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If you subscribe to this blog by RSS, please make sure you update the RSS feed to the new address - I have implemented 30 day redirection! And, if you're not, it'll cost you nothing and you'll never miss another post again! I even include my Flickr photostream and podcasts too! Whilst you can subscribe to this blog using feed readers such as Google Reader. Why not subscribe by email or Mac OS X Dashboard Widget? Less

This week our guests Francisco Gonzalez, Dave Gilbert, and Erin Robinson present their favorite indie games: Dirty Split: http://tinyurl.com/dirtysplit Garden of Coloured Lights: http://tinyurl.com/gardenofcolouredlights The Chef: http://tinyurl.com/thechef Less

This week we look at Bento 2, Mail Act-on, RunKeeper, Flick Fishing plus much more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more. You can email me at surfbits at Gmail dot Com. I love to hear from you. Receive 25% off of all Devon-Technologies software by going to http://www.devon-technologies.com/podcasts Here is the freeware and shareware I look at during the podcast: Skim: http://skim-app.sourceforge.net TinkerTool: http://www.bresink.de/osx/TinkerTool.html LiveStation: http://www.livestation.com Camouflage: http://www.briksoftware.com VLC Media Player: http://www.videolan.org Onyx: http://www.titanium.free.fr Lola Wong joins us with her review of: Bento 2 http://www.filemaker.com David Sparks from MacSparky joins us this week and reviews: Mail Act-on 2: http://www.indev.ca/MailActOn.html Gazmaz Joins us again this week with Darren Rolfe from MacWingNut.com and talks about. Flick Fishing: http://www.freeverse.com Tom Piraino from MacinTomBlog.com looks at: RunKeeper: http://www.runkeeper.com Chris Marshall from ChrisMarshall.ws joins us this week. We talk about iPhone and iPod cases, his favorite for the iPhone? This one… Try the new ENHANCED version of the MacReviewCast: And now we have the Podcast in Bit-Torrent Feeds! … You can either click on the podcast link on the left and listen to it via QT from the browser, or you can right click on the podcast link and choose to “download linked file”. That will download the mp3 and you can play it from you hard drive with iTunes.The right link below is the URL for the podcast RSS feed. Just right click it and choose to copy the address and then paste it in your podcast reader, or ipodder, or newsreader that will download enclosures automatically. Please Click Here to vote for us on the PodcastAlley Website. Thank you! techpodcasts.com Technorati Tags: software, review, mac, apple, iTunes, Mac mini, podcast, Macreviewcast, podcasting, maccompanion, OSX, iPhoto, Exposure 2 Less

This week we look at Bento 2, Mail Act-on, RunKeeper, Flick Fishing plus much more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more. You can email me at surfbits at Gmail dot Com. I love to hear from you. Receive 25% off of all Devon-Technologies software by going to http://www.devon-technologies.com/podcasts Here is the freeware and shareware I look at during the podcast: Skim: http://skim-app.sourceforge.net TinkerTool: http://www.bresink.de/osx/TinkerTool.html LiveStation: http://www.livestation.com Camouflage: http://www.briksoftware.com VLC Media Player: http://www.videolan.org Onyx: http://www.titanium.free.fr Lola Wong joins us with her review of: Bento 2 http://www.filemaker.com David Sparks from MacSparky joins us this week and reviews: Mail Act-on 2: http://www.indev.ca/MailActOn.html Gazmaz Joins us again this week with Darren Rolfe from MacWingNut.com and talks about. Flick Fishing: http://www.freeverse.com Tom Piraino from MacinTomBlog.com looks at: RunKeeper: http://www.runkeeper.com Chris Marshall from ChrisMarshall.ws joins us this week. We talk about iPhone and iPod cases, his favorite for the iPhone? This one… Try the new ENHANCED version of the MacReviewCast: And now we have the Podcast in Bit-Torrent Feeds! … You can either click on the podcast link on the left and listen to it via QT from the browser, or you can right click on the podcast link and choose to “download linked file”. That will download the mp3 and you can play it from you hard drive with iTunes.The right link below is the URL for the podcast RSS feed. Just right click it and choose to copy the address and then paste it in your podcast reader, or ipodder, or newsreader that will download enclosures automatically. Please Click Here to vote for us on the PodcastAlley Website. Thank you! techpodcasts.com Technorati Tags: software, review, mac, apple, iTunes, Mac mini, podcast, Macreviewcast, podcasting, maccompanion, OSX, iPhoto, Exposure 2 Less

