image Seems I've been already using it for the past ten years. After some investigation, I haven't found anything that comes close to matching the sweet spot combination of versatility, deep feature set, nimbleness, stability, flexibility, speed, and elegant Apple Scriptability in Tex Edit Plus

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image It's been a month or so since the release of the last Odysseus beta, but version 1.0 beta 3, which was released Thursday, represents a major refinement of the program, and brings it tantalizingly close to being ready for prime time use
Friday, September 05, 2008

My Quest For The Ideal Text Application7

image Seems I've been already using it for the past ten years. After some investigation, I haven't found anything that comes close to matching the sweet spot combination of versatility, deep feature set, nimbleness, stability, flexibility, speed, and elegant Apple Scriptability in Tex Edit Plus


Test Driving The Odysseus 1.0b3 Eudora Replacement Email Client Beta14

image It's been a month or so since the release of the last Odysseus beta, but version 1.0 beta 3, which was released Thursday, represents a major refinement of the program, and brings it tantalizingly close to being ready for prime time use


Applelinks Tech Web Reader - Friday, September 5, 200811

• Google Founder On Lack Of Mac Chrome: "It's Embarrassing"
• Google readies Chrome for Mac and Linux
• News From The Mac Mini Front?
• Overclocking A Mac Mini Got Me Hooked On Souping Up Macs
• Road to Snow Leopard: twice the RAM, half the price, 64-bits
• Tomorrow's Solid State Drives and Notebooks
• Chrome Is A Security Nightmare, Indexes Your Bank Accounts
• PC Mag: Google, Criticized for Harsh Chrome EULA, Backs Down
• Google Restores Chrome's Shine
• Can Apple Save the Music Industry, Again?
• Can Steve Jobs save the iPod?
• Google touts iPhone, Chrome browser
• How Do I Print Wirelessly From My PC On a Mac Home Network?
• "Phrase "Laptop Machines" An Anagram Of Apple Macintosh
• Mac Users Rejoice For New Lab In Union Building At Weber State U.
• Sony Recalls Burning US laptops
• Sony Recalls Notebook Computers Due to Burn Hazard
• PC Mag: Sony Recalls Thousands of Vaio PCs Over Burn Risk
• Internet's First Music Festival to be Launched by College Radio Network
• Technology Aided U.S. Olympic Sailing Team Win Olympic Gold
• The Mac Night Owl: Does Apple Need an Information Czar?


Applelinks iPhone News Reader - Friday, September 5, 200813

• PC Mag: Best Cell Phones for Mac Users
• Original Apple iPhone Seeing Huge Demand
• iPhone 3G vs. Samsung Instinct
• Election '08 iPhone App Tracks Polls And Such In Real Time
• Apple iPhone Eclipses BlackBerry Curve as AT&T's Best-Selling Smartphone
• O'Reilly Launches iPhoneLive Conference and Opens Registration Build It; Launch It; Use It



Thursday, September 04, 2008

iSkin solo for iPhone 3G Delivers Slim–fitting Protection for a High–Gloss Fashion Makeover17

image iSkin Inc. has introduced its new solo bodyguard for iPhone 3G: a sleek and stylish protector that echoes the iPhone 3G's beauty in a slim, fashionable package


ZeusDraw goes Back to School with September Sale15

Chromatic Bytes has announced a going back to school sale for their flagship vector drawing program, ZeusDraw. From now until September 21, ZeusDraw will be on sale for $59.99, one third off the regular price. ZeusDraw is a vector drawing program with a fluid, graceful interface. It has a different, more intuitive approach to paths and great brushes


Premier Literacy Announces the Macintosh Version of Its Products17

image Premier Literacy, a leader in digital literacy hardware and software announces that it now offers a Macintosh version for its entire Literacy Productivity Pack of applications. Premier performed extensive analysis and testing of their underlying technologies to ensure that they maintained integrity for the features and functions found in their products, regardless of the operating system


TweakerSoft introduces AroundMe 1.0 for iPhone14

TweakerSoft today introduces AroundMe 1.0, their new application for the iPhone. Via GPS, AroundMe quickly acquires the users location and allows them to choose the nearest Bank, Bar, Gas Station, Hospital, Hotel, Movie Theatre, Restaurant, Supermarket, Theatre and Taxi. The selected listing is then displayed on a Map and plots the route to the nearest address. The chosen information can be added to the contact list or even emailed to a friend



