Year: 2006

SpamSieve 2.5 spam filter released

Posted by | Oct 30, 2006 | |

Michael Tsai has released SpamSieve 2.5, an update to his Bayesian spam filtering utility for popular email clients such as Apple Mail, Mailsmith, Entourage, PowerMail, and Eudora. The new version offers: lots of changes to the parser and classifiers to improve accuracy, especially for HTML and image messages; in-memory corpus representation is much more efficient; improved the Apple Mail plug-in’s Train as Good script to work around a bug in Mail and training commands; improved accuracy on messages containing misspelled words; and much more.

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Preferential Treatment 1.1.7 manages corrupt preferences

Posted by | Oct 30, 2006 | |

Preferential Treatment, the popular freeware preference checking utility, has been updated to a Universal Binary. It will check your preference files (both in your user’s preference folder and the system’s preference folder) for corruption by using the “plutil” command line tool. If it finds suspect files, it will list the files and allow you to reveal them in the Finder or move them to the trash. Other changes include minor improvements, and Italian and Vietnamese localizations.

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Fastmac ships high capacity replacement battery for MacBook Pro

Posted by | Oct 30, 2006 | |

Fastmac today announced that it has begun shipping its extended life battery upgrade for Apple’s 15-inch MacBook Pro. The new 62 Whr battery uses Lithium-Polymer cells (with integrated charge indicator LEDs) and utilize TruePower technology to provide a safe computing experience. Fastmac’s TruePower battery for MacBook Pro is compatible with all models of the 15-inch MacBook Pro. The new battery carries a special introductory price of US$99.95. Each battery carries a 1-year warranty and a 30-day money back guarantee.

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AUDIO KONTROL 1 now available in stores

Posted by | Oct 30, 2006 | |

Native Instruments today announced that AUDIO KONTROL 1 (US$299) is now available in stores worldwide. AUDIO KONTROL 1 is a compact high-performance USB 2.0 audio interface that addresses the typical needs of many musicians, producers and DJs in a highly portable and affordable package. Combining professional sound quality with high versatility, and equipped with a comprehensive software package, AUDIO KONTROL 1 was designed to meet a specific “sweet spot” in terms of performance, functionality and price.

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