Crossover Games (run some Windows games on your Intel-CPU Mac)

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

(Via AccelerateYourMac.) Codeweavers (makers of Crossover Mac) has released Crossover Games 7.0.0. (7-day Trial version available.) Clip from their page "CrossOver Games is capable of running a range of Windows games. To see if your favorite game is supported, please check our CrossOver Compatibility Center. CodeWeavers officially supports the following games ...

Backups on the Mini

Friday, March 21st, 2008

I've been working through a script to backup the Mini nightly to my 320 GB firewire drive. I've had some challenges, but it finally appears to be working as it should. I'll probably write it up and post here. In general, though, I think I've got all the backup needs ...

TMO Quick Tip - Instant TinyURLs from TextExpander

Friday, March 21st, 2008

(Via The Mac Observer.) TinyURL is really great because it shrinks long Web addresses down to a much smaller and more manageable size, but it usually takes several steps to get those compressed URLs. With a little help from AppleScript and TextExpander, however, you can cut that process down to just ...

Tune In With Radioshift 1.0.5

Friday, March 21st, 2008

(Via Rogue Amoeba.) Radioshift hasn’t seen an update in a couple of months, but today we’re happy to unveil version 1.0.5. If you haven’t used Radioshift, it’s our tool for listening to and recording Internet radio. With its built-in guide, you can search over 50,000 radio listings, then listen or subscribe ...

Apple hit with Time Machine patent infringement lawsuit

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

(Via Infinite Loop.) Apple has had yet another lawsuit filed against it recently, this time alleging that Time Machine infringes on a number of patents owned by a company named Mirror Worlds.

OpenOffice for Mac effort gathers steam

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

(Via MacWorld UK.) The Mac developers at OpenOffice have released a third pre-beta build of the softwareWork on porting OpenOffice to the Mac as a true native application continues to gather pace.

Get Things Done in Gmail with GTDInbox [Featured Firefox Extension]

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

(Via Lifehacker.) All platforms with Firefox: Previously mentioned Firefox extension GTDGmail has been revamped, renamed, and relaunched as GTDInbox 2.0, and it's still a fantastic way to organize your email using the Getting Things Done system. GTDInbox sets up labels like Next Actions, Waiting On, and Someday in your ...

Firefox 3 rated BEST of ALL brand new browsers by CNet

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

(Via Digg.) Cnet has rated Firefox 3 as the best browser out of IE 8, Safari 3 and Opera 9.5, and gives special mention to Flock!!

Adobe Begins Work On Flash Player For iPhone

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

(Via Apple Insider.) by AppleInsiderAdobe has started develoment of a Flash player suitable for use on Apple Inc.'s iPhone, company chief executive Shantanu Narayen said Tuesday.Several unanswered questions remain, such as how the Flash player would function within websites given Apple's current iPhone developer guidelines which seem to require that all ...

Apple Releases Safari 3.1

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

(Via Mac Tech News.) Apple Releases Safari 3.1 The World's Fastest Browser Now on Mac and Windows CUPERTINO, California--March 18, 2008--Apple today introduced Safari 3.1, the world's fastest web browser for Mac and Windows PCs. Safari loads [...]