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Apple takes down the apps from Mac OS X Download page

Kreaty Ferguson — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 03:54:44 +0000

Apple has already exposed to the software developers that they are going to shut down their Downloads page for Mac OS X on coming 6th January on the day of the Mac App Store launch because the whole thing focuses on the Mac App Store dealing with “the best destination” for Mac OS X apps. The Mac maker, Cupertino, Calif announced that the last week when the Mac App Store would launch their debut in 90 countries. Chief Executive Steve Jobs basically unveiled this store at the October media event called “Back to the Mac”, which is very much promising and the store would be open within 90 days.

Apple Mac OS X

Apple revealed the plans to remove downloadable apps from the organization’s Mac OS X Downloads site in an email to their concerned developers, instead of redirecting users to the Mac App Store. For some years, Mac OS X Downloads site of Apple has already served as a repository for Mac OS X apps though this website promotes the number of third-party applications all together. Apple also uses this page to quality several of its own Mac OS X applications like iTunes, Safari and even for iWork. In this November, Apple Insider absolutely reported that the Mac App Store will basically launch in January 2011 and this would include the release of iWork’11 of Apple productivity suite.

Mac OS X applications

Like the other App Store for the iOS devices, Apple developers will be given a 70 percent share of sales through the Mac App Store. Apple will keep 30 percent of the share. Unlike iOS, Mac App Store will not really much strict they are leaving developers; they are open to offer their apps through several other avenues. Developers are considerably encouraged to go for their own company websites for the sample of demos and also the trial versions, or betas of those apps or their software. However the Mac App Store would only invite entirely functional and retail versions of apps.

Apple Store

Apple is efficiently casting the ‘all-in’ bet on their Mac App Store taking down the Mac OS X Downloads section of its site. Apple’s recent email to developers creates a combined front by conveying the word to the people that the Mac App Store will be shifting to place for Mac OS X downloads. The confirmation of Mac App Store support has been established in developer builds of Mac OS X 10.6.6. The store will be accessible to Mac OS X Snow Leopard users through the free version download through Software Update.

Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended Review

Admin — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:08:50 +0000

Definitive isn’t a word that should be thrown around lightly. Many people like to use it, but there are very few instances where it is truly applicable.

However, in rare cases, ‘definitive” is the only true way to describe something. And as far as Adobe’s Photoshop CS5 Extended is concerned, it really is the only word one could use.

Requirements To Run Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended:

1GB RAM
1GB HDD
1024×768 display
Pentium 4 / Athlon 64
Win XP / Vista / 7

There are many photo-manipulation software packages out there, but Photoshop has set trends more often than not, setting it firmly as an industry leader. In fact, the name ‘Photoshop’ has become a euphemism for photomanipulation, much like the name “Google” has become one for internet searching, and “Hoover” became one for vacuum cleaners. That’s a pretty impressive achievement, when all is said and done, because Photoshop has some pretty tough competition out there.

For those that somehow haven’t come across this software, or don’t know much about it, Photoshop is a bitmap based graphics program. That means that while it might not be good for vector graphics, like the legendary Freehand or CorelDRAW, Photoshop is designed for working with photographic and photographic-style images. And what a brilliant job it does.

Photoshop CS5 Extended was released fairly recently, and brings a number of new ideas with it. These are mainly tweaks and alterations to tools, layout and the like. One of the biggest additions is the inclusion of a new Camera RAW system, which previously always had to be taken care of by a separate plug-in. This tool is invaluable to photographers who want to draw the most from their pictures using the RAW format, which can now be directly imported in Photoshop. While not all cameras are supported yet, the list is quite extensive, and takes all the bigger and more popular brands into account.

Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended

The overall look of the program is very clean, compared to previous version. Adobe have opted to adjust the image of the whole CS5 suite (which we will review, bit by bit, over the next few months) towards a cleaner, more scientific appearance – with even program icons resembling elements on the periodic table, rather than the more arty ones they had before. But this new look and image shouldn’t fool anyone into thinking that CS5 is not a fantastic collection of programs to unleash the user’s creativity. And that can particularly be said for Photoshop.

With Photoshop virtually anything is possible – at least in terms of pictures. This programme really can make pigs fly, provided the user has the correct images to combine, a good knowledge of the program’s workings, and a healthy imagination.

A good knowledge of Photoshop is essential. Purely using the program to tweak colours and brightness and contrast in photographs is a waste – there is Photoshop Elements for that, after all, and it is much cheaper than the very dearly priced CS5 package. Going into that knowledge in-depth is far too complex for this review (although we will be running photo-manipulation tutorials as part of our Photography section from next month, and will be giving a lot of attention to this product specifically).

Suffice to say, for the meantime, that Photoshop will offer power-users, in photographic terms, everything they need, and various ways to achieve absolutely excellent results.

In the digital age, Photoshop has become the dark-room for photographers, the studio for artists and a playground for the visually imaginative. If visuals are your thing, you cannot be without this program.

wReplace-Replace Many Text Phrases Together At Once

Admin — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 12:38:01 +0000

wReplace is a free software that allows you to replace multiple phrases in a document. WReplace was published on the 28th June 2008. With wReplace, you no longer have to replace the phrase one by one. You can replace the phrase with foreign characters such as Japanese, Chinese and etc. There is no limit as to how many phrases you can replace in the software. You can add as many phrase as you want to replace.

To use WReplace, you simply paste the text in the text editor of the software. After that, you should select Replace Many from the Edit drop down menu. To add a phrase, you should click on the Add button. When the wReplace dialog box appears, enter the search and replace term in the appropriate field. If you check the case sensitive checkbox, WReplace will treat the terms with case sensitive criteria. If you check the whole words only, it will only replace words that match exactly with the search term. When you are done, you should click on the OK button.

wReplace-Replace Many Text Phrases Together At Once

WReplace has an easy to use interface. It can find and replace all the text within a few seconds. You can export and iporta the replacement table. It supports national characters. You can use WReplace aof many types of projects. You can change the original characters into other types of characters. It is great for making pages that define the META tag content code. It can be used to convert a non Roman alphabet into Roman alphabet. WReplace is suitable for carrying out transliteration. Users can convert non Cyrillic alphabet to Cyrillic alphabet with WRpelace. In addition, you can use WReplace for phonetics transcription.

WReplace is the ideal tool for converting national characters to ASCII characters. Most character replacement programs do not have the abilities to display non ASCII characters. Film with foreign substitles often encounters problems in displaying non ASCII characters. By using WReplace, you will be able to remove diacritics and substitute it with ASCII characters. For example the diacritic character Ě will be transform to E while the diacritic character Ą will change to A. You can only import text files into WReplace. WReplace does not support Microsoft Word document.

WReplace is a handy software for people who want translate word document that contain characters from different language such as Unicode and Cyrilic. One of the advantage of WReplace is that it will automatically keep a record of the replaced strings. It is very convenient to use WReplace to find and replace the word compare with using a text editor.

WReplace can run on multiple Windows platform including Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. WReplace is a freeware that is licensed under the General Public License. You can use WReplace for personal or commercial use.

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Moblyng Slideshow-Create A Slideshow From Your Own Music and Photos

Admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:29:33 +0000

Moblyng Slideshow is a free web based slideshow maker. It allows you to upload your own photos and music to create a slideshow. To use Moblyng, you must have an account with them. It only takes a few minutes to register with Moblyng.

Users can customize the slide shows in several ways including themes, styles, skins, and backgrounds. Moblyng Slideshow offers a number of themes including basic, photo stack, sepia, color film, billboard, B&W Film, heart and star. Moblyng Slideshhow offers a number of styles including Bling, Balloon, Butterflies and etc. The available backgrounds images you can choose from include USA, birthday, flowers, and space.

Under Add Photos From, you can upload images to use in the slideshow from your computer. Alternatively, you can also upload images from Moblyng Photos, URL, MySpace, Friendster, Flickr, and Facebook. After you have uploaded the image, you will notice it is previwed on top of the page. Its thumbnail will appear at the bottom of the page. You can add as many photos as you want to the slideshow. To add music to the slideshow, you can click on the Change Music button.

Under Customize Slide Show, you will find a range of options you can configure. Under Friendship, you can set the permission to allow your friends to copy and edit the slideshow. If you enable it, your friends will be able to edit the slide show including photos and music.

Under Caption, you can choose whether or not to display the caption. If you choose Show Captions, the caption will be displayed along with your slideshow. If you choose Don’t Show Captions, the slideshow will be without caption.

Moblyng Slideshow-Create A Slideshow From Your Own Music and Photos

Under Speed, you can set the speed of the slideshow. There are four speed options you can choose from including synchronized, slow, medium and fast. The default speed is synchronized.

Under Privacy, you can determine whether the public will be able to view your slideshow. If you select the Private option, the slideshow can only be viewed by you and your friends. If you select the Public option, everyone will be able to view your slideshow on Moblyng.

Under Title, you can give the slideshow a title, descriptions and tags. When tagging the slideshow, make sure you use easy to find keyword so that visitors will be able to find the slideshow easily.

Under Audio, you can choose to start the slideshow with or without music. If you choose Start with Music, the slideshow will start with music provided that you added a track from the music selection. If you choose Start Mute, the slideshow will start without music.

After you have finished creating your slideshow, you can click on the Save button and get the code. To show the slideshow on your website, you should paste the code in the place where you want the slideshow to appear.

Martview-Free eBook Reader

Admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:13:33 +0000

Martview is a free PDF reader for reading magazine. It has a clean sleek layout. The images of the ebook presented in Martview are clean and sharp. It offers many interactive features such as flip, slide, scroll and pinch. The horizontal and vertical slider allows you to view the pages with ease. To zoom in and out, you can use the Combo click button. Users can control the page through the mouse and scroller.

Martview is optimized to work with touchscreen. In flipping mode, you can turn the page as if you are turning the page of a real book. It creates a new interactive experience for electronic reading. To turn a page, you simply put your finger on the page and move it to the left or right. The page will flip by itself as you drag your finger across the screen. While flipping the page, you will also see the content on the backside of the page being revealed. You can turn the pages rapidly and Martview will not get jammed.

You can view the pages of the ebook in thumbnails. By viewing in thumbnail mode, you will be able to find the page you are looking for. The thumbnails will show the page number.

Martview-Free eBook Reader

Martview offers thousands of ebooks which you can download for free. To download ebooks, you can click on the Download Ebooks button. Martview offers free ebooks in a large range of categories including architetcture, art, boating, business, cars, comics, computers, design and etc. The books downloaded through Martview software are in MART format.

In the Ebook Download page, you will be able to find out the file size and total pages. To enlarge the book cover, you should click on the magnifying glass on top of the book cover. If you want to find Ebook to view in Martview, you can click on the Search E-Book From Web button. The ebooks listed in A – Z order. You can find out the ebook that is downloaded for the most time by clicking on the Popular Download button.

To download an ebook, you should click on the green Download button. If you want to pause the download, you must select the ebook in the download dialog box and click on the Pause button. When you want to resume you download, you simply click on the Resume button and the download will continue. To cancel a download, you should click on the Cancel button.

If you want to view your own ebook, you can upload it. To upload an ebook, click on the Upload Ebook button. It takes some time to upload the ebook on Martview. After the ebook is uploaded, you can view it in the Martview software.

Download It: Martview-Free eBook Reader

Kizoa Slideshow Maker Review

Admin — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 04:08:12 +0000

Kizoa is a free web based slideshow maker that allows you to create slide show. To use Kizoa, you need to create an account. The account setup process is fast and straightforward. After you have created your account, you will be redirected to the slideshow creator page.

To upload an image, you can click the Select photos on your computer button at the bottom. Alternatively, you can press the Ctrl + Q on the keyboard. After the photo is uploaded, you will be given options to edit or add another photo. Users can customize the background of the photo with different types of frames. Kizoa offers a large range of frames styles including Spring, Daisies, Garden Flowers, Nature of May, Primrose, Blue Skies, Clouds, Rainbow, Butterfly, Crafts, Scrapbook, Polka Dots, Hearts, Fireworks, New Year, Ribbons, Sleigh and Holidays.

To create a slideshow, you must switch to the Slideshow Maker tab. In the album section, you will see the photos that you uploaded just now. To include the image in the slideshow, you must drag the photo to the film which says Drag your photo here. By default, there are only 3 slots for including the slideshow image. If you want to add more photos to the slideshow, you can click on the plus button. After finished creating the slideshow, you can click on the Play Slideshow button to see whether you are satisfied with it. If you are satisfied with the slideshow, you can click on the Save button to get the code to paste into your website or blog.

Kizoa Slideshow Maker

Kizoa offers a number of basic editing options including rotate, crop, brighten, darken, contrast, warm and cool. You can also change the color theme of the photos you have uploaded including tone mapping, black and white, photocopy, colorization, cyantype, negative and sepia.

