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Review & Giveaway: A 3-in-1 Banking Software Standoff
For the past few years I've been toying around with various banking software. Generally, I find myself playing around with one program for a month, then slacking off and just sticking with staring at my online bank statements. However, as my life has recently shifted…
Review: MyVu Shades 301
Back in April of this year, I had reviewed the MyVu Solo Plus by MyVu Video Eyewear . The MyVu Shades 301 is a very similar product to the MyVu Solo Plus in many respects, so I refer the reader to my prior review…
Review: MacBook Air
At Macworld 2008 Steve Jobs took the stage at the Moscone West in San Francisco and gave us a mass of new goodies to drool over, of particular interest was an expansion of Apple's notebook lineup. The addition marks the first serious foray into a…
Review and Giveaway: MemoryMiner - Photo Management & More! [Winner Announced]
iPhoto is a great tool for managing photos. The most recent update to iPhoto '08 allows you even greater control over organizing photos into events. But what happens when you want to specify who is in the picture? Tagging the photos is an option, but…
Review and Giveaway: BusySync [Winner Announced]
This extraordinarily handy utility by BusyMac installs as a preference pane and allows you to sync the calendars of all of the Macs on a network as well as any designated Google calendars. Simply put, it just works. Permissions can be set for read only…
Review and Giveaway: ImageWell v. 3.5
ImageWell by Xtralean Software is a light and handy image editor which is surprisingly robust in its features. I had first used this program when it was freeware for the basic function and shareware for the extra add-ons. With this new release, ImageWell is completely…
Review and Giveaway: Paperclip - Stickies That Actually Stick! [Winner Announced]
I've always gone back and forth with Apple's included "mini-notepad," Stickies. Sometimes it feels like a great place to jot down quick notes, but usually it just ends up getting in the way on my desktop. The Dashboard version helps solve this, but then you…
Review: Myvu Solo Plus
I had wanted to try out one of these ever since I had first seen them on the Apple site. At the time, I did not have a video-enabled iPod, and when I finally had the iPod, I was too broke to buy the glasses…
Review and Giveaway: Knapsack - Your (Digital) Travel Backpack [Winner Announced]
Let's say you're planning a trip. You are flying to your location, staying in a hotel, renting a car, taking day trips to a few locations, and seeing some sights and shows. If you like to be organized and prepared, odds are you've got multiple…
Review: ScreenFlow - Screencasting Made Easy (and Fun!)
Have you ever recorded something from your screen only to find you recorded to long, started to early, or had something come up that you needed to cut out? I know I have, and to be quite honest it's usually a pain to edit. Enter…
Review: PED3 and NAJA King
The PED3 Stand I love nifty little beautiful contraptions. One day while browsing through my RSS feeds on Apple-related subjects, I came across a picture of an iPod Touch/iPhone holder that I absolutely fell in love with: the PED3 by ThoughtOut.biz . The price wasn’t…
Review: Telekinesis - How To Get The Most Out of iPhone Remote
Hello to you, World of Apple Reader. My name is Dean Putney, and I'm a recent addition to the World of Apple staff. As a tinkerer and technologically interested dude, I find myself working on lots of projects that require software. Writing your own programs…
Review: A Must-Have Mac Freebie - SoundSource
A slice of audio control heaven Hello World of Apple readers, I am new to the staff and will be writing reviews on third-party software and hardware for the Macintosh platform. I switched to the Mac from Windows in May of 2007 and still remember…
Review: 3G iPod nano (2007)
The third-generation of the iPod nano was released on September 5th 2007, the little brother to the original iPod has really grown up with the recent update offering the ability to play video, view photos, play games as well as featuring a snazzy new interface…
Software Review - Delicious Library
Software - Delicious Library Developer - Delicious-Monster Price - $40 Grade - A (The barcode did not always scan items and wasn't always accurate) Ever since I saw this product last year I have been wanting to mess with it, after all, the interface looked…