Year: 2003

Aladdin offers Game On! Action Pack, Family Pack

Posted by | Nov 25, 2003 | |

Aladdin Systems today announced two new game collections that bundle several titles from various Mac game publishers. The Game On! Action Pack includes Freedom Force, Incoming, No One Lives Forever, SpyHunter, Star Trek: Voyager Elite Force, and Tomb Raider Chronicles. The Game On! Family Pack includes Burning Monkey Mahjong, Burning Monkey Solitaire 2, realMYST, Snowball Run, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3, and Zoo Tycoon. Both bundles are priced at US$49.99.

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MacVCD X 4.2

Posted by | Nov 25, 2003 | , |

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Mireth Technology has released version 4.2 of MacVCD X for Macintosh OS X,
it=92s popular video player that plays VCDs, SVCDs and Quicktime movies.
This version adds the preserve aspect ratio feature, which allows you to
preserve the aspect ratio on playback, or stretch the picture to fit the
screen. This release also adds back in the save and edit features so
popular in the OS 9 version of MacVCD.

MacVCD X is the full featured Macintosh movie player that plays Video CD,
Super VCD, and Quicktime movies.

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Programmer aims to crack iTunes DRM

Posted by | Nov 25, 2003 | |

The Norwegian programmer who created the first widely used tool for cracking the copy protection technology found on DVDs is now going after Apple’s iTunes. “Late last week, programmer Jon Johansen posted a small program called QTFairUse to his Web site,” reports CNET News.com. “The program served as a demonstration of how to evade, if not exactly break, the anticopying technology wrapped around the songs sold by Apple in its iTunes store…

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Apple kicks off holiday Epson promo

Posted by | Nov 25, 2003 | |

Apple has launched a new holiday promotion that offers a US$99 rebate with the purchase of any Mac and an Epson Stylus C84, qualifying Epson All-In-One, or the EPSON Stylus Photo 900. This offer is valid from November 25 through December 27, 2003, and is available only at participating Apple Authorized Resellers.

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