February, 2000 Archive

Mac Headlines Tuesday February 29th, 2000 [Updated 7:30 PM] MacOS News Around The Web [6:00 PM] Apple Stock Watch - Stock Markets Leap, Apple Climbs Higher [2:00 PM] Apple's PowerPC Producer Plans 3 For 1 Stock Split [1:40 PM] Mac MP3 Fans: MP3 Rage Adds Several New Features [1:30 PM] Apple Announces New Tools For Teachers [Column] Wasting Time With The Idiots - How QuickTime Saved The Idiots [12:00 PM] Mac Drivers Coming For USB ASIO Products [12:00 PM] New Company Launched To Provide Mac Tech Support [Column] On The Flip Side - A Tribute To Don Crabb [6:00 AM] Latest Software Updates - Power Windows, CoolCam, & The Eraser Pro [6:00 AM] MoonMenu Receives Maintenance Release [6:00 AM] PackageTracker Update Adds New Features [6:00 AM] New PlayStation 2 & Aqua Icon Sets Released We also offer Tuesday's News On One Page!

Mac Headlines Monday February 28th, 2000 [Updated 5:40 PM] MacOS News Around The Web [4:50 PM] MAC-O-RAMA Holds A Sale & A Gaming Chat [4:30 PM] Mac Sys Admins: Mac Crontab Program Updated [4:10 PM] Don Crabb, Long Time Mac Pundit Dies [4:00 PM] Apple Stock Watch - Turn Around Day In The Markets, Apple Surges Ahead [12:00 PM] Crowd Goes Nuts To Mardi Gras Float With Apple Theme (Pics Included) [Column] Monday's Mac Gadget - Desktop a Mess? Clean It Up With Desktop Resetter [Column] The Apple Trader - Market Lore, Virgin Territories and Apple's Geometry [Editorial] MACWORLD Tokyo: Making iMountains Out Of Molehills [6:00 AM] Latest Software Updates - BladeEnc, Email Cleaner, & iSynch [6:00 AM] Royalty Free Flash Library Announced [6:00 AM] New Help In Rainbow Painter Update [6:00 AM] New Mac Site Launched [6:00 AM] Hey Mister? Do You Know What Time It Is In Bali? We also offer Monday's News On One Page!

Mac Headlines Friday February 25th, 2000 [Updated 4:30 PM] MacOS News Around The Web [4:00 PM] Apple Stock Watch - Apple Falls More Than 4% [3:50 PM] Win A Copy Of Toy Story 2 From MGL! [3:30 PM] Attention Swedes: Swedish Version Of Animation Tool Released [3:20 PM] Apple Continues To Unload Shares Of ARM Holdings [2:00 PM] Make Your Own Internet Talk Radio Show On Your Mac [Review] Extract, Encode and Tag an MP3 in One Step: N2MP3 Reviewed [11:00 AM] New Mega Pixel Digital Cameras Announced [Column] Ask Dave - USB Printer Sharing, Crashes, & PCI ATA Controllers [6:00 AM] VersionMaster's Software Updates - iBar, ClearPhone Pro, & MacFIBS [6:00 AM] Iconfactory's Pixelpalooza Winners To Be Announced Today [6:00 AM] MacBrickout Update Fixes A Score (Almost) Of Bugs [6:00 AM] Morse Code Utility Adds Support For 24 WPM [6:00 AM] 10 New Illustrator 8 Plug-ins Announced We also offer Friday's News On One Page!

Mac Headlines Thursday February 24th, 2000 [4:40 PM] Manic Minefield Optimized For Faster Performance [4:40 PM] Looking To Donate Your Old Mac To A School? [4:00 PM] Apple Stock Watch - Dow Tests 10,000 While Apple Slips Off Recent High [3:30 PM] FireWireDirect Announces New Company & New FireWire Solutions [3:30 PM] VST Technologies Being Bought By Flash Media Maker [10:10 AM] CBS MarketWatch Reporting A QuickTime Streaming Deal Between Apple & Digital Island [9:00 AM] Czech Mac User Group Discovers What Could Be New Mac Viruses [Column] iTeen - The iTeen Everything Article [6:00 AM] VersionMaster's Software Updates - ClickLock!, People, & David's Backgammon [6:00 AM] eMerge Optimizes Performance [6:00 AM] Fantom Drives Bundles Toast With New FireWire CD-RW Drives [6:00 AM] Netscape Communicator Updated To 4.7.2 [6:00 AM] Save Your Flavor & Your Screen With Updated Screen Saver We also offer Thursday's News On One Page!

