Year: 2002

appMac today announced the release of sMailing 4.0, the latest version of its e-mailing software for Mac OS Classic and Mac OS X. New features in version 4.0 include a more complete and ergonomic interface, performance enhancements to the send engine, database display in real-time, as well as several bug fixes. sMailing 4.0 sells for US$59.

ATI today announced a new family of graphics chips, which it claims are the most powerful on the market today. The new Radeon 9000, which sports 64MB of DDR memory and dual-digital display capability, and the Radeon 9700, which offers 128MB of high speed DDR memory and a dual display support for CRT and flat panel monitors, will be available for the Mac in late summer and early fall.

Following Apple’s move earlier Wednesday in adding an eMac with a DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive, the company has dropped its US$999, CD-RW equipped Classic iMac and added two models with additional RAM as the only difference. The Classic iMac line still includes the low-end $799 model with 600MHz PowerPC G3, 128MB SDRAM, 40GB Ultra ATA drive, and CD-ROM Drive. The mid-range includes 256MB of SDRAM for $874, and a high-end model with 512MB of memory sells for $1,024.

A New York Times article by Steve Lohr looks at Steve Jobs’ keynote at Macworld Expo yesterday, as well as the Apple’s marketing and growth strategies for the future. “The keynote speech yesterday by Steven P.

Space Holdings Software is exhibiting a pre-release version of Starry Night X, the company’s space and astronomy software, at Macworld Expo. New features include enhanced telescope control capabilities, new databases of stars and galaxies, an observation planner, and multimedia movies featuring astronomy experts. The final version of Starry Night X will ship in Fall 2002.