Year: 2003

Type/Creator Database 2003.8 for OS X

Posted by | Jul 30, 2003 | , |

August 2003

Ilan Szekely is pleased to announce the release Type/Creator Database
2003.8 for OS X.
This is the 24th release of Type/Creator Database!
Type/Creator Database is Shareware – only $20

What’s new in the August 2003 release?

This version is completely rewritten for OS X.

Type/Creator Database is now based upon the Panorama(tm) database
tool by ProVUE.

The database now combines in one file all the information previously
present in:
1. Type/Creator Database
2. Duplicate Type/Creator DB
3.

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LaunchBar utility updated to version 3.2.12

Posted by | Jul 30, 2003 | |

Objective Development today released LaunchBar 3.2.12, an update to its award-winning productivity tool for Mac OS X. LaunchBar provides instant access to thousands of documents, folders, bookmarks and email addresses, applications and preference panes just by entering short abbreviations of the searched item’s name. This release provides a number of new feature tweaks and bug fixes, all of which are documented here. LaunchBar is priced from US$19.95.

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Apple’s Power Mac G5 claims ‘simply not true’

Posted by | Jul 30, 2003 | |

A senior analyst for the Microprocessor Report has described Apple’s claims that the Power Mac G5 is the world’s fastest PC and the first 64-bit system as “simply not true.” According to The Inquirer, Peter Glaskowsky said in a newsletter sent to Microprocessor Forum customers that there were 64-bit chips in several RISC-based Windows NT desktops in the mid 1990s, and that actual Pentium 4 and Xeon benchmarks are “considerably h

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iTunes to prompt online music marketing campaigns

Posted by | Jul 30, 2003 | |

Apple’s iTunes Music Store and its high-profile ad campaign are expected to inspire other online music ventures to create similar marketing strategies in hopes of better brand awareness, according to AdAge. “Apple’s marketing and media push is likely to drive awareness for the entire online music category. The No. 1 factor is the brand,” says Phil Leigh, digital media analyst at investment firm Raymond James & Associates.

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