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

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:45 AM |

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

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:49 PM |

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

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:11 AM |

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

Posted by Fred Showker at 9:05 PM |

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.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:40 PM |

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

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:35 PM |

I may have mentioned this site in the past. But I just came across it again and was reminded how user friendly it is. Of course, it talks about Mac Freeware.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:40 PM |

April 27th is Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day - Kids ca n celebrate by taking photos with a camera they've created from common household materials

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:19 PM |

Six Collegiate Cyber Defense Team Finalists Compete for National Title in San Antonio April 18-20

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:00 PM |

I have listed several sites with free and open source software. About.Share4VN.com has one of the best. It also has a number of applications that I did not know.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:01 PM |

From PeopleCD the creators of Kidz CD; Web 2.0 Safe Web Browsing For Children and Teenagers comes the Zac Browser For Autistic Children.

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:33 AM |

We have all gotten used to using Wikipedia for quick answers to our questions. Unfortunately we have also learned that the details in a given article may not be accurate.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:46 AM |

A few people noticed last week's April Fool's joke... and as usual they let us know about it right away! But the best read I've had in a long time was Adam Engst's TidBits on the first.

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:47 AM |

I don't mention this publication every month, but it is still a very good resource for Macintosh news and ideas for user group presentations.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:55 PM |

The next meeting of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will be Wednesday, March 26, 2008 beginning at 6:45PM at the Gallery Theatre in Hollywood CA. Lafcpug will welcome Promise Technology and Aperture 2.0 and the world debut of XMiL Sequencer to lafcpug.

Posted by Fred Showker at 6:11 PM |

"Welcome to Macintosh - The documentary for the rest of us" is slated to premiere on April 6, 2008 at the tenth annual Wisconsin Film Festival, in Madison, WI.

Posted by Fred Showker at 6:06 PM |

Happening May 29-June 1, 2008 in Portland, Oregon, RailsConf is *the* official event for the growing Rails community... REGISTER NOW

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:55 AM |

It has been awhile since I have quoted anything from Bob Rankin's Internet Tourbus. but this looks like an article could all use. That is how to boost the wi-fi signal from your router.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:37 PM |

I just came across this web site that aims to keep the cost of software for students to an economic level. The list here is a little dated as it was put out in September 2007, but it seems to have a lot of good software and you can update with current versions using VersionTracker for either platform and/or MacUpdate for Macs.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 1:14 AM |

Now any Mac with a USB port can take advantage of wireless networking

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:38 AM |

Straightens the Learning Curve ... check out Mental Case 1.2.

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:00 PM |

Graphic Extras has created three embellishment brushes packs that work in all Adobe image editing programs that are rather unique, and well crafted. These royalty-free designs for use in illustrations, packaging, web designs, CDs, books, leaflets, scrap booking and more.

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:22 AM |

We have had Mac Evangelists in the past. Now we have "The Church of Mac." A new web site that is hilarious.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:38 PM | Comments (0) |

Photo Journalism students at Spotswood High School in Penn Laird, Virginia created PSAs for the Virginia Attorney General's internet safety contest.

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:00 AM |

I sure you have seen popups that tell you: "You have malware on your computer", download now to check your system. Of course, the warning tells you about PC files so it is a give away that it really isn't looking at your Mac. Now, there is one that does talk about Mac files.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:16 PM | Comments (0) |

We've said many times that A Better Finder Rename is the most comprehensive file renaming solution for the Macintosh ever made. Now it's gotten better... you need this!

Posted by Fred Showker at 6:35 PM |

The Mac Developer Network (MDN) is a new website providing developer focused Podcasts, Screencasts, Articles and Tutorials for Mac developers.

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:23 AM |

CheckUp is a new way to monitor the activity of your computer. It's like the dashboard of your car.

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:22 AM |

20MacApps brings you a Bundle of 20 Apps for 40 Dollars with No Repeats

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:44 AM |

Ambrosia Software has rolled out the latest release of iToner. This update of the highly popular iPhone custom ringtone transfer tool offers improved support for iPhone OS 1.1.3, along with other bug fixes and improvements.

Posted by Fred Showker at 6:00 PM |

Macware's FontLibrary is a collection of great fonts in both TrueType and OpenType format for commercial use.

