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Skype 0.10.0.1 p2p Client For Free Internet Telephony [OS 10.3 up]
ImageJ 1.33l Image Processing & Analysis In Java [OS 10.3 up]
Pixel Show 1.0.1 Slideshow App [OSX 10.2 up]
ViewIt 2.6.3 Image Viewer, Slide Show, Image Organizer [OSX 10.2 up]
MrClean 1.0.2 Helps You Find And Trash Duplicated Files, Empty Folders And Aliases
RBrowserLite 3.3.6 Free FTP Client for Mac OS X [OS 10.3 up]
Hardware Monitor 1.21 Reads Out All Available Hardware Sensors [OSX 10.2.5 up]
Temperature Monitor 2.21 Displays The Current CPU Temperature [OSX 10.2.5 up]
Xfactor 0.272 P2P Client For Gnutella, FastTrack & OpenFT [OSX 10.2 up]
Safari Debugger 2.81 Fixes Errors With Online Banking & Other Sites [OSX 10.2 up]
Safari Aquafier 4.11 Changes The Brushed Metal Interface In Safari To Aqua [OS 10.3 up]
SafariSpeed 1.0.21 Increases The Speed At Which Safari Loads Pages [OS 10.3 up]
Parsnips 0.8b Stores and Retrieves Snippets of Text Easily [OS 10.2 up]
i-Recipes 1.3 Recipe Management Made Simple [OS X}
Stattoo 1.1 Displays Info Capsules (Time, Weather...) On Desktop Picture [OS 10.2 up] [/url]
Skype 0.10.0.1 p2p Client For Free Internet Telephony [OS 10.3 up]
Skype is for calling other people on their computers or phones. Download Skype and start calling for free all over the world.
Sometimes not all the voices you would like to hear use Skype. With SkypeOut you can call anyone anywhere in the world at local rates.
Calls to other Skype users are crystal-clear - many users have said it feels like the person is right next to you! When you don't feel like talking any more, just click the red button to hang up.
Talking on Skype is more than just 1-on-1! You can participate in conference calls with up to four other people, and you can all talk to each other at the same time. Next screenshot »
With Skype, you can call other people even if they don't have a computer! It's called SkypeOut, and lets you call any phone number in the world at excellent rates.
Need to send an important document to your colleague? Downloaded a cool picture from the web that you want your friends to see? Just send it over with Skype file transfer! It's secure and encrypted like the rest of Skype, and can easily handle files of any size. Next screenshot »
You can type in Skype instead of talking if you want to. Skype's Instant Messaging is great for having text chats and sending over those long web links and phone numbers.
New in this version:
• feature: you can now add a SkypeOut contact to the contact list by using the action menu in drawer or Add Contact dialog
• feature: using HTTP(S) proxy for communication
• feature: blocked users management
• feature: privacy preferences
• feature: IM history status (on/off) in IM windows, can be set in privacy preferences
• bugfix: display name of a SkypeOut contact will be remembered after login/logout
• bugfix: Command+T brings Skype to foreground in case it was closed
• bugfix: callto WWW links try to relogin if you have logged out
• bugfix: empty search displayed old number of results
• bugfix: contact list and call list cleared properly after log out
• bugfix: can't change status to online, when logged out
• bugfix: missing lock icons in file transfer
• bugfix: correct text field is selected by default in change password window
• bugfix: fixed a bug, where default avatar placeholder image was submitted as avatar
• bugfix: added "not specified" option to sex field in Edit Profile window
System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.3 or higher
Skype is free
For more information, visit:
http://www.skype.com/
ImageJ 1.33l Image Processing & Analysis In Java [OS 10.3 up]
ImageJ is a public domain Java image processing program inspired by NIH Image for the Macintosh. It runs, either as an online applet or as a downloadable application, on any computer with a Java 1.1 or later virtual machine.
ImageJ Features
Runs Everywhere:
ImageJ runs on Linux, Mac OS 9, Mac OS X and Windows.
Data Types:
8-bit grayscale or indexed color, 16-bit unsigned integer, 32-bit floating-point and 32-bit RGB color.
