Eye Candy 6For many years, Alien Skin's Eye Candy has been one of the most used plugins for creating eye-catching effects for image design enhancement. This current version continues to build on previous versions to provide even more effects and greater variety to make your designs "work." The catch is that working with Eye Candy is at its best if you have Photoshop CS4. If you have Photoshop CS3, it's good. If you have Fireworks CS4 or Photoshop Elements, it's okay. This is partly due to the fact that the amount of features has fully passed the inharent user-interface design limitations.

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imageApple today announced that its magical and revolutionary iPad will be available in the US on Saturday, April 3, for Wi-Fi models and in late April for Wi-Fi + 3G models. In addition, all models of iPad will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK in late April. Beginning a week from today, on March 12, US customers can pre-order both Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + 3G models from Apple's online store ( http://www.apple.com ) or reserve a Wi-Fi model to pick up on Saturday, April 3, at an Apple retail store
Monday, July 11, 2005

Moore’s MailBag - Monday, July 11, 2005270

• Easyfind
• Spotlight Replacement for Pismo
• Baton Mail v0.9.1b for Apple Mac OS 7.5.5 & Eudora Pro v3.1.3
• This could affect us
• Modification via firmware hack…




Moore’s News Roundup Digest - Monday, July 11, 2005216

• Apple FY 05 Third Quarter Results Conference Call
• Is The PC Passing Wintel By?
• IBM to Apple: Eat These Chips
• IBM Extends PowerPC With Dual-core, Low-power Chips
• Azio Enclosure Aims At Macs
• Sharp develops 100GB optical disc
• Macs With Intel Inside--What’s Next?
• Tiger, a Cautionary Tale
• CompUSA / The Good Guys Megastore - “Appleshop”
• Kodak Promises A New Breed Of Digital Camera Chip
• The Big Myth About The Intel Transition
• The Mac Night Owl:  The Mac Hardware Report: Don’t Stuff That Drive!
• This Week’s Tech Night Owl LIVE Update
• eWeek: Spyware Spooks Users into Changing Online Habits




iPod Muse - Mosday, July 11, 2005659

• iPod Out-of-warranty Battery Replacement Program Price Reduced
• Scion Announces Prices for the 2006 Scion xA and xB - iPod Compatible Pioneer Audio System
• Volvo Tunes in to Digital Music Solutions From PhatNoise
• Bruddy’s BruddyClip for iPod shuffle
• alterPod 0.7.1b Modifies Your iPod’s Display Images And Strings
• Bulletproof iPod?
• iPod shuffle: to screen or not to screen?
• Killing for iPods, killing for things
• Podcasting - Fiddly no longer
• Everybody In The Pool
• The Iconic iPod: Advancing Music and Mindsets
• Identifying different iPod models
• Upgrade Your Earbuds
• DLO Action Jacket for iPod shuffle - Review
• MacAlly BlueWave Bluetooth Headphones - Review
• First Looks: New Batteries and Car Accessories from Monster, FastMac, Kensington and Capdase
• iPodlounge announces Back to School Guide for August 15
• PC case maker caters to iPod owners
• In-car unit attaches to any iPod
• Scythe A-Pod: Finally, A PC Case That Looks Like An iPod
• Dr. Bott sells BruddyClip shuffle cord manager
• XtremeMac SportWrap for iPod shuffle
• DLO Flexible Dock for iPod shuffle
• DLO USB Dock Cable for iPod shuffle
• Paul Frank iPod Cases




Shareware Beat - Monday, July 11, 2005507

• MainMenu1.4.2 Maintenance, Cleaning And Optimization Menulet [OS X 10.3 up]
• ShowVolumeFragmentation 0.64 Shows File & Freespace Fragmentation [OS X 10.3 up]
• ImageJ 1.34r Free Image Processing & Analysis In Java [OS X]
• Xsanity Defrag 1.1 Xsan Defragmentation App
• Gizmo 0.8.0.44 P2P telephony client using the SIP protocol [OS X 10.3 up]
• FileChute 1.9 Sends Large Files Easily [OS 10.2 up]
• Gmail Notifier 1.0b2 Notifies You Of New Mail In Your Gmail Account [OS X 10.3 up]
• SophoKeys 1.2.2 - Polytonic Greek for Mac OS X [OS 10.2 up]
• Bochs 2.0.2 Cross Platform IA-32 Emulator





