Year: 2002

GameRanger adds Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix

GameRanger Technologies today announced the addition of Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix to GameRanger, the company’s popular mulitplayer online gaming service. Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix, the popular first-person shooter, is available from MacPlay for Mac OS X, priced at US$49.99. GameRanger also supports 105 other titles, and is available for Mac OS 8.6 or higher and Mac OS X.

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Formac introduces new 20.1″ LCD

Formac today announced the Gallery 2010, a new 20.1″ flat panel display that features Fujitsu’s Multi-Domain Vertical Alignment (MVA) technology for enhanced viewing angle, brightness, contrast ratio and pixel response time. The display is designed for professionals working in color-critical applications, such as desktop-publishing, pre-press, video editing and digital imaging.

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PinPoint 2.0 released

MacChampion has released PinPoint 2.0, the latest version of its cursor enhancement tool that helps users locate their curser on the screen by displaying a graphic around it. Version 2.0 brings a new preference pane, drag and drop custom cursors and position, and multi-colored pointers. PinPoint is available for Mac OS X, and is US$10 Shareware.

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Boston tries to reclaim Macworld Expo


A story this morning in The Boston Globe reports that convention officials in Boston will meet tomorrow with Charlie Greco, the head of IDG World Expo, to try to cut a deal to bring the East Coast Mac show back to Boston. Macworld Expo was held in Boston for 13 years before it moved to New York City in 1998. “Greco met with Mayor Thomas M. Menino last week.

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PopChar X 1.3 update brings Jaguar support

Macility today released PopChar X 1.3, an update to its application that makes typing of unusual characters easy without having to remember keyboard combinations. It installs a menu that shows all characters available in the current font. The update includes several new features and bug fixes, including improved Unicode support and Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) compatibility. PopChar X is available for Mac OS X, priced at US$29.

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