Mar 30
DEVONtechnologies LLC has announced the release of DEVONagent 2.0, its intelligent Internet research assistant. DEVONagent 2.0 is immediately available as a Universal Binary for $49.95.
New features include a redesigned user interface, an AI-based topics visualizer map, enhanced search functionality, new scanner plugins, and enhanced automation features as well as an expanded AppleScript dictionary.
DEVONagent 2.0 requires OSX 10.3.9 or 10.4.
Look for a review of DEVONagent 2.0 here on MacHELP in the coming weeks.
Mar 29
Apple is now shipping Final Cut Studio 5.1, a Universal Binary version of the software suite. Price remains unchanged at $1299; upgrading to the Universal Binary version from the non-UB version will cost $49.
Mar 24
Ars Technica has a good article up about Mac OS X’s fifth birthday and the road from the second developer release up to 10.4.5.
Mar 17
My favorite RSS reader for the Mac, NetNewsWire, has been updated. NetNewsWire 2.1b16 has been released as the first public beta of the upcoming 2.1 release. I’m a member of the beta-testing group and have been very impressed with this version.
Mar 17
Apple has released a number of software updates in the past few days:
Mar 16
The contest has been won, and the solution has been posted with instructions on how to install Windows XP on an Intel-based Macintosh.
Mar 10
According to this MacWorld.co.uk article, Apple has officially End-of-Lifed the 20-inch iMac G5.
Mar 10
I’ve gotten a number of software press releases in the past few days. Equinux has released version 1.2.1 of MediaCentral, its free equivalent of Apple’s Front Row software. Version 1.2.1 is now a Universal Binary and supports the Apple remote control. Their APC Tracker v4.3 software for interfacing with an APC UPS is now available as a Universal Binary and adds new features. XtraLean Software announced the availability of their ShutterBug 2.0 Beta, their photo management software (now also a Universal Binary).
Mar 07
Apple has moved the dates for its World Wide Developer Conference 2006 to August 7-11. WWDC is held in San Francisco, California, and normally happens in June.
Mar 03
According to this post on MacDailyNews, the Intel Core Duo-based Mac mini can play back 1080p h.264 video just fine with its Intel GMA950 integrated graphics.