Freeloader Friday Farewell– The Best of 2008
After 252 episodes and almost seven years, were putting the wraps on the Freeloader series. The good news is we’re going out with a bang.
Join me one more time for a look at the top Freeware of 2008 with all your favorite categories, including Best App Killed by Apple, Best Mac Only and a new category: Rookie of the Year.
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Super Stickies, Hidden Prefs and Scheduling
Ready for stickies you can draw on? How about an app that can schedule your application or document launches? Wouldn’t you like to find out what secret options your apps have been keeping from you?
Join me for another collection of cool freeware designed to boost your productivity and expand your options. Get it in this week’s Freeloader Friday.
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Go Native with Sweet Suites
Office suites, creative suites, they’re all sweeter when they’re free.
The best-known free office suite has finally released a native Mac
client. And there’s another round of free native vector and image
editing apps.
Join me for a look at some fresh newcomers to the most basic apps on
your system. They’re in this week’s Freeloader Friday.
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Bipartisan Goodwill– Cross Platform Picks
It’s election time in America, and that means the only thing we can
agree on is how tired we are of presidential race.
To celebrate the occasion, we’ve got a Freeloader Friday special
selection of cross-platform free downloads. So why don’t we set aside
our platforms and enjoy some great freebies.
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Cloud Control Part 2– Apps for your WebServer
Wary of handing your personal data over to Google or Yahoo? Rather put
your stuff on your own server?
In part one we unleashed the inner-server from our
Macs. Now we can pick from the best of thousands of PHP/MySQL apps
including an address book, task manager and even your own web-based
IM.
Join me for a Freeloader Friday follow-up look at free server applications for your Mac.
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App Store Picks – File Sharing, Photo Sharing, Contacts Syncing and more
It has been a big week for the iPod. Now that we have 2.1 and it no longer takes your entire lunch break to install an app, let’s look at some recent gems in the App Store.
Looking to transfer files from your Mac to your touch or iPhone? How about FTP, photo sharing and contact syncing? Of course, these are free (mostly), which is what makes this a Freeloader Friday feature. Get your download finger ready.
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Safari Gear (Add-ons for your Favorite Browser)
It’s a big week in browser-land with another WebKit creation joining us. Don’t forget that Gears came to Safari.
Join me for a quick Freeloader Friday look at Gears for Safari and other Safari add-ons that rev up Apple’s Browser.
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Cloud Control– Setting up Your Own Server
Web 2.0 has our information spread all over the globe (and accessible
from anywhere). This is a good thing, most of the time. But what about
local backups and server outages? (MobileMe subscribers feel free to chime
in).
So, how does one take control of their information in the cloud
without losing the global accessibility?
Join me for a Freeloader Friday look at software and setup of your own
server running right on your own Mac. In this first in a series, we’ll set
up the foundation of a powerful server you control (locally or remotely).
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Save Gas and Work from Home, Part 2
A few weeks ago we looked at some Mac freeware that plugs you in to your corporate Microsoft workplace. In this follow-up we’ll unleash some of the Mac’s powerful remote tools to let you connect to your work Mac from home.
Connect to a remote network securely, drive your work Mac remotely and add visuals to your instant messaging. Join me and reduce your tech footprint with this week’s Freeloader Friday.
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App Store Week 1 Freeware Picks
The consensus seems to be that the 3G is okay, MobileMe is still undergoing growing pains but the real winner from last week is the App Store.
With new items showing up daily, reasons to live your Windows Mobile smartphone are dropping like flies. So, lets take a look at some of the awesome freebies that have hit the store this week.
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