Year: 2002

To help celebrate MacMinute’s first birthday, the generous folks at Three Rivers Internet have donated another prize to our growing list of goodies. Up for grabs is one year of free Web site hosting using a Virtual Domain hosting account. This is a US$400 value and includes 50MB of server space, 1.5GB of monthly traffic, 5 email accounts under the winner’s domain name, and full use of the company’s canned CGIs and Lasso processor.

The Omni Group has released OmniOutliner 2.0.1, an update to the company’s tool for outlining and organizing your thoughts on Mac OS X. Version 2.0.1 adds Japanese localization, several bug fixes and interface tweaks, and more. OmniOutliner 2.0.1 requires Mac OS X 10.1 or later.

Apple Russia has kicked off a new promotion that offers Mac users a discount on a new Power Mac G4 when they trade in their older Power Mac, regardless of model. The discount varies depending on the model of Power Mac G4 purchased: US$180 for the 800MHz, $265 for the 933MHz, and $355 for the dual-1GHz. The promotion runs through the end of June and can be combined with other promotions. Macintouch notes that the promotion could be making its way to other European countries.

Peer-to-peer file swapping companies Kazaa BV and StreamCast Networks are feeling the pinch defending themselves in court against the major record labels as expenses pile up, according to c|net. Kazaa BV has already conceded defeat in court, while StreamCast this week lost its high profile lawyer who successfully defended Diamond Multimedia three years ago against the labels over its Rio MP3 player.