LView Pro - 4/8/2004 A graphics app that excels at creating Web galleries and slide shows
Macromedia Contribute 2 Adds FlashPaper, PayPal Support - 7/21/2003 Just six months after its debut, Macromedia's easy-as-pie package for updating and maintaining a Web site gains faster, more reliable connection and quick document-embedding technology, as well as Mac OS X and PayPal e-commerce support. But will users view the addition of Microsoft-style product activation as a pie in the face?
Macromedia Contribute Review - 2/18/2003 It's called Contribute, but it should be called Delegate -- Macromedia's $99 program lets Webmasters and HTML designers focus on important site- and page-design jobs, while enabling nontechnical users to make minor changes or even add new pages and links to Web sites, as easily as they'd work with a word processor (and with plenty of page-protection and site-rollback safety features).
Macromedia Director MX Redefines Multimedia Authoring - 11/25/2002 Supporting not only the company's fast-streaming Flash MX but other new technologies ranging from MPEG-4 to Mac OS X, the newest version of Macromedia's multimedia authoring package lets pros create interactive content once and deliver it anywhere, online or offline, to audiences ranging from Web and kiosk browsers to users with disabilities.
Macromedia Dreamweaver - 4/8/2004 If the most recent releases of Macromedia's Dreamweaver are any sign of things to come, this is an app that has an excellent chance of becoming the dream tool for professional web developers. While a great text editor such as TextPad will likely remain the best choice for the routine maintenance of existing web sites, there will also continue to be a need for more advanced tools that facilitate the design of new web sites and the addition of critical new features like Dynamic HTML, Java applets, and cascading style sheets (CSS) to existing sites.
Macromedia Fireworks - 4/8/2004 Fireworks is the latest all-in-one Web graphics creation, animation, and optimization tool to hit the 'net. This combination vector and bitmap imaging app especially excels at optimization tasks for GIFs, animated GIFs, JPEGs, and PNGs, but it's also a full-scale graphics creation and manipulation program like Adobe Photoshop. If you're a long-time Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro user, you'll probably find the Fireworks interface a bit difficult to adjust to, but after getting by the relatively short learning curve you'll find that Fireworks isn't lacking in many areas.
Macromedia Selects Intraware As Partner - 9/29/1999 Intraware, Inc., the leading provider of Internet-based services for IT professionals, today announced the company has been selected by Macromedia to provide online sales and electronic software distribution (ESD) for Macromedia's Web Publishing solutions to the corporate IT community.
Macromedia Ships Generator 2 - 10/7/1999 Macromedia announced today that it has shipped Macromedia Generator 2, the solution for personalizing, automating and visualizing graphical content for high-impact Web sites. Macromedia also announced that Generator will be available for Red Hat Linux, IBM AIX and Sun Solaris platforms in November.
Macromedia Ships New Flash Player and MX 2004 Lineup - 9/15/2003 Whether you're creating rich Web sites, optimized online graphics, or interactive animation and multimedia projects, Macromedia's upgraded MX 2004 product line brings faster performance and time-saving tools to Flash, Dreamweaver, and Fireworks. As always, the latest Flash player is a free download.
Magellan Explorer - 4/8/2004 Voyager's latest incarnation — now an even better replacement for Windows Explorer
Magellan Explorer Ver 2.0 - 2/2/2000 This Son of Voyager 98 provides the look and tools you want to have on the Desktop. It has its own look, but can pretend to be Norton Commander or Windows Explorer, too. It will be intuitive to use for most Windows users, and most will rejoice in the empowerment that nearly universal drag-and-drop provides. Internetting and editing have been added to its capacities, as has compressing/de-compressing. Yes, Enriva trusts YOU with all that power!
Mail Explorer - 4/8/2004 A discontinued mail client that utilizes the Windows Explorer interface
Mailshell AntiSpam - 5/15/2004 A comprehensive anti-spam solution that offers four spam detection engines for the highest accuracy possible
Make HTML ZOOP - 10/24/2000 Different, more polished and versatile, an HTML editor from Singapore!
Maker of WinRoute Pro Debuts Free Personal Firewall - 4/1/2002 Got a broadband connection -- or even a dial-up connection? You need a firewall to keep out hackers and snoopers, and Kerio Technologies has introduced a free-for-home-use sibling of its popular WinRoute Pro network protection software.
Makin' DVDs: Slide Shows from Ulead, Home Videos from Ravisent - 11/9/2001 Recordable CD-R and CD-RW drives are plentiful, and DVD burners are starting to proliferate. Ulead Systems lets owners compile digital images into on-disc multimedia slide shows, while Ravisent teams with MedioStream to offer a complete camcorder video capture, editing, and authoring package -- and both support both DVD and Video CD formats for a range of recordable media.
