of the macintosh community with quality mapping applications and are working to provide their entire TOPO! product line to macintosh users." In addition to Back Roads Explorer, Pocket TOPO! for the Mac version of TOPO! is expected to be released in the near future.

TIPS & TRICKS

When you make custom markers on your maps you are given a prebuilt set of icons you can use for your marker. The files that control these images are found at /TOPO!/TPO_DATA/ under the following names: Arrows.bmp, Recreation.bmp, & Shapes.bmp by editing these files with a image editor you can add new images to use as your markers.

If you already own a copy of TOPO! for PC you can use your data cds from these packages with the mac version.

If you do not want to carry around all our cds to use with TOPO! you can copy the entire folder from the data cds to your TOPO! directory at the following path /TOPO!/TPO_DATA/, this will allow you to access the data from the cds with out having the CD in your drive. If you own multiple states you may consider installing the application on a firewire drive so you can store all the data for use with the application.

Avery Z Chipka

azchipka@thechipkahouse.com

www.thechipkahouse.com

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Intoducing new way to fight spam.

TeroCommunications, is proud to introduce a new way to fight SPAM. If you receive
unwanted email, know that you don't have to anymore.

We've designed a product
that will protect your email from spam harvesters, MailHunt will provide you
with a shield that will make your main email account 'invisible'. Try MailHunt
protection for 14 days free of charge! For more information please go to http://www.terocom.com/services/mailhunt.php
TeroCommunications is a Mac OS X-based web hosting provider, created for a
hard core macintosh user that would like to support the platform without paying
high prices.
Regards,

Roland Ziemski

roland@terocom.com

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Deep Links from EFF

Deep Links features noteworthy news items from around the Internet.

• Mission: Creep
  Enacted to fight terrorism, the USA PATRIOT Act is now being wielded in a
  corruption probe involving exotic dancers and politicians
  
  
  

• Smile - It's Candid Cellphone
  80 million camera-equipped cellphones have been sold since 2002. How will
  privacy law apply to a population that surveils itself?
  
  
  

• CD Sales - Correlation vs. Causation
  CD sales are having a resurgence, in tandem with the economy's. The recording
  industry insists that new sales are due to its litigation campaign, but this
  author is skeptical of the purchase-under-gunpoint theory. (Ad-view nonsense required.)
  
  

• Penn State Students Look Napster Gift Horse in the Mouth
  After striking a deal with the new Napster, Penn State is offering its students
  all the tethered, expiring, non-burnable, limited-inventory, major label
  downloads they can eat. For reasons that utterly escape us, some students have
  decided that the new service isn't worth the tuition money required to support it.
  
  
  

• Sony and BMG Propose Merger
  The happy couple are now in line behind Time/Warner and EMI at the antitrust
  altar. If each union is blessed, we will have three major record labels instead
  of five.
  
  
  

• Is It Live, or Is It Terrorex?
  Both. "Terrorex 04" is a "live threat simulation" activity at a convention
  billed as the premier government venue for homeland security strategy and
  technology implementation
  
  
  

• Coding for Democracy
  An open-source e-voting initiative, with software to be distributed under an
  open license. Programmers needed.
  
  
  

• New Zealander Jailed for Anti-war Email Message
  A U.S. Embassy worker in Wellington took offense to an email message by Bruce
  Hubbard criticizing U.S. war actions; now Hubbard has landed in court.
  
  
  

• Hardware for P2P Radio
  A Japanese company has introduced "PeerGarden," the first radio officially to
  use PeerCast's peer-to-peer webcasting system:
  
  
  

• EU Battles for Sane Patent Policy - Again
  The EU Parliament voted to stop the software patent scourge, but the UK Patent
  Office is fighting the historic decision. Here's the color-coded scoop from the
  UK's Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure, which is asking UK
  residents to fax their MPs:
  
  

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Apple releases Mac OS X 10.3.1 update

Apple today has released Mac OS X 10.3.1, currently only available through Software Update as a 1.3 MB download. It fixes problems with FireWire 800 devices, FileVault, and more.

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Desktop Assistant Update Announced

Write Track Media Releases Desktop Assistant Maintenance Update


MILFORD, Pennsylvania – October 28, 2003 – Write Track Media announced the immediate release of a maintenance update to their popular personal automation toolkit – Desktop Assistant.



Desktop Assistant is an application for MacOS X that is designed to assist users in a variety of different ways. Its primary functions are to assist users when accessing databases, performing complex database searches, navigating or routing files to favorite server locations, as well as containing quick access to any number of AppleScript tools. Desktop Assistant is the ultimate toolkit that can be customized and expanded to better suit your individual needs. It ships with over 25 Finder and Clipboard Text Manipulation tools that perform over 40 functions and includes over 50 pages of instructions (in Acrobat PDF documents). It requires no knowledge of programming to use any of its built in features and tools and it will run on any Macintosh computer with Mac OS 10.2.6 (or higher) installed.



