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The Best Open Source Applications - October 13, 2007

Open Source applications are a great cost-free alternative to commercial applications. In many instances they are even better than paid versions of the same application. Today we bring you a list of a great applications from browsers to video players for both Windows XP/Vista and Macintosh OS X. All items on the list of course [...]

Tags: browser, chat, macintosh, mail, open-source, os x, rss, vista, windows, xp

Apple: New iMacs & iLife 2008 - August 7, 2007

This morning, Apple rolled out a a bunch of products during their press conference at their headquarters in Cupertino, CA. These new items included newly designed iMac and iWork/iLife 2008.

The New Apple iMac:
Apple’s sleeker and aluminum-enclosed iMac now sports Intel’s latest Core 2 Duo Extreme Processors, which support running up to speeds of 2.8GHz. The [...]

Tags: 2008, 802.11, apple, bluetooth, ilife, intel, keyboard, leopard, mac, macintosh, wifi

A Look Back At 2006 - January 1, 2007

2006 was an amazing year for Skatter Tech. I thought I’d let everyone know some interesting statistics about our site. Last year alone, we had about 1.12 Million visitors from all 193 internationally recognized countries in the world. The most popular Operating System is still Windows XP and Internet Explorer is still the most [...]

Tags: bandwidth, blog, browser, charts, firefox, google, isp, krzr, macintosh, macworld, media temple, os, phones, report, safari, search, web, windows, world

Google Tools For Macs - October 17, 2006

Most Google products, in the past, have often been limited to Windows users. However Google is quickly changing and is constantly releasing more Macintosh supported programs. Even heavy duty applications such as Google Earth are now available for Mac OS (still in beta). Anyways Google has created a simple download page for Mac users to [...]

Tags: apple, downloads, google, mac, macintosh, widget

Apple Unveils ‘Mac Pro’ - August 10, 2006

Today at the WWDC “06 Keynote, Apple announced the long awaited Mac Pro. The new Mac Pro, a G5 replacement, features a Intel Dual Core Xeon 3GHz Processor, 16GB RAM, NVIDIA 512MB Video Card, Up To 2TB (terabytes) of Storage, a 16x Dual Layer DVD SuperDrive, and PCI Express Expansion Slots. This new 64bit system [...]

Tags: apple, core, desktop, dual, intel, leopard, mac, macintosh, os x, pro, xeon

Digg Search Widget v2.00 - July 19, 2006

On June 6, 2006, the long awaited Digg v3 went live. Along with this update came a brand new theme, new sets of feeds, and plenty of new features. To maximize compatibility we have released the Digg Search Widget v2.0, which has been rebuilt from scratch. Although the widget may look similar to the previous [...]

Tags: digg, macintosh, search, widget, windows, yahoo

Stream iTunes To PSP, Part 2 - June 25, 2006

A few months ago we published an article entitled How To: “Stream Your iTunes Library To PSP“. The article, which demonstrated how to share music from your windows machine to your PlayStation Portable (PSP), became an extreme hit. Today we are here to demonstrate a new alternative, which is in fact more powerful and functions [...]

Tags: apple, browser, itunes, lan, macintosh, os x, psp, rss, server, sony, windows, xp

Firefox - “Private Browsing” - May 18, 2006

Are you a Firefox user? Do you want a better way to cover your surfing history? Distrust, a little Firefox extension, will allow keeping all your browsing history in a single session private. Distrust is a type of “silent browsing” which is very similar to the “Private Browsing” feature on Apple’s Safari browser. With a [...]

Tags: browser, extension, firefox, macintosh, mozilla, windows

Simulation Gaming, ‘06 Style - April 23, 2006

2006 is a year full of high expectations from gamers. What with Xbox 360, Revolution, and PS3 all making their formal debuts, expectations have turned into demands. While taking a look at some games that would be released later this year, one of them in particular caught my eye: Spore. The game is made by [...]

Tags: 2006, macintosh, pc, simulation, spore, windows

Apple - Boot Camp Beta - April 8, 2006

On Wednesday, (04/05/06), Apple released a new program, Boot Camp, which allows running Microsoft Windows on any of their Intel-based machines. Although the software is still in BETA, Apple has already included most of the standard drivers necessary to run Windows on their hardware. Boot Camp works by allowing the user to choose from either [...]

Tags: apple, intel, macbook, macintosh, microsoft, os x, windows, xp