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2nd Quarter 2005

June 2005

  • InfoManager for June 27, 2005 This week's Info includes: Samsung flash drives * Yahoo kills chat rooms * Shaq Attack comes to Cyberspace * iPod: A Girl's Best Friend * Favorite Dashboard Widgets * Microsoft's old tricks * Parental Controls In Tiger * Hula Girl Widget * LogiTech announces wireless headphones for iPod * MacOS Rumors * "Longhorn" to support RSS * CodeWeavers help Windows Apps to Mactel, Quotes and a lot more!
  • BabelColor Now Has Spectral tools a color translator and analysis software designed for the Mac and Windows
  • Plug-in for automatic photo restoration AKVIS Retoucher image processing plug-in restores damaged photographs to optimal condition with minimal effort and amazing results
  • Get ready for ' War of the Worlds" The latest e-book, a collection of five extraordinary stories by Franz Kafka and his precursors
  • New Sharpening Plugin for Photoshop FocalBlade Photoshop-compatible plugin for sharpening your photos and great looking blur, soft focus and glow effects...
  • Apple moving to Intel? Don't Panic! ADHOC Adds Intel sessions and training classes
  • Seo Administrator seo tool maintaining top search engine ranking through careful use of keywords and monitoring a siteís position in comparison to its competitors.
  • Sharing Macs with PCs PC-Mac-Net FileShare v4.6 offers enhanced Internet file sharing
  • Cleanup brings Greater Security to Tiger Enhanced Version Sports New Anti-Spyware, New User Interface, New Forms Cleaner, More Cleaning Options, and support for Apple Mail provides greater personal protection and privacy for Tiger
  • Selling through Auction Marketplaces According to a report released recently by the Department of Commerce first-quarter retail sales rose 23.8 percent to US$ 19.8 billion in the United States. Here, Nowshade Kabir shares some tips and tricks on making the most of online auctions...
  • Domain Objects Persistence Pattern for .NET Iqbal M. Khan of AlachiSoft submits this essay on Domain Objects Persistence Pattern for .NET... for developing database driven applications in Windows
  • JUNE Book News The best in books for June and July 2005 get some tips, some hacks, some new Tiger techniques, Photoshop, Elements, HTML, Web Design and more... all from the pros at Peachpit Press and O'Reilly ! Summer Reading Fun!
  • Digital Video Hacks by Joshua Paul ... a collection of 100 unique tips, techniques, and tools for every aspect of digital video production--planning, lighting, editing, adding sound, and special effects, to final export and distribution.
  • Safe Netting: Loose Lips Sink Ships Terrorists now use spam and Phishing to fund their terrorists activities around the globe. Do you want to support them? Online safety cannot be taken too seriously. Here's how to develop your Password to be uncrackable... so you won't be funding online and real world criminals.
  • SW: Home and Office Shareware Manager looks at: izi-Event, MacDopplerPRO, Calcline, TimeLog, MetaProject, ImageEngine, MacXword, MacSword, Mactracker, iSale, Pzizz, Soundtracks, CoverBuddy and more...
  • A Case For a Cause What will the iPod fashion phenomena spawn next? How about a fundraising auction of celebrity iPod cases to raise funds for the fight against Breast Cancer. Bid on one-of-a-kind iPod cases created by notable fashion designers - containing a brand new iPod (courtesy of Apple) and a playlist created by movie celebrities. See our favorites at:
  • Increase Wireless Reception with Whip Pro antenna Those frustrated by AirPort reception problems on their Powerbooks should read this article from Dan East about QuickerTek's latest high gain Whip Pro antenna for Powerbooks...
  • Xupport 3.0 Xupport is a multipurpose system utility for Mac OS X providing many increased system security and performance features, to maintain and backup Mac OS X, and to dig deeper into the world of Unix -- now it's ready for Tiger ...
  • SW Potpourri: Something for Everyone This week we will do some catch-up on programs previously uploaded before the Tiger/Intel news hit -- including: AB Transfer, Calq, Navicat, Game Agent, Puzzability, Bubblomania, PDF Browser, WireFusion, iGetter, Prairiefire, StreamWatcher and more
  • WWDC: QuickTime 7 for Windows Apple has delivered a preview release of QuickTime 7 Player and QuickTime 7 Pro for Windows, the industry's first mainstream H.264 solution for streaming and playback of High Definition (HD) video on the Windows platform.
