Category: Software

Cuberto Produces Free Icon Set For Valentines Day

For those of you who are enamored with St. Valentines Day and the whole scene around it, there is now an icon set just for you.  Cuberto has produced a free icon set specifically targeting the St. Valentines Day fans and is now distributing it on the Smashing Magazine website at: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2012/02/02/freebie-valentines-day-icon-set/

Quicksilver Application Launcher Updated to Beta 64

Quicksilver Application Launcher has been updated to Version Beta 64.   Quicksilver allows fast and easy control of the Macintosh allowing the user to use keystrokes to launch applications.   The program uses the first letters of the file name to find, and launch an application. Fixes in the latest version of Quicksilver include: You can download the Quicksilver Application Launcher for free from the Quicksilver website at: http://qsapp.com/download.php Quicksilver is available for Mac OS X 10.3 (beta 36), 10.4 and 10.5…

CUI Errors in Some Users Upgrade to Mac OS X 10.7.3

Many users are reporting that they are experiencing some issues with the latest version of Mac OS X.  Apple, Inc. rolled out Mac OS X 10.7.3 yesterday and although most users had no issues, there were a good number who are experiencing a CUI Error with the upgrade. Reports are saying that this error is being caused by the Software Update feature of Mac OS X 10.7 and not by the manual download of the upgrade.  Our own experience in-house…

Adonit Coporation Makes JotStudio Free for 1 Week

JotStudio is an application specifically made to the allow precision drawing using Jot by Adonit.  The application lets you take note and draw in the application, arranging photos and other media around the drawing.  While you can draw badly by hand, having a Jot or JotPro stylus is really your best bet. While initial reviews of the App have been less than stellar, it is still worth the look.  Adonit has some issues still to deal with in the App…

Evernote Version 3.0.6 Released

Evernote, the application which allows the user to make notes from any media or content, has been updated. Evernote version 3.0.6 has been totally re-vamped for Mac OS X Lion and now includes dull screen editing with multiple windows. Version 3.0.6 includes a number of feature updates and fixes including : Improvements: Redesigned note editor interface Redesigned login/registration window Allow adding and deleting of rows and columns in tables Quick checkbox list creation (hitting enter on a line starting with…

Brutal Deluxe Software Releases Fishhead Copier

Brutal Deluxe Software has announced the availability of their Fishhead Copier program which allows users to copy software in the GS/OS Environment. Fishhead includes a number of important advancements and features including: * Attribute preservaswtion when copying files * Batch Mode allowing removable devices and consecutive disk copying * Advanced error handling * A complete history log of all copies performed. Fished copies files in 256 byte chunks  and it’s primary function is to allow the user to archive a…

Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.7.3 Update

Apple Inc, has released the long awaited Mac OS X 10.7.3 Update.  The seventh developers seed was released last week with 11D50.  That particular seed was figured to be fairly close to release of the product and today, Apple fulfilled that assumption with the release of the formal update. This update , while addressing a number of Microsoft related items including Windows file sharing and MS Word printing issues, the update also focuses on the networking aspects of the operating…

Angry Birds HD Updated to version 2.0.2

The High Definition version of the popular game Angry Birds has been updated.  Version 2.0.2 includes some minor improvements in the performance of the program.   This version was produced specifically for the iPad and now comes in English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese , and Spanish. Angry Birds HD is a $4.99 download from the Apple iTunes Store and requires at lead iOS version 3.2.  The game can be can be found at: http://itunes.apple.com/jp/app/angry-birds-hd/id364234221?l=en&mt=8  

Apple Releases Airport Utility 6.0 for Mac OS X Lion

Apple has released an update to the Mac OS X Lion version of the Airport Utility.  Version 6.0 is now available for download from the Apple Support website. Also made available for download are the Airport Base Station and Time Capsule Firmware (7.6.1) and the Airport Utility 5.6 for Mac OS X Lion.  The 5.6 update includes a fix for an issue with netowrk passwords being stored in the keychain. For more information or to download the Airport Utility, go…

Brutal Deluxe Releases Fishhead Copier for the Apple IIgs

Antoine Vignau of Brutal Deluxe has posted a new software package for the Apple IIgs.  According to the posting: Brutal Deluxe Software is proud to introduce Fishhead, the Caped Copier, to the Apple II community. Fishhead is a GS/OS desktop file copier application. It offers several features which make it a powerful software for diskette and file preservation purposes: Attributes preservation — All copied files keep their original date, time and other attributes (e.g. invisible or locked) information Batch mode…

