July 2006 Archive
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- Flip4Mac 2.1
- (Monday 31st July 2006)
Play wmv files in QuickTime Player - latest version is universal binary for Intel Macs.
Postcode Power- (Friday 28th July 2006)
How often are your neighbours having sex? Are you living in a suburb of fatties? How smart are people in your area? Discover how people in different postcodes live, starting with your own. Supposedly used by community newspapers to target their audience more effectively. Might be usful for HSIE studies!
- SuperDuper (Mac)
- (Tuesday 25th July 2006)
When was the last time you backed-up your home computer? SuperDuper is a bit like Carbon Copy Cloner with a commercial interface. Free for basic backups.
Seashore (Mac)- (Monday 24th July 2006)
An open source image editor for OSX. Features gradients, textures and anti-aliasing for both text and brush strokes. Supports multiple layers and alpha channel editing.
Netbooting/Netrestoring Intel and PPC Macs- (Friday 21st July 2006)
A brief overview of using a single Firewire HD, or an existing OSX Netboot server, to restore software to desktop and laptop computers, in a mixed Intel/PPC Mac environment.
iTrolleys for School Laptops- (Tuesday 18th July 2006)
This locally manufactured (Ingleburn) laptop trolley is a popular item for the secure and safe storage of up to 10 laptop computers in a school environment.
- Emergency Care Certificate On-line
- (Monday 17th July 2006)
This site (on the DET Intranet) allows you to gain your Emergency Care Certificate by working through the manual and a learning review online. Might save some time on SDD! (DET Intranet access required)
- New Education iMac
- (Friday 14th July 2006)
Just a bit too late for the current rollout here in NSW, but this low-cost eMac replacement should be available next time. The main differences in specs are an 80Gb ATA HD (rather than 160 Gb SATA), a Combo drive (rather than a SuperDrive), and shared graphics memory.
CSA 10 Update- (Friday 14th July 2006)
All the latest information about the Computer Skills Assessment test for Year 10, which will be mandatory in November 2006.
World Cup Finals- (Monday 3rd July 2006)
Down to the business end of the competition.
iClip Lite (Mac)- (Monday 3rd July 2006)
A clipboard and scrapbook widget for Dashboard. Free.
Google Earth Updated- (Monday 3rd July 2006)
Google Earth now includes hi-res photos of many southern Illawarra locations. -
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