Year: 2004

URL Manager Pro 3.4 final released

Alco Blom has released URL Manager Pro 3.4, the latest update of his professional bookmark manager for Mac OS X. URL Manager Pro allows users to store, manage, and organize bookmarks independently of their browser. Version 3.4 features iDisk integration, notes of up to 64k, support for the Shiira browser, and more. URL Manager Pro 3.4 requires Mac OS X 10.2 or higher and is priced at US$25.

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Roxio sells off its software division

Sonic Solutions today announced the completion of its purchase of Roxio’s consumer software division. Under the terms of the transaction Sonic is acquiring “substantially all the business and assets of the division, including all products, intellectual property, and trademarks, including the Roxio name.” More than 200 Roxio employees, based at several U.S. and international locations, will join Sonic.

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Jobs among ‘People who mattered’ in 2004

TIME magazine has named Apple CEO Steve Jobs one of its “People who mattered” in 2004. “It was a year of challenge and triumph for the man behind the iPod, who learned he had a rare form of pancreatic cancer and had surgery to remove a tumor. Meanwhile, the two companies he heads, Pixar and Apple, saw their stocks soar, thanks to The Incredibles and iPod’s little sis, the Mini.

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Xupport 2.3

Xupport 2.3

The “Swiss Army Knife” for Mac OS X. Xupport is a graphical user interface
to configure many hidden Mac OS X and Unix options. It provides many
functions to maintain, optimize, backup, clean, hack, enhance and secure
Mac OS X.

New in Xupport 2.3:
– New Settings tab: Sharepoints (Install additional shared directories)
– Man: Enable the system to include “local” unix manuals (Reload button)
– Some minor revisions

Update Information:
Existing users may use the integrated update function in order to download
the latest update.

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Apple: ‘Protection of our trade secrets is crucial’

Apple has confirmed that it is suing anonymous people who leaked information about an unannounced product on the Internet. “Apple has filed a civil complaint against unnamed individuals who we believe stole our trade secrets and posted detailed information about an unannounced Apple product on the Internet,” the company said in a statement provided to MacMinute. “Apple’s DNA is innovation and the protection of our trade secrets is crucial to our success.”

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