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Category Review: interdisciplinary apps for Mac OS X, part three

Category Review: interdisciplinary apps for Mac OS X, part three

Posted by | Jul 30, 2010 | , |

This MacNews Category Review is the third of our multi-part look at interdisciplinary apps for the Mac. Products covered include Graphing Calculator, GraphPad Prism, Gridgen, Gridirion XLR8, gridMathematica, Hipparchus, HyperRESEARCH, IDL, Igor Filter Design Lab, Image Processing Toolbox, Industrial Optimization, InforSense BioSense Guide, InStat Mac, Intel Math Kernel Library, IsingCocoa, iTeXMac, iThink, iUnitX, JANFEA, jBEAM, JMP, jPlot, KaleidaGraph, kSpectra Toolkit, LabAssistant, LandSerf, Luxus Software LX-Proscope, MacHREM, MacOSXLinPro, MacVector, Maple, Mapping Toolbox, Mathematica, mathStatica, MathTensor, MATLAB, Mechanical Systems, MeshViz, Metes and Bounds, MLAB, Moab Utility/Hosting Suite and Model Predictive Control Toolbox.

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The ‘religion’ of Apple

Posted by | Jul 30, 2010 | , |

I’m one of the biggest Apple supporters around — and have been even during its “beleaguered” years (when I actually did some freelance PR work for the local Apple education branch) — but I certainly don’t consider Apple my religion. Or a religion, at all.

I’m a Christian, and proud of it. On the other hand, I’m a fervent (well, usually) supporter of Apple products, but certainly don’t worship them or the company that makes them. The same can be said of other Christians — and Jews, Hindus, Muslims, etc. — worldwide.

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Kool Tools: DVD to iPhone Converter (now free)

Kool Tools: DVD to iPhone Converter (now free)

Posted by | Jul 30, 2010 | , |

iSkysoft is now offering its DVD to iPhone Converter for free through Aug. 9. It’s normally US$29. It’s worth the 30 bucks — and it’s a must-have for free.
 
You can get more info at http://www.iskysoft.com/software-giveaway.html or contact iSkysoft  on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/iskysoft) to get a keycode for the free version.

DVD to iPhone Converter lets you enjoy DVD movies on your Apple smartphone. It provides optimized presets for iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, and iPhone 4. It supports converting DVDs to a variety of formats such as MP4, AVI, MKV, FLV, etc.

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Scene store released for My Living Desktop

Posted by | Jul 29, 2010 | , |

Amuse has released a new scene store for My Living Desktop (http://www.mylivingdesktop.com) for Mac OS X, a video desktop and screen saver utility. The app replaces the standard still desktop with a video desktop that plays high-definition movies of the user’s choice.

The My Living Desktop Scene Store showcases such categories as Fine Art, Art and Animation, Landmarks, Animals and Insects, and more. For a limited time, all orders over US$20 receive a 20% discount.

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