Year: 2001

As anticipated eight days ago, Mac OS X 10.1.2 is now available via the Software Update control panel. The update improves USB and FireWire support, adds PC card storage device support, IrDA modem support on FireWire PowerBooks, includes networking and printing improvements, AirPort 2.0, AppleScript 1.8, Apache web server 1.3.22, and more.

Erik Ryan, a product manager at Microsoft’s Macintosh Business Unit, discusses Office v.X and touches upon Microsoft’s .NET strategy and future Mac titles in an interview with MacSlash. Ryan also says “there is nothing to officially announce right now” regarding Mac OS X drivers for Microsoft’s line of IntelliMouse devices.

U.S. District Court Judge Frederick J. Motz said today in a brief statement that he will not decide until after January 10, 2002, whether to endorse Microsoft’s proposed settlement, according to Reuters. The delay allows more time for Microsoft and settling attorneys to try to negotiate a compromise with dissenting class action lawyers.

LimeWire 2.0 is the latest version of the popular client for the Gnutella peer-to-peer file sharing network. Version 2.0 adds a number of new features, including a simplified interface, the ability to swarm downloads from multiple hosts, a new Ultrapeer technology that reduces bandwidth requirements, support for browser and file launching in Mac OS X, and more.

David Pogue, Technology Editor of The New York Times, explores $300 digital cameras from Sony, Minolta, Fuji, Toshiba, Kodak, Olympus and Hewlett-Packard in his latest column, on a mission to discover how much “trickling down” of features has occurred since last year, when cameras with similar features retailed for twice as much.