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Sorry for the long break. We added a member to our family, and I’ve had more relatives at my house than there are exhibitors registered for MacWorld Boston. But I am back, and glad to be.

This month we’ve happened upon an accidental theme on MacMerc. James (here and here) and I (here) have posted a [...]

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I’ve been knocking out Freeloader Friday episodes for more than 2 years now. In fact, next month will see Freeloader’s 100th episode. As part of that, ThinkFree and MacMerc are giving away a couple copies of ThinkFree Office to two lucky readers.
What to you have to do? Well, link to Freeloader (you can use [...]

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I always knew Jon was going places. I just never knew he’d be on CNN at 19. There are a few critics of his story, but the ability to generate buzz-worthy news is the reason this story has made its rounds.
You could learn a lot from Jon, and how he breaks stories. One of [...]

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If you’ve been following my MP3 player antics, you’ll know I’ve been reviewing flash MP3 players. I’ve posted reviews of the Rio Fuse and irock 860. The latter is really one nice piece of work. You can read my review for details, but suffice to say, I liked it a lot. If you’re looking for [...]

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If you didn’t know, one of my self-assigned responsibilities at MacMerc is to review computer software and hardware. Friday, I got a spiffy mp3 player from Rio, called the Fuse. It’s cool, and much less than an iPod. It worked as expected - until I upgraded the firmware.
In blatant disregard of the old axiom, [...]

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I’ve reviewed some pretty cool USB toys for MacMerc this month. Among them was Edge Memory’s DiskGo! USB Watch. This thing is pretty cool, though it took some digging around the web site to find Jaguar and Panther drivers. For some reason, the onboard flash drive can’t be mounted in 10.2+ without help.
It is [...]

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Hey, of Oprah can do it, then I can too.

This week’s episode of Freeloader Friday features a bunch of free apps that access services or websites directly, sans-browser. The trend towards cutting out the browser as a middle-man is growing. Feeding the fire are RSS readers and a growing number of services offering [...]

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As I noted on MacMerc.com, I have looked into Macromedia’s new activation system, and found many of my fears laid to rest.

Fear number 1

If I upgrade to a newer Mac, I won’t be able to install Studio again

According to the FAQ, you can “transfer your activation” from your machine to install again on a new [...]

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I recently published a review of Contribute 2 for OS X. I’d have to say I was very pleased. Contribute isn’t a very complex program, but that is by design. It fills an important spot in Macromedia’s lineup.

Anyway, you can read the review. The point is, 2 days after I published the review we received [...]

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