Year: 2007

Bare Bones Software releases BBEdit 8.7.2

Posted by | Dec 19, 2007 | |

Bare Bones Software today announced the availability of BBEdit 8.7.2, an update to its professional strength text editor. Specifically crafted in response to the needs of Web authors and software developers, BBEdit provides an abundance of features for editing, searching, and manipulation of text, and it reliably transforms text with high performance. The BBEdit 8.7.2 update is a regular maintenance release to this award-winning HTML and text editor.

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MacTech Releases Comprehensive Virtualization Benchmarks

Posted by | Dec 19, 2007 | , |

MacTech Labs Releases Comprehensive Virtualization Benchmarks
– Over 2500 tests performed to measure Windows on Mac solutions
– Compares Boot Camp, Parallels, and VMware Fusion
– Tests include baseline PC, MacBook, MacBook Pro, and Mac Pro

December 19, 2007 — WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. — MacTech Labs
(http://www.mactechlabs.com/), part of MacTech Magazine
(https://www.mactech.com), today released an extensive benchmark study of
virtualization solutions running on Intel-based Macs.

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Ambrosia updates iSeek Internet search utility

Posted by | Dec 19, 2007 | |

Ambrosia Software today announced the release of iSeek 1.1.2, the latest version of its utility that allows users to instantly search for anything on the Internet, no matter what program they’re running at the time. Version 1.1.2 offers Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 compatibility, various bug fixes, and enhancements. [ Price: US$15 ~ Requires: Mac OS X 10.4 or later ~ Leopard support ~ Demo available ]

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MacUpdate Bundle Promo winds down, adds more apps

Posted by | Dec 19, 2007 | |

As announced earlier this month, the MacUpdate Bundle Promo offers a number of applications in one package for a substantially discounted price. The offer started with seven applications in the bundle for US$49.99 and has been added to ever since. With the promotion winding down this week (only about 38 hours left as of press time), MacUpdate has sweetened the offer with the addition of more applications, totaling 13.

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FileMaker Pro 8.5v2 fixes major Leopard issues

Posted by | Dec 19, 2007 | |

FileMaker has released a downloadable update to fix important compatibility issues in FileMaker Pro 8.5 and FileMaker Pro 8.5 Advanced running on Mac OS X Leopard. The v2 update fixes issues that caused FileMaker Pro 8.5 to hang when the system language and region did not match, and when saving to or exporting to Microsoft Excel format. The company also notes that the Instant Web Publishing (IWP) feature does not work in version 8.5v2 running on Leopard.

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