DOWNLOAD DISPATCH (Mac Edition) from CNET Download.com http://www.download.com/?dd.dl.mac..fd May 19, 1999 Vol. 4, No. 20 ........................................................................ What good is an MP3 player if you don't have any MP3s to listen to? Good question. That's why we've added a new resource at CNET to help you find the MP3 files you want. Our new MP3 search box will scour the Web for the music you're craving, whether it's Public Enemy's new MP3 single or the latest opus by your buddy's garage band. (We know you'd never download MP3 versions of copyrighted songs, right?) Head over to CNET's MP3 Topic Center and give our new search box a try: http://www.download.com/DD/dl/0,302,0-0519-2-001,00.html Also new this week is the latest version of Netscape Communicator. Before you get too excited, we should point out that this is only version 4.6; Communicator 5.0 is still in the works. Are Netscape's latest additions and enhancements earth-shattering? No. Did we update our browsers anyway? You bet. Read on for more details on the latest from our friends in Mountain View. Ben Patterson Associate editor, CNET Download.com (Unsubscribe instructions are at the bottom of this newsletter.) ......................................................................... NOTE TO OUR READERS: To make way for a special CNET dispatch, this week's Download Dispatch was sent a day late--Wednesday instead of Tuesday. Next week, however, your dispatch will appear at the regularly scheduled time. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. And now--on with this week's latest and greatest downloads! .......................advertisement..................................... Protect your Mac from viruses with Dr. Solomon Virex! Use the Scan-at-Download feature for email/Internet virus protection. http://www.beyond.com/AF99700-sd051199/PKSN102346/prod.htm ......................................................................... CONTENTS 1. This Week's In-Crowd: Our Most Popular Downloads 2. The Week in Wares: The Latest and Greatest Software Releases *Pick of the week: Netscape Communicator 4.6* -Business: StockWatcher -Utilities: MacEMT 3. Updates 4. The Week in Reviews -Power Downloader's Weekly Picks 5. Gamecenter's GamerX -Solitaire House 6. Going Mobile: Downloads for Your Handheld -PalmPilot: Yoda 7. From the Emailbag: Download.com Answers Frequently Asked Questions 8. Developer's Corner -OpenPlay 9. How to Subscribe/Unsubscribe to Our Newsletter _________________________________________________________________________ 1. This Week's In-Crowd: Our Most Popular Downloads 1. Apple Mac OS Update 66,687 downloads 2. Netscape Communicator (PowerPC complete install) 8,674 downloads 3. Q3Test 7,905 downloads 4. Aladdin StuffIt Expander 5,345 downloads 5. GraphicConverter 4,078 downloads 6. Star Wars, Episode I: The Gungan Frontier 4,007 downloads 7. RealPlayer G2 3,599 downloads 8. Railroad Tycoon II 2,769 downloads 9. Fetch 2,664 downloads 10. MacAmp 2,550 downloads For more details on CNET Download.com's most popular files, click here: http://www.download.com/DD/dl/0,302,0-0519-2-002,00.html _________________________________________________________________________ 2. The Week in Wares: The Latest and Greatest Software Releases Pick of the week: NETSCAPE COMMUNICATOR 4.6 File size: 13.5MB License: freeware Minimum requirements: PowerPC, Mac OS 7.6.1 No, it's not the long-awaited Communicator 5.0; we'll have to wait a few more months for that big release. Instead, we have version 4.6, which comes armed with a number of new features. First and foremost is the inclusion of RealPlayer G2, CNET's Editors' Choice for streaming media over the Web. Communicator 4.6 also packs in an updated version of AOL Instant Messenger, and adds improved security features, a simplified process for receiving digital signatures from Web sites, new 56-bit DES ciphers for both export and U.S. versions, an expanded NetHelp section, and a variety of bug fixes. Ready to try Communicator 4.6 for yourself? Grab it right here: http://www.download.com/DD/dl/0,302,0-0519-2-003,00.html Find all the latest Internet software here: http://www.download.com/DD/dl/0,302,0-0519-2-004,00.html ..........................BUSINESS....................................... STOCKWATCHER File size: 341K License: demo ($25) Minimum requirements: PowerPC, Mac OS 8 Investors: looking for a better way to manage your portfolio? StockWatcher is an Internet-based stock management utility that updates stock quotes on demand and calculates your portfolio's overall value. Setup is easy: simply enter the ticker symbols for your stocks, the number of shares, and the price per share, and StockWatcher calculates the rest. Put a piece of Wall Street on your desktop: http://www.download.com/DD/dl/0,302,0-0519-2-005,00.html Find all the latest Business software here: http://www.download.com/DD/dl/0,302,0-0519-2-006,00.html ..........................UTILITIES...................................... MACEMT File size: 568K License: shareware ($10) Minimum requirements: System 7.5.1 Remembering to take care of maintenance chores on your Mac can be a chore in itself. After all, who remembers the last time you rebuilt your desktop or ran Disk First Aid? Enter MacEMT, a tool that helps you monitor your system and remind you when to take care of much-needed maintenance tasks. It can even search the Net to keep your utility software up to date. Snap to it: http://www.download.com/DD/dl/0,302,0-0519-2-007,00.html Find all the latest Utilities software here: http://www.download.com/DD/dl/0,302,0-0519-2-008,00.html _________________________________________________________________________ 3. Updates -> In Business: Astound 3.01 http://www.download.com/DD/dl/0,302,0-0519-2-009,00.html TeamAgenda 3.0.4 http://www.download.com/DD/dl/0,302,0-0519-2-010,00.html -> In Development Tools: Installer Vise 6.0 http://www.download.com/DD/dl/0,302,0-0519-2-011,00.html Tcl/Tk 8.1a2 http://www.download.com/DD/dl/0,302,0-0519-2-012,00.html -> In Drivers: OpenGL for Mac 1.0 http://www.download.com/DD/dl/0,302,0-0519-2-013,00.html Stealth Serial Port Driver 1.0.2 http://www.download.com/DD/dl/0,302,0-0519-2-014,00.html XLR8 G3 Cache Control 1.3.2 http://www.download.com/DD/dl/0,302,0-0519-2-015,00.html -> In Education: HourWorld Lite 2.34 http://www.download.com/DD/dl/0,302,0-0519-2-016,00.html Le Franglophile 1.5 http://www.download.com/DD/dl/0,302,0-0519-2-017,00.html -> In Games Q3Finder 1.0.1 http://www.download.com/DD/dl/0,302,0-0519-2-018,00.html -> In Home and Personal: Computer Cuisine Deluxe 1.1 http://www.download.com/DD/dl/0,302,0-0519-2-019,00.html -> In Utilities File Buddy 5.1 http://www.download.com/DD/dl/0,302,0-0519-2-020,00.html Help! May1999 http://www.download.com/DD/dl/0,302,0-0519-2-021,00.html -> In PalmPilot: ThisWeek 1.6 http://www.download.com/DD/dl/0,302,0-0519-2-022,00.html _________________________________________________________________________ 4. The Week in Reviews Power Downloader's Weekly Picks: Is our hero man enough to resist the Quake III test and the latest "Star Wars" game? Uh, no: http://www.download.com/DD/dl/0,302,0-0519-2-023,00.html ________________________________________________________________________ 5. Gamecenter's GamerX's House of Cards SOLITAIRE HOUSE File size: 1.5MB License: shareware ($20) Minimum requirements: System 7 A simple game of solitaire is addictive enough. Now imagine being able to play 30 different solitaire games in five different settings. Solitaire House is just that. Play 40 Thieves in the living room or Klondike in the bathroom. There are hours of fun to be had in this one simple download. Deal 'em up: http://www.download.com/DD/dl/0,302,0-0519-2-024,00.html Find all the latest games here: http://www.download.com/DD/dl/0,302,0-0519-2-025,00.html ________________________________________________________________________ 6. Going Mobile: Downloads for Your Handheld For PALMPILOT: YODA File size: 9.64K License: freeware Minimum requirements: Palm OS 3.0 Whether you've been camping out in line for months or just patiently downloading everything Star Wars at home, Yoda is here to tide you over until you're ready to brave the crowds and see Star Wars: Episode I. With a simple tap, Yoda will inspire you through Jedi wisdom and quotes from the original movies. Consume you it will: http://www.download.com/DD/dl/0,302,0-0519-2-026,00.html Find the latest PalmPilot software here: http://www.download.com/DD/dl/0,302,0-0519-2-027,00.html ________________________________________________________________________ 7. From the Emailbag: Download.com Answers Frequently Asked Questions >I like the look of your new layout for download.com, BUT it is a >real hassle to have to go back 4 pages to do another search. >Couldn't you put the search box on each of the pages you have to >go through to download a program? Thanks, Joy CNET Download.com responds: Joy, we can understand why you'd be upset, if what you're saying were true. Fortunately, thanks to our new design, now you can find a search box in the upper right corner of every page of Download.com (with the exception of the home page, where the search box is in the center of the page). You can even find a search box on program description pages! And right below each search box, you'll see several options: an "Advanced" link, which puts you into a more detailed "Power Search" mode; a "Tips" link, which brings up a page with searching tips to help you narrow down your search; and a drop-down menu, which allows you to specify which area you'd like to search: downloads only, all of CNET's sites, or a more general Web search. So, you see, that back button doesn't need to be your enemy any more! Thanks for writing, and good luck! ________________________________________________________________________ 8. Developer's Corner OPENPLAY File size: 421K License: freeware Minimum requirements: none; cross-platform Apple continues to open up some cool code for public consumption. This time, the zeros and ones coalesce into something called OpenPlay. Intended for multiplayer LAN and Internet gaming, OpenPlay facilitates communication between any software on networked computers. Bungie Software even used it when creating Myth: The Fallen Lords. Download, open, and play: http://www.download.com/DD/dl/0,302,0-0519-2-028,00.html Find all the latest development tools here: http://www.download.com/DD/dl/0,302,0-0519-2-029,00.html ________________________________________________________________________ 9. How to Subscribe/Unsubscribe to Our Newsletter You are receiving this Download Dispatch newsletter because we have received a subscription request for your email address, or because someone you know has sent it to you. To subscribe to this or other CNET newsletters, please visit: http://www.cnet.com/Help/Dispatch/?dd.dl.m.0519.30 If you do not wish to receive the Download Dispatch, please visit this page to unsubscribe: http://www.cnet.com/Support/unsub/1%2C300%2Cdl%2C00.html?dd.dl.m.0519.31 .......................advertisement.................................... 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