File Formats:
Open and save all supported data types as TIFF (uncompressed) or as raw data. Open and save GIF, JPEG, BMP and ASCII. Open DICOM, FITS and PGM. Open TIFFs, GIFs, JPEGs and raw data using a URL.
Speed:
ImageJ is the world's fastest pure Java image processing program. It can filter a 2048x2048 image in 0.1 seconds . That's 40 million pixels per second
Macros:
Automate tasks and create custom tools using macros. More than 70 example macros are available on the ImageJ Web site (readme).
Plugins:
Extend ImageJ by developing plugins using ImageJ's built in command recorder, editor and Java compiler. Over 100 plugins are available.
Toolkit:
Use ImageJ as a image processing toolkit (class library) to develop applets, servlets or applications.
Image display:
Tools are provided for zooming (1:32 to 32:1) and scrolling images. All analysis and processing functions work at any magnification factor.
Regions of Interest:
Create rectangular, elliptical or irregular regions of interest (ROIs). Draw, fill, clear, filter or measure ROIs. Transfer an ROI to another image.
Image Enhancement:
Supports smoothing, sharpening, edge detection, median filtering and thresholding on both 8-bit grayscale and RGB color images. Interactively adjust brightness and contrast of 8, 16 and 32-bit images.
Geometric Operations:
Crop, scale, resize and rotate. Flip vertically or horizontally.
Analysis:
Measure area, mean, standard deviation, min and max of ROI or entire image. Measure lengths and angles. Use real world measurement units such as millimeters. Calibrate using density standards. Generate histograms and profile plots.
Editing:
Cut, copy or paste images or selections. Paste using AND, OR, XOR or "Blend" modes. Add text, arrows, rectangles, ellipses or polygons to images.
Color Processing:
Split a 32-bit color image into RGB or HSV components. Merge 8-bit components into a color image. Convert an RGB image to 8-bit indexed color. Apply pseudo-color palettes to grayscale images.
Stacks:
Display a "stack" of related images in a single window. Process an entire stack using a single command. Open a folder of images as a stack. Save stacks as multi-image TIFF files.
New in this version:
• Process/Subtract Background works with 16-bit images.
• Rows in the "Results" table are renumbered after a Cut or Clear.
• Analyze/Summarize works correctly after rows have been Cut or Cleared from the "Results" table.
• Analyze/Summarize works correctly with line measurements.
• Fixed a bug that could cause macros run from the command line to abort.
• The ApplyDicomRescaleSlope macro multiplies images in a stack by the DICOM Rescale Slope value.
• The JTwain plugin uses the Asprise JTwain library to acquire images from TWAIN sources.
• Fabrice Cordelieres contributed the Manual Tracking plugin.
• Noel Bonnet has made available plugins for anisotropic diffusion, shading correction, contrast enhancement, image gradients, segmentation and generating a toolbar.
System requirements:
• Mac OS X 10.0 or higher
ImageJ is freeware
For more information, visit:
http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/
Pixel Show 1.0.1 Slideshow App [OSX 10.2 up]
Quite possibly this may be the fastest path from a list of image files to a full fledged slide show! Pixel Show does away with complicated setup steps and puts you back in control. Drag and drop image files from the desktop into the Pixel Show organizer and hit play. It's that easy.
But if you want to customize your presentation a number of options are easily configured from within the Pixel Show preferences panel.
Images can be viewed individually or within a timed presentation. Of course, the time between slides is adjustable.
Add, remove, and manually sort image files using intuitive drag and drop operations from within the Pixel Show organizer. The organizer also displays file information (name, size, etc.) and thumbnail images.
The entire slide list can be quickly sorted by file name, file size, and file modified dates. It just takes one click and you're done.
• Multithreaded thumbnail loading provides accelerated file import.
• Simple drag and drop interface.
• Drag & drop folders (with deep hierarchies) into the main window
• Drag & drop files and folders onto the application icon (even in the dock!)
• Sort images by name, file size, date, randomly.
• Reorganize files within the organizer with drag & drop.
• Control slide shows using mouse buttons.
• Images can be viewed individually or within a timed presentation.
• Enable transitions including fade in, fade out, and cross fade.
