Year: 2007

PageSender 4 update offers spam filtering

SmileOnMyMac has released PageSender 4, a new version of its fax software for Mac OS X. Major new features include spam filtering, PDF cover pages, direct lookup in Address Book, and fax preview. With fax spam filtering, PageSender 4 users will be able to block incoming faxes via a list of blocked station names. There are options to treat faxes with blank station names as spam and to hang up immediately when a spam fax is detected. PageSender 4 is priced at US$39.95 ($20 upgrade), and requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

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Nova Development unveils Disco Deluxe Edition

Nova Development is set to release Disco to retailers nationwide. For a suggested retail price of US$39.99, Macintosh users can now own “truly modern disc burning software with an inventive series of high-speed, easy-to-use features and seamless functionality.” Now there is a single, simple solution to backing up valuable data to multiple CDs and DVDs, creating Custom Audio CDs and creating One-to-One Copies on a Mac -– all in one package.

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Apple to open retail store in Friendswood, TX

Apple will open a new retail store at the Baybrook Mall on May 12, 2007. The Apple Store Baybrook, which is located at 500 Baybrook Mall, will open to the public on Saturday, May 12, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. CT. As part of its usual Grand Opening celebrations, Apple will give away a free Apple t-shirt to the first 1,000 visitors. In addition, visitors can enter a Grand Opening Sweepstakes to win a Digital Lifestyle Collection valued at US$2,573.95.

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Ambrosia announces Aquaria for Mac OS X

Ambrosia Software today announced an exclusive agreement with Bit Blot to release a version of Aquaria for Mac OS X. Winner of the 2007 Independent Games Festival’s Seumas McNally Grand Prize, Aquaria is a side-scrolling underwater action adventure game that uses an innovative and intuitive mouse control system. “Utilizing this control system, Naija, the main character, can deftly swim through and explore a massive, hand-crafted fantasy world that is teeming with undersea life.

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The Sims 2 Glamour Life Stuff coming to Mac

Aspyr Media today announced they will publish The Sims 2 Glamour Life Stuff for Mac, the second The Sims 2 stuff pack to be released for Mac, following the release of The Sims 2 Family Fun Stuff last month. Aspyr also plans to release other The Sims 2 stuff packs in 2007, with The Sims 2 Happy Holiday Stuff in fall 2007. The Sims 2 Glamour Life Stuff, licensed by Electronic Arts and under development by Aspyr Studios, is expected to hit stores for Mac in June 2007.

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