Mac Headlines Wednesday February 23rd, 2000 [Updated 4:30 PM] MacOS News Around The Web [4:00 PM] Apple Stock Watch - Apple Soars With Renewed Tech Rally [3:30 PM] Change Skins On Your Calculator With Updated BetterCalc [3:00 PM] New Icon Set From The Iconfactory Announced [Review] Kensington's New TurboBall Leaves Users Longing for a USB TurboMouse [11:00 AM] Farallon Communications On Tonight's Mac Show [11:00 AM] Master Style Sheets With Updated Style Master [8:30 AM] Apple Continues To Dominate PC Web Sites Rankings, Increasing Lead At #1 [Column] Computing With Bifocals - Having Fun With Sound [6:00 AM] VersionMaster's Software Updates - Audion, TimeLabel, & Analog [6:00 AM] Place The Moon On Your Menu Bar With Updated Utility [6:00 AM] Newer Technology Lowers Prices Across The Board [6:00 AM] Get Your Mac Desktop Goodies From Newly Redesigned "The Apple Collection" [6:00 AM] Interactive Conferencing Service Tool Announced We also offer Wednesday's News On One Page!

Mac Headlines Tuesday February 22nd, 2000 [Updated 5:00 PM] MacOS News Around The Web [4:00 PM] Apple Stock Watch - Apple Climbs Higher On Bullish Comments From Merill Lynch [12:30 PM] Palm Releases New Color Palm Organizer Hand Held Computer [12:00 PM] Apple Gains Market Share In Japan [11:30 AM] New Site Launches With Royalty Free Hi-Res Images [11:30 AM] New Site Launched Dedicated To FireWire Coverage [Column] The Apple Trader - Every Picture, Or Chart, Tells A Story, Including Apple's [8:00 AM] Steve's Jet, Is It A Recurring Or Non-Recurring Item? [Column] On The Flip Side - Mac OS X Performance On A G3, Here Are The Answers! [Column] Wasting Time With The Idiots - VGS Rides Again! Looks Like Sony Will Have To Take Our Money After All [6:00 AM] VersionMaster's Software Updates - Live DeskPicture, VirtualHamster, & Papyrus [6:00 AM] The Atomic Mac Gets Another Of Its Periodic Updates [6:00 AM] Attention Mac Sys Admins: WebSTAR Plugin Goes On Sale [6:00 AM] Mac Napster Client, Rapster, Updated To Support Other Napster Versions [6:00 AM] SyBrowser Database Viewing Tool Updated We also offer Tuesday's News On One Page!

Mac Headlines Monday February 21st, 2000 [Updated 5:00 PM] MacOS News Around The Web [4:00 PM] Shhhh... Secret Folder Updated [4:00 PM] Washington Apple Pi Meeting Announced [4:00 PM] Mac CAD Program Updated [Review] The 400 MHz PowerMac Reviewed [7:30 AM] Buy A PowerMac Right Before MACWORLD? Apple Offers 7 Day Price Protection [Column] Monday's Mac Gadget - Discover The Secrets Of Your System With TattleTech [6:00 AM] VersionMaster's Latest Updates - Idea Keeper, GraphicConverter, & MoosePad [6:00 AM] Launch Strip Adds Task Bar & Other Features In Upgrade [6:00 AM] Graphic Converter Adds Support For JIF, And We Aren't Talking Peanut Butter [6:00 AM] Mega Minesweeper Update Includes New Features & Bug Fixes [6:00 AM] HTML Creator Creates Update For Creating HTML We also offer Monday's News On One Page!

