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[31 Jan 2011 | No Comment | 1,524 views]

Capable of importing 200 graphics formats and outputting another 80, GraphicConvertor is a highly capable shareware app — true shareware — that supports Adobe Photoshop plugins and has pretty good good slideshow functionality built-in, too. If you don’t yet know …

Mac, Software »

[28 Jan 2011 | No Comment | 1,271 views]

Different strokes for different folks. When it comes to brown mustard, I like it with the bite of horse radish, though most are satisfied with French’s, Grey Poupon or Gulden. In the browser space, Opera is one of the more …

Mac, Software »

[28 Jan 2011 | No Comment | 1,059 views]

Making software better, especially highly complex apps like iTunes, is a never ending process that requires an almost fatalistic dedication. Seriously, it’s an absurd balance between delivering nuts and bolts functionality while trying to move the platform ahead across dozens …

Apple luv »

[27 Jan 2011 | No Comment | 1,043 views]

When it comes to deals on Apple products, the picks of the litter are generally Apple’s ever popular white MacBook and the insurgent MacBook Air. But, don’t blink because they’ll be gone, perhaps for weeks or even months. Nevertheless, as …

Mac, Music, movies, TV, Software »

[26 Jan 2011 | One Comment | 1,627 views]

There are lots and lots of Flash video capture utilities out there. However, VideoBox has been around for years and is continuously improved — most of its competitors won’t last a year. Another reason to prefer VB is the ability …

Apple luv, Mobile »

[26 Jan 2011 | One Comment | 2,058 views]

There are two things immediately noticeable about the mothership’s latest tablet TV ad: 1.) it’s embeddable HTML5, which has been a long-time coming and 2.) no one suspects the Spanish Inquisition.
Actually, I’ve been thinking, even after a good night’s rest, …

Mac, Software »

[25 Jan 2011 | One Comment | 1,468 views]

First it was Septemberish. Then November 2010 turned into early 2011 and now it’s almost February. In other words, never underestimate Mozilla’s ability to push out and stretch an anticipated ship date. Nevertheless, there is yet another Firefox beta release …

Mac, Software »

[25 Jan 2011 | No Comment | 1,185 views]

Whether you need a temporary copy of Office to get you through a presentation or you just wanna taste of Redmond’s industry standard productivity suite, there’s finally a free trial available to scratch either of those itches. Thereupon, Microsoft’s offering …

Mac, Music, movies, TV, Software »

[24 Jan 2011 | No Comment | 1,834 views]

Even if you’re both clever and diligent, managing multiple iTunes libraries across multiple Macs and idevices can be a challenge. And, don’t get me started on duplicate files, an annoyance that rears its head with just about every new Mac, …

Mac, Software »

[24 Jan 2011 | 2 Comments | 1,052 views]

Some 58 million downloads of version 1.1.5 later, VideoLAN.org has pushed out VLC Media Player 1.1.6 (release notes), which the open source describes as a “minor release.” Still, playing back downloaded video is at best a fickle proposition and it …