Year: 2002

Symantec has released Norton AntiVirus 8.0.1 via the application’s LiveUpdate feature, as noted by VersionTracker. Details of the update are unavailable.

ZDnet Anchor Desk Executive Editor David Coursey recaps his experiences using a Mac as his primary system for the last three months. Coursey, a PC user, had originally intended to only use the Mac for a month but “I like this little iMac and don’t want to give it up. It’s a whole lot more fun than my Windows machine, and a great creative tool for whacking out these daily columns.”

An Apple Hot News feature profiles Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Ocean’s 11, Erin Brockovich), who traces his roots back to his first independent film, discusses how he’d remake it today, speaks of the sequel in the works, and details the tools he uses, which naturally include Macs, Final Cut Pro, and Cinema Tools/FilmLogic.

Glucose’s WeatherPop is a handy new tool for Mac OS X that displays current weather conditions in the menu bar. The software is provided free of charge.

Koingo Software has released Password Retriever 3.5, a new version of its software for tracking user names and passwords. Version 3.5 represents an entire rewrite of the applications and packs several new features and fixes. Password Retriever is US$11.95 shareware.