The update provides improved synching with Jaguar.

Quark 6.5 was offered as a free upgrade to Quark 6.1 users, who also got several free fonts from Linotype as part of the deal. But Linotype is reporting that there may be problems with the fonts and Quark 6.5, and is offering a new version of the package.

Apple is offering a 30-day trial version of its motion graphic and design application, along with a program to see if your computer can actually use it.

The only winning move is to not use Windows.

Developed for director Brad Bird, the tool allows animators to do line drawings on top of computer animation.

Specials from CDW|MacWarehouse and MacMall

Aspyr Media, Inc. today made available a new game utility, Game Agent, that allows users to easily match their computer hardware with system requirements of various games. Users will be able to quickly identify which games will run on their current system and any necessary system upgrades for other games.

Eight useful tools in one small program

Fastest internal slot-loading DVD/CD burner upgrade

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If you're used to using laptops as a satellite—taking notes, collecting data, having on-the-go e-mail and web access, but then bringing the real work back to a desktop to crunch the data—the 17" Powerbook will change your perceptions. The 1.5GHz processor combined with the crystal-clear, gigantic screen obliterates the shortcomings of all the laptops that came before it. Granted, we now have the G5 PowerMac and iMac with greater processors, but after weeks of putting together images with Photoshop or Illustrator, designing DTP projects with Quark or InDesign, or designing websites using GoLive, I've been amazed at how well this laptop handles itself.

Mariner Software today announced the release of Desktop Poet 1.0, the only "fridge poetry" application for the desktop of the Macintosh.

Apple will begin accepting virtual money for its virtual songs. The first 500,000 people to open new iTunes accounts with PayPal as their payment method will get five free songs.

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The closest OS X utility to Classic Scrollability yet