  • WWDC: Apple to Use Intel Microprocessors Beginning in 2006 - At its Worldwide Developer Conference today, Apple(R) announced plans to deliver models of its Macintosh computers using Intel microprocessors by this time next year
  • This Old Mouse: Backing Up You've heard the warnings: "back up your data." By now, everyone should know and understood that all computer data should be backed up. So, why don't they do it? Let's take a look at the ins and outs of backing up the new OS and your valuable data.
  • SW: More Updates for Tiger Tiger gets Easyfind, Wordservice and Xmenu, FontAgent Pro 3.0.2, ChimeX 1.5, Cheetah3D 2.2 3D Modelling, Entourage Email Archive, ControlePus, Concierge and more...
  • Spyware, Adware, Virus detection For Windows and Unix users: the Process Library is a free online information site that describes processes running on computers thus providing an invaluable security service to millions of users worldwide. Now you can find out what's really going on in the background of your computer!
  • Free iClip lite for Dashboard We told you about this several weeks ago... now iClip lite is rolling out in conjunction with the upcoming Dashboard related website. iClip in the form of a free Dashboard widget for Mac OS X "Tiger" ...
  • Ergonis Ups the Tempo in the Music Authoring Do you make music? Are you into GarageBand? Are you ready to raise the bar? Easy Beat 2.2 opens the world of composing and multitrack audio production to the Mac user -- it's the easiest-to-use, full-fledged MIDI sequencer on the market
  • Tiger gets Snapz On the tail of our piece last week on WireTap, we learn that Ambrosia Software has released Snapz Pro X 2.0.2, the best darn screen/media capture utility known to mankind -- Snapz Pro X is a quantum leap in video capture technology!

May 2005

  • Easy Mac Backup Tri-BACKUP is a powerful and easy backup utility for Mac OS X that offers two different modes: "Immediate Actions" (to perform easy and immediate backups, synchronizations, and restorations) and "Programmed actions"
  • The Virtual Photo Shoebox Shoebox is one of the first programs to harness the full capability of Spotlight -- searching your photos by content. It even progressively becomes smarter as you use it.
  • Clone a Bootable Tiger What should you back up? What do you back up? Precisely the question many Mac users ask after it's too late! Clone X disk copy utility for Mac OS X features the copy of an entire disk to another disk, or to a set of CDs or DVDs -- and the copies are fully functional.
  • WireTap Pro Gets the Tiger We raved about how cool Ambrosia's WireTap is for recording just about any audio that flows through your Mac -- now, Ambrosia has 'tigerized' WireTap Pro and added some substantially cool new features.
  • [SW] OS Enhancement, Security, Upgrads This week everything for the web from new web databases to security plug-ins and several full featured backup programs ... OmniOutliner Organizational Tool, GmailStatus, Transmit, URLwell, Agitprop from iBlog, FruitMenu, Apple CHUD 4.1, iPatch, iTerm, Dobry Backuper, Disk Order, SoftRAID, DiskWarrior and more.
  • Enhancing Your PDF Workflow Enfocus is hosting a new series of free seminars in key cities throughout the U.S. beginning June 15 -- full-day events will focus on real-world problems and solutions associated with PDF workflows, presented by industry experts James Lockman and Tim Plumer. Learn the best ways to streamline PDF workflows and effective Do-It-Yourself PDF workflows
  • Cumulus: Helios, Tiger, road tours Three news items in one for users of Cumulus -- the world's high-end media management for professional DTP, movie and music production.
  • Shareware: Web, Internet tools and utilities... Lots of good resources for the web including a new Firefox 1.0.4 security update, Interarchy FTP client, StreamWatcher, LiveDictionary and Prairiefire for Safari, Mac Remote Control, iGetter, WireFusion, URLwell and several others
  • Typinator Typing automation Typinator is a typing automator that enables you to rapidly insert text and images into any type of application. Its intuitive interface and ease-of-use result in immediate productivity gains!
