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  • Review

    Mercalli Easy Video Stabilizer Removes the Shakes and Jitters From Footage

    Posted August 22, 2012 - 10:31 pm

    Though image stabilization in cameras and cell phones has come a long way, it's still got a long way to go. Video stabilizer Mercalli Easy ($20, free demo) is easy-to-use software for your PC that offers what some cameras don't: An automatic and effective solution for stabilization and other issues in your videos.
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    Perfect RSS reader for iPad

    Posted August 22, 2012 - 3:27 pm

    Perfect RSS Reader—a Google Reader client for iPad from Connect Technology—doesn’t quite live up to its name: It’s not perfect. But it is quite good.
  • Review

    ReFind makes frequently used folders easy to find

    Posted August 22, 2012 - 3:24 pm

    Editor’s note: The following review is part of Macworld’s GemFest 2012 series. Every weekday from mid June through mid August, the Macworld staff will use the Mac Gems blog to briefly cover a favorite free or low-cost program. Visit the Mac Gems homepage for a list of past Mac Gems.
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    iExplorer puts you in control of your iOS device

    Posted August 21, 2012 - 3:34 pm

    iTunes is a good way to manage your iOS mobile devices, but it's not without its limitations. Chief among those limits is how iTunes operates in its own closed environment, behind closed doors. Enter Macroplant's iExplorer 3 ($35, free feature-limited demo). This software works both with and instead of iTunes, offering you more freedom in how you manage the contents of your iPhone, iPod, or iPad from your PC.
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    LaunchMagic is a well designed app launching utility

    Posted August 21, 2012 - 10:12 am

    Editor’s note: The following review is part of Macworld’s GemFest 2012 series. Every weekday from mid June through mid August, the Macworld staff will use the Mac Gems blog to briefly cover a favorite free or low-cost program. Visit the Mac Gems homepage for a list of past Mac Gems.
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    Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon ultrabook review: strong, lightweight and elite

    Posted August 21, 2012 - 9:40 am

    Lenovo's new ThinkPad X1 Carbon ultrabook is fast, stylish and lightweight, although the price is slightly higher than some of its rivals.
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    Iomega StorCenter ix2-dl: network-attached storage can be used for video surveillance, too

    Posted August 21, 2012 - 9:31 am

    The Iomega StorCenter ix2-dl is the company's least expensive two-bay NAS (network-attached storage) product, and a notable step up from its more consumer-oriented Home Media Hard Drive. At $200 without disks, it's a good performer for reading back data, and Iomega's software features are solid, only a notch or two below Synology's and QNAP's.
  • Review

    The Act for iPhone and iPad

    Posted August 21, 2012 - 9:24 am

    Between a man-sized mouse, two foul-tempered ducks, and a cross-dressing rabbit, animated comedies have long aimed to strike a balance between innocence and irreverence. At its best, The Act, a self-described “interactive comedy,” straddles that line expertly. In the span of a few short scenes, your hapless hero goes from dealing with a puking infant to sabotaging a brain transplant—a story communicated entirely through beautifully animated physical comedy and wacky music. It’s not exactly a good sign, however, that at its best, the iPhone and iPad offering from Chillingo is merely showing you these things. Playing through a game on your iOS device is another matter.
  • Review

    Projectbook for iPad

    Posted August 20, 2012 - 10:38 pm

    Projectbook is a new note-taking and task management application for the iPad from Theory.io. (See Macworld’s recent story on Projectbook for a thorough description of the app.) I’ve been using the iPad offering since its recent release and, with each feature I evaluate, I keep finding myself drawing comparisons to Evernote. This isn’t surprising given the nature of the app. However, since Evernote is a mature application with a robust developer community while Projectbook is a newly-released app from a small (though yet highly qualified) development shop, it really isn’t a fair comparison. But I won’t let that stop me…
  • Review

    Office 2013: Everything IT needs to know

    Posted August 20, 2012 - 10:28 pm

    With Office 2013, Microsoft sets the bar high. The reworked suite of applications runs on a range of devices, including new Windows tablets; it has a new look, which is fast and fluid, yet has familiar commands; it responds to touch and stylus, as well as keyboard and mouse; and everything's cloud-connected.
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    RecImg Manager makes Windows Disk imaging easier

    Posted August 20, 2012 - 9:02 pm

    RecImg Manager is a Metro interface and manager for the new Windows 8 recimg.exe command line utility and the recovery images it creates. Unlike full images, recovery images don't contain or documents, user settings, etc.; these are left alone when a recovery image is created or restore. However, they do contain everything else, and with no differential or incremental options, they are generally quite large.
  • Review

