s recommended for all Safari users and improves the stability of the Nitro JavaScript engine and includes the latest compatibility and security fixes.

introduces a completely overhauled Virtual Tree that lets you navigate through the three-dimensional representation of your family data and dive into your family history.

brings significant performance improvements and better control over which files are imported into iPhoto.

introduces a new QuickStart for first-time users and fixes a rare problem encountered by a small number of users when exporting notes to some Classic iPods.

is a time tracking and billing software application, highly appreciated by freelancers for its intuitive interface, flexible timer and ability to produce detailed invoices.

This article and the next cover a couple of RMAN exercises using an older version of Oracle. The exercises or samples cover duplicating a database on the same server, and performing a tablespace point in time recovery (with a built-in

Mak provides a step-by-step on how to create database mirroring. Subsequent installments will discuss how to add data on the principal server and how data is mirrored to the mirrored server.

Learn how to use Oracle’s Flashback Version Query to not only see past data at a particular point in time but also to see how it changed over time.

Last month we talked about some things to set and tune in a new MySQL database installation. We touched on connections, query cache, temp tables, session memory, and the slow query log.This second part in the series hits on some

Last month we discussed how to get data from Microsoft Access into Outlook objects, such as in the creation of new appointments, tasks, contacts and emails. This month we perform the reverse operation: get data out of Outlook into Microsoft

Don Schlichting introduces the Microsoft Azure service and explores the SQL Data Services (SDS).

Alta Vida LLC has announced a sale on Babelingo, their language translation utility for iPhone and iPod Touch. For a limit time the app is on sale at more than 80% off. Containing 11 languages (110 unique language combinations), Babelingo

Calf Trail Software today released Geotagalog 1.4, their innovative tracklog based geotagging utility for Mac OS X. Geotagalog enables precise iPhoto Places support with any digital camera. It automatically combines digital photos with location data from a GPS tracklog. Version

Blue Lightning Labs today announced a sale on their popular iPhone application Mathemagics, an application for learning to mentally calculate math problems at phenomenal speeds. For a limited time Mathemagics is on sale at more than 60% off. Mathemagics 1.1

Softpress today announced that Freeway 5 will be featured at a pair of Los Angeles-area events followed by a presentation at the North Coast Mac User Group. First up will be a presentation for the Los Angeles chapter of the

California based Toy Kite Software today released iSamurai Bluetooth, the new version of their action/simulation sword fighting game for iPhone and iPod Touch. iSamurai is the first Wii-like game for the iPhone, and now using Apple's recently released 3.0 software,

Update to 1.315

Pass maintainership to Frank Steinborn (steinex@nognu.de)

Update to 2.12

Update to the 20090709 snapshot of GCC 4.5.0.