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This feature length documentary explores how Apple, Inc. has changed the world. Notable Apple personalities Andy Hertzfeld, co-creator of the original Macintosh, Guy Kawasaki, long time Mac evangelist and Leander Kahney, author of the book Cult of Mac Welcome to Macintosh
The blogs were already buzzing the morning after the announcement that Verizon, Sprint and Time Warner Cable have agreed to begin blocking child pornography sites and content from their systems. New at SafeNetting.com
Need a presentation package? 280Slides will allow you to keep you presentation on their web site. See the full story...
The FileMaker Developer Conference will be held July 13-17, 2008 at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix, Arizona. (Read More)
Typinator will insert the correct corresponding HTML code for you! With more than100 abbreviations for elements of the HTML 4.01 standard, Typinator may just be a saving grace for Mac web coders who don't use BBEdit's glossery functions! See the full story...
According to an article in the Australian Sunday Herald Sun for June 8th, Microsoft recently demoed a touch interface as part of Windows 7. See the full story...
The Wall Street Journal's blog has a brief article about Parallels for Mac OS X Server. See the full story...
We are all aware that web kit forms the basis for Safari and several other browsers. It is possible to have multiple tabs and windows open and have a site or a Flash application freeze Safari and cause an "unexpected quit."
Fluid App allows you do create a browser specific to a web site that you frequent. See the full story...
OpenOffice has been mentioned here several times as an Alternative to Microsoft's products. Currently for the Macintosh, OpenOffice comes in two flavors even if one of them is still in beta. See the full story...
Not since Lynda Weinman arrived on the scene has there been such a comprehensive book on creating graphics for the web. Catch Users' Eyes and Keep Them on Your Site -- Painting the Web
There have been a lot of game consoles over the years. This web site tells us how to run emulators of a lot of them on our Macs running OSX. (Read More)
As you may know, Apple announced that the next version of OS X will be called Snow Leopard. They only let out a few details. It will be "no new features". Well, not quite, it is suppose to have support for Microsoft Exchange server built-in. (Read More)
Microspot 3D Toolbox is a unique "build your own" 3D application which may be expanded into an advanced modeling, rendering and animation package. See the full story...
The 60-Second Window piece "Crime gets a free ride from ICANN" is being repeated again and again across the web. That article reports how ICANN's "Domain Tasting" gives a free ride to organized crime on the web. Now we're seeing more and more reporting on the various repercussions of ICANN's abuse and mishandling of registrars and domains.
How many times have you wanted to convert a folder of files from one format to another? Well, with Dragoman, you can convert just about any format, including media files, in batch mode. See the full story...
Zevrix Solutions announces the release of InPreflight 2.5, a major update to its quality control solution for Adobe InDesign. InPreflight quickly and easily locates potential problems, helps produce error-free documents and automates packaging of multiple files. (Read More)
Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.
-- Mark Twain
Humor helps us to think out of the box. The average child laughs about 400 times per day, the average adult laughs only 15 times per day. What happened to the other 385 laughs?
-- USA Today
Once you can laugh at your own weaknesses, you can move forward. Comedy breaks down walls. It opens up people. If you're good, you can fill up those openings with something positive. Maybe you can combat some of the ugliness in the world.
-- Goldie Hawn
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