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• 30-inch Cinema Display (29.7 inches viewable), 2560 x 1600 optimum resolution, 16.7 million colors, DVI Display Connector, 2 port USB 2.0 Hub, 2 FireWire 400 ports, VESA mount compatible)


• iMac G5 17-inch (1.8GHz G5/ 17-inch widescreen LCD/1.8GHz PowerPC G5/512K L2 cache/600MHz frontside bus/256MB DDR400 SDRAM/80GB Serial ATA HD/Slot-load SuperDrive/GeForce FX 5200 Ultra/Built-in Speakers)


• iMac G5 20-inch (1.8GHz G5/ 20-inch widescreen LCD/1.8GHz PowerPC G5/512K L2 cache/600MHz frontside bus/256MB DDR400 SDRAM/160GB Serial ATA HD/Slot-load SuperDrive/GeForce FX 5200 Ultra/Built-in Speakers)


• Power Mac G5 (1.8GHz PowerPC G5/600MHz frontside bus/512K L2 cache/256MB DDR400 SDRAM/80GB Serial ATA/8x SuperDrive/GeForce FX 5200 Ultra)


• iBook G4 (12-inch TFT Display/1.2GHz PowerPC G4/512K L2 cache/256MB DDR266 SDRAM/30GB Ultra ATA HD/ComboDrive/ATI Mobility Radeon 9200)


• iBook G4 (14-inch TFT Display/1.33GHz PowerPC G4/512K L2 cache/256MB DDR266 SDRAM/60GB Ultra ATA HD/SuperDrive/ATI Mobility Radeon 9200)

Sample Code: QDCocoaComponent

NetBeans 4.1 Early Access is an early access release of the NetBeans IDE 4.1. The project delivers significant new development capabilities for the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition 1.4 (J2EE), including Enterprise Java Bean (EJB) components and Web Services.

Plum Stone 1.1 by Bob Lang is freeware that enables "pure" Java MIDI I/O so that the many Java MIDI applications written for other platforms can be run on Mac OS X.

CrushFTP 3.6 by Ben Spinks is a full scale FTP server, with bandwidth limiting, users/groups, ratios, quotas, plug-ins, a virtual file system, load balancing, and on-the-fly "zipping" of files or directories. This version Improves the remote administration interface, fixes a number of bugs.

FrameSeer from LGOSystems is a network packet capture, decode, and analysis utility. This release adds the latest IANA protocol numbers, an example of how to perform additional analysis using a spreadsheet application, and printing bug fixes.

For a limited time, FileMaker users can purchase REALbasic Professional Edition for $199.95 — a 50% discount off the regular price of $399.95; or REALbasic Standard Edition for $79.95 — a 20% discount off the regular $99.95 price.

Sample Code: ScrollAndZoom

Technical Q&A: Preventing sleep

Technical Q&A: Private HITheme APIs in Mac OS X 10.2 should not be called

Technical Q&A: Registering for sleep notifications

Technical Q&A: Sorting Like the Finder

Technical Q&A: Using Interface Builder's NSOpenGLView or Custom View objects for an OpenGL application

Sample Code: SimpleDial

Sample Code: SimpleReach

Technical Q&A: Detecting the Debugger

TestTrack Pro 7.0 from Seapine Software is used for software defect and issue management. Significant new features include a configurable database, LDAP and Active Directory support, issue linking, and seamless integration with Surround SCM.

For Mac OS X development tools:
Macintosh Products Guide
Mac OS X Downloads

QuickTime 6.5.2 includes a security update, enhancements in the Apple Lossless Encoder and AAC codecs, as well as improved support for iTunes and other QuickTime-based applications.

Swift 3D 4.0 from Electric Rain is a standalone application allowing designers to build and export vector and raster-based 3D animations to the Macromedia Flash (SWF) file format, as well as other popular formats. This new release adds an advanced 3D modeling environment, improved controls for precise mapping of textures, enhanced animation path tools, and more. Swift 3D Xpress, a plug-in for Macromedia Flash, is also available.

• First Place (U.S.): Delicious Library from Delicious Monster Software, submitted by Jon Shipley


• First Place (International): FotoMagico from Boinx Software, submitted by Oliver Breidenbach


• Second Place (U.S.): Curio from Zengobi, submitted by George Browning


• Second Place (International): iDive from Aquafadas Software, submitted by Matthieu Kopp


• Honorable Mention (International): Process from Jumsoft, submitted by Saulius Dailide

In this technical talk, IBM and Apple engineers will describe how to use IBM XL Fortran and C/C++ compilers with Xcode Tools. IBM's XL Fortran, C, and C++ compilers for Mac OS X supply Xcode plug-ins that combine the power of the Xcode IDE with IBM's industry-leading optimization technology. The seminar will be held on November 3 at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA from 7:30 to 9:30 PM, in the Maxwell Dworkin Bldg, 33 Oxford Street, Room 119. This session is open to all Apple Developer Connection members and their guests and does not require an RSVP or pre-registration.

AppleScript Pro Training Sessions November 8-12 in Newport, RI

Cocoa Bootcamp November 8-12 in Atlanta, GA

Java on Mac OS X (Java, Cocoa and the Web) November 16-18 in Shenton Way, SINGAPORE

Cocoa Development November 22-26 in Beaconsfield, Bucks, UNITED KINGDOM

AppleScript Studio November 25-26 in Shenton Way, SINGAPORin Shenton Way, SINGAPORE

Java on Mac OS X (Java, Cocoa and the Web) November 29-December 1 in Shenton Way, SINGAPORE

Advanced WebObjects Development December 6-10 in Beaconsfield, Bucks, UNITED KINGDOM

AppleScript Studio December 9-10 in Shenton Way, SINGAPORE

Internet Development with WebObjects (Introduction) January 10-14 in Beaconsfield, Bucks, UNITED KINGDOM

Advanced WebObjects Development February 21-25 in Beaconsfield, Bucks, UNITED KINGDOM

Ongoing: Apple Technical Training Courses
Courses for developers include:
- Developing Desktop Applications with Cocoa
- Internet Application Development Using WebObjects
- Advanced WebObjects Development

Ongoing: FileMaker Professional Foundation Training Series II

SC2004: High Performance Computing, Networking and Storage Conference November 6-12 in Pittsburgh, PA

European Revolution Conference November 14-16 in Valletta, MALTA

InterBEE 2004 November 17-19 in Tokyo, JAPAN

MacExpo 2004 November 18-20 in London, UNITED KINGDOM