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What this means, according to Twin Mac, is that software built with this update wonit run on the pirated copies of Intel OS X that are currently floating around the Internet. The site notes: “Apple is expected to deploy much stronger TPM [Trusted Platform Module] checks to final candidate builds, if not already implemented, in…

A t its Developer Forum this week, Intel reiterated that it plans to release beta versions of both its compiler and performance libraries for Mac OS X later this year. The tools will be released as plug-ins for Appleis Xcode software and will especially appeal to those who already use Intel tools for Linux and…

Reporter Mark Baard says that a hacker who calls himself “cmoski” has claimed that OSx86 seems to run faster on the PCs than Mac OS X does today on the current generation of Mac computers. “Some in the Pentium camp want to say, iBecause a Pentium is faster, of course,i some want to say (Intel…

Mr. Kirkpatrick points out that Dell, though, “has for several years fearlessly — and lucratively — sold servers loaded with Linux, the operating system Microsoft reviles and dreads. And as the industryis top dog, it wields more bargaining power with Microsoft than other PC-makers.” So he decided to e-mail Michael Dell, who responded: “If Apple…

< A href="http://www.apple.com">Apple Computer has released QuickTime 7 for Panther users. QuickTime 7 is a component of Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger," which is being released today, but the company has made a standalone update for Mac OS X 10.3 users that brings all of the new features to Panther. QuickTime 7 Pro will require…

< A href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/20/apple_brum_store/">Apple Computer has patched a Java glitch the company said affected some users of Mac OS X 10.3.9. The glitch caused the Safari Web browser and standalone Java apps to sometimes crash. Appleis description: "After updating to Mac OS X 10.3.9, some systems may have issues with Java applications and Java-enabled websites when…

< A href="http://www.stone.com/">Stone Design has announced Imaginator, a new image processing application that is built on technologies found only in Mac OS X 10.4, Tiger. Imaginator offers real-time processing for image effects and other image processing, and achieves this by leveraging native Cocoa development and several core technologies in Tiger. The company will release the…

The company announced it is now taking pre-orders of Tiger at its online store for US$129. Apple will also offer a Mac OS X Tiger Family Pack for $199 that includes a single-residence, five-user license. Tuesdayis announcement is ahead of the self-imposed shipping schedule Apple set in January when it said it would release the…

T he folks at MacWireless have added a new Ceiling AirPort Antenna to their offerings, designed to provide maximum coverage in a room and to floors beneath it. The 6 dBi antenna, which replaces the AirPortis built-in antenna, mounts to the ceiling, ideally alongside your ceiling-mounted (or close to it) AirPort Base Station. “Why put…

N ot mentioned on The Mac Observer last week — or in Appleis accompanying iTunes 4.7.1 Read Me — was that the minor update to Appleis jukebox software, designed primarily to add support for the iPod shuffle, corrected a security issue that allowed malicious playlists to crash iTunes and execute arbitrary code. Details on the…

< A href="http://macsoftgames.com/">MacSoft has announced a three-in-one pack of Atari arcade games that have been redeveloped for Mac OS X. The three titles are Breakout — a game originally developed by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs* for Atari — Centipede, and Pong. "Each game in Atari Arcade Classics gives you a nostalgic game redone in…

M icromat has released TechTool Pro 4.0.3, the newest version of its versatile disk utility. While at the time of this writing Micromatis downloads page has yet to be updated with news of the update, MacUpdate reports that version 4.0.3 delivers the following changes (and also provides a download link): Corrected reported issues with eDrive…