Year: 2002

Kensington today introduced the StudioMouse, a professional mouse designed to compliment Apple’s products. The StudioMouse features three customizable buttons and the new Scroll Sensor, a track-pad device that functions like a scroll wheel. Kensington is currently taking pre-orders for the StudioMouse, which costs US$59.95, but has not announced a shipping date.

Tex9 recently began beta testing an iPod plug-in for its iTunes-like Linux MP3 player, xtunes. As noted by c|net, the software promises to offer drag-and-drop access to the iPod from within xtunes. When released, the plug-in will sell for a small price, while xtunes will remain a free download.

Mac:method has released f(x) 2.5, the latest version of its programmable scientific RPN calculator for Mac OS X. f(x) features 20 scientific functions, decimal, hexadecimal, and binary input modes. The new version adds copy/paste support, expanded numerics, and user interface improvements. f(x) 2.5 comes with a 60-day trial; the software costs US$15 to register.

Apple’s Developer Connection has published an article discussing PHP Development using Apple’s Developer Tools. The article illustrates how users can take advantage of Project Builder’s CVS integration and emacs-style key bindings to write code.

Cisco is working with 19 European airports to install wireless access points, according to Computerwire. Among those airports are Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, Turkey; Munich Airport in Germany, and Copenhagen airport in Denmark. The deal is expected to bring wireless access to airports currently lacking such connectivity, including possibly London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports.