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I might be switching back here afterall.

Stay tuned!! :)

-Daniel

Hasta la Vista!

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Apple Bootcamp

Although I have never used Apple's Bootcamp I was looking for more information about it and figured out that the Apple Bootcamp page hasn't been redesigned like the rest of the semi-new Apple site.

Check it out!

iWork

The new iWork 08 suite of software from Apple got released at the Apple Special Event earlier this week. This suite of applications comes with Keynote, a presentation making program. (Like PowerPoint, but from Apple) Pages, a word processing program, and Numbers, a spreadsheet program.

Numbers is what Apple needed to top of iWork in general. I haven't tried any of the applications out yet but I will hopefully get my hands on it.

Pages

New to Pages is the new "Word Processing" application in the suite. Before, Pages was just for creating newsletters, brochures, invitations, etc. Now Apple has included a Word Processing mode for just typing basic documents.

Pages comes with a rich set of professionally designed templates for your use when making an invitation or newsletter.

Some new features in Pages 08 include the (IMO) Instant Alpha feature. This means that Pages will automatically remove the background of the object and keep main part. Like just the flower and not the background.

There are more features, but I really was hoping for more updates to the program. I still want Pages to have:

• Auto save
  
• Ability to compare documents
• grammar Check
• Drop Caps

Keynote

On the other hand, Keynote is a great presentation program. It is easy to use, packed with features for beginners and advanced users, and a nice clean interface. One problem with Keynote is that Keynote's best features are lost when saving to a PowerPoint file. I think that Keynote is officially competing with Powerpoint since it has alot of great features, and it is $40 less that the MS products.

I haven't had a lot of time to play with Keynote, so more information will come in as soon as I get more information.

Numbers
I hate Microsoft Excel. It is too complex for an average user wanting to make a simple spreadsheet and having to write formulas is also complex and annoying. Numbers seems to be professional and easy to use. We will see how that goes in the future. Again, never played with Numbers yet but we will find out how it goes sooner or later.

Flash Game of the Week

Here it is all, the Flash game for the week:

http://notdoppler.com/theimpossiblequiz.php

This is the Impossible Quiz. It's a funny quiz that will take random knowledge and a lot of good guessing! :)

Coming up next week:

• A review of the JVC Everio Camcorder Series
• Download of the Week (Every Sunday Night)
• New Flash game for the week (Sunday)
• My Thoughts
• And a whole lot more!
  

Pod/Vid Cast

I am thinking about creating a Pod/Vid cast. I am hoping for it to be updated every week. We will see how this goes.