Sonnet has added a new section to its Web site dedicated specifically to upgrades for getting the iTunes Music Store or iPods working with older or unsupported Macs, such as the Beige G3, “original” iMac, and PowerMac 7600. You can get a full rundown of Sonnet’s solutions by platform in the new music applications area of their site.
Read MoreThe Omni Group has released new beta versions of OmniGraffle and OmniGraffle Professional, its diagramming and drawing applications. Version 3.0.1 b1 contains bug fixes for the most commonly reported problems since the 3.0 releases, as well as preliminary performance enhancements and additions to the online help. The fixes offer better shadow printing, improved import and export to Visio’s XML format, and increased application stability.
Read MoreO’Reilly has announced the release of “Java Data Objects” (US$39.95), co-authored by David Jordan and Craig Russell. Java Data Objects (JDO) allows Java developers to manage data without any specialized knowledge of the underlying database software or database query languages, according to O’Reilly. This book “provides a thorough introduction to JDO, starting with a simple application that demonstrates many of JDO’s capabilities.
Read MoreXM Satellite Radio will make its recently-announced personal computer receiver available for the Macintosh by year’s end, according to the Mac Observer.
Read MorePixar, the animation studio headed by Apple CEO Steve Jobs, today posted a drop in quarterly profit but still beat Wall Street expectations in the lull between the DVD release of “Monsters, Inc.” and this month’s theatrical release of “Finding Nemo.” For its fiscal first quarter ended March 29, Pixar posted a first-quarter profit of US$8.2 million, or 15 cents per share, compared with $15.6
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