PhotoFrame 4PhotoFrame is a Photoshop plugin that helps you create digital frames for your digital images. When you think back to most any museum trip you've taken, the vast majority of the paintings are presented in a beautiful frame (which sometimes looks better than the image contained therein). Digital images presented on a computer or the web should be no different. With this new release, PhotoFrame has significantly advanced its usability and ease of finding "just the right frame." That's not to say it wasn't easy before; it was. But with each integration of newer versions, OnOne Software has done an even better job of removing the guessing about how each different frame might look with your image and making the final decision based on what you could see. Well, mostly. In this latest release, there are some wonderful improvements along with some strange glitches, all leading to a mostly great new release.

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Moore’s News Roundup Digest - Tuesday, February 17, 2004232

• PowerPC 970FX Chip Can Be Used In PCs, Laptops And Networking Equipment
• Rating the Tax Programs
• Seven Deadly Words That Need To Disappear From The Macintosh Vocabulary
• Citizens Group Challenges FCC Refusal to Investigate Health Effects of Broadband Transmissions
• The Great OS Migration
• My First 48 Hours Enduring Mac OS X
• Linux on Mac: a POWER Programmer's Primer
• Linux On Mac: Thinking Very Different
• MS Security Flaws Slammed - Apple and Linux Stand To Gain
• Microsoft Looking Accident-prone
• Industry Outsider Promises to Turn PC Industry on its Ear at DEMO 2004
• eWeek: Sarbanes-Oxley: Road to Compliance
• eWeek: AMD, Intel Look to Extend 64-Bit Offerings
• eWeek: PeopleSoft Declines to Scrap With Oracle at Quest Users Group Conference
• ExtremeTech: "Digital Aristotle" Plan Moves to Phase 2


Notable New Product News - Tuesday, February 17, 2004 206

• Interarchy 7.0 Released
• VueScan Scanner Software Now Being Marketed In North America
• MacResQ Launches 24-Hour Nationwide iPod Repair & Battery Replacement Program
• PhotoVu PV1900 Digital Picture Frame
• CE QuicKeys 2.1b3 Macro Software To Automate Any Task
• Inventive Releases iClip 2.7.1 Productivity Software for Mac OS X


Shareware Beat - Tuesday, February 17, 2004217

• DV Backup 1.1.4 For Mac
• Tex-Edit Plus 4.6.2 Scriptable Text Editor [OS X 10.1 up]
• OnyX 1.4.2 System Maintenance Tool [OS 10.2 up]
• Cocktail 3.4.3 General Purpose System Utility [OS 10.2 up]
• Xupport 2.0b11 System Utility [OS 10.2 up]
• Exif Untrasher 1.3 Digicam Image Rescue Utility [OS 10.2 up]
• Poisoned 0.515 FastTrack, Gnutella, OpenFT P2P client [OS 10.2 up]
• AquilaCalendar 1.59 Menu Bar Calendar With 1, 3, 6 & 12 Month Views [OS 10.2 up]
• AirPort Monitor Utility 1.1b1 Shows Info About AirPort Base Stations [OS X 10.3 up]


Get ready for the miniPod202

Apple's expected to release the mini iPod this week. Here's a sampling of what the press has to say; the good, the bad, and the stupid. Bonus bizzarro moment: CNet gives it a good review!



New Road Warrior Mailbag Posted on MacOpinion602

• Your G4-Pismo-Experience
• Daystar MACHSpeed G4 Pismo Temperature Issues
• Pismo CPU upgrade
• G4 Upgrade Review
• Brand new G4 Pismo from Daystar
• New battery time
• Panther questions, yet again...
• Pismo Upgrade and AppleCare?
• Daystar MACHSpeed G4 Pismo Upgrade Review
• Lombard Manual
• PowerBook 520 Questions
• Re: Powerbook G3 manuals
• Pismo manual
• Headphone board malfunction


OS X Odyssey 505 - State Of The Odyssey173

Two months with Panther: way cool but with some aggravations


Moore’s MailBag - Monday, February 16, 2004219

• Question on Macs shine in TOC article
• Apple did right...almost didn't
• Refutation without examination
• Tell your friend to get an eMac
• Your Friend's G3 iMac Replacement
• How about the previous Generation eMac
• iMac for your friend
• Comment re OS9 bootable iMac
• If you need Mac OS 9 booting, get used or refurbished
• Pixar and Disney
• T & B is still in business?


Moore’s News Roundup Digest - Monday, February 16, 2004166

• Scientists: The Latest Mac Converts
• Desktop vs. Laptop: Which Do You Really Need?
• Linux Overtakes The Mac In Desktop Market Share
• IBM Intros New 64-bit PowerPC 970FX CPU
• Apple Will Be The First Customer For IBM's 970FX - Will Support G5 PowerBook
• National E-waste Meeting in Portland Ends Without Final Agreement
• Laptop Keyboard and Trackpad Ergonomics
• Panther "Screens Of Death" Gallery Posted
• Apple To Open First European Store In London By Christmas
• Panther: Room for Improvement
• PC Mag: RealPlayer 10 Review
• IBM Eyes Office for Linux
• eWeek: Online Collaboration Born from Multiplayer Game



Notable New Product News - Monday, February 16, 2004174

• KidzMouse, Inc. Unveils Four New Kid and Mac Friendly Products
• SubRosaSoft Ships Version 2.0 of CDRestore
• Nisus Writer Presidents' Day Sale
• Cocktail 3.4.2 System Utility
• Rental Property Tracker Plus 1.8 Rental Manager Info Organizer
• NTI Dragon Burn X 3.1.10 CD & DVD Burning Software
• BC Resto 123 Point Of Sale Solution For Restaurants


Shareware Beat - Monday, February 16, 2004173

• Mulberry 3.1.2 Scalable IMAP/POP Email Client [Mac OS 8.1 up/OS X]
• Mail Beacon 2.1.1 Reads/Deletes/Filters Email On Server Without Downloading It [Mac OS 8 up/ Mac OS X]
• Latium 1.2 Subtle Green, High Tech ShapeShifter Theme [OS X 10.3 up]
• YemuZip 1.2.1 Zip Archive Utility [OS X 10.1.5 up]
• CloakIt 3.0.2 Makes Folders Invisible/Visible With Password Protection [MacOS X 10.0.4 up]
• Paypal Link Maker 2.5 Makes Paypal Links
• iSticky 1.1.6 Shares Desktop Stickies Between Users [OS 10.2 up]
• Laze E XC 1.1 CD-R/W And Disc Image Utility [OS X 10.3 up]
• InternetTimeMenu 1.0 Shows Current Swatch Internet Time [OS 10.2 up]
• Clouseau 1.0 Fast Pictures Inspector [OS X 10.3 up]


Apple spotlights Dave McKean241

An interview with the artist behind such diverse works as "The Wolves in the Walls" and the upcoming movie "MirrorMask." Plus, author Neil Gaiman details what happens to computer users after they die.


Weekend Hot Deals From Apple265

New specials from ClubMac, J & R, and Other World Computing