Weekend Review: This week's software

Each Saturday we feature a review of all the software we've posted about over the past seven days. This week's entry adds two new categories: Open Source and Watch List. The latter is a look at software we've featured that is still in the very early stages of development, but promises to shape up nicely.

Commercial Software

• McAfee Virus software updated for Tiger
• ThinkFreeOffice 3 ThinkFree Corporation releases version 3 of their MS Office alternative for the Mac with many new features
• Filemaker Pro 8 Filemaker releases a major update to its database creation software with many tasty new features
• Opera Mac browser celebrates its tenth birthday
• Appleworks How much longer will Apple keep it around?
• GarageBand Our wishes for Apple’s music editing software
  

Shareware

• Saft Popular Safari plugin is updated to match Safari updates
• Cocktail Mac OS X utility receives an update for Tiger

Donationware

• MailActOn Assign keyboard shortcuts to rules in Mail

Freeware

• LiveQuartz Free image editor that puts a front end on Tiger’s CoreImage functions
• Clutter Fill your desktop with iTunes album artwork
• Safari Apple updates its web browser for Panther and Tiger
• Glider Pro X Classic Mac game gets ported to OS X...and it’s free!
• Factory Build your own LEGO creation in software, then order the physical pieces to build it
• Gmail Notifier Google’s Gmail utility for you toolbar
• Flickr Uploadr Flickr updates its upload utility for Tiger
• iSpeak The widget that needs to watch its mouth?
  

Open Source

• Photon iPhoto plugin goes open source
• Seashore The GIMP goes native

Watch List

• Podcast AV Easily produce enhanced podcasts
• Sandvox WYSIWYG web editor from the makers of Watson
• CoverFlow "Flip" through our iTunes albums as if they were physical CD's
  

 
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