Wednesday, April 3, 2002

Yahoo also announces the end of invites Yahoo cancels invites. The Web portal calls off the party, announcing the shutdown of its online invitation site in a move that underscores its overall strategic shift. [CNET News.com] 9:21:00 PM comment

Yahoo moves confuse users Yahoo service changes baffle customers. Some users of Yahoo's e-mail-forwarding feature are finding themselves booted from the service because they said they would not accept third-party marketing messages. [CNET News.com] 9:16:39 PM comment

Goodbye ClubMac, hello bigger MacMall Computer retailer PC Mall snaps up rival. The owner of catalog retailer MacMall is acquiring the assets of rival Mac seller ClubMac. Shares of PC Mall rise slightly following the announcement. [CNET News.com] 9:10:28 PM comment

Congratulations and thanks are in order Al Hawkins today became the first to offer a voluntary donation for the publication of Mac Net Journal. I just want to publically thank Al and encourage others to help support the continued publication of this site. To donate, just click the credit card icon on the left side of each Mac Net Journal page to submit a donation through the Paypal payment system. If you are more interested in sending a personal check (I am making an effort to stay away from credit cards right now, so I understand the desire to work with checks), then contact me personally by e-mail and I can offer the Mac Net Journal snail-mail address. 3:22:54 PM comment

OmniWeb 4.1b2 - a new wide release public beta of the popular browser OmniWeb 4.1 Public Beta 2 now available. The Omni Group has release OmniWeb 4.1 Public Beta 2, a new version of the popular browser for OS X.... [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] 11:49:20 AM comment

Program customizes HTML export from iPhoto Better Templates for iPhoto’s BetterHTMLExport. O’Reilly: “BetterHTMLExport, at version 1.3 at time of writing, provides significant improvements over the built-in HTMLExport filter, including the option for you to create your own templates.” [ranchero.com] 11:46:35 AM comment

Mac bargains at Circuit City Cheap Apple pickings at Circuit City. Buyers rack up good deals as Circuit City goes through its remaining inventory of iMacs and iBooks after the retailer and Apple Computer announce they're ending their relationship. [CNET News.com] 11:39:38 AM comment

How many readers are using Mailsmith? I am curious how many Mac Net Journal users are using Mailsmith for OS X? What do you think of it? As I have mentioned before, I use the latest version of PowerMail for OS X and I am pretty happy with it, but I hear repeated comments about the lack of sophisticated search features and odd handling of HTML e-mail (PowerMail defaults to offer a Web browser link for viewing HTML mail). I am just curious how things are going with Mailsmith and the newest OS X mail program on the block? Use the Comments feature to let me know what you think of the program... 10:18:18 AM comment

AppleWorks updated under OS X MacSlash notes that Apple has updated AppleWorks to version 6.2.4. Among the improvements in the program are better access to Word and Excel files and enhanced formatting tools. Check out the MacSlash discussion to see how the update is working for other people. You can download and install the new AppleWorks version from this Apple page. 8:42:46 AM comment

Proteus chat client updated Proteus 1.6: multiservice IM client. Proteus 1.6 is a new version of the multiservice IM client, offering custom Emoticons, Sound Packs, Icon Packs, and Fonts. Other changes include a revamped ... [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] 8:28:52 AM comment

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