Year: 2002

Zingg!, a Fast Launch contextual menu for Mac OS X

Belo Horizonte, Brazil – September 27, 2002

Rainer Brockerhoff announces the release of version 1.2 of Zingg!, a Fast
Launch contextual menu for Mac OS X.

Zingg! shows a list of all applications that claim to open the selected
file. The user can select certain applications to be always included or
always excluded from the list, and Classic applications may receive special
handling. Zingg!

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MacVCD X 4.1 released

Mireth Technology today released MacVCD X 4.1, an update to its popular Video CD player for Mac OS X. Version 4.1 adds support for Super VCD playback (with Apple’s Quicktime MPEG2 component), Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) compatibility, playback in a re-sizeable floating window, a repeat track feature, and provides improved playback on slower machines. MacVCD X is priced at US$19.95.

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Sharp develops new 3D LCD display

Sharp today announced that it has developed a new liquid crystal display (LCD) capable of showing three-dimensional images, which will go into mass production later this year. The 3D LCDs, which unlike conventional 3D displays, don’t require the use of special glasses, are expected to be used for computer games and to display goods in online shopping. There is no word as of yet as to whether or not the new displays will be Mac-compatible.

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