MacTexan Podcast #20 Show Notes

News

• A Federal Office to Guide Online Privacy Is Urged - NYTimes.com
• Net Neutrality Rules Are Imminent From the F.C.C. - NYTimes.com
• Apple owns 66% of online music market, Amazon second at 13% - ARS
• Sales of New Apple TV to Hit One Million Units This Week - Mac Rumors
• Apple TV doubles Roku sales - TUAW
• WikiLeaks App removed from Apple Store - THINQ.co.uk
• Apple Killing Mac Download Listing, Moving to App Store - Mac Rumors

How-To 

• Use New AirPlay Enabled Apps to Send Video to or from ANY Mac 

Software Pick

• Word Lens translates text with your iPhone camera

MacTexan Podcast #19 Show Notes

News

·      Apple Reportedly Bidding to Purchase Nortel Patent Assets - Mac Rumors
·      Apple and Google Tell the DOD “NO SECURITY API FOR YOU!” - Network World
·      iPhone jailbreaker set to bring Cydia to Mac OS X – ArsTechnica
·      Gawker hack analysis reveals incredibly weak passwords – Macworld

How-To

·      Password “Best Practices”

Software Picks

MacUpdate December 2010 Bundle - $500+ of Great Mac Apps for $49.99

The Indie Mac Gift Pack $270 worth of top shelf titles for 60 bucks!

This show sponsored by Kelley Data.

Another Great Software Bundle

You can really tell Christmas is near.  In less than a week, a second great software bundle has surfaced and I think this one is at least as good as (if not better than) the one at MacUpdate.  This one is offered by a co-op of great independent Mac developers.  Here's what's in the bundle:

Delicious Library , Acorn 2, MarsEdit 3, Radioshift, SousChef and Sound Studio 4.

Of these six titles, I use three: Delicious Library for home inventory, SousChef for helping in the kitchen and my favorite, Acorn, for drawing and editing images.  I highly recommend...

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MacUpdate Bundles Another Winner

The folks at MacUpdate have done it again.  By way of volume, they've managed to provide 12 Mac applications at a 90% discount.  Here's the list: (I own and use the ones in bold.)

1Password, MacFamilyTree, DEVONthink, Flux, Default Folder X, Art Text, Swift Publisher, Chronories, Interarchy, Typinator and for the first 10,000 buyers: StarWars Jedi Knight II and Mail Stationery.

Added together the MSRPs total $534, but the folks at MacUpdate are selling the lot for 49 bucks!  I've made no secret of how much I love these bundle deals.  Even though I already own half of these titles, I'm thinking of buying this bundle just to get Flux ($109 retail), a touted CSS + XHTML editor.  If you could use two or more titles in this list, you'd be silly to pass this up.  The deal ends Christmas Eve, so you still have a few days to decide.

MacTexan Podcast #18 Show Notes

News

• The Beatles sell 2 million songs, 450,000 albums in one week | The Loop
• Apple I sells for $210,000 at Cristi's in London | TUAW
• Iceland Express hooks you up with an iPad for your flight | 9 to 5 Mac
• Chinese Report Outlines Five New Hardware Features for iPad 2 | Mac|Life
• MacBook orders hit one million each month | 9 to 5 Mac
• Consumers vote Mac for laptop buying plans - Computerworld
• U.S. Shuts Down Web Sites in Piracy Crackdown | NY Times
• Apple’s Arsenal of Patent Attorneys Prepares for Battle | Mac|Life
• Research Firms Trim PC Sales Forecasts in Face of iPad Strength | Mac Rumors 

How To

Activate Mac AirPrint Printer Sharing with AirPrint Hactivator

Software Pick

Amazon.com Windowshop