OSXGuide.comOSXGuide.com BackendFirst Take: Apple Music Announcements- (Found July 11, 2008 ) Apple's press event announcing several new music products is ongoing, and we'll provide updated coverage as it happens. So far, Apple has announced a new iPod phone in conjunction with Motorola, version 5 of iTunes, and a new iPod Mini replacement called iPod nano. iPod Phone "ROKKR" -Holds 100 songs. -Available through Cingular. -$249 plus contract. iTunes 5 -"Smart" shuffle feature -FOLDERS! -Improved iTunes music store searching iPod Nano -Super small. 13 size of Motorola Razor phone. ..http://osxguide.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=193 Free iTunes Songs With Gift Certificate Purchase- (Found July 11, 2008 ) If you're thinking of buying an iTunes gift certificate for someone this holiday season, then consider taking advantage of this deal. If you pay through PayPal, you get 25 free songs for yourself with a $50 gift certificate purchase, or 10 free songs if you purchase a $20 gift certificate. Here is a link to the deal information page. This is a pretty good deal considering you get 50% of your purchase price in free songs with and deals on iTunes Music Store purchase are few and far between,...http://osxguide.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=203 MacUpdate.com Offers Free 1-year Subscriptions- (Found July 11, 2008 ) Popular Mac software tracking site has announced that users who sign up in January will be given a one-year subscription free of charge for the entirey of 2006. The membership includes the ability to customize certain settings and layouts at the site, and normally costs $20year. The free year of membership is only available to new users and registration requires only a valid e-mail address. Click to here to sign up for the free one-year membership. MacUpdate is the leading catalog of...http://osxguide.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=204 498 MB Free Software Collection for OS X- (Found July 11, 2008 ) Software for Starving Students (SSS) is a software development project that provides a free collection of open source and freeware software for users of OS X (and Windows XP, if you're so inclined). The software is intended to be a complete collection of useful applications and utilities for students or others who want great free programs in an easy-to-use installer. The programs in the OS X collection, which is available as a .dmg file through Bit Torrent or a direct link download, include...http://osxguide.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=205 OS X Freeware of the Day: Google Earth- (Found July 11, 2008 ) Most people have used one Internet mapping service or another to find directions online. But a whole new level of navigational and explorative wonder awaits those who use the Google Earth software client to access Google's database of geographic data. Only fairly recently has an OS X client been available for Google Earth, which started out as a Windows only program. In today's FOTD, we take a closer look at Google Earth, which is available for free download directly from Google.http://osxguide.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=215 OS X Freeware of the Day: Netfixer website image capture tool- (Found July 11, 2008 ) If you have ever wanted to have a photographic record of a particular web page, you probably know that getting a good, complete image of an entire web page is not an easy task. Sure, you can print the web page to paper or PDF, but that is not a representation of how the web page is actually displayed within a web browser. You could take a screen capture of the web page, but that will only show you the portion of the page that is visible in your browser window -- most web pages are longer than.http://osxguide.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=214 Nintendo Wii and the Mac User- (Found July 11, 2008 ) For many months now, I have been captivated by the mystery and lore of the soon to be released Nintendo Wii -- Nintendo's latest gaming system, which is to be launched this Sunday, November 19th. As should be obvious by my involvement with this site, I am also a long time Mac fanatic, having founded a Mac User Group when I was in colleage and otherwise having been a believer in the Jobsian fantasy since the early 1990s. Other than my recent fascination with the Nintendo Wii, I have not ever...http://osxguide.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=213 OS X Freeware of the Day: Smultron Text Editor- (Found July 11, 2008 ) From hard core code jockeys to the average home user wanting to keep shopping lists, everyone needs a solid text editors that's reliable, has good editing and searching features, and (of course) is free. For this reason, we are always excited to learn about OS X programs fitting the bill and our freeware pick of the day, Smultron, certain fits in this category. For code warriors, Smultron offers all the common programmer-friendly features you'd expect, such as syntax highlighting for dozens...http://osxguide.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=212 Skype 2.5 for Mac OS X Released- (Found July 11, 2008 ) Fans of the popular Internet phone application Skype will be pleased to know that the latest iteration of their client application, Version 2.5, has been released in beta form for Mac OS X. The latest version allows sending of SMS messages and conference calls for up to ten people, among other features.. If you've never heard or used Skype before, it's the defacto program for communicating with others via a telephone-like system that allows users of the program to talk to each other for free..http://osxguide.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=211 CNN on Microsoft Zune vs. iPod: Not So Much- (Found July 11, 2008 ) The early release of Microsoft's supposed iPod competitor has reviews showing up all over the web. Not surprisingly to anyone who has ever heard of either Microsoft or Apple, the Zune is simply not cutting the mustard. Indeed, it is entirely unclear why anyone thinks (or thought) that an MP3 player for Microsoft of all companies was ever going to get close to the coolness factor of Apple and their iPod. The Zune, like so many other iPod competitors, is nothing more than a clunky black box...http://osxguide.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=210 |