O’Reilly today announced the release of “Mac OS X Hints: Jaguar Edition” (US$24.95), authored by Rob Griffiths, creator of the popular Mac OS X Hints Web site, and edited by David Pogue. The book contains over 500 of the “best tips, tricks, and work-arounds that Jaguar has to offer.” It “shows aficionados of Mac OS X how to adjust the desktop, tweak applications, reconfigure the system, and even fine-tune the software in Mac OS X’s Unix based core.”
Read MoreApple has updated its Hot Deals section with the latest offerings from MacZone and AudioMIDI. Great deals can be found on: Canon PowerShot S230, Brother MFC-4800 multifunction machine, LaCie 120GB external FireWire hard drive, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 11, Sony SDM-S81R/B 18″ flat panel display, Emagic EMI Production Kit, Native Instruments Vokator, MOTU Digital Performer 4, M-Audio Ozone, and Applied Acoustics Tassman 3.
Read MoreBlizzard Entertainment today announced plans for a Mac OS X version of World of Warcraft, its upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game. “World of Warcraft takes place three years following the aftermath of Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, where a great tension has settled over the ravaged world of Azeroth.
Read MoreLogitech today announced the release of Mac OS X software support for its popular credit card size digital camera, the Logitech Pocket Digital. Macintosh users will now be able to import, organize, edit, and share VGA quality digital images from their Logitech Pocket Digital, using the Apple’s iPhoto photo editor and Apple Image Capture.
Read MoreStupendous Software today announced the release of its “Masks & Compositing” plugin pack for iMovie, which contains 24 effects, including blue screen, green screen, blending, and compositing effects. Various mask extraction effects allow users to “pull” masks from video clips and use them for compositing of clips over each other.
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