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Utilities Updates: Silk; ToTheTrash!; IPNetTunerX;

Utilities Updates: Silk; ToTheTrash!; IPNetTunerX;

CNET staff
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Renicer; more

Silk 1.0 enables the Quartz text rendering and smoothing introduced in Mac OS X 10.1.5 in all Carbon applications. This means antialiased text in Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla, and many others.

ToTheTrash! 1.1 provides a place to put those files you're not ready to delete yet, and an opportunity to specify how long to keep each one. ToTheTrash! will store the files for you until they expire, allowing you to retrieve them in the mean time if you need them, and automatically deleting them for you if you don't.

IPNetTunerX 1.0c1 allows you to optimize TCP/IP network performance under Mac OS X by tuning internal TCP/IP parameters to match your network environment.

Renicer 1.1.3 s a GUI tool that automatically sets Unix priority values for applications. It's been updated for 10.1.5.

Cocoa eFax 0.9.6 sends and receives faxes using any fax modem.

PodNews 2.02 uploads news, horoscopes, sports, emails, & more to your iPod.

DNSUpdate 2.5 is an OS X client for DNS hosting services.

Neo 605C is an OS X client for the Kazaa music/file sharing network. Warning: Neo does not actually connect to the Kazaa servers. Instead, Neo scans through IP ranges looking for Kazaa hosts, indexes their file lists, and stores them locally on your hard drive.

MacMachBegone! 1.0.6 makes OS X mach kernel files invisible in OS 9; useful just to clear clutter or avoid thier unintentional deletion.

Haxial DiskCatalog 1.2 is a fast utility for cataloging CDs, hard disks, folders, and any other type of disk. The update has many new features, including: Hierarchical browsing of files; Ability to rename catalogs (use the context menu on an item). [OS 9 & X]

MP3 Rage 5.1 is a collection of tools for MP3 tools. The update adds a host of new features. [OS 9 & X]