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November 2004
- Shareware: Images & Audio Images and audio with Duotones, PhotoStickies, printing, RSS, and more
- If Monks Had Macs new edition of classic If Monks had Macs CD-ROM just released
- MSN search engine: How good is it? Nowshade Kabir reviews the MSN search engine
- Marathon RePorter USB/FW/Audio port snake Just plug in without the need to perform any Yoga maneuvers
- Macintosh Explorer 4.2 adds spring loading tabs Macintosh Explorer brings the hierarchical navigation style of Windows Explorer to the Mac.
- 2,000 Free Computer Tips Help Remove Spyware, Increase Productivity, Save Time
- Fan Books for the Holidays... The Perfect Companions for Your iBook, iPod, PowerBook, Treo, or Xbox - five New Fan Books
- Smart Home Hacks Smart Home Hacks by Gordon Meyer - Beyond Mere Automation
- Browsing the Browsers MaMug's Dan East reviews the available browsers for Mac OS X
- Five Tons of electronic equipment disposed! Here's the follow-up report from Keith Mueller, Show Manager for the Southern California MacFair 2004
- Software Manager: OS Enhancements Finder aids, info organizers, note takers and a lot more
- This Old Mouse: The G4 Aluminum PowerBook: Fred is having to learn some new manners. He's discovering lots of things he likes about his new G4 Powerbook -- along with some things he really likes about his Wall Street! Battery time, heat and damage control.
- DesktopCollage "Not something I found to be useful, but my kids love it"
- MUG Bookshelf: iPod Fans, Hacking Games just in time for the holidays... Hacking Games and iPod Fans
- Hook that iPod to Windows! Mediafour has announced an update to XPlay 2
- PC-Mac-Net FileShare share files easily and securely between Windows and Macintosh
- Get some shades for your iPod iSkin Inc. Launches "Shades" - Superior Protection for Your Screen
- SW: Home, iLife and Online Fun something for everyone from home users to online mavins
- Devon Updates Software DEVONtechnologies Ltd. updates its notetaking application DEVONnote, the webcam and picture viewer PhotoStickies, and the free thumbnail generator ThumbsUp.
- Call for Papers: Linux Expo ... The USC, Simi/Conejo, and UCLA Linux User Groups are proud to present the third annual Southern California Linux Expo
- SW: Business & ProfessionalsThis week we look at some new shareware for business and professional users including a new RSS reader to different Task/Time trackers, an invoicer and an ecommerce solution. We also see a media asset management add-on for FileMaker, a database viewer, and a pretty cool "visual thinking" outlining application.
- Real World Web Services - What are the technologies that are actually in use, and how can developers incorporate them into their own applications?
- Windows to Linux Migration Toolkit - "Windows to Linux Migration Toolkit", by David Allen, contains all the tools, information, and guidance needed to migrate to Linux
- Modding Mac OS X: Extreme Makeovers For Your Mac - Unleash Your Inner Mac Geek O'Reilly MUG gathering Dan East reports on the O'Reilly MUG gathering
- How to search your Computer How to search your PC with Google Desktop - Nowshade Kabir
- Business Card Composer "One really well thought out, useful and effective card creation tool"
- Shareware Manager: Photos, Alarms and More! This week's Shareware Manager looks at Photo Albums, prints from iPhoto, BodyPainting; and some new personal productivity updates in Alarms, examining your files, and the clipboard. Mariner is here with new stuff and we end with your garage sale on eBay!
- Apple Introduces iPod Photo iPod Photo lets you take your entire music and photo library with you wherever you go.