    Manage your files with System Navigator

    Posted August 20, 2012 - 6:00 pm

    If you want to move a file from folder A to folder B, or delete a few files here and there, then Windows Explorer has your basic needs covered. But if you want to do a little bit more with your files--share them on your favorite social networks, work with archived files, or secure your files--you need a file manager with a little more oomph. You need a file manager like ExeOne's System Navigator ($35, thirty-day free trial).
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    Safari 6 a slight but sleek upgrade for Apple’s browser

    Posted August 18, 2012 - 7:55 am

    Safari 5.1 didn’t age gracefully on my older hardware. While Apple’s Web browser still posted fast benchmarks, it grew teeth-grindingly sluggish when loading or navigating multiple tabs. Under Lion, Safari 6 similarly left me more aggravated than appreciative.
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    Deathmatch: Windows 8 vs. OS X Mountain Lion

    Posted August 18, 2012 - 7:45 am

    With the final version of Windows 8 now complete, how does Microsoft's great hope for reinventing itself for the post-PC world compare to Apple's new flagship? The short answer: not well. But lest you think that it's a simple case of sainted perfection versus preordained disaster -- the peanut gallery's running themes for Apple and Microsoft, respectively -- think again. OS X Mountain Lion has some unwelcome flaws, whereas Windows 8 has some virtuous aspects.
  • Review

    Three apps for listening to streaming radio on your iOS device

    Posted August 18, 2012 - 7:05 am

    iTunes gives you the ability to access thousands of free streaming Internet radio stations from around the world. But what about if you want to spin the virtual radio dial on an iOS device as well? You may have found some great Internet radio stations that play just the right type of music for work or play and want to access them on the go. Or you may have a favorite radio station for news, talk, or music that’s streamed over the Internet. Luckily, you can replicate some of what iTunes offers on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with some third-party apps.
  • Review

    Windows 8 review: still a two-headed beast

    Posted August 16, 2012 - 9:12 pm

    The two faces of Windows 8 -- the Desktop and the interface formerly known as Metro -- still coexist uneasily in the final RTM version of the OS. But some of Windows 8's native apps are great.
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    Windows 8 review: Yes, it's that bad

    Posted August 15, 2012 - 10:51 am

    A desktop OS for tablets and a tablet OS for desktops, Windows 8 is guaranteed to disappoint nearly everyone.
  • Review

    Store your logins in Norton Identity Safe

    Posted August 14, 2012 - 10:48 am

    Users of Symantec's Norton line of security products have long had access to its password management tools. But you no longer need to be a paying Norton user to get access to Norton Identity Safe, a standalone product that makes password management a (relatively) easy task.
  • Review

    Sage 50 Complete Accounting 2013: Advanced accounting tools for small business

    Posted August 14, 2012 - 10:41 am

    At $369 for a single user ($669 for three licenses, and $899 for five), Sage 50 Complete Accounting 2013 isn't the cheapest way to keep your small business's books. But if you are well versed in accounting practices and want to implement your own preferences where choices are available, Sage 50 Complete provides all the controls you could wish for.
  • Review

    Intuit QuickBooks Pro 2012 review: The perennial leader stays strong

    Posted August 14, 2012 - 10:30 am

    This package remains a solid choice of accounting software for small-business owners unfamiliar with accounting.
  • Review

    Accounting software for small business

    Posted August 14, 2012 - 8:37 am

    Accounting is the language of business, and good accounting software can save you hundreds of hours at the business equivalent of Berlitz.
  • Review

    Acclivity AccountEdge Pro 2012 for Windows: A friendly accounting program for relatively inexperienced business users

    Posted August 14, 2012 - 8:36 am

    AccountEdge Pro keeps things simple. You can get a single-user edition of AccountEdge Pro for $299, and each additional user for an existing installation costs $149. The upgrade price for existing customers is $159.
  • Review

    First look: Windows Azure Active Directory preview

    Posted August 13, 2012 - 8:12 am

    It's lacking enough functionality to make it worth waiting for subsequent versions, Jonathan Hassell says, unless you're building Azure apps right now.
  • Review

    Destroy Internet tracking files with PrivacyScan

    Posted August 11, 2012 - 7:35 am

    Editor’s note: The following review is part of Macworld’s GemFest 2012 series. Every weekday from mid June through mid August, the Macworld staff will use the Mac Gems blog to briefly cover a favorite free or low-cost program. Visit the Mac Gems homepage for a list of past Mac Gems.
  • Review

    6 AirPrint solutions for iPhones and iPads

    Posted August 11, 2012 - 7:20 am

    It's amazing how much you can do digitally these days. More and more, documents stay digital, moving from person to person over email, file shares, and cloud storage, never to see a sheet of paper. And more and more "paperwork" processes, from expense reports to vacation approvals, happen over email and via apps. The closest to print many documents get is being saved as a PDF copy for archival purposes, to be printed (or faxed -- another dying technology) later should the need arise.
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