Tidy Up! 1.3 ($30) search for duplicate files and packages; by the owner application, content, type, creator, extension, date modified, date created, name, label, visibility and more. You can also search by the tag, duration and bit rate of MP3s and AACs audio files, search the content of the iTunes, iPod and iPhoto databases, search the messages o...
Web Clip and the Movies widget: (usually) helpful In Safari, Web Clip is triggered through a scissors button that allows the user to make a Dashboard widget out of the page that they are currently browsing. The interface requires very little effort to grasp well. A solid white rectangle appears around the cursor, following it. When the cursor i...
Dashboard has not seen many changes in and of itself in Leopard, with only three listed on Apple's New Features page. However, what changes exist may be very significant to some users: Web Clip in particular may redefine the very concept of the Dashboard even for novice users, while their more experienced and even professional counterparts can tur...
Papers, a program which helps scientists on the Mac to create and organize their Personal Library of Scientific literature, has been updated to version 1.5. The new release brings over 100 new features and bug fixes. A major new addition is support for search engine plugins, it ships with built-in support for Google Scholar, Google Books, Pubmed, S...
The Komodo Dev Team has created Open Komodo, an open source platform for building development environments based on Komodo IDE and featuring the open-sourced code base from Komodo Edit. The new project is focused on development using dynamic languages and Internet technologies and is built using web-based technologies and dynamic languages, It is e...
Apple is once again offering several of its reconditiond consumer-oriented MacBook laptops for sale via its online store at discounted rates. The company's White MacBook 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo comes with 1GB of memory, an 80GB hard drive, and a Combo DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive for $949; Apple's White MacBook 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo also ships with 1GGB ...
Artlandia has released SymmetryShop 2 a significant revision to its Adobe Photoshop plug-in. The tool is a companion of Artlandia SymmetryWorks, which provides a similar functionality in Adobe Illustrator. The plug-in creates both interlocking patterns and patterns based on simple geometric regions, possibly with smoothed away boundaries. Both surf...
The long-awaited announcement of Google's phone plans will occur earlier than expected, and not in the form previously laid out, says the Wall Street Journal. While it had been suggested that an announcement would come November 13th at the earliest, the Journal's sources say that it will mostly likely happen Monday, November 5th, and with differen...
The multinational Joint Photographic Experts Group, responsible for the JPEG standard used in virtually all mainstream imaging, has announced that the next iteration of its standard will be based on Microsoft's HD Photo format. HD Photo is built into Windows Vista, and was originally dubbed Windows Media Photo, hoped to offer some degree of propri...
Tunewear today began shipping Tunefilm, a clear protective film cut to fit Apple's iPhone as well as each of the company's current-generation iPods with liquid crystal displays. Tunefilm is designed to provide protection against dirt and scratches, covering the multi-touch display of Apple's iPhone and iPod touch as well as the standard display of ...
According to security vendor Bit9, QuickTime is among the most security flaw-ridden Windows applications. Apple's media player ranks second on the list of programs that are difficult for an IT department to patch and/or "represent unexpected and unquantified vulnerabilities in an enterprise IT environment." Another Apple product, iTunes, appears at...
Fastmac today unveiled a 3-in-1 Universal Headphone adapter for Apple's iPhone that features a built-in microphone as well as a volume slider and phone control buttons. The compact flexible adapter works with any 3.5mm headphone to offer the same functionality as Apple's own iPhone headset, and is available in three models that range from basic to ...
Nokia's newly-opened Music Store is already suffering from conflicts over licensing issues, according to new reports. The cellphone designer has been forced to open its new direct-download store for cellphones and PCs without access to music from major label Warner Music, which has pulled out from the store over complaints that Nokia's MOSH servic...
iPods are used everywhere, but they are cumbersome to use with generic speaker systems. Gear 4 solves this problem with the StreetParty Size 0, a super slim and compact portable speaker system for Apple's ubiquitous iPods. Small Size Fits All The aptly named StreetParty Size 0 measures only 22cm (8.7") wide and 12.5cm (4.9") tall, with a prof...
Virtual Programming today released Europa Universalis 3 and Championship Manager 2008, its world conquering strategy and football management simulation games for Mac OS X as well as Windows systems. "Europa Universalis III delves deeply into the areas of exploration, trade, warfare and diplomacy. This epic strategy game lets players take control of...