New theme, high-quality export for PulpMotion 1.5: “Aquafadas has announced the availability of PulpMotion 1.5, an application from that gives users a simple option for designing and sharing, in a few clicks, striking media montages that integrate personal photos, videos and music…”

(Via MacMinute.)

Set the backup interval of Time Machine from 1 to 12 hours: "• Set the interval from 1 to 12 hours. • Run the backup manually or automatically also at startup, login or when the daemon has been loaded. • Display the status of the daemon, of the backup volume and if the backup is currently running. • Automount, an option to mount and unmount the backup volume automatically (see known problems). • Option to hide the backup volume (to take effect a Finder relaunch is required)." (Via Read more [...]

Apple releases Aperture 2: “Apple has released Aperture 2, a major upgrade to its pro photo software with faster performance and 100 new features.“

(Via MacCentral.)

Firefox 3 Beta 3 Now Available [Early Adopter Featured Download]: " All platforms: Mozilla has just published the latest iteration of Firefox 3, Beta 3. Intended for testers and early adopters who are willing to live on the edge, Firefox 3 has fewer memory issues than its predecessor, but most likely your most important extensions aren't yet compatible with it. Our previously posted Firefox 3 Beta 1 screenshot tour doesn't include Beta 3 changes, but this in-depth review of Beta 3 does show off Read more [...]

MailFollowup Home Page: "Adds a "Follow Up" items to the Message and contextual menus (and optionally a toolbar button) of Apple's Mail application that allows you to compose (and then send) a quoted version of the original message to all of the original recipients, keeping the To, Cc and Bcc addresses exactly as they appeared in the original message." (Via Gregory F. Welch.) Read more [...]

Repair Lost Ical Calendar …: After a system upgrade I lost all my icals. Going to user/library/Application Support/iCal/Sources. There seems to be a number of folders with “.ics” files in them. “

10.5.2 update shows Apple listens to users: "Despite a reputation to the contrary, Apple listened to users and has made a number of welcome interface changes to Leopard in the just-released OS X 10.5.2 update." (Via MacCentral.) Read more [...]

Safari 3.1 to Bring Performance Boosts (“Snappier”): “Computerworld notes that the latest Webkit nightly builds offer considerable performance boosts over the current public Safari build (3.0.4) — with Javascript benchmarks over 2.5x faster in some instances.

While these performace boost…”

(Via MacRumors.)

Never Forget an Item at the Supermarket [Grocery List]: "Never forget to buy anything the next time you stop at the supermarket with the 'Ultimatest Grocery list.' This PDF file can be reprinted (or laminated and reused) and brought on every shopping trip to the market. The list covers items from fruits and vegetables to personal care to pet food. Besides the regular checklist of items, the list also has suggested actions to do before you go to the supermarket (bring canvas bags, clip coupons, Read more [...]

Get the Most out of Gmail with these Power Tips [Gmail]: "Matt Cutts, an engineer at Google, asked his blog readers for tips on how to improve Gmail—and he then compiled his responses on how to maximize your Gmail experience. While you can't currently paste images into your email, for example, Matt suggests previously mentioned Firefox extension DragAndDropUpload. If you want to only read unread email in your inbox, you can perform a search for label:unread label:inbox. If you're looking Read more [...]

Report: Yahoo to reject Microsoft’s buyout bid: “The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday that Yahoo’s board of directors plans to reject Microsoft’s $44.6 billion bid to buy the company.“

(Via MacCentral.)

hack contest: “Apple’s OS X, Microsoft Windows, and Linux operating systems are to be pitted against each other in an ethical hacking contest in Vancouver next month.”

(Via CNET News.)

iPod users get PDA features: “iPDA 4.1 lets iPod users access much information on their media players

ZappTek has released iPDA 4.1, the latest version of its personal information management software for the iPod.

(Via Macworld UK.)

Clear msftres and other GPT 'flags' set by GNU parted: "This hint most likely only applies to people who have installed or used Linux on an Intel-based Mac. If this is not you, you may want to stop reading now. Anyway, if you have tried to edit a GPT partition map using GNU parted, or a utility that uses libparted, and if you're not very good about following directions (like me), you may have accidentally set some of the partition 'flags' that it exposes, such as msftres or boot. I put the term Read more [...]

Getting testy with the MacBook Air: “The MacBook Air is unlike any other computer in Apple’s line-up. The Macworld Lab testers putting the laptop through its paces aren’t so sure that’s always a good thing.“

(Via MacCentral.)