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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 Friday, November 21, 2008
Speck SeeThru Satin Soft-Touch Hard Shell Case For MacBook Pro4
Give your MacBook Pro a smooth, semi-translucent frosted finish that easily slips in and out your bag while retaining a grippy edge for your peace of mind Speck SeeThru Satin Soft-Touch Hard Shell Case For MacBook4
Silky-soft to the touch with the same protection as the trusted SeeThru line; introducing SeeThru Satin The New Fusion Canvas/Leather Solar Messenger Bag by Eclipse Solar Gear6
Charges Cell Phones, MP3 Players, Rechargeable Batteries Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 Email Client Released1773
Mozilla.org updates its full-featured alternative to Mail, Eudora, and Entourage. Thunderbird is a modern email application with the features users have come to expect in their email software. OWC Exclusive Rebates on featured Hitachi Hard Drives6
+ OWC and NewerTech External Solutions
LaCie SilverKeeper 2.0.1 Freeware Automates External Backups8
SilverKeeper V2.0 is a new release of LaCie's free backup application. It has been designed to support Apple's OS X operating system for Intel and PowerPC based Macintosh computers
Clone X 3.2 Creates A Copy Of Your System Installation11
Creates/Restores bootable copy of your disks, Creates your own bootable DVDs Samsung Now Producing 256GB Solid State Drive8
Substantial Performance Gains Make it Best Overall Performing SSD for PCs
MyAppleSpace announces “The New Blog”9
My Apple Space announces "The New Blog" on the popular social networking website for Apple enthusiasts. On My Apple Space developers are meeting reviewers and customers, media is finding new readers, gamers are setting up tournaments and switchers are finding new Apple friends to help them make the important leap to the fantastic world of Apple. WIth "The New Blog" the reader can also become the writer. The perfect place to test your blogging talent
VelaClock 1.3: A World Clock With Sun/Moon Info For iPhone/iPod touch8
Vela Design Group announces VelaClock 1.3 for iPhone 3G, the original iPhone, and iPod touch. VelaClock is a world clock that can quickly display the time of sunrise, sunset, three kinds of twilight for dawn and dusk, moonrise, moonset, duration of daylight, moon phase and tilt, date and times for the next four moon phases, countdown to the next sunrise or sunset, and more. VelaClock is especially popular among photographers looking for the magic hour
GhostReader and other applications up to 50% off until 30 November8
ConvenienceWare/AssistiveWare today announced that GhostReader with American English or Parisian French voices is available as part of the Give Good Food to Your Mac promotion that runs until 30 November 2008. Mac users can put together a meal of their own taste by choosing from a menu with over 60 great Mac applications. Discounts are as follows: 20% off for 3 applications, 30% off for 4 applications, and 50% off for 5 or more applications
The Big Mean Folder Machine 1.6 Adds Droplet Automation6
publicspace.net has announced The Big Mean Folder Machine. Version 1.6 adds the ability of storing frequently used settings in "droplet" mini-application and re-applying them to source folders via simple drag & drop. The "Big Mean Folder Machine" is an essential tool for anyone who works with large file collections, including digital photographers, content creation, post-production, system administrators, and other creative professionals
Softpress Releases iPhone update and launches Black Friday Promotion6
Softpress Systems today released Freeway 5.3, a free update to its award-winning web design software. The release offers a new solution to the problem of displaying Flash Video content on the iPhone by placing both FLV and iPhone-friendly QuickTime formats of the movie on the page, and serving the appropriate one for the viewer's device
New version of Cooliris for iPhone7
After receiving over 250,000 downloads in the first few weeks, cracking the top ten in Entertainment Apps and getting chosen as a Staff Favorite from Apple, Cooliris for the iPhone has added new, richer features in version 1.2
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Applelinks Tech Web Reader - Thursday, November 20, 200813
• Apple May Release Snow Leopard Early Next Year
• Snow Leopard to pounce in Q1 2009?
• Leopard Runs Very Nicely on PowerPC Macs
• Every Working Computer Is Useful to Someone
• Parallels 4.0 Not Quite Fully Baked
• NVIDIA Brings Supercomputing To The Desktop
• Nvidia pitches Tesla GPU-as-CPU tech 'personal supercomputer'
• Follow the Somali Pirate Scourge Via Google Mashup
• Lame Mac Trojan Limps Into View
• Microsoft Saw Apple's Anti-vista Campaign Coming
• Apple's New Challenges
• Apple, music labels talk DRM-free songs
• Should Apple Acquire Sun Microsystems?
