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Apr 27 2009

In the Know Updates

Keeping up to date is a big deal. Fortunately, theres a heap of free software to help you stay in the know and stay on the bleeding edge. This week we’re looking at a couple must have widgets that will help keep you informed as well as a couple spanking new updates of major applications.

mu In the Know UpdatesWoot Widget

For those of you who don’t know, Woot! is one insanely great deal a day. These deals are often so good they sell out in a matter of hours. Of course, with the Woot! Widget you’ll be able to see the daily deals right on your Dashboard.

mu In the Know UpdatesNews Reader

There are plenty of great RSS news readers out there. This one’s great because it brings your feeds to your Dashboard as a widget. The slick interface organizes your feeds and stories for quick access.

mu In the Know UpdatesFirefox 1.0.5 and And Deer Park Alpha 2

Here we’ve got an update for everybody. For the security conscious, there’s the newest security update for Firefox. For those who like to live dangerously, there’s the new Deer Park Alpha 2, the second development release of what will be Firefox 1.1. New in Alpha 2: migrate your Safari profile and try out the new shell service.

mu In the Know UpdatesMacromedia Flash 8 beta (player)

Talk about an old favorite. Grab the beta of the new Flash player and see if the speed improvements they’re talking about are real.

mu In the Know UpdatesKennedy Space Center Video Feeds

With our crazy friends busting open comets, you never know what they might be up to at NASA. They may be shooting off that shuttle any minute now. Keep your eye on the happenings with this widget. Chose from NASA TV, Kennedy Space Center video and launch pads.

There you are, hooked up with the newest of the new and sure to be there when the next something big drops. See you next week…

Brian

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Apr 27 2009

Handheld Goodies

This week we have more fun tricks you can try at home with your handheld. And, to be sure everyone can play, we’ve widened the definition of handheld.

mu Handheld GoodiesSoybo

Rather than connecting to your desktop with VNC or another traditional remote client, this application lets you use powerful Open Source technologies to provide web-based control of your desktop to your web-enabled phone or PDA. Installation requires you to have or install PHP, MySQL and some scripting additions.

iPod

We won’t argue whether or not the iPod is a handheld. It certainly does manage personal info. This week I have two different ways of getting text files from your desktop to your ‘Pod.

mu Handheld Goodiesbooks2burn

Before you would-be book arsonists get too excited, you should probably know that this application converts text files into AIFF audio files, fit to burn to CD or sync to iPod. Put your matches away.

mu Handheld GoodiesBook2Pod

If you aren’t interested in burning or converting your text, you can use this free program to sync, organize and manage text files saved on your iPod as notes.

Palm

Our friends at Queuesoft are busy as always, firing out useful and new Palm related software.

mu Handheld GoodiesiPalm Photo

Use this new app (still in beta) to manage photos on your Palm device. This application reveals goodies like category, size and date taken.

mu Handheld GoodiesiPalmMemo Widget

This Widget you access your Palm notes from Dashboard. Uses the iPalmMemo app ($9).

Thanks for joining me this week. I wish you all happy syncing.

Brian

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