Monday, June 30, 2008

Safari AdBlock

Safari AdBlock
Safari AdBlock blocks ads in Safari. Free of charge.

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Sunday, June 29, 2008

CopyPaste Pro

CopyPaste Pro
With CopyPaste Pro you get multiple clipboards for MacOSX for 30$.

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Saturday, June 28, 2008

WiebeTech USB Drive Dock

WiebeTech USB Drive Dock
WiebeTech announced the USB Drive Dock for IDE/SATA hard drive connectivity via USB2 for less than 50$.

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Friday, June 27, 2008

Jazz Fest Wien

Jazz Fest Wien
From 6/27 to 7/17 the annual Jazz Fest Wien takes place in Vienna, Austria. Highlights: Bobby McFerrin and Caetano Veloso.

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Thursday, June 26, 2008

ETVComskip, a free mpeg commercial detector

ETVComskip, a free mpeg commercial detector
With ETVComskip you get commercial skipping for ElGato EyeTV on MacOSX. BTW: You must use MPEG2 recording, not MPEG4 for ETVComskip. Also mentioned on EyeTV lounge: commercial skipping suite for EyeTV3.

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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

The official filthy rich handbook

The official filthy rich handbook
The official filthy rich handbook is available now for less than 12$.

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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Fujitsu ScanSnap S300 Mac

Fujitsu ScanSnap S300 Mac
Finally available in a Mac version, too: the Fujitsu ScanSnap S300 Mac is a USB powered portable high speed duplex scanner for around 300 Euros. Specs: 10 page ADF, AC or USB bus powered, 8ppm simplex/16ipm duplex, speeds halved when bus powered, scans from business card to A4.

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Monday, June 23, 2008

Olympus TP-7 cell phone recording microphone

Olympus TP-7 cell phone recording microphone
At Gizmodo there is a short review of the Olympus TP-7, a cell phone recording microphone. It plugs into a recorder and your ear, recording whatever you hear. That makes it perfect for recording cellphone interviews.

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Sunday, June 22, 2008

WalletCards on iPhone

WalletCards on iPhone
Great idea for slimming down your wallet: WalletCards on iPhone. You scan the front and back side of your various membership and reward cards (including the barcode!) and store these images in your mobile phone.

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Saturday, June 21, 2008

Syncman syncs AB with Gmail

Syncman syncs AB with Gmail
SyncMan synchronizes your MacOSX Address Book with your Gmail contacts for 15$. Currently the website is down, but you can get the software from macupdate and versiontracker.

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Friday, June 20, 2008

Turn your point-and-shoot Canon into a super-camera

Turn your point-and-shoot Canon into a super-camera
Another great hint from lifehacker.com: turn your point-and-shoot Canon into a super-camera. With the help of a free, open source project called CHDK the Canon Hacker's Development Kit, you can get features like RAW shooting mode, live RGB histograms, motion-detection, time-lapse, and even games on your existing Canon camera.

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Thursday, June 19, 2008

DiscRotate

DiscRotate
With DiscRotate for MacOSX you can control the speed and therefore the noise of your optical drive on your Mac.

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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Car magazine about 60 years Porsche

Car magazine about 60 years Porsche
Car magazine 8/08 brings a special issue about 60 years of Porsche.

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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Access your computer anytime and save energy with Wake-on-LAN

Access your computer anytime and save energy with Wake-on-LAN
Another great hint from lifehacker.com: access your computer anytime and save energy with Wake-on-LAN.

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Monday, June 16, 2008

Turn your 60$ router into a 600$ router

Turn your 60$ router into a 600$ router
Great hint from lifehacker.com: turn your 60$ router into a 600$ router.

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Sunday, June 15, 2008

LCD Scrub

LCD Scrub
With LCD Scrub you get burn-in LCD repair for MacOSX for 18$.

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Saturday, June 14, 2008

MacFusion, a GUI for MacFUSE

MacFusion, a GUI for MacFUSE
MacFusion is a GUI for MacFUSE, a user-space file system implementation mechanism for MacOSX.

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Friday, June 13, 2008

sun visor with built in LCD monitor

sun visor with built in LCD monitor
The China Vasion CVEJS-768C(R) is a replacement sun visor for car passengers with built in LCD monitor, DVD player, USB and SD slot, audio/video player and FM transmitter for around 100$.

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Thursday, June 12, 2008

Samsung HMX20 fullHD camcorder with slow motion

Samsung HMX20 fullHD camcorder with slow motion
According to i4u.com, the Samsung HMX20 is a fullHD camcorder, that records 1080p video and 8 megapixel stills directly to 8GB of built in flash memory or SDHC cards. It can do slow-motion at 300 frames per second, weighs less than 500g and costs 850$.

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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Apple announces MacOSX 10.6 for 2009

Apple announces MacOSX 10.6 for 2009
At their annual WWDC Apple announced, that new MacOSX 10.6, code named Snow Leopard , will ship in 2009.

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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Apple announces iPhone 3G

Apple announces iPhone 3G
Apple announced, that the iPhone 3G with HSDPA and GPS will ship on 7/11 in 20 countries and should be availbale in 70 countries at the end of 2008.

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Monday, June 09, 2008

Apple WWDC 2008

Apple WWDC 2008
From 6/9 to 6/13 the annual Apple WWDC, the world wide developer conference takes place at Moscone West in San Francisco.

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Sunday, June 08, 2008

NewerTech USB 2.0 universal drive adapter

NewerTech USB 2.0 universal drive adapter
The NewerTech USB 2.0 universal drive adapter allows you to connect SATA and 2,5" and 3,5" IDE drives via USB2. Includes all the necessary cables, adapters plus a molex power adapter for less than 35$.

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Saturday, June 07, 2008

EURO2008 in Austria

EURO2008 in Austria
From 6/7 to 6/29 the EURO2008, the European football (soccer) championship takes place in Austria. With the expected "security" precautions taking place, it is no wonder that most locals will try to be abroad and spend their vacation in a foreign country coming June.

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Friday, June 06, 2008

KungFu Panda movie starts in the US

KungFu Panda trailer is online
The new Dreamworks movie KungFu Panda starts 6/6 in the USA and 7/4 in Austria.

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Thursday, June 05, 2008

OtterBox for iPhone armor series

OtterBox for iPhone armor series
The OtterBox for iPhone armor series offers waterproof, dustproof, dirtproof, sandproof and drop-proof protection for the current Apple iPhone for less than 70$. Available in black and yellow.

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Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Hypercard resurrected through the web

Hypercard resurrected through the web
They announced their web based Hypercard last January at Macworld expo in San Francisco, and now a few days before WWDC they are able to deliver their first beta of tilestack. Should even run with the iPhone Safari browser.

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Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Port Map

Port Map
The Coding Monkeys released Port Map for MacOSX for free. It is a fully featured all-purpose port mapper application supporting all major routers, with presets and URL templates.

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Monday, June 02, 2008

universal tagging on MacOSX

universal tagging on MacOSX
Just found this at TUAW: Mac 101: Tag almost anything in Leopard . Should work on MacOSX 10.4 Tiger , too.

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Sunday, June 01, 2008

USB to SATA/eSATA with 5 USB ports combo hub

USB to SATA/eSATA with 5 USB ports combo hub
Brando has a USB to SATA/eSATA with 5 USB ports combo hub for 43$ including the mylex power supply.

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