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  • New hope for Mac Outcasts... There is one area where Mac users cannot replace Windows software with a Mac-enabled substitute. That's the CAD industry. With the news of the INTEL Macs running Windows software, a ray of light may have been shed on poor, orphaned Mac users trying to enter the world of Architecture, Industrial Design, or most Engineering disciplines.
  • BBEdit: Power Tool for Text Those of you who have read the news here for the past 15 years knows we believe that BBEdit is the best text editor available. It just keeps getting better and better
  • Apple Unveils Mac mini with Intel Core Duo Apple unveiled the new Mac mini with the Intel Core Duo processor -- it's faster and offers greater expansion in the same innovative compact design.
  • Magazine brings new Edge to design world So, did you think the world needed yet another design magazine? Well, Design Canada did -- and that's the name of their slick new publication for designers...
  • Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor How well can you type? Take this test and see if you need a typing tutor. Most designers fall short in the typing department. This tutor downloads tunes and you learn while typing the lyrics!
  • Mystery Bundle gives 70% Off Popular Apps Okay, it's like a grab bag where you pay $17 and get 6 of the hottest Mac software products on the market. Sound interesting? Each day a new package. Are you game? Do'ya feel lucky?
  • Manage your incoming links the smart way! Almost all major search engines that exist today, rank a web page based on the number and the quality of links that point to that web page. Advanced Link Manager helps you monitor those incoming links
  • Take Control of Maintaining Your Mac Joe Kissell's new Take Control ebook gives readers an easy maintenance program to keep their Macs running smoothly -- including the best strategy for backups...
  • Creating Flash presentations is easy Leonard Dumanovsky wrote in to mention that the latest version of WildPresenter just hit the streets! If you want to easily create Flash presentations, product, training videos, and so forth, you might want to check this out. (Windows only)
  • RFID Essentials Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is rapidly changing the way business is being conducted. What is it? Keep reading...
  • CAD on the Mac? HighDesign fills the absence of AutoCAD for the Mac with feature rich architectural and engineering powers! AutoCAD users may even want to take a look.
  • 3D Modeling for Tiger Microspot Modeler makes it simple to create and render models in real world dimensions and view the results as you are working -- then turn them into animations!
  • PowerBook G4 on steriods These Daystar CPU Upgrades for the Aluminum PowerBook G4 deliver speeds faster than Intel-based Macs
  • New York: Applescript Sessions The leading automation training event -- AppleScript Pro Sessions -- will be held in the New York City area for the first time
  • Professional Stock Layouts When you need a layout, or a layout idea, check out the StockLayouts section of the HP site... lifesavers for amateurs... a shot in the arm for the pros
  • Digital Picture Frames This collection of more than 300 unique designs in the most classical materials and textures provides an unlimited supply of digital photo frames
  • Genetica - Brave new textures (Win) We haven't seen a product this complete in some time... too bad there's no Mac version! This is a complete textures factory for making your own --- or using any of 500 textures built in.
  • Buying Digital Cameras Technology has reduced the old photographic techniques of film and developing nearly to the point of extinction - eBay specialist Malcolm Silberman talks about getting the best deal on digital cameras at eBay...
  • The Art of Digital Photography Be Inspired, Creative, and Productive O'Reilly Releases Window Seat: The Art of Digital Photography & Creative Thinking. Adobe guru Julieanne Kost says: "Be open to whatever comes your way"
  • Photoshop CS2 RAW Anyone who is serious about digital photography and wants to produce the best possible picture needs to shoot and process RAW... this book will help Digital Photographers Go RAW
  • Contest for Outstanding Design Students OGT's Winning Concepts Contest 2005-2006 Edition is open to full-time college and university students of age 18 or older, registered in a graphic or web design program
  • The Million Pixel Image Here's a plan for creative artists and designers to build a pixel into a world-wide mosiac and enhance their Google rankings at the same time...
  • Flash Photo Albums (Windows) Wondering how to surprise your wife for her birthday or your anniversary? How does a Flash animation of all of her favorite photos, complete with a musical background sound?
  • Proven Web Content Success Factor: Scan-ability Scan-ability is a measured, objective, scientifically proven criterion of successful written web content. While making content easier for users to scan rather than read word-for-word involves a number of factors, simply re-structuring web content into sections and lists can yield stunning improvements.
  • New Drive Power: TechTool Protege this is unlike any other -- its a compact, bootable diagnostic and repair tool with room enough for applications, etc. Its tiny size makes it easy to carry at all times to test and repair your Macintosh computers
  • PDF-FORUM for Print Production GWG Members to Present at PDF-FORUM being held in conjunction with XPLOR and Graphics of the Americas Events February 1 - 4, 2006
  • New Tiger Training Books here are the top books for getting the most out of the latest Mac OS X operating system, Tiger.
  • Got Pictures? Sell on Fotolia Fotolia, the first global online social marketplace for stock digital images is continuing to evolve as a mutually beneficial tool for photographers and designers.
  • Advantages of Accelerated Learning Students can take classes at their convenience, allowing them to keep up with their regular jobs or family responsibilities. This article by Alexa K. Apallas fills you in on the advantages of Accelerated Learning
  • Allume's CheckIt Repair Allume's CheckIt Repair combines SpringCleaning, TechTool Platinum and EMC Dantz Retrospect Express into an intuitive personal backup and restore software solution
  • Computer Theft - Will you be the next victim? Your computer is stolen. What do you do? You have a 1 in 14 chance of getting your computer stolen -- about one computer theft every 53 seconds.
  • IRS Alert: Tax Fraud Howard Schwartz, noted tax and business consultant provides this brief about tax frauds to look out for this year
  • Spam, HotStockChat, and the Pump n Dump
  • Contest for Outstanding Design Students OGT's Winning Concepts Contest 2005-2006 Edition is open to full-time college and university students of age 18 or older, registered in a graphic or web design program
  • The Million Pixel Image Here's a plan for creative artists and designers to build a pixel into a world-wide mosiac and enhance their Google rankings at the same time...

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Fred Showker
Editor / Publisher, DT&G Magazine

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