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Macintosh Products Guide
Localized guide to software and hardware
for the Macintosh. You can find, add, or remove your products, list
URLs where your products are available, and update your information!
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Sep 3, 2004, No. 413
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ADC Member News
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[1] ADC Mailing for September 2004
The ADC Mailing for September 2004 shipped on August 31, 2004.
Please allow 3-10 days for delivery.
[2] ADC Compatibility Labs Add New Hardware
The ADC Compatibility Labs in Cupertino, California maintain more
than 150 configurations of Apple hardware. The following newly
released products are now available for developer compatibility
testing:
- 20-inch Cinema Display (20-inch viewable), 1680 x 1050 optimal resolution, 16.7 million colors, DVI Display Connector, 2 port USB 2.0 Hub, 2 FireWire 400 ports, VESA mount compatible.
- 23-inch Cinema HD Display (23-inch viewable), 1920 x 1200 optimal resolution, 16.7 million colors, DVI Display Connector, 2 port USB 2.0 Hub, 2 FireWire 400 ports, VESA mount compatible.
- Airport Express Base Station
Use of the ADC Compatibility Labs is a no-charge benefit of ADC
Select and Premier membership. ADC Premier members may use the labs
for 3 days each month, and ADC Select members may use it 2 days each
month.
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Company News
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[3] Apple Unveils the New iMac G5
This week Apple introduced the new iMac G5, featuring a
high-performance G5 processor and a new design that integrates the
entire computer into a flat-panel display. The new line offers 17-
or 20-inch active matrix widescreen LCDs and G5 processors running
at 1.6 or 1.8 GHz.
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Hardware
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[4] Revised Hardware Reference Library Documents
Reference Library Revision List
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Java
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[5] Revised Java Reference Library Documents
Reference Library Revision List
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Internet and Server
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[6] System Administration Tool News: CrushFTP 3.5.1, FmPro Migrator 2.19, QuickLite 1.5
CrushFTP 3.5.1 from Ben Spink is a professional FTP server with
virtual servers, ratios, quotas, bandwidth limiters, remote
administration, and more. This version adds a plug-in architecture
so users can implement LDAP authentication and fixes bugs in email
events and multiline messages.
FmPro Migrator 2.19 Enterprise Edition from .com Solutions allows
users to migrate FileMaker databases to popular databases such as
MySQL, Oracle, Access, SQL Server, DB2 and PostgreSQL. This new
version enables migrations to FrontBase, and it allows Perl CGI
scripts to be generated within FrontBase database tables.
QuickLite 1.5 from Tito Ciuro is a Cocoa wrapper for SQLite, the
embeddable SQL database engine. It includes SQLite and provides
users with an SQL database without running a separate RDBMS process.
New features include an SQLite update, data integrity checks, better
data caching, a new quick edit function, and more.
[7] Web Development Tool News: BBEdit 8.0
BBEdit 8.0 from Bare Bones Software is an award-winning HTML and
text editor. This major upgrade introduces more than 100 new
features and improvements, including a new Documents Drawer and
Navigation Bar interface, new Text Factories for automating text
processing, numerous enhancements to its HTML markup tools, improved
Unicode support, and integrated support for Perforce.
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Mac OS X
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[8] New ADC Article: Developing Cross-Platform UNIX Applications
with
Mac OS X
Mac OS X makes it easy to develop applications and deploy them to
other flavors of UNIX. This article discusses tools and techniques,
as well as steps that developers should take before starting.
[9] New Carbon Reference Library Document
Documentation: Pasteboard Manager Reference
[10] New Cocoa Reference Library Document
Documentation: Objective-C Runtime Reference
[11] New Printing Reference Library Document
Technical Q&A: Combinations of cupsColorSpace, cupsColorOrder and cupsBitsPerColor values supported by Mac OS X
[12] New Security Reference Library Document
Technical Q&A: Installing smart card reader drivers
[13] New Tools Reference Library Document
Documentation: Mach-O Runtime Reference
[14] Revised Mac OS X Reference Library Documents
Reference Library Revision List
[15] Macintosh Products Guide: August 30 Edition of New Arrivals
New Arrivals is a biweekly newsletter in the Macintosh Products
Guide that highlights hot new products for Mac OS X. The August 30
edition features Flash MX 2004, SOHO Labels and Envelopes, Creator
Professional, ChatBarrierX3, NovaMind, Spring Cleaning, WiFi
Locator, and more.
[16] Mac OS X Tool News: Revolution Studio 2.5 and Revolution Enterprise 2.5
Revolution Studio 2.5 and Revolution Enterprise 2.5 are professional
developer tools packages. These major releases bring new data
security features, support for XML-RPC, Linux native theme (GTK)
support, an improved user interface, overhauled documentation, and
over 700 other enhancements.
For more development tools:
Macintosh Products Guide
Mac OS X Downloads
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Multimedia and QuickTime
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[17] "A.I. for Game Developers" Released by O'Reilly Media
"A.I. for Game Developers" introduces both novice and experienced
game programmers to a wide range of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.)
techniques, such as finite state machines, fuzzy logic, and neural
networks. Written in easy-to-understand text and supported with code
samples (in C/C++), the book instructs readers in basic game
behaviors, from chasing and evading, to pattern movement and
flocking, and to anticipating player moves.
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Training and Events
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[18] Developer Training and Seminars
Cocoa Development (Introduction)
September 13-17 in Beaconsfield, Bucks, UNITED KINGDOM
Internet Development with WebObjects (Introduction)
September 27-October 1 in Beaconsfield, Bucks, UNITED KINGDOM
PostgreSQL Bootcamp
October 4-8 in Atlanta, GA
PHP 5 Bootcamp
October 18-22 in Atlanta, GA
Introduction to Programming on Mac OS X: Cocoa Workshop
October 23-24 in Biloxi, MS
AppleScript Pro Training Sessions
November 8-12 in Newport, RI
Ongoing: Apple Training Courses
Ongoing: FileMaker Professional Foundation Training Series II
[19] Developer Events
IBC
September 9-14 in Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
Borland Conference (BorCon) 2004
September 11-15 in San Jose, CA
European Borland Conference
September 27-October 1 in Frankfurt, GERMANY
Web Essentials: Web Standards and Accessibility Conference
September 30-October 1 in Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Web 2.0 Conference
October 5-7 in San Francisco, CA
4D Summit Conference 2004
October 19-22 in New Orleans, LA
Educause
October 19-22 in Denver, CO
Blender Conference 2004
October 22-24 in Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference
October 25-28 in Santa Clara, CA
EuroBSDCon 2004
October 29-31 in Karlsruhe, GERMANY
SC2004: High Performance Computing, Networking and Storage Conference
November 6-12 in Pittsburgh, PA
European Revolution Conference
November 14-16 in MALTA
MacExpo 2004
November 18-20 in London, UNITED KINGDOM
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