Archive for June, 2009

app4mac releases final versions of Twin 1.1 and Sequence 2.1

Twin 1.1 is a back up program and Sequence 2.1 is an application that provides a simple way to capture and save screen shots and screencasts of your Mac’s screen. (We can always use a better way to do backups.) Continue reading »

Macgamestore.com Offer New Clue Game

Macgamestore.com today announced the release of CLUE Accusations and Alibis for the Mac through its web site and digital download service, Mac Games Arcade. The game was created and published by Real Arcade. Continue reading »

6 Ways to Correctly Delete Applications

This article lists 6 ways to delete applications. We have talked about some of these applications in the past.

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Installing Wine on the Mac

Earlier I mentioned the current primary commercial ways to run another operating system on the Mac, within the Mac OS. But Wine is a way to do it with an open source method. Continue reading »

AutoCad on Mac

I missed this article on the AutoCad blog back on April 1st when it first appeared, but I have always been fascinated by AutoCad. Continue reading »

Find My Phone Works

This Computer World story on June 23rd shows that the “Find My Phone” feature of the iPhone 3GS worked to catch a thief. (And get the iPhone back.) Continue reading »

Jobs: new liver

According a news report published in the Wall Street Journal late Friday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs received a liver transplant about two months ago to treat an undisclosed medical condition, Continue reading »

Apple hiring ‘work at home’ phone tech support

I haven’t seen this any where else, but perhaps it is true. You would think that if it is, MUG leaders would be consulted for possible hires. Continue reading »

MacVide releases FlashVideo Converter 3.0

Macvide has announced FlashVideo Converter 3.0, The FlashVideo Converter is a powerful and versatile program for converting any flash SWF or FLV video file to one of many popular video formats including iPhone/iPod mp4, Mobile .3gp and MPEG2. Converted movies can be saved for custom editing, or recorded for use in DVD players, or on iPod, iPhones and other mobile devices. FlashVideo fully supports ActionScript. Download a free trial version of FlashVideo Converter today. Continue reading »

Where Macintosh and Windows meet

This Australian article talks about the experience switching from PC to Mac. The first thing mentioned is the learning curve. For example getting used to not having a visible button on the current MacBooks. It also mentions that the Mac doesn’t have a Backspace key, just a Delete key that doesn’t work like the delete key on a PC. Continue reading »

How To Use The Best 40 Features of iPhone 3.0

Well, not everyone thinks that Apple failed with the iPhone 3.0. This site talks about the 40 best features. Continue reading »

How Apple failed to lay the smackdown on the Palm Pre iPhone 3GS – not enough

Can you believe that headline? I can’t. It is one that ran on TechRadar.com. They don’t seem to have any readers that agree with their criticism of the iPhone 3G S. But I would love to hear what you think. Continue reading »

Speed Up Your Mac

Wired has an “How to Wiki”. This one is an article about recovering speed on a Mac.
One of the first things it says is “keep in mind that none of these tips will change your aging G4 iMac into an Intel Quad-core speed machine.” Continue reading »

Free eBooks

I have been getting the Internet Tourbus newsletter for a long time now, but haven’t mentioned it here in a couple of years. This article caught my eye though. With the advent of Amazon’s Kindle and the Sony Reader more and more people are looking at electronic books. Continue reading »

Sean O’Brien wins the A Business Tycoon Land on Mars Contrest

I remember when I was a grade schooler, one of the popular TV shows was “Sergeant Preston of the Yukon.” This was about a Monty and his Husky sled dog King. They gave away square inches of the Yukon with a coupon on a box of Quaker Oats. This contest involving an iPhone game did that one better by giving away a full acre of land. The catch there is it is on Mars. Continue reading »