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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."
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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 Thursday, November 20, 2008
Sport Armband for iPod nano 4G and Nike + iPod Sport Kit Receiver3
and Sensor Case for Nike + iPod Sport Kit Sensor
Toshiba Releases MKxx55GSX 2.5-Inch SATA HDD5
Capacities 500/400/320/250/160/120GB BibleReader version 4.03.025 Improves iPhone Support - Thanksgiving Sale7
Access Your Olive Tree Account with iPhone BibleReader Update - ESV Study Bible coming soon on BibleReader
Give 1 Get 1 now available for global participation Office 2008 for Mac: Holiday Discount & Festive Templates Spread Cheer This Season8
Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit is spreading holiday cheer with significant savings on Office 2008 for Mac. Shoppers can save 50% off Office 2008: Special Media Edition
Paragon Software’s NTFS for Mac Chosen as Top Emerging Technology at Everything Channel’s Fresh Show9
Universal File System Driver Recognized for Bridging Gap Between Windows and Mac Highlighted Links
NYTimes.com Introduces New Features in Time for the Holidays7
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 Improvements8
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 Report8
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 Professionals8
Available on Apple App Store
ICDL Provides Anywhere Access to World’s Largest Online Children’s Book Collection from iPhone6
Educational Content for the iPhone
Apress Publishes Its First iPhone Development Book7
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
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Applelinks Tech Web Reader - Wednesday, November 19, 200820
• 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?
• 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, 200810
• 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
• 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 OWC20
Purchasing OWC and NewerTech external hard drive solutions just got even better Get The Best Out Of Spaces With Hyperspaces18
Hyperspaces lets you customize and extend Apple's Spaces using images, text and animation ivyskin Introduces QuattroPower SmartCase for iPhone 3G24
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 Released443
Upgraded to version 1.8.1.18 of the Mozilla Gecko rendering engine, which includes several critical security and stability fixes QuickerTek Introduces New MacBook External Battery/Charger13
QuickerTek has announced the Apple Juicz External Battery and Charger for 13 inch MacBook. This new product gives Mac users up to 12 additional hours of computing power. The Apple Juicz is styled to blend with your Apple equipment, and offers users far more flexibility in how and when they choose to use their computers SketchBook Express Available Exclusively on the Axiotron Modbook18
Axiotron announces Autodesk's SketchBook Express 2009 to be pre-installed as part of the Modbook's basic software package -- Current Modbook owners to get a free download of the software 
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