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."

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image 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

NYTimes.com Introduces New Features in Time for the Holidays23

The Pogue-o-matic; Gadgetwise Blog; and a Personal Tech Gift Guide NYTimes.com announced today its new Holiday Technology section with three exciting features in time for the upcoming holiday season that are designed to provide consumers with expert guidance on the vast array of electronic products available on the market


KeyCue 4.3 Offers User-configurable Activation And Other Improvements19

Ergonis Software today announced KeyCue 4.3, the company's popular keyboard shortcut cheat sheet. The new version offers user-configurable activation, can show menu shortcuts and Keyboard Maestro macros together in a single table, includes a new technique for flexible adaptation to peculiarities of certain applications, and other improvements


iPhone Now the #1 Device Worldwide According to AdMob October 2008 Metrics Report16

AdMob Reached More Than 4.5 Million iPhones in October 2008, 1 Out of Every 3 on the Market


M*Modal Announces Real-Time Speech Understanding Application for Healthcare Professionals16

Available on Apple App Store



ICDL Provides Anywhere Access to World’s Largest Online Children’s Book Collection from iPhone13

Educational Content for the iPhone


Apress Publishes Its First iPhone Development Book13

IT Professional book publisher Apress, Inc., today announces the publication of its first iPhone and iPod touch development title, "Beginning iPhone Development: Exploring the iPhone SDK". Beginning iPhone Development sees veteran Mac developers Dave Mark and Jeff LaMarche take the reader from the basic downloading and installing of the free SDK, right through to building applications that make use of advanced features such as iPhone's MultiTouch Gestural Support and Accelerometer


Applelinks Tech Web Reader - Wednesday, November 19, 200832

• Law Professor Fires Back At Song-swapping Lawsuits
• 25 Years Of Macintosh - The Apple Computer Report Card
• Apple's DisplayPort Includes Digital Copy Protection
• Apple's New MacBooks Have Built-in Copy Protection Measures
• MacBook Owners Enraged As Apple Blocks Some Displays
• New MacBook HDCP Impairing External Displays
• Apple Now Taking Orders For 24-inch LED Cinema Display
• Hello, Apple 24 inch LED Cinema Display!
• Anticipating Macworld: Nehalem, Snow Tiger, and Updated Desktops
• Apple Sees Mac Sales Rise 28% Amid Latest Notebook Launch
• Judge Grants Apple's Motion To Dismiss Psystar's Counterclaims
• Psystar Antitrust Claim Against Apple Dismissed
• What Does an Obama Presidency Mean for Tech?
• Apple's Apple-First Mania
• The Mac Night Owl: Can Apple Withstand the Recession?


Applelinks iPhone News Reader - Wednesday, November 19, 200817

• Google Mobile iPhone App With Voice Search Now Available
• The Very Cool Software Company Launches iStylophone For iPhone
• Apple Rescinds Version Change App Store Ban
• TapSlide and Global Wireless Entertainment Announce Strategic Partnership To Develop iPhone and Google Android Mobile Applications



Prosoft Engineering Drive Genius 2 Special Offer From OWC27

image Purchasing OWC and NewerTech external hard drive solutions just got even better


Get The Best Out Of Spaces With Hyperspaces24

image Hyperspaces lets you customize and extend Apple's Spaces using images, text and animation


ivyskin Introduces QuattroPower SmartCase for iPhone 3G31

image ivyskin LLC today unveiled the $99.99 QuattroPower case, a new iPhone 3G accessory that brings a premium power and protection experience to iPhone's owners. It offers ivyskin's newest Glass touch Thru case called Quattro T4 bundled with the new QuattroPac battery. With the introduction of the world's first Xylo touch-thru case for iPhone, and recently a breakthrough Glass Quattro Touch-Thru cases for iPhone 3G


Camino 1.6.5 Web Browser Released452

image Upgraded to version 1.8.1.18 of the Mozilla Gecko rendering engine, which includes several critical security and stability fixes