Archive - Mar 21, 2005

Security Update 2005-003 is now available via Software Update. It delivers a number of security enhancements and is recommended for all Macintosh users. This update includes the following components: AFP Server, Bluetooth Setup Assistant, CoreFoundation, Cyrus SASL, Folder permissions, Safari, Samba.

Although Firefox has been getting all the attention, Camino is still under active development. To promote it, the Camino Project has launched caminobrowser.org

The Camino project has worked to create a browser that is as functional and elegant as the computers it runs on. The Camino web browser is powerful, secure, and ready to meet the needs of all types of users while remaining simple and elegant in its design.

Salem, OR (Blue Moon Bids) March 21, 2005

MacNETv2 is raising funds to buy two Xserve G5 servers. To do so they are parting with three Apple Logo Watches from the 1995 MacWorld Expo. They are in mint condition, never been worn, and have been in safe keeping since they were acquired. The watches are rare and hard to find.

"Before we made the decision to offer these watches for sale to the highest offers we searched all the Apple logo companies to see what they were getting for them. We couldn’t find a single web site offering these watches, and when we searched eBay we found the same thing; no one has them," said the MacNETv2 staff.

Create Flashcards on Mac OS, Study on Palm OS

Digital Meadow today announced the release of Studycard Studio 2.4, the latest update to its multimedia flashcard application for Mac OS. Studycard Studio 2.4 becomes the first and only product in its class to offer a companion study application for the Palm OS(R) platform. The software allows students and educators to create flashcards or quizzes on Mac OS, then study them on Palm Powered(TM) handhelds.

Basasoft has released BasaOne 1.5.

This new version adds great new functions to this Web Application Development Environment.

It is now possible to import tables from remote servers and create front ends to existing databases. Furthermore it is now possible to create table classes to be saved for use in other projects. Printing of document windows and tables has been added. Additionally a useful Help System has also been introduced making development even faster.

The bioinformatics company AbOrygen, located in Mougins, France, this week announced that a new release of biOpen is available.
With the new interactive trace view in biOpen 1.6, you can now import, view and edit your ABI chromatogram files. Synchronisation with the sequence editor allows you to insert, delete or modify residues in your chromatogram files. Moreover, if you create a new fragment from a selection in your chromatogram file, the corresponding trace will be automatically saved with the fragment.

Veenix: Design & Type Tools, published by Lake Group Software, announces the release of version 3.7 and the addition of several new tools to its suite of font, design and production tools for Mac creatives. New features include a measurement conversion tool, a proportion calculator for scaling and resizing, Quark® XPressTags reference charts and industry-specific Quick Web search tools for quickly locating stock photos, Mac hardware and software, news and info, and local suppliers of industry related goods and services.

Odessa, Ukraine, March 21, 2005 – CS Odessa releases LeadingProject 1.1, an update of the new professional project manager tool for Mac OS X and Windows. Due to it’s key feature - a Multi-Project Workspace - the product lets business leaders plan a certain resource in voluntary number of concurrent projects embed one into another and see if this resource is overworked or used in different projects at the same time.