Pystar's Stunning Idea

Pystar, a company little known until yesterday, recently released a computer capable of running Mac OS X, and costs only $399.  The call it the OpenComputer, and it is capable of running Mac OS X Leopard (10.5), Microsoft Windows Vista, and Linux.  Although it is expected to arouse the attention of Apple's lawyers, analysts predict there is little Apple will be able to do.

MacHeist Retail Freeware Bundle

Monday, MacHeist, the popular organization, released a new software bundle called "The MacHeist Retail Bundle Unboxed".

The bundle includes Awaken, Cha-Ching, CoverSutra, DEVONthink Personal, iClip, Overflow, Wallet, WriteRoom, XSlimmer, Enigmo, Bugdom 2, and Nanosaur 2.  More details will be included in FryCast 3.

Final Cut Pro 6.0.3. and Compressor 3.0.3.

Yesterday, Apple released a software update for Final Cut Pro and Compressor, both part of its popular professional video editing software Final Cut Studio.
See more at Macworld!

AMP

AMP?

Is it an audio manipulation program? No, not at all.  It is actually a new media player from Adobe.  AMP stands for - you guessed it - Adobe Media Player.  Although their name wasn't the most creative, the features Adobe packed into the application truly are useful and in some cases, original.

The program supports watching videos from online and from your hard drive, and downloading videos.  The installation on a Mac is easy as pie: Using the pre-installed Adobe software, it shows you 1 prompt, and downloads the app into yur Aplications folder on your boot drive.  It supports DRM and HD content, so everyone will be pleased.

Another thing that will certainly please is the wide variety of current and coming material. Content from publishers such as CBS and MTV Networks has already been posted, and material from Comedy Central and Spike will come in the near future.

If you haven't yet decided on a video management and viewing program, I believe AMP is a great program, and you should give it a try.