• Macy's Prepares for World-Famous Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with FileMaker Pro 9
• PC Mag: Tech Firms Use Social Media to Reach Consumers
• The Mac Night Owl: Will Snow Leopard Arrive with the Snow?
• Snow Leopard to pounce in Q1 2009?
• Leopard Runs Very Nicely on PowerPC Macs
• Every Working Computer Is Useful to Someone
• Parallels 4.0 Not Quite Fully Baked
• NVIDIA Brings Supercomputing To The Desktop
• Nvidia pitches Tesla GPU-as-CPU tech 'personal supercomputer'
• Follow the Somali Pirate Scourge Via Google Mashup
• Lame Mac Trojan Limps Into View
• Microsoft Saw Apple's Anti-vista Campaign Coming
• Apple's New Challenges
• Apple, music labels talk DRM-free songs
• Should Apple Acquire Sun Microsystems?
• Macy's Prepares for World-Famous Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with FileMaker Pro 9
• PC Mag: Tech Firms Use Social Media to Reach Consumers
• The Mac Night Owl: Will Snow Leopard Arrive with the Snow?
Applelinks Tech Web Reader - Hardware - Thursday, November 20, 200815
• New MacBook Pro Full Of Reasons To Upgrade
• Intel To Launch 65w Desktop CPUs For All-in-one PCs
• Apple To Unveil Quad-Core iMac In January?
• MacBook Trackpad Update Problems
• Hewlett-Packard Out-Touches Apple
• PC Mag: Netbook Buying Guide
• PC Mag: Beware the Netbook Hype
• Intel To Launch 65w Desktop CPUs For All-in-one PCs
• Apple To Unveil Quad-Core iMac In January?
• MacBook Trackpad Update Problems
• Hewlett-Packard Out-Touches Apple
• PC Mag: Netbook Buying Guide
• PC Mag: Beware the Netbook Hype
Appelinks iPhone News Reader - Thursday, November 20, 200820
• Apple's Greatest Idea Yet
• Unlocking the iPhone 3G With Proxy SIMs
• MS for iPhone? It's Already Here, Says Mobispine
• British Accents Frustrate iPhone Program
• Flash for iPhone being considered by Apple
• iPhone 3G Coming to Wal-Mart, Report Claims
• AT&T looks beyond the iPhone
• How To Make a Bluetooth Handgun Handset For Your iPhone
• Zamfir 2.0: The Enigmatic Appeal of Ocarina
• PC Mag: DoCoMo, KTF to Sell Google Phone Next Year
• Unlocking the iPhone 3G With Proxy SIMs
• MS for iPhone? It's Already Here, Says Mobispine
• British Accents Frustrate iPhone Program
• Flash for iPhone being considered by Apple
• iPhone 3G Coming to Wal-Mart, Report Claims
• AT&T looks beyond the iPhone
• How To Make a Bluetooth Handgun Handset For Your iPhone
• Zamfir 2.0: The Enigmatic Appeal of Ocarina
• PC Mag: DoCoMo, KTF to Sell Google Phone Next Year
Sport Armband for iPod nano 4G and Nike + iPod Sport Kit Receiver18
and Sensor Case for Nike + iPod Sport Kit Sensor
Toshiba Releases MKxx55GSX 2.5-Inch SATA HDD17
Capacities 500/400/320/250/160/120GB BibleReader version 4.03.025 Improves iPhone Support - Thanksgiving Sale15
Access Your Olive Tree Account with iPhone BibleReader Update - ESV Study Bible coming soon on BibleReader
Parallels lets you run a PC on your Mac. It's that simple, and it's that straightforward. However, as opposed to the free program that Apple provides with each new Mac (Boot Camp), Parallels does not require you to re-boot your computer each time you want to switch back and forth between the Mac and the PC Operating System. While it is a tad slower than running a PC on Boot Camp, you do maintain efficiency by not having to restart between systems any time you want to switch the OS. As a benefit to many PC users, Parallels will support PC OSs from Windows 3.1 to Vista and many shades of Linux. You do need to purchase your own copy of whatever OS you use and all software you want to use as a separate purchase.
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