Posted on July 27th, 2007 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
The classic use of Photoshop is for editing photos. Though there are lots of programs for doing this, Photoshop does it better. The new version goes well beyond editing photos. Of course, you have to pay for that.
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Posted on July 24th, 2007 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Cakewalk has a new Studio Instruments program that is just plain fun to use and a steal at $50.
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Posted on July 20th, 2007 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Hold the phone. No, we don’t mean Apple’s iPhone, which has received enough publicity to qualify as a galactic event. It’s a cell phone for making phone calls. What a radical thought.
With no more suspense, it’s Samsung’s Jitterbug.
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Posted on July 19th, 2007 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
We spent a couple of nights trying out the new Sky Scout from Celestron, a leading maker of telescopes. It’s a beautifully made piece of optical and electronic equipment for scouting the nighttime sky.
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Posted on July 13th, 2007 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Someday, wishful thinkers say, we’ll all have desktop computers as fast as a Cray Supercomputer. How about next year?
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Posted on July 12th, 2007 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
The latest version of “ALLCapture” has a new memory manager that allows you to capture computer screens in real time, without slowing the computer’s operation.
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Posted on July 11th, 2007 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Last year when we wrote about QuickBooks “Simple Start” accounting software, it cost $100. Now it’s free if you don’t need an extensive customer list.
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Posted on July 10th, 2007 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Who needs a rat that can cook (new Disney movie) when you have a mouse you can wash?
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Posted on July 10th, 2007 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Out favorite database, Alpha Five, is just out in Version 8. It has been our favorite for many years because it’s easy to use and at least as powerful as the offerings from Microsoft and others.
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Posted on July 6th, 2007 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
As if you weren’t worried enough, we saw a study that reported a scary 20 percent of drivers send text messages on their cell phones or Blackberries while driving.
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