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:30 AM |

Hertzfield, Kawasaki, and a score of other Mac notables (Real ones!) come together for "Welcome to Macintosh - The documentary for the rest of us" exploring the many ways Apple Computer has changed the world.

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:35 AM |

Do you have a very hot technology start-up company or concept? Do you need backing from the big boys? Here's where you might find it.

Posted by Fred Showker at 5:48 PM |

Berbie Software TrailRunner is the outdoor oriented route planning and journaling software for Mac OS X.

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:40 AM |

You Software has rolled out You Control: Fonts 1.3, the system-wide WYSIWYG font menu, and You Control: Tunes 1.6, the powerful iTunes controller and library browsing utility.

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:45 AM |

I have long used lowendmac.com as a reference site for intormation on various Macs and Mac Clones.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 1:01 PM | Comments (0) |

This is lots of fun... and we'll be posting more

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:28 AM |

Matthew Magain, Managing Editor of sitepoint.com has organized a list of his favorite technology based online cartoon strips. We thought you'd like to take a look...

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:12 AM |

You can bet we can always depend on Del Missier to send in links to items that are sure to inform, entertain and amuse. This is the case with this link Del sends with the simple comment : "FYI"

Posted by Fred Showker at 5:47 PM |

I found this listed I believe on MacObserver and the article claimed that it was the first Basic help site for the Mac OS. One of the comments said MUGs have been providing this kind of information since 1984.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 11:11 AM | Comments (0) |

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram ran a story last Thursday with the above title.
It talks about 4 video web sites aimed at kids.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:17 PM | Comments (0) |

Here is a site showing how to run OS X on a modified Mac 512K. Yes, the Fat Mac.
(My first Mac and it really is to bad that they couldn't call it a Big Mac.)

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:27 PM | Comments (0) |

We have all been familiar with what started life as the iPod and later became iLounge.
Here is a web site that aims to provide forums and other support for the MacBooks in general and the MacBook Air in particular.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:38 PM | Comments (0) |

As you know, Apple has designated music in iTunes with and without Explicit listings.
Of course, if a child knows his way around iTunes, it wouldn't be hard to get music his mother might not consider appropriate.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 7:53 PM | Comments (0) |

from the Consumer Electronics Show, Samsung was showing some very cool stuff - including the "ultra mobile PC"

Posted by Fred Showker at 9:40 AM |

Aimersoft Studio has released the best Mac DVD and video Converter software for Mac users; it includes two mighty Mac converters: Aimersoft DVD Ripper for Mac and Aimersoft Mac Video Converter.

Posted by Fred Showker at 9:26 AM |

iLabel X 2.0, a completely rewritten version of the label-making application, has just been released. This application can also be used for many repetitive printing tasks, such as printing barcode sheets, parcel labels, enveloppes or business cards.

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:56 AM |

Maintain has announced the release of Cocktail 4.0.1 (Leopard Edition)

Posted by Fred Showker at 4:12 PM |

Relaunch of Macfun.com, free copy of 3D Hearts Deluxe

Posted by Fred Showker at 4:06 PM |

Last week we lamented that there was no good pinball program for OS X. Several readers wrote and recommended the baKno MacPinball widget. We downloaded it and -- although a bit problematic installation -- are having a good time with it. Still not a full featured pinball game, but lots of fun anyway...

Posted by Fred Showker at 12:11 PM |

At MacTech Labs, you can read Comprehensive Virtualization Benchmarks - Over 2500 tests performed to measure Windows on Mac solutions - Compares Boot Camp, Parallels, and VMware Fusion - Tests include baseline PC, MacBook, MacBook Pro, and Mac Pro

Posted by Fred Showker at 12:07 PM |

Robert Pritchett has released the newest issue of macCompanion Magazine. This of course is her pre-MacWorld Expo and has its predictions for 2008.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:45 PM |

This blog by Chris Kerins was published last spring, but most of the 10 tricks are still available today.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 7:35 PM |

Mac Pilot 2.4.5 Released - Numerous new Leopard enhancements

Posted by Fred Showker at 3:59 PM |

My nephew David sent this Lifehacker article to me about how to search with Google.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:09 PM | Comments (0) |

Here you will find a collection of various gaming emulators available for use on your Macintosh.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 6:24 AM |

Here is away to actually get to those few web sites that require Internet Explorer to access them.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 7:09 PM |

