Year: 2005

New antennas for aluminum PowerBooks announced

QuickerTek today announced two new 7dbi wireless antennas for 15″ and 17″ aluminum PowerBooks. These new antennas offer 7dbi of RF power and are an omni-directional design. “When using multiple wireless networks often, omni-directional antennas are the best performance solution,” the company says. The suggested retail price has been set at US$110 and is backed by a one-year parts and labor warranty.

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Yahoo! acquires Konfabulator

Yahoo! announced today that it has acquired Konfabulator, the popular software developer of widgets — small desktop applications for monitoring weather, stocks, and more. The deal was finalized late last week for an undisclosed amount. “To help popularize the widgets, Yahoo plans to give away the Konfabulator software that empowers the applications. Konfabulator had been charging $20 for the software.

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DragThing public beta for Intel Macs, testers wanted

DragThing public beta for Intel Macs, testers wanted

TLA Systems is pleased to announce an early public beta release of
DragThing for Intel-based Macs. It is available to download now from
www.dragthing.com.

This pre-release version is only of interest to developers and other
users who have access to the Developer Transition Kit hardware.

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