Mac Headlines Friday February 18th, 2000 [Updated 6:30 PM] MacOS News Around The Web [6:30 PM] The Week's Top Stories For Week Ending 2/18/2000 [5:00 PM] Pics From The MACWORLD Tokyo Show Floor And The New PowerBook [4:00 PM] XLR8 Shows Off Multiprocessing G4 Upgrade Card [4:00 PM] Seven New OneClick Add-Ons Released [4:00 PM] Apple Stock Watch - Stock Market Train Wreck Upsets The Apple Cart Too [3:50 PM] MacWeek Posts Message Board For Don Crabb Get Well Messages [Column] Ask Dave - Upgrade Advice, Shutdown Freezes, & Using PC Parts [6:40 AM] The Battle For Mindshare: Apple Reclaims #1 Hardware Web Site Title [Column] iTeen - Older Powerbooks: Going Portable On An iTeen Budget [6:00 AM] VersionMaster's Latest Updates - HTML Creator, Relax, & ClearPhone Pro [6:00 AM] FileMaker Pro Development Tool "Analyzer" Upgraded [6:00 AM] Skyways Become Crowded As Farallon Announces Product To Compete With AirPort [6:00 AM] Cross Platform Mac Network Chat App Gets A Maintenance Release [6:00 AM] Font Utility Adds Ability To View Fonts Outside Of Font Folder We also offer Friday's News On One Page!

Mac Headlines Thursday February 17th, 2000 [5:00 PM] Default Folder Updated With New Features [4:40 PM] MAC-O-RAMA Unveils New Web Site [4:00 PM] Apple Stock Watch - The Tech Sector Rallies And Apple Closes Higher [3:40 PM] Apple Mac Pioneers Seek To Take Linux Where No Command Line OS Has Gone Before [3:20 PM] Aladdin Shakes Hands With Palm, Releases Palm OS Time Utility [11:00 AM] Data Analysis Tool Updated With Several New Features [Column] Computing With Bifocals - OneApp Slide Show Reviewed & More On Computer Eye Strain [7:00 AM] Flash Movie Shows Potential Aqua At Work [7:00 AM] Canadian Apple Store Quietly Introduced: Similar Services, Slightly Higher Prices [Updated 6:00 AM] MacOS News Around The Web [6:00 AM] VersionMaster's Latest Updates - MasterJuggler Pro, DiskTracker, & VSE My Privacy [6:00 AM] Keep Your Files Safe With New Privacy Program [6:00 AM] Casady & Greene Spell Catcher Updated [6:00 AM] Mac Web Site Dedicated To Gaming On The iBook Launched [6:00 AM] Powerlogix Releases FireWire & USB On One Card We also offer Thursday's News On One Page!

Mac Headlines Wednesday February 16th, 2000 [4:40 PM] Bob Levitus On The Mac Show [4:00 PM] Apple Stock Watch - Apple Stock Tanks After MACWORLD Product Releases [4:00 PM] XLR8 Releases Public Beta Of USB Video Capture Software [3:30 PM] VST Officially Announces The FireRAID RAID Solution [10:00 AM] MACWORLD Tokyo - iBooks To Come With More RAM & A 366 MHz Graphite Model Hits The Street [9:30 AM] MACWORLD Tokyo - Apple Bumps PowerBook To 500 MHz, Adds Two FireWire Ports [9:00 AM] MACWORLD Tokyo - Back To The Future: Apple Announced 500 MHz PowerMac G4s, New Servers [6:00 AM] Clean Up Your Recent File Folder With One Click [6:00 AM] VersionMaster's Latest Updates - Freeway, Tex-Edit Plus, & Media Cleaner Pro [6:00 AM] Add The Moon To Your Menu Bar & Support Education At The Same Time! [6:00 AM] Freeway Hits Version 3 And Gets A Japanese Version [6:00 AM] iLoveApple.com Offers Web Interface For Mac.com E-mail & Adds German Interface We also offer Wednesday's News On One Page!