[Matthew] sent in this slick project where he made a Mac pro Ultra Mini. He received a MacBook that had been killed by water. He took it apart, re-soldered some connections and was able to get enough of it working to be a decent multimedia machine for his tv. To make it look nicer, he found an external drive case that looks like a tiny Mac Pro. After a little bit of grinding, cutting, and zip tying he managed to get all the pieces inside the case.  We’re always happy to see hardware salvaged, and  to see it transformed to a fantastic looking useful machine is a bonus. Good job [Matthew].        Less

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crime, Software, Security Wade Roush wrote: Woe to the hoodie-wearing miscreant who steals a Mac laptop equipped with MacTrak. He’s likely to find his photo plastered all over the Internet—and the police at his door. MacTrak is a beta application for Macs introduced today by Portland, OR-based GadgetTrak. It’s similar in conception to Absolute Software’s LoJack for Laptops and to Adeona, a free open-source tracking system released this summer by computer-science researchers at the University of Washington and the University of California, San Diego. But it has a couple of interesting twists that may increase your chances of getting back your stolen laptop—or that, at the very least, will cause greater embarrassment for the thief. First, once you activate the $59.95 program by logging into your GadgetTrak account, the software uses the laptop’s built-in iSight camera to snap a photo of whoever is using the machine every 30 minutes. If the laptop is connected to the Internet, the software will automatically e-mail these photos to you and post them to your account at the Flickr photo-sharing website (see image below). You can set these images to be private or public—depending on how much help you want catching the thief. Second, MacTrak uses Wi-Fi-based location-finding technology provided by Boston-based Skyhook Wireless to determine the laptop’s latitude and longitude, usually to within about 20 meters. This information is uploaded to Flickr along with the iSight photos. You can then get help recovering your device by forwarding the information to GadgetTrak or directly to law-enforcement authorities. Unlike the LoJack for Laptops system, GadgetTrak’s software doesn’t rely on a monitoring center, doesn’t send location information to the company, and doesn’t have backdoor access to the laptop’s operating system—measures the company, on its website, calls “an invasion of privacy.” The Adeona system is also designed to preserve laptop owners’ privacy, and has the added attraction of being free. But the GadgetTrak’s positioning systems gives it a leg up: Adeona can only tell you which Internet routers communicated with your stolen laptop, whereas MacTrak can tell you the device’s actual location. The integration of Skyhook’s Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS) into GadgetTrak’s product is the latest in a long line of software deals engineered by the Boston company; the most recent before this, was an arrangement to put WPS into the Symbian operating system used by millions of cell phones worldwide. “GadgetTrak is an excellent example of location-awareness enhancing the security of our valuable mobile devices,” Kate Imbach, Skyhook’s director of marketing, said in a statement. For Windows laptops, GadgetTrak makes an application that, like Adeona, tracks stolen laptops to the nearest Internet router. The company also makes “search and destroy” software that can remotely erase sensitive data stored on missing laptops or smartphones. Comments (2) | Permalink | Share |  E-mail Less

If you love taking pictures as much as I do, then you’ll be sure to love the great image toys over at BigHugeLabs.  You can make calendars, motivational posters and badges, among many other things. Listen to the podcast for a rundown of some of the ways you can use this to spice up your photos. Here’s a calendar I made.  Click it to see the large version.  You can use it on your computer or even try printing it, but I don’t think the print quality would be very good. This podcast is available through iTunes so don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast if you have an iPod, or in another podcatcher if you have a different MP3 player. .muo_af_style { background-color: #B4D0E1; border: 2px solid #4275B8; } (By) Jason Mayoff is a dad, a tech geek and a Canadian radio broadcaster (CJAD 800). You can also find Jason at his photoblog or over at Flickr. Enjoyed the article? Please leave a comment and tell us what you think about it New subscriber? Get your cheat sheets and freebies at MakeUseOf Downloads. Enjoy! Tags:Flickr, fun, images, photography, pictures Related posts Take Flickr Straight to your Desktop with Interactive Wallpaper Updates (7) Take A Closer Look At Your Pictures With Cooliris (10) 16 Flickr Search Tools That Are Fun to Use (5) Yahoo! Games: WordRacer is my Boggle Game of Choice (0) Wordle - Become Addicted To RSS Feeds The Fun Way (10) Less

