Pastor 1.8: “Pastor is a free, easy-to-use program for securely storing passwords, software licenses, and other personal data.

(Via Mac Gems Weblog.)

10.5: How to use ssh using 'Back to My Mac': "My iMac is behind a satellite internet connection, which is very slow. Rather than using Screen Sharing or Finder's file sharing for Back to My Mac, I often find it easier to use ssh. Until today I didn't know how to connect to a Back To My Mac computer via ssh. It turns out that it's very easy: ssh -vvv -p 22 hostname.username.members.mac.com. Where hostname is the name you gave to the machine (i.e. the name that appears in Finder), and username is Read more [...]

Prop and Cool Your Laptop with a Water Bottle [Clever Uses]: "Blogger Ron Brinkman doesn't want to buy an overpriced laptop stand or build his own DIY laptop stand. Instead, he takes the cheap and easy route and uses a $6 hot water bottle as a water-cooled laptop stand. Brinkman says: Yup, buy a hot water bottle, fill it up with tap-water (room-temperature is fine) and insert strategically between laptop and lap. It's comfy, acts as a nice heat-sink, and as a bonus it probably blocks a fair bit of Read more [...]

New iMac has a need for speed: “Dan Moren takes a closer look at what the changes to Apple’s iMac offerings will mean to that desktop’s performance.

(Via MacCentral.)

Lab-testing the Frankenmac clone: “Macworld Lab gauges the performance of Rob Griffiths’s hand-built Mac clone.

(Via MacCentral.)

First Customer Receives Psystar Mac Clone: “Gizmodo posts the first video evidence of the existence of the Psystar OpenComputer in the wild. One of their readers who actually received their OpenComputer and was kind enough to provide video proof. (There have been questions about the company’s…”

(Via MacRumors.)

Rogers to Bring iPhone to Canada: “Rogers Communications Inc. announced that they have come to a deal with Apple to finally offer the iPhone in Canada later this year. Ted Rogers, President and CEO of Rogers, issued the following brief statement:

We’re thrilled to ann…”

(Via MacRumors.)

Apple upgrades Java for Leopard: “Apple introduces support for Java SE 6 v.1.6.0_05 to Leopard

Apple has released an essential upgrade to the Java software implemented in Mac OS X 10.5, introducing support for Java SE 6 v.1.6.0_05 to the OS.

(Via Macworld UK.)

HyperEdit HTML/PHP editor improves Leopard support: “HyperEdit, the HTML and PHP text editor, improves support for Leopard, gains stability fixes and makes other enhancements in its 1.6 release.

(Via MacCentral.)