Mac Headlines Tuesday February 15th, 2000 [Updated 6:20 PM] MacOS News Around The Web [4:25 PM] Apple Stock Watch - Apple's Stock Closes At All Time High [3:00 PM] Wall Street Not Afraid To Make MACWORLD Predictions: PowerBooks, PowerMacs & iBooks, Oh My! [2:30 PM] Motley Fool Issues Financial Report on Apple [11:00 AM] History Channel Program Features Steve Wozniak & Apple I [11:00 AM] Downloadable Music Format To Have Mac Client At Launch [11:00 AM] No Graphite iBook (Yet), But You Can Get Your iBook Bag In Graphite (With Pics) [Column] Wasting Time With The Idiots - It's A 3D-licious World Wide Web [Column] On The Flip Side - So What's Wrong With Mac OS X And Aqua? [6:00 AM] VersionMaster's Latest Updates - HourWorld, PlayerPRO, & MacHam [6:00 AM] Sonnet At Cebit [6:00 AM] MP3 Fans: Rapster Adds Several New Features In New Release [6:00 AM] PackageTracker Updated With New Features [6:00 AM] New Game Features All Terrain Vehicles We also offer Tuesday's News On One Page!

Mac Headlines Monday February 14th, 2000 [Updated 6:00 PM] MacOS News Around The Web [4:10 PM] HTML Optimizer Updated With Lots Of New Features [4:00 PM] Apple Stock Watch - Apple's Stock Soars Ahead MACWORLD Tokyo [3:30 PM] Washington MUG (WAP) To Hold Mac Computer Camp For Teens [3:00 PM] MACWORLD Tokyo Starts On Wednesday, New Mac Products Should Be Plentiful [11:00 AM] Mac Programming Language Updated WIth New Alpha [11:00 AM] CD Catalog Database Updated [Column] The Apple Trader - I Had A Dream: I Was Riding In Steve's New Jet... [Column] Monday's Mac Gadget - Find Out Where Your Stuff Is with Package Tracker [6:00 AM] VersionMaster's Latest Updates - Snak, FastEmailCheck Pro, & Geo3D [6:00 AM] Valentine's Day: The Perfect Occasion For A...Database Sale? [6:00 AM] Group File Transferring/Management App Updated [6:00 AM] Got RAM? Trans Intl Unleashes 512 MB Modules For PowerMac G4s [6:00 AM] MacTuner Update Fixes "Critical" Bug We also offer Monday's News On One Page!

Mac Headlines Thursday February 10th, 2000 [4:30 PM] MGL Game Chat To Include Surprise Announcement From Green Dragon Creations [4:00 PM] Apple Stock Watch - Apple Stock Watch: Apple Climbs Higher In Late Rally [3:30 PM] Finder Utility That Allows Renaming Of Multiple Files Updated [3:10 PM] Register To Win A Copy Of Mac OS 9 [1:00 PM] New Photoshop Plug-In Brings Texture Synthesizer To Photoshop [1:00 PM] Share High Speed Internet Access [7:30 AM] Attention Developers: Pre-Registration Starts For WWDC [6:30 AM] Third Week In Top 5, But Apple Slips To Number 3 Web Site [Column] iTeen - Phat Tracks On Your Mac [Updated 6:00 AM] MacOS News Around The Web [6:00 AM] SoundJam MP Bundled With I-Jam Portable MP3 Player [6:00 AM] Guitar Method Gets First Upgrade In 3 Years [6:00 AM] Mac Version Of Napster Allows Mac Users To Find And Share MP3s [6:00 AM] VersionMaster's Latest Updates - Iconographer, iView MultiMedia, & MacMAME [Message] It's Raining Music Apps At The Mac Observer We also offer Thursday's News On One Page!