This time of year Mac users attention turns to games. Yes, the family and friends and their kids are coming over, and it's a great time to enjoy some gaming. Follow along as we visit some Games of Macintosh Past

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:15 AM |

pop-pop is the pulse-quickening action arcade game that pits you against a dazzling color world with fierce action. And now there's a new version

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:30 AM |

Travel through the beautiful city of Venice, one of Italy's most intriguing cities, and solve an ancient mystery before Venice sinks into the water.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:19 AM |

Life isn't easy when you're a 12 pound ball of tar ... Gish suddenly finds himself in the subterranean sewers of Dross, a long forgotten city filled with twisting corridors, evil traps and some of the most demented creatures imaginable.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 7:52 AM |

Norrkross Movie offers lots of tricks to make video editing smooth

Posted by Fred Showker at 5:38 PM |

The Mac Developer Network launches new Xcode Quick Tips screencast

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:18 AM |

Tis the season for some cool holiday graphics. It's not too late...

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:40 AM |

RoughlyDrafted found a report from Canalys that shows that Apple's iPhone is already the second best selling smartphone in North America behind RIM's Blackberry -- and tops the 2007 most searched for words in Google...

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:25 PM |

PC World's Dan Tynan picks his choices for the year's biggest technology losers. We would agree with some -- others, maybe not. Apple's Leopard and iPhone are amongst the top 15 disappointments...

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:25 PM |

Chopper 1.1 Adds New Shine To A Classic Arcade Game

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:43 AM |

Ambrosia Software's iToner 1.0.5 is a very cool app for your iPhone...

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:40 PM |

laptop stand transforms seat back tray tables into mile high workstations

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:17 PM |

Mojotones 1.3 for Mac OS X is an easy-to-use utility for the creation of ringtones from audio files.

Mojotones

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:30 AM |

Our friend, Bob Rankin over at "The Internet Tourbus" has published an article about how to get the most our of Gmail.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:28 AM |

I have long wanted to learn REALbasic. This looks like a perfect opportunity to get instructions at a inexpensive cost. The publisher of REALbasic Developer magazine is offering all five years of back issues.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:51 PM |

As you probably know, Leopard introduced Automator 2.0. It has several new features. Including Starting Points, Recording & Playback, Command-Line Utility, Workflow Variable, Workflow Looping and new Automator Actions.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 11:45 AM |

Here comes an iPod Cable that puts your iPod into any 2008 Ford, Lincoln or Mercury product ...

Ford gets iPod hook-up
(http://www.user-groups.net/news/ipod_sync_cable.html)

Posted by Fred Showker at 5:20 PM |

DVDxDV Veescope Key 1.0, is a professional chroma keying plugin for Final Cut Studio and Motion.

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:37 AM |

Yummy Software has released Yummy FTP 1.7 for Leopard -- an FTP, FTP SSL/TLS, and SFTP client that combines all the best features available in other file transfer solutions

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:22 AM |

The voice on the phone was one I hadn't heard for nearly fifteen years. An old school buddy was calling to ask if I could retrieve the text and content from a directory I produced for our 25th high school reunion.
Oh no! How can I find those files?

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:30 AM |

Joe Showker says:
Some thoughts for the holidays if you are buying a computer. It's that time of the year when thoughts drift to "what should I get" and "how vulnerable am I" and "what's cool, what's not".

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:06 AM |

Mobile phone suite for Mac now includes SMS-Manager, Leopard-Ready, supports quick-dial and quick-SMS

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:46 AM |

With email running an all-time high, people need a better solution for dealing with the shear bulk of the content. While Eudora is the very best database email program, it's been discontinued. What will fill that void? MailSteward is the ultimate email archiving solution for the Mac.

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:44 AM |

Want to see early history of the computer revolution? This web site has a lot of it.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 12:03 AM | Comments (0) |

If you're a web page builder, you know the problems surrounding the use of custom fonts on web pages. Here's some news we're all keenly interested in. According to Alex Walker, editor of SitePoint's "Design" newsletter, the old web site fonts nightmare may be a thing of the past.

