Brand: MacNews

Apple has published its own recap of MacExpo, the UK Mac show that took place late last week. The article include daily overviews along with photos.

Fourth World today announced the release of WebMerge 1.9, a utility that generates static Web pages from database files. Version 1.9 offers the option of selectively generating either detailed or index pages, faster performance and more thorough feedback for user errors in templates. WebMerge sells for US$69 and a free trial version is available.

C|net has published an interesting article that dissects the many PCs now available on the market with DVD recording capabilities. The article pays special attention to Apple, pointing out the company’s first-to-market solution, as well as the company’s well-polished iMovie 2 and iDVD 2 software.

Many online retailers reported strong sales for the Thanksgiving weekend, a solid indicator that online sales could remain strong this year as more consumers become comfortable with online shopping and less inclined to congregate at crowded shopping malls in the wake of the September 11 attacks, according to c|net. Amazon.com, widely considered the poster child of the e-tailing industry, had an increase of 400,000 visitors on the day after Thanksgiving, compared to the previous Friday.

Wolfram Research has announced that it is now shipping Mathematica 4.1—the popular statistical tool widely used in industry, research and education—for Mac OS X. The product includes greatly enhanced symbolic differential equation solvers and dramatic speed increases for statistical functions. In addition, the Unix core of Mac OS X provides the ability to handle calculations requiring open-ended amounts of memory and vastly improved stability.