Year: 2004

EMC acquires Retrospect maker Dantz

Posted by | Oct 12, 2004 | |

EMC Corporation today announced the acquisition of Dantz, the developer of the Retrospect backup and recovery software for Mac OS X. Dantz, founded in 1984, will continue to operate in Walnut Creek, California. Dantz’s president and CEO, Larry Zulch, will report to Dave DeWalt and Mark Lewis, co-leaders of the EMC Software Group. EMC acquired Dantz in a cash transaction valued at less than US$50 million. Dantz is EMC’s 15th software acquisition since the beginning of 2000.

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REALbasic Design Awards call for entries

Posted by | Oct 12, 2004 | |

REAL Software today announced the call for entries for its REALbasic Design Awards. The deadline for entry is January 31, 2005. The awards will be presented at REAL World 2005, The REALbasic User Conference, scheduled to take place March 23-25 in Austin, Texas. The categories to be awarded are: Best Overall; Best Business Software; Best Consumer Software; Best Graphic Design Software; Best Utility Software; Best Cross-Platform Software; Best Educational Software; Best Entertainment Software; Most Innovative Software; and Best Developer Tool.

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Cherry OS runs Mac OS X on PCs

Posted by | Oct 12, 2004 | |

MXS today announced the availability of Cherry OS, a “software translator” that the company claims allows you to install and run Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) on a PC. “Cherry OS runs Panther as a virtual machine on your Windows PC,” explains the developer. “This virtual machine has full network capabilities including the ability to share folders and access the Web.

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Microsoft releases Office 2004 Service Pack 1

Posted by | Oct 12, 2004 | |

Microsoft’s Macintosh Business Unit (Mac BU) today released Service Pack 1 for Office 2004 for Mac via Microsoft AutoUpdate. The update addresses potential security issues and bugs, according to Microsoft. The new version offers support for the Microsoft Error Reporting Protocol (MERP), which allows users to communicate bug data anonymously to Microsoft, enabling efficient fixes and helping increase the overall stability of Office 2004.

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