Opera 11 for OS X Hits the Street

Opera just released Opera 11 for Mac OSX, the newest competitor in the browser wars.  I have to admit that I was never really an Opera user, but that may be changing with this version.  It's loaded with lots of new features and is extremely user friendly.  The new features include tab stacking, extensions, a safer address field, a mail panel and visual mouse gestures.  My use with 11 is limited because I just got it, but I do find it more appealing than Google's Chrome.

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.