Monthly Archives: September 2007

IBM Releasing Lotus Symphony

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TOKYO (MacHouse) – IBM has released a free software suite that is based on the Open Document Format (ODF) standard. Lotus Symphony consists of Lotus Symphony Documents (word processor), Lotus Symphony Presentations (presentation) and Lotus Symphony Spreadsheets (spreadsheet). According to IBM, Lotus Symphony supports macro for a batch process. Currently, Lotus Symphony is only available for Windows (Windows XP and Windows Vista) and Linux (SLED 10, RHEL 5 and Redhat5). And there is so far only the English version available. Continue reading →

Mac Software, Not Yet in Universal Binaries

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It’s been a while since Apple introduced the first Mac model with an Intel CPU. Many Mac software titles have since been updated accordingly so that they can be used on both PPC and Intel-based Mac machines.

Some of the greatest forgotten Mac software titles for Universal Binaries were those of Adobe’s products. But Adobe Systems updated their Mac software titles for Universal Binaries several months ago when they introduced CS3 products. Are there more major Mac software titles that haven’t updated for Intel Macs? Continue reading →