Notable New Product News - Monday, July 11, 2005431

• SubRosaSoft.com Announces the the release of PodSalvage, CameraSalvage, OfficeSalvage, and MovieSalvage
• QuickHelp 2.0 Help Authoring for Windows, Macintosh & Linux
• BeeMail Single user Extension - Attach files of ANY size, using your current Email.
• Apple DVD Player 4.6.1 for OS X 10.4
• E-Quill - AirO2bic Mouse [Formerly Quill Mouse]
• Torbay Holdings Inc.: Obtains a Supportive Legal Opinion in Regards to Its AirO2bic Mouse Product




Sunday, July 10, 2005

Review: Toysight Gold420

When Freeverse first showed me Toysight at Macworld Expo San Francisco 2004, I thought it was one of the coolest things I'd ever seen on the Macintosh. When I brought it home and showed it to my wife, she said, "It's creepy and I hate it." Of course, she says that about a lot of things I like: sword fighting skeleton movies, sushi, Yes...



Feral finds Fable: The Lost Chapters450

Feral Interactive has announced that that they will be bringing one of the year's most anticipated games—Fable: The Lost Chapters— to the Macintosh. This is the PC version of Fable (and then some), an epic RPG and one of XBox's best-selling games. The original game has been expanded by about a third, the graphics substantially upgraded and the control system adapted for it's release on Windows and the Mac.



Friday, July 08, 2005

Charles Moore Reviews iMovie HD & iDVD 5: The Missing Manual1129

A complete course in Macintosh filmmaking and DVD design





Moore’s MailBag - Friday, July 8, 2005444

• Re: No wonder people are stealing software
• Articles on QuickVerse for Mac
• A review of Quickverse
• Another review of Quickverse
• A keyboard to review




New Hot Deals Updates From Apple351

New specials from MacMall, Small Dog Electronics, Sweetwater, Ramjet, and AudioMIDI




Moore’s News Roundup Digest -Friday, July 8, 2005339

• Apple Boosted By Upbeat Q3 Outlook
• QuickVerse Bible Software Comes to the Mac
• Review of QuickVerse for Mac - Impressions of the Latest Bible program for Mac OS X
• G5-optimized Firefox 1.0.4 released
• New Mac Portable Worth Trying
• UsedMac.ca Blog Launched
• Free Word HTML Cleaner Service
• Textile Humane Web Text Generator
• Death Of A Hard Drive
• Apple Specialists Announce National Winner of ‘The Complete Mac Life’ $14,000 Sweepstakes
• Gateway, Apple, Dell Views Upbeat In Channel Checks
• Program Will Let Mac Run Windows Almost Like a PC
• Opera Adds BitTorrent
• Opera bakes in BitTorrent
• Beatles Classics, Sung by McCartney, Finally Hit Apple’s iTunes
• Toeing The Line On Back-to-school PCs
• The Mac Night Owl: The Apple/Intel Report: Did Apple Rush to Judgment?
• Linux Lovers Must Wait Until 2007 for SCO vs IBM showdown
• eWeek: Opera Adds BitTorrent to Web Browser
• Publish: Dealers Need Relief from Excess of Printer Supplies
• eWeek: Yahoo Expands Mobile Search with Text Messaging
• Microsoft Watch: Microsoft Seeks to Decouple the ‘MB’ from SMB




Notable New Product News - Friday, July 8, 2005429

• Early iMac Flat Panel Systems Now Running At 1.35 GHZ…
• Olive Tree Bible Software - New Releases (Expository Dictionary and More)
• SubRosaSoft.com Announces the 4th Generation of FileSalvage Data recovery software for Mac OS X
• Imation USB Micro Hard Drive
• Sonnet Gets You Out of a Tight Spot; Announces Sidekick the Flexible USB 2.0 Adapter
• Markzware Announces FlightCheck Workflow v2.0
• iNetFormFiller Enterprise by SoftInform released
• IntelliMerge 4.5 for Mac OS X
• Med-designs Stock Icons and Rapdiweaver themes
• The new version of SearchInform 1.5.01
• SMTPit Pro 4.0 Next Generation Email plug-in
• DTS Entertainment Releases the DTS Classical Collection; Six Masters Rediscovered in Surround Sound





Shareware Beat - Friday, July 8, 2005369

• EasyFind, ThumbsUp and XMenu Updated
• LazyMouse 1.1 - Saving Your Arm One Dialog At A Time [OS 10.3 up}
• Faster, More Efficient Downloads In Opera Technical Preview With BitTorrent
• Magic Pen 1.0 Draws On The Screen Like Overhead Pens
• Fidget Menu 1.5.6
• XMenu 1.7 Menu Bar Extension Like Classic Apple Menu [OS 10.3 up}




Widget Watch - Friday, July 8, 2005223

• ShowOff Widget 1.21 Widget Shows Current & All-time Uptime
• Widget Master 1.2.1 Dashboard & Konfabulator Widget Management
• Amnesty Widget Browser 1.0 Explores Widgets On Desktop
• ChessPuzzle Widget 1.4.2 Thousands Of Chess Puzzles To View And Solve
• IgLyric 0.7 Widget Searches The Lyrics For Current iTunes Song
• Lite Brite Widget 1.0 - Play With A Digital Lite-Brite
• ESPN Widget 1.0 Widget Displays Latest Headlines From Sports News Source




Thursday, July 07, 2005

Moore’s MailBag - Thursday, July 7, 2005279

• Mac Sleep
• Health concerns re wireless Internet
• More fun
• Tiger on Titanium
• No wonder people are stealing software
• Interesting program
• Interesting article - how Microsoft will die




OWC miniStack hard drive for Mac mini316

Other World Computing (OWC) and Newer Technology, Inc. (NewerTech) are offering a new hard drive that fits perfectly under or over Apple Computer's Mac mini and complements its aluminum shell.




Moore’s News Roundup Digest - Thursday, July 7, 2005387

• Return to Apple: Reflections on a Year Back in a Mac School
• Witnessing History: Apple’s Strategy
• Mac Maintenance, Part 2: Optimizing OS X Performance
• Demand Drag Gnaws on Apple
• $299 Linux PC hits US shelves
• Hitachi Cools Mobile Drives
• Apple retail store opens at Banilad Town Center, Cebu, Philippines
• Apple Cites Problem-free Operation To Increase Market Share In Cebu
• Publish: Extensis Updates Portfolio 7 for Tiger and CS2
• The Mac Night Owl: The Apple/Intel Report: Are Cheaper Macs Coming?
• Judy Perry to Present Sixth Runtime Revolution Free Programming Conference
• Publish: Creating a Secured PDF in Photoshop




Mac mini Muse - Thursday, July 7, 2005350

• NewerTech miniStack FireWire/USB2.0 Enclosure Kit
• Mac mini Takes Gold at IDEA Awards
• Mac Mini Wins Gold
• Expect Mac mini, laptops to be the first Mactel systems
• Mac Mini Dim Video reports updated (Input Voltage setting and Univ Access Contrast tips)
• mini Skirt: glo - Your Mac mini Wants A Glowing Booster Seat
• NewerTech miniStack for Mac mini
• Mac Mini Analog Video Brightness Tip for ViewSonic P95f+ users
• iHome, iPod, Mac mini Contemplations
• iHome, Mac mini-> iPlace - iSpace.
• iHome, Mac mini-> ‘i’ Place Modes.




Shareware Beat - Thursday, July 7, 2005273

• Bare Bones Software Ships TextWrangler 2.1 Updated With Interface and Scripting Enhancements [OS 10.3.5 up}
• SuperNotecard 1.6 Managse Writing Projects Using Notecards [OS 10.3 up}
• VitaminSEE 0.6.4 Fast Image Browser [OS 10.3 up}
• PrintMagic 4.0 for OS X [OS X 10.1 up]
• Wx 2.54 Weather Conditions, Radar, Maps & Forecasts [OS 10.3 up}
• Baseball Statbook 0.8.0 Baseball/Softball Statistics Tracking Software [OS 8 up}
• Incomplete 1.0 searches iTunes for incomplete albums [OS 10.3 up}
• iClip 3.6.1 Multiple Clipboard & Scrapbook [OSX 10.2 up]
• Unsanity Releases ShapeShifter 2.1.1 [OS 10.3 up}




iPod Muse - Thursday, July 7, 2005199

• iPodRip 3.8 imports iPod music to iTunes
• Dress up your iPod shuffle
• Demand Drag Gnaws on Apple
• Steve Jobs Calls Family Of Teenager Killed For iPod
• iPod To Dock With Laptop, Serving As Its Touchpad?
• Leader: Podcasting over-hyped
• The iPod revolution marches on
• The Geek: Podcast Your Eyes On The Future Of Sound
• Anapod Explorer v8.8.1a Released
• iPodlounge Loves Japan: New Imported Accessory Gallery
• Smart Playlists stop updating dynamically on iPod
• Bluetooth Headphone Systems For The iPod Reviewed
• Capdase Car Charger for iPod and iPod shuffle
• ezSkinTankini for iPod Shuffle
• Maximize your iPod
• iPort rolls out nex-gen in-wall iPod docking stations




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