Below are posts from February 2008
Feb 4, 2008 |
Limit Point Software announces Droffett 1.0.7. Droffett is a drop application which “flattens” a folder, i.e. moves all files which are descendants of it in the file hierarchy so that they are directly inside it.
Droffett can also be used to aggregate a set of files by extension. This process will place all files with the same extension into a folder named after that extension. Specify this option using the Preferences window.
Droffett is a member of the Limit Point Software Utilities Bundle that consists of a wide array of small task oriented programs: movie and image processing, …
Feb 4, 2008 |
app4mac today released CheckUp 1.0, an innovative tool to check the health and monitor the behavior of a Mac computer (even from a remote computer). Built from the ground up with Mac OS X technologies, CheckUp features an amazing user interface. CheckUp works with any Mac with a PowerPC G4, G5 or Intel Processor.
CheckUp is first designed to monitor the usage of CPU, Memory, Disk Drives and Network Adapters. You can display detailed information about all running processes and pause or terminate these at any time. By adding rules that will be triggered when certain conditions are met for a specified resource on the computer, you can receive visual notifications. For example, CheckUp can alert you when a certain resource exceeds a certain value or when a hard drive seems to have hardware failures, even when the application is not opened (thanks to an innovative background process and the use of S.M.A.R.T technology). CheckUp can also help you to determine if your computer is able to run Mac OS X Leopard or determine if your computer have enough memory to run all your Applications at the same time.
The graphical user interface is designed with a top priority on high usability in mind. Unlike other competing products it takes a very short time to setup your environment. CheckUp is lightning-fast on the latest Intel-based Macs. One of the most innovative feature of CheckUp is the ability to monitor a Mac on a network or via internet. It’s a powerful feature for IT administrators interested to check a remote computer or a remote server.
Tubular, which has been in ‘private beta’ for way over a year, has released a public beta. The app, which took pre-orders and then dropped off the map, is back on the scene.
Their blog has two new posts, one announcing the beta:
This release brings with it:
* Registration support
* Leopard compatibility
* Increased reliability with locating the video raw video file (so playing or converting videos will be quicker, and will be less buggy)
* An all new preferences window, with settings for registration, auto-updating, …
From Concentrate Software announces Paperclip 1.0. Paperclip is a menu bar application that allows you to attach Stickies-style notes to your documents.
Paperclip lets you attach notes to documents. These notes are document-specific so they will still be available when you switch applications. You can drag and drop images, movies, and other media to these notes in addition to having full text support. In addition, Paperclip allows you to view your notes in an attractive note viewer.
Feature highlights include:
* Doc-specific notes
* Menu bar app
* Note Viewer
* Marker Felt is not on by default
* Store text, links, images, movies, more
Minimum Requirements:
* Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) compatible
* Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel
* 1.7 MB Hard Drive space
Feb 2, 2008 | | Tags:
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After my recent scare with my hard drive failing, I started looking for a more reliable method of backing up than Time Machine. There were certain criteria that I needed however, including:
encrypted backups – my job requires complete discretion so I need to be sure my data is safe
offsite capability – to a web server or somewhere that isn’t likely to be in my laptop bag or in the same location as the actual laptop
restoration of files – need to be able to grab a certain file, not an entire backup set
incremental backups – only update what’s changed
unobtrusive – …
Feb 2, 2008 | | Tags:
apple
Ok, this is off-topic and will probably garner more emails from people upset that I have an Obama banner on ths site, but meh – it’s my party and I’ll post if I want to.
The Huffington Post has a web app up that let’s you search public records to see the donations made to Presidential campaigns. For instance, here is the search with the criteria ‘actor’ in the ‘occupation’ field.
Three of my favorites on one little section. Too cool. Not sure who the ’scott’ guy is, but hey, he’s in good company!
Apple has put numerous iPods on sale in their Refurb Store for as much as $30 off:
1. Free Gift Wrap, Free Engraving and Free Shipping on all iPods!
2. New price cuts on current generation Refurbished 4GB and 8GB iPod nanos. The products ship in the updated, beautiful white refurb boxes and come with the Apple 1-year warranty – the exact same warranty as the new product! Plus free shipping!
* Refurbished 4GB iPod nano is only $129 (originally $149)
* Refurbished 8GB iPod nano is only $169 (originally $199)
Definitely the time to buy, …
Feb 1, 2008 |
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a7uOT0ro100U&refer=home
MicroYahoo vs. Goople?
Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp., the world’s biggest software maker, made an unsolicited offer to buy Yahoo! Inc. for about $44.6 billion, or $31 a share.
The offer is 62 percent more than Yahoo’s closing stock price yesterday, according to a Microsoft statement distributed by PR Newswire. Yahoo shareholders can choose cash or stock, Microsoft said.
Microsoft and Yahoo explored ways to work together in late 2006 and early 2007, according to a letter Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer sent to the Yahoo board. Yahoo rejected the idea of being taken over by Microsoft a year …
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