Year: 2003

Powerbacks online library for PowerPoint announced

Posted by | Oct 21, 2003 | |

Blue Worx today announced its new online library for global template and clipart delivery for PowerPoint. The Powerbacks online library for PowerPoint offers over 2,100 templates, dating from January 2002, with 100 new works being created each month. A one-day pass lets you access the current entries for US$4.95; $19.95 gets you an annual subscription or 3,300+ templates or a CD-ROM of the current offerings plus a year online subscription for $29.95.

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URL Manager Pro 3.1 final released

Posted by | Oct 21, 2003 | |

Alco Bloom has released URL Manager Pro 3.1, the latest update of his excellent shareware bookmark manager for Mac OS X. URL Manager Pro allows users to store, manage, and organize bookmarks independently of your browser. New features in version 3.1 include a new system-wide bookmark menu, the ability to select a destination bookmark file when you add a bookmark, and significantly improves the Mac OS X look and feel and of the application.

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ProSQL 2.0 brings Panther support, more

Posted by | Oct 21, 2003 | |

Intelli Innovations today released ProSQL 2.0, a major upgrade to its object-oriented remote database management system for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X. ProSQL connects to remote MySQL, PostgreSQL, FrontBase, OpenBase, REALbasic Database, and ProSQL data sources. Version 2.0 features Mac OS X 10.3 Panther support, faster query capabilities, SQL favorites, and new AppleScript capabilities. ProSQL sells for US$99.95.

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IconBox gets new icon sorting options

Posted by | Oct 21, 2003 | |

Chickenbyte Software has released IconBox 1.5, a new version of its icon organizing tool. The update includes manual re-ordering of icons within a library; the ability to sort icons by name, keywords, description, author and copyright; “iDrop” feature: Drop files or folders onto it to change their icon; re-styled interface; support for Pixadex Containers; faster searching; support for importing ICNS files; several new export formats including ICNS, PNG, GIF and Windows XP icons; and more. IconBox sells for US$12.95.

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Swinburne University supercomputer using Xserve RAID

Posted by | Oct 20, 2003 | |

The Swinburne University of Technology’s Center for Astrophysics and Supercomputing in Australia has implemented Apple Xserve RAID storage systems for use with its 130-node Dell cluster. “We looked at upgrading the supercomputer but that would have been too expensive for what we needed,” the center’s director, Professor Matthew Bailes, told LinuxWorld. “Although we don’t have much to do with Apple, after seeing its new Xserve RAID storage device we decided to evaluate it…

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