If you love taking pictures as much as I do, then you’ll be sure to love the great image toys over at BigHugeLabs.  You can make calendars, motivational posters and badges, among many other things. Listen to the podcast for a rundown of some of the ways you can use this to spice up your photos. Here’s a calendar I made.  Click it to see the large version.  You can use it on your computer or even try printing it, but I don’t think the print quality would be very good. This podcast is available through iTunes so don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast if you have an iPod, or in another podcatcher if you have a different MP3 player. .muo_af_style { background-color: #B4D0E1; border: 2px solid #4275B8; } (By) Jason Mayoff is a dad, a tech geek and a Canadian radio broadcaster (CJAD 800). You can also find Jason at his photoblog or over at Flickr. Enjoyed the article? Please leave a comment and tell us what you think about it New subscriber? Get your cheat sheets and freebies at MakeUseOf Downloads. Enjoy! Tags:Flickr, fun, images, photography, pictures Related posts Take Flickr Straight to your Desktop with Interactive Wallpaper Updates (7) Take A Closer Look At Your Pictures With Cooliris (10) 16 Flickr Search Tools That Are Fun to Use (5) Yahoo! Games: WordRacer is my Boggle Game of Choice (0) Wordle - Become Addicted To RSS Feeds The Fun Way (10) Less

This week we look at Silver Efex Pro, Blow Up 2, Etymoic Hf2 plus much more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more. You can email me at surfbits at Gmail dot Com. I love to hear from you. Receive 25% off of all Devon-Technologies software by going to http://www.devon-technologies.com/podcasts Here is the freeware and shareware I look at during the podcast: Poladroid: http://www.poladroid.net Maza Digital: http://homepage.mac.com/minge Seneca Cases: http://www.senecacases.com XFolders: http://www.kai-heitkamp.de Eudora: http://www.eudora.com Memeoshare : http://memeo.com David Sparks from MacSparky joins us this week and reviews: Silver Efex Pro: http://www.NikSoftware.com Lola Wong joins us once again for a review of: Etymotic Hf2 High-fidelity | Hands-free noise isolating headset + earphones: http://www.etymotic.com Robert Lachman, L.A.Times Staff Photographer joins us. His Web site is PhotographyandtheMac.com, and he talks about: Blow Up 2: http://www.alienskin.com Jeff Powell joins us and talks about: Classics - http://www.tuaw.com/2008/11/03/first-look-classics MacWorld Apps Guide - http://www.macworld.com/apps/index.html Apple Confirms no new hardware for 2008 - http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/11/03/apple-confirms-no-new-products-for-rest-of-2008 Streaming media to your iphone - http://www.macworld.com/article/136644/2008/11/mwvodcast77.html?lsrc=top_3 Offline Wikipedia for the iphone - iTunes AppStore Gazmaz Joins us again this week to review: Shades: http://www.charcoaldesign.co.uk/shades Try the new ENHANCED version of the MacReviewCast: And now we have the Podcast in Bit-Torrent Feeds! … You can either click on the podcast link on the left and listen to it via QT from the browser, or you can right click on the podcast link and choose to “download linked file”. That will download the mp3 and you can play it from you hard drive with iTunes.The right link below is the URL for the podcast RSS feed. Just right click it and choose to copy the address and then paste it in your podcast reader, or ipodder, or newsreader that will download enclosures automatically. Please Click Here to vote for us on the PodcastAlley Website. Thank you! techpodcasts.com Technorati Tags: software, review, mac, apple, iTunes, Mac mini, podcast, Macreviewcast, podcasting, maccompanion, OSX, iPhoto, Exposure 2 Less