Bad Dog Apps ships BdPricer 1.0 for iPhone and iPod Touch13

Bad Dog Apps has announced the availability of BdPricer for the iPhone and iPod Touch. BdPricer is the perfect shopping companion for the smart shopper. Simply enter the product you want to compare the price for and let BdPricer do the rest. Use BdPricer's quick look up directory to find common items form 15 main product categories, with over 150 sub categories and 3,000 sub category items, to instantly find the products your are interested in


Karelia Announces Sandvox 1.5, Award-Winning Website Creation Software11

Karelia Software today announced the release of version 1.5 of Sandvox, a major update to its award-winning website creation software for Mac OS X. Version 1.5 includes dozens of new features and over 150 improvements, updates, and performance enhancements. Sandvox features drag-and-drop website assembly, live editing without a preview mode, fifty stylish and flexible designs, eleven page types, and nineteen different pagelets


New Retroactive Warranties On OWC and Newer Technology Storage Solutions17

Warranties automatically extended on select Desktop and Bus Powered Portable models with FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB2, and/or eSATA interfaces


EarthDesk 4.4 Improves Cloud Handling15

Xeric Design, Ltd. today announced the release of EarthDesk 4.4. EarthDesk replaces the static desktop with an image of the Earth showing current sun, moon and city illumination, as well as real-time global cloud coverage, allowing users to track hurricanes and other weather systems on their Macintosh or Windows desktop. Version 4.4 improves the handling of satellite cloud images and is able to detect and ignore images with missing data sent from the satellite receiving station



The Wait is Over! The Next Big Bang from the Creator of The Sims Invades Planet Earth This Week15

How will you create the universe? Gamers around the world can find out this week as the highly anticipated video game Spore ships to retailers for the PC, Mac and Nintendo DS, mobile phones and the iPhone. Spore is rated E10+ by the ESRB, and retails for $49.99. The collectable Spore Galactic Edition is also available for $79.99


Moore’s MailBag - Thursday, September 4, 200824

• Bus Powered Devices With USB 2.0 PCMCIA Adapter Cards
• GIMP Isn't Going To Work For Me...
• Ford Racing 2 Version 1.1 Motor Racing Game For OS X
• Resolving dSLR Sensor Cleaning Chores?
• Is The Logitech diNovo Edge Really The "World's Most Advanced Keyboard?"


Applelinks Tech Web Reader - Thursday, September 4, 200830

• The Problems For the MacBook Air Have Not Ended
• PC Mag: Hands-On With Google's Chrome Browser
• Burned By Chrome - Your Copyright Goes Up In Smoke
• Google Backtracks on Chrome License Terms
• Opera Boss: Imitation Is Flattering - But Chrome Code Isn't Worth A Look
• PC Mag: Google's Chrome, Apple's Safari Shared Vulnerability
• MLB Spends $2.5m To Give Umps 2nd Look At Homers - System Uses Macs
• Next-gen iPod nano, iPod touch Dimensions Revealed?
• Apple Could 'Rock' Cheaper iPods
• Road to Mac OS X Snow Leopard: 64-bits, Santa Rosa, and more
• Brits Suffer From Discomgoogolation
• Apple MacBook Air Customer Review


Applelinks iPhone News Reader - Thursday, September 4, 200822

• iPhone To Squash Blackberry In Law Firms: Legal IT Boss
• Steve Wozniak An Advocate Of iPhone Hacking
• PC Mag: Sync Your iPhone 3G with Vista and Outlook



Wednesday, September 03, 2008

LapTuk Stand Is Your Laptop’s Home On Your Desktop25

image The LapTuk is a steel stand designed for laptops in desktop mode use. Finished in an aluminum color to match MacBook Pros, the LapTuk is strong enough to act as a stand for any Apple Display or LCD display up to 35 pounds. It's designed to fit MacBooks, 15-inch MacBook Pros and PowerBooks and the MacBook Air


Group Logic Survey Finds Integration of Mac a Priority for Many24

Integration of Macs into predominantly Windows-based enterprises is a growing priority for many organizations, according to the results of a new study announced today by Group Logic, the leading provider of Mac/Windows connectivity solutions, and a founding member of the Enterprise Desktop Alliance, an organization that supports the integration of Macs into Windows-based environments


PreferenceCleaner 1.0.1 Simplifies Deleting Preference Files25

Preference files can become corrupted and cause an application to become unstable. Alternatively, if an application has a large array of preferences you might find it simpler to delete the files than to locate a setting which has enabled an undesired behaviour


MacTubes 1.2 YouTube Video Player And Downloader37

iTunes-like interface