By Ted Bade, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. Product: iBank 4 Company: IGG Software (http://www.iggsoftware.com/) Price: $59.95 USD (single user license) Available at: http://www.iggsoftware.com/ibank/ (Also available through the App store) Required OS: Mac OSX 10.5.7 or higher iBank is a terrific alternative to any version of Quicken. It is robust, has an intuitive easy to [...]
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November 27, 2011 – iBank Mac Money Management Software
Posted: November 27, 2011 by tedbade in Software ReviewsTags: Apple financial software, Apple investment software, budget software, personal financial application, Quicken alternative
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November 20, 2011 – Wolfram Tides Calculator iPhone App Review
Posted: November 20, 2011 by Mike Hubbartt in Academia, Software ReviewsTags: sunburn calculator, sunrise sunset calculator, tide calculator, weather information, Wolfram Reference applications, Wolfram Research
By Mike Hubbartt, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. Software: Tides Calculator Vendor: Wolfram Research (www.wolfram.com) Price: $.99 Wolfram’s Mathematica (now version 8.0.4) is a mature product used by many professionals and academics, and the past couple of years Wolfram has started getting developing mobile applications. I’ve already reviewed their Astronomy and Chemistry course assistant apps, [...]
Wolfram General Chemistry Course Assistant (July 26, 2011)
Posted: July 27, 2011 by Mike Hubbartt in Academia, Software ReviewsTags: iPod apps, ipod chemistry apps, iPod scientific apps, Mathematica, Wolfram Course Assistance Apps, Wolfram Course Assistant, Wolfram Research
By Mike Hubbartt, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. Software: General Astronomy Course Assistant Vendor: Wolfram Research (www.wolfram.com) Price: $4.95 Many modern students use their smart phones in school, and Wolfram understands this so they are releasing a series of course assistant applications for smart phones and devices like the Apple iPhone and iPod touch. I’ve [...]
Wolfram Astronomy Course Assistant (May 21, 2011)
Posted: May 21, 2011 by Mike Hubbartt in Academia, Software ReviewsTags: iPod apps, iPod astronomy apps, iPod scientific apps, Mathematica, Wolfram Course Assistance Apps, Wolfram Course Assistant, Wolfram Research
By Mike Hubbartt, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. Software: Astronomy Course Assistant Vendor: Wolfram Research (www.wolfram.com) Price: $4.95 When I returned to college to earn my undergrad degree in Computer Science in 2007, I was surprised to see how many students used their smart phones in school. I started on a Masters degree (MS in [...]
Mathematica 8.0.1 Now Available (May 18, 2011)
Posted: April 26, 2011 by Mike Hubbartt in Academia, Press Announcements, Software ReviewsTags: all mathematica updates, Mathematica 8.0.1, Mathematica update, new version of Mathematica
By Mike Hubbartt, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. I know it seems like yesterday when Wolfram released Mathematica 8.0, but they just released an update: version 8.0.1. This version is not an incremental update, so the entire application must be downloaded and installed. This update is free for owners of Mathematica 8.0, and it can [...]
PDFpen Pro 5.2.1 Review (March 20, 2011)
Posted: March 20, 2011 by docbabad in Software ReviewsTags: edit PDFs, modify a PDF, re-order PDFs
By Harry {doc} Babad, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. Product: PDFpen Pro 5.2.1 – a tool to split, combine, re-order, and edit PDF files Vendor: Smile Software (Developer’s Website) Cost: Price PDFpen $55.95, while the Pro Version is $99.95 [USD]. An upgrade from Pen to Pen Pro is available, if desired at a later date. [...]
Bento 4 Review (March 20, 2011)
Posted: March 20, 2011 by tedbade in Software ReviewsTags: Bento 4 system requirements, Bento release 4 review, Bento review, FileMaker
By Ted Bade, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. Software: Bento 4 Vendor: Filemaker Website: www.filemaker.com Price: $49.00 new purchase, $29.00 upgrade from versions 1-3 Format: Available as boxed product or download (93 MB) System Requirements for Bento Bento requires Mac OS X v10.5.7 Leopard or Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard and will not work [...]
