MacSoft said today that the Mac version of Microsoft Game Studios’ best-selling real-time strategy game, Age of Mythology, is in the final stages of development and will ship on November 5. “A time when heroes did battle with monsters of legend and the gods intervened in the affairs of mortal men… Guide one of nine ancient civilizations to greatness by commanding all aspects of your empire. Advance through four distinct ages.
Read MoreWired News reports that Napster 2.0 and the iPod don’t play nice together: “With its relaunch on Thursday, Napster, the most notorious name in music downloads, will collide with the hottest music player on the market, the iPod. That’s because music downloaded from Napster will not be playable on Apple’s insanely popular iPod. The newly legal Napster service and the iPod use incompatible file formats… Napster 2.0 is joining an ever-growing field of paid music services like Musicmatch and BuyMusic.com.
Read MoreMacForce, an independent Apple reseller, is making the high-tech home a reality with its new InnerSpace center, a showcase of digital lifestyle technology opening Friday in Portland, Oregon (100 S.E. Salmon). InnerSpace, designed to mimic a home environment, will feature technology that helps automate home appliances — using a computer to control everything from lights, heating and alarms, to controlling a home theater all without lifting a finger.
Read MoreMacMinute reader Eric Jasso let us know that Robinsons May stores now carry Apple’s iPod: “I was just flipping through today’s LA Times and saw an ad for the iPod at, of all places, Robinsons May department stores. Their ad copy says ‘The world’s best loved music player.’ It also says ‘Authorized Reseller.’ 20 gig model for US$399.99. Is this the beginning of a bigger retail push?”
Read MoreOctober 9th, 2003
Iconfactory Releases iPulse v 2.0 System Monitoring Utility
The Iconfactory is pleased to announce the immediate availability of iPulse
Version 2.0 for Mac OS X. iPulse is a compact and visually pleasing utility
for monitoring the numerous statistics of OS X and your Macintosh. Created
by veteran programmer, Craig Hockenberry, iPulse v1.0 was rated Four Mice by
MacWorld in May of 2003.