Posted by Fred Showker at 6:45 PM |

XtraLean Software has rolled out the latest release of its WYSIWYG website creation tool, ShutterBug V2.3. This version dramatically improves the quality of images with the new image processing engine and the addition of filter controls to adjust the sharpness, brightness, contrast and saturation of images.
Continue reading: WYSIWYG website creation tool

Posted by Fred Showker at 8:45 PM |

Here's an update of the iPhone-friendly 244-page edition in Adobe PDF format. Available immediately for any PC or Macintosh computer... by its fourth day of availability the Free iPod Book 3.0 had been downloaded 300,000 times!
The Free iPod Book

Posted by Fred Showker at 6:00 PM |

With the news that Facebook is valued at $15 billion after taking Microsoft as an investment partner, it is easy to see the importance of social networking and the impact it is making on the way businesses and communities communicate. To make social networking easier for users, MyLifeBrand is making some significant additions.

Posted by Fred Showker at 7:28 AM |

I am always looking for new entertainment software. Red Marble Games is a Mac-only game publisher, who has announced the immediate availability of its Holiday Fun Pack bundle for the 2007 holiday season...

Here's the full article...

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 12:32 AM |

Adam Engst has announced 5 new Take Control books. This time dealing with various parts of the new Mac OS X 10.5 (a.k.a. Leopard). These inexpensive and update able electronic books always have great information in them. You are bound to learn a lot.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:29 PM | Comments (0) |

With the advent of FM radio broadcasts from MP3 players to car and stereo radios, it has been necessary to discover what stations are clear.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:54 PM | Comments (0) |

This is an article about how to get a Mac running on a Windows network. That is, how to make the different platforms "play nice."

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:17 PM | Comments (0) |

Many people think that Eudora was the best e-mail program for the Mac or for Windows. The most recent version of Eudora still offers features not found in other newer e-mail programs. Odysseus is the code name for the Eudora replacement.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:08 PM | Comments (1) |

Objective Satisfaction has rolled out version 1.3 of What ToDo, a Mac task management program for Getting Things Done

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 11:49 AM |

Spin Studio has launched SpinTips for Mac developers -- SpinTips is a series of strategic and tactical business hints and tips articles exclusively for developers in the Mac industry.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:39 AM |

Two topics, Apple iPhones and investment software, will be featured at the monthly meeting of Washington Apple Pi
Saturday Oct. 27 at 9:30 a.m.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:57 PM |

Remember the days when you could back up important files and directories to a CD? What you need is a good multi-session DVD burner, right?

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:27 AM |

If you're like me, after getting acquainted with your iSight enabled Mac, you started getting all kinds of ideas of cool things you could do with it -- of course other than just iChat. But Photobooth was seriously limited. What to do?

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:27 AM |

Gift season is just around the corner, and these luxurious cases for Apple's recently announced iPods are designed for protection and accessibility while keeping the look stylish and compact. Best of all... they feel good!

Posted by Fred Showker at 6:24 PM |

I have not had a chance to test out Apple's new iWork beyond a cursory look. On that first skim however, it doesn't look like a program to rival the functionality of AppleWorks. Ted Bade also will miss Appleworks, as he writes in his latest column in "MacCompanion" ...

Posted by Fred Showker at 1:08 PM |

I don't know who is responsible for this parody, but it really is funny.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 9:30 AM |

The title of this blog posting is actually "35 Absolutely Essential Mac Apps in The Working Day" by Ivan Brkan. It actually is a list of applications aimed at freelancers.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 10:48 PM |

tagtraum industries has rolled out version 1.2 of beaTunes - an iTunes add-on for Mac & Windows, popular especially amongst DJs, athletes, audiophiles and iPod users.

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:45 AM |

MacBook and PowerBooks now get the ultimate protection...

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:03 AM |

This site provides reviews of networking products as well as trouble shooting advice.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:40 PM | Comments (0) |

I got this from MacCast.com. Microsoft has created a new "social" network to show how we can be creative in using Office.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 8:11 PM | Comments (0) |

Last week, Andrew Welch announced that his company Ambrosia Software has a new application for sale that allows you to add custom ringtones to your iPhone without hacking and only requires a simple "Drag, drop, and sync" routine.

Posted by Lynn Wegley at 12:10 PM |

Why take a static screenshot when Snapz Pro X makes creating a movie just as easy? Snapz
Pro X does that, and so much more!

Posted by Fred Showker at 11:50 AM |

iFixit, the Mac + iPod do-it-yourself company, has announced its entrance into the iPhone industry with a complete iPhone repair guide and iPhone parts store.