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Parallels, the makers of the most popular virtualization software for Mac, have just announced Parallels Server Beta 2 available for public download, due to positive results from the private beta testing beforehand. Parallels Server enables efficient and easy-to-use server virtualization. They managed to bring virtualization to the consumer world, their… Continue Reading »

Safari has received its fair share of complaints from Mac users, and now Windows users. Even though Apple claims it to be “the world’s fastest browser”, its speed could be better. That doesn’t stop me from using Safari, though. I’m not sure why, but on the Mac, I can’t get… Continue Reading »

Adium 1.2 is just around the corner, with a download available from the beta page. The team have added many improvements into the next version of the popular messaging client, specifically Bonjour improvements. Bonjour, Group Chat, XMPP, AppleScript and many minor features have been fixed and improved, resulting in a… Continue Reading »

Flip4Mac WMV, the WMV solution from Telestream, has finally been updated to a stable Leopard-compatible release. Flip4Mac WMV 2.2 doesn’t bring much else than Leopard compatibility, and if you have already downloaded the Leopard compatible beta, updating is a cinch. Just open your Flip4Mac WMV System Preferences Panel and run… Continue Reading »

Perian, the “swiss army knife for QuickTime”, is reaching 1.1 through a private beta. Why private you ask? When the last beta of the suite of codes hit, the app was leaked. So, to keep tons of Macs out there from crashing from buggy, unstable apps and codecs, Perian has… Continue Reading »

For a while now, Skype for Windows has been far ahead then the version for Mac. Now, Skype has a released a new version with a couple of handy features that some of us may like. The most useful to me is the ability to add your whole address book… Continue Reading »

Pixelmator, the delicious generation photo editor (think Photoshop), after much hype has finally gone into private beta. I was lucky enough to be one of the lucky people who have gotten in on the beta so far. I can’t post any screenshots/information yet until the final version is released, but… Continue Reading »

Does anyone remember back 12 months and the speculation and ‘rush’ to get Windows on the new Intel Mac’s? Well now you are spoilt for choice, but if you are in the Boot Camp camp then the 1.4 beta will be of interest to you. Free and in beta it… Continue Reading »

Announced on Monday the public beta release of FileGuard X4, data protection software for Mac OS X provides “virtual safes” for files you want to keep confidential. Everyone has sensitive files on their Mac: confidential files for business, personal financial records, private e-mail and more. Unlike Apple’s own FileVault software,… Continue Reading »

Just two weeks after Safari 3.0 was announced for Windows, Apple has announced yet another update, Safari 3.0.2. This beta version isn’t exactly a major release; version 3.0.2 eliminates a multitude of bugs and fixes the mysteriously disappearing text in several situations. Safari’s website also shows several new features on… Continue Reading »