SLOOH: A Telescope for Cloudy Nights (February 13, 2011)
Posted: February 13, 2011 by tedbade in Academia, Software Reviews, Space ExplorationTags: astronomy, astronomy on the internet, astrophotography, google earth, slooh, SLOOH membership
By Ted Bade, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. Introduction As you have probably gathered, I really enjoy astronomy. I like looking at objects in deep space, gazing at the moon and the planets of our solar system, and sometimes even enjoying a glimpse of a comet. I enjoy using my telescope but often, at my [...]
RedShift 7 for Windows (January 30, 2011)
Posted: January 30, 2011 by Mike Hubbartt in Academia, Software Reviews, Space ExplorationTags: astronomy software, explore space with software, explore the solar system, RedShift 7 review, windows astronomy software, WorldWideTelescope.org
By Mike Hubbartt, © Copyright 2011, All Rights Reserved. Product: RedShift 7 Advanced Vendor: United Soft Media (www.redshift7.com) Price: $79.90/£49.90 (Boxed), $59.95 (download) Supported OS: Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000 Ted Bade and I are both amateur astronomers. We’ve both used a lot of commercial and open source products for different operating systems – some which we cover on [...]
RedShift 7 for iTouch/iPhone/iPad (November 18, 2010)
Posted: November 18, 2010 by tedbade in Software Reviews, Space ExplorationTags: astronomy software, astronomy software for the iTouch iPhone iPad, cool iPad software, Mac and PC astronomy software, Redshift 7
By Ted Bade, © Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved. Vendor: United Soft Media Verlag GmbH Price: $11.99 E-Mail: info@usm.de Product Site: http://www.redshift-live.com/en/ Introduction RedShift is an astronomy application for the iPod touch/iPhone/iPad. This program offers the features you would expect from an astronomy title and has a couple of useful unique options. It also makes use [...]
Wolfram Mathematica 8 Review (April 27, 2011)
Posted: November 17, 2010 by Mike Hubbartt in Academia, Software ReviewsTags: CDF Player, CDF Player to replace Mathematica Player and Player Pro, Computable Document Format (CDF), global climate trends, image analysis, image enhancement, Mathematica 8, Mathematica 8 browser plug in, Mathematica 8 for Students, Mathematica 8 Player, order of operations tree, Wolfram Research, writing code for Mathematica
By Mike Hubbartt, © Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved. Wolfram Research (http://www.wolfram.com/mathematica) Hardware Requirements: CPU: Intel Pentium III 650MHz or faster for Windows/Linux Intel CPU for Macs Hard drive space – 4 GB Memory – 512 MB (1 GB recommended) Internet access Operating Systems: Windows – 7/Vista/XP/HPC Server 2008/Server 2008/Server 2003 Mac OS X – 10.5 [...]
New version of IntelliJ IDEA on the way (November 7, 2010)
Posted: November 7, 2010 by Mike Hubbartt in Press Announcements, Software ReviewsTags: Eclipse versus IDEA, IDEA 10 IDE, IDEA Commercial IDE, IDEA IDE, IntelliJ IDEA 9 Ultimate Edition review
By Mike Hubbartt, © Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved. IntelliJ IDEA (http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/) Introduction I’ve been using IntelliJ IDEA since version 9.0.0 and really like this IDE. I wrote a review about the 9.0.2 CE (click here to see it) and IntelliJ was kind enough to let me evaluate the Ultimate Edition for 3 months. I used [...]
Mac Notepad 8.0.x (October 30, 2010)
Posted: October 30, 2010 by docbabad in Multiple Products, Software ReviewsTags: Mac OS X text editor
By Harry {doc} Babad, © Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved. Version: 8.0.0.316 Website: http://www.apimac.com/notepad/ System Requirements: Mac OS X 4.x or later; (e.g., MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac, Mac mini, Mac Pro, PowerMac, iBook and PowerBook) Release Date: January 15, 2010 Download Size: 18 MB Shareware Cost: Single Computer – $29.00, Site License (5 [...]
Sharpshooter 1.1 – Name your captured clips in real-time (October 29, 2010)
Posted: October 29, 2010 by docbabad in Software ReviewsTags: GraphicConverter, InstantShot!, LittleSnapper, MacUpdate, PSE, screen capture software, ScreenCaptureX, SnapNDrag, Snapz
By Harry {doc} Babad, © Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved. Publisher: Isaac Wankerl , Kerlmax LLC Website: http://www.kerlmax.com/products/sharpshooter/ System Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4 or later, including Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Mac computer with either an Intel or PowerPC processor 8.9 MB Hard Drive space Release Date: September 15, 2009 Download Size: 4.2 MB [...]
Voyager 4.5.7 Sky Simulator Review (October 29, 2010)
Posted: October 29, 2010 by tedbade in Academia, Software Reviews, Space ExplorationTags: astronomy, Carina Software review, Mac and PC astronomy software, Meade telescopes, planetarium software, sky simulation, software to control telescopes, Voyager, Voyager 4.5 review
Voyager 4.5.7 Sky Simulator Carina Software (Phone: 1- (925) 838-0695, Mon – Fri, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM PST) Website: www.carinasoft.com Price: $179.95 w/DVD, $129.95 w/2 CDs, w/CD download $99.95 Upgrade prices and educational discount information available at Carina’s website. By Ted Bade, © Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved. Introduction Astronomy buffs or anyone looking for [...]
Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 for the Mac (September 26, 2010)
Posted: September 26, 2010 by docbabad in Software ReviewsTags: Adobe, Adobe Elements, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Elements for the Mac
By Harry {doc} Babad, © Copyright 2010. All Rights Reserved. 90% of Photoshop’s Features, automated for the Newbie, at 10% of the price. Vendor: Adobe Systems, Inc. http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelwin/?promoid=121DJGRZ_P_US_FP2_PSEW_MN&tt=P_US_FP2_PSEW_MN Trial Download — https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=pepe Release Date: October 19, 2009. Cost: $99.99 USD (List Price, currently $79.99 with rebate); $99.48 CND. No price was found for a [...]
Distant Suns for the iPhone/iTouch/iPad (September 26, 2010)
Posted: September 26, 2010 by tedbade in Software Reviews, Space ExplorationTags: astronomy, astronomy software, Commodore Amiga, Distant Suns, iPhone Apps
By Ted Bade, © Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved. Distant Suns 3 is a nicely designed astronomy program for the iPhone/iPod Touch. It includes lots of information, images, and easy navigation of the skies. It’s an excellent choice for an astronomy buff. This application, which was originally designed for the Commodore Amiga computer in 1985, has [...]
To Site Search or to Google: That is the Question (September 7, 2010)
Posted: September 7, 2010 by docbabad in Apple Mac Tips, Multiple Products, Software ReviewsTags: Bing, data dictionary, doc Babad's Macintosh Tips, DOE, Doing a faster web information search, EPA, Google, IAEA, NRC, OSTI, Science Accelerator, Scientific American, the Economist, Time
By Harry {doc} Babad, © Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved. Introduction In a moment of passing enlightenment, I finally figured out how to speed of my almost daily searches for explicitly selected articles I wanted to collect and archive. These are the items I tabbed for downloading while reading my paper magazine subscriptions. The consolidated information [...]
Sharpshooter 1.1: Name your captured clips in real time (September 2, 2010)
Posted: September 2, 2010 by docbabad in Software ReviewsTags: InstantShot!, LittleSnapper, screen capture software, ScreenCatureX, SnapNDrag, Snapz, Voila
By Harry {doc} Babad, © Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved. Publisher: Isaac Wankerl , Kerlmax LLC Web site: http://www.iwankerl.com/Software/ System Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4 or later, including Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Mac computer with either an Intel or PowerPC processor 8.9 MB Hard Drive space Release Date: September 15, 2009 Download Size: 4.2 [...]
