Continued from July &Else
JULY DTG News Bytes Part 2
All the news that didn't fit
Here's everything that didn't fit in the regular newsletter...
- Increase Wireless Reception with Whip Pro antenna Those frustrated by AirPort reception problems on their Powerbooks should read this article from Dan East about QuickerTek's latest high gain Whip Pro antenna for Powerbooks...
- Domain Objects Persistence Pattern for .NET Iqbal M. Khan of AlachiSoft submits this essay on Domain Objects Persistence Pattern for .NET... for developing database driven applications in Windows
- BabelColor Now Has Spectral tools a color translator and analysis software designed for the Mac and Windows
- Digital Video Hacks by Joshua Paul ... a collection of 100 unique tips, techniques, and tools for every aspect of digital video production--planning, lighting, editing, adding sound, and special effects, to final export and distribution.
- Get ready for ' War of the Worlds" The latest e-book, a collection of five extraordinary stories by Franz Kafka and his precursors
- Free iClip lite for Dashboard We told you about this several weeks ago... now iClip lite is rolling out in conjunction with the upcoming Dashboard related website. iClip in the form of a free Dashboard widget for Mac OS X "Tiger" ...
- Ergonis Ups the Tempo in the Music Authoring Do you make music? Are you into GarageBand? Are you ready to raise the bar? Easy Beat 2.2 opens the world of composing and multitrack audio production to the Mac user -- it's the easiest-to-use, full-fledged MIDI sequencer on the market
- A Case For a Cause What will the iPod fashion phenomena spawn next? How about a fundraising auction of celebrity iPod cases to raise funds for the fight against Breast Cancer. Bid on one-of-a-kind iPod cases created by notable fashion designers - containing a brand new iPod (courtesy of Apple) and a playlist created by movie celebrities. See our favorites at:
- New Sharpening Plugin for Photoshop FocalBlade Photoshop-compatible plugin for sharpening your photos and great looking blur, soft focus and glow effects...
- Apple moving to Intel? Don't Panic! ADHOC Adds Intel sessions and training classes
- Seo Administrator seo tool maintaining top search engine ranking through careful use of keywords and monitoring a site�s position in comparison to its competitors.
- Sharing Macs with PCs PC-Mac-Net FileShare v4.6 offers enhanced Internet file sharing
- Xupport 3.0 Xupport is a multipurpose system utility for Mac OS X providing many increased system security and performance features, to maintain and backup Mac OS X, and to dig deeper into the world of Unix -- now it's ready for Tiger ...
- Cleanup brings Greater Security to Tiger Enhanced Version Sports New Anti-Spyware, New User Interface, New Forms Cleaner, More Cleaning Options, and support for Apple Mail provides greater personal protection and privacy for Tiger
- Safe Netting: Loose Lips Sink Ships Terrorists now use spam and Phishing to fund their terrorists activities around the globe. Do you want to support them? Online safety cannot be taken too seriously. Here's how to develop your Password to be uncrackable... so you won't be funding online and real world criminals.
- Tiger gets Snapz On the tail of our piece last week on WireTap, we learn that Ambrosia Software has released Snapz Pro X 2.0.2, the best darn screen/media capture utility known to mankind -- Snapz Pro X is a quantum leap in video capture technology!
- Summer Book News The best in books for June and July 2005 get some tips, some hacks, some new Tiger techniques, Photoshop, Elements, HTML, Web Design and more... all from the pros at Peachpit Press and O'Reilly ! Summer Reading Fun!
- Spyware, Adware, Virus detection For Windows and Unix users: the Process Library is a free online information site that describes processes running on computers thus providing an invaluable security service to millions of users worldwide. Now you can find out what's really going on in the background of your computer!
- Plug-in for automatic photo restoration AKVIS Retoucher image processing plug-in restores damaged photographs to optimal condition with minimal effort and amazing results
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