Here’s the 18th episode of the Mac ReviewCast! Remember to send feedback and suggestions to surbits at gmail dot com, and also remember to check out the photo gallery of the items we review at my surfbits.smugmug.com account.

Robert from the macCompanion joins us today, he talks about his visit with The Mac Night Owl, and his Mac Number. He also reviews Proloquo, an enabling software designed for folks who have difficulty with or are unable to speak verbally. He also reviews the Mac mini Guidebook and Desktop and Portable Systems, books from Peachpit Press.

I look at these great freeware products.
SolitareXL
Toast 7 Titanium Not Freeware, But a Preview of a great commercial software
Digitools: http://www.megaworks.co.uk
Tinkertool: http://www.bresink.de/osx/TinkerTool.html
DashSaver: http://highearthorbit.com/index.php/software
Synctunes: http://www.nesfield.co.uk/synctunes/index.html
AdiumX http://www.adiumx.com/

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Here’s the 17th episode of the Mac ReviewCast! Remember to send feedback and suggestions to surbits at gmail dot com, and also remember to check out the photo gallery of the items we review at my surfbits.smugmug.com account.

Robert from the macCompanion is able to join us today, he talks about his iMac crashing when he installed the security update earlier this week. And we talk about Lynda.com and the free one day passes we have to give away for those going to http://www.lynda.com/freepass/cs2 and signing up.

I also look at these great freeware products.
ClamXav Antivirus Software: http://clamxav.com
Paparazzi! http://www.derailer.org/paparazzi/
Kainjow.com http://www.kainjow.com/software/
Andreas Amann’s Freeware http://homepage.mac.com/jameshoward/dreamcatcher/
Solitare for the Mac http://www.danlabgames.com/index.php?rub=solitarusa
JunkMatcher http://junkmatcher.sourceforge.net/Home/index.html

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Here’s the 16th episode of the Mac ReviewCast! Remember to send feedback and suggestions to surbits at gmail dot com, and also remember to check out the photo gallery of the items we review at my surfbits.smugmug.com account.

Robert from the macCompanion is able to join us today, he talks about two books,
Beginning Programming OSX and

Rootkits. He also discusses the OSX on PC stories floating around the net. Robert also tells us about his latest Switcher Contest on his website.

I look at the new Mac Mighty Mouse along with discussions of emails I received and program updates from software we’ve looked at before on the Mac ReviewCast.

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Here’s the 15th episode of the Mac ReviewCast! Remember to send feedback and suggestions to surbits at gmail dot com, and also remember to check out the photo gallery of the items we review at my surfbits.smugmug.com account.

Robert from the macCompanion is not able to join us today, but he’ll be back next week!

The menubar apps we looked at in this podcast are listed below.

Raging Menace - MenuMeters http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters

Meteorologist - a weather program for Mac OS X http://heat-meteo.sourceforge.net

Rayner Software - Countdown clock http://www.raynersoftware.com/freeware

Rogue Amoeba - SoundSource http://www.rogueamoeba.com/freebies

Santa Software: Products - MainMenu OS X http://www.santasw.com/products.html

HimmelBar - http://softbend.free.fr/himmelbar/index.html

Ranchero Software: TigerLaunch 1.0.2 http://ranchero.com/tigerlaunch

Tumbsup and Xmenu: Devon Technologies. http://www.devon-technologies.com/products/freeware/applications.php

Lloyd’s Lounge: Gee! http://www.lloydslounge.org/gee

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Podcast Connect, Inc., administrative manager of TechPodCasts.comTechPodCasts.com, one of the top technical audio podcast resources worldwide, announced today the signing of a contract that brings GoDaddy.com onboard as an advertiser.

Spokesperson Todd Cochrane says, “This is a major advertiser alignment for
our members and the techpodcasts.com network. Having GoDaddy as an
advertiser provides our members to offer listeners specific, targeted
money-saving deals on products they are already buying.”

TechPodcasts.com, has built a branded technical-content network with members
working together, this has resulted in a unique marketing relationship where
Podcasters do the work and get paid, eliminating any middle man or non
podcaster from profiting.

TechPodcasts.com is a network of independent audio content producers who
have agreed to create child-safe, educational content and work collectively
to build the best collection of Technical Podcasts available on the
Internet. Each member has been screened by his peers for membership
suitability. Additionally, the network has an affiliation program that is
voluntary, and is tied to the commercial aspects of podcasting. All members
regardless of their status have an equal vote in the development of the
network.

Apple has finally released a mouse that has more then one button. The 360 degree scrolling mouse has the same look as the current mice with no split buttons on the top, the four buttons are all hidden and work with simple wrist movements. As with everything Apple designs, it’s unique, beautiful and very functional. The scroll ball lets you move in any direction with a touch of your finger.

Apple calls it the Mighty Mouse and it’s retailing for $49.00. You can learn more about it at Apple.com.