NetNewsWire is an easy-to-use RSS and Atom newsreader for Mac OS X. Its familiar three-paned interface — similar to Apple Mail — can fetch and display news from thousands of different websites and weblogs, making it quick and easy to keep up with the latest news. Features include:
• A tabbed browser lets you read web pages with the convenience of staying in the same window.
• Search your news items with a standard Apple search widget — as in Mail and other applications.
• Downloads podcasts and enclosures, and sends podcasts to iTunes with with your choice of genre and playlist.
• The flagged items feature lets you mark items that you want to keep — they stay forever or until you mark them as unflagged.
• Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) compatible, and includes Automator actions to control functions in NetNewsWire.
• Other features include syncing, smart lists, search subscriptions, built-in styles, and AppleScript support.
• Includes a built-in categorized list of feeds that can be easily subscribed to.
• If NetNewsWire Lite is already running, quit it before running NetNewsWire.
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eBaytoiCal is an AppleScript that parses the frontmost document in Safari. If it is an eBay auction, it tries to create an iCal calendar entry on the end date of that auction and sets a reminder 15 minutes before. The name of the event will be the article name, the URL will be the page of the article (i.e., the page you are currently viewing).
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MyNevermind is a computer-version of the common game Mastermind. The aim of the game is to guess a secret code generated at random by your computer in no more than 10 attempts.
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TrailRunner is a route planning software for all kinds of long distance sports like running, biking, hiking, inline-skating, skiing and more. If you ever asked yourself how long your workout routes are and what route you should choose for this evening – then TrailRunner should be your training-partner.
Features:
• Geographic display of your workout area.
• Plan routes interactively.
• Collect routes.
• Route description and direction signs at crossings.
• Timed-checkpoints according to your pace.
• Rate your favorite tracks
• Plan routes automatically with target distance and as many favorite tracks as possible.
• Export route descriptions onto your iPod.
• Collect your workout data in a Diary.
• Exchange routes with friends and workout partners.
• Import GPX-Tracklists from GPS-units
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Floola is a freeware application to efficiently manage your iPod or your Motorola mobile phone (any model supporting iTunes) under Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. It can be run directly from your iPod and needs no installation.
Floola supports all common used iPod features including photos, artwork, podcasts and smart playlists!?It automatically converts any incompatible audio or video file so that you can copy almost any file to it. It even allows adding web videos with a single click!
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