This week we look at Silver Efex Pro, Blow Up 2, Etymoic Hf2 plus much more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more. You can email me at surfbits at Gmail dot Com. I love to hear from you. Receive 25% off of all Devon-Technologies software by going to http://www.devon-technologies.com/podcasts Here is the freeware and shareware I look at during the podcast: Poladroid: http://www.poladroid.net Maza Digital: http://homepage.mac.com/minge Seneca Cases: http://www.senecacases.com XFolders: http://www.kai-heitkamp.de Eudora: http://www.eudora.com Memeoshare : http://memeo.com David Sparks from MacSparky joins us this week and reviews: Silver Efex Pro: http://www.NikSoftware.com Lola Wong joins us once again for a review of: Etymotic Hf2 High-fidelity | Hands-free noise isolating headset + earphones: http://www.etymotic.com Robert Lachman, L.A.Times Staff Photographer joins us. His Web site is PhotographyandtheMac.com, and he talks about: Blow Up 2: http://www.alienskin.com Jeff Powell joins us and talks about: Classics - http://www.tuaw.com/2008/11/03/first-look-classics MacWorld Apps Guide - http://www.macworld.com/apps/index.html Apple Confirms no new hardware for 2008 - http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/11/03/apple-confirms-no-new-products-for-rest-of-2008 Streaming media to your iphone - http://www.macworld.com/article/136644/2008/11/mwvodcast77.html?lsrc=top_3 Offline Wikipedia for the iphone - iTunes AppStore Gazmaz Joins us again this week to review: Shades: http://www.charcoaldesign.co.uk/shades Try the new ENHANCED version of the MacReviewCast: And now we have the Podcast in Bit-Torrent Feeds! … You can either click on the podcast link on the left and listen to it via QT from the browser, or you can right click on the podcast link and choose to “download linked file”. That will download the mp3 and you can play it from you hard drive with iTunes.The right link below is the URL for the podcast RSS feed. Just right click it and choose to copy the address and then paste it in your podcast reader, or ipodder, or newsreader that will download enclosures automatically. Please Click Here to vote for us on the PodcastAlley Website. Thank you! techpodcasts.com Technorati Tags: software, review, mac, apple, iTunes, Mac mini, podcast, Macreviewcast, podcasting, maccompanion, OSX, iPhoto, Exposure 2 Less

In this episode of the Apple Universe Podcast, Daniel shares from News: Marware announces the Eco Vue for iPod touch 2G TweakerSoft introduces CoffeeBreak 1.0 for iPhone "FastMac Announces iV Extended Battery and Charger for Apple iPhone 3G EasyCatalog for InDesign CS4 Now Available Review: KOSS SB45 Multi-Media Stereophone Griffin Wave for iPhone 3G Mac Pick of the Week: Stage Hand Host/Executive Producer: Daniel Brusilovsky Associate Producer: Sean Blake Length: 22:51 Sponsors: Drop.io - Simple Private Sharing iCultur - iCultur.com is a new and exciting environment on the Internet for everyone out there who loves to “think different” shinywhitebox - Great software for Mac. The makers of iShowU, Stomp and now Chatter! Skitch - The best screen capture program for the Mac! If you would like to sponsor Apple Universe, contact the Sales team at sales@appleuniversepodcast.com. Theme Music is provided by Daphna Kalfon. Apple Universe is a proud member of the Tech Podcast Network and the Teen Podcasters Network. Less

Tonight’s show is brought to you by: Ambrosia Software This show is a member of Friends In Tech Show Notes: MacSpeech Dictate Less

This week we look at BBEdit, G-Drive Mini, Fotomagico, Pathfinder plus much more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more. You can email me at surfbits at Gmail dot Com. I love to hear from you. Receive 25% off of all Devon-Technologies software by going to http://www.devon-technologies.com/podcasts Here is the freeware and shareware I look at during the podcast: Touch Arcade: http://toucharcade.com Appstoreapps.com: http://www.appstoreapps.com Classics: http://classicsapp.com KleinWare: http://kleinware.net/software iTunesShut: http://web.mac.com/gugulino1 iMedia Browser: http://www.karelia.com/imedia Lillipot: http://www.qtbridge.com/lillipot/lillipot.html Chris Marshall from ChrisMarshall.ws joins us this week. PathFinder 5: http://www.cocoatech.com Allison Sheridan from the NosillaCast Podcast looks at: MagiCal: http://www.charcoaldesign.co.uk/magical David Sparks from MacSparky joins us this week and reviews: G-Drive-Mini: http://www.g-technology.com/Products/G-DRIVE.cfm Tom Piraino from MacinTomBlog.com looks at: BBEdit 9: http://www.barebones.com Darren Rolfe from MacWingNut.com joins us and talks about SharpShooter: http://www.kerlmax.com Gazmaz Joins us again this week to review: FotoMagico 2.6: http://boinx.com/fotomagico Bastian Woelfle from Boinx Software joins us to review: Invoice 3: http://www.kedisoft.com Try the new ENHANCED version of the MacReviewCast: And now we have the Podcast in Bit-Torrent Feeds! … You can either click on the podcast link on the left and listen to it via QT from the browser, or you can right click on the podcast link and choose to “download linked file”. That will download the mp3 and you can play it from you hard drive with iTunes.The right link below is the URL for the podcast RSS feed. Just right click it and choose to copy the address and then paste it in your podcast reader, or ipodder, or newsreader that will download enclosures automatically. Please Click Here to vote for us on the PodcastAlley Website. Thank you! techpodcasts.com Technorati Tags: software, review, mac, apple, iTunes, Mac mini, podcast, Macreviewcast, podcasting, Less