  • Apocalypse Now for POSTAL Fans Running With Scissors finally cuts loose the next chapter in his bitter, disaffected saga: Apocalypse Weekend, which details the Dude's thermonuclear activities. New weapons, badder villans, hotter action. (Adults only)
  • PC-Mac-Net FileShare v4.5 Transfer documents, MP3s, family movies, photo collections and other files easily and securely between all varieties of MacOS, Windows, and Linux computers across LANs, across cities and across the world -- use PC-Mac-Net FileShare
  • MacBUS User Group Launches Scholarship The Macintosh Business Users Society of Greater Philadelphia has announced the start of an annual scholarship program created to identify and reward students who show likely promise as future business-oriented Macintosh users.
  • Power To Learn Cobb County School District selected Apple in the largest ever one-to-one computer learning initiative Power To Learn
  • Beware of Spyware During a discussion about spyware and cookies on the AUGD discussion list Christina Zeeh posted one of the more complete and informative one-page articles we've read on the topic. Must reading for all computer users!
  • Computer Theft Rampant Brigadoon Software, makers of MacPhoneHome(TM) have launched a new version 3.0 of their theft deterrent software solution for Macintosh -- your Mac gets stolen, it calls home!
  • Shareware: dozens of updates for Tiger In the Mac arena this week several dozen selected out of hundreds of upgrades for Tiger: iStitch, iBiz 2.4 time-billing, On-Target, iTaskX, CodeWarrior, TouchCAD 3D, Count PDF Pages, iMage, Ultralingua dictionary, Mellel WP, Grammarian spelling, dictionary, thesaurus, OnSync, Popcorn DVD Copier, iDive video management, FuzzMeasure, MMEmail Preview, Cyberduck FTP, Mail Fixer, RapidWeaver, OmniWeb, Yummy FTP, SafariSpeed, Intaglio, Bonjour, iListen, HotApp keyboard, Growl, xScope, EarthBrowser, Backup Simplicity, Retrospect and more.
  • Tiger Ready iClip Plus Widget iClip productivity software for Mac OS X enables users to quickly store, organize, and access snippets of information without having to save them as entire documents. iClip lite is a free Dashboard Widget for Tiger... coming soon
  • BOOK NEWS: this month includes: Photoshop Elements 3: The Missing Manual * Fun with Photoshop Elements 3 * Automator Book for Mac OS X Tiger * The Art of Project Management * Home Invasion and Spam Kings ... see our extensive library of great Mac books...
  • Software / Shareware for Tiger The first authers log in with the UGN Shareware Manager: Labels, Envelopes, Cards for Tiger, Corel Painter Tiger IX plugin, iPod.iTunes 2.8 Synchronizes, Ovolab Phlink 2.1 Telephony for Mac, DiskWarrior for Tiger, VelaClock 1.0 Clocks the World, SSH Helper Released
  • Take Control of Tiger TidBITS is the first to launch four cost-effective electronic books covering key aspects of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. The ebooks help Macintosh users upgrade to Tiger successfully, customize the new operating system, work with user accounts, and share files among multiple networked computers.
  • iCon Steve Jobs This is the book Steve doesn't want published. Lightning never strikes twice, but Steve Jobs has, transforming modern culture first with the Macintosh and more recently with the iPod. With Steve's triumphant return to Apple, his story is better than any fiction.
  • Stock Layouts Collection CD StockLayouts LLC, provider of graphic design templates for print, has announced the release of its Volume 3 Master Collection CD. The new collection, made up of the most recent additions to the template library, contains unique design sets of matching templates created for a variety of business types.
  • Apple Upgrades Power Mac G5 Line It's the fastest, most powerful Power Mac G5 desktop line ever, featuring dual 64-bit PowerPC G5 processors running up to 2.7 GHz and including Mac OS X version 10.4 "Tiger,"
  • SOHO Business Cards for Tiger Chronos SOHO Business Cards 1.3, is the fastest and easiest way to create stunning business cards on Mac OS X Tiger.
