Linked List: November 15, 2004

Monday, 15 November 2004

Apple Releases AirPort 4.1 

Apple:

The AirPort 4.1 for Mac OS X 10.3 software supports all models of Apple AirPort base stations including the AirPort Extreme and AirPort Express models.

What’s new in AirPort 4.1:

  • Supports Keyspan Express Remote for use with AirTunes (AirPort Express only)
  • Support for WPA security on WDS networks
  • Ability to rename a USB printer connected to a base station
Nullsoft, 1997-2004 

Paul Boutin, writing for Slate:

When America Online purged its tiny Nullsoft branch of all but three employees this week, it lost arguably the most prolific division of the company. Not that you could really blame AOL for the mass layoffs—all of Nullsoft’s projects were spitballs tossed at the honchos upstairs. Before the AOL days, Nullsoft founder Justin Frankel and his team of whiz kids practically invented the MP3 craze when they rolled out their Winamp player and Shoutcast server. When AOL paid millions to buy the then-20-year-old Frankel’s services in 1999, he used his new gig to become what Rolling Stone called “the Net’s No. 1 punk.”

Nisus Writer Express 2.1 

Update to Nisus’s intriguing Mac OS X word processor. Ever since they added stylesheet support in 2.0, I’ve been meaning to give this a look.

SpamSieve 2.2.2 

Michael Tsai:

SpamSieve 2.2.2 adds support for Growl notifications, opens up some customizability for Apple Mail and Entourage users that was previously only available to AppleScripters, and includes the usual round of accuracy improvements, enhancements, and bug fixes.