Monday, April 17th, 2006

• More notes on Quake 4 Image 'Snow' w/9800 SE card
• BootCamp user Info/Tips on Booting Win XP from USB Drive
• Comments on Roxio Popcorn 2
• Follow-up on FCP 5.1 render problem (solved)
• Logitech Control Center Software Update
• Question on Sims 2 (Univ. binary) performance on Intel CPU Macs
• Apple Knowledge Base Doc Updates (ARD, Aperture, BootCamp, iPod/Itunes, iDVD, OS X)
• Review of WiebeTech Mini SATADock
• Free eBooks on Complex queries with Spotlight and Color Correcting Old Degraded Photographs
• Adobe Disable VM Buffering plug-in (Removes Photoshop CS2 painting pauses)
• M-Audio Firewire 410 and Firewire Audiophile 1.7.1 driver updates (dated 4/14/2006)
• Rate Your CPU Upgrade Reports Database Updated
• Recent Reviews and Articles:

• Apple releases Java 2 Standard Edition 5.0 Release 4 for OS X Tiger
• OWC iMac G5 DL Superdrive Upgrades (w/old drive trade-in rebate), FW800/USB 2.0 Portable Drives
• Notes on MacBook Pro and Mixed Mode Wireless Networks
• CPU Upgrade Problems due to dust accumulation on heatsink
• Review of Apple Remote Desktop 3
• Burst.com sues Apple (claims iPod, iTunes, and QuickTime infringe upon company's patents)
• Memory prices expected to Rise
• First tests of Toshiba's HD-DVD Player
• (Spyware) MacScan 2.1 Universal Binary
• LaCie unveils "LaFrame" LCD frame
• MacUpdate Free developer file mirroring and Universal Binary search upgrade
• Retrospect Driver Update 6.1.5.102 (adds support for Pioneer DVR-111D and Apple OEM Panasonic/Matshita UJ-857)
• MacForge.net now has over 35,000 Mac Open Source Projects
• iVCD - VCD, SVCD, DVD burner now available for Intel Macs
• iTunes Library Manager 4.3.1
• Review of ColorVision PrintFIX Pro
• e2Sync 2.7 Universal Binary (tool for syncing Entourage)
• Rate Your CPU Upgrade Reports Database Updated
• Recent Reviews and Articles:

• Differences in ATI X1600 Clock speed in Macs vs PCs, Overclocking using ATITool in XP
• Intel CPU iMac owner updated comments on Sims2 Univ. Binary Performance
• Price cuts on Mercury On-The-Go Portable Hard Drives
• Feedback on Retrospect 6 driver update for Pioneer DVR-111D drives
• Intel CPU Mac Firmware 1.0.1 updates
• OWC SuperDrive Pioneer DVR-110D Bundles
• Mac Neverwinter Nights 1.6.7b4 Update
• iAlertU Beta (Remote controlled motion-sensitive alarm for MacBook Pro)
• Apple Quarterly Results
• Hands on: Apple Remote Desktop 3
• Radical Breeze releases DiscBlaze 6.1.5: Growl notifications
• Apple OS X Tip of the Week: Sending Huge Attachments
• Adobe DNG SDK 1.1
• Intel CPU Mac Triple (OS) Boot Trick
• Gartner report: video is Apple's killer-app
• Thinkfree Office 3.1.069 (intel macs now officially supported)
• Recent Reviews and Articles:

• MacBook Pro owner reports on Overclocking ATI X1600 (using ATItool)
• Another report of Problems (Kernel Panics) solved by Cleaning Heatsink Dust Buildup
• Parallels Workstation Reports page updated (CPU Usage notes)
• Neptune FW400 Hard Drive price cuts, 500GB model added
• ATICellerator II Author comments on Updates for X1600 Support
• GraphicConverter 5.8.2
• I am 8 Bit
• Internet connect wizard launch2net for Intel/PowerPC w/HSDPA support for Mac OS X
• Intel to launch Woodcrest, Conroe and Merom in Q3
• Counterfeit Apple iPod Nanos and Shuffles
• AlertU 0.03 (Remote controlled motion-sensitive alarm for MacBook Pro)
• Recent Reviews and Articles:

• iMac G5/Seagate SATA 7200.9 owner notes on Drive Firmware Versions
• Apple OEM Radeon 9600s (incl. models modified for 4x AGP Macs)
• More iMac/MBP owner reports on Overclocking ATI X1600 (using ATItool)
• More on Parallels Workstation CPU Usage, Runaway processes
• Review of Addonics 5X1 eSATA Port Multiplier
• picotux - the smallest Linux Computer in the World
• Google Earth 3.1.0621.0
• VLC Media Player 0.8.5test3
• Gimp.app 2.2.11
• Apple Offers Free Computer Take-Back/recycling Program
• Electric Image Animation System 6.5
• LightZone 1.3.1 (photo editing app)
• Apple pushes to unmask product leaker
• FW Depot EF83-Q Four Drive FireWire 800 Enclosure w/RAID 1, 0
• World's First 19" Laptop with (SLI) Dual Nvidia GPUs
• Intel finally unveils ultra low-voltage chips
• Recent Reviews and Articles: