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Texter makes short thrift of everyday text

Wednesday, Nov 17, 2010 - by mike s

It feels like it hasn’t been updated since the dawn of time (well, three years) but the text substitution app Texter is still getting daily use in Chez Wirefresh.

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Google / software / stuff

Google’s SketchUp free 3D modelling software hits version 8

Thursday, Sep 2, 2010Thursday, Sep 2, 2010 - by Pete Railton

First released no less than ten years ago, Google’s SketchUp has proved to be a popular and powerful 3D modelling app, with the company claiming that a million people a …

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software / web

Write.fm makes sharing text notes and files super easy

Monday, Jul 26, 2010 - by mike s

Websites don’t get much simpler or easier to use than this. Write.fm makes it ridiculously easy to share text notes and files over the internet with the browser interface inviting …

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gaming / software / stuff

NASA release Moonbase Alpha video game

Wednesday, Jun 30, 2010Wednesday, Jun 30, 2010 - by Pete Railton

NASA has released a trailer for their new 3-D game set on the Moon called,  “Moonbase Alpha”.

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Android / Apple / computing / mobile apps / mobiles / software / Windows

SplashID 5 for Android and Windows & Mac desktops

Wednesday, Jun 23, 2010Monday, Jun 21, 2010 - by mike s

For many years, Splash ID was an essential install on all our PalmOS devices, with the password management software offering a handy and secure desktop/handheld combination.

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open source / software / web

WordPress 3.0 (aka Thelonious) gets official release

Thursday, Jun 17, 2010Friday, Jun 18, 2010 - by mike s - 5 Comments.

WordPress – the most popular blog software on the planet and the content management system powering this very site – has just enjoyed a major upgrade to version 3.0.

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software / Windows

Xara Photo & Graphic Designer/Pro 6 offer speedy graphics editing

Thursday, Jun 17, 2010 - by mike s

Now acquired by Magix AG, graphics editing package Xara Xtreme has had a major makeover and morphed into ‘Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 6’, while the more upmarket Xara Xtreme …

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Google / software / video / web

YouTube adds online editing for your videos

Thursday, Jun 17, 2010Friday, Jun 18, 2010 - by mike s

Set to inspire wannabe Hitchcock film-makers is YouTube’s natty new cloud-based video editing tools which have just been added to the video sharing site.

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Apple / iPhone / software

Apple iTunes 9.2 now available for PC and Mac users

Thursday, Jun 17, 2010Thursday, Jun 17, 2010 - by Lee J. - 1 Comment

Apple has announced that a new update of their proprietary digital media player application, iTunes, is now available for download. The latest version comes with iBooks support for the iPhone …

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Apple / software

Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.4 is out in the wild

Wednesday, Jun 16, 2010Wednesday, Jun 16, 2010 - by mike s - 3 Comments.

Apple has released the latest update to its operating system, taking it up to the giddy heights of Mac OS X 10.6.4. The free update introduces the new Safari 5.0 …

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software / web

Flash Player 10.1 released for Windows, Mac, and Linux – Android coming

Friday, Jun 11, 2010Friday, Jun 11, 2010 - by Pete Railton

Taking time out from the growing bunfight with Steve Jobs and the Apple Flash h8Rz, Paul Betlem, Flash Player Engineering main man has blogged up his delight at announcing that …

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Apple / photography / software / Windows

Adobe Lightroom 3 released: adds video support, tethered shooting

Tuesday, Jun 8, 2010 - by Lee J.

Promising photo pros, “improved image quality, performance and workflow flexibility , ” Adobe’s latest version of their ‘digital photography workflow program,’ Lightroom 3 has been released.

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Apple / software / web

Apple releases Safari 5 web browser with added HTML5 and Bing

Tuesday, Jun 8, 2010Monday, Jun 7, 2010 - by Pete Railton

Curiously absent from yesterday’s WWDC10 keynote speech by Steve Jobs was any mention of the expected update to their Safari browser. Instead, a press release came shuffling out from Apple …

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computing / software / Windows

Soluto “anti-frustration software” promises a leaner, speedier PC

Tuesday, May 25, 2010Thursday, Jun 17, 2010 - by mike s

If your PC is taking so long to boot that you’ve got time to pop out for a pint and a pasty before getting to the log in screen, an …

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photography / software / Windows

ACDSee Pro 3 photo management software updated, still no facial recognition

Monday, May 17, 2010Sunday, May 16, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Reviewed back in January this year, the high end photo management tool ACDSee has long been our tool of choice for organising our photo collections, and a fairly substantial free …

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