Thursday, October 17, 2002

Recent notable software updates Found on Macupdate: Fire 0.31.e - Fixes problems and adds new features for the all-in-one client to access AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Jabber, and IRC. ICQ 3.1b12 - Update to the popular free chat client. VueScan 7.5.56 - Scanner software for film and flatbed scanners. Commercial. Sound Studio 2.0.6 - Shareware audio recording and editing tool. VirtualDesktop 2.0b6 - Update to the shareware virtual desktop utility. Magellan Pro X 1.4.1 - Shareware email management app. 10:27:40 PM comment

QuickTime 6.0.2 Via Macupdate: Version 6.0.2 adds the following: A true all-in-one, standards-based, cross-platform media tool, QuickTime 6 delivers a host of new features that include: MPEG-4 ISO compliant file creation MPEG-4 video codec AAC audio codec Instant-On streaming Macromedia Flash 5 An enhanced QuickTime Player interface QuickTime Picks, bringing you the best, up-to-date QuickTime content JPEG 2000 (Mac OS X Only) Enhanced AppleScript support (Macintosh Only) 10:08:43 PM comment

Psst....don't look now...but Lycos has blogs Be very quiet, but Lycos and Fox Sports have combined to start a new fan site to encourage sports fans to create blogs. 9:28:48 PM comment

Free Jaguar for teachers TidBITS: Jaguar Free to Qualified U.S. Teachers. 5:07:27 PM comment

Macworld move doesn't please Apple Apple Pulls Out of Macworld. Macworld is returning to Boston, but Apple isn't. The giant technology show will return home, but Apple is staying away. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News] 1:38:58 PM comment

Kung-Log 1.5 includes rewritten XML-RPC routines Kung-Log 1.5. - Kung-Log is a OS X application to post to and manage entries of a MovableType weblog. This version includes completely rewritten XML-RPC routines that use WebServicesCore. Kung-Log was made with AppleScript Studio. [release notes] [AppleScript Info] 8:25:19 AM comment

iSync Uninstall 1.0 Apple: iSync Uninstall 1.0. - "You can use iSync Uninstall 1.0 to remove files associated with the use of iSync Beta software. " Cool! It's an AppleScript Studio application! For those wishing to learn how to incorporate shell scripts within their AppleScript scripts, check out the lengthy script that is contained within this package. [AppleScript Info] 8:12:01 AM comment

Microsoft updates Office, fixes Word bug Microsoft Office v.X Updater 10.1.1 deals with multiple security vulnerabilities in the huge office suite. It is also supposed to address several stability issues with Office under Jaguar. The 2.8MB update requires that you first install Microsoft Office v.X Service Release 1. 7:26:20 AM comment

Mozilla X 1.2b adds new features Among the updated features in Mozilla X 1.2b are restored Java compatibility under Jaguar, the ability to launch the browser with a bookmark group as your start page (this opens several pages into tabs), and type ahead find now works on the Mac version of Mozilla. I haven't been using Mozilla at all lately, since I am almost exclusively using Chimera these days. I will give this new 18MB release a spin for today. 6:57:25 AM comment

Thanks for the donation Thanks to the Mac Net Journal who made a sizable donation to support the site yesterday! October has been an extremely slow month for donations, yet traffic on MNJ is still going through the roof. If you find the news and tips offered in MNJ useful, consider making a small donation to support the site. Every donation is definitely appreciated! 6:44:30 AM comment

Ruby: A scripting language included in Jaguar Ken Bereskin introduces Jaguar users to Ruby. - "Ruby is an interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented programming. Ruby is included in Jaguar, joining AppleScript, Perl and Python making Mac OS X the most script-friendly OS around." [AppleScript Info] 6:29:40 AM comment

© Copyright 2002 Rob McNair-Huff.

Donate to support MNJ

More articles
Maximizing battery life under OS X

Tired of viruses and bugs? Ditch Microsoft

The state of OS X Web browsers

Kill the Dock with AppleScript

White Rabbit Publishing