The upgrade (version 1.0.2) is available immediately for download now as a demo – and is free of charge for anyone who already owns a license. In addition to fixing a few minor bugs, this update primarily focuses on adding several new features including:



Have a Server Party - All the database features have been extended to allow access to more than one FileMaker Pro server. This highly requested feature is perfect for network administrators managing multiple servers or for users who need to launch and perform searches in databases located on various servers. Also, consultants will love the ability to link to both their own and their client's databases through the internet.



Client Preference - All the database featrues can work with FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Pro Developer and – for those who do not use or own FileMaker – the database features can be disabled. This allows greater flexibility for everyone, especially database developers. When you first launch the new version, it prompts you to make your initial selection of client software. After that, a simple change of preferences is all it takes to switch!



Custom Tools Allowed - While plans are still in place for the eventual release of a developer kit allowing AppleScript programmers to create modules that are tightly integrated with Desktop Assistant, a new feature in this update allows you to add your own scripts right now. While your scripts can't yet tap into the internal code libraries and advanced features, this change allows you to group all your scripts under one simple interface.



Better Memory Skills - Your last menu choice from every category is now retained even after restarting the program. This includes the last: database for each server, tool for each category, and location alias for each category.



Panther Compatible - Desktop Assistant has been fully tested and can run on Mac OS 10.3.



Extended Sale - Due to the popularity of Desktop Assistant, the special introductory price of $29.50 has been extended through the end of the year.



Related Web Page – http://www.wtmedia.com/products/assistant/



Established in 1994, Write Track Media, Inc. specializes in providing workflow automation products and custom solutions. Write Track Media's solutions are designed to help eliminate repetition and allow clients to focus on their highest creative potential. The company's unique approach to building custom automation solutions has been highly praised by many of their impressive list of clients such as Adobe, BMG, Dreyfus, Kraftmaid Cabinetry, The Associated Press, Sony Music Entertainment and more. The core technologies utilized by Write Track Media's solutions include AppleScript and FileMaker Pro programming. Write Track Media is a member of the Apple Consultants Network, Apple Developer Connection, FileMaker Solutions Alliance, and TECSoft Developers Consortium.

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New Xcode Plug-in Makes Reusing Code Easy

Write Track Media Releases a Plug-In for Xcode to Increase Efficiency.

MILFORD, Pennsylvania – November 10, 2003 – Write Track Media announced the immediate release of a new plug-in for Apple's Development Tools. Xcode Clippings Menu is a plug-in for Xcode, the core component of Apple's new developer tools for OS X. The plug-in adds a new "Clippings" menu to Xcode allowing developers to quickly gain access to snippets of code and other text resources directly from the Xcode menu bar. The "clippings" are text files that are stored in any number of subfolders within a primary clippings folder. Each subfolder within the primary folder becomes a menu item in the menu which, when selected, offers the user the ability to select one or more items for insertion into the front source document.



A demo of the product is available now on the company web site. The demo limits a user to 5 folders and 5 clippings per folder. Write Track Media is selling registration codes for the plug-in for just $10.



Benefits of Xcode Clippings Menu



• Recycling Code Resources Wisely – Create a more efficient development workflow by reusing resources more effectively. Stop wasting time retyping the same text.



• Get It Faster – Reusing text resources is fine, but if you have to travel elsewhere just to get the resources it takes time. Now you can add text in a source document much faster because the menu of selections is right there in Xcode! Create a script to export your database of subroutines and code snippets into a folder structure in the clipping folder. Spend more time coding and less time searching.



• Reaping The Harvest – Don't regret losing track of the valuable code written in the past as your archives grow. The Xcode Clippings Menu Plug-In makes it less time consuming to save new code into your clippings folders. You can save the current selection from your source documents to a clipping file right from the "Clippings" menu. You can even save the text from the clipboard.



• Easily Remodeled – Just choose "Reveal Clippings Folder" to quickly create, edit, delete, or to spring clean your text clippings.



• Programming Languages Welcome – Since source code is text based – this resource works great with code documents of any kind. It works great with AppleScript Studio!



A Macintosh computer with Mac OS 10.3 (or higher) and Xcode is required to install and use the Xcode Clippings Menu. Xcode ships with Mac OS 10.3 and is available on Apple's website.