• Supports all major file formate (JPEG, GIF, TIFF, PhotoShop, etc.).
• Supports legacy Mac files that have an HFS file type but no file extension.
Nw in this version:
• Interface improvements.
• Minor bug fixes.
• Updated documentation.
System requirements:
• Mac OS X 10.2 or higher
• QuickTime 6.1 or higher
Pixel Show is freeware
For more information, visit:
http://www.mixtur.com/products/pixelshow/index.php
ViewIt 2.6.3 Image Viewer, Slide Show, Image Organizer [OSX 10.2 up]
ViewIt is an OS X native, fast and easy to use image viewer that supports most popular image formats: JPEG, TIFF, PNG, PSD and more.
Important ViewIt features include: unique, intuitive interface, full screen mode, quick image sorting, printing, digital cameras and EXIF tags.
Currently includes plugins: convert file format, create web pages, Finder previews, lose less JPEG transformations, shell scripts support, rename sequentially, create contact sheets.
Major features include
Photo albums
save your image library on a CD Speed
drop 5000 images and stay in control Plug-in architecture
Image-set delimiting
automaticaly distinguish sets of images
OS X Quartz, enjoy it Full screen mode
your screen will be used efficiently
Digital cameras
import images from your camera
Image sorting
disorder could be gone in seconds Image printing
handy options
New in this version:
bugs fixed:
• low quality conversion in plugin Convert
• slow thumbnail view
• bad mosaic background pattern
• when "individual scale" is set image are not cached properly
System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.2 or higher
ViewIt is $19.00 shareware
For more information, visit:
http://www.hexcat.com/viewit/index.html
MrClean 1.0.2 Helps You Find And Trash Duplicated Files, Empty Folders And Aliases
Mr Clean is simple utility that finds and trashes duplicated files, empty folders and aliases. Localized in English or italian language.
New in this version:
• Added 'Save Log' menu for exporting log to text
• Added documentation localized in english and italian
• Localization fixes
MrClean is freeware
For more information, visit:
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/arcobaleno2001/
RBrowserLite 3.3.6 Free FTP Client for Mac OS X [OS 10.3 up]
RBrowserLite provides access to files on the local host as well as remote FTP Servers with an easy-to-use graphical interface. RBrowserLite provides a uniform interface to file transfer and file related operations, greatly simplifying access and use of files on remote systems scattered across the Internet.
Who is RBrowserLite for? Anybody who needs to use FTP server for downloads, backups, anything. If you work on remote systems or have to move files back and forth often, RBrowserLite can make your life a lot easier.
• RBrowserLite, the free cousin of RBrowser, is a full featured free graphic FTP client. RBrowserLite allows the user to manage/browse/transfer files on the remote host with an easy-to-use graphic interface.
• Entire file trees can be moved between local and remote host, or between remote hosts by simple drag & drop.
• Ability to connect to Web Hosts and public FTP sites.
• Multitasking allows you to do many operations simultaneously.
New in this version:
• Site Name - a meaningful name can be added to all sites
• Much improved FTP firewall support
• Minor bugfixes
System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.3 or higher
RBrowserLite is freeware
For more information, visit:
http://www.rbrowser.com/RBrowserLite/RBrowserLite.html
Hardware Monitor 1.21 Reads Out All Available Hardware Sensors [OSX 10.2.5 up]
Hardware Monitor is an application to read out all available hardware sensors in Macintosh computers. The program can display and visualize measured values in a large variety of fashions. It can also store and export readings. The application Temperature Monitor is available for free, but is limited to accessing temperature sensors only. The application Hardware Monitor is commercial shareware, but can access additional sensors if your computer is equipped with them. This includes the following sensor types:
• Battery sensors on portable computers
• Voltage sensors
• Current (amperage) sensors
• Fan speed sensors
• Sensors for pulse-width controlled fans
• Power and load sensors
Moreover, the applications can display additional technical information about your computer. Among other information this includes:
• Processor type
• Processor and bus frequencies
• Manufacturing information
Of course the applications can read out the data only if your computer is equipped with the necessary sensors, and if Mac OS X can access them without needing third-party device drivers. Beginning in summer 2002, Apple has begun to massively drive forward the use of monitoring probes in the PowerMac series, the Xserve series, and in portable computers. Some models are equipped with 38 and more sensors. But Temperature and Hardware Monitor can detect sensors on many older systems as well if they are available.