Mac Headlines Wednesday February 9th, 2000 [4:30 PM] Graphics Synthesizer Updated [4:30 PM] English-Italian Dictionary Updated To 25,000 Words [4:00 PM] Apple Stock Watch - Down Day on Wall Street, PC Stocks Wilt, Including Apple [3:30 PM] The Mac Show To Explore Apple's KidSafe [2:30 PM] Epson First To Ship FireWire Scanner [12:45 PM] The Pick Of PMA: Outstanding Digital Cameras Emerge From PMA Show [11:00 AM] Umax Owners & PowerForce G4 Customers Get A Software Update From Powerlogix [11:00 AM] Mac eCommerce Solution Updated With Several New Features [Column] Computing With Bifocals - Working With Icons & Avoiding Physical And Eye Strain [6:00 AM] Mass E-mail Utility Adds Support For FileMaker Pro 5.0 [6:00 AM] VersionMaster's Latest Updates - CoolCam, Email Merge, & ChessWorks [6:00 AM] Send Some Valentine E-Cards From Mac Cards [6:00 AM] Software & Hardware Asset Tracking Software Updated [6:00 AM] MacHack 2000 Shows Mac Market Strength, Announces Sponsors (Think MS) We also offer Wednesday's News On One Page!

Mac Headlines Tuesday February 8th, 2000 [4:00 PM] Apple Stock Watch - Tech Rally Continues And Apple Continues Upward Trek [3:30 PM] Film From 30,000 Feet Made Possible, In Part, By FireWires [2:00 PM] Apple Chosen As Symbol Of 1980's Technology For Float In Upcoming Parade (With Pic) [1:00 PM] Atomic Mac Gets Another Of Its Periodic Update [1:00 PM] Professional PDF Color Production Tool Updated [1:00 PM] Gamers: Check Out IP Showcase For Network Gaming [1:00 PM] The Canadian QuickTime Developer Series [Column] Wasting Time With The Idiots - Smoking New Video Cards Coming To A Mac Near You [Column] On The Flip Side - Where The Heck Is Netscape? [6:00 AM] Convert Your Online Banking Information To Spreadsheet [6:00 AM] ProJPEG Image Compression Utility Receives Major Upgrade [6:00 AM] MAC-O-RAMA Is Holding A Scavenger Hunt [6:00 AM] VersionnMaster's Latest Updates - Simple To Do, Virtual Hamster, & Program Switcher We also offer Tuesday's News On One Page!

Mac Headlines Monday February 7th, 2000 [4:30 PM] Palm Owners: Documents To Go Updated With New Features [4:30 PM] Application Announced To Allow Editing Of PDF Images [4:00 PM] Apple Stock Watch - Apple Upgrade & Akamai Deal Combine To Lead Apple Higher [3:30 PM] Akamai, Apple's QuickTime Streaming Provider, Buys InterVu Inc. [12:00 PM] Gates Dollars: Calculate How Your Purchases Would Seem To Bill Gates [11:00 AM] Sleeper Updated With Bug Fixes [11:00 AM] Program Switcher Gets A Maintenance Release [8:00 AM] Apple Rolls Out Technician Repair Program...At Last! [Column] Monday's Mac Gadget - Teach SimpleText Some New Tricks With SimpleText Enhancer [6:00 AM] VersionMaster's Latest Updates - OneApp Slide Show, NetBarrier, & Consultant [6:00 AM] Final Version Of TextSOAP 2.6 Released [6:00 AM] Shareware Bundle Offer Includes Default Folder, BeHiearchic, & AliasMenu [6:00 AM] Pi Fillings 6 CD From MUG Includes Most Of The Updates And Other Files You Need [6:00 AM] Developers: App For Converting Pascal Code To C Updated We also offer Monday's News On One Page!