Related Web Page http://www.wtmedia.com/products/xcodeplugin/index.html



Established in 1994, Write Track Media, Inc. specializes in providing workflow automation products and custom solutions. Write Track Media's custom solutions and innovative products are designed to eliminate repetition and allow people to focus on their highest creative potential. The company's unique approach to building custom automation solutions has been highly praised by many of their impressive list of clients such as Adobe, BMG, Dreyfus, Kraftmaid Cabinetry, The Associated Press, Sony Music Entertainment and more. The core technologies utilized by Write Track Media's solutions include AppleScript and FileMaker Pro programming. Write Track Media is a member of the Apple Consultants Network, Apple Developer Connection, FileMaker Solutions Alliance, and TECSoft Developers Consortium.

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Windows Media Player 9 for Mac OS X

Microsoft today released Windows Media Player 9 for Mac OS X, including plug-ins for Safari, Netscape, and IE. This will allow Mac users to view a lot of previously unavailable content.

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Editorial: the wrong MS Office alternative

Several months ago, I joined OpenOffice.org and downloaded the source, although I haven't done much with it. The more I use it, the less I like what I see. Here's why I think they're taking the wrong approach.

I've tried running the application itself (which currently runs under X11) and I find that I dread launching it. OOo is a huge application that loads the word processor, spreadsheet, and other modules when launched. It's even bigger, slower, and more bloated than MS Office.

OOo is written mostly in Java with a huge portability layer and lots of non-native widgets. On a 1GHz G4 it takes 8-10 hours to build. I haven't been able to build it successfully under Panther.

A successful office alternative needs to be lean, fast, and easy to use. It should be modular and easily extensible via scripting. It also needs to look & feel like a native application and should integrate & exchange data with other native applications. It should not be a huge monolithic application full of useless junk.

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Fast User Switch from AppleScript

Here's an AppleScript to switch users, inspired by this item at MacOSXHints.com.

Enter this into the script editor and save it somewhere easily accessible. When you run it, you'll see a list of users. Selecting on a user and clicking OK will switch to that user. Clicking OK without selecting a user will go to the login screen.

Enjoy!

set userlist to every word of 
  (do shell script "nidump passwd / |grep '.*:.*:5..:20:' | awk -F ':' '{print $1}'") as list
set chosen to choose from list userlist 
  with prompt "Switch to user:" with empty selection allowed
if chosen is not false then
	if chosen is {} then
		do shell script "/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu\\ Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -suspend"
	else
		set username to item 1 of chosen
		set uid to do shell script "id -u " & username
		do shell script "/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu\\ Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -switchToUserID " & uid
	end if
end if

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No McDonalds/iTunes deal

According to Yahoo Finance, earlier reports by several sites of a deal with McDonalds to give away 1 billion song downloads were "pure speculation".

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Rainjul Announces Polywogg Blogging Service Free for .Mac Members

SACRAMENTO, CA, USA, November 6, 2003 - Today, Rainjul L.L.C. released the first public beta version of Polywogg, http://www.polywogg.com/. Polywogg is a journaling/blogging service for Apple Computer's Mac OS X Jaguar and Panther. Rainjul is offering a free, one-year subscription to Apple .Mac members.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



Contact:

Steven W. Schuldt

Rainjul L.L.C.

Telephone: 916-752-5534

Email: swschuldt@rainjul.com

www.polywogg.com



Rainjul Announces Polywogg Blogging Service Free for .Mac Members



SACRAMENTO, CA, USA, November 6, 2003 - Today, Rainjul L.L.C. released the first public beta version of Polywogg, http://www.polywogg.com/. Polywogg is a journaling/blogging service for Apple Computer's Mac OS X Jaguar and Panther. Rainjul is offering a free, one-year subscription to Apple .Mac members.



"This first release of Polywogg is packed with innovative features, many never before seen on any journal service, such as video blogging with Apple's iSight camera and comprehensive desktop web client application support. The blogging and journaling phenomena are ultimately about the appeal of social

networking," said Steven W. Schuldt, creator of Polywogg," .Mac members are at the forefront of the digital lifestyle, but they need a unified, accessible journal community."



"People want to share experiences, thoughts and opinions with a fun, vibrant, online community. In creating Polywogg we focused on building a strong and cohesive social networking service to make that vision a reality. Users can create multiple journals, manage them collaboratively and easily search for and connect with others in the growing, world-wide Polywogg community," said Mr. Schuldt.



Polywogg, downloadable as fully functional and non-expiring software, comes complete with two desktop web applicatons: Polywogg Reader and Polywogg

Publisher. For a limited time, a one-year subscription is free for Apple .Mac members and for non-members costs $15.00 (US), with other options available. Subscriptions can be purchased via PayPal, credit card, check or money order. Subscribers can create up to five journals on the service. Polywogg runs on Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar or 10.3 Panther.



For more information: http://www.polywogg.com/

Contact: swschuldt@rainjul.com or 916-752-5534

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Possible access problems

This site may be slow or unavailable at various times, since Geek-Hosting is having severe DOS attacks. They're taking measures to stop attacks and may move this and other sites to different hosts.