We try to detect all sensors on as many Macintosh computer types as possible. However, a prediction which sensors are available in which models is not possible, because Apple very often releases "silent product updates", where the hardware equipments of some models are changed but the names are not (specifications are"subject to change without notice"). The particular graphics card and hard disk configuration used is also important because these parts can include independent sensors, too.
New in this version:
• Corrected a problem where the sensor window was not resized correctly after it was moved off the main screen in a multi-monitor setup, or the layout was changed for a position near the screen border.
• Corrected a problem where the color wells in the preference window could not be clicked under certain circumstances.
• Corrected a problem where alerts were triggered for the wrong threshold value.
• The user interface for the warning of an unstable operating system version was changed (Hardware Monitor only). It is now possible to set a user preference that disables the warning per computer. The preference panel contains a new button to re-activate all disabled sensors.
System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.2.5 or higher
Hardware Monitor is € 7.00 shareware
For more information, visit:
http://www.bresink.de/osx/HardwareMonitor.html
Temperature Monitor 2.21 Displays The Current CPU Temperature [OSX 10.2.5 up]
Temperature Monitor is an application to read out all available temperature sensors in Macintosh computers. The program can display and visualize measured values in a large variety of fashions. The application supports the following operations on the measured readings:
• display in a default window
• display in a floating window
• tabular display in an overview window
• display in the menu-bar
• display of a maximum of two readings in the Dock
• graphical display of short-term and long-term history curves
• speech output of readings
• export to text files
Moreover, the application can display additional technical information about your computer. Among other information this includes:
• Processor type
• Processor and bus frequencies
• Manufacturing information
Of course the application can read out the data only if your computer is equipped with the necessary sensors, and if Mac OS X can access them without needing third-party device drivers. Beginning in summer 2002, Apple has begun to massively drive forward the use of monitoring probes in the PowerMac series, the Xserve series, and in portable computers. Some models are equipped with 38 and more sensors. But Temperature and Hardware Monitor can detect sensors on many older systems as well if they are available.
New in this version:
• Corrected a problem where the sensor window was not resized correctly after it was moved off the main screen in a multi-monitor setup, or the layout was changed for a position near the screen border.
• Corrected a problem where the color wells in the preference window could not be clicked under certain circumstances.
• Corrected a problem where alerts were triggered for the wrong threshold value.
• The user interface for the warning of an unstable operating system version was changed (Hardware Monitor only). It is now possible to set a user preference that disables the warning per computer. The preference panel contains a new button to re-activate all disabled sensors.
System requirements:
• Mac OS X 10.2.5 or higher
Temperature Monitor is freeware
For more information, visit:
http://www.bresink.de/osx/TemperatureMonitor.html
Xfactor 0.272 P2P Client For Gnutella, FastTrack & OpenFT [OSX 10.2 up]
Access 3 major p2p networks (Kazaa, Gnutella, OpenFT) seamlessly using giFT. (cross platform modular network daemon)
Providing a simple iTunes-like interface, integrated p2p portal, internal theater for previewing flicks while they download or simply viewing them from the shares library, iTunes and Finder integration, IRC Chat and loads of other goodies while using very minmal system resources.
Gnutella (Shareaza, Gnucleus, LimeWire, Bearshare, XoloX)
OpenFT (A new network developed by the giFT project)
FastTrack (Used by clients such as iMesh and Grokster)
If you need any help check XFactor Section of PeerLounge Forums at:
http://www.peerlounge.com
New in this version:
• Name Change to Xfactor
• Added IRC Chat Room
• Password Protected Family Filter
• Improved Growl Support
• iTunes Integration Improvements
• Better Network Performance
• More Accurate Local File Detection
System requirements:
• Mac OS X 10.2 or later
XFactor is FREE software based on ever evolving open source technologies.
