Lightsoft has announced the immediate availability of Kairos 1.0 (US$15), a new weather graphing and monitoring application for Mac OS X. Kairos records the weather conditions for any location you specify and graphs the data. In addition, Kairos can monitor the temperature and send out warning emails if it detects the conditions are becoming icy.
Read MoreNorthern Softworks has released Lights Out 2.0 (US$7.95), a new version of its Energy Saver utility for Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar). According to the developer, Lights Out is “an application designed to give users more control over Apple’s Energy Saver. It helps solve the problem of Energy Saver insomnia. Many scanners and other peripherals interfere with the Mac’s normal sleeping patterns. Lights Out offers a secondary idle timer to put your Mac to sleep even when Energy Saver fails to do so.”
Read MoreO’Reilly has released “Learning Unix for Mac OS X, Second Edition” (US$19.95), authored by Dave Taylor and Brian Jepson. The compact book, which has been updated to cover Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar), provides “a user-friendly tour of the Mac’s new Unix base.
Read MoreApple has posted details about a new program, dubbed “School Night at the Apple Store.” The program is “specially designed for K-12 schools to celebrate achievement. This is a great opportunity for your students and teachers to share what they’ve created using Apple technology. All you need to do is sign up for a night and invite parents, teachers, and students to participate.
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