Year: 2003

Washington school considers turning down free Macs

Posted by | Jun 10, 2003 | |

Foster High School (Tukwila, Washington) teachers are upset that its school board could refuse to let them accept US$43,000 worth of new Macs the school was recently awarded through a grant program, according to the King County Journal. Earlier this year, teacher Jeff Heiman applied for a grant offering 30 new Macs and six laser printers to a school in an economically challenged community. He was “elated” when he found out in May that Foster had won the grant.

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FileMaker-to-Keynote tool updated

Posted by | Jun 10, 2003 | |

Apple database software subsidiary FileMaker has updated its free FileMaker-to-Keynote tool, which allows you to transform data contained within FileMaker Pro 6 databases into native presentations for Apple’s new Keynote software. Leveraging the XML/XSLT support built within FileMaker Pro 6, the new tool helps developers extract text, graphics, and chart data from FileMaker Pro 6 databases to build the presentations.

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Marathon announces new port replicator

Posted by | Jun 10, 2003 | |

Marathon Computer has announced the RePorter, a new port replicator for Mac desktops. The RePorter is a compact extension, through a single cable, of the FireWire, USB and audio ports usually located on the backplane of a desktop Macintosh. “Rather than add size or mass to the design so that it will stay put on your desk, Marathon has chosen a more elegant approach. The design of the RePorter begs to be picked up and cradled in your hand.

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Defaults Manager for Mac OS X

Posted by | Jun 10, 2003 | , |

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 10, 2003 – Today Kuwan.net (www.kuwan.net) announced Defaults Manager
for Mac OS X. Defaults Manager is the premier editor for the User Defaults
(Preferences) database on Mac OS X. It allows you to easily view, edit, and
delete preferences that are stored in the User Defaults database. It can be
used to view and change the preferences in almost any application. As a
developer, you can use it to make sure your preferences are being stored
and changed correctly.

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