Picture Switcher: Pricy But Pleasurable

Developer: Night Productions
Version: 2.0.2
Price: $30 USD
Operating System: Mac OS X
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Fun? Yes. Necessary? Of Course Not.
During my first year in college, my dorm-mate introduced me to program for Windows that automatically changed my desktop background. I had this huge collection of wallpapers that I had […]

RIAA Radar: Stickin’ it to the Man One CD at a Time

Developer: N/A
Version: N/A
Price: Free
Operating Systems: Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
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The First Step of Many
In light of the outcome of the RIAA’s lawsuit, Capitol Records v. Jammie Thomas, I figured that now would be a fitting time to post a review of RIAA Radar. It’s a simple web app, […]

Joost: First Step to the Death of Television

Joost has been one of my favorite programs to play around with since I first got my hands on an early beta copy. A lot has changed since then. Modified user interface, advertisements, new logo, and a hell of a lot of new channels, but the core of the program remains the same. The program instantly sucks you in. From the instant full screen mode to the fancy moving “loading” light swirls to a GUI that reminds me of several Mac programs, the 1.0 Beta version of Joost hooks you from the minute you fire it up.

Simple CSS: Making CSS Easier?

Developer: HostM Web Hosting
Version: 1.21
Price: Free
Operating Systems: Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
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And I Thought CSS Was Already Simple
CSS, or Cascading Style Sheets for those of you with minimal web design experience, was something I always though of as pretty easy. The language is straightforward, everything is […]

Adobe AIR Continues to Expand

A Breath of Fresh AIR
For those of you who didn’t flee in terror after reading my horrible pun, Adobe has inched one step closer to making their runtime environment even more mainstream.  While most of the previous AIR [review] applications were designed for somewhat lesser known sites like FineTune, Pownce, and Twitter, the new […]

FeedHub: Just What We Need…Another RSS Feed

Developer: mSpoke
Version: Beta
Price: Free
Operating Systems: Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
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Solution to Too Many Feeds? Or Just Adding to the Mess?
FeedHub, a new service which analyzes your RSS feeds and then turns them all into one, easy to use feed which supposedly only displays items that you want to see, sounds […]

Joost Emerges from Beta

It’s About Time
After a prolonged private beta (if you can call millions of people a “private” beta), Joost has finally hit the big 1.0.  It’s been a long time coming, but the first public version of the hot P2PTV program from the Skype [review] team looks better than ever and seems more responsive too.  […]

NoteSake: As Simple as Pen and Paper

Developer: NoteSake Team
Version: N/A
Price: Free
Operating Systems: Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
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Although Most Of Us Type Faster Than We Write
There’s just something about a clean website that really draws my eye in. Simple colors that harmonize well together, a straightforward layout, and a look that demonstrates the simplistic function of […]

Pixelmator: The Perfect Complement to Photoshop

Developer: The Pixelmator Team
Version: 1.0
Price: $59
Operating System: Mac OS X
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Photoshop Replacement? Not Quite.

I’ve been dying to put pen to paper for a review of Pixelmator since I downloaded the first beta over a month ago. The program has gotten better and better throughout the two betas, and the […]

Amazon Enters The MP3 Market

And iTunes Needs to Watch Out
Amazon.com, one of the largest online retailers in the world, has decided to enter a whole new arena - digital music sales. According to the press release from yesterday, Amazon is offering a huge selection of mp3s, over 2 million strong, from a massive variety of artists. […]