- Recycle your old computers Southern California MacFair 2004
- Apple Introduces the U2 iPod
- EU iTunes Music Store Apple has launched a European Union version of its revolutionary iTunes Music Store
- New Games from Ambrosia New Games from Ambrosia Darwinia & EV Nova games
- Mac OS X Innovators Contest managing editor Derrick Story announces this year's winners at the O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference
- GarageBand, iTunes, iPod, iLife The experts like Bob LeVitus, Tony Bove and Cheryl Rhodes present articles on GarageBand, iTunes, iPod, and iLife
October 2004
- Software: Games and More! This week's Shareware Manager brings some Tricks and Treats for Halloween, and Recipes for the Holidays. Speaking of holidays, let's play golf with the Tiger, Beta test Ambrosia's new Darwinia, fly a Black Hawk and print some cool labels for your cd/dvds
- Looking Good in iChat eCamm iGlasses for iChat AV
- InDesign with Deke McClelland the closest thing possible to private InDesign lessons with author and Adobe Certified Expert Deke McClelland
- Mac OS X Power Hound Tips, tricks, and secrets -- keyboard shortcut, double-click -- Mac OS X 10.3
- Apple Xserve RAID Storage System Delivers up to 5.6TB of Storage at Industry Breakthrough Price of Just Over $2 per GB
- 1.8 GHz Power Mac G5 Apple Adds 1.8 GHz Model to Power Mac G5 Line at Just $1,499
- iBook G4 Now With Built-in Wireless Apple Unveils Fastest, Most Affordable iBook G4 Ever iBook Now With Built-in Wireless Networking Starts at Just $999
- Automatic Font Detection PopChar X 2.2 - adds automatic font detection for many popular applications
- Turning Readers Into Moviemakers Turning Readers Into Moviemakers with "Adobe Encore DVD: In the Studio"
- This Old Mouse: A Computer in Your Hand! Fred looks at the new OQO, a PowerBook that is only 5-inches wide with a 1GHz processor, a 20GB hard drive!
- Touchscreens for PowerBooks ... click, drag, draw, open, close with your finger!
- A Flashlight for your iPod? ...
- Bridge ATA solution for G5s The Tempo Bridge creates an upgrade path for using a spare drive
- iSkin ProTouch keyboard protector a rubberized coating to your keyboard
- Protecting your Intellectual Property iWatermark 2.0 Easily/Inexpensively Secures and Protects Your Digital Photos
- Apple Unveils New 'Mini' Retail Stores The mini store is half the size of Apple's smallest store
- Shareware Manager: Movies & Security This week we look into a nifty way to convert Quicktime movies, ways to put Steel in your passwords, and taking command of your Drives. Then visit several more specialized programs including: Drop Your Drawers, Radio Toolbox, Sambucus Time Tracking, SignalScope Real-Time Audio
- Recover Lost, Erased Music from iPod PodSalvage is an application designed to recover music files deleted intentionally or accidentally from your iPod
- Two new ebooks for Word users Two new ebooks for Word users - best strategy for upgrading to Word 2004
- Steal This File Sharing Book Steal This File Sharing Book: What They Won't Tell You About File Sharing
- Southern California MacFair 2004 MacFair 2004 Southern California , the region's largest Macintosh event
- PhotoReviewer PhotoReviewer photo viewing for Mac OS X - not an iPhoto replacement, but an essential just the same!
- Fred's Shareware Picks This week we play a little Golf, and see some dramatic results converting Photos to Art... other favorites include * Moving Tunes with iPodDownload * Parsnips new PIM * TextMate Text Editor * OmniWeb Gets Upgrade (Beta) * Japanese language text editor
- New Books from InDesign to Java New books for computer users
- iLife 'O4: The Missing Manual The Guide to Livin' the iLife
- Sellers joins MaMugs BOD Sellers joins MaMugs BOD - Petrie says good bye to board of directors
- DesktopEarth 3D DesktopEarth 3D - Live 3D animations of the earth in all it's glory
- "The Core" Contact Manager "The Core" Contact Manager the perfect starting point for any organization which covers all the basic needs of contact management
- Shareware Picks for October Shareware Picks for October - Drop Drawers, MacDrive, Solarian, Quickie Web Album
- Kodak Digtal plug-in family Dan East says: "great value and resultsfrom the Kodak Digtal plug-in family"
- Fred's Shareware Picks These are all good picks! I think you'll like them
- Apple Introduces Two New Jam Packs new Jam Packs give musicians all of the loops and software instruments they need to create music in the genre of their choice.
- Apple Logic Pro 7, Logic Express 7 Apple Introduces Logic Pro 7 & Logic Express 7 - Next Major Releases of its Award-Winning Professional Music Creation & Audio Production Software
- Digital 'Through the Lens' Cameras... Daniel M. East Reviews the HP 945 and Canon Digital Rebel Digital 'Through the Lens' Cameras...
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