Here’s the 43rd episode of The MacReviewCast. Remember to send feedback and suggestions to surbits at gmail dot com, and also remember to vote for us at podcastalley.com. SurfBits.com is looking for a Mac blogger to help out. Send an email to surfbits at gmail dot com.

Here’s the freeware and Shareware I look at during the podcast:
Sound Recorder 1.1: www.monkeybreadsoftware.de
ClamXAV Antivirus: www.clamxav.com
Paranoid Android: http://www.unsanity.com/haxies/pa
Pastor: http://www.mehlau.net/pastor/
Espionage: http://www.mindquirk.com/apps/espionage/index.htm
MacProgramGuide: http://www.coolmacsoftware.com/mpgmain.html
Gawker: http://gawker.sourceforge.net/Infomation.html
Smallimage2: http://www.iconus.ch/fabien/smallimage2/
Backdrop: http://www.johnhaney.com/backdrop

Robert Pritchett from the macCompanion.com joins us. Here is what we discuss.
Schadenfreude: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenfreude
Security Now: http://grc.com/securitynow.htm
Miglia: http://www.miglia.com
Got HD?: http://www.checkhd.com
ATSC: http://www.atsc.org
Elgato TV: http://www.elgato.com/index.php?file=support_tips
Mac Pilot 2.0.3: http://www.koingosw.com/
Transparent Language: http://www.transparent.com/index.htm
Cepstral : http://www.cepstral.com

Jeff Powell joins us today, here is what he talks about.
SpamSieve by Michael Tsai that’s proven itself to be about the most useful program available for almost every e-mail client that runs on Mac OS X. Compatible with Apple’s Email, Emailer, Eudora, GyazMail, Mailsmith, Outlook Express and PowerMail, the program is geared towards as wide a user base as possible.
iSale - Upgraded to Version 3.04, Universal Binary
Boinx Software announced the immediate availability of Mouseposé 1.3 on Friday.
Big Apple event - February 28th
Apple Computer confirmed on Tuesday that it plans to introduce some “fun new products” next week, but declined to say more about what those products might be.

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Here’s the 42nd episode of The MacReviewCast. Remember to send feedback and suggestions to surbits at gmail dot com, and also remember to vote for us at podcastalley.com. SurfBits.com is looking for a Mac blogger to help out. Send an email to surfbits at gmail dot com.

Here’s the freeware and Shareware I look at during the podcast:
ARS Forums: ARStechnica.com
MacMentor Forums: MacMentor.org
SoundSource: www.rogueamoeba.com
Sound Menu: http://www.aspirine.li/public/softwareup.php?ID=1
SizzlingKeys: http://yellowmug.com/sk4it/
1001: http://1001.kung-foo.tv/
No Gravity: http://www.realtech-vr.com/nogravity
Alarm Clock: http://www.robbiehanson.com/alarmclock/index.html

Robert Pritchett from the macCompanion.com joins us. Here is what we discuss.
One of my favorites is http://www.macsurfer.com
Mac OS X is only licensed to run on Macs.
Leap-A Oompa-Loompa Trojan
Bluetooth Java-based worm named “Inktana”
Mark Allan’s donationware clamXav
8 rules that help tighten up Mac OS X from possible malware attempts
Alan Oppenheimer’s Doorstop X Security Suite
Internet Security For Your Mac
Castle OS X is Stormed
Mac Safety & Security pre-podcast era videos
Security activities that are just plain silly
Addison-Wesley Software Security Series

Jeff Powell joins us today, here is what he talks about.
Thanks for the kind words - Mark Hunter (Tartan Podcast.com) - Welcome!
Enigmo 2 Released (apple trailer, Demo)
Mac OSX Virus Emerges - Watch the Media Go Wild!! ( Example 1, Example 2 )
Apple’s ode to hackers: Developers embed poetic warning deep in OS X software”

The embedded poem reads: “Your karma check for today: There once was a user that whined/his existing OS was so blind/he’d do better to pirate/an OS that ran great/but found his hardware declined./Please don’t steal Mac OS!/Really, that’s way uncool./(C) Apple Computer, Inc.”
Some of Apple’s Brightest Creatives - online Mac comics
Joy of Tech

Apple Geeks

Cortland

Mac Boy

User Friendly

Mac Roundtable

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Here’s the 41st episode of The MacReviewCast. Remember to send feedback and suggestions to surbits at gmail dot com, and also remember to vote for us at podcastalley.com. SurfBits.com is looking for a Mac blogger to help out. Send an email to surfbits at gmail dot com.

Here’s the freeware and Shareware I look at during the podcast:
Esperance DV: http://www.mparrot.net/index.php?page=freewares&lang=en
Snail Mail: http://nixanz.com/products/snailmail/README.html
TrailRunner: http://www.trailrunnerx.com/english.html
SyncTunes: http://www.nesfield.co.uk/synctunes/index.html
ViJournal Lite: http://freespace.virgin.net/jeremy.dronfield/skoobysoft/vijournal/lite.html
OKFont: http://www.supercustomized.com/
VodCaster: http://www.twocanoes.com/vodcaster/
NMS: http://slicedapple.ath.cx/nmsutility.html

Robert Pritchett from the macCompanion.com joins us. Here is what we discuss.
http://windowsxp.onmac.net/The%20Contest.html
http://sourceforge.net/projects/elilo
http://nak.journalspace.com/?m=1&d=18&y=2006
http://www.macnotables.com/
http://www.winehq.com/
http://www.sobell.com
http://www.faronics.com

Jeff Powell joins us today, here is what he talks about.
Feral Interactive - The Movies
Paul Otellini - Head of Intel, New MacBookPro
Henreico County - Continues to Use Macs - 12,675 iBook laptops at a cost of $1,246 each
Harrison Ford - movie: Firewall - $100 million
iTunes Backup: http://freshmeat.net/projects/itms-backup/

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The Mac Roundtable is about to be a permanent podcast. It will have it’s own website, www.macroundtable.com, and it’s own RSS feed.

Visit Adam, Steve, Joseph and myself at the Mac Roundtable every other week. Thank you!

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Here’s the 40th episode of The MacReviewCast. Remember to send feedback and suggestions to surbits at gmail dot com, and also remember to vote for us at podcastalley.com. SurfBits.com is looking for a Mac blogger to help out. Send an email to surfbits at gmail dot com.

Robert Pritchett from the macCompanion.com joins us. Here is what we discuss.
The Feb. issue of the macCompanion online magazine. He tells us about all the reviews and articles from all the great authors.

Here’s the freeware and Shareware I look at during the podcast:
Menuet 1.0.1: www.menuetapp.com
Transmit 3.5: www.panic.com
Newer Tech Cleaning Polish: www.macsales.com
Cashbox: http://wbyoung.ambitiouslemon.com/cashbox/
iBackup: http://www.grapefruit.ch/iBackup
Monolingual: http://monolingual.sourceforge.net
NeoOffice: http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/en/index.php
Seamonkey: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/
ScummVM: http://www.scummvm.org/
CoconutWiFi: http://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutwifi/index.html

Jeff Powell cannot join us today, he’ll be back next week.

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