Smith Micro Software today announced it has acquired Allume Systems, a provider of compression software solutions that enable compression, security and archiving of data including JPEG, MPEG and MP3 platforms.
Read MoreMarketWatch today is reporting that First Albany has “raised its earnings and sales forecasts for Apple Computer as higher sales from its new Tiger operating system and increased assumptions for iPod are expected to offset lower sales of its Mac-Mini PCs.” Joel Wagonfeld, an analyst with the company, lifted his fiscal third-quarter earnings estimate to US$0.34 a share from $0.29 cents and his revenue forecast to $3.4 billion from $3.3 billion.
Read MoreA story on The Inquirer today notes that the Mozilla Firefox Web browser has been successfully ported to Intel-based Macs. According to the report, Apple helped out with the transition. “After a bit of development, Aas (Josh Aas is a chief developer of the Firefox browser) and the Fireferrit team were able to install the software on an Intel Mac on Aas’ desk and got a build up and running,” notes the report. “The new version is still a bit buggy but it is working.”
Read MoreTUNEWEAR today announced TUNECLIP, a headphone cable winder for Apple’s iPod and other portable audio players. “With TUNECLIP, all you have to do is wind your earphone cable around the reel-shaped body and snap it into the stopper. Using the clip on the back it is easy to fasten it to a shirt pocket, belt loop or almost anywhere else. Because you can wind the cable to the length that you like, you no longer have to worry about getting tangled up in excess cable.” TUNECLIP is available now for US$9.95.
Read MoreDssW Releases Sleep Monitor 2.0.1
UK, Europe – 4 July 2005 – DssW today announced the release and immediate
availability of Sleep Monitor 2.0.1. Sleep Monitor 2 watches, remembers,
and charts your Mac’s power use. Sleep Monitor 2.0.1 is a maintenance
release to fix bugs and tweak the monitoring internals.
The Sleep Monitor 2.0.1 update is available free of charge to all
registered Sleep Monitor 2 customers.