Ranchero Software has posted NetNewsWire 1.0.2b3, the latest beta release of the company’s popular RSS news reader and weblog editor. This release updates the Sites Drawer, fixes a few bugs, and adds a new Latest Additions folder feature. A detailed list of changes can be found here. NetNewsWire requires Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) and sells for US$39.95. For your reference, MacMinute’s RSS feed is: http://www.macminute.com/headlines.xml.
Read MoreReuters reports that RealNetworks has launched a new service that provides news, music, sports and movie trailers to mobile phones and handheld computers. RealNetworks says that devices such as the Nokia 3650 mobile phone and the Palm Tungsten and Zire 71 PDAs are being shipped with software for the new service.
Read MoreOn tonight’s broadcast of The Gamesome Mac, a weekly Mac gaming radio show, hosts Sean Smith and Omaha Sternberg will talk with game music composer Aleksandar Dimitrijevic about computer games and music. Dimitrijevic is best know for his work on “Otto Matic” and “Bugdom 2” from Pangea Software. The Gamesome Mac can be heard on Mondays from 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM ET.
Read MoreLightsoft has announced the availability of Kairos 2.0.1, the latest update to the company’s weather graphing and monitoring application for Mac OS X 10.2 and later. Kairos can be programmed with an unlimited number of custom alerts that can send out emails and run scripts when triggered. In addition, it can speak the weather and display current conditions in the dock.
Read MoreOur friends at ResExcellence have announced a new contest on their Web site, giving away three free copies of Interarchy, Stairways Software’s award-winning networking software for the Mac. The contest runs from May 5 to May 10 — further details and contest guidelines are available from the site.
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