Firefox 10 Released

Mozilla has updated their popular Firefox Internet browser to Version 10.  Their email client Thunderbird has also been updated to compliment the Firefox package.  The primary focus of these updates are the inclusion of  developer toos, giving the developer easy access to the HTML and CSS code associated with the website being viewed.  The latest implementation of Firefox also makes it easy to build WebGL 3 dimensional graphics without additional software. The latest version includes the following fixes and updates:…

Office2 Version 5.0.2 Released

Byte Squared has updated  their Office2 suite to version 5.0.2.  The Office2 suite allows users to create and edit Word, Excel and Powerpoint files on their iPhone or iPad.  The $#5.99 App is a must for users who just cannot live without their Office suite.   Some of the changes in the latest version of Office2 Suite include: ☆ Document saving now preserves 100% existing content fidelity ☆ New page layout based document editor interface option ☆ Ruler bar with ability…

An A.P.P.L.E. Review – Baseball Superstars 2012

GAMEVIl got this game absolutely right.  Old school video game baseball comes to the iPad and iPhone.  Everything about this game reminds me of the days of the Nintendo Famicon or NES as it is called in the rest of the world outside of Japan.  The style of characters in the game remind you of those old time games and the way that baseball was played. We downloaded the App, and even though there are options for more G-Points,we chose…

Namco Arcade for the iPhone and iPad

Program: Namco Arcade Platform iPad and iPhone URL: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/namco-arcade/id465606050?mt=8 Price: Free (Somewhat) NamcoBandai Games has released their entry into the realm of vintage gaming on the iPhone and iPad, Namco Arcade.  Sadly, this is as far as the excitement went.  While many of us who lived in the arcades in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, the quarters we plunked into the machines were for real play on real machines.  We certainly were not willing then nor now to buy…

Eamon Deluxe 5.0 Beta Ships to Beta Testers

The latest incarnation of the Eamon Adventurers franchise, Eamon Deluxe 5.0 has been shipped to beta testers.  Thus far, the program is only available in Win32 format, however, other formats including Mac OS X versions will be released in the coming days. Thus far, there are 20 beta testers with room for 10 more on the team. Frank Kunze, author of Eamon Deluxe has been continuing work on the system and also on the conversion of the older Eamon adventures. …

Karelia Releases Sandvox 2.5

Karelia Software has released an update to their Sandvox Website Creator.  Sandvox is an easy to use website creation package which allows users to create entire websites within a matter of minutes rather than days and weeks. Sandvox 2.5 has included some automatic features allowing notifications to be sent to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and even email.  Also included in this version are the following changes: Version 2.5 requires a minimum of Mac OS X 10.6.and now has Full screen mode. …

Opera Browser for Mac Updated

Opera Software ASA has posted an update for their Opera Browser.  The update, version 11.61.1250 updates a bevy of issues in a number of realms within the software including: User interface Issues New web handlers tab in the Site Preferences dialog cut off, dialog not wide enough Crash when clicking “Use master password to protect saved passwords” checkbox Occasional crash when clicking a link or opening a new tab Opera crashes when closing a tab that has the Star Menu…

Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 Build 11D50 Now Available to Developers

Apple, Inc. has released another update to the upcoming release of Mac OS X, 10.7.3.  The Build 11D50 is a 997mb download and while there are still questions about what Apple has planned, the laast few builds have been fairly stable.   To download the latest build, you will need a Developer account.   The build can be downloaded at: http://developer.apple.com/

Readdle Releases Update for PDF Expert for iPad

Readdle has released an update to the PDF document control software, PDF Expert. Version 3.2 of PDF Expert incorporates a number of enhancements to the package including: Document Search now looks far beyond the file name. It lets you find the needed documents faster and easier than ever before! New sorting panel lets you reorder the files based on Name, Date or Modified Date. Just scroll the document list to the very top to reveal it, pretty much like in…

Evi is very poor replacement of Siri

Evi is an app for the iPhone which it’s developers, True Knowledge, as well as several high profile Apple and Mac related websites were claiming was a good replacement for Siri.  However, the reality is much cloudier than that.   After 516 ratings, the average is 1.5 stars with most people complaining that the app can7t even connect to the Evi servers to perform the required tasks. Apple also had issues that were very similar when they first released Siri, however,…