Tuesday, April 30, 2002

Virus definitions updated MacNN notes that the Symantec and Virex defintions for May have been updated. 10:58:02 PM comment

ThinkFree - another OS X alternative to Office vX The ThinkFree Alternative. Mac OS X users now have a low-cost alternative to Microsoft Office. ThinkFree is a full-featured office suite that enables users to open and edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files. Daniel Steinberg takes ThinkFree for a spin and files this report. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] 5:27:37 PM comment

Alternate ways to control your OS X machine TidBITS continues its series on OS X utilities in Top Mac OS X Utilities: Alternative Controls [TidBITS] 4:44:35 PM comment

More buzz about Mozilla MacCentral wrote this morning about the growing popularity and buzz as the Final Mozilla browser beta readies attack [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] 4:39:48 PM comment

802.11b CompactFlash card coming next month PDABuzz.com notes that Belkin introduces 802.11b CF card. This card should add easy Wi-Fi capabilities to PDAs, but I wonder if it will have a use in other devices? How about a Wi-Fi enabled CompactFlash card for a digital camera? There is no word if this card will be OS X compatible... 4:35:31 PM comment

Klez computer worm continues to grow as a security nuisance Klez Worm Rises to Top of Threat Lists. Climbing the charts like a catchy tune, the Klez.H computer virus is using multiple vectors to spread and now sits atop the threat lists of many security companies. The virus accounts for the highest rate of infection reports ever at antivirus giant Symantec. [osOpinion] 4:04:20 PM comment

Did he? Or didn't he? TidBITS digs into last week's big issue: Was Bill Gates Lying? 3:59:28 PM comment

Maxum updates Rumpus FTP server application Rumpus v2.1.1. - Rumpus is high-performance FTP server software that, when new files are uploaded to the server, can notify the administrator (or anyone else) by sending an e-mail or take other action by executing an AppleScript. Version changes include bug fixes, performance improvement and better CPU utilization under Mac OS X. [AppleScript Info] 3:21:52 PM comment

April Developer Tools finally hit the Net April 2002 Developer Tools Posted. The April 2002 Developer Tools, now available to ADC online members, includes a new version of Project Builder with a flexible user interface. This long-time CodeWarrior user set it to the “Many Windows” configuration, and so far I’m pleased. [ranchero.com] 3:18:18 PM comment

OK...this time it is me who has a tech problem with OS X I am just starting to investigate what went whacko with OS X on my PowerBook last night. I moved in to my home office and hooked up a second monitor to the Pismo and in the process the machine that had run rock solid for 12 days started going belly up. I did a full restart, booted into single-user mode and ran "fsck -y" at the Unix prompt a couple of times, until there were no more problems found. But when I finally started up again under the graphical version of OS X, my trackpad settings were changed and my clock will only display military time. The trackpad was easy to fix...now to find a solution for the military time... 3:17:12 PM comment

OmniWeb bumped to 4.1 sneaky peek 75 The OmniGroup has unveiled another sneaky peek release of OmniWeb, its OS X native Web browser. This release addresses shortcomings in the latest full beta release, 4.1b5. Documentation for 4.1sp75 has not yet been released... Update: Here is the link to the release notes for OmniWeb 4.1sp75 8:46:28 AM comment

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