Daily Software Deals: 1.31.08

Buy software. Save money. It’s a collection of the best software deals of the day for Mac and Windows.

New Theme 2

Step 2/3 of the new Software Battle theme is finally finished.

Daily Software Deals: 1.30.08

Buy software. Save money. It’s a collection of the best software deals of the day for Mac and Windows.

Useful But Underutilized: SafePasswd.com

I stumble on a site every so often that I simply don’t know what it’s purpose is. Today, I’m going to discuss such a site. It’s not that these sites are poorly coded, ugly, or that they don’t fill a particular niche. There just doesn’t seem to be any real need for them. SafePasswd.com is such a site.

Why KDE on OS X and Windows is Good for the Open Source Community

More choice is always a good thing–especially in the computing world. It’s really annoying to need a particular type of program but not like the one or two options currently on the market. I suppose that’s one of the most appealing aspects of the F/OSS movement. Diversity in the marketplace.

Take the Thinking out of Cooking with Cookthink

On first glance, I almost mistook Cookthink as just another recipe site. Type in a couple of ingredients and it searches the database. But Cookthink, thankfully enough, is far more than a simple recipe site. It offers enough uniqueness to set it apart from staples like AllRecipes.com and Cooks.com.

Will Microsoft’s Feud With Web Designers Continue With IE8?

Maybe it would be best if Microsoft just scrapped the Internet Explorer rendering engine and switched over to WebKit.

Photwo Makes Easy Photo Sharing Even Easier

The photo-hosting niche has to be a tough one to crack into. There is a ton of competition from the dozen or so sites already popular among the masses. If it wants to stand out from the crowd, a newcomer really has to provide a hot new angle that nobody has thought of before. Hence, Photwo’s claim that anyone can make a photo album in two minutes. A lofty claim. Let’s see if it holds up.

Weekend Game: Fancy Pants Adventure: World 2

Every now and then, a Flash game comes around that raises the bar to a whole new level. Last year it was Desktop Tower Defense, this year it may very well be Fancy Pants Adventure: World 2. As the sequel to the well loved Fancy Pants Adventures, Brad Borne had a lot to live up to during the development.

What Picassa for Mac Means for iPhoto Users

So there I was, a couple of days ago, lamenting the lack of Picasa for the Mac as I organized some new photos, when I stumbled on this article from TechCrunch. Did my eyes deceive me? Is Google developing a version of Picasa for the Mac? And it will be out sometime this year? I was overjoyed.

But what does this mean to current iPhoto users?