For more information, visit:
http://www.xfactor.cc/
Safari Debugger 2.81 Fixes Errors With Online Banking & Other Sites [OSX 10.2 up]
Scifience currently offers a set of three separate applications - SafariSpeed, Safari Aquafier, and Safari Debugger - that together form the Safari Toolkit. SafariSpeed removes a page loading delay built into Safari to substantially speed up Safari for broadband users. Safari Aquafier replaces the brushed metal interface in Apple's Safari web browser with a bright and clean Aqua one. Safari Debugger enables the hidden Debug menu in Safari which allows you to change all sorts of useful settings and can help fix compatibility problems with many websites.
Safari Debugger
This program allows you to easily enable the debug menu hidden in Safari. Using this menu, it is possible to fix some problems with webmail, online banking, and other websites.
This program simply provides an easy interface for enabling Apple's hidden debug menu in Safari which can in many cases be used to fix such problems.
New: You can now order a CD as well as printed documentation for a small shipping and handling charge as part of the download process.
New in this version:
This version improves support for Safari 1.2, adds an improved user interface, and supports enabling as well as disabling the debug menu. Safari Debugger 2.8 also adds support for modifying Safari while it running, removing the need to quit Safari before running Safari Debugger.
System requirements:
• Mac OS X 10.2 or higher
• Safari 1.0 or higher
Safari Debugger is freeware
For more information, visit:
http://www.scifience.net/
Safari Aquafier 4.11 Changes The Brushed Metal Interface In Safari To Aqua [OS 10.3 up]
Using this intuitive, easy-to-use tool, you can easily change the interface of Apple's newly-released Safari web browser into an Aqua interface. Simply run the installer to perform the conversion.
NOTE: Safari must be installed in your /Applications folder for this program to work.
New: You can now order a CD as well as printed documentation for a small shipping and handling charge as part of the download process.
New in this version:
This version aims to remedy the issues many users were having with installing Safari Aquafier. To ensure that you are able to install Safari Aquafier 4.1 without any issues, you will need to have administrator privileges and have Safari installed in its default location.
System requirements:
• Mac OS X 10.3 or higher
• Apple Safari 1.2 only (get Aquafier 3 from developer site for previous Safari versions)
Safari Aquafier is freeware
For more information, visit:
http://www.scifience.net/
SafariSpeed 1.0.21 Increases The Speed At Which Safari Loads Pages [OS 10.3 up]
SafariSpeed removes a page loading delay built into Safari to substantially increase the speed at which pages are loaded.
SafariSpeed will not increase the speed of your connection or the change caching settings. SafariSpeed works by removing the delay that Safari waits for before starting to load a page. Pages will still load only as fast as your connection can deliver them.
The changes made by SafariSpeed are completely reversible by using the "Reset Defaults" feature, new in this version.
New: You can now order a CD as well as printed documentation for a small shipping and handling charge as part of the download process.
System requirements:
• Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther"
• Safari 1.2
SafariSpeed is freeware
For more information, visit:
http://www.scifience.net/
Parsnips 0.8b Stores and Retrieves Snippets of Text Easily [OS 10.2 up]
If you're like most people, you constantly come across useful bits of information throughout the day while using your computer. It may come from a web site, e-mail, chat sessions, usenet news articles or just files that you have been sent. Parsnips now gives you a place to store all these bits of useful text and easily find them later.
Using a drag and drop interface, you select the text you want to save and drag it into Parsnips. Parsnips automatically creates an "item" for the information, and saves it away for later retrieval. You can also give the item a title, an associated URL or assign keywords to it. Later, when you want to find that information again, you can search for it using Parsnips powerful search mechanism. With Parsnips you can:
• find all items containing specific words or boolean combinations of words in either the title or the main body of text.
• find items containing one or more keywords you have attached to the them.
• find all items created in the past day, week, month, year, or any arbitrary range of dates.
Parsnips' search mechanism is similar to the popular Google search engine. However in this case you are searching your personally relevant information rather than the web at large.
The text for an item doesn't have to come from a pre-existing source. You can create initially blank items and type or paste into it whatever text you wish. In this way Parsnips can serve as a free-form database.