Mac Headlines Friday February 4th, 2000 [5:00 PM] The Week's Top Stories For Week Ending 2/04/2000 [4:40 PM] Powerlogix Lowers Prices On Upgrade Products [4:30 PM] Banc Of America Says Buy PC Stocks, Including Apple [4:00 PM] Apple Stock Watch - Chalk Up Another Good Day For Apple [2:30 PM] The Register: Microsoft Evidence Tampering Comes To Light [1:30 PM] MS Monopoly T-Shirts, Have To See It To Appreciate It (With Pic) [1:30 PM] New Mac Only Search Engine Launched [Column] Ask Dave - Dave Shares Some Of His Techniques For Finding Answers! [Column] iTeen - Linux on a Mac is Back!! (Redux) [6:00 AM] OneApp Slide Show Gets A MAintenance Release [6:00 AM] Attention Brainiacs: Development Tool For Scientific Software Updated [6:00 AM] Apple Releases Update To Macintosh Runtime for Java (MRJ 2.2) [6:00 AM] VersionMaster's Latest Updates - ViaHTTP, Program Switcher, & ClearPhone Pro [6:00 AM] Mac Game Designers Urged To Release Old Projects To Open Source We also offer Friday's News On One Page!

Mac Headlines Thursday February 3rd, 2000 [Updated 5:30 PM] MacOS News Around The Web [4:30 PM] MacOPINION Back From Month Long Hiatus! [4:00 PM] Apple Updates AirPort Software [4:00 PM] Apple Stock Watch - Apple Rebounds In Tech Rally To Close Back Over 100 [2:35 PM] New Default Folder Beta Improves Nav Services Support [2:30 PM] Keep Private Folders Hidden In The Finder [12:00 PM] The Mac Show Goes Medieval, Hosts Round Table [12:00 PM] Web Based Time Sharing Mac Client Updated [12:00 PM] Mac Server/eCommerce Solution Upgraded [6:00 AM] Media Cleaner Power Suite Updated [Story Updated] [6:00 AM] New Software From Iconfactory Helps Manage Icons [6:00 AM] VersionMaster's Latest Updates - clipEdit, Idea Keeper, & Default Folder [6:00 AM] Enhance SimpleText With Toolbars, WYSIWYG Fonts, And Much More [6:00 AM] Transcript From Oprah Winfrey iMac DV Show We also offer Thursday's News On One Page!

Mac Headlines Wednesday February 2nd, 2000 [5:00 PM] Low End Mac Offering Prizes For Banner Design Contest [4:00 PM] Apple Stock Watch - Apple Dips As Markets React To Fed [3:00 PM] Aladdin Promoting ShrinkWrap Update For iDisk Security [2:30 PM] Apple Number 1 Hardware Site, 26.6% More Visitors Than Number 2 [11:00 AM] New App Allows Sherlock II To Search Image Captions [11:00 AM] WebSTAR Plugin Updated With New Features [11:00 AM] Newer Technology Releases iMac 466 MHz Upgrade For Rev. A iMacs, Opens Online Store [Column] Computing With Bifocals - PDF Files & Online Tax Forms [6:00 AM] Mac Datamining Application Updated [6:00 AM] New App Chats With Windows/Linux/Mac Across LANs [6:00 AM] Freeware QuickTime Player Bills Itself As Better [6:00 AM] VersionMaster's Latest Updates - VirtualHamster, KnowlegheMiner, & Analog We also offer Wednesday's News On One Page!

Mac Headlines Tuesday February 1st, 2000 [4:40 PM] Apple To Be Traded In European Stock Market [4:00 PM] Apple Stock Watch - An Interest Rate Hike Rally? Go Figure. Apple Dips Anyway [3:00 PM] New Patents & Trademarks Offer Peek Into Apple [2:30 PM] CompUSA Sales Lower, Margins Higher, Losses Better [12:00 PM] Another TextSOAP Updates Continues Internet Cleaning [12:00 PM] PowerMail Beta Release Brings Lots Of Bug Fixes [12:00 PM] iMac On Oprah: You Can't Buy Exposure Like This [Column] Wasting Time With The Idiots - The Idiots Hang With The Funky New Mouse On The Block [Editorial] Apple Canada: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly [Column] On The Flip Side - Will Mac OS X Run Well On A G3? [6:00 AM] Take A Break 2.0 With Update To Ergonomic Helper [6:00 AM] Online Photo Sharing Service Comes To The Mac [6:00 AM] VersionMaster's Latest Updates - Extension Overload, IPNetRouter, & FinderPatch [6:00 AM] Chat With The President Of A MUG We also offer Tuesday's News On One Page!