Map This! - 9/6/1996 Map This! was one of the first image map editors specifically designed for Windows 95/98/NT, and it still serves as a sufficient map editor.
Mariner - 4/8/2004 A decent 'net suite that unfortunately hasn't been updated in several years
MaxiVista Pro: Expanding Your PC Display's Horizons - 9/4/2008 Looking to save some dough on network utilities? MaxiVista Pro is a simple alternative to graphics cards, switch boxes, and the like. It is not, however, without its limitations.
Maxthon: IE on Steroids - 9/29/2004 If you've tried browsers like Opera and Netscape but for some reason keep coming back to Internet Explorer, no doubt you still miss some of the features these alternatives provide. Fire up the IE-based Maxthon and you'll be able to enjoy a multi-window interface as well as a compelling list of extras that can make your online experience more productive and enjoyable. Oh, and did we mention it's free?
McAfee AVERT Stinger: A Lean, Mean Virus-Killing Machine - 1/18/2006 Stinger is a lean, mean, fine-tuned virus-killing machine from one of the most trusted names in system protection. The freeware tool can serve as a valuable supplement to your arsenal of anti-malware protection — provided you understand and accept its limitations.
McAfee Internet Security 6.0 Adds Spam and Spyware Protection - 11/17/2003 Network Associates adds e-mail spam and scam blocking to its bundled antivirus, firewall, and privacy/parental control suite, keeping Web and e-mail users safe from threats and annoyances ranging from hackers and worms to pop-up ads and identity theft.
McAfee Internet Security Suite 2005: Upping the Ante for Security Suites - 1/14/2005 The 2005 edition of McAfee's all-in-one Internet security suite features a solid collection of security components, each of which sports a variety of improvements and enhancements over previous releases, but the immediate question for most users remains whether the sum of the parts is really greater than the individual components themselves.
McAfee Runs Interference for Kids on the Net - 12/2/2002 The McAfee Security Consumer division of Network Associates says parents should guard their children's Internet connections as vigorously as their bedroom doors, and introduces a $30 Parental Controls 1.0 program to keep kids from visiting inappropriate sites or exposing personal info.
McAfee SiteAdvisor: Web Browsing Just Got a Whole Lot Safer - 7/19/2006 If you register with a Web site, will you be flooded with spam? If you accept a download, will be you taking on malicious programs along with your desired software? It sure would be nice to know this information in advance. That's the knowledge SiteAdvisor can deliver.
McAfee SpamKiller - 3/18/2004 A powerful filter-based anti-spam tool that integrates with McAfee's security suite
McAfee VirusScan - 4/8/2004 McAfee's excellent scanner with the new McAfee Security Center
Metapad review - 10/21/2000 This ZDNet review is brief but to the point, just like the package.
Microsoft Codename Max: Photo Sharing Now ... With More to Come? - 8/3/2006 Microsoft Codename Max is an early iteration of something that shows you pictures now, but may well do something else entirely later on. Take a look at what the eye-catching app currently offers and what may be on the way.
Microsoft DirectX - 4/8/2004 The latest set of drivers designed to enhance games that support DirectX
Microsoft DirectX 5 - 5/29/1999 DirectX 5 is the fourth version of the DirectX application programming interfaces (APIs) that allows developers of games and other interactive content to access specialized hardware features without having to write hardware specific code.
Microsoft Excel 2007: A Calculated Change in Excel - 8/29/2007 Our Office 2007 Apps in Depth series continues with a focus on Excel. How heavily you currently rely on the spreadsheet could determine whether you appreciate or lament the changes found in the the latest version.
Microsoft Expression Web: A Worthy Web Dev Successor to FrontPage? - 5/3/2007 Expression Web is a new professional Web development tool designed to replace the venerable FrontPage. Our reviewer takes a look under the hood of this program and finds some unexpected surprises.
Microsoft GIF Animator - 8/10/1997 Microsoft GIF Animator is the latest client designed to facilitate the process of creating multi-frame moving images. These graphics, better known as animated GIFs, can be used on Web sites to spice up pages and present information in ways previously not possible on the Web. Because of the success and extensive collection of features found in both Ulead GIF Animator and GIF Construction Set, Microsoft enters the competition with significant ground to cover.
Microsoft Image Composer - 8/10/1997 A superb Web graphics tool featuring amazing new 'sprites' technology
Microsoft IntelliPoint - 4/8/2004 Upgrade your IntelliMouse with the latest IntelliPoint drivers
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 - 5/29/1999 Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 improves upon the success of Internet Explorer 3.02 with features like consistent Zones for security, push channels, drop down history and favorites, improved speed and reliability plus support for the newest Internet technologies such as HTML 4.0, Dynamic HTML support, and more.