Parsnips can keep track of more than text. If you drag and drop any sort of file onto Parsnips, it will create an item for it and record the file's location on your computer. You can add keywords for the item or add comments about it. Later you can easily locate and open the non-text file by searching in the keywords or comments.
Parsnips can also export either all or some subset of its items to standard text files. This means your important information has the freedom to be moved to other applications if you later choose to do so.
New in this version:
• A search term without any explict field specified will now search in all fields. Previously, only the main body was searched if there was no explicit field.
• In the Results list, there was a blank line displayed if there wasn't any text in the body of the item. This looked strange and has been removed.
• When you drag text onto Parsnips the newly created item is left in edit mode with the Title field having keyboard focus.
• Fixed bug where the caret wasn't blinking in the Display pane when the text was editable.
• Changed the highlight color of a selected item to be the default text selection color.
• No longer change the background color of the text in the Display pane when it is editable. Instead, I now draw a 1 pixel black line around it to indicate its editable status.
• When you export the search results, all exported files now have a ".txt" extension.
• When you first start Parsnips before adding any items, the message displayed is now "There are no items in the database" as opposed to "No matching items".
• Changes all references to Parsnips' "Index" into "Database". I think that term may be more familiar and intuitive to people.
• Added a version string to the Splash window.
• Added the Java version info to the About Dialog.
• Fixed bug in searching for Date ranges. The end date was not being handled correctly.
System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.2 or higher
Java 1.3 or higher.
128 MB RAM
Parsnips is $15.00 shareware
For more information, visit:
http://www.otherwise.com/Parsnips.html
i-Recipes 1.3 Recipe Management Made Simple [OS X}
i-Recipes software enables you to manage all your recipes with ease. Adding, editing, printing and searching for recipes is simple and fast. i-Recipes also let's you import recipes found on Eden's Kitchen with just one click.
New in this version:
Browser History, Improved usability, Updated Helpfiles, Backup and Restore
System requirements:
Mac OS X
Java VM 1.4 or better
i-Recipes is $14.95 demoware
For more information, visit:
http://www.edenskitchen.com/irm/index.php
Stattoo 1.1 Displays Info Capsules (Time, Weather...) On Desktop Picture [OS 10.2 up]
Your digital life has a lot of statistics: incoming mail, appointments, disk space. Stattoo "tattoos" stats right on your desktop picture: out of the way, but always handy.
Stattoo takes this useful digital info, packages it up in cute little capsules, and beautifully blends them in with your desktop picture. Now you can easily check information such as the time, temperature, last few e-mails received, battery power, and much more, by simply glancing at your desktop.
Stattoo works hard to stay out of your way -- tucked underneath your icons, its capsules aren't clickable -- but it's always there when you need it. Design-wise, Stattoo was carefully crafted to complement Mac OS X, not painfully distract from it. It's super-configurable -- you can change Stattoo's font color, transparency, brightness, and much more. And finally, thanks to Expose's Show Desktop function, Stattoo is always just a function key away -- or, if you prefer, Stattoo can even pop on top of all your windows at any time with a customizable key-press of its own, or with a click of the dock icon.
New in this version:
• Improved the Clock module
° Now a World Clock! Set a timezone for each capsule
° Added the ability to display the city name underneath the time
° Added a manual 12/24 hour setting
• Improved the iCal module
° Added a much-requested "All Calendars" option
° Correctly displays international (Unicode) characters
° Improved calendar parser, now reads recurring events
• Rewrote the Mail module
° Can now check mail from IMAP or POP servers directly; Apple Mail no longer required
° Update interval can be customized
° Individual mailboxes can be specified for monitoring
° Rewrote Apple Mail communication for increased speed and bug fixes
• Improved the Weather module
° Added a manual Celsius or Fahrenheit selector
° Can now display the selected zip code underneath the temperature
• Fixed a potential crash with the Software capsule
• Fixed another potential crash with the Mail capsule
• Stattoo bar can now be pinned to the left or right via Preferences
System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.2 or Higher
Stattoo is $12.95 shareware
Stattoo is a brand-new Mac OS X application that "tattoos" digital statistics right on your desktop picture: out of the way, but always handy.
For more information, visit:
http://www.panic.com/stattoo/
Charles W. Moore
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