Jun 09 2007
Adobe has recently released Adobe Reader v8.1. This is their free software for viewing and printing Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. The new version include a host of new features including an entirely new interface on OS X and greatly improved performance.
Jun 08 2007
OpenDocument or OpenXML: Do you care? by ZDNet's Phil Windley — A week or so ago, I published a podcast at IT Conversation with Scott Mace interviewing Gary Edwards about OpenDocument. Edwards is the president of the OpenDocument Foundation. OpenDocument Foundation is a non-profit that works to promote the OpenDocument file format–an XML file format for office documents. There’s no question that businesses want […]
Technorati Tags: OpenDocument, OpenXML, software
Dec 20 2006
I found a new add-on for Firefox recently. It is called Performancing. It is a pretty full-featured blogging utility that allows you to blog right within Firefox from any location on the Internet. I had an issue trying to setup Performancing with my BlogHarbor weblog. I did some searching and came across the Demo page at BlogHarbor.com that gives a perfect explanation of how to setup Performancing to work with BlogHarbor.
Dec 09 2006
Macworld is reporting that H&R Block will be bringing its do-it-yourself tax preparation software back to the Mac platform. It will be available in three versions:
For more information, check out the Taxcut web site.
Oct 04 2006
While listening to the latest TWiT #71 today, I heard Ray Slakinski, of iPodderX fame, talking about the future of Transistr. He mentioned that he and August plan to have something released by the end of the year. They have been working on bugs and trying to make it a “piece of software you would want to download and use”.
I guess we will have to wait and see what happens.
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Transistr, iPodderX, podcast, podcatcher
Sep 04 2006
It has been a while since I have posted here and this particular item is not Mac related, but since I do run a Mac, own a Canon Digital Rebel and love both, I figured I could post it. 
Canon has introduced a new consumer level camera that breaks the 10 megapixel barrier for under $1000. The new Canon Digital Rebel XTi is a 10.1 megapixel camera that has a new 2.5″ LCD on the back, active dust control, and Picture Styles.
You can read more about the camera in the article Canon's Latest Rebel-Rouser by Allan Weitz.
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Canon Digital Rebel, photography, camera, XTi
May 19 2006
A video from Macworld has been posted on YouTube which shows how a consumer can easily change the RAM modules and the hard drive on the new MacBook.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8c6ckjy-gdY
Technorati Tags: Apple, laptop, MacBook, MacBook Pro
May 13 2006
I found this article on switchtoamac.com. Read the excerpt intro and continue on to the article.
Aside from an awesome user interface and a great underlying architecture, Apple built OS X with security in mind. As part of that central security theme, OS X has been designed using three key isolation features:System IsolationUser IsolationMemory and Application Isolation.
Feb 28 2006
Adobe announced Photoshop Elements 4 for the Mac today. It will be released in March.
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelmac/main.html
Feb 16 2006
Apple today released updates to the iLife '06 applications. Most of the updates deal with speed and stability enhancements. The updates are available via Software Update or from the Apple Support Downloads site.