Here is the 53rd episode of The MacReviewCast. Remember to send feedback and suggestions to surfbits at gmail dot com, and also remember to vote for us at podcastalley.com. This is a special episode with the drawing for the prizes in our one year anniversary give-away!

Robert Pritchett from the macCompanion.com joins us. Here are the links you need to know.
MyMac.com (Tim Robertson) publisher@mymac.com
McGraw-Hill (Bettina Faltermeier)
PeachPit Press (Sara Todd)
O’Reilly (Betsy Waliszewski)
Site Point (Matt Mickiewicz.).
Adobe Software

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Here is the 52nd episode of The MacReviewCast. Remember to send feedback and suggestions to surfbits at gmail dot com, and also remember to vote for us at podcastalley.com. Listen to get in on our big 1 year anniversary give-away!

Here is the freeware and Shareware I look at during the podcast:
Trent Armstrong Reviewed Interarchy FTP From Stairways Software
Shadowkiller: http://www.unsanity.com/haxies/shadowkiller
Civil Netizen: http://www.civilnetizen.com
iWebsites: http://mistergregg.com/cocoadrillosoftware/iWebSites/iWebSites%20Home.html
MultiAlarm: http://semaja2.net/
Wimp: http://www.greenkeepersoftware.com/wimp/en/index.html
Fish: http://oriol.mine.nu/software/fish/
Time Out!: http://www.dejal.com/timeout
More Internet: http://www.monkeyfood.com/software/moreInternet
iPhoto Batch Enhancer: http://www.feroxsoft.de/ibe/index_en.html
Namely: http://amarsagoo.info/namely/index.shtml

Robert Pritchett from the macCompanion.com joins us. Here is what we discussed.
MyMac.com (Tim Robertson) publisher@mymac.com
McGraw-Hill (Bettina Faltermeier)
PeachPit Press (Sara Todd)
O’Reilly (Betsy Waliszewski)
Site Point (Matt Mickiewicz.).
MacPro Video.com http://www.macprovideo.com/
Listen to Robert to hear what the prizes will be and how to enter into the 1 year anniversary contest.

Jeff Powell joins us today. Here is what he looked at..
Google SketchUp - released for Windows - Mac version forthcoming
WouldjaDraw

iSquint - iSquint is an iPod video conversion app for Mac OS X.
It’s many times faster than QuickTime Pro, works with almost all popular video formats, and it’s infinitely free-er. It’s also really easy. Just drag in your file, and click Start.
You can also choose “TV” or “iPod” size, set your quality, or even go all-out by playing in the Advanced drawer.
Projector Keyboard

Deep Freeze Mac 2.03 - Software restores Mac to clean state after restart

Mac/Windows website

CSS Enabled Signature Files in Mail.app

Virtue - Virtual desktops - (Desktop Manager)

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Here is the 51st episode of The MacReviewCast. Remember to send feedback and suggestions to surfbits at gmail dot com, and also remember to vote for us at podcastalley.com. Listen to get in on our big 1 year anniversary give-away!

Here is the freeware and Shareware I look at during the podcast:
Trent Armstrong Reviewed Voodoopad Lite
Emulators by Richard Bannister: http://www.bannister.org
Snail Mail: http://nixanz.com/products/snailmail/
Journler: http://journler.phildow.net
PocketMac for Blackberry: http://www.pocketmac.net/products/pmblackberry/index.html
Earthview:http://earthview.ione.ch/index.html
Cuppa: http://www.nathanatos.com/software
Reel Bean: http://js8media.com/reelbean
Gimp: http://gimp-app.sourceforge.net
BackityMac: http://www.whimsplucky.com/whimsplucky/Software/FCE42CDC-64CD-4A4D-93BD-F5999A31046F.html

Robert Pritchett from the macCompanion.com could not join us. Here is what he wanted to discuss.
MyMac.com (Tim Robertson) publisher@mymac.com
McGraw-Hill (Bettina Faltermeier)
PeachPit Press (Sara Todd)
O’Reilly (Betsy Waliszewski)
Site Point (Matt Mickiewicz.).
Listen to Robert to hear what the prizes will be and how to enter into the 1 year anniversary contest.

Jeff Powell joins us today. Here is what he looked at..
Simple secure encryption and backup
Knox for Mac - releases version 1.07

Monitor your broadband traffic with SurplusMeter - Surplus Meter from SkoobySoft.

FolderBrander from the folks at YellowMug software

New software on the horizon - Proxi reaches version .2 from Griffin Technology

A tour of Microsoft’s Mac labs

Daring Fireball goes full time - reminded me of one their most famous columes entitled Broken Windows

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Here is the 50th episode of The MacReviewCast. Remember to send feedback and suggestions to surfbits at gmail dot com, and also remember to vote for us at podcastalley.com. Listen to get in on our big 1 year anniversary give-away!

