Archive for the ‘3rd Party Software’ Category

Blogo Reviewed using Blogo

Posted on 4 January 2009 in 3rd Party Software | No Comments »

Blogo is an amazing application I fell in love for, and after you finish reading this review you’ll understand why!
In a very easy to use interface, this application enables you to post new articles to your blog remotely (what a great idea!).
Blogo is compatible with most of the blogging platforms (as you can see in the screenshot below).
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No Wi-Fi on a Vista Boot Camp Installation

Posted on 28 December 2008 in Boot Camp, Leopard, Macintosh Tips & Help, Microsoft | No Comments »

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This is due to the fact some drivers are missing.

To solve this problem (and some keyboard functions including ejecting a disk), all you have to do is:

  1. Boot on Bootcamp
  2. Insert Leopard’s DVD once Vista started
  3. This will automatically begin installation of the Boot Camp 2.0 drivers

A new Engine for Adium

Posted on 27 December 2008 in 3rd Party Software | No Comments »

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Adium’s developers released a first beta for Adium 1.3.3, and the main update for this version is the new engine by actualizing “libpurple”, the library that manages chats protocols..
Many other bugs have been fixed.

 Full list of new features after the jump.
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Tomb Raider Anniversary for Mac

Posted on 25 December 2008 in Games | No Comments »


More photos of Karima Adibebe here.

The Tomb Raider series follows the pixelated beauty, Lara Craft, thrill seeker and British archaeologist. Mystery, intricate puzzles, harrowing escapes, and priceless treasure is some of the things you will encounter during Lara Croft’s globetrotting escapades.

“The adventure begins when Lara is hired by a powerful syndicate to retrieve a mythical object called the Scion. As Lara searches ancient tombs and isolated worlds that have lain undisturbed for thousands of years, she discovers that she is not alone. Not only has she awoken their fearsome guardians but there are others desperate to learn the Scion’s dark secrets.”

If you want to try the game before you purchase your in luck MacGameFiles lets you download a demo Tomb Raider: Anniversary. The download is 273 MB in this demo; you will be able to play through part of the Lost Valley level in Peru. I originally started playing the Tomb Raider series on my desktop PC when it first hit the scene. I’ll be sure to download and play this on my MacBook Pro.

Google Earth Plug-ins for Firefox and Safari

Posted on 8 December 2008 in 3rd Party Software, Safari | No Comments »

The Google Earth Plug-in and its JavaScript API let you embed Google Earth, a true 3D digital globe, into your web pages. Using the API you can draw markers and lines, drape images over the terrain, add 3D models, or load KML files, allowing you to build sophisticated 3D map applications. If you have an existing Maps API site, you can 3D-enable your page with as little as one line of code.

Get Google Earth Plug-ins here.

Opera 10 is Out and Gets a 100/100 in the Acid 3 test

Posted on 8 December 2008 in 3rd Party Software | 1 Comment »

Based on Presto 2.2 known to be 30% faster in displaying websites with a lot of Javascripts content, Opera 10 gets a 100/100 in the Acid 3 test. This performance has only been reached by Safari 4 (only available for developers as this post is being written).

Same interface, small improvements in spelling correction.

Download Opera 10 here.

Google Desktop for Mac (part 2)

Posted on 13 November 2008 in 3rd Party Software | 1 Comment »

Wrote a blog post on Google Desktop when it has been released more than a year ago, and to be honest, in that time I didn’t love that application that much and I even removed it from my system.
Today, I confess, I can’t live without this application anymore, it is installed on my 3 Macs and on my work PC.
The application once installed and once your HD indexed acts like an application launcher, like a Google Desktop Search Engine, and like our dear Spotlight.
To call it, all you have to do is to hit “command” twice, this little box will appear in the glimpse of an eye:

As soon as you start typing, the application starts gathering results from your HD (just like Spotlight does):

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AIM for Mac is back with version 1 beta

Posted on 5 October 2008 in 3rd Party Software | 1 Comment »

They promised it and they did it!
AIM is back for the Mac with a version 1.0 beta!

No audio and no video chat but just a promising new interface as you can see in the screenshot below…

It doesn’t share informations with the address book, just a few options to customize the avatar etc..
Going to keep it, because I have the deep feeling the upcoming versions will be surprising.

Download AIM beta for free here.

Yahoo OneConnect!

Posted on 11 September 2008 in iPhone Applications | No Comments »


Yahoo! oneConnect is a social address book that brings together your Yahoo, iPhone and social networks contacts (Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm, YouTube, MySpace, Flickr, Friendster, Dopplr and Bebo are already supported)!
It is also a Yahoo Instant Messenger client and connects you to your friends via SMS!
I fell in love with this great application but I didn’t find it in the ITMS, if you can’t find it too, just click here and it will redirects you to the appropriate App Store download page.