  • Labels, Envelopes for Tiger SOHO Labels & Envelopes 1.3 can now sort contact lists by company in addition to last name. The built-in clip art browser has been improved in terms of speed and reliability.
  • Tiger gets a CopyCat A huge upgrade in speed of copying a Mac OS volumes, iPods, etc. -- the fastest back-up and cloning utility available is CopyCatX
  • RollCall Directory 1.3 for Tiger RollCall Directory 1.3 is ready for Tiger's Smart Groups and expanded address book fields. In addition, new International Address Formats are now supported, as well as a new multiple URL (web page) field.
  • Image Processing made cheap and easy! iMaginator is a powerful new image processing application with over 106 effects, transitions, and filters. You can even layer images and text, and apply, modify, and re-order multiple effects to achieve enhancements and artistic results
  • Shareware: Desktop Publishing, Image Editing This week: Batch image processing, Studio Manager Filemaker based management, ImageBuddy digital image layout, Neat Image fixes images, iPhoto Buddy Helps iPhoto, InDesign Image Catalog 2.0, ChemCalcsX learning, Readerware for book lovers, Kid-safe surfing and more
  • 2005 Horizon Interactive Awards The industrys best interactive media solutions have been highlighted in the 4th annual Horizon Interactive Awards. Take a look at just a few of the award-winning entries...
  • Data Publishing in Adobe Illustrator CS Zumedia software has announced the release of Automata 1.5, bringing Variable Data Publishing (VDP) to Adobe Illustrator. Automata 1.5 combines the creativity of Adobe Illustrator, the power of databases and the speed of automation to generate multiple files

April 2005

  • Beware of Spyware Nowshade Kabir shares advice about spyware for Windows users ... but Mac users should read as well. According to Dell technical support, 12 percent of their support calls involve problems related to some kinds of Spyware.
  • Anti-Aliasing with Fireworks Anna Capili writes about Anti-Aliasing with Fireworks -- The anti-aliasing capabilities in Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 helps users create great looking text graphics.
  • Adobe enters the world of Stock Photography Anna Capili writes about Adobe's recently announced iAdobe Stock Photos, which will provide a one-stop shopping service for stock photography
  • Identity Abuse Albert Scherbinsky shares insights into Identity Abuse with thoughts on protecting your online identity
  • Guest PC for Mac OS X Guest PC is a Mac OS X application that allows you to easily create and manage virtual x86 computer on your Mac. You can install Windows operating system and access applications available only for Windows compatible computers.
  • Digital Art Juried Show If you are into digital graphics or photography, perhaps you should check out the LACDA Digital Art Juried Show. Here's an OPEN CALL FOR ENTRIES in the annual juried competion for digital art and photography
  • iVistas Launch Onto Your iPod! Spice up your iPod Photo today with these awesome pre-rendered worlds, scenic landscapes, and serene realistic environments. iVistas Launch Onto Your iPod! Awesome backgrounds from Vistapro Renderer
  • Five Reasons for using an O/R mapping tool Iqbal Khan is the Director Sales & Marketing at AlachiSoft, a leading provider of O/R Mapping tool called TierDeveloper shares reasons for using O/R Mapping tools (For Windows .NET users)
  • UGN Computer Book News With graduation just around the corner, remember that books make a great gift! This week we take a look at: iPod ~ iTunes: The Missing Manual, Photoshop Elements 3: The Missing Manual; Home Invasion: Protecting Your Family; PC Annoyances, 2nd Edition; The Linux Enterprise Cluster; Linux Desktop Hacks; and of course our Peachpit Mac Tip-of-the-Week book
  • Shareware: iLife Enhancements & upgrades - New shareware and freeware apps these days are almost too much to keep up with -- but these Apple updates are heartily advised, and all the other stuff is... well, just plain fun! Apple iSight, iDVD, iMovie and iPhoto updates; plus Audio Toolbox, iPresent It, Eyephedrine iTunes visualization, Edo, MacVCD, palmTunes Express, spinControl, and more!
  • IT Certification Preparation The South African technology market is experiencing rapid IT industry growth -- Whizlabs Software and Learning Advantage have joined hands in the South African market for selling online IT tests for Recruitment, Employee Evaluation, Training Effectiveness and IT Certification Preparation.
