O’Reilly has announced the release of “eBay Hacks” by David Karp. The US$24.95 book “provides tools and strategies to master eBay, whether you’re a buyer trying to win an auction without paying too much, or a seller dealing with anxious customers and possibly deadbeat bidders.
Read MoreApple has posted a public beta version of Backup 2, its file archiving utility for .Mac members. The new version brings the ability to back up to external hard drives and mounted volumes including FireWire hard drives, iPods, and network servers. Backup 2 also lets you make backup CDs and DVDs using external drives.
Read MoreIn a move that could test the legalities of Internet music resale rights, George Hotelling on Tuesday night put a digital song he purchased on Apple’s iTunes Music Store up for auction on eBay. “Hotelling said he isn’t all that concerned about getting his money back for the song, ‘Double Dutch Bus,’ which cost him 99 cents,” reports CNET News.com.
Read MoreAspyr has announced plans to publish a Mac version of Activision’s Wakeboarding Unleashed featuring Shaun Murray. The game features “six levels of action, complete with tournament-style challenges. Each level features interactive objectives including boat races, water balloon battles and ferrying animals around a flooded city.
Read MoreThe Omni Group has released OmniDiskSweeper 1.4, an update to its popular Mac OS X disk cleaning utility. Version 1.4 provides a number of fixes to the program including improvements to the drive list, updated keyboard shortcuts, and improved stability. OmniDiskSweeper sells for US$14.92.
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