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Important Fink news: User Deletion Bug/ Dselect Troubles

Quick Summary: If you're using an earlier version of Fink in 10.3, DO NOT USE DSELECT, and if you've used it, check your /sw/etc/apt/sources.list file carefully.

Users who have bootstrapped or installed Fink 0.5.3 or Fink 0.6.0 on Mac OS X 10.3 could exhibit a problem where all users get deleted from the netinfo database, and you become unable to log in. The Fink team believes that this problem can only occur if you've used dselect.

If you are using Mac OS X 10.3, please be sure you're using the latest Fink version to avoid the issue. To make sure you don't have upgrade problems, check your /sw/etc/apt/sources.list file. You will need to modify it if it contains deb lines that point to "release" or "current" without a version number. In other words, if your sources.list file contains these lines:

deb http://us.dl.sourceforge.net/fink/direct_download release main

deb http://us.dl.sourceforge.net/fink/direct_download current main

deb http://us.dl.sourceforge.net/fink/direct_download 10.3/release main

deb http://us.dl.sourceforge.net/fink/direct_download 10.3/current main

Other users have experienced problems with dselect itself, particularly complaints about a missing "darwin" package. If you are running dselect under 10.3 and you don't get this warning, then yoursources.list file is likely to be corrupted and you should repair it as above.

Stay informed of the latest Fink news at http://fink.sourceforge.net/news/.

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Perforce is sole commercial SCM chosen for Xcode Integration

Alameda, Calif., November 3, 2003 -- Perforce Software today announced the
integration of its fast Software Configuration Management (SCM) system
with Xcode, Apple's newest and most powerful set of development tools. Now
Apple developers can be more productive by seamlessly accessing the
Perforce source control system directly from their Xcode development
environment.

ìThe push for Apple to implement this integration came from the Mac
community,î said Christopher Seiwald, founder and chief technology officer
of Perforce Software. "And, we're happy for the opportunity to show
leading edge Macintosh developers the leading edge of SCM."

Specific SCM features available in this integration include: check-in and
check-out; file comparison via either the built-in Apple Filemerge tool or
UNIX diff; file history; and updates to new and old versions. One
important feature, conflict resolution with diff markers, advances
concurrent development allowing developers to work on the same file at the
same time, and then resolving conflicting entries at check in.

About Perforce SCM for Macintosh Developers

Perforce SCM provides Macintosh developers with the leading and most
comprehensive SCM system for the native Mac OS X environment. A
high-powered enterprise SCM system, Perforce is a fast and easy-to-use
tool for version control, logically packaging changes to multiple files
into one unit. Perforce is efficient and flexible, managing project files
on local disks and providing for distributed development from remote
locations. Perforce's extensive platform support enables Mac developers to
share code easily among developers on more than 50 operating systems.

About Perforce Software

Perforce Software Inc. develops, markets, and supports Perforce, the Fast
Software Configuration Management System. Headquartered in Alameda,
Calif., Perforce Software sells worldwide and has international operations
in Europe, Japan, and Africa. Perforce customers include developers of
systems, application, Web, and database software, and firms in the
financial, education, and research markets. For additional information,
contact Perforce Software via email at info@perforce.com or phone at
+1.510.864.7400, or on the Web at http://www.perforce.com

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Security & XCode updates available for Panther

Security Update 2003-11-04 and XCode Update 2003-11-03 are now available in the Software Update panel for Panther.

Security Update 2003-11-04 addresses a potential vulnerability with the Terminal application in Mac OS X v10.3 and Mac OS X Server v10.3 that could allow unauthorized access to a system.

The Xcode Update addresses an issue in the Xcode IDE that could potentially lead to data corruption or the loss of files particularly when source files contain illegal characters. This update is strongly recommended for all Xcode users.

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HyperEngine-AV 1.2.3 Video Editor for Mac OSX

HyperEngine-AV (formerly known as "Montage") is a true multimedia editor that lets you combine seamlessly video, photos, sounds and text to create slide shows, family movies, business presentations, even your own feature films quickly and easily, with full DV quality.

Media clips can be dragged and dropped, imported or captured in real time from a FireWire DV camera, then freely arranged in the workspace to make movies. Real-time, editable transitions are automatically created when video clips are dragged on top of each other and over a dozen video effects are available and can be applied to any video clip.

Audio clips can be edited, arranged, stacked, and processed to generate stunning soundtracks. There is no track limit because . . . there are no tracks!



HyperEngine-AV also offers powerful text features to display credits, section titles or even karaoke lyrics.



With HyperEngine-AV there is simply no learning curve, you learn as you go, and you can get all the fun of creating any multimedia pieces without the hassle of dealing with tedious and counter-intuitive software interface!



NEW in HyperEngine-AV 1.2.3: