FireWire-ready external hard drives from Maxtor (800/262-9867,
www.maxtor.com ): The 1394 External Storage drive comes with a 40GB capacity ($280) or 80GB capacity ($400).
An Adobe After Effects plug-in from Alias/Wavefront (800/447-2542,
www.aliaswavefront.com ): Maya Paint Effects ($499) lets users apply natural painting effects to full-motion video.
An Internet security utility from Symantec (800/441-7234,
www.symantec.com ): Norton Personal Firewall 1.0 aims to protect Mac users from hackers and security breaches by blocking connections to the computer. The utility sells for $70. It will also be included in Norton Internet Security 1.0, a $100 Internet security suite that also features Aladdin Systems’ (831/761-6200,
www.aladdinsys.com ) iClean 3.5 and the latest version of Norton AntiVirus.
UPDATED
Norton AntiVirus 7.0 and Norton Utilities 6.0, by Symantec: The $70 AntiVirus 7.0 (upgrade, $30) scans e-mail attachments for viruses and offers simplified preferences. The $100 Utilities 6.0 (upgrade, $50) offers new data-recovery benefits and custom optimization profiles. They’ll be packaged together in Norton SystemWorks 1.0, a $130 suite.
CodeWarrior, by Metrowerks (800/377-5416,
www.metrowerks.com ): CodeWarrior 6.0 is completely Carbon-savvy. The new version sells for $499; previous users can upgrade for $249.
ANNOUNCED
A countersuit by Macromedia (800/470-7211,
www.macromedia.com ) against Adobe (800/833-6687,
www.adobe.com ): the legal wrangling between the two rivals started with an August lawsuit, filed by Adobe, that claimed Macromedia had infringed on its tabbed-palette technology. The Macromedia suit claims Adobe violated patents on blended elements and sound waveforms.
A free demo version of game-emulation software from Connectix (800/950-5880,
www.connectix.com ): the Virtual Game Station demo lets users play Sony PlayStation games on the Mac. It lacks some of the features in the $49 retail product.