Microsoft’s WorldWideTelescope – Use Your Browser to Explore the Universe (August 23, 2010)
Posted: August 23, 2010 by Mike Hubbartt in Academia, Software Reviews, Space ExplorationTags: astronomy, astronomy software, Microsoft Astronomy software, Microsoft product
by Mike Hubbartt, © Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved. I’m an amateur astronomer. I had a refracting telescope long before I owned a personal computer, and I used my telescope to take more than a few photos of solar eclipses as well as planets in our solar system.I don’t own a telescope right now, but have [...]
Free Nook eBook Software (August 21, 2010)
Posted: August 21, 2010 by Mike Hubbartt in Academia, Software ReviewsTags: electronic books, iPad, Kindle, Nook
by Mike Hubbartt, © Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved. I downloaded and installed the free Barnes & Nobel Nook software recently and I like it as much as the free Kindle software. It is easy to install and use (even for even computer neophytes), and everything I examined was easy to read. I did have three [...]
Sporty’s Private Pilot Online Training Course (August 17, 2010)
Posted: August 17, 2010 by Mike Hubbartt in Software ReviewsTags: aviation, aviation software, flight simulators, online aviation training, private pilot training materials, Sporty's
By Mike Hubbartt, © Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved. Sporty’s Private Pilot Online Training Course http://www.sportys.com Download Price: $215.00 Flight Simulators vs Instructor Training I once worked with a guy that heard I was a pilot, so he approached me and said “he had hundreds of hours using flight simulators.” I like flight simulators as they [...]
Adobe CS5 InDesign, Fireworks, and DreamWeaver (August 16, 2010)
Posted: August 16, 2010 by Mike Hubbartt in Press Announcements, Software ReviewsTags: Adobe, CS5, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, InDesign, Software Latest
by Mike Hubbartt, © Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved. I’ve been working with Adobe’s CS5 suite the past few months and I am impressed. The three applications I’ve used the most in the past few weeks are InDesign, Fireworks, and DreamWeaver, and they are nice! The best thing about InDesign CS5? The ability to generate PDFs, [...]
Starry Night Pro 6.3.9 (August 3, 2010)
Posted: August 3, 2010 by Mike Hubbartt in Software Reviews, Space ExplorationTags: astronomy software, Mac and PC astronomy software, SN Pro 6, SN Pro 6.0, Starry Night, Upgrade to Starry Night version 6.3.9
by Mike Hubbartt, © Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved. Have you tried any of the excellent astronomy packages on your home computer? One of my favorites is Starry Night, by Imaginova. I originally installed Starry Night Pro 6 on my iMac and reviewed it for MacWorld UK, and recently installed it on my 2.26 GHz Macbook. [...]
Masterwriter 2.0 (March 20, 2011)
Posted: August 3, 2010 by Mike Hubbartt in Software ReviewsTags: creative writing software, creative writing tool, masterwriter 2 license, Masterwriter updates, Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, new Synonym Finder in Masterwriter, writer data organizer, writers toolkit
by Mike Hubbartt, © Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved. Company: Masterwriter, Inc (www.masterwriter.com) Licensing: $9.95 (1 month), $99 (1 yr), $199 (purchase) Information: info@masterwriter.com Technical Support: (805) 892 – 2686 (support@masterwriter.com) Click here for a video product tour from MasterWriter. Most writers either make trips to the library or use web browsers online to gather background [...]
Graphics Software a History — My Love-Hate Relationship (July 6, 2010)
Posted: July 6, 2010 by docbabad in Software ReviewsTags: Aldus Superpaint, Canon Camera, Epson Stylus C58 Printer, history of graphic software, HP Color LaserJet CLJ-3500, MacPaint, old Kodak camera
By Harry {doc} Babad, © Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved Introduction …Almost in the beginning there was MacPaint and MacDraw. I used the two programs for creating simple graphic, the paint related documents created from clip art, which had just begun to appear. In the beginning… My photography efforts, even now, mostly focused capturing images [...]
