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Fred Showker
This week we pull at least one item from each of our categories to bring something for everyonne. Enjoy this week's download fun!
Aki Mahjong Solitaire 1.1.0 is an easy to learn solitaire game for Mac. This free update introduces the ability to both play and create custom levels, and includes over 35 new levels.
A uniquely challenging puzzle game for strategists of all levels from children to grand masters. BrickShooter is not just for people who can think and move fast. It's for anyone who enjoys solving puzzles and taking their own sweet time doing them. Picture . Sergey Stolbov, TERMINAL Studio, Shareware for Mac users, EDU K-12: games, tests, etc.
EchoMac 1.14 allows any licensed amateur radio user using MacOS X to connect and talk to another amateur radio operator on a remote system whether it is a repeater, link, conference room or another computer user. The new version adds optional Growl notifications, the beginnings of a HELP doc, Airport fixes and more.
Booxter 1.6 is an easy to use application that helps you manage your book collection. It gathers book information from various sources on the internet to allow you to view, edit, sort, categorize, export and print books in your collection. The new version doubles the number of searchable sites from which book information can be obtained, improves iSight video scanning, and adds several new book attributes and sets of country and currency codes.
Kids GoGoGo 8.9 is the latest version of the parental control program from Maki Enterprise. The new version supports history inspection for FireFox, improves kgggIM for Safari, and more.
Timeline leverages Apple's Quartz graphics technology to create beautiful and accurate timelines. Automatic context sensing technology automatically selects the best layout and date settings based on your events and output media. Bee Documents is now accepting beta testers for Timeline.
Mobile High Speed 3G automatically configures a Mac OS X system to use a mobile phone or PC Data card for a fast connection to the Internet. The new version adds support for more than 18 new mobile phones and PC Data cards recently released by major network operators. Additionally, the Internet connect wizard now supportes more than 100 devices and includes more than 200 3G, EDGE and GPRS connection settings for most network operators worldwide.
Adium X is an update to the alternative instant messaging client for AIM, MSN, Yahoo! and more. The update fixes several crashes, resolves a couple long standing problems with away messages on various protocols, and significantly improves MSN connectivity.
Saft is a Safari plugin to add features like full-screen browsing, searchable bookmarks and history, URL shortcuts, kiosk mode and more. The latest version adds title, timestamp, URL and page number when printing, a "sort bookmarks" option, and more.
MemoryCell 2.0 is a MenuExtra for OS X that provides a quick overview on the memory (RAM) being used by each of your applications. LineIn (free http://www.rogueamoeba.com/freebies/downloads/LineIn.dmg) is a simple application for OS X to enable the soft playthru of audio from input devices.
Problem: OS X lets you keep frequently-used folders in the Dock and the Finder's sidebar. This is great but how do you tell the folders apart? Well, you can't! Of course, you can customize your folder icons using a graphic app and a separate icon app. If you've tried this, you know how time-consuming and frustrating the process could be. FolderBrander lets you quickly and easily alter the look of your folders. Pick a base icon from the built-in set and place a short text label over it. The text can be rotated and skewed to match the orientation and perspective of the base icon. Picture: http://www.yellowmug.com/folderbrander/screenshot.png
DropDMG 2.5 can create/convert Mac OS X disk images via drag and drop (".dmg", ".img", or ".smi"). It supports encryption, segmented images, and custom icons, and it can create images with rich-text license agreements in multiple languages. Version 2.5 adds Panther .Zip, StuffIt X, .cdr, file support as well as supports system services, custom mount points, more options and other enhancements.
XML Editor is the latest version of the Schema editor and XSLT debugger. Version 5.1 adds source folding, code templates, better Relax NG support, Schematron validation and the possibility to use MSXML and XSLTProc as XSLT transformers.
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Fred Showker, Editor/Publisher UG Net News
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