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On October 17th, Applelinks' Charles Moore gave a great review of Bento 2. What I'd like to do here is provide a more detailed exploration of FileMaker and Bento, and explain why both are excellent database programs which serve two completely different customers. The fact is, Bento is an amazingly simple, easy to use database that requires no knowledge on how to create a database. FileMaker is an amazingly powerful database that is very simple (when compared to other databases), but requires creating every field, every relation, and every structure of a database. Admittedly, this is much more complicated and more work than many people need. Thus, there is Bento (and to borrow a phrase from the early days of Apple), a database "for the rest of us."
Cool Mac Gear
• iPhone
• iPod nano
• iPod Touch
• iPod Classic
• iPod Repairs
• FM Transmitters
• MacBook
• Garageband
• iPod nano
• iPod Touch
• iPod Classic
• iPod Repairs
• FM Transmitters
• MacBook
• Garageband
DriveSlim should prove especially popular with MacBook Air Users and those who go with the 128 GB Solid State Drive option on other model MacBooks Apple Announces iLife ‘04199
New Versions of iPhoto, iMovie & iDVD; Introducing GarageBand and JamPack
Apple Previews Xgrid Technology204
Uses Rendezvous to Make Cluster Computing Easy
Apple Introduces Final Cut Express 2182
Professional Video Editing for Everyone
Steve Jobs’ Keynote Highlights184
- 20th Anniversary year
- Mac OS X transition is finally over (not for all of us CM)
- G5 XServes
- iPod MInis
- New iLife
- iTunes market share
- new GarageBand program
More MacWorld Expo Product Announcements and Specials - Tuesday, January 6, 2004205
• Daystar Online Macworld Sale - Up to 35% off On Top Rated G4 Upgrades For The Power Macintosh.
• Other World Computing Launches New Mercury Extreme G4/1.25GHZ Processor Upgrade Guaranteed To Operate At Speeds Up To 1.467GHZ
• Free Fix for Dr. Bott Wireless Airport Antenna
• Other World Computing Introduces 5400rpm 80gb Mercury On-the-go Portable Firewire And Firewire+USB 2.0 Storage Solutions
• RadTech Announces MacTruck Notebook Case, X-ScreensavRz and PodSleevz; To Be Unveiled at MacWorld Conference and Expo
• MacSpeech Announces Adobe Creative Suite ScriptPaks
• Griffin Unveils iTalk Voice Recorder for iPod Exclusive Features Include External Mic Input And Headphone Pass-through
• EarthLink Launches TotalAccess 2004 for Macintosh
• CE Software, Inc. Reports the Sale of QuickMail; Outspring to Continue Development and Marketing
• CMS Ships New BounceBack Professional for MacOSX
• Adobe Eases Transition to Next-Generation Publishing with InDesign CS PageMaker Edition
• TiVo Inc. Invites You to Join Its Conference Call and Webcast from the 2004 International Consumer Electronics Show
• Other World Computing Launches New Mercury Extreme G4/1.25GHZ Processor Upgrade Guaranteed To Operate At Speeds Up To 1.467GHZ
• Free Fix for Dr. Bott Wireless Airport Antenna
• Other World Computing Introduces 5400rpm 80gb Mercury On-the-go Portable Firewire And Firewire+USB 2.0 Storage Solutions
• RadTech Announces MacTruck Notebook Case, X-ScreensavRz and PodSleevz; To Be Unveiled at MacWorld Conference and Expo
• MacSpeech Announces Adobe Creative Suite ScriptPaks
• Griffin Unveils iTalk Voice Recorder for iPod Exclusive Features Include External Mic Input And Headphone Pass-through
• EarthLink Launches TotalAccess 2004 for Macintosh
• CE Software, Inc. Reports the Sale of QuickMail; Outspring to Continue Development and Marketing
• CMS Ships New BounceBack Professional for MacOSX
• Adobe Eases Transition to Next-Generation Publishing with InDesign CS PageMaker Edition
• TiVo Inc. Invites You to Join Its Conference Call and Webcast from the 2004 International Consumer Electronics Show
Shareware Beat - Tuesday, January 6, 2004261
• ScreenMenu 1.0 Store & Take Screenshots From The Menu Bar
• InforMac 0.02b3 AppleSystemProfiler-like Utility [OS 10.2 up]
• Cocktail 3.3.1 General Purpose System Modify / Repair Utility [OS 10.2 up]
• PDFpen 1.0 Split, Combine, Reorder PDFs With Text & Image Overlays
• LineBreak 2.6 Converts Between UNIX, Mac, Windows/DOS Line Breaks
• JunkMatcher 0.97 Spam Filter For Mail.app [OS X 10.3 up]
• DV Backup 1.2.1 Use Your Digital Camcorder To Back Up Data [OS 10.2 up]
• MileageSaver 2.8 Tracks Business Miles For Income Tax Purposes [OS X 10.1 up]
• iWatermark 1.0 Adds Your Signature Or Watermark To Images [OS X]
• eOrdering Complete X 2.3.3 Shopping Cart And Online Store Solution [OS X]
• eOrdering Gold X 2.3.3 Multi-option E-commerce Shopping Cart
• eOrdering Professional X 2.3.3 E-commerce Shopping Cart [OS X]
• osxutils 1.3 Mac-Oriented Command-line Utilities
• RealCADD 3.6 Vector-Based CAD App [Mac OS 9.x, or Mac OS X 10.1 up]
• Wordoolio 1.0.0 Simple Text Editor
• InforMac 0.02b3 AppleSystemProfiler-like Utility [OS 10.2 up]
• Cocktail 3.3.1 General Purpose System Modify / Repair Utility [OS 10.2 up]
• PDFpen 1.0 Split, Combine, Reorder PDFs With Text & Image Overlays
• LineBreak 2.6 Converts Between UNIX, Mac, Windows/DOS Line Breaks
• JunkMatcher 0.97 Spam Filter For Mail.app [OS X 10.3 up]
• DV Backup 1.2.1 Use Your Digital Camcorder To Back Up Data [OS 10.2 up]
• MileageSaver 2.8 Tracks Business Miles For Income Tax Purposes [OS X 10.1 up]
• iWatermark 1.0 Adds Your Signature Or Watermark To Images [OS X]
• eOrdering Complete X 2.3.3 Shopping Cart And Online Store Solution [OS X]
• eOrdering Gold X 2.3.3 Multi-option E-commerce Shopping Cart
• eOrdering Professional X 2.3.3 E-commerce Shopping Cart [OS X]
• osxutils 1.3 Mac-Oriented Command-line Utilities
• RealCADD 3.6 Vector-Based CAD App [Mac OS 9.x, or Mac OS X 10.1 up]
• Wordoolio 1.0.0 Simple Text Editor
MacWorld Expo Product Announcements and Specials - Tuesday, January 6, 2004233
• Runtime Revolution to Preview New Technologies at Macworld
• Contour Design Unveils New Capability for ShuttlePRO V.2 at MacWorld Expo
• CodeTek Introduces CodeTek VirtualDesktop 3.0; Offers Users Improved Multitasking, Productivity, Compatibility With Apple's `Panther'
• Nikon Announces New and Enhanced Suite of Coolscan High-Speed Desktop Film Scanners
• Macromedia Announces Macromedia Director MX 2004; Features support for Flash MX 2004 content, JavaScript, and DVD-Video
• WEBmail 5.2 with WEBcalendar Available for Mac OS X
• YazSoft To Release Major Update To Speed Download 2
• Chronopath Introduces The New Chronoscan
• Chronopath Unveils Library 2.0
• Kaidan Announces PiXiMation
• Discreet Unveils Combustion 3 for Apple Macintosh - Desktop Visual Effects, Motion Graphics and 3D Compositing Software
• The Epson P-1000 Photo Viewer is the Ultimate Digital Camera Companion
• Upcoming Salling Clicker for Sony Ericsson P800/P900 to be demonstrated at MacWorld
• Macabinet 1.5.1 released : New behavior preferences
• Contour Design Unveils New Capability for ShuttlePRO V.2 at MacWorld Expo
• CodeTek Introduces CodeTek VirtualDesktop 3.0; Offers Users Improved Multitasking, Productivity, Compatibility With Apple's `Panther'
• Nikon Announces New and Enhanced Suite of Coolscan High-Speed Desktop Film Scanners
• Macromedia Announces Macromedia Director MX 2004; Features support for Flash MX 2004 content, JavaScript, and DVD-Video
• WEBmail 5.2 with WEBcalendar Available for Mac OS X
• YazSoft To Release Major Update To Speed Download 2
• Chronopath Introduces The New Chronoscan
• Chronopath Unveils Library 2.0
• Kaidan Announces PiXiMation
• Discreet Unveils Combustion 3 for Apple Macintosh - Desktop Visual Effects, Motion Graphics and 3D Compositing Software
• The Epson P-1000 Photo Viewer is the Ultimate Digital Camera Companion
• Upcoming Salling Clicker for Sony Ericsson P800/P900 to be demonstrated at MacWorld
• Macabinet 1.5.1 released : New behavior preferences
Steve Jobs Keynote at Macworld 2004 to be Broadcast Live Via Satellite183
The presentation will be available via satellite at the following coordinates.....
New The Road Warrior Column Posted On MacOpinion237
Were The Pismo PowerBook And The Clamshell iBook The Last Tough Apple Portables?
OS X Odyssey 478 - MacSpeech Releases iListen 1.6.4 Panther Compatibility Update222
Plus:
• Panther Problems Redux
Daystar “Teams Up” With Macgurus On XLR8 Brand Powerbook Upgrades197
MacGurus.com now authorized to sell the XLR8 MAChSpeed 500MHz-550 MHz G4 PISMO upgrades.
Moore’s News Roundup Digest - Monday, January 5, 2004179
Browser Wars IV
• Mac users revolting?
• Dated Service Document Noted iBook Video Problems More Than Two Years Ago - Report
• MW SF Hess Events Last Call - Internet-related Show Activities
• New Accordance The Essential IVP Reference Collection Bible Reference Tools Reviewed
• Mac Night Owl: Are You Ready to Fire Your Phone Company?
• Israel To Suspend Microsoft Buys - Will Seek Open-source Options
• Using Apple's CHUD (Computer Hardware Understanding Development) Tool to lower your Power Mac G4 Mirror Drive Door's temperature.
• Mac Night Owl: A Paragraph Worth of Monday Rants Don't like it, make it legal.
• Atari Signs Ridley Scott Associates to Deliver DRIV3R Original Live-Action Short Film; First-Ever Original Production Created to Promote a Video Game
• Mac users revolting?
• Dated Service Document Noted iBook Video Problems More Than Two Years Ago - Report
• MW SF Hess Events Last Call - Internet-related Show Activities
• New Accordance The Essential IVP Reference Collection Bible Reference Tools Reviewed
• Mac Night Owl: Are You Ready to Fire Your Phone Company?
• Israel To Suspend Microsoft Buys - Will Seek Open-source Options
• Using Apple's CHUD (Computer Hardware Understanding Development) Tool to lower your Power Mac G4 Mirror Drive Door's temperature.
• Mac Night Owl: A Paragraph Worth of Monday Rants Don't like it, make it legal.
• Atari Signs Ridley Scott Associates to Deliver DRIV3R Original Live-Action Short Film; First-Ever Original Production Created to Promote a Video Game
Odysseus Email Client version 1.0 beta 7 was released Thursday. This build continues to improve on existing features, while adding a couple of critical ones
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 is best by categorized as a Digital Processor. That is, from bringing images to your computer, cataloging them for later retrieval (and, if you want, backing them up to insure protection against accidental loss), enhancing and fine tuning your images, all the way to printing and/or digital distribution—one can do it all from Lightroom. However, one of the strongest reasons to use Lightroom is the opportunity for playing with images with no concern about how many versions and variations of the image you create without screwing up your original image. Despite a complex learning curve, there is much to like in Lightroom 2.
Cruz is a new social browser project for Mac OS 10.5 Leopard and up. While it looks very much like Safari, and is based on Apple's Webkit browser engine, Cruz has several interesting and unique features that set it apart from not only Safari but other browsers as well
Popular personal Mac database gets a solid update with new links to Apple Mail, enhanced compatibility with with Excel, Numbers, and AppleWorks files; and adds more spreadsheet style functions 
Apple today unveiled an all new MacBook family that redefines notebook design, and at the same time dramatically lowers the entry price for advanced notebook features including all-metal enclosures and pro-performance notebook graphics by $700 to make them far more affordable. The new MacBook and 15-inch MacBook Pro both have a precision unibody enclosure crafted from a single block of aluminum, resulting in thinner, more durable and incredibly beautiful designs