• DesktopSweeper 1.2 Toggles Desktop Icons Display [OS X 10.3 up]
• ASM 2.1.1 Customizable App Switcher Menu a la Classic OS [OS X 10.3 up]
• iScroll2 0.25e 2 finger scrolling for pre-2005 PowerBooks & iBooks
• TalaPhoto 2.6.2 Photo Printing, Web Publishing & Slideshows [OS 9/OS X]
• System Optimizer X 4.7 System Maintenance And Optimization Tool [OS 10.2 up]
• JeditX 1.12 Text Editor
• PreFab Software releases version 1.1.1 of UI Actions, providing "universal attachability" for AppleScript

• RocketFM - FM Transmitter for Desktop Computers
• Bochs 2.2 open source IA-32 (x86) PC emulator
• iEmulator 1.7.6 PC emulator
• Faronics Releases Deep Freeze for Mac OS X Tiger
• TheRecipeManager 1.1.1

I don't know about you, but when I get a new gadget for my computer, I plug it in whichever port seems to fit and immediately attempt to put it to use. Often, that's all it takes for the gadget to work. Part of this is because I am a Macintosh user, and that's what Macs do. But in this case, the Kensington mouse presents no complications in the process, and delivers everything the box promises without any tweaking, preprogramming or system preferencing.

In an amazing experiment, one radio station in San Francisco has gone to a Podcast format: anyone can put together a radio show, upload it to the station, which plays its favorites.

• 12" PB vs 12" iB
• Re: Pismo-Panther Upgrade
• Pismo 400 MHz run Tiger?
• Balancing Pismo

• LightWayText 4.1.6 and iText 3.1.6 Released [Mac-OS 7.1 up]
• ChronoPhoto 1.1 Quickly View Your Digital Photos [OS 10.2 up]
• rootMachine 1.4 Daily Maintenance App For Tiger [OS X 10.4 up]
• AnaBuilder 2.46.2 Creates Stereoscopic Photos
• XGreek 1.0.4 Adds Full Greek Language Functionality To Panther and Tiger [OS X 10.3 up]
• Listen&Type X 3.2 Sound & Video Player For Transcription Work
• Photo Layout 1.1.5 Page Design For Photos & Text [OS X 10.1.5 up]
• TypeTrainer4Mac 2.2 Multilingual Typing Tutor [OS X 10.3 up]
• Unsanity Releases Mighty Mouse 1.2.1

• PodQuest 1.6 Downloads driving directions to your iPod.
• iPodderX 3.0 RSS Enclosure and Payload Reader, Newsreader, the Ultimate iPodder client and Podcast and Podcasting receiver
• NEWSWEEK COVER: 'How To Keep Your Hearing'
• Samsung and Toshiba to supply 8Gbit NAND flash for Apple Shuffle
• Bickering among ‘Pod Squad’
• iPod users to bypass iTunes, ( PC Apple Computer Music Download )
• Mercedes meets iPod
• iPod 2-4GB shuffle is coming
• Flash Memory Prices Plummet as Apple Plans 4GB Shuffle
• Apple iPod Addicts Are Refugees From The Now
• Will Apple "own" Podcasts?
• A Sirius Apple iPod Would Be Seriously Cool
• Suddenly, A Teen Appears - Childhood Vanishes, And Parents Face Huge Grocery Bills, Terrifying Mood Swings And Constant Phone Calls
• Apple iPod Shuffle Reviewed
• Apple iPod shuffle Stickers
• iPod Garage reviews iJet: wireless iPod remote control system
• Beginner's Guide to Compressing Your CDs
• Digging deeper into the iPod universe: the iPod Garage launches product reviews

• SFX Machine RT 1.05 for Mac and Windows
• STIX Fonts Project Nears Completion
• VueScan 8.2.17 Scanner Software For Flatbed & Film Scanners
• The Adobe Co-Author workflow
• Guitar Shed 2.9.5 Software For Guitarists and Musicians
• AltaPoint Data Systems, LLC, an Electronic Medical Records and Practice Management Software Company, Codes Software in one Language to Produce Native Applications for Windows, Macintosh and Linux
• PowerCADD 6.2.1 CAD application
• VIA Launches VIA C7 Processor - Ultra Low Power, Ultra Secure and Ultra Small Processor Packing a Powerful Punch

New specials from ClubMac and MacConnection

Griffin Technology Inc. today announced they are shipping the RocketFM, a unique wireless solution for broadcasting Mac or PC audio applications to any FM radio.

I have no idea who Colin McRae is, but he's apparently such a big deal that Feral Interactive announced the Mac version of Colin McRae Rally 2005 before there was really anything to announce. It's a racing game, that much I've discerned, and maybe their press release and the IMG preview will shed more light.

"I would rate iPod & iTunes: The Missing Manual as an extraordinarily effective member of the Missing Manuals family, all of which are outstanding"