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COMPUTER CONNECTIONS - August 2002 Apple now has updated DVD Studio Pro to version 1.5.1. While complementing Apple's Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro software gives users of Macintosh computers, that have Super drives or external DVD-R burners, the ability to make DVD's that exploit any capability that is available in the DVD-Video standard. The problems that this update addresses are: Macrovision APS bits; 24-bit AIFF files containing digital noise; incorrect A.Pack monitor Sample rate; Region 7 setting flagging as playable and generally improving stability for DVD-ROM burning. The update is available for free at: www.apple.com. Casady and Greene has a new version of Conflict Catcher - v. 9.0.1. You will find improved support for Mac OS 9.2; some bug fixes and the Clean-Install System Merge. This program can be used with Mac OS X in the classic mode. Conflict Catcher allows users to test and manage startup files and plug-ins. While using it, you can get information about the file: it's purpose, its manufacturer, or merge an old system folder into a clean system folder. This is a free upgrade for registered users of Conflict Catcher version 9. Other version upgrades cost $49.99. Full price is $79.95. www.casadyg.com. Phonex Broadband Corp. now has NeverWire 14QX-201. It is a HomePlug 1.0 compliant device the uses "powerline carrier" technology to make use of the unused bandwidth found in the electrical wiring in homes or businesses. If you have multiple computers, you can use existing power circuits to make a 14 MB Ethernet network allowing sharing of peripheral devices and high speed Internet. Needing no software drivers, the resulting network supports both Mac and Windows systems. NeverWire works with Macintosh OS 8.6 thru OS X. It supports AppleTalk and TCP/IP.Users can have up to 16 NeverWire units per electrical line. Each unit is capable of handling unlimited connected devices. Cost is $129. You get an interface box, power plug and a RJ-45 jack. Just put RJ-45 jack into your computer or hub and serve. www.phonex.com. QuarkXPress 6.0 will eventually be carbonized - ready for Mac OS X carbon application programming interfaces. It will also have PostScript 3 support and an improved XML engine. This means old plug-ins will not work with 6.0. Look for this upgrade in the first quarter of 2003. www.quark.com. Bluetooth could catch on in a big way. Apple and Microsoft have integrated this short-range wireless technology into their operating systems. Jaguar, Apple's OS X update (v. 10.2) will have native Bluetooth support at the OS rollout on August 24th, 2002. Microsoft will ship Bluetooth native Windows XP in late third quarter or early fourth quarter of 2002. For the Macintosh, you need: OS X 10.2 and a third party Bluetooth adapter, such as the D-Link DWB-120 M Bluetooth USB Adapter attached to a USB port on your Mac! IDG World Expo may move the MacWorld Expo away from the Javits Center in New York City, after being there for five years, and go back to Boston. It seems that rising prices at the Javits Center upsets the conference management. There is also a rumor of a new convention center to be built in Boston in 2004. With rising costs and dwindling conference attendance, IDG World Expo looks to Boston for special treatment in exchange for returning home. Awwh! I wuz just getting used to NYC MacWorld. Lloyd Prezant is a NYC computer consultant, who buys and sells recent used Mac computers and their peripherals, Contact him at: (718) 548-1623.
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