Sid Meier’s Civilization 4 due out October 24th for PC- No word on Mac edition yet
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Sid Meier’s Civilization 4 is due to ship this October for PC. A Mac edition is expected to follow, although no timetable is given. Past Mac-ports of the Civilization franchise were handled by Macsoft. Amazon is currently taking pre-orders for the PC version. This special pre-sale version includes: collector’s case, CD soundtrack, keyboard... Read More
Limewire: no more sharing of copy-protected materials?
Posted by Dr. Macenstein According to The Register, The soon to be released version 5 of the popular Gnutella file sharing software for both Mac and PC may have copy protection built in, thus stopping users from distributing copy-protected files. In theory users would still be allowed to share their own work or any files they have permission to share via a Creative Commons license.... Read More
Apple stock reaches 52 week high…again
Apple’s stock today reached it’s 52 week high, trading as high as $54.56. Many tech stocks rose today, spurred by the news that Microsoft Corp. and Palm Inc. were set to unveil a new Palm smartphone that runs on Microsoft’s Windows operating system. Apple’s rise was also spurred in part to a recent analyst upgrade by Bear Stearns to outperform. All this comes... Read More
Motorola says “Screw the nano”
Posted by Dr. Macenstein In what can only be described as “sour grapes”, Motorola CEO Ed Zander is quoted in a recent interview as saying “Screw the nano. What the hell does the nano do? Who listens to 1,000 songs? People are going to want devices that do more than just play music, something that can be seen in many other countries with more advanced mobile phone... Read More
Doom 3 Demo for Mac Available
Posted by Dr. Macenstein http://www.aspyr.com/ Aspyr Media has released the highly anticipated DOOM 3 demo. The 463.5 MB download contains the first mission (3 levels in all) of the first-person shooter. The demo is available for download from Macgamefiles.com. Read More
Griffin Technology ships iFM for iPod
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Griffin Technology Inc. is now shipping the iFM for iPod (US$49.99.), an FM receiver, remote control and audio recorder for the iPod. The iFM looks to be the one iPod accessory you really don’t want to be without. So, what can it do? How about: • It’s an FM radio with band-switch function for US, European and Japanese radio frequencies • Lets... Read More
Apple posts Security Update 2005-008
Posted by Dr. Macenstein The update applies to both Panther users. It inccludes changes to the ImageIO, LibSystem, Mail, QuickDraw, Ruby, SecurityAgent and securityd applications. Panther users see updates to the LibSystem, LoginWindow, Mail, QuickDraw, QuickTimeJava, Safari, SecurityAgent and SecurityServer applications. Read More
Warner CEO says ITMS model pricing “unfair.”
Posted by Igor http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/7005/ “Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. said the price of downloaded songs should vary depending on the popularity of the songs and the artists. He called Apple’s across-the-board $0.99-per-song charge unfair. “ Read More
Apple releases iPod Updater 2005-09-23
Posted by Igor iPod Updater 2005-09-23 includes new iPod Software 1.1.2 for iPod shuffle. iPod Updater 2005-09-23 contains the same software versions as iPod Updater 2005-09-06 for all other iPod models Read More
Welcome to Macenstein!
Posted by Dr. Macenstein We officially launched September 2005 and hope to be you main source for Apple related information! Read More
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