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Blue Mango Multimedia, LLC is now shipping Enhanced QuickTime External. Enhanced QuickTime External is a utility designed for expanding the standard QuickTime feature set. The app ships with QuickTime movie editing support and audio level control. According to Blue Mango Multimedia, LLC: Blue Mango Multimedia, LLC today announced the Enhanced QuickTime External, which extends the…

Ambrosia Software, Inc. has released an update for Escape Velocity Nova, bringing it to version 1.0.7. Escape Velocity is a space action/rpg game designed to destroy tedium with laser fire. The update fixes several bugs and improves Panther compatibility. According to Ambrosia Software: EV Nova 1.0.7, for the Mac, has been released. EV Nova is…

Previously in this column, I have made mention of the fact that since my retirement I have joined the local Macintosh User Group (MUG). There is a loose affiliation of user groups across the US and, as far as I know, in other countries as well.  These groups meet periodically to share information, fellowship, and…

Been Christmas shopping? Even the most war-hardened shopper can tire of fighting the crowds just to save a few pennies on gifts that the intended recipient may not want. Stores like Wal-Mart during the Christmas buying season can easily be compared to midwestern stockyards, where cattle where herded before becoming last night’s dinner. An article…

The next time you buy a pack of blank CDs or scroll through the playlist on our iPod you’ll think of our northern neighbors after reading this: Canada currently collects a tariff on media that can be used for recording music; cassette tapes, blank CDs, and similar items. The purpose of the tariff is to…

SCO has made quite a name for itself in recent months, not because of technical excellence, but because of its attempts to wrangle licensing fees from anyone using Linux, and possibly other *nix variants such as BSD and its descendants. The company has also made a splash because of its lawsuits against those who’ve refused…

It seems that everyone wants to follow Apple into the space that Apple says can’t make money. Reuters is reporting that HP is going to be the latest me-too company in the music download business, following such runners-up as Roxio, MusicMatch, BuyMusic.com, and Dell Computer. Like Dell, HP is also going to be selling its…

We hear a lot about Apple’s latest desktops and notebooks these days — even ganged PowerMac G5s have been making headlines — but we seldom hear news of the Xserve and how businesses are using them. Here’s a story from ComputerWorld Singapore about a laboratory that has recently installed Xserves. Temasek Life Science Laboratory needed…

Our DealsOntheWeb.com Web site has announced a free drawing for Apple’s iSight webcam. It’s fairly simple, you just have to register to be included in the drawing, and it’s an easy registration. From DealsOnTheWeb: Here’s your chance to get a Free Apple iSight Camera just in time for the holidays. Register up to once per…

Eh? What’s that you say? Even if you don’t work in the Information Technology (IT) business you likely know that many companies have been moving some of their IT services, like call-center help, engineering, and design offshore to save money. Businesses like Dell, who offer around the clock customer support, reduced operating costs by setting…

One of the myths many Mac users encounter every day is the idea that Macs are more expensive than PCs. Today we have a story from Aussie magazine Australian IT that offers a bit of first-hand proof that this is a myth. The magazine has published an article about an Aussie business that dumped its…

One might think that Michael Dell is getting tired of hearing that Apple’s R&D is better than Dell’s. In an interview with C|Net, Mr. Dell responded to questions that compared Dell’s R&D efforts to that of Apple. In his responses, Mr. Dell defends his company’s R&D legacy by emphasizing that it’s supposed to be good…

Apple has unveiled new G5-optimized versions of three of its professional creative apps. Final Cut Pro 4, Shake 3, and DVD Studio Pro 2 have all been updated to take specific advantage of the G5 processor in Apple’s Power Mac G5. The updates are free to owners of the current versions of those apps. From…

Apple has announced a couple of major changes to the Power Mac G5 line. First up, the company has lowered the price of the entry-level 1.6 GHz model to US$1,799, a US$200 reduction. The machine remains unchanged otherwise. Apple has also made the 1.8 GHz model a dual-processor unit, keeping the same price of US$2,499.…

Let’s see; Germany told them, "Auf Wiedersehen," China said, "Huí tóu jiàn," and now it looks as if Brazil is bidding Microsoft a not so fond, "adeus!" It seems that Brazilian President, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, believes that one way to help bridge the social/economic gap between the haves and the have-nots in his…

When Fred Anderson speaks, people listen; he is Apple’s Chief Financial Officer, after all, and has helped Steve Jobs steer Apple out of rough times to its present profit-making presence. Mr. Anderson addressed a group of University of Michigan business students recently as the key speaker in a year-long series of speakers sponsored by the…

"Mac or PC?" So rang out the most intense question in the most recent debate between Democratic candidates for US President. Of the eight candidates in the debate, all but Carol Moseley Braun and John Kerry fessed up to being PC users, most likely of the Windows variety. OK, so it was hardly the most…

When Apple launched the Power Mac G5, it did so with a claim that the G5 was the world’s fastest personal computer. From Steve Jobs touting this at the WWDC, to promotional messages on Apple’s Web site, to a TV commercial that ran for a few weeks, the claim of "world’s fastest" was made loud…