Category Archives: Reviews & Updates

Hardware, software, and accessory reviews and updates, with the occasional blended review thrown in for good measure.

MacUpdate Bundle – 10 Apps for $49

Limited time software bundle deals are a bit like ordering chef’s choice at a sushi restaurant. Or maybe it’s like a box of chocolates. Anyway, you get the drift; you usually don’t know what you’re getting until you’ve had a chance to give it a taste. The latest offering from MacUpdate includes the following apps [...]

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A High School Student Reviews a Smartpen, the Livescribe Echo

This is probably a better review than I could offer for the new Livescribe smartpen. It has gotten to the point that when my peers see me using my smartpen, they either clam up or ask me to stop using it. David Pogue: A High School Student Reviews a Smartpen, the Livescribe Echo And as [...]

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Using the iPad as a Laptop Replacement

Undergrad John Rust provides some revealing insights about how he uses his iPad on a daily basis. Note his yearning for an iPad version of OmniOutliner.

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Monitor Your Hard Drive Space Visually

Ever wonder where your hard drive space went? Find yourself needing to free up a few gigs to download that Snow Leopard update? While you can manually start checking individual folders and files, this can be a tedious and daunting task. Fear not, there is a better way. GrandPerspective and Disk Inventory X are both [...]

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Yojimbo or Notational Velocity?

Bare Bones Software’s Yojimbo ($39 / $29 for students) is an excellent tool for filing and finding all the little snippets of information that must be remembered but would clog up my hard drive if stored as separate documents. Passwords, quotes, computer configuration details, product serial numbers, the text from really important emails, blog post [...]

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