Unsanity today announced the release of Xounds 2.4, the latest version of its haxie to bring back appearance sounds to Mac OS X. Changes in this release include: Universal Binary support; redesigned the interface of the preference pane; includes Smart Crash Reports 1.1 and Application Enhancer 2.0.1; several bug fixes and more. Xounds is priced at US$10.
Read MoreOther World Computing (OWC) today announced that it has begun shipment of a 160GB 5400RPM 8MB Buffer Internal Hard Drive Upgrades for Apple MacBook and MacBook Pro models. OWC offers trade-in rebates in exchange for stock Hard Drives and Memory on any upgrade purchase made through MacSales.com. The new 160GB drive upgrade is priced US$279.
Read MoreThe Mozilla Foundation has released Firefox 2.0b1, the latest version of its popular Web browser, notes MacUpdate. Changes in version 2.0b1 include: built-in phishing protection; search suggestions now appear with search history in the search box for Google, Yahoo! and Answers.com; changes to tabbed browsing behavior; better support for previewing and subscribing to Web feeds; support for JavaScript 1.7; inline spell checking in text boxes; and more. Firefox requires Mac OS X 10.2 or later.
Read MoreShirt Pocket today announced the availability of SuperDuper! 2.1.3, the latest release of the company’s fully bootable backup utility. Version 2.1.3 improves many aspects of the award winning application, and adds the ability to control ACL copying for the more advanced user. SuperDuper! 2.1.3 supports both Intel and Power PC Macs running Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later, and is priced at US$27.95.
Read MoreA story by Stan Beer on ITWire looks at the potential threat faced by Apple’s new Intel-based Macs with the ability to run Windows. “Stories about Apple’s Boot Camp software and vitualization software from US startup Parallels, both of which allows Windows and Mac OSX to coexist on new Mac desktops and notebooks are already sending shivers through the collective spines Windows PC vendors,” notes the report.
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