Weekend Review: This week's software

Each weekend we review the software we've looked at over the past seven days. Here is this week's entry.

Apple Updates

Commercial Software

  • MarsEdit: Version 1.1 adds Technorati tags, more
  • iLife 06: Apple updates the iApps, adds iWeb to the mix
  • REALbasic 2006: Loads of new features in the latest version of REALbasic
  • EyeTV 2: Cool new features with the latest version of EyeTV
  • Project X: Project management for the rest of us

Shareware

  • Bloglight: Query multiple blog search engines at once
  • Saft: Version 8.2.3 is ready for the latest changes in Safari
  • Airfoil 2: Stream iTunes music to several stereos simultaneously
  • Menuet:
    Easily control iTunes from the menu bar
  • Workstrip 3:
    Dock replacement is updated to version 3.0
  • Cocktail 3.7: Adds Intel support

Freeware

  • Gmail Notifier:
    Google's Gmail notification utility is updated
  • Skype 1.4: Now shipping
  • iTunes 6.0.2: Various stability and performance issues addressed, "MiniStore" added
  • Google Earth: Finally, an official version for the Mac
  • Flip4Mac: View WMV files with Quicktime for free

Beta

Open Source

  • Yellow Dog Linux: Terra Soft's PPC
    distro of Linux reaches version 4.1
  • BlogBridge: RSS reader worth a second look
  • iTheater: RC1 of the open source media manager  to drop Jan 31

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