May 11, 2008

Design the next iPhone

Think you've got what it takes to design the next iPhone? Design the Next iPhone and win awesome prizes!

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Download help for Mac

If you don't use an FTP program, but still love to download stuff off the web -- you'll want to stop downloading and start leeching ...

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3ds Max 9 Accelerated-

The editors at YoungJin.com have just authored and released their latest entry in their successful Accelerated series – 3ds Max 9 Accelerated -- A Hands-on and Proven Learn-by-doing Approach to 3ds Max

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May 10, 2008

New Version of Open Office Now Coming

OpenOffice has long been a Microsoft Office alternative. Now version 3.0 beta has been released for Mac OS X.

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Cover Stream 2.0; (Re)discover your music

Snarb.tk today announced the immediate availability of Cover Stream 2.0, a major update to their popular iTunes controller that extends iTunes Cover Flow to the desktop. The new, highly optimized version features exquisite graphics by Laurent Baumann, a playlist and search filter, an integrated songs browser, Last FM and Apple Remote support, full screen, Apple-flavored bezels, desktop artwork, and much more. It was immediately listed as an "Editors' Pick" on VersionTracker.

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30 Apps to Run your Business By

Back in the mid '80s, I founded the Macintosh Business SIG at the Boston Computer Society. We concentrated more than necessary on accounting programs. There really wasn't much of other software available in those days. In this article, Josh Pigford of the Apple Blog has named 30 applications and some alternatives to use in running your business.

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Sente is first reference manager with native support for Pages 08

Sente 5.2 works with Pages '08 files in their native format, all document formatting and content are preserved, making it far easier to use Pages for academic writing.

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May 9, 2008

Alternatives to Photoshop for Mac Users

This site has the above mentioned 5 alternatives to Photoshop complete with a quick review of each.

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Big Mean Folder Machine

Do some pretty amazing things with folders and file management...

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Play Flip Words on the Mac

Popular Mac-only game publisher, Red Marble Games, announced the release of the wildly successful game, Flip Words 2, for the Mac.

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May 8, 2008

ReadInPrint

In the past, we have talked about such book sites as the Guttenburg Project and LibriVox. This is another one.

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SuperSync goes beyond iTunes

Glad to report that SuperSync Music Library Synchronization picks up where iTunes leaves off.

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May 7, 2008

ZappTek iPDA

iPDA is the perfect companion to the iPod by serving as a replacement PDA.

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Vector drawing on the Mac

TweakerSoft VectorDesigner -- a very cool resolution independent vector graphics application for Mac OS X.

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May 3, 2008

Little Snitch 2

Many applications call home on a regular basis. Do you know who they are? Little Snitch 2 can tell you when it happens and which ones are calling. Of course most of the connections are needed, but you should be aware of what is happening.

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May 2, 2008

IMHO - Meeting Topics

I have found that I need to learn new ways to cope with the user groups issues now that Cowtown MUG has shrunk in size.

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Alltop

Alltop.com, my new favorite news site has updated its topic list by adding some new topics.

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Xslimer

Most applications for the Macintosh currently are shipped as Universal apps. This means that they contain code to allow us to run them either on PowerPC machines or on Intel machines.

Xslimmer will delete unneeded code as one way to get back space on your hard drive.


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May 1, 2008

TheOSFiles

The OS Files is a one stop portal for all operating systems that run on the x86 platform. This includes Windows, Windows Server, DOS, DR-DOS, Unix (including Darwin, Mac OS X, Solaris, etc.), Linux, and others.

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April 29, 2008

Top 40 Most Useful Mac Freeware

This list is not only longer than any of the others, but has a number of programs that didn't know about.

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April 27, 2008

Game Testers Wanted

A UGNN reader at a Norwalk, CT firm is searching to hire 3 game testers/gamers to work onsite at their client's facility in New York city. Pass this along ...

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Free Bookmark Manager

Agile Web Solutions just released AllBookmarks 3.0, a major upgrade to the free Bookmark Manager that provides access to all your browser bookmarks in one place.

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April 25, 2008

Computer History

In the past, I have talked some about the Computer Museum and Apple Folk Tales as ways to relive the past.

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PortForward.com

I first came across the issue of port forwarding when I was still somewhat active on AOL and tried to use AOL's client for MacOS X. I couldn't get the client to connect via my router.

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PimpMySafari

This site has been around almost as long as Apple has been shipping Safari. But it appears to have reached a crossroads.

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