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Roll your own weather radar map widget in 30 seconds

David Alison reveals how to create a large (640x480) animated weather map in your dashboard. It takes all of about 30 seconds to do too.

The common myths about Macs

What prevented David Alison from switching to Mac? For a long time he stuck with common myths that kept him from considering a Mac over a Windows machine.

Macgamestore unleashes Agatha Christie: Peril at End House

Macgamestore today announced the release of Agatha Christie: Peril at End House for the Macintosh on its web site. Developed by Oberon Media, Peril at End House is the first game in the extremely popular Agatha Christie games to make it to the Mac. Beautiful seek and find backgrounds with lots of mini-puzzles to solve.

WebSeminar on Making Mac Software Global-Ready

Lingoport's internationalization experts are partnering with the translation team at ENLASO for a live WebSeminar: teaching you how to internationalize effectively by avoiding iterative and expensive delays to global software releases and revenue. Lingoport, Inc., a leading provider of internationalization services and partners ENLASO Corporation, a leading provider of translation and localization solutions, today announced that the two companies will present a live training course.

Avoid the potholes when switching from Windows to Mac

Thinking about switching from Windows to Mac? Got a shiny new Mac and you want to learn the ropes quickly after spending years on Windows? Got a friend that just converted and they say the Mac doesn't work like Windows? David Alison's quick guide should help overcome the most common problems new switchers encounter.

Freeware that isn't really free

A reader writes:

I came across a software site and found an excellent FREEware named iskysoft iPod movie converter for mac, I downloaded and tried, it's free (to my disappointment, it has a limit of 50 free conversions), but very powerful !

The product is at: http://www.iskysoft.com/ipod-movieconverter-mac.html.

WWDC "Sold Out" for the first time ever

Apple has confirmed that their Worldwide Developers Conference has sold out for the first time in its history.

"Response to this year's WWDC has been off the charts and we are delighted with the show of enthusiasm and support from the developer community for the new iPhone SDK," said Apple spokesman Bill Evans, according to Macworld on Wednesday.

Apple wouldn't say how many developers registered for this year's WWDC, although recent WWDC events have attracted about 4,000 developers.

External Battery Adds up to 10 Hours to MacBook Air

WICHITA, Kan. --05/12/2008-- QuickerTek, the leader in wireless Apple products, announces an extended battery upgrade for the popular Apple MacBook Air. Users gain six to ten hours of additional battery power - beyond the battery life of the built-in battery. This is the only product that charges the MacBook Air while in use, and for only $299.95 USD.

Apple WWDC 2008 Keynote Plans

CUPERTINO, California--May 13, 2008--Apple today announced that a team of Apple executives, led by CEO Steve Jobs, will kick off the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote address beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, June 9, 2008 at San Francisco's Moscone West. This year's WWDC will showcase two revolutionary development platforms, the ground-breaking innovations of OS X Leopard and OS X iPhone, the world's most advanced mobile operating system.

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