Year: 2010

Larry Jordan’s August Final Cut Studio newsletter released

Posted by | Aug 13, 2010 | |

The August edition of Larry Jordan’s free Final Cut Studio newsletter (http://www.larryjordan.biz/nxlttrs.html) is now available. Now in its sixth year, it’s packed with valuable techniques, tips, and the latest industry news.

The August edition of the newsletter includes over 42 pages of information covering all aspects of Apple’s Final Cut Studio. The newsletter is supplemented by weekly live webinars, providing on-going training on the latest technology surrounding Final Cut Studio.

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The MacJury looks at Microsoft’s PC vs. Mac site, part II

The MacJury looks at Microsoft’s PC vs. Mac site, part II

Posted by | Aug 13, 2010 | |

The MacJury (http://www.macjury.com) recently convened to examine Microsoft’s PC vs. Mac site. This is the second part of that look.

Among other things the panel looks at the many flavors of Windows. The panel who question the photoshopping of the model on the site and the contrived Twitter feed include John F. Braun, Peter Cohen, Pat Fauquet, john C. Welch and Tim Robertson.

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CryptoEdit for Mac OS X adds Menu service

Posted by | Aug 13, 2010 | , |

Tension Software has updated CryptoEdit (http://www.pomola.com/products_cryptoedit/cryptoedit.html), a Mac OS X program to create and edit protected encrypted documents, to version 1.6. In the update a Menu service available to create a CryptoEdit document with selected text within any other application.

CryptoEdit can import from other documents in standard TEXT or RTF or RTFD (RTF + images) . Documents can also be exported as TEXT, RTF or standard RTFD (included images)

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iPad and iPhone trade-in programs available from PowerMax

Posted by | Aug 13, 2010 | |

PowerMax (http://www.powermax.com) has launched a new trade-in programs for both the iPhone and iPad. S

CEO Kevin Anderson says that, compared to companies offering dedicated iPhone and iPad trade-in/upgrades for cash, “PowerMax can offer considerably more aggressive trade-in valuations (often 10-15% higher) on every iPhone and iPad model — new or used — because the credits are applied to purchases made through PowerMax.”

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New Take Control ebook help readers wrangle fonts in Snow Leopard

New Take Control ebook help readers wrangle fonts in Snow Leopard

Posted by | Aug 12, 2010 | , |

Take Control Books has released “Take Control of Fonts in Snow Leopard” (http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/snow-leopard-fonts). Created by font
expert Sharon Zardetto, who has been writing about the Mac professionally since 1984, this ebook covers not only Mac OS X 10.6 (“Snow Leopard”), but also special font situations in Adobe CS4 and CS5, Microsoft Office 2004 and 2008, iLife, and iWork.

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