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Fred Showker
This week it's all about home and business with a number of excellent programs and utilities to enhance your Mac life...
izi-Event 1.5.1 is a FileMaker-based software solution designed for arranging a seminar, conference, festivity or other event. It offers tools to invite guests with personalized mailings, subscribe them to the sessions they're interested in, organize attendance lists and badges and invoice them if needed. Version 1.5.1 improves the application's search functions.
MacDopplerPRO gives the user a "seat right in the heart of the Operations & Command Centre for every satellite in orbit." The new version adds Tuning Dial tracking, hy-gain DCU-1 Pathfinder driver, a Locations editor, and more.
Calcline is a utility that lets users enter strings of mathematical expressions with a continually updated result . Calcline is based on a mathematical engine developed internally at Tension Software.
TimeLog is a unique iCal-integrated timer solution with an interface very similar to iTunes. It stores data in iCal calendars and can be synchronized between multiple Macs and other devices using iSync and .Mac. The Cocoa-based application offers performance improvements, Tiger compatibility, template-based printing, and an improved UI.
MetaProject is a simple but useful tool for catalogging, evaluating and prioritizing projects. Users can track each potential project and related data, such as Category, Description, Main Advantage, Main Disadvantage, and Next Step; users can also enter estimates for various indices to help compare projects. It requires Microsoft Excel. (make sure you visit the Museum of Conceptual Art while you're there: )
ImageEngine provides a number of functions to get information about and to export and render the images of a source PDF document. New with version 2.0: ImageEngine now offers the ability to be included into a workflow, using the method of "Watched Folders."
MacXword 1.3.0 is an update to the popular crossword puzzle client. Version 1.3.0 brings multi-letter cell values, direct word navigation, and Spotlight integration among other new features. Also announced the MacXword Puzzle Collection: 50 Fun and Challenging Crossword Puzzles, available as a print-optimized eBook and as MacXword-readable puzzle files.
MacSword is an open-source application for research and study of God and the Bible. Version 1.2 brings with it many new features including parallel bibles, personal commentary editing, and instant searching.
Mactracker provides detailed information on every Apple, Motorola, PowerComputing, and UMAX Mac OS computer ever made. In addition to all the latest Apple hardware, the major new features include: a rewritten search engine, Smart Categories (similar to Smart Playlists in iTunes), color labels, independent database updating, spell check and Unicode support for notes, a new category called "This Mac" which shows the current Mac, and the addition of Apple Hardware Test versions.
iSale 1.7 is a new version of the leading eBay selling manager tool. Version 1.7 supports Apple's fast, new, system-wide search function, Spotlight. Additionally, a new Dashboard widget provides users key information about running auctions.
Pzizz 1 updates the sleep program with new pzizz nap technology via a new sleep module ($ 20). pzizz can create more than 100 billion combinations of uniquely personalized soundtracks that can be exported to an iPod or other MP3 player: "The sleep program has been written to help you to switch off at the end of the day, clearing your mind and allowing you to quickly fall into deep, restorative sleep." (sleep module)
CoverBuddy is a new add-on for iTunes that lets users manage their music collection by cover art. the visual music browser indexes music data, groups tracks by album, and displays any iTunes collection as "real" albums complete with cover art. CoverBuddy features a full screen mode, filtering, search, and more. It is available for Panther/Tiger in English, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch and German. http://www.coverbuddy.com/img/main_img.jpg
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Fred Showker, Editor/Publisher UG Net News
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