This week we look at BBEdit, G-Drive Mini, Fotomagico, Pathfinder plus much more. I want to thank you for downloading and listening to the podcast. We have the best in Mac hardware, software and websites reviews. We have a lot of great folks on today’s episode with their reviews and comments on software, hardware and websites that make using the Mac special. Plus I’ll have the top freeware Mac apps of the week and much more. You can email me at surfbits at Gmail dot Com. I love to hear from you. Receive 25% off of all Devon-Technologies software by going to http://www.devon-technologies.com/podcasts Here is the freeware and shareware I look at during the podcast: Touch Arcade: http://toucharcade.com Appstoreapps.com: http://www.appstoreapps.com Classics: http://classicsapp.com KleinWare: http://kleinware.net/software iTunesShut: http://web.mac.com/gugulino1 iMedia Browser: http://www.karelia.com/imedia Lillipot: http://www.qtbridge.com/lillipot/lillipot.html Chris Marshall from ChrisMarshall.ws joins us this week. PathFinder 5: http://www.cocoatech.com Allison Sheridan from the NosillaCast Podcast looks at: MagiCal: http://www.charcoaldesign.co.uk/magical David Sparks from MacSparky joins us this week and reviews: G-Drive-Mini: http://www.g-technology.com/Products/G-DRIVE.cfm Tom Piraino from MacinTomBlog.com looks at: BBEdit 9: http://www.barebones.com Darren Rolfe from MacWingNut.com joins us and talks about SharpShooter: http://www.kerlmax.com Gazmaz Joins us again this week to review: FotoMagico 2.6: http://boinx.com/fotomagico Bastian Woelfle from Boinx Software joins us to review: Invoice 3: http://www.kedisoft.com Try the new ENHANCED version of the MacReviewCast: And now we have the Podcast in Bit-Torrent Feeds! … You can either click on the podcast link on the left and listen to it via QT from the browser, or you can right click on the podcast link and choose to “download linked file”. That will download the mp3 and you can play it from you hard drive with iTunes.The right link below is the URL for the podcast RSS feed. Just right click it and choose to copy the address and then paste it in your podcast reader, or ipodder, or newsreader that will download enclosures automatically. Please Click Here to vote for us on the PodcastAlley Website. Thank you! techpodcasts.com Technorati Tags: software, review, mac, apple, iTunes, Mac mini, podcast, Macreviewcast, podcasting, Less

Noah Edelstein stopped by and gave us a first look at the Mac client for Live Mesh, so now if you've got some electro-diversity in your home ecosphere, you can drag & drop, share & push all your files to your other machines just like the I'm a PC folks. If you're already a Live Mesh user, this will be a familiar look for you, although some of the UI has been tweaked to conform with Mac norms. If you're dying to get your Mesh on your Mac, head over to mesh.com and sign-up, so that you'll be ready to be a part of this limited release once it goes live later today. Less

http://geeks.pirillo.com - http://live.pirillo.com - Is Windows Explorer just not doing it for you? Maybe the Finder isn't doing it for you, either. Or, what if the file manager in Linux isn't your thing? Either you put up with all of these, or you download muCommander. http://chris.pirillo.com Distributed by Tubemogul. Less

http://geeks.pirillo.com - http://live.pirillo.com - Is Windows Explorer just not doing it for you? Maybe the Finder isn't doing it for you, either. Or, what if the file manager in Linux isn't your thing? Either you put up with all of these, or you download muCommander. http://chris.pirillo.com Distributed by Tubemogul. Less