  • Designing a web album in minutes Robert Kennedy helps you Design a web album in minutes using Adobe and Macromedia -- When you have a timeline to build your online photo album, learn how to carve hours out of your production time -- completely install a customer example photo gallery in 2 hours or less.
  • Apple Mac OS X "Tiger" - Mac OS X version 10.4 "Tiger" with more than 200 new features and innovations including Spotlight, a revolutionary desktop search technology; and Dashboard, a new way to instantly access important information like weather forecasts and stock quotes, using a dazzling new class of applications called widgets. (Read more...)
  • Apple Mac OS X Server version 10.4 "Tiger" - Apple has announced that Mac OS(R) X Server version 10.4 "Tiger" will be available on April 29, at the same time as the Mac OS X version 10.4 "Tiger" desktop version. The next major release of Apple's award-winning, UNIX-based server operating system turns a group of Macs into a virtual supercomputer (Read more...)
  • Adobe Creative Suite 2 Adobe's new Creative Suite 2 accelerates Print, Web and Mobile Publishing Workflows for a Complete Design and Publishing Environment -- plus Adobe Stock Photos Service; Adobe Bridge and Enhanced Version Cue CS2.
  • Maximize your iPod LAJ Design has rolled out version 1.0.1 of MaxPod. MaxPod is a cross-platform application that helps you to maximize what your iPod can do. MaxPod takes the core functions of the iPod and adds a few more
  • CodeZoo Developers have a new place to find good code components quickly. CodeZoo offers a repository of components plus a rich mix of related information from O'Reilly and the community.
  • A Course in Mac Digital Photography With the scrupulous objectivity, clever wit, and technical wisdom you count on from David Pogue along with the expertise of Mac master and professional photographer Derrick Story, this book is for digital photographers at any level
  • Bookshelf: Blast Away Your PC Annoyances - For every user who has ever felt even a twinge of animosity toward his or her PC, Bass's book affirms the frustration (as any good friend would) and then alleviates it (as any solid resource should).
  • Bookshelf: Firefox Hacks: Tips & Tools for Next-Generation Web Browsing - Firefox Hacks is ideal for power users who want to take full advantage of Firefox from Mozilla, the next-generation web browser that is rapidly subverting Internet Explorer's once-dominant audience.
  • Baker's Dozen Shareware for Spring This week there's something for everyone! A potpourri of great apps from desktop publishing and programming to education... REALbasic, XFlows, FlightMath and even a couple of arcade games!
  • Free, Downloadable Symbols The IAN Symbol Libraries has just completed a major update and the total number of symbols has increased from 1000+ to 1500+. The libraries remain completely free for all users!
  • Typing Acceleration with yType yType adds typing acceleration, instantaneous spell checking, word prediction, typing logger, inline equation solving in any application - is easy to use, saves time and allows you to do less and accomplish more
  • Protect Your Identity (WIN) This new internet protection suite includes all the tools needed to track spyware and combat phishing scams, spam to protect your identity. Phishing and harmful spyware are dramatically on the rise. Protect yourself.
  • Trying to Match the 'Perfect' Font? Searching for a specific font used to take hours for graphic designers, but now can take only minutes with this unique little software tool called FontMatch!
  • Did you have your break today? it is very easy to fall into bad habits when using a computer for hours on end. You care about what you are doing, so can sometimes push yourself too far, or over-strain yourself. This nifty little (free) utility reminds you to take a break
  • Honey, we've shrunk the Disk Jockey! The Disk Jockey hard disk duplicator / backup / diagnostic tool is a 7-in-1 tech tool can now easily fit into the palm of ones hand, or the shirt pocket. Use it on Mac or Windows to duplicate, back up, or even erase your IDE USB or Firewire drives.
  • Sophie E-book Reader Updated for OS X Brian Thomas (of "If Monks Had Macs" fame) updates us on the Free Sophie E-book Reader for OS X -- and now Windows! Sophie now comes with 10 Free E-Books.
  • Tips for Building a Business Website Noted author Nowshade Kabir shares the most important tips for starting or improving your business or group website!

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