Under the Slideshow parameters, users can determine the image display time, transition speed and background color. Under the Music tab, you can add music to your slideshow. There are many ready music you can choose from including ambient, classical music, folk, Latin and etc. If you want to use your own music, you can upload the song track from your computer.

After you have created the slideshow, you can insert it in a blog. You can burn the slideshow you have created to a DVD through Kizoa. Users can store and organize the photos in one place. You can also choose to share your slideshow with your friends or families by emailing them or adding them to your blog. In addition, users can add transitions and flash animation to their slideshow. You can tag the slideshows with keywords so that you can easily find them. Your finished slideshows will be available under the My Slideshows tab.

Try Kizoa Here: Kizoa Slideshow Maker

Simpo PDF to Word Convert Software Review-Convert PDF to Word

Admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 03:35:51 +0000

Convert PDF to Word is a free pdf converter software that has the ability to convert a large batch of PDF documents to Microsoft Word files. Convert PDF to Word is created by Simpo. This freeware is also known as Simpo PDF to Word.

It offers an easy to use interface. In order to convert the PDF to word documents, you simply select the blue Add PDF (s) button and click on the Convert button. Since it offers batch PDF file conversion, you can use your mouse cursor to select multiple files and click on the Open button. Once you click on the Open button, the PDF files which you selected will be reflected in the software.

The information of the PDF document will be shown in the Convert PDF to Word software. Some of the PDF document information that is displayed including file name, size, total page and selected pages. Users can select which PDF document to convert into the word or text file by checking the box beside it. To remove a PDF document, you must check the box beside it and click on the Remove button. You can convert the PDF into two formats including Microsoft Word format (.doc) and Text (.txt) format. In the Output field, you must type in the path can where the converted files will be saved. Clicking the Open button will open the windows explorer for the specified path. After the PDF document is converted, you will see the converted file name displayed under Status in the Convert PDF to Word software. If you click on the file name under Status, the text file of the converted PDF document will automatically open.

Simpo PDF to Word Converter

The Convert PDF to Word software is able to preserve the original format of the PDF document including layout, text and pictures. The layout in the Word document will resemble the original PDF document. It is a standalone application. You don’t have to install it as an add on in a software such as Microsoft Office Word, or Adobe Acrobat Reader to run the program. You simply need to install the Convert PDF to Word software on your computer. The text conversion will extract the text in the PDF document and save it as a text file.

Convert PDF to Word software has a fast conversion speed. It is able to convert the files within a few seconds. Even if you add a large batch of PDF documents, it can convert them into word document in a few seconds. When you add an encrypted PDF document, it will show a tooltip.

Convert PDF to Word software is suitable for people who have a large batch of files to convert. It will save you a lot of time. In addition, the output of the Microsoft Word files is high in quality.

Convert PDF to Word software is available as a 14 days trial. It supports Windows operating system including Windows Vista, Windows XP and Windows 2000. Convert PDF to Word software supports five languages including English, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese.

Download Link: Simpo PDF to Word

Duplicate Cleaner Software Review-Find And Delete Duplicate Files

Admin — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 04:00:26 +0000

Duplicate Cleaner is a freeware that can find and delete duplicate files in your computer. It can find and delete all kinds of files including MP3, images, word documents and etc. It is able to scan a wide range of music formats including MP3, WMA, M4A, M4P, OGG, APP, and FLAC.

Duplicate Cleaner allows you to set the search criteria for the duplicate files. There are two types of criteria filters including file filter and audio search. To set the criteria for a file search, you must select the File Filter option. The file filter can be set to find files that have same content, file name, size, date, minimum file size, maximum file size and etc. If you want to find duplicate audio files, you can select the Audio Search. The audio filter can find duplicate audio files by searching in the tags for the same artists, title, and album.

Duplicate Cleaner - Main Screen

To find and delete duplicate files, you must first determine the search path where you want the search to be performed. After selecting a path, you should click on the blue arrow button. To start the search, you can click on the Go button. It takes some time for the software to scan the folders in the directory. The more folders in the directory, the longer the time it takes to finish the scanning process. Typically, it takes about 3 – 5 minutes to finish scanning the folders.