Here is the freeware and Shareware I look at during the podcast:
Trent Armstrong Reviewed Taco HTML Editor: http://www.tacosw.com
AbiWord: http://www.abiword.com
SeaMonkey: http://www.mozilla.org
Quinn: http://www.stud.tu-ilmenau.de/~siha-in/quinn.html
DVFileDateCM: http://www.trixsoftware.com/DVFileDateCM.html
Speak To Me: http://iumnevermind.spymac.com
ClipEdit: http://www.everydaysoftware.net/clipedit/index.html
Picture Switcher: http://homepage.mac.com/darkshadow02/apps.htm#picswitch
Whatsize: http://www.id-design.com/software/whatsize/index.php
Portable Adium: http://www.freesmug.org/portableapps/adium

Robert Pritchett from the macCompanion.com joins us. Here is what we discuss.
MyMac.com (Tim Robertson) publisher@mymac.com
McGraw-Hill (Bettina Faltermeier)
PeachPit Press (Sara Todd)
O’Reilly (Betsy Waliszewski)
Parallels: http://www.parallels.com/en/download/
Apple Bidding on Contracts for Windows: http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/001852.html
Boot Camp will move Mac users to Windows?:
Ahead of the Curve: Tom Yager
Media Center Mac Project: Chris Hamady
Listen to Robert to hear what the prizes will be and how to enter into the 1 year anniversary contest.

Jeff Powell can not join us today.

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Here is the 49th episode of The MacReviewCast. Remember to send feedback and suggestions to surfbits 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 is the freeware and Shareware I look at during the podcast:
Parallels: http://www.parallels.com/en/products/workstation/mac
Boot Camp: http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp
DashSaver: http://highearthorbit.com/software/dashsaver
Virtue: http://virtuedesktops.sourceforge.net
Pinki: http://www.mkd.cc/pinki
Pic-a-POD: http://www.troz.net/Pic-a-POD
Easy DMG: http://www.blackbirdblog.it/progetti/easy-dmg
PDFLab: http://www.iconus.ch/fabien/pdflab/#intro
Merlin, the Project Wizard (Trent Armstrong): target="_blank">www.projectwizards.net/en/merlin
Allison Sheridan: Review of Parallels Workstation: NosillaCast http://podfeet.com

Robert Pritchett from the macCompanion.com joins us. Here is what we discuss.
Gearlog: http://gearlog.com/blogs/gearlog/archive/2006/03/28/8751.aspx
Xen: http://www.xensource.com
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC_DuAUTHWI
Boot Camp Loader Video: http://features.uneasysilence.com/mactel/
MacDrive 6: http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive6
Darwine: http://darwine.opendarwin.org/index.php
Apple Store (Business Agent): http://store.apple.com/AppleStore/WebObjects/BizAgent?qprm=126559
Macs are PC’s: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1947345,00.asp

Jeff Powell joins us today, here is what he talks about.
MyOldMac: http://www.myoldmac.net

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Here is the 48th 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 is the freeware and Shareware I look at during the podcast:
MacRoundTable: http://www.macroundtable.com
YummyFTP: http://www.yummysoftware.com
BackityMac: http://www.whimsplucky.com
Alarm Clock 2: http://www.robbiehanson.com/alarmclock/index.html
Countdown: http://www.fromconcentratesoftware.com/Countdown
MoofMenu: http://www.lobotomo.com/products/MoofMenu/index.html
HimmelBar: http://softbend.free.fr/himmelbar/index.html
Shelfmenu: http://www.cemacsoft.com/products/shelfmenu/shelfmenu.html
ClipmasterCM: http://www.abracode.com/ClipMasterCM
Meteo: http://heat-meteo.sourceforge.net
SoundMenu: http://www.aspirine.li/public/softwareup.php?ID=1
Menumeters: http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters
Mainmenu: http://www.santasw.com/products.html
Service Scrubber: http://www.petermaurer.de/nasi.php?section=servicescrubber
Screen Saver Menu: http://www.apexsoftware.ca/products/ssm

Robert Pritchett from the macCompanion.com joins us. Here is what we discuss.
The Gulf Coast: What is still needed? What can be done. Who needs help?
http://www.katrinahelp.info/wiki/main.html
http://www.katrinaemployers.com/
http://www.indeed.com
http://www.providentliving.org/channel/0,11677,1703-1,00.html
http://gulfstormsldsjobs.com/
The April issue of the maccompanion is out! Go get your issue now.
http://www.applemacpunk.com/forums/index.php
http://www.musingsfrommars.org

Jeff Powell joins us today, here is what he talks about.
My memories of 30 years with Apple:
My Early Apple Experiences,
Lawns / Snow / Leaves - you will be mine!
Modem / BBSs

1981 IBM PC vs Apple IIe,
Print Shop Pro,
Logo Programming Language

1984 Original Macintosh,
Desktop Publishing,
Power into everday persons hands vs what you could do with a PC

1987 Hypercard

1993 Newton MessagePad

1990s - NeXT Innovations

1995 - Windows 95 = Apple 84

1999 Cube Released

2000 Jobs comes back

2001 - Watching the birth of the iPod and knowing what this means

2001 - OSX Jaguar

2003 - iTunes music store opens

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