Year: 2004

O’Reilly releases ‘Running Mac OS X Panther’

Posted by | Jan 9, 2004 | |

O’Reilly has announced the release of “Running Mac OS X Panther” by James Duncan Davidson. “This book will help you master the latest version of Mac OS X. You’ll learn how to get the most out of the pretty GUI as well as how to dive into the Unix layer of the system to take fine-grained control when you need to,” Davidson explains. “It’s the perfect guide for users who want to customize, tweak, and otherwise generally rev up Mac OS X Panther.” The title retails for US$39.95.

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MacPAD lets developers provide automatic updates

Posted by | Jan 9, 2004 | |

MacShareware.net has announced the availability of MacPAD 1.0, a new application that “allows software developers to set their product information in a central location, where shareware Web sites can go and check for the latest versions of software without the developer having to waste time submitting their changes multiple times.” This version includes a Software Developers Kit (SDK) that provides source code for developers to have automatic version checking built into their software.

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PowerLogix offers ClearCube G4 Cube enclosure

Posted by | Jan 9, 2004 | |

PowerLogix on Thursday announced the ClearCube, a new acrylic enclosure for the Power Mac G4 Cube. The ClearCube sports a G5-style perforated top grille made of anodized aluminum, and offers “superior” cooling over the original Cube case, allowing the system to be safely upgraded with a faster processor and a high-performance video card. The ClearCube will begin shipping on Monday, January 12.

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Pooch clustering software for Mac gets update

Posted by | Jan 9, 2004 | |

Dauger Research has released Pooch 1.4, a new version of its clustering software for Mac OS X. The updated version offers a new graphically-based, dynamic job queue and scheduling system taking advantage of Pooch’s built-in heuristic functions and cluster diagnostics. It also sports an updated graphical user interface taking advantage of features introduced in Mac OS X 10.3 Panther. Pooch 1.4 is available for US$175 for the first compute node then $125 for each node thereafter.

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