Duplicate Cleaner-Results Screen

After it had scanned the folders, you will see a list of list of duplicate files under the Duplicate Files section. The Duplicate Files section reveal detailed information about the duplicate files including file name, path, size, modified, file type, MD5, group, artist and title. It will inform you the number of duplicate files on your computer, the number of files scanned and the file sizes. To delete a file, you should check the box beside it and click on the Remove Selected button.

Duplicate Cleaner-Selection Assistant

If the duplicate file is an image, you can select it and click on the Image Preview button to preview it. The selection assistant allows you to select the files according to certain criteria such as modified date, file size and group. For example, if you choose the Select oldest files in each group, the oldest files will be automatically selected in the Duplicate Files section. Under Select for deletion by File Size, you can choose to either select the smallest files or select the largest files in each group. Under Select for deletion by group, you have two options including select one file in each group or select all files. Through the Selection Assistance, you can specify a path and preserve its files from being deleted. The Selection Assistance makes it easier for you to select and delete duplicate files.

Duplicate Cleaner-Delete Window

Duplicate Cleaner allows you to delete or move duplicate files so that you have more free space. Duplicate Cleaner is compatible with Windows operating system including Windows 2000, Windows Xp, Windows Vista and Windows 7. It supports multiple languages including English, Chinese, Spanish, French, Dutch, Netherlands, Italian and Portuguese.

Download Link: Duplicate Cleaner

PowerPoint Presentation Tool – 280 Slides Review

Admin — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:47:26 +0000

280 Slides is an online tool that allows you to create your own PowerPoint presentations without having to use PowerPoint itself. Access to the site’s resources is free.

You do not have to download anything, because this presentation software works right from your browser.

In case you are not sure how your presentation should look like, you can make use of 280 Slides’ library of themes. Another option is to transfer PowerPoint files from your computer to the site’s server, so you can use your own previous works as templates for the new presentation you want to develop.

Once you have loaded one of 280 Slides’ built-in templates or imported your .ppt files, you can enhance your new creation by adding videos and images to it. For this purpose, the Web app offers you the ability to search for appropriate files on sites like YouTube and Flickr. Just select the ones you need and add them to your new presentation.

280 Slides-PowerPoint Presentation Tool

Thanks to 280 Slides’ autosave feature, you can rest assured that you will not lose your files. The site will save your work automatically. If something goes wrong, you will be able to restore and view the latest version of your presentation later on.

After finishing your presentation, you are left with two basic alternatives. One of them is to download your work; the resulting file will be available in your desired format. Another possibility is to share your presentation on the Internet. You may do so by embedding it on your own Web site, or sending the file by email to a friend or co-worker, or even publishing it on SlideShare.

If there is one small negative point about 280 Slides, it is the site’s name. For a first-time visitor, it may be a bit annoying to browse the site and see the term “280 slides” being used all the time, for it conveys the (wrong) impression that all presentations made with this online tool will have to include 280 items. Still, after you get used to ignoring this minor issue, you should not find any difficulties in using this online alternative to PowerPoint.

Online Project Management Tool – Taskado Review

Admin — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:53:22 +0000

It is possible to manage projects online. Taskado is a Web application that lets you do just that.

With this Web-based project management software, you can start a project, assign tasks to the members of your team and then track the whole process as it goes. It does not matter where in the world your co-workers are located, since everything will be handled and tracked online. It also does not matter in which languages your project is going to be developed, because this online tool supports not only English, but also other idioms. So, if you need to use Taskado to manage a multilingual project, you can do it.

Online Project Management Tool - Taskado

In order to keep track of the activities that take place within the frame of your project, you can make use of several built-in tools that Taskado offers. For instance, you can verify the project’s blog to find full records of the project’s history. It is even possible to add comments to the logged activities.

To keep everything organized, you can explore the Web application’s various features such as tags, workflows and folders. With tags you can easily categorize the tasks assigned to your team members. If you prefer, you can use folders to categorize project tasks or make a combination of folders and tags. With a workflow you can have a sort of step-by-step list of procedures required by each task, which will result in much more control over the global process.

What if you need new, fresh ideas to make your project work? This online project management tool offers you at least two easy ways to gather such ideas. One of them will let you and your team engage in one or more brainstorming sessions. The other will allow team members to contribute suggestions that you may evaluate and approve (or not) later.

Taskado

Taskado is a convenient online tool for project managers. It is easy to use and the help files are detailed enough to clarify all of your doubts.

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