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Software Update glitches; Strata 3D problems; Kaleidoscope and Real Player; Netscape security; more

Software Update glitches; Strata 3D problems; Kaleidoscope and Real Player; Netscape security; more

CNET staff
2 min read
Software Update glitches? Several users are reporting problems getting the new Apple Multimedia Update 1.0 (see item last time) to download successfully from the Software Update control panel, claiming either that the software did not install or is not needed. Others (including ourselves) have had no problem. Strata 3D problems We have had< various reports of problems with the new free download of Strata 3D. For example, Clare Shumway could not get the application to boot even when connected to the Internet. The application crashed when Barry Brown launched it, even with the Network Setup extension installed (see previous item). Kaleidoscope fix for Real Player crash coming soon Greg Landweber writes: "I have finally fixed the conflict with Kaleidoscope that causes Real Player 7 to crash when quitting (see previous item). I hope to release a new version of Kaleidoscope with the fix in a week or two." Netscape security flaw CERT reports a "a flaw in the way Netscape Navigator (4.72 or earlier) validates SSL sessions." (Thanks, Dierk Seeburg.) iMate and Virtual PC conflict? David Morganstein found that iMate v2.0b7 software would cause Virtual PC 3.0.3A to freeze on launch. Not so for Ty Davison. Gadget vs. Ready: a follow-up There is now a Web page for Ready Software (thanks, Bob Marton). As to the question of whether Ready Software is or is not the reincarnation of Gadget Software (see last week's coverage), we have no definitive proof one way or the other. But we remain skeptical. For starters, we find it a bit too much of a coincidence that a software company that is based in the same city as Gadget Software was totally unaware of their use of stolen code until we covered it on MacFixIt (even though we had mentioned the existence of the software many times previously). And why is Ready using the same motto ("We don't make hardware... we make it work better") as Gadget? You would think Ready would want to distance itself as much as possible from those thieves. Finally, Michel Benita notes that the last name of Ready Software's John Vollet is very similar to the French word "volée," which means "stolen." Yet another coincidence? We give up for now.